ACTAM: Hackathon preparation

09/10/2024

Class outline

• Hackathon rules

• Demo live performance

• Break (10 min)

• Exercising together

Hackathon rules - What to do?

You will be given an existing track or a musical idea that we suggest (earn up to 3 points)

• Option 1: Play in class a live performance of a version/attempt/interpretation of the given track.
• Option 2: Code an end-to-end version/attempt/interpretation of the given track and sumbit the codebase to us.

With either option, you will be asked to complete the other one at home and send us either the codebase or a screen capture of your performance.

Things to consider

• you can work in group of 2-4 (but not more)
• you can work from home
• you can prepare a mental structure of your performance (no improvisation skills needed)
• if you can't attend the hackathon don't worry, you can send us a screencapture of your performance.

Evaluation criteria

• Originality or (apparently paradoxically) extreme fidelity to the original version (if it's a reinterpretation)
• Code structure (e.g. modularization, reusability of components) based on the music idea.
• Performance smoothness (no skipping, no stopping, etc.)