TAPE TO TAPE — a Hack Club YSWS

What is this?

Make a song, ship it to the world.

Tape to Tape is a program for teen hackers who want to make some noise and get rewarded for it. Using Sonic Pi, a live coding music creator, where you can code music that generates in real time, you'll make a track, export it, and submit it to be included on a real compilation album on Bandcamp.

No music theory required, make a song, however "bad" (there's no such thing), track your work, and earn some music.

How it works

Three steps to the album.

01

Open the editor Use the Tape to Tape Sonic Pi editor, no install needed, but you can use the offline version too. Start recording your screen in Lapse!

02

Learn Sonic Pi & Write a song Spend at least an hour making something. It doesn't have to be good, it has to be something you made. Export it as a WAV when you're done.
If you don't know where to start, check out the Sonic Pi tutorial and follow along! Don't just copy the tutorial for your song though. You can also find inspiration in the Sonic Pi community.

03

Submit it Fill out the submission form with your WAV file, your Sonic Pi code, a description, and your time tracking. We'll review it and add it to the album.

The prize

Your name on a real album.

Every accepted track gets added to the Tape to Tape Hack Club compilation on Bandcamp. Your name in the credits, and a track you can actually share with your family, and friends. You'll get a real thing that you played a role in!

Some music on bandcamp!

For every hour you spend creating music, you'll earn some money you can spend on music! It's like a virtuous cycle of creativity.

1 hour = Anything $5 or less
2 hours = Anything $12 or less
3 hours = Anything $18 or less
4+ hours = For each hour over 3, you get $5 more.

Rules

Keep it reel.

Your track must be made in the Tape to Tape Sonic Pi editor, or the offline version.
Minimum one hour of work. Track your time honestly and with Lapse.
Submit your .wav export and your Sonic Pi source code.
Original compositions only. Don't just copy a tutorial verbatim, but follow the tutorial if you'd like.
Open source: your code goes in a public GitHub repo.
You must be a teenager (18 or younger) to participate.

Ready?

Hit record.

Open the editor