Maybe you’ve heard about the CBC’s contest to create a new Hockey Night in Canada theme… well, I’ve decided to take a kick at that can. $100,000 plus half the royalties is nothing to sneeze at.

I’m going to be using Kore 2 for the sounds - it has a lot of great sounding meat and potatoes sampled content for band and orchestral sounds, and it’s easy to find and change instruments as you compose. So far I’m in the planning stages - I have some sounds in my head and I’m making notes. I think I’ll be using Reaper as my DAW because of the flexible routings; I can use one instance of Kore and route its outputs to various tracks for mixing and creating stems. I’ll post some information on how that all fits together after I’ve got it sorted, and keep you up to date on my composing progress.

This is a huge challenge! I’m rewriting Canada’s second (some would say first) national anthem, and it’s iconic.

But maybe all this is a waste of time - how can I compete with this entry?

Be careful, Peter; as with hockey teams, rich American investors might decide to buy up this tune, import it to the US, and then discover Americans aren’t all that interested. Hmmm… maybe someone needs to write a song that helps us Yankees get hip to soccer, too. -PK