THEMES:
Round 1: Open
Round 2: 2000-2016
Round 3: Open
Round 4: Short songs (less than 2 minutes)
[[Top 12 advance]]
Round 5: 1980-1999
Round 6: Female Vocalists
Round 7: Open
[[Top 8 Advance]]
Round 8: 1960-1979
Round 9: Open
[[TOP 5 Advance]]
Round 10: Epic Battle
[[TOP 3 Advance]]
Final: EP
Submissions:
Spotify is absolutely ideal, but if there’s a song that isn’t on there, you can send me the youtube link. I do prefer spotify because I can easily make a playlist of the songs and listen to them in my car on the way to work (it is when I have the most time to listen, as my commute is hella long). I realize that dampens the headphone listeners, but too bad. Best I can do. But if you don't use spotify or do not have access to it in your country, youtube or mp3s are fine.
I'm holding a 12 minute maximum with two exceptions: Round 4, the short song round, has a 2 minute maximum. Round 10, the epic round, has no limit. I'll give and take 30 seconds or so, but I have 16 people to listen to at least for the first 4 rounds. So give me a break.
You can submit either through PM or by email at spencerlent (at) gmail (dot) com. If you are friends with me on facebook you can PM me on there too.
Ratings:
Songs will be rated out of 10. Just to give you an idea:
10/10 means this song just blew me away and will be on repeat even after the roulette is over
8/10 means this song is solid, not my favorite, but will enter regular listening rotation if the mood moves me
6/10 means this song is meh, just wasn’t strong… had a few moments, but overall monotonous or had nothing special that made it stand out
4/10 means this song wasn’t my cup of tea at all, it had a few moments, but overall nah
2/10 means I pretty much hated it, why did you send this
Bonuses:
Not going to lie, I liked Bolster’s idea here, so I stole it and adapted it. I’m not going to do the obscure color star (sorry, no chartreuse, cerulean, or puce stars), they are just going to be bonuses. You are allowed up to three bonuses in the roulette. Each bonus will get you one extra point. However, after all rounds are played, I will rank the bonus songs and give the top bonus song in each category one extra point. This may be important to those facing elimination.
String Ensemble/Solo
-Any song that has a significant part for a traditional string instrument or ensemble. NOTE: This means violin, viola, cello, double bass, harp. This doesn’t mean guitar, electric bass, or plucked acoustic bass like in jazz. The catch is they have to be the real instrument; none of this synthesizer shit. Believe me, I can tell.
Banned Examples: Glycerine by Bush, Rather Be by Clean Bandit
THESE ARE NOT ACTUAL STRINGS, SO NO BONUS: Six Degrees Album Version, The Odyssey by Symphony X
Brass Section/Solo
-Same as above but with a significant brass ensemble.
Banned Examples: Pretty much anything by Chicago or Earth Wind and Fire
Woodwind Section/Solo
-Same as above but with a signficant woodwind (i.e. sax or flute) solo/section.
Banned Example: Another Day by DT, Thick as a Brick by Jethro Tull
Multi-Vocalists/Choir
-More than one vocalist (choirs count!) is prominently featured in something MORE than only the chorus.
---Banned Examples: Battle Scar by Max Webster (Features Kim Mitchell and Geddy Lee), Like A Prayer by Madonna
Instrumentals
-Self Explanatory. If there’s an “ahhhh” or “Oooo” that’s vocals that’s more to provide ambience and is not prominently featured, with no distinct lyrics, that’s acceptable.
Acceptable: Cinema by Yes
Unacceptable: Duke’s Travels by Genesis
World Music/New Age Influence
This may kind of be sort of subjective on my part, but if it sounds that way (and you refer to it as such) I’ll count it. I really don’t have any preference, as I love world music. Could be anything from mariachi to Celtic to kabuki to African music. Many of the mainstream examples in the last few decades I am familiar with (i.e. Graceland by Paul Simon) so just be prepared for a resend if necessary.
Banned examples: Mummers Dance by Lorenna McKinnett, Return to Innocence by Enigma
Odd Time Signatures
I’m a theory nerd so I love odd (like something other than 2/4, 3/4, 4/4, 6/8, or cut time) time signatures, especially 7/8 time. If a song has an extended section in this time signature you get this bonus. Now if it changes from 4/4 to 3/4 that doesn’t count… but if like the first half of the song is in 7/8 and the second is in 4/4 that’s fine. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, you may not be able to participate in this bonus star… don’t worry, there are 6 other categories!
BANNED EXAMPLES: Subdivisions, YYZ, by Rush, Awake and Nervous by IQ
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