I don't normally participate in long form threads here due to time restraints, but now I have the time, energy, and desire to run a roulette! I have never participated in one of these, so I apologize in advance if I do something wrong or out of the norm. For simplicity's sake, I am using TAC's rules as a template.
1. Nothing complicated. 10 people (+/- depending on interest)
2. 8 rounds.
3. No eliminations
4. Scoring from 1-10 points per song
5. Submit by Wednesday Night, my thoughts and rankings posted Sunday night.
6. Submit your song however it best works for you. If it doesn't work well for me, I will update this.
7. If you are torn between 2 songs for a round, I will allow everyone to use a Wild Card, which means you can send two, and I'll use the best one. You can only use this Wild Card ONCE.
Sign up now! More details to come!
Stuff I love, and am saturated on:
• Classic Rock. When I was growing up in the PNW in the early 90s and grunge was taking over everything, I was confounding my friends by listening to stuff like The Wall and Quadrophenia. I still love, and listen to, classic rock today. My wheelhouse, my go-to music.
Stuff I love to listen to, without really identifying with particular artists:
• Techno. I love to dance (said the straight, white, married, 40 year old). And I can still dance till 4am when the techno is good.
• Disco. Fuck off. It’s awesome. And see above.
Stuff I enjoy listening to, but am far from saturated on:
• Prog-Metal.
• Symphonic Metal.
• 80s glam/hair metal.
Stuff I hate: Rap and country. Yes I am that person. And jazz.
Stuff I hate that dtf.org likes:
• Genesis, King Crimson, Marillion, lots of growlie stuff, Genesis.
Stuff I am ambivalent about: Everything else. I am clueless about what is popular these days. I know there is a singer named Taylor Swift. I could pick her out of a line-up of average-looking blondes. I couldn’t name or identify one of her songs.
Bands I am saturated on:
- Dream Theater and all Mike Portnoy-related projects.
- Ayreon, Iron Maiden/Solo Bruce, Circus Maximus, Deep Purple, Nightwish, Queensryche, Sym X, Within Temptation
- Any major artist in the "classic rock" genre or any classic rock radio staples and one-hit wonders Don McLean, "American Pie." .
- Any major artist that got heavy rotation on MTV in the 80s.
Bands I want to get in to more:
- Kamelot, Epica, other symphonic metal artists
- Second tier and lesser known rock/meal bands from the 80s and 90s - think (sorry Bosk) Y&T.
Signups:
jingle.boy
Twosuitsluke
Shadow Ninja 2.0
Tomislav95
Kingshmegland
Elite
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TAC
Stadler
Sacul
Parama
Round 1: Open - Due Wed 9/13
Round 2: Song off a live release
Round 3: Open
Round 4: Instrumental
Round 5: Song with both male and female
lead vocals
Round 6: Open
Round 7: Song released in the 1980s
Round 8: Epic Round - define epic as you wish