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Bonus Star Rankings
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Concluding Post / Winner Announced (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2157210#msg2157210)
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(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) Diamond Playlist (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2159237#msg2159237)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Gold Playlist (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2160830#msg2160830)
Results
Qualifier 1 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2128782#msg2128782) [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/37MWIZeRrsICkPNVY7Yzu0)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:37MWIZeRrsICkPNVY7Yzu0]
Qualifier 2 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2132609#msg2132609) [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/3Hrs33CEG0Ju2u3klwySUZ)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:3Hrs33CEG0Ju2u3klwySUZ]
Round 1 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2135642#msg2135642) [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/7uxNMfGKlYPiDOnqj1Bh4c)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:7uxNMfGKlYPiDOnqj1Bh4c]
Round 2 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2139134#msg2139134) [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/7knmVIa35i8PcZx6IQKgMe)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:7knmVIa35i8PcZx6IQKgMe]
Round 3 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2142098#msg2142098) [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/2M3983QXadJ86XDaxU57yI)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:2M3983QXadJ86XDaxU57yI]
Round 4 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2144827#msg2144827) [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/0qxkWHEmt4CUj5gfAEN1lC)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:0qxkWHEmt4CUj5gfAEN1lC]
Round 5 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2148059#msg2148059) [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/48KERwaUFr4IPrXTcp1Yoz)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:48KERwaUFr4IPrXTcp1Yoz]
Round 6 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2151342#msg2151342) [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/30XjYMMV4J3LPgm5EDRdtY)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:30XjYMMV4J3LPgm5EDRdtY]
Round 7 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2154546#msg2154546) [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/5Oh2MCd4EkZAH25J1CdAiE)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:5Oh2MCd4EkZAH25J1CdAiE]
Round 8 (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2157161#msg2157161) [Spotify Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/3TnllI2MZ1z5B1TdMdt8Ip)] [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:3TnllI2MZ1z5B1TdMdt8Ip]
Information
Banned Artists List (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2125069#msg2125069)
Rules (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2132279#msg2132279)
Submission Guidelines (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2125068#msg2125068)
Bonus Category Tips (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2128847#msg2128847)
First Roulette (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=44261.0) / Last.fm Profile (https://www.last.fm/user/Bolsters) / Last.fm Browsing Tip (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=46458.msg2125922#msg2125922)
Participants:
bl5150
Elite
Evermind
jingle.boy
senecadawg2
Shadow Ninja 2.0
splent
Tomislav95
Train of Naught
Tyrias
Fluffy Lothario
Nekov
Parama
Scorpion
Sir Walrus Cauliflower
twosuitsluke
wolfking
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Welcome back, it's time for The Bolsters™ Roulette, v2!
This time I'm not restricting the number of participants and so everyone is welcome. The main competition will consist of 10 people, however if the number of interested parties is 11 or more there will be some qualifying rounds at the beginning to determine which 10 people make it through. If I'm not popular enough to get more than 10 people (very likely :lol), there will be no qualifying rounds.
Sign up below if you're interested in joining.
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last time i tried to play to your tastes and failed miserably. i guess this time i'll yell yolo at the top of my lungs, send whatever the hell i want to, and fail even harder :tup
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When will be rules etc. be revealed? I'm interested. Heh, joining anyway, I have some cool shit for you yo.
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Count me in :tup
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I'm in
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*snip* this time i'll yell yolo at the top of my lungs, send whatever the hell i want to *snip*
Same
Count me in
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I think I'll sit this one out. After getting 14 points in the first two rounds of your last roulette, I only got a total of 3 points in the final 5 rounds. And those 3 points came in the last round after I had given up and sent you 6 songs to choose from. :lol
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I won't participate this time - too much real life stuff, and little time for roulettes. :P
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I'm interested in participating, but I have no clue about your music tastes. Well, except that you like Taylor Swift. Also I'll wait on the rules and Banned List before I decide.
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the banned list is colossal iirc, which is probably why I had a hard time judging bolsters' tastes :lol
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I'm in. I probably still have some shit you haven't heard.
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Interested.
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In.
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I'll have a go.............try not to make it too complicated for us fogeys to understand :biggrin: I see a Bolsters roulette as almost the ultimate challenge - I have very little idea on distilling your breadth of taste down to a strategy , other than perhaps "go for stuff that's different" :lol It might come down to a synth pop battle between me and Chad . :hat
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I'm quite conflicted on this. On the one hand, we've got a lot of compatibility in our tastes ... "SUPER" according to last.fm, and you did very well getting all the way to the finals in my 2nd Roulette. On the other hand, when I look at some of the music you listen to recently, the bands at the top of your last.fm stats, and what you sent after stumbling in my 3rd Roulette - man that was outside of my box - ... that suggests we are not a match.
You've got likely the most eclectic and wide ranging tastes here at DTF - it's like your a sheep in wolf's clothing - but which genres are the sheep, and which are the wolf. Are you a prog/metal head, or do you lean towards pop/core/post?
So, I think I'm gonna accept, and fire with both barrels loaded full of prog and metal glory :2metal: Then we'll see if that's to your liking, or if it's the stuff that Parama, Sacul, Tyrias, etc have on that end of the musical spectrum will be more to your tastes.
:huckleberry:
I got Brent on my side already. Ruslan, Tim, Kade... you with us?
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both barrels loaded full of prog and metal glory :2metal:
the stuff that Parama, Sacul, Tyrias, etc have on that end of the musical spectrum will be more to your tastes.
well i mean i have one of my two barrels loaded with prog metal
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both barrels loaded full of prog and metal glory :2metal:
the stuff that Parama, Sacul, Tyrias, etc have on that end of the musical spectrum will be more to your tastes.
well i mean i have one of my two barrels loaded with prog metal
:pwnt:
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:lol
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:neverusethis:
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Parama 1 - Jingle.boy 0
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i have now won as many rounds with jingle as i won rounds in bolsters' first roulette
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Sign me up please!
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Parama 1 - Jingle.boy 0
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When will be rules etc. be revealed? I'm interested. Heh, joining anyway, I have some cool shit for you yo.
The rules for the main competition won't be revealed until it actually starts, but I have some information for everyone before you start sending songs for the qualifier rounds which I will probably post later today.
I won't participate this time - too much real life stuff, and little time for roulettes. :P
Am disappoint, but I understand. :sadpanda:
I'm quite conflicted on this. On the one hand, we've got a lot of compatibility in our tastes ... "SUPER" according to last.fm, and you did very well getting all the way to the finals in my 2nd Roulette. On the other hand, when I look at some of the music you listen to recently, the bands at the top of your last.fm stats, and what you sent after stumbling in my 3rd Roulette - man that was outside of my box - ... that suggests we are not a match.
Well as you mention I have a wide range of tastes, and trying to hit on all of them might have been your mistake in my first roulette. But some of my favourite albums last year were Kingdom of Rock and Dracula: Swing of Death, and my favourite so far this year is Ghostlights. So it's not like my more recent foray into synths and pop has pushed out or taken over my love for rock and metal. I have plenty of gaps you could attempt to fill if you find them.
Also Last.fm's compatability is a joke anyway, it says I have 98% compatability with Sacul. :lol
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why is everyone taking the piss on me as of late :sadpanda:
I'm also not playing because the banned list would be really cockblocking, and your tastes are harder to understand than mine :P
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why is everyone taking the piss on me as of late :sadpanda:
bcuz of your awful roulette, obviously :tup
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why is everyone taking the piss on me as of late :sadpanda:
I'm not taking the piss out of you, I'm taking the piss out of Last.fm. There's some crossover which is apparent by you sending some good stuff in my roulette and my recent success yours, but we are not musically 98% compatible in any universe. :P
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Righto, I'm in.
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If I'm not popular enough to get more than 10 people (very likely :lol)
*reads this, looks somberly to the 16-player participant list after less than a day*
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Yeah I thought I would get 10-12 at most. Glad to have more people whose hopes I can crush, though. :neverusethis:
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I got Brent on my side already. Ruslan, Tim, Kade... you with us?
Sure thing. I've got to defend my crown, after all.
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Yeah, whatever. I'll just try since nobody seems to have your tastes quite figured out. :lol
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If I'm not popular enough to get more than 10 people (very likely :lol)
*reads this, looks somberly to the 16-player participant list after less than a day*
18 now! Holy shit... I hope I make it past qualifications.
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18 now! Holy shit...
I only see 16. I didn't forget anyone did I? :rollin
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If I'm not popular enough to get more than 10 people (very likely :lol)
*reads this, looks somberly to the 16-player participant list after less than a day*
18 now! Holy shit... I hope I make it past qualifications.
I will definitely be quite embarrassed if I don't make it there.
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Alright, so here's that information I said you would want to have before sending anything. If there are any stragglers who would like to join, I'll still be accepting people signing up for a few days but in the meantime everyone can start sending their submissions for the first qualifying round. Given the number of people who signed up, there will be two qualifying rounds.
Submitting
- My preference is to receive submissions via Spotify. You can either PM me URI links (I prefer them to URL links) or you can send songs to me directly through Spotify. To do that just type my username - bolsters.s - into the Spotify search bar to find my profile, and click the button under my username in order to follow me. After I have also followed you back, you will be able to right click and "share" any song with me.
- If the song you would like to send is not on Spotify, you are one of those poor saps who can't use Spotify for some reason, or you're simply stubborn and refuse to use it - you can PM links to me where I can stream your songs. This includes but is not limited to: Youtube, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, etc.
- If you need to send me a file, use MEGA (https://mega.co.nz/) or send it via email (address provided at request).
- The length limit for all rounds is 12 minutes. However, each of you will have the option of sending one song during the roulette that exceeds this, with no limit imposed, in any round you wish. I would ask that you consider the number of songs I have to listen to and the short amount of time I will have to devote to the song before sending anything of considerable length. Still, if you've got a longer song in mind for me, have at it. The song length limit for the qualifiers however is 10 minutes.
- Any artist sent to me during the roulette is automatically banned for the remainder, regardless of my thoughts on the song I received. The banned artist list has a list of artists banned during the roulette at the bottom.
Bonuses
Before sending anything, you may want to consider the following. While there will be no round themes here, I have added seven optional bonuses, and your songs will receive bonus points if you send something that fits. You may receive only three of these bonuses throughout the roulette, you can net just one of them per song, and you personally can not aquire any of the bonuses twice. Since you can only be awarded three of the seven, it's up to you to decide which ones you want to go for (if any). These bonuses won't be available in the qualifying rounds so if you've got a good idea or three in mind, I'd suggest holding onto them until the main competition starts.
The seven bonuses are as follows:
- Orchestral/Symphonic - Any song that prominently features orchestral or symphonic instrumentation.
- Ballad - self-explanatory.
- Instrumental - self-explanatory.
- Pre-1980 - Any song that was released in 1979 or earlier.
- World Music - Any song that features world music influence.
- Synth/Electronic - A song that is primarily synths, or is electronic.
- Multiple Vocalists/Choir - Any song featuring more than one lead vocalist, or prominently featuring a choir.
I'll post a few clarifications and hints regarding these before the main competition starts.
Information
My Last.fm profile can be viewed here (https://www.last.fm/user/Bolsters) for those interested in that, and my first roulette here (https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=44261.0). I don't consider my Last.fm to be 100% accurate in representing my tastes, but it may still prove useful.
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Finally, here is the new and improved banned list. I've added quite a few things to this since my last roulette, but I've also taken a lot of things off - hopefully this gives some of you more options.
Banned Artists
30 Seconds to Mars
A Perfect Circle
A.C.T.
Abodean Skye
AC/DC
Ace of Base
Acke Hallgren
Adagio
Adrenaline Mob
Afro Celt Sound System
Agent Fresco
Alice Cooper
Alice in Chains
Allen/Lande
Alpha Rev
Alter Bridge
Amadeus Awad (& related Amadeus projects)
Amaranthe
Amorphis
Anathema
Android Lust
Andromeda
Angra
Apes With Hobbies
Arcane
Arcane Atlas
Arion
Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Ark
Atlas Genius
Audioslave
Avantasia
Avenged Sevenfold
Avril Lavigne
Ayreon
Banks
Bear McCreary
Beardfish
Bee Gees
Being
Belinda Carlisle
Beyond the Black
Beyond The Bridge
Big Big Train
Big Wreck
Bjřrn Riis
Black Label Society
Blackmill
Blanc Faces
Bliss
Blind Guardian
Blue Stahli
Bodies of Water
Bon Jovi
Bonnie Tyler
Broods
BT
Burnclear
Cain’s Offering
Caladan Brood
Carly Rae Jepsen
Celine Dion
Celldweller
Chicago
Chris Joss
CHVRCHES
Circle II Circle
Circle of Illusion
Cold Chisel
Corrosion of Conformity
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crowded House
Damnation Angels
Dave Kerzner
David Gilmour
David Maxim Micic
Def Leppard
Dekadent
Delain
Derek Sherinian
Destiny Potato
Devin Townsend (& related Devin projects)
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Diabulus in Musica
Dire Straits
Disturbed
Down
Dragon
Dream Theater
Dreamtale
Duran Duran
E.S. Posthumus
Earthside
Echoes
Echosmith
Edenbridge
Edguy
Effloresce
Electric Light Orchestra
Ellie Goulding
Elton John
Emma Louise
Epica
Equilibrium
Escala
Europe
Eurythmics
Evanescence
Explorer’s Club
Fail Emotions
Fanticide
Fergie Frederiksen
Find Me
Fire Inc.
Flaming Row
Fleetwood Mac
Flying Colors
Foreigner
Foxes
Frameshift
Frost*
fun.
Genesis
Glass Mind
Gloryhammer
Gods of Eden
Guilt Machine
Guns N’ Roses
Gunship
Guy Pearce
Haamoja
HAERTS
HAIM
Haken
Hammerfall
Hans Zimmer
Headspace
Hybrid
Illusion Suite
Imagine Dragons
Incubus
Infected Mushroom
Inner Odyssey
IQ
Iron Maiden
It Bites
James LaBrie
Jim Steinman
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Jamison
Jimmy Barnes
Joe Satriani
John Farnham
John Petrucci
Jolly
Jon Gomm
Jon Lord
Jordan Rudess
Jorn
Jorn Lande & Trond Holter
Journey
Julia Holter
Kamelot
Kansas
Karnivool
Karnya
Katatonia
Katy Perry
Kevin Gilbert
Killswitch Engage
Kingcrow
Kishi Bashi
Kiske/Somerville
KXM
L.R.S.
Lacuna Coil
Lake of Mind
Last in Line
Last Tribe
Laura Marling
Led Zeppelin
Leprous
Lesoir
Level 10
Level 42
Linkin Park
Liquid Tension Experiment
Liquid Trio Experiment
Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
Live
London Grammar
Lonely Robot
Lorde
Lorne Balfe
Lost in Thought
Lykke Li
Madonna
Maestrick
Magic Pie
Magnus Karlsson (or Magnus Karlsson’s Free Fall)
Manditory
Marketa Irglova
Maroon 5
Masterplan
Matchbox 20
McAuley-Scenker Group
Meat Loaf
Metallica
Mew
Michael Giacchino
Mind Odyssey
Mindfuel
MindMaze
MŘ
Moon Safari
Mr. Bungle
Mree
MS MR
múm
MuteMath
Ne Obliviscaris
Neal Morse
Night Ranger
Nightingale
Nightwish
Oceansize
Odd Logic
Opeth
Orphaned Land
OSI
Ozzy Osbourne
Pain of Salvation
Pandora’s Box
Pantera
Pantommind
Passion Pit
Peatbog Faeries
Peter Gabriel
Phantasma
Phil Collins
Pink Cream 69
Pink Floyd
Platypus
Plini
Porcupine Tree
Praying Mantis
Presto Ballet
Pretty Maids
Primal Fear
Project Arcadia
Psycrence
Pure Reason Revolution
Purity Ring
Pyramaze
Queen
Quietus
Rage Against The Machine
Red
Redemption
REM
Resurrection Kings
Revolution Renaissance
Revolution Saints
Rhapsody / Rhapsondy of Fire
Riverside
Robert Plant
Roxette
Roy Orbison
Rush
Russell Allen
Ryn Weaver
Santigold
Sarah Barielles
Savage Garden
Savatage
Scandroid
Sergey Golovin
Serious Black
Seventh Key
Seventh Wonder
Shadowquest
Shania Twain
Shattered Skies
Shineback
Shpongle
Sia
Sieges Even
Sigur Rós
Sithu Aye
Skyharbor
Slash / Slash feat. The Conspirators
Slash’s Snakepit
Solstafir
Sonata Arctica
SOTO
Sound of Contact
Soundgarden
Spock’s Beard
Star One
Starbreaker
Steam Powered Giraffe
Steve Perry
Steven Wilson
Sting
Stratovarius
Stream of Passion
Styx
Susanne Sundfřr
Sweet & Lynch
Symphony X
Taylor Swift
Tears for Fears
Temperance
Ten
Tennis
TesseracT
Thank You Scientist
The Black Mages
The Carpenters
The Choirboys
The Contortionist
The Corrs
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Eagles
The Gentle Storm
The Glitch Mob
The Jelly Jam
The Naked and Famous
The Neal Morse Band
The Police
The Poodles
The Reign of Kindo
The Screaming Jets
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra
The Who
The Winery Dogs
Thoughts Factory
Three Lions
Thunderstone
To-Mera
Tool
Toto
Touchstone
Tove Lo
Transatlantic
Traveling Wilburys
Triosphere
Twilightning
Unisonic
Universe Effects
Van Halen
Vanden Plas
Vanishing Point
Velvet Revolver
Vitalism
Voices from the Fuselage
Voicians
Vola
Voodoo Circle
Voyager
W.E.T.
Walk The Moon
Whitesnake
Winger
Winter Rose
Withem
Wolverine
Work of Art
Yazoo
Yngwie Malmsteen
zircon
Banned During the Roulette
After Forever
Almanac
Amason
Angels & Airwaves
Anna Von Hausswolff
Anneeke Van Giersbergen
Anthriel
Archive
Árstíđir
AWOLNATION
Azedia
Bent Knee
Blessed By a Broken Heart
Bon Iver
Caligula’s Horse
Caravan Palace
Chelsea Wolfe
Circus Maximus
Closure in Moscow
Coheed and Cambria
Damien Rice
Darkwater
Daughter
Deadly Circus Fire
Dimension Act
Dream Evil
Dynazty
Eisley
Eluveitie
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Epysode
Eric Whitacre
Euzen
Evergrey
Foals
Foster The People
Foxy Shazam
Galahad
Gallowbraid
Ghost Ship Octavius
Glen Hansard
God is an Astronaut
Gorillaz
Grimes
Guro Von Germeten
Heather Dale
Ihsahn
Imogen Heap
James Blake
Joni Mitchell
Klone
Landon Tewers
Larry and his Flask
Lechuga
Lemaitre
Lindsey Stirling
M83
Mark Knopfler
Mattador
Mr. Big
Muse
Nevermore
Nocturnal Rites
Novembre
Pallas
Phideaux
Pineforest Crunch
Rainbow
Rishloo
Rival Sons
Saffire
Saint Deamon
Samuel Barber
Scorpions
Shooting Star
St. Lucia
Tak Matsumoto Group
Tamaryn
Tame Impala
The Cure
The Dear Hunter
The Ralph
Threshold
Thrice
Trail of Murder
Virgin Steele
Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Within Temptation
Xandria
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Nice, I can work with this. Plenty of holes to fill.
I also have a nice idea for 3 of the bonus "themes", were I to make it past the qualifiers. Will send today probably!
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Also, for convenience I will link be linking all important posts (including these two) in the OP.
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that banned list :lol
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Oh damn Kade - Guy Pearce is banned :-\ Still plenty of Neighbours to submit though...........Kylie, Jason Donovan, Craig McLachlan, Stefan Dennis etc... :hat
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18 now! Holy shit...
I only see 16. I didn't forget anyone did I? :rollin
No, you're right. I didn't realize you had listed the participants alphabetically - so I was looking for Evermind and Tyrias at the bottom of your list... not seeing them, I thought they still needed to be added.
Banned list + submitting.... tl:dr (for now).
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Unless I'm a dumbass and I missed it: how many rounds?
And do we have to specify a certain bonus we're going for when we send a track, or will you decide if a song was applicable? Reason being, I can immediately think of multiple songs that fulfill like 3 or 4 of those categories at once, so do I have to say which one I'm going for, or is that song potentially up for any of those 3 or 4?
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Oi...........all the good shit I sent in Chad's roulette is banned :lol
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Oh damn Kade - Guy Pearce is banned :-\ Still plenty of Neighbours to submit though...........Kylie, Jason Donovan, Craig McLachlan, Stefan Dennis etc... :hat
The fuck?! :lol
I was always fond of McLachlan's couple of singles. On My Own was a good Bon Jovi rip off. That song Stefan Dennis did though was fucking GOLD!
How the fuck am I gonna find time to compete in two roulettes at once again?! :(
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Maybe you won't make it past the qualifiers :angel:.
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Maybe you won't make it past the qualifiers :angel:.
Except I'm a lot more keen to make an effort and do well in this roulette.
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Maybe you won't make it past the qualifiers :angel:.
Except I'm a lot more keen to make an effort and do well in this roulette.
A lot more keen than you are in that another one you're playing? ;P
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Oh damn Kade - Guy Pearce is banned :-\ Still plenty of Neighbours to submit though...........Kylie, Jason Donovan, Craig McLachlan, Stefan Dennis etc... :hat
The fuck?! :lol
I was always fond of McLachlan's couple of singles. On My Own was a good Bon Jovi rip off. That song Stefan Dennis did though was fucking GOLD!
How the fuck am I gonna find time to compete in two roulettes at once again?! :(
Well I have already given you some ideas. Oh and that chick Melissa Whatserface did Read My Lips..................Marika (Con The Fruiterer's wife) did a cover version called Feed My Hips :biggrin: . Who said I don't know my quality pop music ? :metal
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Maybe you won't make it past the qualifiers :angel:.
Except I'm a lot more keen to make an effort and do well in this roulette.
A lot more keen than you are in that another one you're playing? ;P
Hmmm.....well this is awkward! :mehlin :lol
Sent I think. Dave, I tried to send you a song in Spotify, I hope I did it right, let me know.
EDIT: For some reason I have no sound when playing songs in Spotify at the moment, WTF?
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Oh damn Kade - Guy Pearce is banned :-\ Still plenty of Neighbours to submit though...........Kylie, Jason Donovan, Craig McLachlan, Stefan Dennis etc... :hat
The fuck?! :lol
I was always fond of McLachlan's couple of singles. On My Own was a good Bon Jovi rip off. That song Stefan Dennis did though was fucking GOLD!
How the fuck am I gonna find time to compete in two roulettes at once again?! :(
Well I have already given you some ideas. Oh and that chick Melissa Whatserface did Read My Lips..................Marika (Con The Fruiterer's wife) did a cover version called Feed My Hips :biggrin: . Who said I don't know my quality pop music ? :metal
That Melissa chick was fucking sexy.
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Oh damn Kade - Guy Pearce is banned :-\ Still plenty of Neighbours to submit though...........Kylie, Jason Donovan, Craig McLachlan, Stefan Dennis etc... :hat
:rollin
Unless I'm a dumbass and I missed it: how many rounds?
Well you might be a dumbass, I'm not really sure. :neverusethis: But I had not mentioned how many rounds there would be. There will be eight, or ten if you include the qualifying rounds.
And do we have to specify a certain bonus we're going for when we send a track, or will you decide if a song was applicable? Reason being, I can immediately think of multiple songs that fulfill like 3 or 4 of those categories at once, so do I have to say which one I'm going for, or is that song potentially up for any of those 3 or 4?
In cases like this, you will need to tell me which of the multiple bonuses your song qualifies for you want.
Sent I think. Dave, I tried to send you a song in Spotify, I hope I did it right, let me know.
It worked perfectly.
Brent, feel free to send that Read My Lips song if you're looking for a quick exit. :biggrin:
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Brent, feel free to send that Read My Lips song if you're looking for a quick exit. :biggrin:
Alrighty then :lol Might keep it local in this 1st round though . Is Kevin Bloody Wilson banned? ;D
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Brent, feel free to send that Read My Lips song if you're looking for a quick exit. :biggrin:
Alrighty then :lol Might keep it local in this 1st round though . Is Kevin Bloody Wilson banned? ;D
Wa Wa Nee bitch! Might send them round 2.
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Alrighty then :lol Might keep it local in this 1st round though . Is Kevin Bloody Wilson banned? ;D
I knew I'd forget something.
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Maybe you won't make it past the qualifiers :angel:.
Except I'm a lot more keen to make an effort and do well in this roulette.
A lot more keen than you are in that another one you're playing? ;P
Hmmm.....well this is awkward! :mehlin :lol
Awkward is getting your ass kicked by a guy that's neither keen on it nor even trying! :lol
Wa Wa Nee bitch! Might send them round 2.
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You asked for it Tim.
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Checkmate.
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Do not use the word mate and that picture in the same post.
Pretty sure Bolsters would like to have his roulette back!
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:hifive:
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Do not use the word mate and that picture in the same post.
:lol
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"While you were reading 19 new replies have been posted". :rollin
that banned list :lol
No kidding! Guaranteed 20% of those names have never shown up on a banned list (other than Dave's 1st roulette) before. Just in the "B" alone - Bee Gee's, Belinda Carlisle!?!?! :D
Oi...........all the good shit I sent in Chad's roulette is banned :lol
iknowrite!
How the fuck am I gonna find time to compete in two roulettes at once again?! :(
Isn't JJ's coming up soon too? :lol
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Sent. No overthinking it this time, BAM!
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Sent. No overthinking it this time, BAM!
There is no Converge on banned list, hope you weren't faster than me :P
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Guaranteed 20% of those names have never shown up on a banned list (other than Dave's 1st roulette) before. Just in the "B" alone - Bee Gee's, Belinda Carlisle!?!?! :D
Yeah the Bee Gees are alright. I only bother with One Night Only these days, though, and not often.
Belinda Carlisle fucking rocks, though. :metal
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Sent. No overthinking it this time, BAM!
There is no Converge on banned list, hope you weren't faster than me :P
No, I reserved Converge for Evermind's roulette, this one is all yours :tup
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Belinda Carlisle fucking rocks, though. :metal
... said no one ever.
Sent - there are some GAPING holes in that banned list. I gotta send a message confirming a few things - and hopefully jump on them before anyone else does.
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Did a shuffle................some Japanese rock/metal coming your way. :) :metal
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Guaranteed 20% of those names have never shown up on a banned list (other than Dave's 1st roulette) before. Just in the "B" alone - Bee Gee's, Belinda Carlisle!?!?! :D
Yeah the Bee Gees are alright. I only bother with One Night Only these days, though, and not often.
Belinda Carlisle fucking rocks, though. :metal
No one would send Belinda Carlisle anyways...
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sent
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Sent some awesome music.
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This thread is giving me whiplash.
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Sent
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This thread is giving me whiplash.
Iknowrite. Buckle up for safety... she's moving quick.
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I've got half of the submissions already, not bad after just a few hours. :tup
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ok i guess i'll figure out something tonight
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Geez... nothing in 3.5 hours??
:crypt:
:lol
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I've got a song in mind, but I really need to clarify some questions in PM first. I'm not sure how come this band is allowed. I mean, I got away with sending Pain of Salvation, Nightwish, Blind Guardian and IQ in the last roulette, but I didn't expect to not find this one in the banned list.
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Yeah, I know... I want to send it too - assuming I make it into the next qual'n round.
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I'm trying to figure out how to send a song through Spotify. I don't think I can get it to work on my phone, so I'll try this when I get home.
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Oh, yeah, Dave, just in case you forgot, Spotify doesn't work in my country so you'll be getting either YouTube or MEGA links.
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Or I could send some killer tunes for you instead :neverusethis:
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Oh, yeah, Dave, just in case you forgot, Spotify doesn't work in my country so you'll be getting either YouTube or MEGA links.
Yeah... I noticed he neglected to include that (countries blocking it) as a reason people don't (can't) use Spotify
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Well, he wrote that:
If the song you would like to send is not on Spotify, you are one of those poor saps who can't use Spotify for some reason, or you're simply stubborn and refuse to use it - you can PM links to me where I can stream your songs. This includes but is not limited to: Youtube, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, etc.
So, I guess that's me. Some reason indeed. :lol
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Can I assume that anything on your banned list is music that you highly enjoy? Like there isn't anything on your banned list that is on there because they suck or something?
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Sent!
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Well, sent. I think I sent something that floats your boat. I just hope to make it into the first round. I failed with Evermind's and Sacul's....
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Well, sent. I think I sent something that floats your boat. I just hope to make it into the first round. I failed with Evermind's and Sacul's....
I hope you make it too... else you're going to develop a complex.
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Well, I had too few open slots with too many contenders, no shame in not making it in mine. I liked that Kansas song a lot!
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These threads make me feel like such a Luddite, I don't have (an account with?) Spotify or any file sharing site.
I'm sending my songs on cassette by carrier pigeon.
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A couple of other beauties on that banned list are Ace of Base and Celine Dion. :rollin
Sorry Dave, but :lol
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Not sure if I'm too late but I've sent one anyway, if you hate the song then feel free to leave me off. If you like prepare for lots of stuff you're not likely to hear discussed on DTF!!
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A couple of other beauties on that banned list are Ace of Base and Celine Dion. :rollin
Sorry Dave, but :lol
Damn -more to cross off my list. But today it's "Friday" :metal And tomorrow's "Saturday" :metal
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Then I'm pretty sure Sunday comes after that.
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In Australia maybe. Here it's still Thursday (for 25 more minutes though).
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In Australia maybe. Here it's still Thursday (for 25 more minutes though).
oh
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Still deciding between two songs, will send something tomorrow.
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:rollin
This roulette is full of shitposts and I'm loving it.
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Nothing shitpost about an almost naked Kip Winger.
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right, i guess i should look through and pick some stuff out
edit: dammit, you have solstafir on the banlist, that's disappointing :lol
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Oh, yeah, Dave, just in case you forgot, Spotify doesn't work in my country so you'll be getting either YouTube or MEGA links.
Yeah it's cool, I know Spotify are jerks and haven't begun service in your country yet.
Yeah... I noticed he neglected to include that (countries blocking it) as a reason people don't (can't) use Spotify
He's the "poor sap". :lol
Can I assume that anything on your banned list is music that you highly enjoy?
Yes. There may be a few things on there where I don't really listen to the artist much anymore, but I am very familiar with their music, though. But there's nothing on there that I hate.
edit: dammit, you have solstafir on the banlist, that's disappointing :lol
I listened to the album you posted in the album listening thread. I wasn't blown away or anything but I did like it enough to want to check them out some more.
Not sure if I'm too late but I've sent one anyway, if you hate the song then feel free to leave me off. If you like prepare for lots of stuff you're not likely to hear discussed on DTF!!
Nope, you're in. :tup
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yeah i wouldn't say kold is the best thing ever but i want their other albums regardless bcuz it's cool
also dang
would a song that has a cello throughout count as a song with orchestral/symphonic elements or do you mean like a full orchestra
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Coolest thing about Solstafir, in my opinion, is this really pretty music video to the song Fjara
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmGdSOhBx8E (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XmGdSOhBx8E)
I'm not crazy about their music, but the combination of that song and the landscapes of Iceland really tickles my fancy.
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would a song that has a cello throughout count as a song with orchestral/symphonic elements or do you mean like a full orchestra
It doesn't have to be a full orchestra or symphony, but my preference is for ensemble. String quartets will also make the cut, or any song with more than one orchestral instrument.
As for single instruments, I may or may not accept them for that bonus. It depends on how "important" I think the instrument is to the song - if I get a fairly normal rock song with a violin that sounds like it's just been thrown in for the sake of it, I won't award the bonus to it. On the other hand if the song seems like it was built around the violin and that the song wouldn't work all that well without the instrument, I might let it pass. But if you want to be 100% sure you get the bonus, go with ensemble.
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alright i'll play to the side of the cautious and bank on getting into the roulette and sending it to you then so you can decide for yourself, i wanna send it either way though
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Here's a useful tip for anyone who wishes to look up artists in my Last.fm library. Since they updated the site with a beta design there's been no easy way to look up a particular artist in someone's library, but I discovered a trick to allow you to do it.
Essentially, you just have to take the following link and change the "Dream+Theater" part to whichever band it is you'd like to check up on, using + signs in place of any spaces. :tup
https://www.last.fm/user/Bolsters/library/music/Dream+Theater
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Here's a useful tip for anyone who wishes to look up artists in my Last.fm library. Since they updated the site with a beta design there's been no easy way to look up a particular artist in someone's library, but I discovered a trick to allow you to do it.
Essentially, you just have to take the following link and change the "Dream+Theater" part to whichever band it is you'd like to check up on, using + signs in place of any spaces. :tup
https://www.last.fm/user/Bolsters/library/music/Dream+Theater
it must be bad...........Kim Jong Il has come back from the dead to bitch about it on your profile.
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Alright, my bands are approved. Will send my song when I get home.
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sent. plugging a hole on the banned list while i have the chance. will be disappointed if i don't make it to the main roulette but hey someone has to get cut so i'll be that someone
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Cool, glad I'm in. This will be my first roulette ;D
Just a few quick questions, how heavy do you like your metal? What it is your view on punk/ska/reggae? I know you are a fan of The Black Mages but are you familiar with any of Nobuo Uematsu's other projects?
This is all assuming I get past the qualifiers!! I'm not planning on playing it safe though, if I do well I want it to be because I sent you something you like that you may never have been exposed to normally.
Oh, lastly, where in the world do you live?
Sorry for all the questions, still fairly new around these parts :loser:
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Oh, I also got a question. Is there a chance to get straight into the main competition after the first qualification round? Or regardless of how awesome my song is, I'll have to participate in both rounds?
My choice for this round will depend on the answer.
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how heavy do you like your metal?
Opeth is about as heavy as I get, and even then I prefer the stuff that has more atmosphere and melody than I do their truly heavier stuff. If you're familiar with them at all: I love Ghost Reveries/Watershed/Blackwater Park, but have never been able to get into albums like Deliverance. If you aren't familiar with Opeth I may have to revisit this answer. :lol
What it is your view on punk/ska/reggae?
There were a few popular punk songs I didn't mind when I was in high school around 1998-2002 but otherwise it's a genre I haven't been able to get into and thus don't listen to. Ska and reggae even less so.
I know you are a fan of The Black Mages but are you familiar with any of Nobuo Uematsu's other projects?
I've heard some of the Earthbound Papas stuff, but I didn't really like the direction he took with that project, after The Black Mages. Other than that I'm just familiar with some of his Final Fantasy soundtracks, everything from FFIII through to FFVI in particular.
Oh, lastly, where in the world do you live?
I'm from Australia.
Oh, I also got a question. Is there a chance to get straight into the main competition after the first qualification round? Or regardless of how awesome my song is, I'll have to participate in both rounds?
Nope, to get in you will have to survive both qualifying rounds.
However, at the end of the second qualifier I will be taking into account your submissions in both rounds. If you are right on the cut line in Q2 but killed it in the first round, I'll give you the edge. But that's the only advantage you get - if you send my favourite song in the first and come last in the second, you'll still get the axe. Still, if you do really well in the first qualifier this means you may be afforded some comfort for the second one.
Edit: since I haven't mentioned it yet: It appears that 17 is going to be the final number I have decided that I will eliminate three people after the first qualifying round, and four after the second.
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Fine, I'll just send two awesome songs then. I've got no shortage of those.
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I have trouble deciding which of the awesome songs I have lined up I will send first. Expect my submission through your Spotify inbox in a few minutes.
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how heavy do you like your metal?
Opeth is about as heavy as I get, and even then I prefer the stuff that has more atmosphere and melody than I do their truly heavier stuff. If you're familiar with them at all: I love Ghost Reveries/Watershed/Blackwater Park, but have never been able to get into albums like Deliverance. If you aren't familiar with Opeth I may have to revisit this answer. :lol
What it is your view on punk/ska/reggae?
There were a few popular punk songs I didn't mind when I was in high school around 1998-2002 but otherwise it's a genre I haven't been able to get into and thus don't listen to. Ska and reggae even less so.
I know you are a fan of The Black Mages but are you familiar with any of Nobuo Uematsu's other projects?
I've heard some of the Earthbound Papas stuff, but I didn't really like the direction he took with that project, after The Black Mages. Other than that I'm just familiar with some of his Final Fantasy soundtracks, everything from FFIII through to FFVI in particular.
Oh, lastly, where in the world do you live?
I'm from Australia.
Ok thanks, that's all good to know. Yes, I'm a big fan of Opeth so I will use them as a guide to how heavy I will go.
I kind of agree about Earthbound Papas, but I still like some of their output.
I might not get far in this roulette but what I like about this forum is that there is a huge diversity of music that people are into. I'm just going to steer clear of Progressive Metal completely and instead go for just awesome music that I personally think has a little something for everyone, regardless of what genres are their favourite.
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Here's a useful tip for anyone who wishes to look up artists in my Last.fm library. Since they updated the site with a beta design there's been no easy way to look up a particular artist in someone's library, but I discovered a trick to allow you to do it.
Essentially, you just have to take the following link and change the "Dream+Theater" part to whichever band it is you'd like to check up on, using + signs in place of any spaces. :tup
https://www.last.fm/user/Bolsters/library/music/Dream+Theater
It is. It's been in "beta" for over a year? And the "new" version removed a lot of basic features/functions.
it must be bad...........Kim Jong Il has come back from the dead to bitch about it on your profile.
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I might not get far in this roulette but what I like about this forum is that there is a huge diversity of music that people are into. I'm just going to steer clear of Progressive Metal completely and instead go for just awesome music that I personally think has a little something for everyone, regardless of what genres are their favourite.
That's always cool to see, even as a participant. I must say I'm not as big of a risktaker in these things, so if I don't know the persons tastes too well I end up sending some prog anyway just to be safe, I did not send prog for this round though.
Usually I do an okay job of picking the right songs from an artist according to the host's tastes, but I do a shitty job of picking the right artists :lol
I'm pretty relieved there's no way to get into the main competition after the first qualifier, I think I picked a solid song, but not a round winner. Still hoping to get that advantage though.
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I might not get far in this roulette but what I like about this forum is that there is a huge diversity of music that people are into. I'm just going to steer clear of Progressive Metal completely and instead go for just awesome music that I personally think has a little something for everyone, regardless of what genres are their favourite.
That's always cool to see, even as a participant. I must say I'm not as big of a risktaker in these things, so if I don't know the persons tastes too well I end up sending some prog anyway just to be safe, I did not send prog for this round though.
Usually I do an okay job of picking the right songs from an artist according to the host's tastes, but I do a shitty job of picking the right artists :lol
I'm pretty relieved there's no way to get into the main competition after the first qualifier, I think I picked a solid song, but not a round winner. Still hoping to get that advantage though.
To be honest as I'm still new around here I'm still trying to suss out peoples tastes. The song I sent was a bit of a knee jerk reaction, I was listening to it when I decided to join. It is one of my favourite songs and I doubt many people will know it but I might take my time to pick a second qualifier (if I get through that is). This all depends on the reaction Bolsters has to my pick.
I'm going to take risks with genres outside of progressive metal though as I'm using this site to discover loads of bands as it is. I'm not going to have that much that isn't well known around here in terms of progressive metal so I will send all my other favourite shit.
Like I said, tastes seem pretty diverse around here so if I can be obsessed with progressive metal but still love reggae, ska, punk and other random genres I know there's bound to be others like me. Plus the songs I'll pick will be ones that I genuinely think everyone will find a little something they like.
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WTH is "ska"?
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twosuitsluke, dude, I'm glad you didn't sign up for my roulette. :lol
Sending my song in a few minutes.
WTH is "ska"?
We have a hockey team called SKA in Russia. Maybe that's it!
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WTH is "ska"?
A genre that doesn't need post- or -core to be described. :biggrin:
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WTH is "ska"?
A genre that doesn't need post- or -core to be described. :biggrin:
That doesn't mean it doesn't suck though. I mean, there are genres like shoegaze and dubstep. :biggrin:
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WTH is "ska"?
A genre that doesn't need post- or -core to be described. :biggrin:
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WTH is "ska"?
A genre that doesn't need post- or -core to be described. :biggrin:
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WTH is "ska"?
really? It had a pretty big "revival" in the 90's as ska-punk
No Doubt, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sublime, Reel Big Fish, etc
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twosuitsluke, dude, I'm glad you didn't sign up for my roulette. :lol
Sending my song in a few minutes.
WTH is "ska"?
We have a hockey team called SKA in Russia. Maybe that's it!
Each to their own guys. Personally I am the sort of person who will judge music on it's own merits and how it sounds, as opposed to pigeonholing it because of my preconceptions of what particular genres sound like. I would never rule out anything, and assume I wouldn't like it, because of the genre it is labelled as.
If I ever do a roulette I want a wide variety of whatever you guys can throw at me. I thought the point of a roulette was to potentially discover stuff out of your comfort zone.
Also for the record I wouldn't send all punk/ska/reggae, I was using it as an example because I like a wide variety of music.
Lastly part of the reason I decided to enter Bolster's roulette is because he happily admits to loving Taylor Swift (which could be considered uncool by some), I like people who are open about what they like regardless of what others think. It made me think he would be open to whatever I chuck his way.
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I've got all but three submissions so far. I'm going to bed now, but I'm going to start listening tomorrow regardless of whether the stragglers have submitted or not.
Edit: Just two now.
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WTH is "ska"?
really? It had a pretty big "revival" in the 90's as ska-punk
No Doubt, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sublime, Reel Big Fish, etc
Can't say that I have heard of any of them.
King told me about a band called Ska Simmetry.........do they count?
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Each to their own guys. Personally I am the sort of person who will judge music on it's own merits and how it sounds as opposed to pigeonholing it because of my preconceptions of what particular genres sound like. I would never rule out anything and assume I wouldn't like it because of the genre it is labelled as.
If I ever do a roulette I want a wide variety of what you guys can throw at me. I thought the point of a roulette was to potentially discover stuff out of your comfort zone.
Also for the record I wouldn't send all punk/ska/reggae, I was using it as an example because I like a wide variety of music.
Lastly part of the reason I decided to enter Bolster's roulette is because he happily admits to loving Taylor Swift (which could be considered uncool by some), I like people who are open about what they like regardless of what others think. It made me think he would be open to whatever I chuck his way.
No worries man, I'm just fooling around. :tup
Sent. I admit I will be thoroughly baffled if this song gets me eliminated.
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WTH is "ska"?
really? It had a pretty big "revival" in the 90's as ska-punk
No Doubt, Mighty Mighty Bosstones, Sublime, Reel Big Fish, etc
Can't say that I have heard of any of them.
not even No Doubt/Gwen Stefani?
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I can picture Gwen Stefani but couldn't name a song. Shameful I know :biggrin: It's likely I would know a song or two if I heard them.
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Each to their own guys. Personally I am the sort of person who will judge music on it's own merits and how it sounds as opposed to pigeonholing it because of my preconceptions of what particular genres sound like. I would never rule out anything and assume I wouldn't like it because of the genre it is labelled as.
If I ever do a roulette I want a wide variety of what you guys can throw at me. I thought the point of a roulette was to potentially discover stuff out of your comfort zone.
Also for the record I wouldn't send all punk/ska/reggae, I was using it as an example because I like a wide variety of music.
Lastly part of the reason I decided to enter Bolster's roulette is because he happily admits to loving Taylor Swift (which could be considered uncool by some), I like people who are open about what they like regardless of what others think. It made me think he would be open to whatever I chuck his way.
No worries man, I'm just fooling around. :tup
Sent. I admit I will be thoroughly baffled if this song gets me eliminated.
It's ok, no worries ;) hopefully one day I will enter one of your roulettes and I'll give you the opportunity to eat your hat :lol
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I can picture Gwen Stefani but couldn't name a song. Shameful I know :biggrin: It's likely I would know a song or two if I heard them.
yeah probably Spiderwebs, Don't Speak, Just a Girl, Sunday Morning, etc
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It's ok, no worries ;) hopefully one day I will enter one of your roulettes and I'll give you the opportunity to eat your hat :lol
Either that or I'll give you 3/10. :lol
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Each to their own guys. Personally I am the sort of person who will judge music on it's own merits and how it sounds, as opposed to pigeonholing it because of my preconceptions of what particular genres sound like. I would never rule out anything, and assume I wouldn't like it, because of the genre it is labelled as.
I'm with you there Luke, I'd just never heard of that style/genre before. As for what it sounds like, I can dig it - hell, No Doubt/Tragic Kingdom made my first Top 50 list. Great album. And I do like the occasional thing outside of my normal comfort zone, but by-and-large, I know what I like, and I stick to it.
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Each to their own guys. Personally I am the sort of person who will judge music on it's own merits and how it sounds, as opposed to pigeonholing it because of my preconceptions of what particular genres sound like. I would never rule out anything, and assume I wouldn't like it, because of the genre it is labelled as.
I'm with you there Luke, I'd just never heard of that style/genre before. As for what it sounds like, I can dig it - hell, No Doubt/Tragic Kingdom made my first Top 50 list. Great album. And I do like the occasional thing outside of my normal comfort zone, but by-and-large, I know what I like, and I stick to it.
I thought you were trolling lol, have you seriously never heard of Ska??
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Each to their own guys. Personally I am the sort of person who will judge music on it's own merits and how it sounds, as opposed to pigeonholing it because of my preconceptions of what particular genres sound like. I would never rule out anything, and assume I wouldn't like it, because of the genre it is labelled as.
I'm with you there Luke, I'd just never heard of that style/genre before. As for what it sounds like, I can dig it - hell, No Doubt/Tragic Kingdom made my first Top 50 list. Great album. And I do like the occasional thing outside of my normal comfort zone, but by-and-large, I know what I like, and I stick to it.
I thought you were trolling lol, have you seriously never heard of Ska??
I've seriously never heard of "ska". I may have heard ska music, but I've never heard that term used to describe a style/genre.
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Actually, don't take those bands as a reference for Ska (at least no doubt)
Here you have some ska (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELq5Oxwcmfs)
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Actually, don't take those bands as a reference for Ska (at least no doubt)
Here you have some ska (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELq5Oxwcmfs)
agreed. I was giving examples of bands that are generally associated with the genre and with relatively larger appeal that I would have assumed someone around in the 90's might have heard of. I wasn't trying to say they were the definition of the genre.
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:tup
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Actually, don't take those bands as a reference for Ska (at least no doubt)
Here you have some ska (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ELq5Oxwcmfs)
Ok then. Not unenjoyable - I wouldn't cringe if it was playing at a dinner/house party, but not anything I'd consciously or actively seek out or reach for to press play.
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twosuitsluke sounds like someone I'd love as a participant in a roulette, even if he ends up in last place :lol.
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twosuitsluke sounds like someone I'd love as a participant in a roulette, even if he ends up in last place :lol.
This. You were the first one I thought of, with the Caravan Palace, Russkaja and whatnot :lol a lot of fun to have someone like that in a roulette.
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WTH is "ska"?
A genre that doesn't need post- or -core to be described. :biggrin:
That doesn't mean it doesn't suck though. I mean, there are genres like shoegaze and dubstep. :biggrin:
Those two definitely suck :P
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twosuitsluke sounds like someone I'd love as a participant in a roulette, even if he ends up in last place :lol.
This. You were the first one I thought of, with the Caravan Palace, Russkaja and whatnot :lol a lot of fun to have someone like that in a roulette.
Awwww shucks, thanks you guys :blush
I'll see if I can stay the duration in someone's roulette and try to send completely different genres for each round. Would be a lot of fun.
Speaking of Caravan Palace, I saw them at Boomtown festival last year, my girlfriend is a huge fan, not something I would normally go for but after seeing them live I completely got into them. I've realised there is a pattern forming as I'm going through my library looking for potential roulette songs. All the ones I'm considering are bands that put on an incredible live show and are also mainly fusing multiple genres together. Good times, could get addicted to this.
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I have sent. Going the metal approach with this one, I just hope that it doesn't completely blow up in my face. :lol
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I have sent. Going the metal approach with this one, I just hope that it doesn't completely blow up in my face. :lol
I didn't know there was any other way.
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I have sent. Going the metal approach with this one, I just hope that it doesn't completely blow up in my face. :lol
I didn't know there was any other way.
Iknowright
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i didn't send metal
i probably will if i make it to the second prelim tho
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Everyone sans Sir Walrus Cauliflower has sent. But I'm listening to the playlist...right now! :metal
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Okay sorry I've been trying to send. I can't figure it out on mobile. Is it k if just pm you the song name? I won't have a pc until tomorrow. It's on Spotify.
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last.fm isn't scrobbling :sadpanda:
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Okay sorry I've been trying to send. I can't figure it out on mobile. Is it k if just pm you the song name? I won't have a pc until tomorrow. It's on Spotify.
That's fine.
last.fm isn't scrobbling :sadpanda:
I've got Spotify set to Private. :ninja:
Once Sir Walrus Cauliflower has sent, I will post the first blurred image, a completely original idea that I had.
Edit: Also, I want to get through these qualifiers quickly, so I'm not going to put too much time or effort into writeups for 17 songs. A couple of sentences at most is what you're all going to get.
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I'm not going to put too much time or effort into writeups for 17 songs. A couple of sentences at most is what you're all going to get.
:tup
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it's a shame i can't just send you my worst stuff straight up so you can give the worst writeups to it
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just post the songs outright, i don't even care
i sent number city by coheed & cambria
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I probably blurred this too much and made it too hard but I don't care.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-q1-1.png~original)
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I can actually tell what several of these are pretty easily
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coheed and cambria - nuclear/number city (?)
caligula's horse
within temptation
Rival sons
nightingale?
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coheed and cambria - nuclear/number city (?)
i sent number city by coheed & cambria
:tup
anyways i can't actually get the picture to load :lol
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Dream Evil
Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes
Angels and Airwaves
M81?
Larry and his Flask? Is that a band?
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Didn't read through the thread nor that message, and barely know the band so :metal
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I'll have to make the next one harder, then.
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Nocturnal rites?
Gojira?
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Gojira?
This one is most definitely incorrect.
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Within Temptation - See Who I Am
dunno this at all but nice
Epysode - Forgotten Symphony
no clue, youtube'd the song title to find the band
Dream Evil - Chasing the Dragon
never heard of it
Caligula's Horse - Rust
not the song i would have sent (firelight or marigold tbh) but a good one nonetheless
Larry and his Flask - Ready Your Roomates
could only make out the band name, youtube'd to find the song
The ???? Group - King For A Day
youtube won't help you now
Wildbirds & Peacedrums - The Offbeat
god bless youtube, i can't believe this showed up with such a common word
Coheed & Cambria - Number City
me
M83 - Ok Pal
I don't actually know this song, but this was just too easy
Caligula's Horse - Marigold
omg :lol
Nocturnal Rites - Still Alive
dunno this either but i can read it
Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes
this should be interesting
???? - ????
too blurred
Rival Sons - ????
i can only figure this one out because of Sacul, I can't read this one otherwise
Ghost Ship Octavius - Pendulum
youtube
Angels & Airwaves - can't tell tbh
dunno this either
???? - ????
nope, too blurred
got most of 'em at least
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ghost ship oscillation - pendulum???
ok enough for today :lol
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Number City is a cool song. Not what I would necessarily go with, even just from Descension, but it's cool. And it's one of those that's a bit creepy as to why it's cheery, given the subject matter.
That is all. I'm not in this roulette, I just wanted to comment on that.
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it's my fav from descension and maybe my fav of both afterman discs, i dunno, domino is tough competition
go back to judging the championship roulette now :P
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I sent Rust by Caligula's horse.
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it's my fav from descension and maybe my fav of both afterman discs, i dunno, domino is tough competition
go back to judging the championship roulette now :P
Parama:
Didn't even send anything.
-3.5/5
Domino is probably the best on either album. I like Sentry the Defiant, The Hard Sell and Gravity's Union.
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Last time I saw Coheed live, they were on tour with Thank You Scientist and the brass from the latter joined in for a special performance of Number City. Highlight of that show--really cool song.
Domino is great too, not sure how I'd rank that album. It's really consistent.
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aww man, i saw Coheed w/ TYS & Cursive and we didn't get Number City at all, i think we got Sentry from Afterman instead which is great sure but not one of the best
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The next one is going to be so blurry, you won't be able to tell that the image even contains words.
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*inserts blurry image of a pleasure weasel*
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Alright, since you already know 95% of it:
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-q1-n.png~original)
I'm not in this roulette
Why is that?
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Conflict of interest.
Nah, I didn't see that many holes in your banned list for me to jump through. A lot of the artists that I don't always expect DTFers to have, you have, probably because you have more of an inclination to pop than most. Anyway, I think I'd run out of artists to send you after about 5 rounds.
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Fair enough.
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If it was just a matter of you had an empty space, I might give it a shot, but I feel like when there's a qualifying round that if I do manage to make it through by sending one really good song in the qualifying round, I then get in trouble midway through when I run out of artists—so for your sake and the sake of competition, I don't want to try to compete for a spot if I feel that I'm going to underperform if I do get it.
But I will show up in this thread to comment on songs and to harass Parama as much as you want.
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joke's on you, i'm not making it past the qualifiers
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Honestly I think Rust and Turntail are the two best songs on the album. I burnt myself on firelight, but it is the song that got me into them.
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Damn, some balls sending Rust.
I don't think I'd send anything off Bloom unless there was a round where I could send 2 consecutive songs (Bloom/Marigold) That transitions is just prog heaven. I don't think Rust can live up to that, even though I really like that song. I'm pretty sure Rust is Walrus' song. I definitely think Marigold is a better standalone track than Rust so whoever sent that might just edge out the Rust sender.
Epysode is probably Chad's? I've seen Nocturnal Rites and Dream Evil in Evermind's roulette though I don't remember who sent them.
Rival Sons is mine, pretty confident about it, though this seems like a very solid round.
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I suppose I should have posted this when I unveiled all of the songs...it's the Spotify playlist for the round. One song is missing however because it isn't available on Spotify.
https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/37MWIZeRrsICkPNVY7Yzu0
spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:37MWIZeRrsICkPNVY7Yzu0
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Some of these replies are awesome :lol Parama you crack me up.
I think Evermind sent Within Tenptation and jingly sent Epysode. That's all I got for now. Two people sending a song from the same album is funny though.
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be straight with me now y'all you guys just sent caligula's horse because bolsters is australian, yes?
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Some of these replies are awesome :lol Parama you crack me up.
I think Evermind sent Within Tenptation and jingly sent Epysode. That's all I got for now. Two people sending a song from the same album is funny though.
This is spot on.
Out of the ones still not guessed, I can see Klone - Immersion, must be Tomislav who sent it. Epysode is totally Chad, Dream Evil is probably Nelson's and Kade must've sent Nocturnal Rites after it scored big in my roulette.
I'm pretty sure Rust is Walrus' song.
I'm pretty sure about that too especially since he outright said that on the previous page.
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Some of these replies are awesome :lol Parama you crack me up.
I think Evermind sent Within Tenptation and jingly sent Epysode. That's all I got for now. Two people sending a song from the same album is funny though.
This is spot on.
Out of the ones still not guessed, I can see Klone - Immersion, must be Tomislav who sent it. Epysode is totally Chad, Dream Evil is probably Nelson's and Kade must've sent Nocturnal Rites after it scored big in my roulette.
You must be wizard or something :neverusethis:
At least I sent different song :P
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I toyed with sending Within Temptation as well, but decided on Muse. I'm really curious what Bolsters will think, I can see this going both horribly or great.
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Some of these replies are awesome :lol Parama you crack me up.
I think Evermind sent Within Tenptation and jingly sent Epysode. That's all I got for now. Two people sending a song from the same album is funny though.
This is spot on.
Out of the ones still not guessed, I can see Klone - Immersion, must be Tomislav who sent it. Epysode is totally Chad, Dream Evil is probably Nelson's and Kade must've sent Nocturnal Rites after it scored big in my roulette.
You must be wizard or something :neverusethis:
At least I sent different song :P
I have no idea what you're talking about. :neverusethis:
I toyed with sending Within Temptation as well, but decided on Muse. I'm really curious what Bolsters will think, I can see this going both horribly or great.
I'm pretty sure Within Temptation will do fine. He seems to like symphonic female-fronted metal. I think he's the only person I saw who has both Diabulus in Musica and Temperance on the banned list - not counting me, that is.
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I'll hold my hands up, I sent Larry and his Flask. They are pure god damn energy on stage. I saw them supporting someone else I could potentially send in this roulette and they tore the house down. I'm just hoping they come back to the UK to play some time soon.
Whether I'll get anywhere in this roulette or not is doubtful........
But I stand by my choice :hat
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You all get me pegged correctly.
As for the rest of the bands, hell, I only know a few of them. These results are gonna be interesting. Klone was somewhat interesting to me, I checked them out last year, and remember them to be very dark and Devy-like.
But I stand by my choice :hat
I also stood by Animotion. :lol
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So, what did Brent send? Ghost Ship Octavius? I just checked Pendulum (the song) and it's really great.
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Since we're all coming clean, I sent Amason
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You all get me pegged correctly.
As for the rest of the bands, hell, I only know a few of them. These results are gonna be interesting. Klone was somewhat interesting to me, I checked them out last year, and remember them to be very dark and Devy-like.
But I stand by my choice :hat
I also stood by Animotion. :lol
I don't know if your heard their newest(Here Comes the Sun) or older ones. Their older are groove metal and newest is quite different.
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I'm pretty sure Rust is Walrus' song.
I'm pretty sure about that too especially since he outright said that on the previous page.
:lol not my brightest moment. Just came home from a long long night when I wrote that, and I didn't check anything exceot for the blurred pic.
I just checked Pendulum and it's really great.
That's nice, will send you some Pendulum with female vocals in your 6th round then.
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I just checked Pendulum and it's really great.
That's nice, will send you some Pendulum with female vocals in your 6th round then.
I thought this will come up, hence the "(the song)" part. :lol
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I don't think I'd send anything off Bloom unless there was a round where I could send 2 consecutive songs (Bloom/Marigold) That transitions is just prog heaven. I don't think Rust can live up to that, even though I really like that song. I'm pretty sure Rust is Walrus' song. I definitely think Marigold is a better standalone track than Rust so whoever sent that might just edge out the Rust sender.
I prefer Rust in every way, but that's just me. One of the best things about Bloom imo is that every track works very well together as an album, but also individually. Rust just has some of grooviest riffs and fun stuff to play, and some very nice vocal melodies. Something about it just gets me.
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Totally fair dude. I mean, as to speak for myself, I got Marigold in my last roulette and really liked it(8.5/10 I think), I thought it started very abruptly but made for a pretty good single nonetheless. Bloom on the other hand, I would probably never listen to individually, not following it up with Marigold would seem weird to me.
As for Rust, love it. Bolsters has DMM on his banned list I think so he's probably not afraid to hear some djent stuff thrown in either, I really love that little breakdown after the chorus. This is one of those bands where I honestly couldn't tell what aspect is the highlight for me, everything balances out perfectly.
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Exactly. As far as I'm concerned just about every song is absolutely wonderful, Rust just happens to be my favorite. That breakdown is a big reason actually. I actually flipped a coin between rust and Turntail because I couldn't decide :lol
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Didn't I send you Marigold, ToN?
EDIT: Nope, just checked. Must have been a different roulette.
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So, what did Brent send? Ghost Ship Octavius? I just checked Pendulum (the song) and it's really great.
Nope, that was me.
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I sent M83. Going a different route than many of you, I see. I hope that works to my advantage...
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I sent M83. Going a different route than many of you, I see. I hope that works to my advantage...
I tried that last time, and Bolsters returned the favour.
We both failed miserably.
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Somebody figure out what the heck I sent, since I have no idea. :lol
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Somebody figure out what the heck I sent, since I have no idea. :lol
Angels and Airwaves, probably.
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As this is my first roulette I'm itching to find out if I crashed and burned at the first qualifier :loser:
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You sent Rival Sons
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Somebody figure out what the heck I sent, since I have no idea. :lol
Angels and Airwaves, probably.
o yeah, that was it.
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So, what did Brent send? Ghost Ship Octavius?
Good band , but no. I said earlier that I would send some Japanese stuff, so shouldn't be too hard from there :)
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I sent Nocturnal Rites. Just sent what I just sent in Ruslan's roulette, cause I'm lazy. :lol
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I sent Nocturnal Rites. Just sent what I just sent in Ruslan's roulette, cause I'm lazy. :lol
Nice to know you're putting in the effort. :lol
Anyway, I've got a few listens in now and have been ranking things as I go along. Quite a few of these tracks proved to be growers. This is a really strong round, loads of good stuff in here, I'm actually surprised how strong this round is. Anyway, I'm 90% sure I know who two of the eliminated players will be. The third, I'm not so sure about. I've got a tough decision to make here. :(
So. Who thinks they're being eliminated? :D
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Well I can't say I'm confident about knowing your musical tastes barring a few things. But I do have confidence in the mighty Larry and his Flask though ;D
I've got my fingers crossed as I've got lots of cool things lined up if I make it through.
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Can only comment on the songs I know/have listened to and they all feel like they'd do great with you. I think both Caligula's Horse songs should make it through pretty easily, even moreso since Arcane is apparently on your banned list too, still not sure which one will do better though, leaning more towards rust ATM.
That Coheed song was alright I guess, still not really into this band, and Domino the Destitute (I think that was the name) is easily my favorite from both Afterman albums.
Muse is an interesting choice, that's probably my #2 song off the album so good job on picking it :tup not sure how it will fare with Bolsters though.
I think I checked out the Dream Evil and Nocturnal Rites songs during Evermind's roulette, I don't really remember them though so can't really comment.
I don't think my song is one of the growers, I feel like either you dig it or you don't, but hey - it could be. I doubt I'll go out but you mentioned the there's a tough choice to be made for the third elimination, so ya never know.
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That Coheed song was alright I guess, still not really into this band, and Domino the Destitute (I think that was the name) is easily my favorite from both Afterman albums.
I absolutely adore Coheed and Cambria, I was tempted to send a song of theirs at first but didn't want to go too obvious. Please don't judge them by those songs though dude. I love The Afterman albums but if I had sent a song in this roulette it would have been one of about 30 songs off their first 4 albums before anything off Afterman!!
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I didn't. I judged them by all of the 4 albums that I've heard :lol at some point I gotta draw a line. I don't dislike them, and unlike many, it's not just Claudio that wears on me, I've realized these guys are just not for me. I do enjoy some bands with similar-ish vocals like TYS and Mandroid Echostar.
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I didn't. I judged them by all of the 4 albums that I've heard :lol at some point I gotta draw a line. I don't dislike them, and unlike many, it's not just Claudio that wears on me, I've realized these guys are just not for me. I do enjoy some bands with similar-ish vocals like TYS and Mandroid Echostar.
Fair enough, I know you had said you were going to check out their earlier albums, just wasn't sure if you had. I like TYS and ME but I only discovered them due to them being recommended for Coheed fans.
I've got to say though, it took me a LONG time for Coheed to click. I bought GA1 in 2006 after hearing Welcome Home but wasn't impressed, borrowed GA2 off a friend when that came out, still wasn't impressed. It was in 2009 when my girlfriends, best friends boyfriend was obsessed with them. He played me The Light and the Glass off their 2nd album and I started to get them. I gave GA1 another listen with the lyrics in front of me (I can picture the moment now) and I had a "Holy fuck, how did I not realise how awesome these guys are!!" epiphany moment. I've been increasingly obsessed since.
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Can only comment on the songs I know/have listened to and they all feel like they'd do great with you. I think both Caligula's Horse songs should make it through pretty easily, even moreso since Arcane is apparently on your banned list too, still not sure which one will do better though, leaning more towards rust ATM.
That Coheed song was alright I guess, still not really into this band, and Domino the Destitute (I think that was the name) is easily my favorite from both Afterman albums.
Muse is an interesting choice, that's probably my #2 song off the album so good job on picking it :tup not sure how it will fare with Bolsters though.
I think I checked out the Dream Evil and Nocturnal Rites songs during Evermind's roulette, I don't really remember them though so can't really comment.
I don't think my song is one of the growers, I feel like either you dig it or you don't, but hey - it could be. I doubt I'll go out but you mentioned the there's a tough choice to be made for the third elimination, so ya never know.
You don't know Within Temptation? I thought you were Dutch.
Also, :lol at your personal user text.
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Not feeling very confident - considering you said you were kinda ambivalent about the first Epysode album.
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Can only comment on the songs I know/have listened to and they all feel like they'd do great with you. I think both Caligula's Horse songs should make it through pretty easily, even moreso since Arcane is apparently on your banned list too, still not sure which one will do better though, leaning more towards rust ATM.
That Coheed song was alright I guess, still not really into this band, and Domino the Destitute (I think that was the name) is easily my favorite from both Afterman albums.
Muse is an interesting choice, that's probably my #2 song off the album so good job on picking it :tup not sure how it will fare with Bolsters though.
I think I checked out the Dream Evil and Nocturnal Rites songs during Evermind's roulette, I don't really remember them though so can't really comment.
I don't think my song is one of the growers, I feel like either you dig it or you don't, but hey - it could be. I doubt I'll go out but you mentioned the there's a tough choice to be made for the third elimination, so ya never know.
You don't know Within Temptation? I thought you were Dutch.
Also, :lol at your personal user text.
Correct. I know the band name and the fact they're dutch, but nothing more. I think I heard one or two songs, not really my thing.
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Well, it's just I thought they were kind of big in Netherlands. I talked with a local - a friend of Nem - and he said they were definitely bigger and more popular than Ayreon. Figured you would know them.
Anyway, I'm confident. No way my song is among the worst three here.
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I tried to play it safe but I'm not extremely confident. Wouldn't be surprised if I don't move on
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Other than the song I sent, I only know 2 other artists on the list, so I'm not making any assumptions.
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Well, it's just I thought they were kind of big in Netherlands. I talked with a local - a friend of Nem - and he said they were definitely bigger and more popular than Ayreon. Figured you would know them.
They definitely are - or at least were. Ten, fifteen years ago they were huge. And don't know what they're up to nowadays to be honest. The Dutch scene has definitely shifted a bit over time.
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That Coheed song was alright I guess, still not really into this band, and Domino the Destitute (I think that was the name) is easily my favorite from both Afterman albums.
I absolutely adore Coheed and Cambria, I was tempted to send a song of theirs at first but didn't want to go too obvious. Please don't judge them by those songs though dude. I love The Afterman albums but if I had sent a song in this roulette it would have been one of about 30 songs off their first 4 albums before anything off Afterman!!
really there's any number of great songs i could've sent, because coheed has many. Time Consumer, Devil in Jersey City, Everything Evil, Delirium Trigger, In Keeping Secrets, Three Evils, The Crowing, Backend of Forever, Al the Killer, The Light & The Glass, Welcome Home, anything from The Willing Well, No World For Tomorrow, Mother Superior, The End Complete, On the Brink, The Broken, Domino, Vic, Evagria, Sentry, The Hard Sell, Gravity's Union, Colors, Ghost, Peace to the Mountain
but anyways i went with the weird out-of-place track on only maybe their third or fourth best album
So. Who thinks they're being eliminated? :D
it's me
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That Coheed song was alright I guess, still not really into this band, and Domino the Destitute (I think that was the name) is easily my favorite from both Afterman albums.
I absolutely adore Coheed and Cambria, I was tempted to send a song of theirs at first but didn't want to go too obvious. Please don't judge them by those songs though dude. I love The Afterman albums but if I had sent a song in this roulette it would have been one of about 30 songs off their first 4 albums before anything off Afterman!!
really there's any number of great songs i could've sent, because coheed has many. Time Consumer, Devil in Jersey City, Everything Evil, Delirium Trigger, In Keeping Secrets, Three Evils, The Crowing, Backend of Forever, Al the Killer, The Light & The Glass, Welcome Home, anything from The Willing Well, No World For Tomorrow, Mother Superior, The End Complete, On the Brink, The Broken, Domino, Vic, Evagria, Sentry, The Hard Sell, Gravity's Union, Colors, Ghost, Peace to the Mountain
but anyways i went with the weird out-of-place track on only maybe their third or fourth best album
So. Who thinks they're being eliminated? :D
it's me
So yea, you could have gone with any of the awesome tunes you mentioned (except Al the Killer, never understood the love for that song), how come you went with your pick?
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it was implied that Number City was also on this list of awesome Coheed tunes. mostly i'm thinking of just sending bolsters a lot of songs with a lot of personality, assuming i make it past one round :lol
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So I've been checking out the competition and there is a bit of a trend (which my song is not part of :lol) but also a handful that don't follow the trend. I've gotta say there is some really stella stuff here. My personal faves are easily Marigold by Caligula's Horse (Rust is really good too) and You Want To by Rival Sons.
Caligula's Horse have been on my radar for a while and I've heard a lot of good things but after hearing the two picks on here I think I will be picking up Bloom soon (love that artwork too).
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Judging from two or three of your banned artists, I'm fairly confident. However, I'm not holding my breath, as I felt confident about submissions I sent Sacul only to be shit upon.
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Judging from two or three of your banned artists, I'm fairly confident. However, I'm not holding my breath, as I felt confident about submissions I sent Sacul only to be shit upon.
You and me both. Now that I think about it, it was kind of the trend in that roulette. :lol
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It's because you sucked at reading my tastes :angel:
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It's because your tastes are impossible to read :P.
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If I ever do a roulette, my summary of my taste will look something like this:
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Not feeling very confident - considering you said you were kinda ambivalent about the first Epysode album.
Second album crushes the first though, I think you'd be right with your song.
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I was ambivalent about both albums ;D
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I was ambivalent about both albums ;D
Second album is a big grower though I must say. I could see you skipping past it pretty quickly Brent.
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Not feeling very confident - considering you said you were kinda ambivalent about the first Epysode album.
Second album crushes the first though, I think you'd be right with your song.
:lucien:
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I intend to listen to the songs once more tomorrow (probably won't get time until the afternoon) and post results then.
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You're saying it takes you almost a week to listen to 17 songs and grade them? OMG THIS IS THE SLOWEST ROULETTE EVER WHAT IS WRONG WITH YOU? >:(
:neverusethis:
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Actually by the time I post the results tomorrow, it will have been almost exactly three days since I received the last of the songs and started listening.
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:eek
You're either really good at this or have a lot of free time on your hands :lol
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I think both.
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Or maybe I hate all of your songs and just want this to be over sooner.
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Or maybe I hate all of your songs and just want this to be over sooner.
Then just post the results now. :neverusethis:
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i'm dying of not being cut. literally on life support. end me.
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At this point I'm probably cut, I fail at roulettes even more than parama :lol
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Then just post the results now. :neverusethis:
Last place: splent
Last last place: Parama
:neverusethis:
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YAAAS IM NOT LAST LAST
:metal :metal :metal :metal
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i did it, i savbed the worl
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Okay, here are the results. All of the songs have been ranked from my favourite to least favourite, so you should have a good idea of how much I liked your song compared to the others. Although as I said this was a strong round and there weren't any truly bad songs here. Unfortunately, I have to stick to my guns and eliminate three of you, and another four in the next round. :omg:
Standing On Solid Ground
You have impressed enough this round to be in the top 10. You will have a slight advantage in the second qualifier under certain circumstances.
splent - M83 - Ok Pal
- This kind of 80's-inspired synthpop has really been doing it for me lately, so it should have been no surprise that this song did well, although apparently it is. :lol This has got it all; the synths, the clean-almost-funky guitars, the bouncy bass, and great vocals with just the right amount of quirkiness going on. It might miff a few people that this song topped the round, but I don't give a fuck. Well done, you're definitely moving on to the next qualifying round.
Evermind - Within Temptation - See Who I Am
- This is some solid symphonic metal here. I've obviously heard of these guys but it's been years since I last gave them a shot, and I don't remember anything I heard before making such an impact. This has just the right amount of balls to it aswell; I like my symphonic metal to have a bit of an edge to it, and these guys have that. Nice lead singer and I dig the choir doing backing vocals aswell. You definitely played it safe, but it has payed off for you.
jingle.chad - Epysode - Forgotten Symphony
- You're probably surprised to see this song so high in the rankings. Well, this song made a better first impression than I remember any other Epysode song I have heard has made, and I did mention that some songs this round were growers, so your song ended up here. At first I did have a bit of a hard time getting into the heavier sections in the verses of this song as it reminded me of the style on the first album which I have mentioned I have a hard time getting into, but this song has some stuff that made a good first impression; the chorus in particular, and also the symphonic elements. I think this song has a bit more breathing room than I remember other Epysode songs having, which definitely helped it. I also found that I got a grasp on the song more as I listened to it - perhaps something I need to do more with this band in general. Anyway, you've impressed enough to come 3rd and make it into the next round rather comfortably.
wolfking - Nocturnal Rites - Still Alive
- This is some solid metal. Not a great deal to say about it since I'm trying not to write huge writeups, this is just really solid, well-written melodic metal that I enjoyed immensely. It's got the right amount of heaviness and a great almost-anthemic chorus. It looks like sending an Evermind hand-me-down has worked out for you...this time. :biggrin:
Elite - Caligula's Horse - Marigold
- My first reaction to this song was "wow this a bit too similar to Hex Omega :lol" and I still have to agree. But Hex Omega is a great song and this one manages to still have an identity despite being a bit of a rip-off of the aforementioned Opeth song. I've tried a few times to get into Caligula's Horse in the past and failed to be interested - never this album though, and I liked this pretty much immediately, so I will have to check the album out when my roulette concludes.
Sir Walrus Cauliflower - Caligula's Horse - Rust
- The second Caligula's Horse song of the round, and from the same album no less. I did like the song Elite sent more, but the quality was very close and this one ended up being ranked immediately after his. Getting two solid songs just reaffirmed that I have to check this album out. Anyway, on this song the singer has a bit more attitude as he isn't channeling Mikael and I really like the verses in this one.
senecadawg2 - Dream Evil - Chasing the Dragon
- Some solid, heavy melodic rock here. On first listen I thought the chorus was a bit weak but it turned into a bit of an earworm after only the first listen, so I had to concede that I may have been wrong. :lol The verses are probably the highlight for me though, nice crunchy guitar work, and the pre-chorus aswell.
Parama - Coheed and Cambria - Number City
- Even though you aren't in the #1 spot, I have a feeling you're going to be more surprised at where you came than splent is. Like a few other things I received I've given Coheed many chances over the years and not thought much of any of it. This song though made a really good first impression; the bouncy bassline is the first thing that jumps out but then it's followed up with some nice vocals and some subtle electronic and brass elements. But dat chorus...I love that chorus, the way the bass ascends with the vocalist, and the brass really elevates the song here. Do their other songs contain brass? I don't really remember, but if so I might enjoy their music a lot more now than I have in the past when trying to get into them. I think I like this more than the Thank You Scientist song I got from you in my last roulette...this might be the best song you've ever sent me.
Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Angels & Airwaves - Heaven
- When this song started I thought it was going to be quite a bit heavier, given the loud distorted chords in the intro. But I'm kind of glad it took the direction that it did, because this was a really good 90's-styled pop rock song - I guess that's not surprising given who some of the members are though. Instantly recognised the singer from Blink 182 and he sometimes has a tendancy to annoy me, but he gives a good performance in this song. The lighter build-up to "heaven, must be just like this" is easily my favourite thing here.
bl5150 - Tak Matsumoto Group - King For A Day
- This was one of the harder songs to get a read on this round. While there's nothing bad here, it just took a while to grow on me, and the sound quality definitely hurt the song a bit I think. But like the dawg's submission this was just the kind of melodic hard rock that appeals to me, so I got over my initial skepticism and ended up enjoying this song. Still, you round out the top 10 so there's definitely room for improvement. :biggrin:
On The Thin Ice
Your song was good enough to get through to the second qualifier and avoid elimination, but you weren't in the top 10, so you'll need to impress to make it past the next round.
Tomislav95 - Klone - Immersion
- Despite being on thin ice, I did really like this song. As mentioned, the round was incredibly strong and so some good stuff had to fall into this category, and unfortunately your song was one of those. Anyway, this song has loads of atmosphere, it's got some chunky, almost-doomy rhythm guitar going on, and I like the juxtaposition of that with the clean guitar playing in the higher register. This is groovy as fuck aswell, especially in the verses, which is another plus. I'm not even sure if I have heard of this band but I'll definitely be saving this album for later.
Tyrias - Muse - Butterflies and Hurricanes
- I've heard a decent number of Muse tracks over the years, but never been impressed. Infact I have a friend who is into Muse and DT and I made a funny and said to him once that Never Enough was my favourite Muse song. :lol I'm not sure if it's my ever-expanding tastes or just this song, but I liked this song on first listen, and far more than any other Muse song I've heard. Vocally this is strong, and I like the subtle synthy-ness of the bass throughout this track, especially when it's less subtle. The little breakdown around the middle mark with said bass, the piano and the strings is my favourite thing here and I like how it leads into the piano/violin section. While you are on thin ice, this was still a high quality submission, so don't be deterred. :tup
Scorpion - Ghost Ship Octavius - Pendulum
- This song is solid but I had a bit of a harder time getting into it than a lot of other songs this round. Although there's nothing I actively dislike about this, it just wasn't strong enough to rise in the ranks, so unfortunately I ended up having to put you on thin ice. Anyway, I like the choruses in this and the vocals are nice, and the breakdown in the middle with the piano was nice - too bad it was so short though. I guess this song just lacked that "something extra" to elevate it. Still, I enjoyed it and you're definitely making it through to the next round, but you'll have to do better to make it into the top 10 and the main competition.
Train of Naught - Rival Sons - You Want To
- Modern hard rock? That's definitely what this is. I'm instantly reminded of bands like Jet and Wolfmother when listening to this, and while they aren't bands I go out of my way to listen to I don't mind them when I do hear their stuff. Anyway, the chorus on this song is good stuff, as is the calm build-up in the second half of the song. While I'm not blown away by this song it's definitely good enough to get you into the next qualifier - but you are ranked quite low, so you're going to really have to impress in order to make it into the top 10 of the next round.
Fallen Through
The ice broke under your feet, you fell in and drowned - you have been eliminated from the roulette.
Nekov - Amason - Älgen
- I said I had one very difficult decision this round, and deciding between this song and Naught's was that decision. Despite having to say goodbye to you here, I did actually like this song quite a bit. I like the somewhat dreamy atmosphere combined with a more frantic rhythm section. I could take or leave the male vox but the female lead was nice. The middle section where the violin comes to the forefront is great. In the end I gave the edge to Naught because the chorus in his song kills, and because your song is a little on the repetitive side, the drums especially. But I am very sorry to see you go after just one round, and I am going to save this album for later. But unfortunately I have to eliminate four people in the next round already, so I pretty much had to take out three of you here. Sorry bruh. :-\
twosuitsluke - Larry and his Flask - Ready Your Roomates
- You mentioned your desire to send stuff out of the box and this definitely qualifies, because this sort of bluegrass stuff is not something I ever expected to receive in a roulette. So on the plus side of things, these guys have a lot of energy and it's quite infectious, and I dig this singer's voice and he puts on a good performance here. On the negative, the song is a bit full-on the entire time, it's a bit repetitive (anyone who played in my first roulette can tell you how much they hate this word :lol), and the fast chicken-picking (at least I think that's what it is) style of guitar playing wore thin on me a bit. Still, at 2:42 the song doesn't really have a chance to wear out its welcome. Anyway, this round was very strong and I'm sorry that your first venture into roulettes had to be so short. :-\
Fluffy Lothario - Wildbirds & Peacedrums - The Offbeat
- The unfortunate thing about ranking systems is that someone has to come last. Today, I'm afraid it has to be you. :-\ On the plus side of things, this song has some tasty production; it sounds raw, but there's a lot of clarity to it, and it's very dynamic so there's tons of punch in the drums. It's pretty much perfect for this kind of song where the beat is the star of the song. On the negative, I had a hard time with the vocalist. I can hear the talent there definitely, but particular style in this song appealed to me very little, although she did have some moments I liked. The other negative is that this song is awfully repetitive; I crave variety in music, and this song is just the one drum beat through the whole song with only some additions here or there, so it wore thin on me very quickly when I listened to it. Still, even though this song is ranked last and I've got some negative things to say about it, it's not a complete failure - I definitely received worse songs in my first roulette. :lol Anyway, I'm sorry you have to go after just one round but thanks for throwing your hat in anyway and giving it a shot.
Alright, that's that. Those of you who made it through, start sending your songs for the second qualifying round.
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Haha, Larry and his Flask didn't make it.
Good to see Chad, Kade and Brent are through too.
So, now that I've got the second place in this round and considering I won your first roulette, I'll have to totally shit the bed in order to get eliminated, and that isn't happening. I think.
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glad you liked it :lol
now i actually have to think of a second song to send, darn
also no Number City is a unique song as far as Coheed goes, there's some brass in Peace to the Mountain but it's triumphant brass more than bouncy playful brass
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sent
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also no Number City is a unique song as far as Coheed goes, there's some brass in Peace to the Mountain but it's triumphant brass more than bouncy playful brass
That's a little disappointing.
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Pretty much as I had expected.......very good, solid song but nothing brilliant. Gets me through and allows me to get a read on what you liked without using any real ammo. Good to see you through too Ruslan :hifive:
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Coolio.
Oh, told ya Chad.
Will send tonight.
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also no Number City is a unique song as far as Coheed goes, there's some brass in Peace to the Mountain but it's triumphant brass more than bouncy playful brass
That's a little disappointing.
i'm sorry. it's just such a good song tho
now i have to find at least one more song to send so i can gain the right to send however many more songs that there are rounds for
or just send a dud and get kicked out :lol
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Good to see I managed to be the only one not on Spotify again :hat ;D
This time I'm sending a band that never fails to pop up in roulettes these days - might as well get it out the way :lol
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Good, Marigold did better than Rust :biggrin:
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Before I send this round, what's the limit for how many times we can send the same band during this roulette? Or do qualifying rounds not count towards that?
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Before I send this round, what's the limit for how many times we can send the same band during this roulette? Or do qualifying rounds not count towards that?
Any artist that has already been sent is automatically banned, even if I didn't like it. The qualifying rounds most definitely count towards this. So, one.
The banned artists list post has a section for things banned during the roulette, which I will update now.
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Alrighty cool. This adds some interesting strategy
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ok i seriously need to figure out what kind of metal bolsters likes though
what i've picked up between this last round and the first roulette:
1. vaguely power/symphonic metal that's proggy
2. djent with a melodic lean
that's like all i know tho
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You mean I can't send Within Temptation ten times in a row? Damn.
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I wanna send some instrumental stuff but ehhh I don't know if that's a good idea
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I wanna send some instrumental stuff but ehhh I don't know if that's a good idea
Well there is an instrumental bonus category which I said I would post some tips on. If you don't want to hold on to the song in question for that bonus, I don't have a problem posting a sneak peek now:
I think the two things that detract from instrumentals the most for me are firstly: If the song is predominently self-indulgent wankery, it's probably not going to appeal to me all that much. Secondly, I tend not to like it when an instrumental sounds like it should have vocals but doesn't.
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Yay, I'm still in :D
Will have to dig deep for next round, I don't want to be eliminated now :P
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Lol, last. Probably should have sent a different song.
Oh well, thanks for listening.
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Oh CRAP, did not expect to end so low!
OK I'm gonna get out the big guns, sending now.
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I just realized Green Carnation isn't banned and we can send one song without any length limit in the main competition.
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I think the two things that detract from instrumentals the most for me are firstly: If the song is predominently self-indulgent wankery, it's probably not going to appeal to me all that much. Secondly, I tend not to like it when an instrumental sounds like it should have vocals but doesn't.
Damn, I didn't read future Bolsters' thoughts on instrumentals before sending. Ah, what the hell, this is not really an instrumental anyway, and I think it fits these demands alright, I need more than alright to get through though :'(
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I will send tomorrow. Gotta think on this. Glad you liked the CH songs though, bloom is absolutely wonderful.
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Well, should have gone with Within Temptation after all. I toyed with this very song :P. Anyway, sent with a high chance I'll have to resubmit.
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You know what, I don't think there's any reason to hold off on posting this until the end of the second qualifying round. So here are the tips & guidelines I wrote for the bonus categories to perhaps help some of you make the right choices when going for them.
As always, important information will be listed in the OP, so if you need to find this post later just look there.
- (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-ruby.png~original) Symphonic/Orchestral: A song doesn't need to be completely symphonic or orchestral to qualify, it just needs to have "significant" contributions from such instrumentation. Symphonic metal type stuff will do fine if you've got something like that you think will appeal to me. I would prefer ensemble, but as far as single instruments go - I may or may not accept them for that bonus; it depends on how "important" I think the instrument is to the song. If I get a fairly normal rock song with a violin that sounds like it's just been thrown in for the sake of it, I won't award the bonus to it. On the other hand if the song seems like it was built around the violin and that the song wouldn't work all that well without the instrument, I will let it pass.
- (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-sapphire.png~original) Ballads: I think this is pretty straightforward and I don't have any specific advice here.
- (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-emerald.png~original) Instrumentals: I think the two things that detract from instrumentals the most for me are firstly: If the song is predominently self-indulgent wankery, it's probably not going to appeal to me all that much. Secondly, I tend not to like it when an instrumental sounds like it should have vocals but doesn't.
- (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-amethyst.png~original) Pre-80's: I'm familiar with a shitload of the hits and most popular songs of a lot of bands in the 60's and 70's, so you will need to avoid sending obvious stuff because it will more than likely be rejected. Deep Purple isn't banned for example but that doesn't mean I will accept songs like Highway Star or Smoke on the Water. Also my library thins out going back from 1980 but my pre-80's collection isn't non-existant - infact some of my all-time favourite albums were released in the 70's - so do check the banned list before sending. As for 70's prog...there are a couple of bands I like but in general I've had a hard time getting into most of it, so I would consider it a risk to send such music, but there's plenty of gaps there if you think you can change my mind on something.
- (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-garnet.png~original) World Influence: Like the ruby star a song doesn't need to fit solely into this style; any song with reasonable influence or instrumentation considered "world" will qualify, although I may be less strict with this bonus. African, Eastern, whatever...but it's probably worth noting that I have a soft spot for Celtic stuff.
- (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-aquamarine.png~original) Synth/Electronic: This one is a bit more broad since I didn't want a purely electronic category that only one or two people would exploit and get some easy high-valued stars from. On the synth side of things I will accept rock songs containing guitar, but the primary instrument must be a synth. Rush's mid-80's output is a good example, as is a lot of Van Halen stuff. I'm also accepting pop music here aswell but only if it is synth-driven; guitar-driven pop songs won't be eligible. On the electronic side a couple of tips: I find a lot of electronic music to be quite repetitive and I'm not fond of that, you'll do better to send songs with some variation in them. I'm a stickler for good production in general but especially so when it comes to electronica. Finally, I do like instrumental stuff but my favourite electronic albums generally feature vocals to some extent.
- (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-peridot.png~original) Multiple Vocalists/Choir: There needs to be more than one lead vocalist here - backing vocalists don't count towards the number of vocalists in a song for the purposes of this roulette. Or if you are going the choir route instead, similar to the ruby and garnet stars the song needs to have "significant" contribution from the choir to in order to qualify.
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Good to see I managed to be the only one not on Spotify again :hat ;D
This time I'm sending a band that never fails to pop up in roulettes these days - might as well get it out the way :lol
Oh fuck off! I wanted to send them.
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Well I allowed two Caligula's Horse songs in the first round, you can send a different song than him. But if a third person tries to send the band in question, they're shit out of luck. :biggrin:
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Well I allowed two Caligula's Horse songs in the first round, you can send a different song than him. But if a third person tries to send the band in question, they're shit out of luck. :biggrin:
Maybe... we'll see - unless someone else sends 'em in before I can submit.
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Changed my entry. Hope that's fine, but I think I'd rather play it somewhat safe for now and not send the more hipster stuff :lol
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Round 2 sent.
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Changed my entry. Hope that's fine, but I think I'd rather play it somewhat safe for now and not send the more hipster stuff :lol
I'm okay with people changing entries until I start listening. Once that happens, what you have sent is locked in.
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Changed my entry. Hope that's fine, but I think I'd rather play it somewhat safe for now and not send the more hipster stuff :lol
Damn you Tomislav for sending the same song I wanted to send :lol. Risky it is, then.
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I think I need a miracle to not be eliminated, so by all means folks, send risky stuff.
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Good to see I managed to be the only one not on Spotify again :hat ;D
This time I'm sending a band that never fails to pop up in roulettes these days - might as well get it out the way :lol
Oh fuck off! I wanted to send them.
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Wow I didn't expect to be ranked so high! That makes me feel a LITTLE bit better; although now I wish I held on to it :lol
Will send later.
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Anyone have any idea why there is no sound coming out of Spotify for me. I play the song and the bar and song timer ticks along but no sound, WTF?!
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Changed my entry. Hope that's fine, but I think I'd rather play it somewhat safe for now and not send the more hipster stuff :lol
Damn you Tomislav for sending the same song I wanted to send :lol. Risky it is, then.
First song that came to my mind after I read:
but it's probably worth noting that I have a soft spot for Celtic stuff.
And considering last round I think Bolsters will like it :tup
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Changed my entry. Hope that's fine, but I think I'd rather play it somewhat safe for now and not send the more hipster stuff :lol
Damn you Tomislav for sending the same song I wanted to send :lol. Risky it is, then.
First song that came to my mind after I read:
but it's probably worth noting that I have a soft spot for Celtic stuff.
And considering last round I think Bolsters will like it :tup
That was why I wanted to send it as well ::)
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Anyone have any idea why there is no sound coming out of Spotify for me. I play the song and the bar and song timer ticks along but no sound, WTF?!
Maybe it's playing on a different device, your phone or something? If that's the case click the volume icon to change the device to whatever you're using.
I'm having weird issues with Spotify as of lately too though so it may not be a coincidence. For me Spotify doesn't even open anymore (error 18), which means it's already running, but it still said that after I rebooted the PC so it makes no sense.
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Anyone have any idea why there is no sound coming out of Spotify for me. I play the song and the bar and song timer ticks along but no sound, WTF?!
Is the volume turned up? :neverusethis:
The only thing I can think of is maybe it's set to stream to another device. Spotify has a connect feature and can stream to compatible devices. If you have such a device on your network (such as your phone) it could be streaming to that instead of playing on the computer. Next to the volume control it should say Devices Available, or nothing at all. If it has something other than that written there, click it and select your computer.
Edit: despite being ninja'd I don't think this is possible anyway, since I just remembered that it's a premium feature.
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Anyone have any idea why there is no sound coming out of Spotify for me. I play the song and the bar and song timer ticks along but no sound, WTF?!
No clue. Try reinstalling? Use the Web Player?
Google has no solutions?
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Ah well, that was close. You guys have fun
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Nice!
I'm not sure just yet what I'm going to send for the next round, but you'll have it before the end of the day
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I crashed and burned but I stand by my choice. I did send Larry and his Flask without thinking about it too much because I love them so much. To be fair seeing them live was what made me love them.
I think next time I'll try and pick my song a bit more carefully (probably not though). I think I might possibly have a bit of a skewed view on what people want out of a roulette though, is it to discover new music of any genre from people who's tastes (progressive metal) cross over with theirs or to kind of fill in the blanks (in their banned list), as it were, with popular bands on this forum?
All said and done though this roulette had some great music in the first qualifier (particularly Caligula's Horse) that I will be checking.
Next one I enter, I'll either start more on the metal and of the spectrum, or send something really out there. It's 50/50. Good luck to all the guys still in, I'll be following along anyway.
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I think I might possibly have a bit of a skewed view on what people want out of a roulette though, is it to discover new music of any genre from people who's tastes (progressive metal) cross over with theirs or to kind of fill in the blanks (in their banned list), as it were, with popular bands on this forum?
I think different people have different expectations when running a roulette. I go in just wanting to discover new music to enjoy, whether it's something similar to what I already like that I have missed, or it's something I've overlooked that gets brought to my attention, or being exposed to something I wouldn't look for or think I would like. I do appreciate that you sent me something out of my comfort zone and tried to expose me to something I wouldn't normally look for, but the caveat to this approach is that it carries a higher risk. It just didn't pay off in this one instance, unfortunately.
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Sent. What I was thinking of sending was on your banned list, so I went with another choice; actually one I haven't heard in ages, and was like whoa this would be good to send to Bolsters so I did :lol
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I think I might possibly have a bit of a skewed view on what people want out of a roulette though, is it to discover new music of any genre from people who's tastes (progressive metal) cross over with theirs or to kind of fill in the blanks (in their banned list), as it were, with popular bands on this forum?
I think different people have different expectations when running a roulette. I go in just wanting to discover new music to enjoy, whether it's something similar to what I already like that I have missed, or it's something I've overlooked that gets brought to my attention, or being exposed to something I wouldn't look for or think I would like. I do appreciate that you sent me something out of my comfort zone and tried to expose me to something I wouldn't normally look for, but the caveat to this approach is that it carries a higher risk. It just didn't pay off in this one instance, unfortunately.
I think that is how I would approach a roulette. I know what I sent was high risk and I think I will continue to do so. I'm not in it to win it, just to expose people to great music that could easily be missed due to the country you live in or popularity of said band.
There has been an incredible ska/punk scene in the UK over the last 10 years or more but it's all fairly underground and most people are unaware of it. Some quality bands though.
Might host a roulette later this year just to see what inspired tunes I'd receive.
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1. I'll be happy to have you in my roulette (probably starts somewhere after upcoming summer), I've proven to be open to experimental and out of the ordinary stuff to a certain extent, it has paid off sometimes but also failed quite a bit. There's likely going to be a qualification round for that one aswell though.
2. If you want to run a roulette yourself you're better off signing up earlier than later, the current waiting list would take about 5-6 months I'd guess, until the person on bottom of the list is up.
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I'll either send in half an hour or just tomorrow. Will it be alright to send a song in 24 hours from now on? I'm just too tired right now to pick something.
I know this might be a little strange coming from me, probably my exhaustion is to blame, but... do you mind growls? :lol Think Epica.
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wow now I don't have to ask about growls myself :lol
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Anyone have any idea why there is no sound coming out of Spotify for me. I play the song and the bar and song timer ticks along but no sound, WTF?!
Maybe it's playing on a different device, your phone or something? If that's the case click the volume icon to change the device to whatever you're using.
I'm having weird issues with Spotify as of lately too though so it may not be a coincidence. For me Spotify doesn't even open anymore (error 18), which means it's already running, but it still said that after I rebooted the PC so it makes no sense.
Anyone have any idea why there is no sound coming out of Spotify for me. I play the song and the bar and song timer ticks along but no sound, WTF?!
Is the volume turned up? :neverusethis:
The only thing I can think of is maybe it's set to stream to another device. Spotify has a connect feature and can stream to compatible devices. If you have such a device on your network (such as your phone) it could be streaming to that instead of playing on the computer. Next to the volume control it should say Devices Available, or nothing at all. If it has something other than that written there, click it and select your computer.
Edit: despite being ninja'd I don't think this is possible anyway, since I just remembered that it's a premium feature.
Anyone have any idea why there is no sound coming out of Spotify for me. I play the song and the bar and song timer ticks along but no sound, WTF?!
No clue. Try reinstalling? Use the Web Player?
Google has no solutions?
Nothing has changed, it's on my PC and the volume is up. Used it one day, worked fine, the next no sound, weird. I don't know, I'll have a play around later on.
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Update and/or reinstall may e
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1. I'll be happy to have you in my roulette (probably starts somewhere after upcoming summer), I've proven to be open to experimental and out of the ordinary stuff to a certain extent, it has paid off sometimes but also failed quite a bit. There's likely going to be a qualification round for that one aswell though.
2. If you want to run a roulette yourself you're better off signing up earlier than later, the current waiting list would take about 5-6 months I'd guess, until the person on bottom of the list is up.
Cheers dude. I should probably get my name added to the list. I got my name added on to the 'top 50 albums' list but still haven't gotten around to doing write ups. It's hard enough picking a top 50, let alone everything that goes with it!
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I've got 9 out of 14 submissions thus far.
I'll either send in half an hour or just tomorrow. Will it be alright to send a song in 24 hours from now on? I'm just too tired right now to pick something.
Yeah, that's fine.
I know this might be a little strange coming from me, probably my exhaustion is to blame, but... do you mind growls? :lol Think Epica.
Growls/harsh vocals can be a bit hit or miss with me. The style used by Epica is acceptable in moderation however.
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1. I'll be happy to have you in my roulette (probably starts somewhere after upcoming summer), I've proven to be open to experimental and out of the ordinary stuff to a certain extent, it has paid off sometimes but also failed quite a bit. There's likely going to be a qualification round for that one aswell though.
2. If you want to run a roulette yourself you're better off signing up earlier than later, the current waiting list would take about 5-6 months I'd guess, until the person on bottom of the list is up.
Cheers dude. I should probably get my name added to the list. I got my name added on to the 'top 50 albums' list but still haven't gotten around to doing write ups. It's hard enough picking a top 50, let alone everything that goes with it!
Do it now. My names been on the list probably since October. Still waiting.. :lol
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I know this might be a little strange coming from me, probably my exhaustion is to blame, but... do you mind growls? :lol Think Epica.
Growls/harsh vocals can be a bit hit or miss with me. The style used by Epica is acceptable in moderation however.
yeah that's what i thought
i might have trouble sending you any of the metal i've been into recently if this is the case :lol
but i need to send metal, apparently i sent zero metal last roulette somehow
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Now that I've had a chance to read thru all the writeups and retort (other than Brent beating me to the punch on the band in question)...
Oh, told ya Chad.
Indeed you did. Glad you enjoyed Dave. Gonna take a different approach this round though. And should I make it through to the main competition, I'm going to personally challenge myself to hit all 'bonus' themes - though I know there's only 3 (?) bonus points available.
I just realized Green Carnation isn't banned and we can send one song without any length limit in the main competition.
Did I miss this 'rule' somewhere? If so Ruslan, hands off! You know what I'm sending - I already checked that the band is not banned. And this time, I mean it... I'm sending it.
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whoever sends LoDDoD in round 1 is the true winner of the roulette
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And should I make it through to the main competition, I'm going to personally challenge myself to hit all 'bonus' themes - though I know there's only 3 (?) bonus points available.
Me too.
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And should I make it through to the main competition, I'm going to personally challenge myself to hit all 'bonus' themes - though I know there's only 3 (?) bonus points available.
Me too.
Copy cat.
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i'm going to send random crap that bolsters will arbitrarily decide fits the theme, sometimes
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And should I make it through to the main competition, I'm going to personally challenge myself to hit all 'bonus' themes - though I know there's only 3 (?) bonus points available.
Me too.
You can do that if you want, but I'd recommend picking out which three you want the bonus points from because.....reasons. :neverusethis:
we can send one song without any length limit in the main competition.
Did I miss this 'rule' somewhere? If so Ruslan, hands off! You know what I'm sending - I already checked that the band is not banned. And this time, I mean it... I'm sending it.
I guess you did. But I should tell you all that the longer the song is the less likely I am going to be to absorb it in the short time I will have to listen to it. I also won't be able to listen to it as many times as I would a shorter song. And if I'm being honest, I would actually prefer if no one sent anything longer than the 12 minute limit - I just wanted the option to be there.
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^ Yeah... but I've got these.
(https://static.tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pub/images/8392e9004b296f1fd4ebf6bf1c1e5485.jpg)
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i couldn't find any metal i think you'd really like so i sent something else instead
goodbye all
i was gonna send caligula's horse but welp
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I think I have multiple songs that can fit under any of the bonuses. So... Idk what to do.
I have several possibilities. The more I review my playlists and music, the better I feel about this roulette. But I don't want to get ahead of myself. Last time I felt this way Sacul threw a monkey wrench at me.
Sorry Sacul. You tarnished my feelings about roulettes forever.
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get revenge on him when you host your roulette
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Well, sent. Everyone want to post what they sent or nah?
Also I know the anticipation of knowing who sent what is a big part of the fun of the roulette for some, so if there's anyone who would actually rather us not say what we sent, I get that.
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Let's see if I can fail less with the blurred image thing, first.
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Let's see if I can fail less with the blurred image thing, first.
Okay cool. Sorry I forgot that was a thing in this roulette. After that, do you mind?
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Let's see if I can fail less with the blurred image thing, first.
Okay cool. Sorry I forgot that was a thing in this roulette. After that, do you mind?
Not at all.
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i sent a song i've sent in a roulette before
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I have not sent anything yet.
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I sent something metal.
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What the fuck is Larry And His Flask?
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What the fuck is Larry And His Flask?
Something unmetal related I presume.
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What the fuck is Larry And His Flask?
An unwise choice.
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What the fuck is Larry And His Flask?
An unwise choice.
Yeah, probably something I should have sent in the first round of the championship roulette. :lol
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It kind of sounds like some jazz band name.
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Larry and his Flask were my fail :lol
With no knowledge of Bolsters tastes other than the fact he likes Taylor Swift and The Black Mages I sent a song I love regardless.
It was a very unwise choice as it didn't get me far. They are one of the best live bands I have ever seen though. They brought an energy to the stage unlike any other. It's not often you have a band where all 6 members are drawing your eye to them on stage and playing with passion and energy.........so much energy it was infectious.
For a start the drummer played the whole show stood up and the double bass player was throwing shapes with said double bass like it was inflatable or something. He was playing the thing in the pit for a good portion of the show!! Bloody incredible band. Don't think many of you guys would really appreciate them though.
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Luke, post a link to something cool then.
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I just listened to the song you sent.
It's fun, but I think it's completely fair to say it has a big chance of losing to the other songs on here. I have a handful of these kind of songs (not this genre, but kind of the same fun feel) but never use them in roulettes. As a host I think this kind of thing is just very hard to rate, how do you compare this song to Caligula's Horse? I could definintely see myself really liking this but it would never win a round, you know, it's hard to explain the reasoning behind it.
But in the end, I sent hard rock thinking it would be alright, and it ended up not getting me very far either :lol assuming I need a miracle to make it past the second Q.
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https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=VoV5FzKVk2M
Here is an example of them live, I personally love the energy. When I saw them they were supporting Frank Turner, I love it when a support band can get you involved and invested when you know none of their songs. Sign of a great band in my opinion.
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I just listened to the song you sent.
It's fun, but I think it's completely fair to say it has a big chance of losing to the other songs on here. I have a handful of these kind of songs (not this genre, but kind of the same fun feel) but never use them in roulettes. As a host I think this kind of thing is just very hard to rate, how do you compare this song to Caligula's Horse? I could definintely see myself really liking this but it would never win a round, you know, it's hard to explain the reasoning behind it.
I personally don't find it that hard to rate songs like these compared to others. I just rate on how much I enjoy them for what they're supposed to achieve, so you could get a high grade from me with a Symphonic Metal, Post Rock, Synth Pop or Folk song (just to give a few examples), as long as they achieve what they set out to do (and I have to like that thing as well, sending a Noise track is probably not gonna end all that well).
Regarding Larry and His Flask, I think I'd enjoy the hell out of them live but they don't do that much for me as a studio band. Might just be my current mood, it's afternoon here and I usually hate music in general for a few hours after lunch :lol.
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I just listened to the song you sent.
It's fun, but I think it's completely fair to say it has a big chance of losing to the other songs on here. I have a handful of these kind of songs (not this genre, but kind of the same fun feel) but never use them in roulettes. As a host I think this kind of thing is just very hard to rate, how do you compare this song to Caligula's Horse? I could definintely see myself really liking this but it would never win a round, you know, it's hard to explain the reasoning behind it.
But in the end, I sent hard rock thinking it would be alright, and it ended up not getting me very far either :lol assuming I need a miracle to make it past the second Q.
To be fair if I received Larry and his Flask (without ever hearing them) and Caligula's Horse in a roulette I would go for Caligula's Horse everytime I think. I know I'm biased towards LahF as their live performance made me fall in love with them (which you obviously don't get from a studio rendition of a song). I really should have done my homework if I wanted to progress in this roulette lol.
I was listening to it at the time I decided to enter the roulette and as a knee jerk reaction just thought "Larry and his Flask are amazing, everyone will love this, I'm going to win the roulette!!!!!"
Hindsight is a bitch and all that :loser:
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Sorry Sacul. You tarnished my feelings about roulettes forever.
You played in one of the hardest, most frustrating roulettes ever and didn't end up in last place :P
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Regarding Larry and His Flask, I think I'd enjoy the hell out of them live but they don't do that much for me as a studio band.
Basically I think you are spot on. Live they are amazing, unfortunately I let my personal experience seeing this band live get in the way of looking at the song objectively through the eyes (or ears) of someone who has no prior knowledge of this band. You live and learn :lol
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Lastly, before I spam this roulette too much talking about this band, I just want to leave this here.
(https://www.sedate-bookings.com/img/news/Photo%202%20-%20Larry%20and%20His%20Flask.jpg)
I'll look forward to entering all your roulette's soon :hat
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Alright, sent. I think Dave might like this one less than that Within Temptation song, but I'll be flabbergasted if I'm eliminated with this one.
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I've already secured an elimination spot so there are only 3 more to claim anyways
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Everyone is now in, so here's the first blurred image. Good luck with this one, jerks.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-q2-0.png~original)
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:rollin
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I think one of the bands is Blur.
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So someone sent 70s Argentinian prog, nice :corn
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i sent music
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Alright, here's the real one. :P
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-q2-1-aeiou.png~original)
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Caravan palace
rishloo
glen hansard?
Grimes
Lechuga - Entre 2 Mundos :metal
gorillaz
Evanescence? Evergrey?
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this is still significantly less fun than Q1's
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Pretty sure I see Evergrey - though I'll be damned to figure out what song it is with "of the" Either way... >:( Probably Kade or Ruslan there that cockblocked me. I was counting on using them.
I already know what Brent sent, and he knows mine - Kade might be able to pick mine out.
Circus Maximus - Abyss
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I sent Rishloo - Just A Ride. It was between that, Romance of a Dead Kingdom, or Scissorlips. I couldn't decide if I wanted to use Rishloo in the qualifier but I figured it won't matter what I can still send if I get eliminated.
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oh yeah and I sent
Gorillaz - El Manana
i don't expect to do well with it since it's a song i adore that i can totally see being meh to others
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I can see Bolsters complaining about the production :P
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Well honestly it's not their strong point. But their sound is very raw so it works
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What I sent is the most covered up.
i don't expect to do as well as I did in the first prelim, but barring this song unexpectedly bombing I am assuming it's good enough to go through to the next round and am deciding between several possibles for round 1.
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I can see Bolsters complaining about the production :P
Why?
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Well that was definitely something you complained about on my Burial and Janelle Monae submissions in your v1, and El Mańana doesn't precisely sound crystal clear :P
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oh yeah, bolsters likes clean production
definitely not sending any black metal then
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Well that was definitely something you complained about on my Burial and Janelle Monae submissions in your v1, and El Mańana doesn't precisely sound crystal clear :P
It sounded alright to me. ???
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it sounded fine, he just hated it
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4 out of 5 is far from hating it ::)
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4 out of 5 is far from hating it ::)
i meant bolsters, not you
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My reading comprehension doesn't work at these hours :facepalm:
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Pretty sure I see Dynazty there.
I sent Evergrey.
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I actually thought you sent one of your solo songs! I see: Evermind - King of the Cockroach?
Lechuga - Entre 2 Mundos is mine of course :metal
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I'm absolutely not surprised no one figured out my song or band so far.
#toohipsterforDTF #no regraz
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I actually thought you sent one of your solo songs! I see: Evermind - King of the Cockroach?
Lechuga - Entre 2 Mundos is mine of course :metal
:lol
Well, you're almost spot on regarding the amount of letters.
And no offense, but I think you'll be eliminated with this Lechuga song. :biggrin:
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Of those that haven't been called out yet, I see Eluveitie and Blessed by a Broken Heart, two bands I only know by name.
Circus Maximus - Abyss
Nice catch!
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I see quite a bunch of people calling out the song they've sent. So, is this what we do in this roulette now, tell each other what we have sent? :lol I'm more of a 'wait-and-see' kind of guy, but if everybody does it I'll adapt to that as well.
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Good find with Eluveitie, missed that one.
Well, if someone guesses my band / song from the picture, I will admit it was me who send that. Otherwise I'll be quiet about my songs.
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Good find with Eluveitie, missed that one.
Well, if someone guesses my band / song from the picture, I will admit it was me who send that. Otherwise I'll be quiet about my songs.
I sent Eluveitie. Song with minimal amount of growls, one of their most popular (you probably know which one).
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A Rose for Epona? That's a nice one, you should make it through.
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Circus Maximus wasn't banned? So I could've sent Havoc
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A Rose for Epona? That's a nice one, you should make it through.
:tup
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Circus Maximus wasn't banned? So I could've sent Havoc
Or a good song by them instead.
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Heck, Forging is better than Havoc.
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Pretty sure I see Evergrey - though I'll be damned to figure out what song it is with "of the" Either way... >:( Probably Kade or Ruslan there that cockblocked me. I was counting on using them.
I already know what Brent sent, and he knows mine - Kade might be able to pick mine out.
Circus Maximus - Abyss
You cockblock Blessed By A Broken Heart, didn't you?
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Circus Maximus wasn't banned? So I could've sent Havoc
That's one of the songs from the new album that was released as a single, right? I remember thinking one of the two was okay but didn't like the other, not sure which one is which though. :lol I'd probably just have rejected either of them anyway since I listened to them not all that long ago.
You cockblock Blessed By A Broken Heart, didn't you?
I think it was in retaliation against Brent, who managed to cockblock him on something else first. :biggrin:
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No one has even attempted to guess mine. That said it's probably because the band is entirely covered up and only about four letters of the song are uncovered :lol
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Havoc is the one everyone hates. I like it alright but it's not great, one of the other singles, Pages, was very strong IMO, but it sure as hell isn't close to Abyss, great choice by Elite, one of my favorites, if not favorite off Isolate.
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Pretty sure I see Dynazty there.
I sent Evergrey.
You certainly do see Dynazty. And I finally recognize that you sent Mark of the Triangle.
You cockblock Blessed By A Broken Heart, didn't you?
:eyebrows:... just shut up and rock! :lol
I think it was in retaliation against Brent, who managed to cockblock him on something else first. :biggrin:
Eggs Actly.
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Yeah - Chad cock blocked Kade in retaliation against me :neverusethis:
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Isolate is a really strong album overall and my favourite by them (with their debut not far behind). I considered holding on to CM so I could send a longer song (Architect of Fortune, Ultimate Sacrifice, Glory of the Empire, The 1st Chapter) later on in the roulette, but I figured Abyss would do well enough to get me into the main competition before someone else sends them.
So there, black on white, I sent that track indeed.
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Pretty sure I see Dynazty there.
I sent Evergrey.
You certainly do see Dynazty. And I finally recognize that you sent Mark of the Triangle.
:tup
Anything from their latest was banned, by the way.
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I know. At least I don't have to try and figure what to send from them now. It's funny, that was the FIRST band I thought of as a big gaping hole when I saw the banned list. Oh well, at least someone sent 'em.
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I know. At least I don't have to try and figure what to send from them now. It's funny, that was the FIRST band I thought of as a big gaping hole when I saw the banned list. Oh well, at least someone sent 'em.
I was deciding between Mark of the Triangle and Misled. I figured he might not like any of these two too much, but with my good score in the first round, my victory in the first installment and people sending bands like Lechuga I think I've got more than a decent shot at getting through.
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I think you're making the Lechuga song out to be worse than it is to be honest, it's quite different for sure, but Bolsters does like the things David Maxim Micic puts out if I recall correctly. Lechuga worked together with DMM and has some elements that remind me of him very much, so I don't think it's that much of a long shot at all. I guess we'll see once results are in though.
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I think you're making the Lechuga song out to be worse than it is to be honest, it's quite different for sure, but Bolsters does like the things David Maxim Micic puts out if I recall correctly. Lechuga worked together with DMM and has some elements that remind me of him very much, so I don't think it's that much of a long shot at all. I guess we'll see once results are in though.
Never said I wasn't. :biggrin:
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Wow no one has commented on hours that's pretty incredible...
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I think all of the band/songs were guessed or revealed except for one or two, so I won't bother with another blurred image. Instead, here are the newest additions to the banned list.
Blessed By a Broken Heart
Caravan Palace
Circus Maximus
Dynazty
Eluveitie
Evergrey
Glen Hansard
Gorillaz
Grimes
Lechuga
Pallas
Rishloo
Tame Impala
Virgin Steele
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well whoever sent bird of sorrow is prob in the main competition
i say that now and watch as bolsters doesn't like it
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well whoever sent bird of sorrow is prob in the main competition
I wasn't sent Bird of Sorrow.
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well whoever sent bird of sorrow is prob in the main competition
I wasn't sent Bird of Sorrow.
It was the sequel Cat of Hunger
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oh wow glen hansard has more than one song
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well whoever sent bird of sorrow is prob in the main competition
I wasn't sent Bird of Sorrow.
It was the sequel Cat of Hunger
actually that was the prequel. The sequel was Cat of Satisfaction.
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oh wow glen hansard has more than one song
Look like someone sent his song My Little Ruin :P
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well whoever sent bird of sorrow is prob in the main competition
I wasn't sent Bird of Sorrow.
It was the sequel Cat of Hunger
actually that was the prequel. The sequel was Cat of Satisfaction.
:lol :lol
Interesting choice with Virgin Steele.
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Two listens in now. Overall this is a weaker round compared to the first, I guess most of you just didn't want to keep blowing the good stuff on prelims. Though having said that there's still some good shit in here.
Preliminary rankings have some surprising people sitting in the bottom four facing elimination. That could change in the next few days, however...or perhaps not? :biggrin:
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well, i sent a better song this time than last time, so i should be fine i guess, oops
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Results this weekend then?
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Wouldn't be surprised if it's me in the bottom group - was hoping to get through without touching my favourite Bolsters TM material , but perhaps not :) Qualifiers are a pain in the butt - in jingle's I wasted 2 of my highest rated songs in quals and in this one I have made a point of not doing that. Maybe gone too far the other way :blush
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I seem to have habit of sending pretty good stuff in qualifiers myself, stuff that is perhaps too good, so I can understand anyone wanting to avoid that.
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I probably should have saved Within Temptation for the main rounds, could've grabbed the symphonic bonus too. Evergrey I wouldn't have sent in the main competition anyway so that's fine. I guess it's possible I might be on the brink of elimination with that song, but I'm counting on my previous to make it through.
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To be honest I thought of saving Rival Sons for the main competition but I'm glad I didn't :lol it did very well in other roulettes up until now, maybe should've sticked with the other song.
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Wouldn't be surprised if it's me in the bottom group - was hoping to get through without touching my favourite Bolsters TM material , but perhaps not :) Qualifiers are a pain in the butt - in jingle's I wasted 2 of my highest rated songs in quals and in this one I have made a point of not doing that. Maybe gone too far the other way :blush
Ditto... Wasted a "9" in Evermind's, and now below the cut line. And I can totally see BBaBH not hitting the mark with Bolsters. I hadn't even considered them - it was more of a 'rage' submission in retaliation to you beating me to the punch with Dynazty. Though, if we're both at the bottom, that wouldn't have helped me anyway! :lol
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You know, he told me that my playlist has some 500 songs in it, and I believe him, so good luck making a dent in that anyway. :lol
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Got a couple of days? ;D That's what happens when you talk about your "upcoming roulette" and it happens 6 months later. :P
(https://s16.postimg.org/e88u0d9np/Capture1.png)
Dynazty isn't even in the list - just sick of seeing them in every roulette and wanted them out the way :angel:
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Wow :rollin
If I have a good sense of the hosts tastes (which I probably don't with Bolsters) I have maybe 20-30 artists in mind at most
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You know, he told me that my playlist has some 500 songs in it, and I believe him, so good luck making a dent in that anyway. :lol
That won't be of any help if he gets kicked out in this round. :lol
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You know, he told me that my playlist has some 500 songs in it, and I believe him, so good luck making a dent in that anyway. :lol
That won't be of any help if he gets kicked out in this round. :lol
They'll all be on your EP ;D (assuming I don't bomb this round)
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(https://i.imgur.com/xb2ZnOJ.png)
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:lol
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^ How did you get that many copies of Haken's new album?
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^ How did you get that many copies of Haken's new album?
:rollin
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Two listens in now. Overall this is a weaker round compared to the first, I guess most of you just didn't want to keep blowing the good stuff on prelims. Though having said that there's still some good shit in here.
Preliminary rankings have some surprising people sitting in the bottom four facing elimination. That could change in the next few days, however...or perhaps not? :biggrin:
if I go from having the top song in prelim 1 to having been eliminated before round 1 begins I'm going to be livid.
But yeah as everyone else stated I didnt want to use my best songs for you in the prelims.
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if I go from having the top song in prelim 1 to having been eliminated before round 1 begins I'm going to be livid.
You're definitely going to get a complex about Roulette participation. Maybe you've got the musical equivalent of the yips?
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if I go from having the top song in prelim 1 to having been eliminated before round 1 begins I'm going to be livid.
You're definitely going to get a complex about Roulette participation. Maybe you've got the musical equivalent of the yips?
Maybe :lol idk it's been a while since I've been able to participate in one because I missed genowyn's sign up and I got eliminated during everminds prelims. Don't want that to happen again.
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Results this weekend then?
It's far more likely to be Monday.
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:soon: ?? :angel:
i know it's sunday or something for you rn
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Results this weekend then?
It's far more likely to be Monday.
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Results this weekend then?
It's far more likely to be Monday.
How to kill all the discussion in the thread: guide by Bolsters. :biggrin:
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Results this weekend then?
It's far more likely to be Monday.
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Maybe results on Tuesday then?
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If anyone was interested in listening to what I was sent and hasn't done it themselves, the Spotify playlist has been added to the OP. A couple of them weren't on Spotify however.
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Results this weekend then?
It's far more likely to be Monday.
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Isn't it like 10 minutes to Monday there? ;)
J/K take your time it's still 7:50 AM Sunday where I am
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You were spot on. 12:03am Monday morning now, but I haven't got shit for you.
I was considering posting the rules early instead of waiting until after the Q2 results were posted, so I'll do that before I go to bed.
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Rules
- There will be eight rounds.
- All rounds will be open.
- There are however seven optional bonuses available (see below).
- In the event that players are tied after eight rounds, an additional round consisting of only those tied players will commence. The winner of this additional round will win the roulette.
Rather than points, players will be awarded various stars based on their performance. There's no head-to-head anymore - this time I will rank all of the songs I receive in a round, and the stars will be awarded based on where your song ranks. The four stars from last time will return but there are a couple of new stars aswell.
- The "best" song of the round will be awarded a diamond star ((https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original)). Gold is no longer the most valuable star.
- The runner-up will receive a gold star ((https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original)).
- Third and Fourth place will both receive a silver star ((https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original)).
- The pink or "sympathy star" ((https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original)) also returns. It may be awarded to any of the remaining players (ranked from 5th to 10th) if their song is also "excellent".
- The bronze or "begrudging star" ((https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-bronze.png~original)) serves essentially the same function as last time. In the event that there are songs I am not too fond of in the top four, they will receive the bronze star in place of the star normally awarded to that position.
There are now seven additional bonus stars, which are awarded to any song that meets their criteria. You may receive only three of these bonuses throughout the roulette, you can net just one of them per song, and you personally can not aquire any of the bonuses twice. Since you can only be awarded three of the seven, it's up to you to decide which ones you want to go for (if any). The bonus stars are awarded along with any other stars your song qualifies for based on ranking. If you send a song that meets the requirements for multiple bonus stars, you must tell me which star you would like to be awarded for the song. To avoid any confusion, if you intend to obtain a bonus star for your song, tell me when you send it, even if the song in question is only eligible for one bonus. If you don't do this and I receive something that fits a bonus, I may ask you if you would like a bonus star for the song...but I am more likely to just not award you any bonuses for it at all. You've been warned.
The seven bonus stars are as follows:
- The ruby star ((https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-ruby.png~original)) is awarded to songs that prominently feature an orchestra or a symphony.
- The sapphire star ((https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-sapphire.png~original)) is awarded to ballads of any kind.
- The emerald star ((https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-emerald.png~original)) is awarded to instrumentals.
- The amethyst star ((https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-amethyst.png~original)) is awarded to any song released in 1979 or earlier.
- The garnet star ((https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-garnet.png~original)) is awarded to any song that is world music influenced.
- The aquamarine star ((https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-aquamarine.png~original)) is awarded to any song driven primarily by synths, pop music, or to any song that is electronic.
- The peridot star ((https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-peridot.png~original)) is awarded to songs featuring two or more vocalists, or songs prominently featuring a choir.
And finally, two last stars...
- The white or "pearl star" ((https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pearl2.png~original)) will be awarded to the highest-ranking song, in each of the seven bonus categories listed above. I will rank the songs in each bonus category as the roulette progresses, and whoever sent the song ranked at the top of each list will hold a pearl star. If someone else sends a song I like more in a bonus category, they will take the pearl star for themselves. There must be at least three songs in a particular category for me to rank before the pearl star will be awarded in that category.
- The black or "coal star" ((https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-black.png~original)) is awarded each round to the person whose song is placed last. The star has no point value (positive or negative). However, if you receive three of these coal stars, you will be eliminated from the roulette!
Variability
In an attempt to make the bonus star system a little more interesting, I have decided to take a rather unusual approach to assigning their point values. Instead of having each of the stars being worth the same (that's too boring!), the seven stars will instead have a variable value. What does that mean? It means that the value of each star is determined by the number of people who have aquired it. So, all of the bonus stars will start out at the same value, but as more people collect any particular star, the number of points it is worth will begin to decrease. :eek
In the event that people get eliminated from the roulette for receiving three coal stars, any bonus stars they collected before being booted will no longer count towards this. So if someone with some bonus stars gets eliminated, the stars they had will go back up in value for everyone still in the game.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-table3b.png~original)
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I haven't even finished reading but I saw the amount of different starts and what the fuck is this. :lol
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I haven't even finished reading but I saw the amount of different starts and what the fuck is this. :lol
More stars = More fun...right?!
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I haven't even finished reading but I saw the amount of different starts and what the fuck is this. :lol
More stars = More fun...right?!
I'm not complaining. It's cool to see the stars ranking system making its glorious return. I hoped we'll do rating system rather than ranking but hey, I'll live with it.
Coal stars are there just so Chad won't send you Animotion-like bands three times, right? :lol
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Coal stars are there just so Chad won't send you Animotion-like bands three times, right? :lol
That's if he even makes it through the qualifiers. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
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Jeez, talk about making stuff complicated :lol
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Jeez, talk about making stuff complicated :lol
No shit. And people thought my Jeopardy roulette was complicated!
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Wait wait wait...
3 blackstars and they're out...
3...
Bowie died 3 days after the release of his last album...
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Which is called ★...
your avatar is a blackstar...
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I love chicken...
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ARE YOU DAVID BOWIE, BOLSTERS?!?! :o
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try not to make it too complicated for us fogeys to understand :biggrin:
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I don't think I would like the stack/ranking method as much as rating. Whenever I do kinda well in roulettes it's with consistent scores, I hardly ever win rounds.
That being said, I'll probably be thrown out of this roulette in a couple hours so I ain't complaining :lol
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okay now i -really- want to be eliminated so i don't have to deal with this crap :lol
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I don't think I would like the stack/ranking method as much as rating. Whenever I do kinda well in roulettes it's with consistent scores, I hardly ever win rounds.
That being said, I'll probably be thrown out of this roulette in a couple hours so I ain't complaining :lol
Well, I won four rounds out of seven in his first roulette, and one other roulette I won (Buddyhunter's) was played with the ranking method too, so I guess I have a decent chance in this. A lot of songs I prepared could be round winners I think. In fact, I just realized how much I'm looking forward to play in this one. Been quite a long time since I played in the roulette where the host tastes are quite similar with my own. I just hope I'm not eliminated, because that would be a waste. Evergrey are a solid band and I love the song, and even if Dave doesn't like it, getting kicked because of one fuck up - and Mark of the Triangle isn't a fuck up by any means - when I nailed it with my performance most of the time in the past (the latest being a week ago in first qualifier) is just wrong.
okay now i -really- want to be eliminated so i don't have to deal with this crap :lol
:lol
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try not to make it too complicated for us fogeys to understand :biggrin:
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No shit! I'm seeing stars!
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Well, I won't qualify anyway, so I won't have to bother with those rules. :lol
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Oh man I hope I qualify I'm intrigued
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try not to make it too complicated for us fogeys to understand :biggrin:
(https://images.huffingtonpost.com/2015-08-10-1439188332-2404835-willis.jpg)
No shit! I'm seeing stars!
You're not even participating!
Wait... why aren't you participating?
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What the hell, my short attention span can't keep up with this, confusing as hell.
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Basically the more stars you get that aren't black the better.
But if you get bonus stars and a bunch of other people get the same bonus stars the bonus is less powerful.
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I'll just concentrate on sending some kick ass songs.
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Basically the more stars you get that aren't black the better.
But if you get bonus stars and a bunch of other people get the same bonus stars the bonus is less powerful.
it sounds like each bonus is weighted differently too so some bonus stars might not be as valuable :lol
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Basically the more stars you get that aren't black the better.
But if you get bonus stars and a bunch of other people get the same bonus stars the bonus is less powerful.
it sounds like each bonus is weighted differently too so some bonus stars might not be as valuable :lol
I'm all for mixing it up with different or innovative roulette systems. This one looks especially challenging in that - although the ranking is fairly straightforward, the scoring system is an unknown at best, and a moving target with the bonus themes.
There is some merit to the KISS principle.
I'll just concentrate on sending some kick ass songs.
Me too... unless I'm given the boots.
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Well if I make it I know what song I'm sending for round one. I hope he posts before I go to bed in a couple of hours; knowing my luck he will post and I'll not make it or I'll make it and be blocked... Mrrrrrrerrrfrudjdjdlalqrlqjpfnqlflqblvrpvtltvw
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free me from this roulette prison with results, bolsteretta
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This reaction disappoints me.
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I want a cerulean star
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disappointment is my country's main export
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This reaction disappoints me.
Well, it is kinda convoluted. Simple people like simple things.
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All I've really done is take the standard ranking system that tons of people have used and put two spins on it - bonuses that fluctuate based on popularity, and a bonus for the best song in each category. Sure there are a lot of stars but seven of them are functionally identical, they are just separate so that they can eventually have different values.
I guess I should just scrap the v3 system now since it's more complicated and intricate than this is, besides also being a somewhat bizarre concept. :\
P.S. starting writeups now.
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Nah, you shouldn't. Besides, this one isn't really that complicated.
Hoped to read the writeups at the start of my working day, but they're not up yet. Oh well.
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The system is even more complex than the one in my first roulette :P
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In
bl5150 - Dynazty - Falling
- I don't really know why you were sweating this round, because here your song is sitting on top. :lol This kind of mid-tempo AOR with a slight edge to it is the kind of stuff I'm into. There's no surprises to be had here but it doesn't need any, it's catchy and builds well, nice melodies, and I like the vocalist/vocal performance. It didn't start out being ranked this highly but I did like it immediately and I found myself bumping it up the list every now and then. If this isn't your A-list material I'm definitely looking forward to what you send in the main competition - hopefully the rules haven't put you off too much. :mehlin
jingle.boy - Blessed By A Broken Heart - Shut Up and Rock
- I don't know what you were worried about, either. Like Brent's song there's no surprises but everything hits the mark; some nice riffage and melodies, I like the verses and the build-up to the chorus and the chorus itself is all :metal. I was surprised to get a song with a section containing screamy vocals but they're utilised well and they appear in heavy moderation, which is how I like this particular style of vocal to be used.
Tyrias - Tame Impala - The Less I Know The Better
- This song was probably the biggest grower of the round. I'm loving this overdriven, slightly dirty bassline and the combination of this with the simple but effective guitar ostinato and the really soft, dreamy organ sounds. Tons of reverb on the vocals, which gives the song a very dreamy texture. This song is so fucking catchy aswell - perhaps the catchiest song I received in either round so far, I especially just couldn't get dat bass out of my head. :lol These guys are Australian too and I've never even heard of them.
Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Grimes - Flesh Without Blood / Life in the Vivid Dream
- I've heard of Grimes and I know I listened to a song or two quite a while ago, but no idea why I didn't listen to more. Flesh Without Blood especially is scratching me where I itch as far as this sort of modern pop goes; I like her voice and the change between the verses and chorus where in the chorus her voice has slightly more depth as she sings in a lower register, but is almost unnaturally high and thin in the verses because she sings in a higher register, and this is bolstered (:neverusethis:) by the way her vocals are EQed. The slightly electronic build up around half way through is great aswell. Life in the Vivid Dream on the other hand is completely different as it's driven more by acoustic guitar, and as it's very short it left me wanting more. Well, I guess I'll just have to get my fix from the rest of the album.
Tomislav95 - Eluveitie - A Rose For Epona
- Never heard of these guys, but this is good stuff. It's female-fronted metal which I like. It's very celtic-influenced, which I like. It has some subtle electronic moments (such as the first verse) which as you may have guessed - I like. :lol I'm reminded of Stream of Passion a lot here, especially the two almost-electronic sections, but with the addition of celtic instrumenation.
Evermind - Evergrey - Mark of the Triangle
- So I've heard their latest album, or at least bits of it, but that's the extent of my knowledge of the band. Unless I remember incorrectly that album had a more modern metal sound to it, so I was surprised when this song turned out to be a more classic metal sound. Anyway, as you mentioned this song isn't as strong as your first submission, but I'm still liking it - I like the heaviness but I think the more laid-back bits, such as the pre-chorus and the short breakdown after the half-way mark are my favourite things about it.
senecadawg2 - Glen Hansard - My Little Ruin
- Glen Hansard seems to be something you send a lot in roulettes these days, and usually to great success. So, I was surprised when I received him for a qualifier, and I think it might surprise a few people that I rank this song in the middle of the pack. This is the kind of song that I file under "quite good but lacking that something extra to make it great" so while I enjoyed it, it just wasn't one of my absolute favourites in this round. Glen's vocals are the focus here and that's a wise choice because his performance here is the best thing about this song. I like that he goes back and forth between singing lightly and then putting in some aggression when it's warranted. The guitar work is good aswell and the strings really elevate the choruses and the song in general.
splent - Pallas - Falling Down
- This was probably one of the more difficult songs to get a read on. At first I didn't really like it and you were facing elimination, but the more I listened to it the more it grew on me - enough so that it moved up in the rankings and you managed to avoid elimination rather comfortably. I actually like the verses here more than the chorus, the bass and vocals really driving it here, and while the chorus is still solid I think it just lacks that extra punch to make it great I think. The instrumental section holds no surprises but it's good, especially the synth solo. So you obviously held back for this round but you're still making it through. :tup
Elite - Circus Maximus - Abyss
- At first I thought this song was going to be too generic for you to avoid elimination. A few people sent "classic" prog metal in my first roulette only to miss the mark because there wasn't enough about those songs that made them stand out above the crowd. This song started out feeling that way, but it did grow on me the more I listened to it and I found things that I really liked, so you moved up the ranks. I think the intro and verses are perhaps the weak points of this song, but the pre-chorus and chorus are what grew on me and I think they carry the song quite well - everything from about 1:45 on is good stuff. I don't mind the instrumental section either, and the way the song builds back into the chorus at the end of it is great aswell. So yeah, I've never really been impressed by this band but I'm actually looking forward to listening to this album now, I am quite certain this is the only song I've heard from it.
Train of Naught - Lechuga - Entre 2 Mundos
- Well, here you are at #10 and just barely scraping through once again. :lol As far as instrumentals go you got it right as far as what appeals to me and what doesn't - this song doesn't sound like it is missing vocals, and it isn't predominantly self-indulgent wankery. There are vocals in this song (sort of) but she has a nice voice and this kind of scat singing where there are no words is something I don't mind at all, so it works. The guitar work here is what drives the song though, and while it does drag at a couple of points it moves along at a reasonable enough pace that it doesn't get boring. The guitar leads/solos especially are quite good, very melodic. At first I had a harder time getting into this song and I wasn't sure if you were going to get the axe or not, but this was probably the second-best grower of the round, so you're in.
Out
Sir Walrus Cauliflower - Rishloo - Just a Ride
- I've heard of Rishloo but this might be the first time I've listened to them. I didn't mind this song at all, I like the way it builds throughout the intro and first verse and again building to the chorus. It gets a bit noisy for me going through the outro and it starts to drag towards the end aswell. I'm getting strong Riverside vibes from this (in a good way) as the guitar and vocal work is rather similar to their recent output. I guess it's just that while I like what's going on here, it just didn't have enough to make me want to push it up the rankings like a bunch of other songs did. I liked it immediately, but it didn't really grow from there. But while I did like this song you have unfortunately ranked 11th this time and have just barely missed out on making it into the real show. Thanks for taking part though, I'm definitely going to be checking out both of the artists that you sent me further. :tup
Parama - Gorillaz - El Manana
- Well, I think you knew this was coming. After impressing me in the first qualifier I had high hopes that you might be able to succeed, but alas you have fallen into the bottom four this time and must be eliminated. Anyway, I didn't actually mind what this song is - I like the bass, just the right amount of low end on it. Vocally it's not bad, they have a very unprocessed quality about them that is borderline lo-fi, but I think the style works for this song. The production in general is good - I've no idea what Sacul was talking about, I mean it's not the greatest production I've ever heard but I can't really fault it in any way, it's got enough separation between all of its elements and the mix is balanced well. Anyway, on to the cons; I have to use the dreaded R-word again and say that it's on the repetitive side, what with the one beat and bassline going through the whole song among other elements. It does have some variety though and the last minute or minute and a half is the high point. I guess I just couldn't rank this any higher than any of the eleven songs listed above.
wolfking - Virgin Steele - Through Blood and Fire
- Sorry dude, but this wasn't really doing it for me much at all. I don't mind power metal, even somewhat generic stuff, but there has to be something for me to grab onto - killer riffs, awesome vocals, something...and this song didn't really have any of that. The verses especially weren't doing it for me - the incessant double-kick is there and it's especially clicky in this song which makes it stand out even more. The riffage isn't anything special here either, and the vocals are pretty much being barked out. He sounds better leading into and during the chorus but there's nothing particularly noteworthy about his performance there anyway. I like where the song goes after the final chorus for the outro, but it's a comparatively short section in a song that otherwise overstays its welcome with me. This was especially disappointing because your first song was quite good, and you're probably someone that has tons of great music to send that I'd love, but unfortunately I have to let you off here this time. :(
Scorpion - Caravan Palace - Brotherswing
- I had a bit of a hard time getting into this song, which is probably already evident since you are ranked last this time. On one hand I like the jazzy elements of this song, but it's essentially a very trance-y song and there has to be a lot more going on in this kind of song for me to tolerate the generic four-to-the-floor stuff. This song does break away from that a couple of times, but not enough. As for the vocalist, I still can't make up my mind about her. On one hand I like her higher-register moments, but on the other hand I the lower-register stuff isn't doing it for me. The vocal style is a bit unusual aswell in that she never holds any notes and cuts everything short, and I think I like the idea of that more than the execution of it. I think you definitely should have kept going straight instead of doing a 180. Anyway, this has to be the biggest disappointment this round, because you were one of the stronger players in my first roulette and some of the best songs I received there were sent by you. So, it is very unfortunate that I have to eliminate you from this one before it even gets started. :'(
Final Participant List
bl5150
Elite
Evermind
jingle.boy
senecadawg2
Shadow Ninja 2.0
splent
Tomislav95
Train of Naught
Tyrias
Those of you who made it through can now start sending songs for the first proper round.
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at least you won't have to be subjected to my weird metal :tup
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Haha - jingle and I were pretty convinced we were gawn. I had started studying up for the next roulette on my list :lol
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But I will show up in this thread to comment on songs and to harass Parama as much as you want.
joke's on you, i'm not making it past the qualifiers
Dammit Parama. Stop getting eliminated from roulettes so that I can stalk you in roulette threads and harass you, predominantly with Light of Day, Day of Darkness jokes.
Scorpion sent me that same song on his EP. I thought it was pretty weird, but there was something charming about it as well...
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i never really play these to score high, so it's no surprise i don't make it past qualifiers of people whose taste in metal is way different than mine :lol
tbh if i sent you the kind of metal i've been listening to recently i'd score lowest in your inevitable second roulette
my second roulette is gonna be weeeeeird
unrelated this joke avatar was funny for a day but i wanna find a new one now, not just put up the beggars one again
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You're not even participating!
Wait... why aren't you participating?
Not enough chick music in his collection.
Hoped to read the writeups at the start of my working day, but they're not up yet. Oh well.
Sorry, I took a break in the middle.
at least you won't have to be subjected to my weird metal :tup
Maybe I would have liked that? I don't know how weird it is but at least it wouldn't be generic.
Haha - jingle and I were pretty convinced we were gawn. I had started studying up for the next roulette on my list :lol
It was entertaining for me to watch you both squirm though, because I knew from the beginning that neither of you was going to be eliminated. :lol I hope you didn't delete the playlist.
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Nice, that was about what I expected. Made it through without blowing my best songs in this round.
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i personally wouldn't call it repetitive since part of the joy of the track is listening in on all the different subtleties, and it's just two verses, two choruses, and the outro (which you liked, which would be the most likely part to call repetitive so i'm confused ??? ) but to be fair i like repetitive music in a sense anyways so
i kinda figured you'd at least like it but also figured probably not as strongly as i do, seriously close to calling it a 10/10 song :lol
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i personally wouldn't call it repetitive since part of the joy of the track is listening in on all the different subtleties, and it's just two verses, two choruses, and the outro (which you liked, which would be the most likely part to call repetitive so i'm confused ??? ) but to be fair i like repetitive music in a sense anyways so
Yeah but instrumentation in the outro is fuller once it's all built up and there's more going on, I liked the strings there aswell.
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Alrighty then - after the success this round (and a few things I thought might have been an issue that weren't) I need to re-think a few things. Have promoted a song for this round that I think might hit the same sort of spot with you.
Will send shortly
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See, Kade, that's what you get for being keen on the roulette. :lol
So do you guys think anyone will get three coal stars? I think ToN may do it if he keeps going like that.
Also, glad that Splent made it. He wanted it so much.
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:( :(
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:D :D :D
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I was not expecting to make it through :lol. But you're right about Tame Impala being big growers, when I first heard them I was like "wtf is this", 3 listens later I was shaking along in my chair.
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I don't know if these are ranked based on both rounds and that this song just got me over the elimination line, or that you only barely liked it more than the lowest 4 songs, but hell yeah. :metal
So do you guys think anyone will get three coal stars? I think ToN may do it if he keeps going like that.
:rollin No more Rival Sons from me. I'll likely send soon.
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:( :(
I agree. :(
I don't know if these are ranked based on both rounds and that this song just got me over the elimination line, or that you only barely liked it more than the lowest 4 songs, but hell yeah. :metal
The first round had no bearing on how I ranked anything in this round.
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I'm glad you liked my song :tup
I already sent you my submission, no need to think it through until I get 2 coal stars, right :lol
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I don't know if these are ranked based on both rounds and that this song just got me over the elimination line, or that you only barely liked it more than the lowest 4 songs, but hell yeah. :metal
So do you guys think anyone will get three coal stars? I think ToN may do it if he keeps going like that.
:rollin No more Rival Sons from me. I'll likely send soon.
You should just keep a straight face and say you intentionally used weaker songs from your arsenal to get through and it all went just as you planned.
I think I know what I'll be sending for this round. Might grab a bonus and cockblock someone too. :biggrin:
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You should just keep a straight face and say you intentionally used weaker songs from your arsenal to get through and it all went just as you planned.
That's EXACTLY what I did.
Going with a 2016 song for the first time, this'll be interesting - and yeah, another risky move :lol
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First try and song is banned (but not on list)............. >:( ;D
Secondly sended. :metal
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Also, I tried to make the rules as clear as possible but if I failed and anyone would like clarification on something, all you have to do is ask.
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All I've really done is take the standard ranking system that tons of people have used and put two spins on it - bonuses that fluctuate based on popularity, and a bonus for the best song in each category. Sure there are a lot of stars but seven of them are functionally identical, they are just separate so that they can eventually have different values.
I guess I should just scrap the v3 system now since it's more complicated and intricate than this is, besides also being a somewhat bizarre concept. :\
No, don't change it. It *looks* more complicated than a standard roulette ON PAPER, but in practice, I'm sure people will get the hang of it. I already identified right away a particular strategy that I think needs to be employed to maximize bonus points. It's your roulette, you set the framework - fuck the haters.... though I don't think anyone was really hating, just fun banter about the complexity. At a high level, you stack rank, and earn bonus points for using themes. Pretty simple... but the devil is in the details. I'm sure plenty of questions will come up along the way - hell, idiots like me even miss things that are pretty explicit (ie, allowed to send one >12 minute song).
Haha - jingle and I were pretty convinced we were gawn. I had started studying up for the next roulette on my list :lol
Yeah... proof that when you over-think things, you get "slaughtered" ;) :P Shut Up and Rock was a spur of the moment 'rage submission' for Brent beating me to Dynazty. And lookie there, we finish 1-2!
Oh, and I'm still gonna cover all 7 themes, and put all of you punks to shame while winning this thing.
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Fuck. Well, I guess having a decent song the first time didn't mean fucking shit, whatever then. Wasn't really keen on the star thing anyway. Will still follow, good luck everyone.
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Whew.
Sending now.
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Onya splent. You realise by now of course that you're first roulette host wasn't that nasty after all , right? ;D
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See, Kade, that's what you get for being keen on the roulette. :lol
Looks like I have to stick with my 'fuck it, I ain't got time for this shit' approach.
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Fuck. Well, I guess having a decent song the first time didn't mean fucking shit, whatever then. Wasn't really keen on the star thing anyway. Will still follow, good luck everyone.
I did mention the specifics, but essentially you had to be right on the cut line for the advantage to do you any good. You were too far below the line for it to matter. :-*
No, don't change it. It *looks* more complicated than a standard roulette ON PAPER, but in practice, I'm sure people will get the hang of it. I already identified right away a particular strategy that I think needs to be employed to maximize bonus points. It's your roulette, you set the framework - fuck the haters.... though I don't think anyone was really hating, just fun banter about the complexity. At a high level, you stack rank, and earn bonus points for using themes. Pretty simple... but the devil is in the details. I'm sure plenty of questions will come up along the way - hell, idiots like me even miss things that are pretty explicit (ie, allowed to send one >12 minute song).
I had no intention of changing this one, but I am rethinking the v3. It was pretty ambitious and it was doubtful I would ever put it all together anyway. Maybe now I just won't bother, it was going to be a great deal of effort to create, I'd hate to do it and then everyone is just going to react with "What the fuck is this shit, Bolsters?!" and only four people actually want to play it. :lol
As for strategies in this one, I figured out a couple after I put it all together, it'll be interesting to see if you came up with one of those or a different one...and whether anyone else will employ the same strategies.
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I have no problem with the approach of this roulette whatsoever. Actually, when signing up for this, I expected something more ambitious :lol this is really nothing too crazy compared to the v1. It'll be the first time playing in a stack-rank roulette for me, and as it turns out so far, it won't be serving me well, I might just go out in a not-so-glorious fashion after the first 3 rounds. :lol
I like to think the song I just sent is a strategy sorta-kinda, but really I just want the bonus points and if I have songs I would've sent regardless of the themes I certainly won't hold on to them.
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Just a reminder that I would like to be told when you expect a bonus star for your song (and which one, of course). I'm very likely to give you nothing if you don't. :D
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I was fourth highest in the first qualifier (if they were even ranked), and no where near the 'on thin ice' category. Parama and Cauliflower were also in the top tier yet all three of us get knocked out, obviously no advantage there. Yet Train of Naught was on thin ice in Q1 and gets in 'just scraping through' in Q2????? WTF?
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I was fourth highest in the first qualifier (if they were even ranked), and no where near the 'on thin ice' category. Parama and Cauliflower were also in the top tier yet all three of us get knocked out, obviously no advantage there. Yet Train of Naught was on thin ice in Q1 and gets in 'just scraping through' in Q2????? WTF?
Because I like ToN's song this round more than any of the four songs ranked underneath it. I liked it more than the one Sir Walrus Cauliflower sent, 100%, it wasn't a difficult decision. That's why ToN got through. The advantage was gaining some favour if I couldn't decide who to cut out of two people on the cut line.
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Lol... last roulette was 11 pages in total. This is at 14 pages so far, and we haven't even officially started.
I'm SO glad Splent made it - he'd probably have rage-quit all roulette-ing if he'd gotten the boots in qualification again!
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I'm sure the thread will die soon, it almost did once already.
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I'm doing all I can to keep it alive. That's something I always appreciate people doing in my roulette thread, so I'm trying to do the same.
And maybe I won't cockblock anyone in this round, might as well give the person a chance to send this song first. All bets are off for the second round though.
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:woot: Glad you liked the song! I'd be interested to know what you think of some of her other stuff, since that song's really the only one I like. :lol
Also sent.
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:woot: Glad you liked the song! I'd be interested to know what you think of some of her other stuff, since that song's really the only one I like. :lol
Oh? So I may have to prepare myself for disappointment, then. :sad:
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Lol... last roulette was 11 pages in total. This is at 14 pages so far, and we haven't even officially started.
I'm SO glad Splent made it - he'd probably have rage-quit all roulette-ing if he'd gotten the boots in qualification again!
Yeah not going to lie, I was genuinely worried. The fact that the song grow on him was lucky on my part. I sent that bad because I noticed he liked IQ…
I'm gonna play it safe the next round or two just so that I can get some sort of foothold before I risk anything again
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I've got 7 of 10 so far.
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Aww darn. Oh well, I'm busy as far as life goes right now so I don't mind too much (not to mention all this star business :lol). Maybe next time. I'm glad you enjoyed the bands I sent and are going to check them out. My personal fav for Rishloo is Feathergun. I'll still be following this :tup
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Sent. Hopefully I cockblocked at least one of you.
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Sent. Hopefully I cockblocked at least one of you.
:orly:
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Sent. Hopefully I cockblocked at least one of you.
:orly:
Yeah, you are in this list.
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I never saw you sending that band in any roulette though.
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Pretty certain it's not me ::). Anyway; I went with something more poppy/grungy, and I hope you'll like it.
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Onya splent. You realise by now of course that you're first roulette host wasn't that nasty after all , right? ;D
Haha nope. I think I'm starting to grasp this roulette thing a bit more. I hope to do at least as good as I did with Tom Bombadil's (2nd)...
I haven't done enough of these to cockblock anyone. I need to research more. Truth be told this is the first one I'm actually "researching" and looking at past ones, listening to songs that he liked/didn't like, instead of just saying "Oh I did good here's the next one" :lol I guess so far it's paying off :lol
I'm also getting my roulette ready even though I'm still like 3rd on the list. I'm going back and forth on themes (whether to use them or not) and have NO idea how I'm going to score. Since it's my first I want to be creative and fair but not overly complicated... I'm also unsure if I want to do qualifying rounds... that just seems pointless (no offense to any who do it, you have a system, I have mine)... I'd rather just have eliminations at certain points and possibly increase round numbers to accommodate numbers.
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Sent for the aquamarine star.
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Cool, my song is for peridot one.
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Sent for the aquamarine star.
:omg: me too
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Sent for the aquamarine star.
:omg: me too
So did I :lol we're already competing for the Pearl star then, if I understand the rules well enough.
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the aquamarine one will probably be the most popular since it's bolsters here
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The song I sent doesn't really have synths though. He might reject mine.
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Sent for the aquamarine star.
:omg: me too
So did I :lol we're already competing for the Pearl star then, if I understand the rules well enough.
And while one of you is getting pearl star, the others are getting some reduced bonus star points.
Did anyone else send something with multiple vocalists?
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If anyone's getting the boot after three rounds, marking the most miserable, disappointing roulette performance in DTF history, it would probably be me. So I'm not really counting on the Pearl star :lol
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I'm surprised there isn't a brown star for the shittiest song
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If anyone's getting the boot after three rounds, marking the most miserable, disappointing roulette performance in DTF history, it would probably be me. So I'm not really counting on the Pearl star :lol
sup, you'd have to steal that one from my performance in Bolsters' first roulette and good luck with that one :lol
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Sent for the aquamarine star.
:omg: me too
So did I :lol we're already competing for the Pearl star then, if I understand the rules well enough.
Better than competing for a pearl necklace.
:zydarscouch:
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one question regarding the bonus stars: Can we send more then one song for the same category, and in the end you end up counting the better one? and what happens if I send songs for more than 3 stars?
(Yes, I realise those were actually kind of 2 questions)
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one question regarding the bonus stars: Can we send more then one song for the same category, and in the end you end up counting the better one? and what happens if I send songs for more than 3 stars?
(Yes, I realise those were actually kind of 2 questions)
I would like to know as well because like a couple of people in this roulette I intend on sending at least one song that fits within each category.
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Can we send more then one song for the same category, and in the end you end up counting the better one?
No. Whichever song was awarded the star "keeps" the star. Even if you send another song for that category that is better, the star will stay attached to the first song. However if you for example have two songs in mind that could fit the ruby star you don't have to send whichever you think is better first - I'll only give you the star when you explicitly ask for it.
You choose when you receive the bonuses and for which songs, so it's up to you to choose wisely.
and what happens if I send songs for more than 3 stars?
Nothing, they will just be considered to be normal songs because you already have 3 bonus stars.
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Kind of complicated, I know, but I quite like the star idea. Interesting set up.
My only question for now: I know that the stars point values are going to shift as we continue, but for starters at least--how does the scoring for the Bronze (I think it was??)/Begrudging star work? Is that meant to be like half as many points as a Gold or Silver?
I'll send within the hour.
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I know that the stars point values are going to shift as we continue, but for starters at least--how does the scoring for the Bronze (I think it was??)/Begrudging star work? Is that meant to be like half as many points as a Gold or Silver?
It's worth "less". :P What I will say however is that those first five stars are all listed in order of most valuable to least valuable, so of those five stars, bronze is worth the least number of points.
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How many people still need to submit?
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How many people still need to submit?
One.
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How many people still need to submit?
One.
None
Gimme the diamond!
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After looking more carefully at what I was sent, I've asked one person to resubmit. So, we're back to one. :lol
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Shit, my cockblock strategy didn't work. Will send in a few minutes then. :lol
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we call that reverse-cockblocking
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Cockblocked by the host, if that's even a thing.
Sent again.
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Blurry time.
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Fourth is probably Anthriel - Promised Land.
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I can only see my own song :lol
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Actually, let's take a shot on every entry:
Avatarium - Soul Mate
Gloryhammer - Storm of Blurred Mice
Kanye West Project - Ten Minutes Song
Anthriel - Promised Land
Bon Iver - Skating Ice
Taurus - Crawling
Andy van Something - Can't Write a Concise Song Title
my song
Cradle of Filth - Bones of God
Theatre - Die Die Die
Damn, I have no idea about any of these except Anthriel. :lol
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You were close on one of them.
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:lol
Mine is almost correct. This is cracking me up :lol
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"kanye west project" is killing me
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:lol
Mines the bottom one. So it's apparently Theatre - Die Die Die
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First impressions are not bad here. I can already see myself wanting to hand out a pink star or two to those just outside of the top 4.
These are the bonus stars being awarded in this round:
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:lol
Mines the bottom one. So it's apparently Theatre - Die Die Die
I was rather out of inspiration when I got to this one. :lol
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No aquamarine one for me. I'll get that one later, or I'll abstain, because of all bonus stars, they're worth the least now.
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I guess I sent Taurus-Crawling :lol
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Away There- Soul Man
Gary Numan- State of Occurance
Pinterest Project- "I Shared This" Song
Galadriel- Promised Land
Bon Iver- Skinny Love
my song
Anne the Princess- Coco Wheats are my Favorite
McLovin- This will never work
Band of Death- Shade of Blue
Mothre- Die Die Bee
Mine aren't as funny but I think I guessed one of them
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:lol
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Good call on Skinny Love, I kinda see it. I thought for sure that would be banned though.
GUYS! No one is dying in my song, stop it :lol
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Right, Skinny Love, not Skating Ice. But I guessed Bon Iver!
My song isn't Mclovin - This Will Never Work, but you got one word right.
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Fourth is probably Anthriel - Promised Land.
How the fuck did you pick that up? I couldn't even tell what that was! :rollin
I'm not even going to bother trying to guess, as I'm sure as much as 1/2 of them are bands/songs I'll never figure out - that includes when the picture isn't blurred! :neverusethis:
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Fourth is probably Anthriel - Promised Land.
How the fuck did you pick that up? I couldn't even tell what that was! :rollin
I'm not even going to bother trying to guess, as I'm sure as much as 1/2 of them are bands/songs I'll never figure out - that includes when the picture isn't blurred! :neverusethis:
Only figured that out because you sent me this song after my first roulette.
Speaking of that, you definitely do know my song.
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I sent Bon Iver and I had trouble seeing it on blurry picture. It's crazy how you manage to guess it :lol
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Good call on Skinny Love, I kinda see it. I thought for sure that would be banned though.
I've obviously heard of the band, but I don't know if I have ever listened to them before or not. So definitely not banned.
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Someone really has to send either Radiohead's or David Bowie's 'Blackstar', see if that nets you a black star.
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Look at this, there's more than enough songs to fill an entire EP in a certain round with songs titled 'Black Star' :lol
https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Black_Star
EDIT: Oh, Bolsters doesn't do EP-rounds :-[
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Fourth is probably Anthriel - Promised Land.
How the fuck did you pick that up? I couldn't even tell what that was! :rollin
I'm not even going to bother trying to guess, as I'm sure as much as 1/2 of them are bands/songs I'll never figure out - that includes when the picture isn't blurred! :neverusethis:
Only figured that out because you sent me this song after my first roulette.
I remember. I was just impressed you could tell based on what was showing.
No clue on yours. Dr. Dre?
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Did I ever send you Dr. Dre? :lol
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You Will Never Know is a pretty good pick for Dr. Dre, but I personally would've picked something else, like "Some L.A. Niggaz" or "Pause 4 Porno"
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Oh god :lol
Dr. Dre, as well as the "Kanye West Project" in one round!
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This calls for two coal stars in a single round! :lol
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What are the two stars posted below?
I'm color blind and can't distinguish between any of them.
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What are the two stars posted below?
I'm color blind and can't distinguish between any of them.
Aquamarine*2
The aquamarine star () is awarded to any song driven primarily by synths, pop music, or to any song that is electronic
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Well, they're the same ..
What sort of colorblind are you?
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Well, they're the same ..
What sort of colorblind are you?
The kind that can't see colors? ;D
Did I ever send you Dr. Dre? :lol
Is it Galahad? The image below makes it look like two words in the band, and four words in the title though.
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Yeah, the same song too.
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iirc there's more than one type of colourblind. People that can't see colours at all, but also people that can't distinguish between two similar colours (like blue/green or orange/yellow), that's why I asked.
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Well, they're the same ..
What sort of colorblind are you?
Yeah I wasn't clear... I got that those two were the same. I just meant that I can't distinguish between those two and any of the others.
iirc there's more than one type of colourblind. People that can't see colours at all, but also people that can't distinguish between two similar colours (like blue/green or orange/yellow), that's why I asked.
This is me. So, for example--Diamond, Silver, Pearl all blur together. Meaning that if I get one of them, I get the point values for all of them.
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This is me. So, for example--Diamond, Silver, Pearl all blur together. Meaning that if I get one of them, I get the point values for all of them.
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iirc there's more than one type of colourblind. People that can't see colours at all, but also people that can't distinguish between two similar colours (like blue/green or orange/yellow), that's why I asked.
This is me. So, for example--Diamond, Silver, Pearl all blur together. Meaning that if I get one of them, I get the point values for all of them.
Seems fair.
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Re the aquamarine star , how are you defining "driven by pop" music. To me "pop" = any sort of pop(ular) music that made Top 40 etc.....and when I was growing up that included hair metal ;D
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Re the aquamarine star , how are you defining "driven by pop" music. To me "pop" = any sort of pop(ular) music that made Top 40 etc.....and when I was growing up that included hair metal ;D
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A valiant effort my friend. :lol
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Re the aquamarine star , how are you defining "driven by pop" music. To me "pop" = any sort of pop(ular) music that made Top 40 etc.....and when I was growing up that included hair metal ;D
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-aquamarine.png~original) Synth/Electronic: This one is a bit more broad since I didn't want a purely electronic category that only one or two people would exploit and get some easy high-valued stars from. On the synth side of things I will accept rock songs containing guitar, but the primary instrument must be a synth. Rush's mid-80's output is a good example, as is a lot of Van Halen stuff. I'm also accepting pop music here aswell but only if it is synth-driven; guitar-driven pop songs won't be eligible. On the electronic side a couple of tips: I find a lot of electronic music to be quite repetitive and I'm not fond of that, you'll do better to send songs with some variation in them. I'm a stickler for good production in general but especially so when it comes to electronica. Finally, I do like instrumental stuff but my favourite electronic albums generally feature vocals to some extent.
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Thanks Chad
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Sorry David - missed that. I have plenty of synth driven stuff with guitars too - 60/40 so I might run a song or two by you if in doubt.
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I can't wait to hear the Kanye West Project
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I'm not colorblind as far as I know, but I have trouble distinguishing diamond, silver and pearl stars too. I can see the diamond one if I try hard enough, but the latter two are very similar. Still, it's going to be obvious when the silver or pearl star is awarded.
Re the aquamarine star , how are you defining "driven by pop" music. To me "pop" = any sort of pop(ular) music that made Top 40 etc.....and when I was growing up that included hair metal ;D
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A valiant effort my friend. :lol
:lol
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Is the pink star worth more than the bronze star?
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I'm not colorblind as far as I know, but I have trouble distinguishing diamond, silver and pearl stars too. I can see the diamond one if I try hard enough, but the latter two are very similar. Still, it's going to be obvious when the silver or pearl star is awarded.
They look nothing alike to me. Perhaps your screen's contrast/brightness settings make them look more similar to you.
Is the pink star worth more than the bronze star?
Yes.
Blurry time the second.
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AWOL nation - Soul Man
gallowbraid - state of remembrance
bigbrested- beware of the doodle big
Anthriel - promised land
Bon Iver- skinny love
My song
Anne Von Tussle- come Hither and be Delivered
Galahad- dead on power line
Trail of Tears- Hades is bad
Levitre- bye bye gate
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Hades is bad
bye bye gate
ok this is the best roulette and i'm kind of mad i got cut :'(
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I only know Skinny Love out of those :P
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Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
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Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
Good get , although you have some insider knowledge. :) Like you I got cock blocked by the host :lol , so had to think on my feet and went with a band I have used before.
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Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
Good get , although you have some insider knowledge. :) Like you I got cock blocked by the host :lol , so had to think on my feet and went with a band I have used before.
What did you try to send? I went with Phantasma - Enter Dreamscape first.
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I went with a band called The Poodles - woof !
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I went with a band called The Poodles - woof !
Well I've heard Creator and Breaker (thanks to Chad) and it was not bad. I probably got the track name wrong but it's definitely "Something and Breaker".
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Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
Good get , although you have some insider knowledge. :) Like you I got cock blocked by the host :lol , so had to think on my feet and went with a band I have used before.
What did you try to send? I went with Phantasma - Enter Dreamscape first.
Yeah... that would've been a big rock-block. Was thinking that would be a great tune to send, and cover a couple of stars in one song. Guess I'll scratch that one off.
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Hades is bad
bye bye gate
ok this is the best roulette and i'm kind of mad i got cut :'(
To add insult to injury, I think both of those songs are covered by big Kanye West project
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Hades is bad
bye bye gate
ok this is the best roulette and i'm kind of mad i got cut :'(
To add insult to injury, I think both of those songs are covered by big Kanye West project
I can confirm this. Don't wanna brag or anything but my cousin is the brother of The Big Kanye West Project's drummer, they played both of these songs as an encore when I was backstage at their latest tour.
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Hades Gate - Bye Bye Kanye would be better :metal
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Hades Gate - Bye Bye Kanye would be better :metal
Just realized I pegged your song as Cradle of Filth first. :lol
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Hades Gate - Bye Bye Kanye would be better :metal
Just realized I pegged your song as Cradle of Filth first. :lol
next round for my ballad star ;)
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Hades Gate - Bye Bye Kanye would be better :metal
Just realized I pegged your song as Cradle of Filth first. :lol
next round for my coal star ;)
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Hades Gate - Bye Bye Kanye would be better :metal
Kanyegate - The Yeezy Scandal (Ima Let Ya Finish Remix)
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Kanye - TLOP v3.47121 beta
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gallowbraid is a weird pick bcuz i would've though bolsters wouldn't like any kind of black metal at all :lol
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Anna Van Hausswolff - Come Wander with me & deliverance?
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gallowbraid is a weird pick bcuz i would've though bolsters wouldn't like any kind of black metal at all :lol
The person who sent it noticed that Caladan Brood was on my banned list.
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well fair enough then :lol
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OMG gallowbraid is actually a band?!?! I totally thought I was making that up :rollin
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well fair enough then :lol
You aren't wrong though, black metal isn't my thing. For one, the production is generally horrendous. :lol Caladan Brood is one of a few anomolies where I like it somewhat despite it coming from a genre I don't listen to.
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AWOL nation - soul wars
Gallowbraid- splent is awesome for guessing our name even if he doesn't know our music
Pinterest Crunch- lip Noodle eye
Le mitre- not too Late
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OMG gallowbraid is actually a band?!?! I totally thought I was making that up :rollin
I had you pegged as a big Gallowbraid fan ;)
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As for results, they will more than likely be posted tomorrow. I'm still having a hard time deciding where a couple of these songs will rank, one of the songs I still haven't even got a grasp on at all yet and so it's been sitting firmly at the bottom of the ranking - I like to give the songs I like the least more listens though so they have a better chance to grow on me, but I can't see this particular song moving up at all.
I'm also putting a lot of thought into where the pink star cutoff will be. On one hand I want to be a little more generous with them than I was in my first roulette, but I don't want to be handing out five of them every round either. The way I choose to award the pink stars this round is important as I need to be consistant about how I award them throughout the roulette, and how I do so here will define how they are awarded for the remainder. Anyway, one or two of you will probably have rather positive writeups but no pink stars, I'm not just going to hand them out to everything I like, it matters to what degree I like something.
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Sounds like my song could be the one you didn't grasp.
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WTF.. The Big Kanye West Project is actually Pineforest Crunch? Damn you Shadow Ninja
Apparently there's black metal in the game? Maybe no coal star for me then :metal
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WTF.. The Big Kanye West Project is actually Pineforest Crunch? Damn you Shadow Ninja
Apparently there's black metal in the game? Maybe no coal star for me then :metal
I would be surprised if someting as beautiful as Gallowbraid get coal star :-\ especially if Bolsters like Caladan Brood.
I realised that as much as most of black metal sounds awful due to it's production, atmospheric black metal is, to me, among most beautiful genres.
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Yeah, I know, I kid.
If Alcest is any indication of what atmospheric black metal sounds like I bet I'll like Gallowbraid aswell. What I tend to love most about this type of music is when they blend in some acoustic stuff.
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Yeah, I know, I kid.
If Alcest is any indication of what atmospheric black metal sounds like I bet I'll like Gallowbraid aswell. What I tend to love most about this type of music is when they blend in some acoustic stuff.
Gallowbraid is very folky, not very similar to Alcest.
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Gallowbraid is basically 100% Agalloch worship, only not as good, imo.
Also dammit, I just had a song play on shuffle that would have probably been perfect for sending in this roulette. Oh well.
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Also dammit, I just had a song play on shuffle that would have probably been perfect for sending in this roulette. Oh well.
I'm sure I'll run a v3 eventually.
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Yeah, I know, I kid.
If Alcest is any indication of what atmospheric black metal sounds like I bet I'll like Gallowbraid aswell. What I tend to love most about this type of music is when they blend in some acoustic stuff.
Gallowbraid is very folky, not very similar to Alcest.
This is true. Alcest is more shoe gazey, and more recently not very black metal-influenced at all, while Gallowbraid is more folky. Both are really good, I think, but I wouldn't guarantee that fans of one would enjoy the other.
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So do you guys think I would enjoy Gallowbraid?
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So do you guys think I would enjoy Gallowbraid?
No.
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So do you guys think I would enjoy Gallowbraid?
Ever listen to anything from Agalloch?
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So do you guys think I would enjoy Gallowbraid?
Ever listen to anything from Agalloch?
No.
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Let's just say I'm not likely to send Gallowbraid in your roulette
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Send something from them after the roulette then. I love folky stuff, and I may be tolerant to growls in some rare cases. Gallowbraid were on my radar for a long time, and I remember I wanted to check Stone of Remembrance since I saw people sending it in the roulettes.
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Send something from them after the roulette then. I love folky stuff, and I may be tolerant to growls in some rare cases. Gallowbraid were on my radar for a long time, and I remember I wanted to check Stone of Remembrance since I saw people sending it in the roulettes.
I think you'd like Caladan Brood more then :tup they are more like Summoning, more folky than Gallowbraid (I think). And Gallowbraid really sounds like Agalloch.
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Well as I said, you're free to send your roulette leftovers to me, the ones you didn't have a chance to send or didn't dare because you thought I won't enjoy it. I will give them a listen after my roulette ends.
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really eager to get your coal star huh
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:impatient:
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whoa, bolsters is giving out two coal stars this round
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Nah, their songs just rank two places lower now.
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Well at least I know I wasn't last before adjustments anyway ;D
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I wouldn't mind seeing the results before I had to go to bed. I'm doing grades right now, so I'm going to check again when I'm done :lol
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Sent!
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Well I sent all my grades. Not to you. All except a first grade class for one school. I'm going there tomorrow so I can look and see where they're at.
I hate teaching between so many schools. So much.
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I have three writeups left to do and then I'm done. I'm taking a couple of minutes to procrastinate.
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Nice, just arrived at work. Now I need to make some tea and I'm ready for the results.
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I'm going to bed in a few minutes so I will either be happy or sad when I wake up :lol
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I'm going to bed in a few minutes so I will be sad when I wake up inside :sadpanda:
:o
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Round One Results
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) bl5150 - Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
- It looks like you might be onto something here, because you've now topped the rankings twice in a row. Hard rock and AOR are something I really like but generally have a hard time finding good stuff in - a lot of it is so generic and boring, and it's like trying to find diamonds ((https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)) among the rough. This songs is a perfect example of something that resonates with me though; no surprises but well-written, catchy, just the right amount of heaviness, and good production. This song started out in silver star territory but I just kept wanting to bump it up the rankings like I did the Dynazty song. Anyway, I like the riffage in the verses that turns into a guitar harmony, the vocals in general and the harmonies are all great, and I like the guitar solo aswell even though it's not entirely melodic.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) jingle.chad - Anthriel - Promised Land
- So I've heard of this band name but I'm not sure if I have listened to their album or not. If not, I should have, because I obviously liked this song quite a bit. It did take a bit of time to grow on me - you were slotted to pick up pink at first, but like Brent's submission I found myself bumping this up every now and then. This is the kind of power metal I like, because there's more focus on melody than speed and there's a harder edge to it, but it retains the epic and slight cheesiness (the good kind) that I want from power metal. The buildup to the chorus and the chorus itself are the best things here, infact the chorus kept reminding me of something (especially with that piano ostinato) but I could never put my finger on it. I also like the drumming, where he plays faster in the first and third quarters of the chorus but dials it back for the second and fourth, so he isn't going at it full-on the entire time and gives the chorus some breathing room. Anyway, really good submission, looking forward to checking out this album.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-aquamarine.png~original) Train of Naught - Lemaitre - Not Too Late
- Yes, this sort of electronic pop is scratching me where I itch very nicely. This one leans a bit more towards the mainstream in sound but not in a bad way. The juxtaposition between the densely layered synth-y choruses and the much more serene verses driven by the vocals and piano. The chorus is, of course, the star of the song though, because there's some tasty brass going on which really elevates the song. Infact after this song and the Coheed song Parama sent me, I'm disappointed that I didn't think before the roulette began to put in a bonus star for brass instrumentation.
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- This is some pretty good dreamy synthpop, and another wise choice. I like the interplay between the male and female vocals and how she builds the song up to the chorus, there's tons of reverb here for that nice dreamy effect, and the subtle understated guitar brings back some brightness. Definitely a wise choice for this roulette, so you get one of the first silver stars.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Pineforest Crunch - Cup Noodle Song
- This song wins the award for strangest band name of the round and strangest song title. Of course there are no bonus stars for either of these things so therefore you get no points from these awards. You do however get a pink star, because I liked this song a lot, and you are only just barely missing out on a silver here - deciding between this and splent's song was one of the harder decisions I had to make this round. This is a really fun bright acoustic track bolstered ((https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)) by a strong vocalist, interesting male backing vox, and some delectable symphonic elements fleshing out the choruses. The breakdown towards the end of the song is great aswell, I like the more prominent violin and the interplay between the vocalists. Good stuff.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Evermind - Galahad - Empires Never Last
- This is a pretty good prog metal track that definitely appeals to me, and I did like it quite a bit. I think there were just a couple of negatives I had that it ended up mired in the lower half of the rankings. Still, you deserve pink, making this the second time you've had to walk away with that star in the first round. :lol Anyway, there was plenty to like, that bass riff that kept reminding me of something I couldn't quite place, I think the laid-back verses are great, the vocalist is not bad either. I think the chorus was okay, but it was definitely one of the reasons your songs doesn't rank higher; it just doesn't have the "wow-factor" and I found a lot of other things in the song to be catchier. The cheesy synth-string stabs kind of brought it down a bit aswell, I thought they were a bit annoying. The other thing that prevented your song from ranking higher was that it goes for 9 minutes and drags a little bit - I wouldn't say I ever get bored of it but it is a little on the repetitive side, it doesn't explore all that many ideas throughout its duration and it follows a rather predictable path.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) senecadawg2 - Gallowbraid - Stone of Rememberance
- So, you noticed what may be the only black metal band on my banned list and sent me something similar to it. Caladan Brood is something I don't mind but I don't find it to be that exciting; I liked it enough to buy an album and listen to it a few times, and to ban them, but I haven't listened to it in years. However, while there are a lot of similarities to be drawn between that band and this song, I think I actually like this more than any of the Caladan Brood songs that I know. For one the production here is a lot cleaner and more dynamic (the drums pop out above everything well), the song is a little less repetitive than I remember Caladan Brood being, and there's a bit more riffage - the section after the first chorus starting at about 1:49 is great, and somewhat reminiscent of Opeth, in a good way. There's an instrumental section and verse around the halfway mark that is similarly well-placed. The harsh vocals here have quite a bit of reverb on them and they don't sit too high in the mix, which gives them a more layered and smoother sound, which I like. All of this is further enhanced with some acoustic and folk instrumentation; the flutes and pipes in the chorus really elevate the song, and the two folk breakdowns in particular are once again well-placed and bring some variation right when it's needed. dat outro aswell.
I mentioned that I was having trouble deciding where the pink star cutoff would be, and your song was the reason for that. In the end, I decided that I enjoyed this enough to warrant awarding you one.
Tyrias - AWOLNATION - Soul Wars
- I was pleasantly surprised by your Muse submission in the qualifiers and I'm guessing that is the reason for sending this song, as it's a very similar synth rock style. I must tell you that I didn't mind this song at all, but it didn't really grow on me all that much and so I found myself ranking the majority of the songs higher. The synth riff in the chorus is very catchy but I found the almost-yelling vocal style here a bit of a letdown. The song is borderline repetitive aswell, the chorus is quite long and repeats, and so even though it shows up only three times it takes up a lot of the song's total duration. So not bad, but not good enough for a pink star I'm afraid.
Tomislav95 - Bon Iver - Skinny Love
- I don't mind some simple acoustic guitar songs, and I didn't mind this one, but in order for something like this to rank high it needs that something extra. This song I'm afraid lacked that, so I was forced to rank you 9th overall. Anyway, the guitar playing is decent and I like the very minimal drumming, which I think works well in this song and is much better than simply having vocals and guitar. I'm a bit mixed on the vocalist here, but I like his falsetto. This is the kind of music I don't mind but that I reach for very infrequently.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-black.png~original) Elite - Anna Von Hausswolff - Come Wander With Me / Deliverance
- And sitting here at the bottom with the first coal star of the roulette is the second-place contestant from my first roulette, fallen from grace. :lol This is the one song I said I had a hard time getting into. On first listen this sounded very promising - the intro is actually very nice, the pipe organ sounds great and it builds up the song very well here along with some strong scat vocals. This all builds up to a rather ominous section with distorted guitar and continued scat. So the first four minutes or so are not bad at all and quite good. However, things start to go downhill after this; the guitar and organ start holding a single chord, the drums stop playing a groove and come in and out almost at random. There's probably thousands of songs that end using this technique, so the first time I listened to the song (and wasn't looking at the screen, hence not knowing the length of the song I was listening to) I actually thought "wait, this is the outro already?" :lol But this song goes for almost 11 minutes so of course we're nowhere near the end. This drone section is doing nothing for me and lasts a solid minute or so before the drums and guitar start building up again, only for the song to devolve into yet another drawn-out droning section for another couple of minutes this time, before once again it starts to build up again and then ends. So for one, these drawn-out droning sections weren't doing it for me, and I think they absolutely destroyed the flow of the song. Secondly, because the song would build up directly to these sections which would then destroy all momentum, it felt like the song was stuck in a constant up/down cycle, but it never actually build up to or descended from anything - the build up merely built itself up to be broken down immediately.
Scoreboard
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Okay, so that's the end of round 1. Brent walks away with the first diamond star of the roulette whilst Chad gets the first gold star. Train and splent take the first silver stars and also the first two bonus stars, both aquamarine. I decided where I wanted to draw the line regarding pink stars for the roulette, and Shadow Ninja, Ruslan, and seneca's songs all made the cut. Tyrias and Tom will have to walk away with nothing, except perhaps a better idea of what to send next. Unfortunately the runner-up of my first roulette really missed the mark and so the other Rich has to take the first coal star of the roulette - hopefully his last? :justjen
Start sending me your round 2 submissions immediately.
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Me and the Chadmeister again :hifive: :metal
Glad you liked it David.
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Ah, pink star in the very first round, just like the good old times. :lol
If the previous roulette is any indication, you guys don't have a chance of winning now.
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Hooray you liked my song
Also I have sent.
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Ok I'll take it. I heard another song this week that I'm punching myself for not sending, but I'm sending now.
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Me and the Chadmeister again :hifive: :metal
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Not bad, not bad. Sadly I don't think there's brass as prominent as in this song on the EP, if at all. I really like it though, one of my favorite releases of the year so far. My favorite Lemaitre release is "Relativity 3".
I'll send in a couple hours probably, first time in a long time where I don't have my song figured out before results are up :lol
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I forgot to post this, though it doesn't actually matter all that much yet. Here are the bonus star rankings.
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Well, better no star than a black one :P.
Also, I just got that you you can only get one of the bonus stars if the song gets another star as well.
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Also, I just got that you you can only get one of the bonus stars if the song gets another star as well.
Wait, what? I don't remember that in the rules.
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Also, I just got that you you can only get one of the bonus stars if the song gets another star as well.
That's incorrect, I will award bonus stars to any song even if it isn't going to receive any other stars.
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So I almost got coal star :o now I know what type of song nit to send in future rounds.
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Also, I just got that you you can only get one of the bonus stars if the song gets another star as well.
That's incorrect, I will award bonus stars to any song even if it isn't going to receive any other stars.
Well, I guess my reading comprehension just after waking up sucks :lol.
Two questions regarding the world-music star: Does nordic folk count? and does a polka influence?
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Ahw, what the hell.
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Very tempted to send a very long song for my one free pass length-wise, but I guess there's always a bigger risk with those. More to digest in the same amount of time..
EDIT: Scratch that, sent something else
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Two questions regarding the world-music star: Does nordic folk count? and does a polka influence?
I'm not sure how nordic folk is differentiated from any other folk. I wouldn't consider folk in general to be world music but I don't really know how the nordic variety differentiates stylistically. The answer depends upon how significant the difference is. But I'm leaning towards no.
As for polka, I'm leaning towards allowing that.
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Nice, you might just get something with strong polka infuences then some time in the future.
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50% of the submissions have been received thus far.
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Dave... are/would you gonna link (or include) the above bonus theme rankings in the OP?
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Dave... are/would you gonna link (or include) the above bonus theme rankings in the OP?
Yeah I should have done that. I'm on it.
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Sent!
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Sent, hopefully I won't have to resend because I won't be there tomorrow. My song is available for at least two different bonus stars and it's more than 11 minutes in length. It also deserves some additional bonus points for some very particular reason.
We'll see how it goes.
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I'm just waiting on one person now. No reason to hurry though, I won't be able to start listening until tomorrow afternoon/evening anyway.
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Sorry, that's me. I was a little demotivated to send right away after receiving the coal star :lol
I have a busy weekend as well, but I'll try to send today!
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Sent just now.
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I only recognize Euzen - The Stage :metal
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Fourth is probably Lindsey Stirling - Shatter Me (feat. Lzzy Hale).
And I think the 7th one could be Anneke van Giersbergen - Drive.
And the 8th one is Almanac - Darkness / Hands are Tied. Insider's information once again.
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The bonus stars being awarded this round: Two ruby and one aquamarine.
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Shit, someone else went with ruby. Can I change my bonus? :lol
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Too late, I've already started listening. :P
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I don't want to change my song, only the bonus awarded. :P
Well, whatever, as long as I get at least a gold star this round.
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The bonus stars being awarded this round: Two ruby and one aquamarine.
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What happened to mine?
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Sorry, I forgot about it. I didn't get around to listening until today and had to check several songs for eligibility, I apparently didn't make a note of yours. So the bonus stars are actually: Two ruby, one aquamarine, and one peridot.
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i wonder who's getting the peridot star :neverusethis:
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Shit, someone else went with ruby. Can I change my bonus? :lol
I'd be in favor, for totally unselfish reasons of course :P
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i just noticed, these are the colors of the roulette championship judges :lol
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Shit, someone else went with ruby. Can I change my bonus? :lol
I'd be in favor, for totally unselfish reasons of course :P
Well since there's peridot star too now, there's no point in changing my bonus anymore. :P
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Other guesses:
1: Knifeworld - Staring at the Sun
2: Anthriel - Cheat
5: Stigmata - Elevator
9: Dead Dried Fish - Where Are Seas
10: Mr. Big - Addicted to That Shit
3rd is mine and I think we've got the others.
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9: Dead Dried Fish - Where Are Seas
:lol
good job, you got one word right, 5 to go
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Other guesses:
1: Knifeworld - Staring at the Sun
2: Anthriel - Cheat
5: Stigmata - Elevator
9: Dead Dried Fish - Where Are Seas
10: Mr. Big - Addicted to That Shit
3rd is mine and I think we've got the others.
Your 2 is my song, and you got one letter right (the A). I'm sure you know the band, not so sure about the specific song.
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Árstíđir
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10: Mr. Big - Addicted to That Shit
:lol I think you're right - Addicted To That Rush.
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Árstíđir
Yeah, guess so. I've listened to three albums of theirs, but I don't remember their names. Doesn't help some of them are not in English.
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Is the fifth one St. Lucia - Elevate? Freaking awesome. I think I saw this over at Noisey a year back or something. This has to be the aquamarine star of the round too.
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Is the fifth one St. Lucia - Elevate? Freaking awesome. I think I saw this over at Noisey a year back or something. This has to be the aquamarine star of the round too.
Yes, that's mine; but can't be aquamarine because I already used it last round. I'm a little miffed that I didn't use it for this song though.
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Well you got most of them. This one should make getting the remainder much easier.
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Phideaux - Micro Softdeathstar
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This one should make getting the remainder much easier.
Yeah right, especially that Arstidir song. :lol
Phideaux - Micro Softdeathstar
:tup
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Right, only about 10 songs that would fit the song length for the Arstidir one ::).
No idea about any of the others.
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Right, only about 10 songs that would fit the song length for the Arstidir one ::).
What does it matter to you? You sent it, you know what it is. :lol
But fine. It starts with S, and ends with hine. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
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Right, only about 10 songs that would fit the song length for the Arstidir one ::).
What does it matter to you? You sent it, you know what it is. :lol
But fine. It starts with S, and ends with hine. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
It's just funny to see the others guessing and failing :lol
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Trinidad - Staring at the Sun
Phoenix - Shorter Underwear
Deadly Marcus Bachmann - Wheat Rustles
Kanye West Project - I poop out my butt
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Someone already guessed Staring at the Sun and it's correct but both of you are wrong about band. And I thought most of you would know that band and song :huh:
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it's thrice :neverusethis:
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Someone already guessed Staring at the Sun and it's correct but both of you are wrong about band. And I thought most of you would know that band and song :huh:
Threshold
and the Kanye one is I TALK out my butt.
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Someone already guessed Staring at the Sun and it's correct but both of you are wrong about band. And I thought most of you would know that band and song :huh:
Threshold
:facepalm:
I was sure they are banned.
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Deadly Circus Fire - Where It Lies
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Someone already guessed Staring at the Sun and it's correct but both of you are wrong about band. And I thought most of you would know that band and song :huh:
Threshold
:facepalm:
I was sure they are banned.
The trouble in this situation is that you never know whether (seeing they're pretty well known) they are missing for a reason. I see holes all over the place in terms of hard rock/hair metal but I am cautious as I expect many have been heard and written off without purchase etc...
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You (or anyone else for that matter) is/are free to ask me about any such holes. If I've heard anything from those artists I'll let you know.
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I saw Headspace on banned list but I thought maybe you didn't hear Threshold with Damian.
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Someone already guessed Staring at the Sun and it's correct but both of you are wrong about band. And I thought most of you would know that band and song :huh:
Mother fucker! I was just listening to that album today, and even considering that song. :getoffmylawn: But I probably would've gone with The Hours. Staring at the Sun is such a great video - officially fan made too.
Oh well, another band bites the dust.
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Just about everything has been revealed, so I might aswell just post the image like this.
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Who wants results? Who do you think will be getting the coal star this round?
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Could be me to be honest. Definitely not as confident with this song, I do really like it though, but I could've given it some more thought after the first song was rejected.
I already know what I want to send for r3 too.
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If I am getting the coal star then you can hold back the results ;)
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If I am getting the coal star then you can hold back with the results ;)
:lol
But yeah... ditto for me.
Otherwise, bring it on, big boy.
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Could be me with a coal star if you failed to digest my song.
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it's me. i got the coal star.
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Could be me with a coal star if you failed to digest my song.
So if Bolsters doesn't like your song it is just because he has indigestion. :neverusethis:
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Could be me with a coal star if you failed to digest my song.
It was one of the more difficult ones to digest, I will say that.
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You're getting something really simple in the next round then. :D
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Hyped for my first star :o.
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Some kind of problem here.
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Round Two Results
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-ruby.png~original) Tyrias - Árstíđir - Shine
- Loving the ominous atmosphere of this track, the double bass and piano are great but the star of this song is the violin. The way the song builds to its climax is great, a very slow build and it works, assisted by a strong vocal performance. The dynamics are great and the production overall is pretty good. This is a very strong submission, therefore you get diamond this time.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Lidsey Stirling - Shatter Me (feat. Lzzy Hale)
- You often send me artists that I've never heard of (and I think you've said I do the same thing to you :lol) and this is no different, although I have heard of Lzzy Hale. Anyway, I don't mind this sort of dubsteppy electronica when there's more going on than just moving lowpass filters and bass drops, and this song is a perfect example of what I like. Firstly, the inclusion of the violin really works - it's clearly the lead instrument despite everything else being electronic, and I love the interplay between it and the synthy distorted bassline in the instrumental part of the chorus. As mentioned I've heard of Lzzy and Halestorm but I'm not sure if I ever bothered listening to them - I'm going to rectify that though because I'm really liking her performance in this song. Also I should mention that you probably would have ascended to the top of the aquamarine rankings had you asked for that star with this song. :loser:
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- Starting with darkness: Sometimes when I get these two-for-one submissions where the intro is only a minute or so, I find myself skipping the intro for the last couple of listens, as they generally don't take long to get a grasp on, and I can focus more on the more complete song. This one however I listened to every single time I listened to the playlist - in part because the song itself has a very abrupt beginning, but also because this intro track just really works. To be honest, it should just be part of the track, I can't see any reason I would not listen to these tracks together. Anyway, the guitar solo is nice here and I love when the guitar and strings come in and build up to Hands Are Tied. As for this second track...yeah, this is some good stuff. I think I mentioned somewhere in the thread that I like symphonic stuff that has a harder edge or more balls to it, and this certainly does. The chorus is epic and I love the ascending runs the strings make leading up to the next repeat, and then it goes balls-to-the-wall again to start off the next verse. Vocally it took me a couple of listens to determine whether or not this was a peridot star song - the two vocalists sound very similar and they often sing simultaneously, but on second listen I was able to pick out their differences.
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- As mentioned, this one took a while to get into, but I definitely warmed up to it enough that you managed to nab one of the silver stars of the round. I think one of the more difficult things to get acustomed to for me was the vocalist; he really dragged the song down for me the first few listens, and I'm still not a big fan, but I warmed up to him a bit as I listened to the song more. He sometimes has a singing style that sounds like half-singing half-spoken-word, which doesn't really appeal to me. But anyway, this song is still really quite good, that part around 4:40 and the build up to it is top notch symphonic prog, and the symphonic elements in general were all fantastic. I like that the song has a lot of variety in dynamics, it has some great slow building parts and then these more active sections where the symphony especially really comes to life. Vocally, I liked things a lot more in the latter half where the lead singer duets with some female vox; somehow, singing with her made me dislike him less, maybe it's just that she covers up some of the things I didn't like about his style or maybe he just does better when snging in tandem, but he was much improved in those parts of the song.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) splent - St. Lucia - Elevate
- More 80's-inspired synthpop? Don't mind if you do. This is another strong track but I'm afraid you just barely missed out on silver this time, so you're going to have to be content with pink. Anyway, strong vocal performance, lots of reverb for the dreamy effect, nice basslines...everything's here, it's catchy, I love it. Can't really say much more than that.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Tomislav95 - Threshold - Staring At The Sun
- So I've obviously heard of these guys and I think I have listened to them before, but I couldn't tell you what. I actually did expect Threshold would turn up, but I thought Chad would be the sender, so good job cock-blocking him here. :tup So, this song is pretty good. Damian is a vocalist I do like but I've never gone out of my way to listen to everything he's been on - I'm familiar with his work with Arjen in particular, and I don't mind Headspace, so he's obviously a highlight in this track. There's some good riffage going on here that I like, the heavy breaks in the middle of the verses and the bits where the synth line is more prominent being highlights. I guess that while I like this song a bit it just doesn't have that something extra to take it to the top of the rankings. Still, a pink star is still worth something and is definitely deserved.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) jingle.boy - Mr. Big - Addicted To That Rush
- I'm not sure if you will be surprised to see yourself ranked this far down or not. Anyway, this is a very enjoyable high-energy track, very bluesy, and it reminds me a bit of Van Halen in a lot of places (in a good way). I really like the subdued post-chorus section, and the instrumental section is pretty good if overlong. So yeah, I'm definitely liking this, but it's not silver-or-better material - at least not in this round.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) senecadawg2 - Anneke Van Giersbergen - Drive
- Like most DTFers I'm an Anneke fan :heart but while I was aware that she had some solo stuff out, I don't think I have ever bothered to give it a listen. This is pretty much what I thought it would be (not in a bad way); simple but effective pop rock. Anneke gives a good performance although not one of her best, but from what I can tell she's never given a bad performance so she's still good here. I like the little scats, like in the prechorus. I guess my biggest gripe really is that this song is just a bit generic, a bit run-of-the-mill for the genre. I struggled with the decision on whether to award you a pink star or not this round, but I once again told myself that I wanted to be more generous with them, and I couldn't really say that I liked the Gallowbraid a whole lot more than this...so a pink star you are.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-aquamarine.png~original) Elite - Euzen - The Stage
- Like your last submission this one took a bit longer to get a read on, but unlike that one this track grew on me enough that you managed to crawl out of the way of the coal star this time. :lol I want to preface this by saying that I didn't mind this song at all, but I don't want to be handing out pink stars to everyone every round, so you're missing out this time. On to the song: I didn't like the big droning synth on the first few listens, but I warmed up to it. I like the borderline-frantic drumming, very busy but not too busy. Vocally, I have no complaints. I guess where this track falls flat a bit is that it sometimes takes too long getting to the point (for example leading into the last chorus) so the pace seems a bit sluggish. The lead synth that appears in the latter half of the song is a but off-putting aswell; it sounds like the note bend is either too slow or starts too late, so it sounds like it's "behind" the rest of the instrumentation. Still, this wasn't bad and at least you're moving in the right direction.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-black.png~original) Train of Naught - Deadly Circus Fire - Where It Lies
- It seems like you might have seen this coming, but a coal star is you this round. This song wasn't bad but there were quite a few things that nagged at me about it, that made it impossible to grow and move up the rankings. I don't mind some modern alternative stuff, but this is a bit on the generic side - the drumming and guitar work especially. Because of this it's also an incredibly predictable song - I pretty much knew what the chorus was going to sound like the first time I listened to the song, before it even started. I don't mind some screamy-style vocals but I can be fairly picky about what I like and what I don't, and this song contains both stuff that I thought was okay (the chorus), and stuff I didn't like as much (lead up to the chorus). But I did like some stuff here aswell...that calmer middle section is actually quite good and I like the way it builds back up for the climax at the end. I definitely like the screaming stuff in moderation and that's definitely the case here, it isn't overused. So, yeah. I'm afraid you are the coal star this time.
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Okay, so that's the end of round 2. The rankings were a bit mixed around this time compared to last, so no one is really taking off too far ahead yet. The first pearl star is awarded, in the aquamarine category, and is currently being held by Train.
Start sending me your round 3 submissions yesterday.
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Cool, I can live with silver star. Shame I lost To Tyrias though, if anyone else sends symphonic song I won't be getting the pearl star.
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Nice, glad you liked it so much!
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Seven pink stars already in two rounds. If this level of quality remains consistent, there's going to be a ton of those fucking things by the end. :lol
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Awesome! :lol Yea I should've thought about it longer, though in all honesty you probably would've gotten Deadly Circus Fire from me in the end anyway, I actually thought the middle section would be my downfall as I could see people feeling it's misplaced.
Since the coal stars don't hold any direct penalties to the scores I might even have done better than most of the pink star people this round :lol depending on how much that pearl star is worth.
Will send soon, I'm more confident about this one.
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Always happy if I am up near the top in the rock/metal stakes. If I get beaten by genres I am clueless about then hey...it's gonna happen in a Bolsters roulette ;D
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Since the coal stars don't hold any direct penalties to the scores I might even have done better than most of the pink star people this round :lol depending on how much that pearl star is worth.
Yeah, you've done well this round. You probably should grab a few more of those coal ones in the next rounds.
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You coule say that my diamond star "shines" beautifully ::)
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Since the coal stars don't hold any direct penalties to the scores I might even have done better than most of the pink star people this round :lol depending on how much that pearl star is worth.
Yeah, you've done well this round. You probably should grab a few more of those coal ones in the next rounds.
I'm way ahead of you, I already just sent my second coal star to Bolsters!
Hope he doesn't reject it, otherwise I might have to send something that isn't coal star worthy.
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if i had actually made it into the roulette i'd probably have two coal stars by now with how stiff the competition is looking
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Pink star, cool :)
I'll probably send in 12h from now, won't rush it. Listening to those songs that got best stars could be good, maybe I'll like them and also to figure Bolsters' taste better (I'm still not sure about what you may like, 4 rounds in).
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I have too many songs for the rest of the roulette to actually be able to send them all, so I'm doing a relisten and sending the best of those. This round is already set ins tone, though.
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Just deciding which atmospheric djent song to send...........there's a first time for everything :biggrin:
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Jeeeez, I'm doing terribly. Maybe I should just send some shite the next two rounds to eliminate myself :lol
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Jeeeez, I'm doing terribly. Maybe I should just send some shite the next two rounds to eliminate myself :lol
I'd rather you just stop sending shite. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
Also, I've made a (hopefully) easier to read scoreboard, by adding some horizontal lines.
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Here's a bold guess at the current standings:
1. bl5150
2. Shadow Ninja 2.0
2. jingle.boy
4. Tyrias
5. Train of Naught
6. splent
6. Evermind
8. senecadawg2
9. Tomislav95
10. Elite
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Not even close.
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Me in last place has to be correct though :lol
Unless of course a bonus star is worth more than a pink one.
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Good question, when do we find out how much our stars are worth?
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If his previous roulette was any indication, at the very end.
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If his previous roulette was any indication, at the very end.
Correct.
You are free to speculate amongst yourselves as always, though. :angel:
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Diamond - 90 points
Gold - 65 points
Silver - 40 points
Any bonus star - 30 points (minus 5 for every person after 5 that has received one)
Pearl - 55 points
Pink - 20 points
Coal star - 20000 points :neverusethis:
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Glad you liked the song! I guess I figured it was more violin driven than synth driven, though.
Also sent.
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Glad you liked the song! I guess I figured it was more violin driven than synth driven, though.
Aquamarine is also for electronica, so it would have qualified.
Diamond - 90 points
Gold - 65 points
Silver - 40 points
Any bonus star - 30 points (minus 5 for every person after 5 that has received one)
Pearl - 55 points
Pink - 20 points
Coal star - 20000 points :neverusethis:
This time, you didn't even get their order right. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
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Sent
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Man, I was hoping for at least a silver. Oh well. I'm glad you liked it.
I am not sure what I am going to send yet. I'm not sure if what I will send is going to have a bonus star or not, I am still trying to decide the direction of what I should send you. I have about 10 ideas :lol
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I'm not in a hurry, take your time.
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Man, I was hoping for at least a silver. Oh well. I'm glad you liked it.
I think my song edged out yours because it had a "star" in the title. :neverusethis:
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Sent.
Bolsters, you got two PMs from me because I forgot to send the song in first message :lol
EDIT: I'm finally past <1 posts by day (I didn't write that much in first 3 years after registration)
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Totally fair assessment on mine. I'll gladly take a Pink star for that one.
Going big this time - if you'll allow it ... and trust me, you want to allow it. Ruslan and Jon would concur (and Rich I think too).
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Totally fair assessment on mine. I'll gladly take a Pink star for that one.
Going big this time - if you'll allow it ... and trust me, you want to allow it. Ruslan and Jon would concur (and Rich I think too).
Didn't you go big in that previous round? :neverusethis:
Sending in a few minutes, just need to decide if I want the bonus or not.
Edit: and sent. Went for some great female-fronted symphonic metal power ballad. I'm sure Chad and Brent will approve.
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Debating between two songs. GAH.
And it may end up going in another direction. We shall see...
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Totally fair assessment on mine. I'll gladly take a Pink star for that one.
Going big this time - if you'll allow it ... and trust me, you want to allow it. Ruslan and Jon would concur (and Rich I think too).
Didn't you go big in that previous round? :neverusethis:
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Sent. Went in a completely different direction for this round, even what I was originally going to send.
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Will send this arvo
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sent my djent
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That Euzen song is excellent :loser:
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I'm just waiting on Elite to send now. Also I won't be able to listen to anything until later tonight, so I will verify bonus star eligibility then and let anyone know if their song is not eligible.
Also this round will probably be delayed somewhat, as I have received a 31 minute song.
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plz don't send cassandra gemini in roulettes
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Okay, now I know what Chad meant by going "big". :lol
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plz don't send cassandra gemini in roulettes
I wouldn't dare. I don't even praise it as much as most TMV fans do but I think the chorus is one of the best they've done. If I could somehow send the first two chapters and the second to last chapter without completely ruining the song I might've.
And to be honest I never thought The Mars Volta were roulette material anyway.
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yeah tbh i don't really dig frances the mute in general, de-loused is their best but i like amputechture a lot more than frances regardless
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I love Frances, though I would never doubt anyone not liking it, I love the extended jams but they seem to really turn off people. That said, my favorite song on the album and favorite TMV song is L'Via L'Viaquez and I would like it even more without the outro.
De-loused is stellar, really impressive stuff seeing it's their first full length studio album. I can't see it passing Frances in my rankings but the #2 spot is pretty much set in stone.
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Okay, now I know what Chad meant by going "big". :lol
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Here's a bold guess at the current standings:
1. bl5150
2. Shadow Ninja 2.0
2. jingle.boy
4. Tyrias
5. Train of Naught
6. splent
6. Evermind
8. senecadawg2
9. Tomislav95
10. Elite
Just realized I can't share the same place with splent because his bonus star is worthless worth less than mine now. So I'm pretty sure I'm ahead of him.
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Yea, I didn't put enough thought in it, I just compared the stars and made a rough estimation of their worth, forgot about the bonus stars degrading thingy.
I'm not even gonna bother guessing, if I fail miserably with only 2 results in I can't imagine getting any closer when more stars come into play :lol
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That Euzen song is excellent :loser:
Indeed.
I'm just waiting on Elite to send now. Also I won't be able to listen to anything until later tonight, so I will verify bonus star eligibility then and let anyone know if their song is not eligible.
Also this round will probably be delayed somewhat, as I have received a 31 minute song.
I made up for that 31-minute song by sending a song under 3 minutes.
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Going for that diamond star, eh? (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ybGOT4d2Hs8)
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It's not mine. My song is 9 1/2 minutes.
I don't think I'm getting the diamond star. I'll settle for the cubic zirconia star.
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Well you're all in and the bonus stars you have all asked for are acceptible. I'll post a blurry image tomorrow, but for now, here are the bonus stars being awarded in this round...
...Two ruby, one sapphire, two emerald, and one amethyst. :lol
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Two more ruby? For fuck's sake, that means there will be four overall and I'm definitely not getting pearl. :lol
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a pre 80's song huh? and a ballad? + two instrumentals. That will be interesting.
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Liar! I asked for a garnet one and you refused me >:(.
Jk, I know it was quite a borderline case.
And I do hope the 2 ruby stars are worse than mine.
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^ they are not. One at least isn't.
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Ballad star is mine.
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No it's not.
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Huh, am I missing something perhaps?
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Yea, your ballad was rejected because there were too many power metal riffs in it, it took away from the overall ballad feel.
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Yea, your ballad was rejected because there were too many power metal riffs in it, it took away from the overall ballad feel.
Wouldn't be surprised if it was true, but I think I should've got a PM about it. :lol
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I'm just messing with people in this roulette :lol
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Ruby is mine.
I had planned to submit in three other categories but symphonic/orchestral song popped from nowhere and I couldn't not send it.
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Ya'll are cray cray.
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Me the most. Eagerly awaiting the blurred
lineslist.
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Ya'll are cray cray.
Most of all for trying to get bonus stars in the first place.
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Ballad star is mine.
Great, another category where I can steal the pearl star away from you!
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Firefly - Spanish Harlem
Mine
Guns as Garments - Yo Yo Girl Stand By Me
Joni Mitchell - Fire
The Kinks - Dirty Hobo
Dimming the Lamp - Drawing the State of Mortal Innocence
God is an astronaut - beware the Star
The Real Canter - Hours
Arcanum - Mortorium Exaudi
After School - Give Me A Smoke
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Dimming the Lamp - Drawing the State of Mortal Innocence
Not fucking bad!
Don't mind admitting this is mine, since a few of you already got it from me in prior roulette's.
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I have completed my first listen. First impressions and all, so subject to change...but at the moment I feel that this is easily the weakest of the five rounds I've received thus far.
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I have completed my first listen. First impressions and all, so subject to change...but at the moment I feel that this is easily the weakest of the five rounds I've received thus far.
Not so many pink stars then?
I am not so confident anymore....
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Great, that means I have a higher chance of keeping my pearl star and less competition in the other stars I will send eventually.
I hope you still like my song though :P.
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Dimming the Lamp - Drawing the State of Mortal Innocence
Not fucking bad!
Don't mind admitting this is mine, since a few of you already got it from me in prior roulette's.
Dimension Act - Drawing the Lines of Mortal Existence
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I can only see Chad's song and mine, but what the hell:
Arena - Spurred Horses
Savory Bandit - Hanged by Earrings
Guns as Garments - Yo Yo Girl Stand By Me (going with Splent on this one :lol )
John Mitchell - Blue (I wanted to write "Blur" first but the last letter is obviously "e". I'm also reasonably sure it's not John Mitchell from Lonely Robot because he doesn't have any solo albums as far as I know.)
The Doors - Solid Hobo
Dimension Act - Drawing the Lines of Mortal Existence
God Is An Astronaut - Getting A Star
The Dear Hunter - Waves
Anthriel - Distorted Lights (let's see if I can squeeze Anthriel in every round)
The last song is mine and that should give you a rather good hint about the band. Oh, and I'm still rather confident about my song.
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God Is An Astronaut - Getting A Star
How ironic it would be if this song got no star whatsoever :lol
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If that's even the song title. :laugh:
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I bet it's not, but it was just too good an opportunity to miss.
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You got mine correct though, impressive guess, even I could barely make it out.
Evermind sent After the Burial!!! Hype ( it's probably After Forever or something but that sounds less fun)
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Wow, nice. Luckily it was from Act IV. I don't know any track names from other acts, and I remember like half of track names from Act IV only because I was reading about the album on Wikipedia when you sent me The Bitter Suite IV and V. :lol
Next week is a salary week... maybe I'll be able to find Act III or IV in the local record store. Not holding my breath for it though.
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Bolsters warned me TDH left a bad impression on him and I still went through with it :lol silly me, I've probably gone too far this time. I still stick by my "this band has something for everyone" statement though, but because of my poort judgement in Bolsters' taste in past rounds I think I should be less confident in this song than I am right now.
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Crap... I thought After Forever would've made the banned list. Cry With A Smile.
I was going to guess the second to last to be Anubis, but I don't think the song title fits anything. I certainly hope it's John Mitchell, not Joni Mitchell. If it's the latter ... :o I would've guessed the second one to be Saxon if Tim was playing here - and if Spencer hadn't already admitted it was his.
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Crap... I thought After Forever would've made the banned list.
Maybe you should've actually checked the banned list, then? :P
I certainly hope it's John Mitchell, not Joni Mitchell.
Why?
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Crap... I thought After Forever would've made the banned list. Cry With A Smile.
I had that lined up for next round - asked about it this round but changed my mind at the last minute.
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I had that lined up for next round - asked about it this round but changed my mind at the last minute.
Did you have a song picked out?
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Yeah, Brent, I'm curious which song you were going to send.
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I hadn't decided exactly but my initial thought was Cry Me A Smile
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Crap... I thought After Forever would've made the banned list.
Maybe you should've actually checked the banned list, then? :P
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I certainly hope it's John Mitchell, not Joni Mitchell.
Why?
No reason I guess. I just finished reading the Neil Young writeups, and Joni is another 'out-there' Canadian singer-songwriter that I consider in the same class as Young. But, this isn't Ruslan's roulette, so if it is Joni, it might do just fine here.
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Crap... I thought After Forever would've made the banned list. Cry With A Smile.
I was going to guess the second to last to be Anubis, but I don't think the song title fits anything. I certainly hope it's John Mitchell, not Joni Mitchell. If it's the latter ... :o I would've guessed the second one to be Saxon if Tim was playing here - and if Spencer hadn't already admitted it was his.
Yeah I wouldn't send Saxon for just anyone. :lol tbh I know who they are but haven't heard anything by them. Mine is not Saxon. Not even close :lol
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Firefly - Spanish Harlem
Mine
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Arena - Spurred Horses
Savory Bandit - Hanged by Earrings
Guns as Garments - Yo Yo Girl Stand By Me (going with Splent on this one :lol )
John Mitchell - Blue (I wanted to write "Blur" first but the last letter is obviously "e". I'm also reasonably sure it's not .
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Paying attention: You suck at it.
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Firefly - Spanish Harlem
oh, this is Foals - Spanish Sahara
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I can literally only see my own one (not guessed yet) and Chad's (Dimension Act), but The Dear Hunter looks right to me as well.
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Firefly - Spanish Harlem
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Arena - Spurred Horses
Savory Bandit - Hanged by Earrings
Guns as Garments - Yo Yo Girl Stand By Me (going with Splent on this one :lol )
John Mitchell - Blue (I wanted to write "Blur" first but the last letter is obviously "e". I'm also reasonably sure it's not .
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Paying attention: You suck at it.
If you're getting at the fact there is "t" after "rme" on the pic, I noticed it. I just liked what splent suggested a lot. "Guns as Garments" made me laugh hard. :lol
If you're getting at something else, I'm clueless.
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What I'm getting at is that Splent admitted the second on the list was his; you guessed that the third on the list was his.
But now I realize that you're "going" with splent in the sense that you "agree" with him as opposed to guessing that this is his song.
Paying attention: I suck at it.
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Or maybe...
English language: I suck at it. :lol
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Not when you use words like "grandiloquent". Effectively. :biggrin:
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Stop making up words ;)
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the god is an astronaut song is suicide by star
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Guile Von Turmette - Yo Yo (Girl Stand By Me)
The Shiloh - Senile Hobo
Arcane - Victorious Shoals
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Oh look we have guessed everything
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Oh look we have guessed everything
Not mine :angel:
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Guro Von Germeten - Fa Fa (Come Stand By Me)
Fixed :smiley:
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The Alpha - Space hobo?
Archive - Distorted Angels?
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Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings
...seriously? :lol
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Guro Von Germeten - Fa Fa (Come Stand By Me)
Fixed :smiley:
Correct my good sir.
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The diversity of music in this round is quite suprising.
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The Alpha - Space hobo?
Archive - Distorted Angels?
I sent Archive :tup
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The diversity of music in this round is quite suprising.
Why? Given the tastes of our host, the makeup of the participants, I'm not surprised in the least.
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I was going to do writeups tonight, but after listening to the songs again just now I found myself making quite a few changes to the ranking, even this far into the round. I also still haven't settled on who will be getting the coal star this time. So, I'm going to give these another listen tomorrow and hopefully the rankings will feel finalised, at which point I'll start typing up the results.
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Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings
...seriously? :lol
Yeah seriously. it was a risk I'll admit.
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Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings
...seriously? :lol
Yeah seriously. it was a risk I'll admit.
It's a great piece, but not something I would ever send in a roulette.
Also, I think I prefer the choral transcription of it, but that might just be because I've actually had the ability to perform that one, that raises my appreciation for pretty much any kind of music.
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Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings
...seriously? :lol
Yeah seriously. it was a risk I'll admit.
It's a great piece, but not something I would ever send in a roulette.
Also, I think I prefer the choral transcription of it, but that might just be because I've actually had the ability to perform that one, that raises my appreciation for pretty much any kind of music.
I've sung it too and it's just as chilling.
It's probably one of those that's either going to garner me a diamond star or a coal star. I hope it's the former and not the latter. I was trying to decide what to send and for some reason this popped up and I was just sucked into listening to the whole thing and I was in tears at the climax. I'm thinking hmmmm... maybe Bolsters would appreciate it. I may be completely wrong but hey you only live once.
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Round Three Results
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-sapphire.png~original) Evermind - After Forever - Cry With A Smile
- More symphonic/orchestral metal? Sure. This time it's a band I know I've listened to in the past, but can't remember what I listened to or why I didn't get into the band as a result. There's no surprises in this one but it touches on just about all of the elements of symphonic metal that I like, in power ballad form. The strings and brass are prominent and sound great, and provide the majority of the melody, along with the vocalist. I like the contrast between the significantly more stripped-back verses driven by the vox and an acoustic guitar with the chorus, which is driven by the strings and underlayed with power chords to thicken the sound. This probably wouldn't have been a diamond star song in either of the previous rounds, but it is in this one. :tup
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Train of Naught - The Dear Hunter - Waves
- So when you sent this song to me, I gave you a warning (as I would anyone else) that I've attempted to get into the artist you chose to send me in the past, and failed to be impressed. You stuck to your guns though and didn't change your submission at all, and I'm glad you did - and I bet you are now too. :laugh: Anyway, the instrumentation in this song is great; lots of violin which is obviously a plus with me and is probably the star of this song, especially in the verses. The electric guitar is rather understated for most of the song but carries the melody in the second part of the chorus. Vocally this is impressive aswell, in particular the backing vocals and the way they interplay with the violin. I don't remember which other The Dear Hunter songs I have heard, but I don't remember any of them sounding like this - hopefully it's not an anomoly.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-emerald.png~original) bl5150 - The Ralph - Space Hobo
- Brent sending djent in a roulette? This was either going to be a wise choice or a complete disaster, wasn't it. :lol Like Evermind's song I should mention that this would not have garnered the particular star you're being awarded in this round, but you fortunately did not send this in either of the previous rounds, and so you get away with a silver. Though I don't want to give you the impression that I didn't like this song or that I think it's average - it's not bad, and it definitely touches on elements of djent that I like and not the stuff that I don't. This is very melodic which is completely necessary for me when it comes to djent, there's some keyboard and occasional electronic elements which, while not necessary, help the song appeal to me in a much more significant way. I guess my only complaints are that it's a bit predictable, and I think the near-constant guitar soloing is a bit much especially when the guitarist leans more towards erratic shredding as opposed to the more melodic playing that also takes place. Still, you've managed to find something of the djent that ticks all the boxes on the "good" side of the genre for me, so well done.
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- I can definitely see how this would be a risky submission, and in a stronger round you would be getting pink for this. On one hand this song is gorgeous; I love symphonic stuff which is why the ruby star exists and this definitely appeals to me. The way it slowly builds is fantastic and I definitely appreciate the somber tone of the song which makes it somewhat emotional at times. I think the only reason I don't rate this a lot higher is that it does feel just a little overlong for what it achieves, and it does repeat itself a little bit aswell (though not really too much, maybe I'm just nitpicking at this point). Still, I did like this and it definitely grew on me as I listened to it more; I have a feeling it's something that will continue to grow on me even after this roulette has ended, and perhaps the fact that I only had a few days with this song (and many others) is another reason this doesn't rank very highly.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-ruby.png~original) Tomislav95 - Archive - Distorted Angels
- This was an interesting choice, in a good way. Firstly it's primarily driven by a string section and the vocalist, but there's some subtle electronica noises throwin in. I get the impression that this might be a bit more subdued than is typical for the artist? The vocalist does kind of "oversing" a bit if that's even a thing, almost like he thinks singing to a much fuller song at times. I don't mind him, but I definitely thought he was the weak point of the song. Still, while you aren't skipping to the top of the ruby star pile this is still a wise choice and worthy of pink.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Tyrias - Guro Von Germeten - Fa Fa (Come Stand By Me)
- This one moved around quite a bit in the rankings these last few days. While I did like it right from the beginning and it was initially ranked a bit higher, I guess it just didn't grow on me as much as other songs this round did, and I ended up moving other songs infront of it on a rather consistent basis, but it's still worthy of pink. This is a bit out of my comfort zone which I like, and I appreciate the risk. This sounds a bit like a tango dance song, but while that's something I have never gone out of my way to listen to, I could see myself listening to this. I think the vocalist is a big reason for this, she has a great voice and I really like her performance here. The rest of the instrumentation is good aswell and is quite varied, but it never becomes convoluted at any point despite that. Not bad at all.
senecadawg2 - Foals - Spanish Sahara
- This was a nice song, I especially like the way it builds up in the introduction with the ever-increasing volume and the vocalist's ascension from almost whispering to fuller singing. I like the bouncy synth and guitar swells in the verse, and the song once again builds nicely. Once the drummer comes in I think the song loses me just a little bit, but it's not bad. However I have to file this under "good but not great" and I also felt it wasn't up to par with songs that I've awarded pink stars to, so you miss out on that this time I'm afraid.
jingle.boy - Dimension Act - Drawing The Lines of Mortal Existence
- So, this song. My first epic of the roulette, coming in at about 31 minutes. It is conveniently cut up into several smaller pieces so I'm going to tackle my writeup the same way,, one track at a time.
- Pre-Spective: As far as epic instrumental introductions to epics go, this one falls a bit flat for me. I don't mind most of what is going on (even if it feels a bit too generic at times) but I guess what I don't really like is that it's basically just an eight minute medley more than an actual intro. I get that a lot of the stuff that appears in this track turns up in the rest of the song, kind of like a foreshadowing of what's to come, but it just doesn't feel like it was put together with much care; it just jumps straight from one riff or one section to the next over and over for eight minutes. As I said I didn't mind most of these sections, but I don't really feel like this sets up the song very well as an introduction.
- Transparent Reality: This was probably my favourite of the song's separated tracks. This is somewhat unfortunate as at only 2:37 it is also the shortest. :lol Anyway, I like that this song provides some breathing room after the constant onslaught of the intro, the effect on the guitar chugging away in the verses creates an interesting flavour, and I like the minimalist approach to the chorus. The last 50 seconds or so of this song is an instrumental section though? I mean, we just had the eight minute intro and then after less than two minutes of sections with vocals we're back to being instrumental again? I'm sure you're sensing a pattern emerging here by now.
- Illusion: This also wasn't bad and its more aggressive tone is a nice juxtaposition after the more laid-back track before. I like the little bit around 0:53 in particular. Anyway, after another relatively short vocal section this track yet again closes with a lengthy instrumental section, because only the first third or so contains vocals.
- Counterparts: Another track that isn't bad, but it felt a bit repetitive the more I listened to the song as a whole, probably because just about everything in this one appears in the Pre-Spective, although I do prefer how these riffs are utilised in this track. I think this might be my second favourite track after Transparent Reality. It also has one of the shorter instrumental sections.
- The Battle Within: I like how this one starts and ends, and even though it's completely instrumental it doesn't bother me quite as much here - probably because it's just a decent way to bridge between the previous section, Counterparts, and the next one.
- A Different Perspective: The epic conclusion to the piece. The organs and the duet of vocalists are my favourite things here during the first half or so. But then of course, the majority of this track is also instrumental passages, and then the song does the worst thing imaginable by ending in the least epic way that an epic could possibly end: it fades out!? That really bothered me.
- Conclusion: Yeah, there's some good moments in here for sure. I definitely toyed with the possibility of giving you a pink star, but I just couldn't. There's some good stuff but it's not exactly original stuff, it's borderline generic at times. I have entire albums that I listen to that are 100% instrumental, but for some reason the excessive amount of instrumental passages in this piece just bothered me. And the fade-out for the outro was the proverbial nail in the coffin I think, that was just a terrible way to end a 31 minute epic and even if it wasn't all that epic in the first place, it still stings. So I'm going to play the part of the Star Nazi here and say: No pink for you!
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-emerald.png~original) Shadow Ninja 2.0 - God is an Astronaut - Suicide By Star
- So, post-rock. I kind of have a bit of a like/dislike thing going on with everything I hear from this genre; I generally like some things about the songs I've heard but there's always either one big thing that I don't like or several little ones, and I've never been able to get into any of it as a result. The good stuff in this song: I do like the way it builds up for the first two thirds or so. The drumming is active but understated, the guitar melodies carry the song well, and I like the subtle wordless backing vocals (which if anyone was wondering, may be acceptable when going for the emerald star, but don't push it). I like how all of these elements become more prominent as the song builds. This is all good stuff. Even when the distorted electric guitar chords start I'm still not put off all that much really, but everything in the mix is starting to blur together. Anyway, once the constant double-kicking starts the song becomes much less appealing because it descends into noise; the constant fuzzy guitar strumming and that rather bad sounding kick are really pushing the volume up on this and there's quite a bit of white noise from the way it all blurs together. I'd probably have an easier time getting into post rock if this didn't happen constantly, at least in the songs I've heard, and this song isn't changing my mind I'm afraid.
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- Well this song wasn't bad but once again I am forced to rank you at the bottom of the heap. I kind of like how this song gets started and I don't have anything against songs that have minimal instrumentation, but I feel this song might have been improved if it didn't feel as though it didn't go anywhere. Joni's vocals are good most of the time here but there's a couple of bits where her voice grated on me, in particular the "I love you" around the half-way mark is a good example of what really dragged down this song for me. So...yeah. Had I thought the vocal performance was a lot stronger this might've avoided being ranked last, but I'm afraid I just liked all of the other songs this round more. Although I will say that I had a tough time deciding on whether or not I should give you the coal star or give it to Shadow, especially because I wanted to be 100% sure before I gave someone their second coal star. But I'm afraid I am 100% certain, and so you have to take another of these things. Hopefully you can avoid getting a third though? I'd very much like you to be able to stay in the competition until the end.
Scoreboard
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Bonus Star Rankings
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So there we have it, the conclusion to Round 3. As far as ranking stars go, Brent has one diamond and two silver; Elite nothing; Evermind one diamond, one silver, and one pink; jingle.chad and Shadow Ninja are both at one gold one pink; seneca and Tomislav both sitting with two pink stars each; splent with two silver and one pink; Mr. Naught sitting on one gold and one silver; Tyrias one diamond and one pink. Hopefully you're all confused - who's on top? Who's doing well, and who isn't? It's hard for even me to say at this point.
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Glad to get away with that - I try to get out of my comfort zone (into areas of interest to the host and me not so much) at least once where applicable and that's a decent result. I had misgivings as soon as I sent it and I probably wasted my star a bit given my catalogue of instrumentals , but happy nonetheless.
And Ruslan cock blocked my next round submission with the #1 song , so still feeling "in the groove" ;D
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(The DEAR Hunter >:()
I'm glad I stuck by it, I was slightly anxiously awaiting results since you warned me and since you said this was the worst round juding by first impressions, but I was also secretly confident because I love every song on this album. Waves is definitely not an anomoly, maybe you heard some of the heavier songs when you tried this band, and I definitely can't describe this album in a few words, but I think you'll like it.
It's not going too bad for me, just need to make sure I don't get 3 coal stars :lol will send soon.
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Yeah, I saw this round is more diverse than usual and thought "nice, my symphonic metal song will definitely score big". I think Brent is in the lead and I'm in the second place.
Chad... if you're still intending to kick my ass, now is a good time to begin, or else you may end up being too late. :biggrin:
It's a blasphemy to rank this Dimension Act song this low though.
Everyone else, feel free to send two inferior ballads. I'd like to get one of those pearl stars.
Will send my song this evening.
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Glad I could introduce you to some good classical music. I see how you can hear it as repetitive. The version I sent you was on the slower side (it is adagio after all) but a faster version would've ruined the mood of the piece. Had to go with Lenny's interpretation.
I'll send you something tonight (well tomorrow). Debating between some of the same songs I was debating sending you this past round :lol
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(The DEAR Hunter >:()
That's what I said.
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Chad... if you're still intending to kick my ass, now is a good time to begin, or else you may end up being too late. :biggrin:
It's a blasphemy to rank this Dimension Act song this low though.
Yeah... first time that song hasn't received perfect or top marks. Dem's tastes for ya.
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Touché
Sent
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Well, I can live with a pink star, although that's probably the worst score/ranking I ever got in a roulette with this song.
At least I got the symphonic pearl star, that's a nice plus I guess. Now here's to hoping people focus on other bonus stars where it's easier to get pearl.
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The version I sent you was on the slower side (it is adagio after all) but a faster version would've ruined the mood of the piece.
Well I haven't heard the faster version, but I'm inclined to agree. The slower pace does set the mood in this one.
Yeah... first time that song hasn't received perfect or top marks. Dem's tastes for ya.
Who else have you sent it to?
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Yeah... first time that song hasn't received perfect or top marks. Dem's tastes for ya.
Who else have you sent it to?
Ruslan, Rich, and Jaffa (he rated it second). Oh, and I sent parts III/IV to an absetnee poster - theseoafs... who ranked it second.
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Yeah, I rated it 10/10. Too bad it was unofficial since you missed my first roulette.
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By the way, that Amethyst star is worthless as well this way :lol
I go for zero points, without being eliminated.
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Who else have you sent it to?
Ruslan, Rich, and Jaffa (he rated it second). Oh, and I sent parts III/IV to an absetnee poster - theseoafs... who ranked it second.
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By the way, that Amethyst star is worthless as well this way :lol
What if I told you that you weren't coming last? :justjen
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Is my Amethyst & Aquamarine worth more than two pink stars?
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I'm glad you liked the song :tup yes, electronic/trip-hop elements are usually more prominent in their music and actually I was going to send their other song for synth/electronic star but went with Distorted Angels instead.
Also, it's funny, I didn't expect results so early because I forgot time zone difference between us is 8 hours :lol
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Is my Amethyst & Aquamarine worth more than two pink stars?
Probably. My pink stars are worth nothing.
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Sent.
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I need TON to get some more coal stars so I can steal the pearl star :biggrin:
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who's gonna be the first to send in some world music tho
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I would... but if there isn't 2 others in that category, then there's no additional "pearl" bonus, so what's the point? Of course I'm going on the assumption that there is value in the pearl star. But, since we're all Col Clink here, maybe I will send something worldly.
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Uhhh the bonus stars have a value of their own :lol
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I am planning on a world song too, and have some ideas, but haven't found one solid enough imo.
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The thing that irks me more than anything is that I'm 2nd in both of the categories I have bonuses in. Just like I've been 2nd in the highest roulette place I've been so far. Too many 2nds. The one time I'm first? During a qualification round that doesn't count. :lol
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You're saying that like 2nd place is terrible :lol I never managed to finish higher than third.
As for coal stars, don't worry man, just sent my second coal star this morning.
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Uhhh the bonus stars have a value of their own :lol
Right... but does the "pearl" star for ranking 1st in a given category come with any additional point(s)? I don't recall knowing definitively if that's the case, or if it's just a star for pride or ego.
Basically, this the scoring systems is a roulette-within-a-roulette - no one knows where they're going to land until it's all over. We can guess and probably be directionally correct, but there's no knowing until it's all over but the crying.
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Plot Twist: Only coal stars get you points.
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I win.
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Send a very weird and unknown band. It's not in Dave's banned list, it's not in all the three Championship judges banned list... as I said, virtually unknown. Awesome song though.
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Sorry for the double post, but I just looked at the calendar and it shows today (12th of April) is our host's birthday. I've no idea if it's true or not, but just in case:
Happy Birthday Bolsters!
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Wait there are birthday stars? My birthday is next week :laugh:
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Happy Birthday Dave!
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Happy Birthday! Uploading Roulette results on your birthday, that's what I call dedication :tup
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Oh yeah, Have an awesome birthday dude. That was the first thing I should've said.
I'm tired. :lol
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Happy days
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Oh wait, just realized results were uploaded yesterday in your time zone. Still nice I guess.
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Happy birthday!
I'm going to stall this roulette so that I may get a birthday star as well.
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Oh wait, just realized results were uploaded yesterday in your time zone. Still nice I guess.
12th was yesterday there, that means we missed his birthday :-\
Belated happy birthday :)
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Happy Birthday Bolsters!
A birthday star for you.
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Happy Birthday David.
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Thanks everyone. :tup
Right... but does the "pearl" star for ranking 1st in a given category come with any additional point(s)? I don't recall knowing definitively if that's the case, or if it's just a star for pride or ego.
The coal star is the only one that has no point value. Pearl stars are indeed worth something.
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Good to know!
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I'm just waiting on splent to send now.
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It's coming, probably within the hour
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Alright, everyone is in. I'll begin listening tomorrow. In the meantime, here is the first blurred image.
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Also, these are the bonus stars being awarded in the round. There's just two this time: One sapphire star and the first garnet star.
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What the hell? Mark Knopfler - Border Reiver?! Hopefully you'll like it even less than Dream of the Drowned Submariner! :lol
I think I also see Bent Knee there.
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I recognise nothing, could barely see my own song.
Edit: yes, Bent Knee - In God We Trust
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I was actually thinking of sending Mark Knopfler again but now it's not an option. Tomislav (I'm sure it was you and not ToN), I hope you get coal star for this. :lol
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I hope anyone but me gets a coal star :lol
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:lol I wish. That was probably my least favorite from the songs you sent me, it would be more likely for me to send Pictured Within.
No, the one I sent is Clenching a Big Fist - Haken Sucks, the fifth
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Closure in Moscow?
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NO
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First one is Lance King perhaps -
gotta bet on Brent for that gonna guess it's Jon now
Unless he sent Mattador - Tired... and thus the Sapphire star
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Yeah, Mattador - Tired is almost certainly Brent.
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I was actually thinking of sending Mark Knopfler again but now it's not an option. Tomislav (I'm sure it was you and not ToN), I hope you get coal star for this. :lol
Yes, I took big risk with this one :lol but great melodies + folk intrumental and Bolsters might like it. Also, it qualifies for world music star :tup
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Yeah, Mattador - Tired is almost certainly Brent.
If it ain't your or me, then it's definitely him.
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Ruslan asked for a ballad ;D
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I asked for an inferior one! :D
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I thought for a moment that I saw Faith No More in there too.... but it starts with "Fo" by the looks of things.
Below that one... The Cure? The Cult?
I think bonus points should be awarded for the most correct guesses! ;D
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Lance Tigger - Oom Paaaa Pa
Mark Knoffler - In the Devient
Scare Me - Humanity
Bent Knee - In God We Trust
Clarity in Moscow - Hands Deep
Maneater - Spain
Matador - Cried
Mine
The Cure - Swansong
Power of Nil - Best Come to Them
Nothing silly this time came to my head :(
I thought for a moment that I saw Faith No More in there too.... but it starts with "Fo" by the looks of things.
Nope mine is not Faith No More, it DOES start with Fo though so it's Fo______ ___ _______
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I think bonus points should be awarded for the most correct guesses! ;D
I did actually have ideas for a few other stars in mind, one of which I even made but ultimately decided to cut because I thought it made the roulette a bit convoluted. But I can assure you that this was not one of them. ::)
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Alright, here's my take...
Lance Thrust - No Sex, Pa
Mark Knopfler - Border Reiver
Segregation - Humility
Bent Knee - In God We Trust
Closure in Moscow - Happy Song
Defeater - Slain
Mattador - Tired
Foster The Orphan - Paganini
The Fuck - Kingkong
Roach Gets In - Lust Comes at Dawn
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First one is Lance King perhaps - gotta bet on Brent for that gonna guess it's Jon now
Unless he sent Mattador - Tired... and thus the Sapphire star
The first song is mine.
You may interpret that however you like. :P
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I think I interpreted it just fine then!
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Alright judges, before I send, I've got a question... how much attention are you willing to spare for each song now there's only three of us? I've got a very complex song, power metal, progressive metal, orchestra, lots of overlaying vocals, harmonies, the storyline, lots of subtle textures and changes of pace, 14+ minutes long too. But it really requires multiple listens (and I mean not 4-5 listens, I mean 10+ listens) to take everything into account. At least that's how it was for me.
Just be honest here, if you ain't gonna bother, I'm going with something much shorter and accessible.
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I think you're playing too many roulettes man, you're starting to get delusional, there's only one judge in this roulette.
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Oh ffs. :rollin I saw "Bolsters" in the title and decided this was the best place to post it. That's what getting up at 5 A.M. does to you, I'm not in my best posting mode by the end of the day.
Gonna post it in the right roulette. I'll keep this one though, just for laughs. :lol
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I think you're playing too many roulettes man, you're starting to get delusional, there's only one judge in this roulette.
he's also listening to 6 EPs of ~30 minutes each in his own roulette :rollin
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This is beautiful lol
Evermind you were actually quite close on the band name
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Mine hasn't been guessed yet either. I love 'The Fuck - Kingkong' though :lol
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Let's see ... Playing in all 4 active roulettes, and just wrapping up hosting his own (with 3 hrs of listening to do there. Talk about a glutton for punishment!
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Well it's not my fault that all the awesome roulettes started at the same time.
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Well it's not my fault that all the awesome roulettes started at the same time.
Tell me about it. I'd be in four as well if RJ had started his on time.
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I might have made these too easy this time, but I can't be bothered redoing it.
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Scorpions - Humanity
Darkwater - Again
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Happy Diet? :lol
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How you managed to guess "Closure In Moscow" with pretty much info in the first place is beyond me, especially since you seem to have no clue about the song name whatsoever :lol
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prob because he lives in moscow :lol
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:lol The band name just popped in my mind when I saw "Cl..." and that it was three words. Weird how this happens sometimes.
Oh right, nice one Brent, the Scorps entry is mine.
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I sent the Darkwater song.
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So… I am not anticipating a silver star, or a gold, and definitely not a diamond… I don't think I'm going to get Cole… I'm probably going to get pink, and if that...
Meh.
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I'm probably going to get pink, and if that...
Meh.
I could always just give you nothing instead. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
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I'm probably going to get pink, and if that...
Meh.
I could always just give you nothing instead. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
My if that I meant if I get a star. Can't say I'm super confident. It's one of those songs I think you'll really enjoy or you'll think is really meh and then I'll kick myself for not sending one of the two others I was going to send.
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Round Four Results
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) Evermind - Scorpions - Humanity
- Two diamond stars in a row...has your second conquest begun? Perhaps it has. I would like to once again mention that this wouldn't have ranked so highly in the first two rounds, but your continued consistency seems to be doing you favours where a lot of other players are beginning to struggle. So I'm rather familiar with and fond of a few 80's hits from these guys but I don't think I looked into their discography at all. This is from 2007 and not really much of anything has changed; these are familiar sounds from their 80's songs, the production sounds fairly close, and the singer doesn't seem to have skipped a beat at all. None of these are bad things though, because their production in particular was good in the 80's, so it's great that they managed to retain that after all those years. At first the sounds reminiscent of those from Wind of Change made me think this was going to be a ballad, but quickly the chorus approaches. I'm liking pretty much everything but the post-chorus goodbye bit is the standout here. There's some string action going on aswell which is never a band thing, and the majority of the song is also accompanied by acoustic guitar, even some of the heavier parts. I'll excuse the ending as you suggested since you mentioned that this was a concept album, so I'm guessing it will make sense when I listen to the album. Yeah, I'm liking this.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Tyrias - Bent Knee - In God We Trust
- I'm fairly certain I listened to a Bent Knee album at least partially somewhat recently, maybe around the end of last year or the beginning of this one. My only memory of it was that I thought it was "boring" though. I will admit that I went in thinking that this song would be like that, and I must say that I was pleasantly surprised because it was not boring in any way. Vocally this is very strong and the way the guitars are utilised is very unusual - but in a good way, it's actually quite inventive in some ways and gives the song a unique sound. Then of course there's the stripped-back middle section building up to the latter third of the song which is gorgeous. There's a lot going on in this song for something that goes just 5:20 but it's never confusing nor convoluted at all.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-garnet.png~original) Tomislav95 - Mark Knopfler - Border Reiver
- Our first garnet star submission and the last of the seven to be awarded goes to this Mark Knopfler track. Ruslan seemed...disappointed that someone else had sent Mark Knopfler as he's a regular Evermind submission in roulettes, I'm wondering how he feels about this one ranking so highly - I got Dream of the Drowned Submariner from him in my last roulette but didn't end up awarding it a star at all. :lol Onto Border Reiver however...this is definitely more up my alley. It sounds almost like country at times, and not in a bad way, but there's some strong celtic influence here from the flute and violin, and of course the accordion, which was a welcome change as it's something I don't get a lot of in the celtic stuff I listen to. I like the energy of this track aswell. Mark Knopfler's vocals aren't something I've really ever been a fan of, I wouldn't say I actively dislike him but I've never been impressed. However, he's probably at his most tolerable for me here in this song, which also helped this song to rank so highly.
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- Well you managed to avoid getting a third coal star this time and even got yourself on the board finally, with a silver star.You came second in my last roulette so it's about time you got your shit together in this one (hopefully that's what you've done?). Well, I don't think I've ever heard anything from this band before, but I'm not minding this at all. It's got some nice crunchy guitar work which I like but I think it's the keyboard player that elevates this song. He uses some pretty standard faux-string sounds (somewhat cheesy, but not bad sounds per se, they suit the song) but then some other sounds are more akin to what I'd expect from electronic music. The guitarist then joins in by utilising some effects such as delays to create soundscapes in some of the lighter parts of the song. The little breakdown before the keyboard solo around the halfway mark is a good example, and it's something I really liked about this song; it isn't just chuggy metal riffs for nine minutes, there's a lot of things going on to keep it interesting and original. So yeah, well done.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-sapphire.png~original) bl5150 - Mattador - Tired
- I'm not sure if this is a controversial placement for this song or not, but it is what it is. This is a very nice steelstring acoustic ballad enhanced by its lyrical content (which if you hadn't mentioned when sending, I probably wouldn't have paid any attention to - I tend not to notice lyrics on my own unless they're horrendeously bad :lol). I guess the only reason I don't rate this any higher is that it's pretty standard fare for an acoustic ballad, and the sound effects were borderline cheesy at times. Still, I did like this song so you earn a well deserved pink star.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) splent - Foster The People - Houdini
- You seemed worried about this song, not sure why though. It's not one of the highest ranked of the round (which I'm sure you had figured out by now) and it's definitely not one of the best things you personally have sent me so far, either...but it's still a solid enjoyable track. The piano chords here don't let up - no additional notes or melodies, just the stab of the chords, which along with the drums drives the song. There's some good synth lines aswell and weird little sound effects, which can tend to be annoying at times but these ones fit into the song perfectly. Vocally it's quite good aswell, I like the backing vox in particular.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) jingle.boy - Powerworld - East Comes To West
- Going back to trying to send solid meat n' taters hard rock I see. Yeah this song has a lot of good stuff, the chorus is pretty good which is necessary for this kind of song, I don't mind this vocalist either. The breakdown after the halfway mark is a welcome changeup before the soloing begins. That first guitar riff in the intro that appears throughout the song reminded me of something and it kind of annoyed me that I couldn't figure out what. Anyway, this is really good but not as strong as some of the other stuff you've sent me thus far, but you can definitely have a pink star this time.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Landon Tewers - Ma and Pa
- When you first sent this, I thought the band name was a piss-take of "London Towers" but apparently that's the guy's name. :lol This is some pretty chill stuff, but I like it. The vocal performance is very interesting, in that a lot of the song is sung quite softly, to the point of actual whispering, which then becomes aggressive whispering. Which sounds a bit like an oxymoron, but that's exactly what it is, and it's a very effective way to build the song back up after the first chorus. This song is very short but it somehow doesn't seem like it should go longer, it does what it does and it's left at that, it probably would have felt overlong had it been over the three minute mark. Not enough to rank highly and get a better star but here's another pink one.
Train of Naught - Closure in Moscow - Happy Days
- Well I didn't mind this or the last modern rock song you sent, but I have to say I didn't like this one as much as the Rival Sons track. This one has a good chorus again, but not really as good. I like the way the song changes gears in the middle and then how it continues to the end, instead of just repeating its chorus from the first half of the song verbatim. I guess this song feels a bit long aswell, I wouldn't have minded if some of the fat were trimmed and it was more concise. I feel this is outside pink star territory though I'm afraid.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-black.png~original) senecadawg2 - The Cure - Lovesong
- I'm passingly familiar with The Cure but I'm reasonably certain I don't know this song. I will preface this by saying I did like the song...I just didn't like it enough to let you avoid taking a coal star this time. Instrumentally the song is decent but it's awfully repetitive and feels like it goes on for longer than 3:28. I think I like the post-chorus instrumental part the most. Vocally I wouldn't say I don't like him, but I can't say this performance is something I can get excited about either. That, the repetitiveness of the track, and the fact that there's nothing all that spectacular happening in it has forced me to rank you at the bottom this time, unfortunately. :(
Scoreboard
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Bonus Star Rankings
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Alright, so we're officially half way through now (if you don't count the qualifying rounds). The scoreboard is looking a bit mixed up but Ruslan manages to become the first person to be awarded a second diamond star...but hopefully (for the rest of you) he doesn't run away with the rest of them like he did the gold stars in my previous roulette. In other news Brent becomes the first person to lock in all three of his bonus stars.
Start sending me round 5 songs as soon as you can be bothered to.
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I think I'm just, well, not sending this type of upbeat rock anymore at all, seems to really fall flat. Even if you're so-so about it, that's just not gonna cut it for me.
I noticed a lack of a certain band in the banned list so I'm waiting for a PM response, but I'll be sending soon.
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1/2 way thru, and here's my best guess at the standings:
Evermind
Tyrias
Brent (I'm assuming that 1 gold > 2 silver)
Splent
Train of Naught (assuming that 1 silver > 2 pink)
Me / Shadow Ninja
Tomislav
Elite
Seneca
Even if 2 pink > 1 silver, I'm still in 5th place, and virtually no chance to win this with my current attempts to send the "best" song I can, so I'm going to spend the next four rounds and get all 7 themes in.
Will send shortly.
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You defintely have a shot at winning actually, but you'll need one or two diamond and/or gold stars to do it.
As for your guess at the standings...I'm not sure you are taking the bonus stars into account, so you're off in more than a few places.
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The fact that you didn't like the cure song helps me with my submission choice. I'll send later.
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Hmm - expected a little better with that one and now need to pick things up a bit. Will send shortly.
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Repetitive?
Have you heard Taylor Swift?
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Have you heard Taylor Swift?
No.
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The way you toss around those pink stars makes me believe they're the most worthless star out there.
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The way you toss around those pink stars makes me believe they're the most worthless star out there.
They aren't.
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No, there are coal stars as well.
And perhaps the bronze star is worth less too.
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The way you toss around those pink stars makes me believe they're the most worthless star out there.
They aren't.
That would be coal :neverusethis:
In all seriousness, I think the bronze and theme stars are of the least actual value. They're earned just for submitting something. Here's my hypothesis:
Diamond
Gold
Pearl
Silver
Pink
Themed / Bronze
Pearl/Silver could be reversed, but this seems to make the most sense to me. Who knows what the spread of "points" is between them though? We'll find out when it's all over I guess.
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It looks like I didn't get coal star for Mark Knopfler :P
Will send something today.
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Diamond
Gold
Pearl
Silver
Pink
Themed / Bronze
Pearl/Silver could be reversed, but this seems to make the most sense to me. Who knows what the spread of "points" is between them though? We'll find out when it's all over I guess.
Makes sense perhaps, but it's still wrong. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
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Why are we even bothering guessing? He's not gonna tell...
Because it's (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
I'm still a little disappointed. I'm wondering if I sent a different song by FTP that it would have gone a different way for me (then again, it could have been worse... I was basing it on repetitiveness and different sounding) ... but this was the most different and most quirky of the three of four I was debating between.
If you aren't familiar with them, I do recommend checking them out, because they are one of my favorite groups in mainstream alt-pop right now.
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Sent.
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If you aren't familiar with them, I do recommend checking them out, because they are one of my favorite groups in mainstream alt-pop right now.
Anything that gets pink or better is on the list. Some things that were not awarded stars are on it too.
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Sent. Let me know if you've heard it.
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Sent. Let me know if you've heard it.
Nope, you're good.
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I'm gonna go all Chuck Norris on you guys, and send an multi-vocalist song that is an instrumental. :metal
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I'm gonna go all Chuck Norris on you guys, and send an multi-vocalist song that is an instrumental. :metal
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I'm gonna go all Chuck Norris on you guys, and send an multi-vocalist song that is an instrumental. :metal
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Not a ballad is it Chad ? :lol
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Sent.
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Sent.
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Nice, I've got six in already. :metal
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Evermind - Scorpions - Humanity
Two diamond stars in a row...has your second conquest begun? Perhaps it has.
Perhaps it indeed has! I certainly hope so. Glad you liked the song.
I'll excuse the ending as you suggested since you mentioned that this was a concept album, so I'm guessing it will make sense when I listen to the album.
It won't, but I already got the diamond star for the song, so who cares. :lol The album is killer though, I definitely recommend it.
Regarding Border Reiver, well, this makes sense. I didn't really know you favor celtic influence and not strongly opposed to the country style at the time (otherwise I'd probably sent the title track from Privateering), and I was biased because Dream of the Drowned Submariner is probably my favourite Knopfler solo song. Border Reiver is my second favourite from Get Lucky though, my favourite song being So Far From the Clyde. I'm happy for Tomislav scoring a silver star with this song - especially since he didn't get to beat me in this round. Otherwise I would've been pissed off. :D
I definitely liked Mattador - Tired more than you (I rated it 9.5 and this is one of those ratings I'm sure about), but I can't complain about it. I just need someone to send another inferior ballad. Maybe Chad will send Fly to the Angels while he's at it. I could really use this pearl star.
Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Landon Tewers - Ma and Pa
- When you first sent this, I thought the band name was a piss-take of "London Towers" but apparently that's the guy's name. :lol
This actually made me laugh when I read it on the train. :rollin
Regarding the stars: I think the amount of people claiming the bonus starts in particular category really matters. I think if there's only one guy in the category it's between silver and pink cost-wise, and if, say, there are four or five people in the category, it's worth less than bronze. It would add some value and purpose for picking the proper strategy. And I think the pearl star is worth a lot too. That's why I'm screwed in ruby category, but still hold a decent chance in the sapphire one.
I have a few songs I could send, but I need to listen to them a few times to pick one - and I'm really busy with rounding up my listens to EPs sent in my roulette, and other stuff too. I'm afraid I won't be able to send until tomorrow's evening, which is ~24-27 hours from now on. Sorry guys.
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Regarding Border Reiver, well, this makes sense. I didn't really know you favor celtic influence and not strongly opposed to the country style at the time (otherwise I'd probably sent the title track from Privateering), and I was biased because Dream of the Drowned Submariner is probably my favourite Knopfler solo song. Border Reiver is my second favourite from Get Lucky though, my favourite song being So Far From the Clyde. I'm happy for Tomislav scoring a silver star with this song - especially since he didn't get to beat me in this round. Otherwise I would've been pissed off. :D
I almost went with Kingdom of Gold from Privateering. Think I made good choice with Border Reiver though.
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in god we trust is probably my second-favorite off shiny-eyed babies but the whole album is pretty good.
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Regarding Border Reiver, well, this makes sense. I didn't really know you favor celtic influence and not strongly opposed to the country style at the time (otherwise I'd probably sent the title track from Privateering), and I was biased because Dream of the Drowned Submariner is probably my favourite Knopfler solo song. Border Reiver is my second favourite from Get Lucky though, my favourite song being So Far From the Clyde. I'm happy for Tomislav scoring a silver star with this song - especially since he didn't get to beat me in this round. Otherwise I would've been pissed off. :D
I almost went with Kingdom of Gold from Privateering. Think I made good choice with Border Reiver though.
I honestly think Kindgom of Gold would've failed. It's probably my second favourite song from Privateering (after Submariner), but it seems Dave doesn't like Mark's voice and I think this ballad would've ended up in "good but nothing special category". Definitely good choice with Border Reiver. :tup
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I think you are right about the stars, Ruslan. However, I think that's where the pearl stars really come into play. I think a pearl star may be worth at least as much as if only one person were under a category, if not more. There's a risk there.
I'm holding off on my last star until closer to the end. I want a pearl star. I'm in 2nd place in two of the categories :lol
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I'm holding off on my last star until closer to the end. I want a pearl star. I'm in 2nd place in two of the categories :lol
Yeah, I'm not sending my third star-worthy song until the Round 7 or probably Round 8. I've got a fair chance for pearl in ballad category, but you never know, someone can screw me over with one well-placed ballad entry. The last rounds will probably be insane and full of mind games on those bonuses.
I've got to say, I really like this whole idea about bonus themes and stars.
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I too have planned my 2nd and 3rd bonuses for round 7 and 8 and I already know the songs. I hope we get like a short period of time where we can predict the final results between round 8 results and the final standings. This final round is going to be awesome.
Of course, there's a good chance of me not even being around by the time it arrives but we'll see past that :lol
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in god we trust is probably my second-favorite off shiny-eyed babies but the whole album is pretty good.
Probably my third favourite, but yeah, the album is excellent - can't wait for the new one. Also, seeing Tyrias submit the band on roulettes makes me quite happy :smiley:
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Nice, I'll gladly take the gold star for that one. It is one excellent song.
I'll send for this round soon, still deciding which particular song to send from the artist.
I have one more bonus round fixed in my head, and the other one I have an idea for, but I'm not sure if I still want that bonus category because there's quite a bit of competition already.
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in god we trust is probably my second-favorite off shiny-eyed babies but the whole album is pretty good.
Probably my third favourite, but yeah, the album is excellent - can't wait for the new one. Also, seeing Tyrias submit the band on roulettes makes me quite happy :smiley:
i'm so mad that it's coming out in may because i've been stuck buying new releases every month for a while now, how awful
maybe i'll get the new hammock alongside it. dunno. didn't think the new hammock was all that great honestly, alright enough but eh
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Bent Knee are releasing a new album? Nice, I'll have to check that out.
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I still have to check new hammock, I quite liked the singles.
And yes Tyrias, they are - check the avant-garde thread for some info and the new single :smiley:
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i sort of like hammock at their most weightless and ethereal, which is not the direction they took on the new album. i mean sure there are tracks like that but there's a lot more tracks similar to the more upbeat ones on departure songs.
i mean it's still a hammock album tho so it's still gorgeous, but :lol
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I too have planned my 2nd and 3rd bonuses for round 7 and 8 and I already know the songs. I hope we get like a short period of time where we can predict the final results between round 8 results and the final standings. This final round is going to be awesome.
Of course, there's a good chance of me not even being around by the time it arrives but we'll see past that :lol
I hope so, you are standing in my way for a pearl :lol
I'm holding off on my last star until closer to the end. I want a pearl star. I'm in 2nd place in two of the categories :lol
Yeah, I'm not sending my third star-worthy song until the Round 7 or probably Round 8. I've got a fair chance for pearl in ballad category, but you never know, someone can screw me over with one well-placed ballad entry. The last rounds will probably be insane and full of mind games on those bonuses.
I've got to say, I really like this whole idea about bonus themes and stars.
Yep, that definitely influenced my submission :lol
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I hope we get like a short period of time where we can predict the final results between round 8 results and the final standings.
Yes, I was planning on doing this. I will probably give out some hints regarding the stars and scoring during rounds 7 and 8, aswell.
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Cool, you've been pretty much no help with the question in Evermind's roulette, hoped to get some sneaky info from there too but 'No.' could've just meant "No, I can't confirm anything". I like the mystery behind it all though.
Oh yeah, sent yesterday. If I get a coal star, Parama is to blame, and if I get a positive result it was all me
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I've revealed a few things already and I may reveal some more things before Round 7, if you ask the right questions.
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Alright, it turned out I was really busy (and I still am) with my roulette. Would it be alright if I send the song tomorrow? I'm sorry for holding this up but I just didn't have any time to pick out the song.
I seriously apologize for the delay. :|
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Sure.
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Okay, sent. Sorry for the delay, hopefully won't happen again.
Not too confident this time around, but I wanted to send this band in this roulette and now seemed like a good time. We'll see how it goes!
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I'll start listening later tonight. For now, here is the first blurred image:
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There's only one bonus star being awarded this round, a garnet star.
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The one I'm sure in is James Blake - Retrogade.
I think some of the bands are Thrice (Beggars?) and Xandria. Also could be Chelsea Wolfe.
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is the third one ihsahn? :neverusethis:
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is the third one ihsahn? :neverusethis:
It really looks like it :lol
First one is Eisley - Mr Moon. Fourth might be Chelsea Wolfe but I don't recognise the song.
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I'm pretty sure it doesn't look like Insahn. I'd say the second letter is L.
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I'll start listening later tonight. For now, here is the first blurred image:
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There's only one bonus star being awarded this round, a garnet star.
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MY OFFICIAL GUESSES
Eighty - My Moon
Mine
Ihrylagin - cool I had Cheese
Chester Beene - Regla
Schuyler - the Redemption
Raccoon - Ariel
James Blake - Retrograde
Thrice - Beggars
Xander - Like I Went to The Grave of Louis
Millicent - Belting Is turning
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the second one legit looks like it could be Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
how has bolsters not heard that tho
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Is that Skid Row / I Remember You ??!!
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Is that Skid Row / I Remember You ??!!
Maybe.
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Is that Skid Row / I Remember You ??!!
Maybe.
Nah, I seriously doubt it now. I was looking on my phone earlier. Now that I see it on a bigger screen, I'm thinking not so much.
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I believe that's mine you're working on Chad. i doubt anyone will know the band , but it's one word.
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I'm pretty sure it doesn't look like Insahn. I'd say the second letter is L.
Thats definitely an 'h', my money is on Ihsahn aswell. Ihsahn is awesome though so nothing wrong with that
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Oh, I got it. I though the band name is Insahn so I was sure it's not an "n". Could be "h", yes.
Raccoon - Ariel
So what do you guys think, does Blackmore look a bit like raccoon? :lol
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Oh, I got it. I though the band name is Insahn so I was sure it's not an "n". Could be "h", yes.
Raccoon - Ariel
So what do you guys think, does Blackmore look a bit like raccoon? :lol
Another band I never even considered but now I can see it could be good submission (Rainbow, not Racoon :P).
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It's: Ihsahn - Until I Too Dissolve
A track from his latest album
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is the 5th one suspyre
i know they exist, so
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Looks more like Saffire to me, but I'm making that up.
Edit: apparently they exist.
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Looks more like Saffire to me, but I'm making that up.
Edit: apparently they exist.
:tup
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So...
Chelsea Wolfe - Retro
Saffire - My Redemption / His Redemption / The Redemption / One Redemption (one of these is bound to be right!)
Xandria - Like a Mist in the Grove of Dusk
Nice Shot - Believe in Browning
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So...
Chelsea Wolfe - Retro
Saffire - My Redemption / His Redemption / The Redemption / One Redemption (one of these is bound to be right!)
Xandria - Like a Mist in the Grove of Dusk
Nice Shot - Believe in Browning
Well, you got two letters right on that one, and one of them is already clearly visible ::).
I have no idea how you manage to actually read or guess those, whenever I'm looking at them I'll try to figure out a few and after 3 minutes I just say "screw it" because I can't read a thing.
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That's Chelsea Wolfe's Reins :P
I wonder if Bolsters will like it tho, maybe not. It's excellent nevertheless.
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That's Chelsea Wolfe's Reins :P
I wonder if Bolsters will like it tho, maybe not. It's excellent nevertheless.
He liked the dreamy vocals of Tame Impala and the atmosphere of Arstidir, so I figured he might like this as well.
It’s quite different though.
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Nosferatu - Believe in Morning
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I'm surprised no one's gotten that last one actually, despite how little of it is showing.
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Nevermore - Believe in Nothing
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Nevermore - Believe in Nothing
:tup
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That's just about everything now.
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i hope Redemption has a song named The Saffire
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There's apparently also a band called Beggars. I doubt they have a song name Thrice though.
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i hope Redemption has a song named The Saffire
I don't know if you're joking but in case you don't, they have song named Sapphire.
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Man it's always such a buzzkill after all the guessing is done. I'm still waiting for the next submission by Kanye West Project. :neverusethis:
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Yeah, give us results quickly, so we can start guessing again. Or just give a random list of song names nobody has sent so we can keep guessing while waiting for results. PLEASE DAVID MAKE IT HAPPEN
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Yeah, give us results quickly, so we can start guessing again. Or just give a random list of song names nobody has sent so we can keep guessing while waiting for results. PLEASE DAVID MAKE IT HAPPEN
When I do my roulette I have a plan for guessing songs... it will take longer... either people will have fun or they'll hate it :lol we shall see
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I'm listening to a song right now, what is it and who is it by?
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splent is gonna do my treasure hunt idea, he will scatter notes with letters written on them all across the world, and we need to find them in order to guess the band
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I'm still waiting for the next submission by Kanye West Project. :neverusethis:
Me too! :lol
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splent is gonna do my treasure hunt idea, he will scatter notes with letters written on them all across the world, and we need to find them in order to guess the band
:lol You never know ;)
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Fair to Midland?
Soon :neverusethis:
Sylvan
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Axiom
Fates Warning
Pathosray
What are we guessing again? :lol
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You got two of those right.
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Spheric Universe Experience
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At Vance was at the top of the list.
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They still are.
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I can't see the image :(
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Rather than Axiom, I'll go with Arion.
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Rather than Axiom, I'll go with Arion.
Nope.
What are we guessing again? :lol
Why don't you tell me? :laugh:
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Soen?
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Correct.
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Atlas?
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Round Five Results
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-garnet.png~original) jingle.boy - Xandria - Like a Rose on the Grave of Love
- I'm still not sure what you were expecting with this submission. By all accounts you seemed to have "checked out" and your goal was to cover all of the seven bonuses in the remaining rounds, and to hell with trying to impress me. But then you send a song that I actually quite like, and ended up wanting to award diamond to? I'm just not sure if you did it on purpose or not. :lol Anyway this is a beautiful celtic-inspired ballad, I'm loving the instrumentation and the backing vox especially. I mean the line Like a Rose on the Grave of Love is pretty damned corny and quite a mouthful for a hook, but that might be my only real "complaint" here, if you could even call it that. Anyway, with your first diamond and bonus star, and potentially a pearl star later, you've really gained some ground.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Elite - Eisley - Mr. Moon
- This was a very wise choice. I'm loving the 90's vibe I get from the songwriting in this track (even though it was released in 2011). I'm loving the chorus especially here, very nice vocal melodies in particular and a good voice and vocal performance. The rhythm section is a little active aswell (in a good way) to keep things interesting.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original) bl5150 - Saffire - The Redemption
- Once again you send me a solid melodic rock track, this one leaning more towards synths and organs though. There's a ton of different sounds in this song; synth, organ, keyboard strings, clean funky guitar, distorted power chords, piano - and it all works for each section that these sounds appear in. It's rounded out with a pretty good solo section aswell, I like the melodic beginnings to the guitar solo and subtle use of wah, which is a nice break between the first half of the song and the rest of the instrumental section. Vocally things are more than decent aswell. This is good stuff as usual.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original) Evermind - Rainbow - Ariel
- Well I knew I was probably getting these guys from you eventually, since you asked about them, but I thought you'd be going for the amethyst star. Anyway, it seems like from your description that you chose a song from the black sheep album of the band's discography, and from this song I can kind of see it - this doesn't sound too much like the few Dio-era songs I've heard. But I didn't mind this at all. The plodding and predictable main guitar riff is not really that great, and isperhaps a big reason as to why I don't rank this higher, but the song has a nice atmosphere and groove to it, so I can forgive this particular grievance. It is perhaps a little overlong aswell, but not so much so that it's much of a grievance either. The lead work throughout the song is good though, the little licks in the verses break the monotony of them a bit, Doogie isn't a singer I'm really familiar with much but I'm not minding him here, especially towards the end of the track. So yeah, pretty good, but I do have to wonder if perhaps something from the 70's might have scored better. Still, silver is pretty good.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Ihsahn - Until I Too Dissolve
- This one turned out to be a bit of a grower this round. I like the retro-style guitar riffing combined with a really fat-sounding rhythm guitar/bass sound, it sounds kind of like a melding of modern and classic styles. The pre-chorus is probably my favourite thing here, the subtle synth sounds round out the sound nicely. The vox here are pretty good too, the harsh stuff is perhaps a little borderline, but is utilised in moderation so I don't mind.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Tomislav95 - Nevermore - Believe in Nothing
- So I'm pretty sure I've listened to a little bit from Nevermore before, but I couldn't tell you what. I remember my impressions being that they were fairly generic and I failed to be interested at the time. I guess this song is a touch generic aswell, but I actually quite liked it. I like the contrast of the acoustic-driven verses and the heavier sections especially, infact the acoustic parts might be my favourite thing about this song funnily enough.
Tyrias - Chelsea Wolfe - Reins
- This one was a bit difficult to get a read on. I think ultimately it's another song that seems to go nowhere, the intro builds quite, I like the building up of the dynamics even if the guitar tone is a bit of an acquired taste that I can't say I have completely acquired. The soft dreamy vocals throughout the song are nice aswell. But after the intro the song seems to just stop and start building up again. I'm kind of reminded of something I said about one of Elite's tracks in a previous round, where it sounds like the song builds up to nothing over and over, and while these buildups are reasonably effective (if a little drawn out), it just feels like something is missing from the song as a result.
senecadawg2 - James Blake - Retrograde
- This was an odd one. The first half is pretty ordinary, the cheesy clap sample that sounds like it's straight out of the FL Studio demo isn't doing it for me and is a bit annoying to be honest. Near the halfway mark the song takes a somewhat interesting turn with the chiptune-esque synths that take over the soundscape, because on first listen I wasn't really expecting it and it made the song a bit more interesting, but ultimately this disappears and then the song doesn't really go anywhere at all after that. I must say however that I do quite like everything about the vocals in this track, the humming as backing vox in particular works very well and is executed perfectly. I guess there just isn't enough going on here other than the vocals and some brief moments that manage to hold my interest.
splent - Imogen Heap - Hide and Seek
- Yeah, I'm not sure I have too much to say about this one, because virtually nothing happens in this song at all and there's not much to comment on. :lol It's entirely vocals and vocoder? I mean she has a very nice voice and the vocoder is setup to be somewhat interesting, and I know how a vocoder works so I know there's some keyboard playing controlling the pitch of it aswell. But I've had an opportunity to play with a vocoder before, and you basically just turn knobs until it sounds "good" or "interesting" - literally anyone can do that, there's no effort required to make a vocoder do something cool. So to have an entire piece centered around one just strikes me as being a little lazy, and since that is literally all the song is, it just makes the song as a whole feel very bland despite how nice Imogen sounds and how well she controls the pitch with the keyboard. So yeah I was pretty disappointed with this, on first listen I liked what I was hearing but it was disappointing when I realised that this wasn't an intro to something, that the entire song was just that.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-black.png~original) Train of Naught - Thrice - Beggars
- This had some good and some not so good stuff for my tastes. The first couple of minutes are actually quite good, I like the subtle effect on the guitar and the softly spoken vocals work well together with the guitar. I like the bass aswell, it's a little more active that I was expecting. Anyway, once things become a bit more aggressive it loses me a little - I can appreciate the emotion in the vocals here, but the timbre of his voice when he really strains puts me off a bit. The guitar is pretty sludgy-sounding aswell, not sure how to describe it really. The lead guitar in the outro is a bit annoying aswell, especially when the guitarist just picks one note quickly, probably because I just don't like the tone. I don't have a problem with a raw sound, but in the two Thrice songs I've ever heard, it's maybe a bit too raw for me. I had a hard decision between this and splent's song for the coal star, but in the end I decided that while his song was rather bland, it didn't really annoy me at all. Yours did. So, hopefully you can turn it around now that you've got a second coal star, like Rich seems to have managed. :-\
Scoreboard
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Bonus Star Rankings
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So there we have it. I would like you all to now send me songs that will be used as your submissions for the sixth round of this roulette.
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I'm just gonna go out on a bang, not sure how this will fare but the next round could very well be my last.
No regrets from me so far apart from the Deadly Circus Fire, but maybe I was pushing my luck with Thrice a bit after getting a positive response from the TDH song.
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Oh, and here's the thing from that rather pointless deviation earlier. Figured out what they are yet?
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In other news, there's only three rounds left and some of you haven't been going for bonus stars. So here's a reminder for all of you about that.
Assuming that all of you actually want three bonus stars:
The following people need to ask for a bonus in all three remaining rounds
senecadawg2
The following people need to ask for a bonus in two of the three remaining rounds
jingle.boy, Shadow Ninja 2.0, Train of Naught, Tyrias
The following people need to ask for a bonus in one of the three remaining rounds
Elite, Evermind, splent, Tomislav95
The following people don't need to pay any attention to this, they have three bonus stars already
bl5150
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Man, oh well. I guess considering this is around five and is the first real bust that I've had, I guess I shouldn't be surprised that it happened. It was going to happen sooner or later. I will send something more to your liking for the next round. I have a couple of ideas I'm playing with.
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I'm convinced I have no idea about your tastes now :lol. The only 3 songs I know here are all damn great, and 2 of them (Chelsea Wolfe and James Blake) got nothing and the other one the coal star.
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Yeah, fine by me. I was hoping for gold, but I'll take silver, especially since Brent got a silver too. Nice job Chad. Good that you didn't ask for a ballad star. :biggrin:
Funny how Brent and me are the only people who grabbed five non-bonus and non-coal stars in five rounds. :tup
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Oh, and after reading that Thrice write-up again I'm thinking I won't send what I had planned originally for the next round. Will think a bit about that.
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I'm convinced I have no idea about your tastes now :lol.
This seems to be a rather common reaction during a Bolsters™ roulette. :lol
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Sent last round, goodbye fellas, this has been fun :tup and to splent: congrats on your pearl star
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I'm convinced I have no idea about your tastes now :lol. The only 3 songs I know here are all damn great, and 2 of them (Chelsea Wolfe and James Blake) got nothing and the other one the coal star.
Yeah, I'm struggling here. Oh well...
Actually, never mind. I just sent and now I have 3 diamond pearls lined up. I can still win this thing.
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3 diamonds and 2 pearls here, hopefully.
First one is a dubstep track.
Go hard or go home, they say.
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I promised myself at the start of this roulette to go out with some balls to the wall djent if I got 2 coal stars, but I pussy'd out.
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I promised myself at the start of this roulette to go out with some balls to the wall djent if I got 2 coal stars, but I pussy'd out.
I do actually like some djent though.
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I know, but apart from the fact that I don't like sending all-time favorite songs because it can be annoying to see those get bashed - and this is one of those all-time faves - I gave the edge to the song I just sent, so far I've had a better reputation here with the less heavy stuff.
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well, if you don't get a coal star this round, you can send the djent song next round :neverusethis:
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I suggest Elite and ToN both send the most awful tune they can think of, that should be fun to watch.
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No, the djent song is not an option here stop it :lol I still have two bonus stars to grant.
Also:
If I get a coal star, Parama is to blame, and if I get a positive result it was all me
This is your fault for turning me on to Beggars
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no, it's bolsters' fault for sucking tbh :tup
there is nothing wrong with beggars.
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I've got four submissions thus far.
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I'm not sure if I will be able to send today to be honest, I don't have a song planned (I do have a few of them lined up though) and I have some other business to attend. So it could happen that I will send tomorrow. But hey, I'll try my best to send as soon as I can.
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Sent.
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I suggest Elite and ToN both send the most awful tune they can think of, that should be fun to watch.
See who gets booted :lol
No way man, I'm winning this one!
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Wonder if I should go for peridot or amethyst star... got two songs I'm sure I will send, one peridot, one amethyst and I've got only one bonus star left to earn. Probably should wait this round out though. But that's where the chance of being cockblocked comes to play too.
Have I mentioned I love the way you handled bonuses? Very entertaining.
Edit: And sent. Let's see how my song fares in this round.
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Still having a hard time deciding what to send. jKLSDjglkasdjgl;kadjf;gkljad;lk
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I wouldn't say that I'd 'checked out'... just that my strategy changed. Sending what I thought were the "best" songs clearly wasn't cutting it, so I figured wth... go back to my plan of sending great songs AND cover off all the themes. Turns out, the latter strategy seemed to have worked this round.
Hey, at least I'm not re-loading Animotion for the synth/pop star. :biggrin:
I know exactly what I'm sending, and will do so when I can - at the airport flying home today, and have some work things to do first.
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I wouldn't say that I'd 'checked out'... just that my strategy changed. Sending what I thought were the "best" songs clearly wasn't cutting it, so I figured wth... go back to my plan of sending great songs AND cover off all the themes. Turns out, the latter strategy seemed to have worked this round.
Hey, at least I'm not re-loading Animotion for the synth/pop star. :biggrin:
I know exactly what I'm sending, and will do so when I can - at the airport flying home today, and have some work things to do first.
Wonder if it's still allowed since I sent my entry first. :biggrin:
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After looking at the rankings again I'm changing my strategy again...
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I know exactly what I'm sending, and will do so when I can - at the airport flying home today, and have some work things to do first.
Wonder if it's still allowed since I sent my entry first. :biggrin:
I'll shart myself if we sent the same band.
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And submitted.
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Still having a hard time deciding what to send. jKLSDjglkasdjgl;kadjf;gkljad;lk
I can't find this artist on Spotify or Youtube, you're going to need to send me an MP3.
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i think he meant this song
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ibmnN5Nfh4
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By the way I've got 9/10 submissions thus far. I can't listen to anything right at this moment, so I will check your submissions for bonus star eligibility in a few hours.
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Don't miss the additional PM I just sent.
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Don't miss my additional PM I just sent.
The one I already replied to? I doubt I'll miss it. :biggrin:
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Bastard. :lol I was 11 seconds late. Comes from slow typing on the phone.
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No the background music in this
https://youtu.be/6QuagplYxVM
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Still waiting on that one person to send, but another has been asked to resubmit (cockblocked by the host :angel:).
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:lolpalm:
Not sure how soon I'll be able to send another song to be honest.
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My peridot star has been rock-blocked :( youre missing out Taylorman, this means no djent from me this roulette
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Still waiting on that one person to send.
I wonder who that is.. ::)
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Still waiting on that one person to send.
I wonder who that is.. ::)
It could be absolutely anyone, really.
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I'm sure he has sent by now though, nobody in this roulette is that careless (except Evermind when he's running a roulette at the same time).
:neverusethis:
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So since you rejected my original tune, I'm now debating between sending an 18 minutes long song and shamelessly using a song I received in my roulette a few weeks ago.
You can expect to get my song in 3-4 hours.
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So since you rejected my original tune, I'm now debating between sending an 18 minutes long song and shamelessly using a song I received in my roulette a few weeks ago.
You can expect to get my song in 3-4 hours.
Well, if it was just a few weeks ago, it won't be one of mine. :biggrin:
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It's not one of yours, but it's actually from the round before the elimination point. I hope Dave didn't listen to that double album thingy I sent out.
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I'm sure it's not one of mine because all my songs sucked :loser:
And the one good song I sent is from a banned artist
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It's not one of yours, but it's actually from the round before the elimination point. I hope Dave didn't listen to that double album thingy I sent out.
I haven't listened to any of it.
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It's not one of yours, but it's actually from the round before the elimination point. I hope Dave didn't listen to that double album thingy I sent out.
I haven't listened to any of it.
You also said I probably cockblocked Chad with Serenity and ended up rejecting it. :lol
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It's not one of yours, but it's actually from the round before the elimination point. I hope Dave didn't listen to that double album thingy I sent out.
I haven't listened to any of it.
You also said I probably cockblocked Chad with Serenity and ended up rejecting it. :lol
I thought they were a band I only listened to a few songs from, but I recognised your song within seconds when I played it. Turns out I actually know that whole album because I've listened to it a few times, along with a single spin of a couple of their others. So yeah, sorry about that, but I'm always looking for new stuff and I guess some of it I didn't remember enough at the time to actually put it on the banned list.
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It's not one of yours, but it's actually from the round before the elimination point. I hope Dave didn't listen to that double album thingy I sent out.
I haven't listened to any of it.
You also said I probably cockblocked Chad with Serenity and ended up rejecting it. :lol
I thought they were a band I only listened to a few songs from, but I recognised your song within seconds when I played it. Turns out I actually know that whole album because I've listened to it a few times, along with a single spin of a couple of their others. So yeah, sorry about that, but I'm always looking for new stuff and I guess some of it I didn't remember enough at the time to actually put it on the banned list.
Good thing I'd discarded my plans on using them.
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I hope I don't regret my submission. But I can't think of anything else to send :lol
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And sent. Bring that blurred picture on.
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my name's blurrypic and I care what you think
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In my roulette, the pics are going to be so blurry no one will even notice I post them at all.
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In my roulette, my pics will not be blurry. This will be for a reason… That you will soon find out :D
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Here you go, then:
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well the last one is Foxy Shazam - Oh Lord
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No funny ones right now. The one under mine is ELP
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Bonus stars being awarded in this round are one each of the following: sapphire, amethyst, garnet, aquamarine, and peridot.
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Hopefully the sapphire star song will suck.
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Hopefully the sapphire star song will suck.
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No funny ones right now. The one under mine is ELP
Probably, if so then it's Karn Evil 9: First Impression Pt. 2
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I think I see Arcade Fire and Daughter, no clue about the songs though.
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Only one of those is correct.
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The top one is Damien Rice - 9 Crimes
Definitely no Arcade Fire in there
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Why does it seem like I often send the songs with the longest names?
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Two listens in and I'm still getting the impression that this is going to be a tough group of songs to organise into a ranking.
Edit:
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Just put mine at the the top and everything will be fine.
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Shona Zoltar - One Chance
Satan's Demon - Praeludium
Hubster Damn - Mulligan Cullar
Azurath - Angel
Nomenclature - Shine
Daughter - Meh
Mine
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the second one is shooting star - last chance
thank you, evermind's roulette album
that was like one of the better ones too iirc
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I found literally only 4 great songs on that album, and half of those I already knew them :tup
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Yeah that Dear Hunter song was pretty amazing huh
Is the fifth one Azedia by Tyrias maybe? (if correct this could be the aquamarine star)
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Shona Zoltar - One Chance
Satan's Demon - Praeludium
Hubster Damn - Mulligan Cullar
Azurath - Angel
Nomenclature - Shine
Daughter - Meh
Mine
I hope Bolsters won't say the same :P
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Yeah that Dear Hunter song was pretty amazing huh
Is the fifth one Azedia by Tyrias maybe? (if correct this could be the aquamarine star)
Correct on all accounts.
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I found literally only 4 great songs on that album, and half of those I already knew them :tup
Funny thing is, I listened to that double album once again I think Time Immemorial is my least favourite from the whole bunch. :lol I mean, it's still very good, but it got through mostly because I didn't include anything from the EPs. Tastes!
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i'm actually considering getting that damnation angels album because of the one listen i gave the one song
i dunno i need to connect with the symphonic metal side of DTF more, i have a vanden plas album in my cart too bcuz everyone was talking about them last year and the album was pretty cool i guess
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I haven't heard the Damnation Angels album yet but from what people are saying it's fantastic.
Which Vanden Plas you plan on buying? Their latest (Part II) was awesome, but if the price isn't too high, consider getting both parts at once. Listening to them back to back might be a bit daunting, but there are some recurring melodies from the first part on Part II, those really enhanced my experience.
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i'm erring on the side of caution and getting the first chronicles now, but i can just y'know get the second one later
i assure you that even if i got them both i wouldn't be listening to them back to back anyways, so :lol
plus if i'm familiar with the first before listening to the second i'll prob notice the recurring themes right away and go "wow that's cool"
like it took me about 3-4 listens of the astonishing until i noticed most of the recurring themes because i'm bad
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The second part is better in my opinion, but not much better. It just has more standouts. The first part is good in the beginning, and it gets awesome on tracks 8-10 for me. This is one of my favourite run of songs in the last few years.
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recommend me another prog metal band you're a big fan of, i guess, easier to get recommendations than seek stuff out myself :lol
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Tough to say, you already know most of the bands I'm a big fan of. Do you have Beyond the Bridge - The Old Man and the Spirit? That album made my Top 10.
Out of the relatively unknown and recent ones, I really liked Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress (a mix of progressive metal and rock, the epic on the album is outstanding), Need - Orvam: A Song for Home (progressive metal with a heavier, darker edge), Amadeus Awad - Death is Just a Feeling (atmospheric progressive metal with some dark landscapes), Echoes - Nature / Existence and Thoughts Factory - Lost. These are in my regular rotation these days. You might find some of them quite generic though.
I'm sure I'll find a lot of great bands once I start listening to the bands people sent me in my roulette, pretty sure Damnation Angels and Redemption will make this list.
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oh man, i just checked out a few tracks from that beyond the bridge album like an hour ago :lol
maybe i'll give the entire album a spin then.
i'll check out a song or two from the rest i guess. the only dimension act song i found was the epic tho so that should be fun/not happening at this late of an hour
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Yeah, go for it. Not counting The Human Equation and The Theory of Everything, that Beyond the Bridge album is my favourite progressive metal album.
To make it easier with the other bands:
Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress (Trailer #1 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PohIOJWxkoQ) / Trailer #2 (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mITTsCFPKh0))
Need - Orvam: A Song for Home (Trailer :lol (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8cYY52BvYFU) / Album Opener (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0dNiUMFpnoo))
Amadeus Awad - Death is Just a Feeling (Behind the Scenes Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aowRMUGGsew))
Echoes - Nature | Existence (Album Opener (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SDJlD1a0cIk))
Thoughts Factory - Lost (Trailer (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gajQDu_Bg5E))
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already youtubing up some of the songs but thanks
the need track I heard didn't do much for me, i may check out one more later just to make sure, dunno
the first amadeus awad song i listened to (opia) was not really a metal track (but i liked it) so i listened to the one after it too and it was pretty solid. anneke being on this is probably part of why you like it a lot i guess? :P i'll probably check out this album in full, though. cd price on amazon is nutso tho and it's not on importcds either so i probably won't get to it for a while
echoes was okay, didn't care for the singer much and it didn't really stand out a lot, but okay
thoughts factory the song i found had a nice energy to it, the video was cheesy as heck tho but yeah, thought it was alright
probably only going to look into amadeus awad of all of these tbh but that's one more than i'd have looked into before
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Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress (a mix of progressive metal and rock, the epic on the album is outstanding)
Is it? :neverusethis:
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No one has guessed mine yet!
:yeahbaby:
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What kind of star does everyone think they're going to get this time? Who's going to get the diamond star?
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i will
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I think it's possible I get gold or diamond. It's also possible you didn't like my song at all, so who knows.
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I think it's possible I get gold or diamond. It's also possible you didn't like my song at all, so who knows.
Yes those are the two possibilities.
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prediction: first round with bronze stars
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prediction: first round with bronze stars
Multiple? :justjen
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I'm not sure about the song I sent anymore. I wouldn't be too surprised if I got no-star/coal star :\
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I sent a happy song, so I get happy stars.
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I sent a happy song, so I get happy stars.
You and me both!
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I sent a happy song, so I get happy stars.
You and me both!
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I'll get no star since you feel bad for me and don't want to eliminate me yet
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I'm not sure about the song I sent anymore. I wouldn't be too surprised if I got no-star/coal star :\
This
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Honestly I have no idea, I think it could go either way.
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What kind of star does everyone think they're going to get this time?
Ehm.. I don't think this question was meant for you SN, the fixed one looks much more fitting:
What band does everyone think they've sent this time?
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:lol
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Well played. :lol
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Perhaps this will help.
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Whoa, very obscure songs this time around except ELP. I only know Damien Rice and Daughter because I've got them in my roulettes.
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Whoa, very obscure songs this time around except ELP. I only know Damien Rice and Daughter because I've got them in my roulettes.
Didn't you get Shooting Star too?
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Splent sent Eric Whitacre
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The one under mine is ELP
I think you may be right rich
I only know Novembre and the Damien Rice song here :lol Novembre cause it's mine and Damien Rice because of my own roulette.
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Whoa, very obscure songs this time around except ELP. I only know Damien Rice and Daughter because I've got them in my roulettes.
Didn't you get Shooting Star too?
Well, I didn't include it here because obviously I know the song I sent.
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Whoa, very obscure songs this time around except ELP. I only know Damien Rice and Daughter because I've got them in my roulettes.
Didn't you get Shooting Star too?
Well, I didn't include it here because obviously I know the song I sent.
Ah... right.
Paying attention: I suck at it.
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I know Novembre, ToN definitely sent them (did you wrote it's your already? ). I wanted to send band from same genre but didn't know would host like it. So thank you for testing the water for me :lol
EDIT: oh, you did, right now.
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Definitely the best scenario to try out of the ordinary things, having 2 coal stars with the posibility of going out any time :lol
Verne is 100% clean vocals though, and even though Bolsters surely enjoys some harsh vocals, I couldn't go through with it. Nothijngrad and Zenith were the other two songs I considered.
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The one under mine is ELP
I think you may be right rich
I didn't even see that really, it was just an obvious thing.
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Definitely the best scenario to try out of the ordinary things, having 2 coal stars with the posibility of going out any time :lol
Verne is 100% clean vocals though, and even though Bolsters surely enjoys some harsh vocals, I couldn't go through with it. Nothijngrad and Zenith were the other two songs I considered.
I know Novembre only by name, maybe heard only 2-3 songs on YouTube. Recommend me an album, the doomier the better.
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Materia for sure. You'll hear the song I sent right away too as it's the first one on the album. The Blue is my #2 album, you could go with that one aswell.
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elite wuz here
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this would be their best but providence has never done much for me, and it's like almost half the album so
Wrong thread :lol
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you can tell it's a monday
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Splent sent Eric Whitacre
Maybe... ;)
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"DTF's resident music educator/conductor"
Yes, you did.
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"DTF's resident music educator/conductor"
Yes, you did.
No, it was Parama
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I sent harsh noise
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I plan to post results later tonight, approximately nine or ten hours from this post.
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I have something to (hopefully) look forward to when I get up.
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Me too.
Although the key word is hopefully. I'm anticipating everyone else getting diamond stars and me getting coal.
In all seriousness I would be completely happy with a pink star with mine. Or even no star. As long as it isn't coal.
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Round Six Results
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) Elite - Foxy Shazam - Oh Lord
- I'm loving everything about this song. The faster paced piano-driven verses against the slower paced guitar-driven choruses, this vocalist (who I must admit I thought was a woman at first :lol) who can really belt out the vox. Some subtle Jim Steinman vibes here from the piano and the outro, which isn't a bad thing. This fucking chorus though, so catchy, and I love that the first instance has just the lead vocals but then subsequent choruses contain a group of backing vocalists. This is catchy, it's epic, it rocks...damn. It's always a good sign when I'm listening to your song more than the others not because it requires it in order to be understood, but just because I'm enjoying the shit out of it and want to keep listening to it. This is easily the best thing you've sent me - in either roulette. :metal
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Tomislav95 - Daughter - Youth
- Yeah, this is the good stuff. I've really been getting into this dreamy, somewhat folky stuff recently, and I don't think I've come across this artist before, so it will be a welcome addition to my collection after the roulette. I like the contrast between the bright guitar and the heavy, thumping percussion. Vocally things are strong aswell, and she suits this dreamy, reverb-laden production well.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-garnet.png~original) Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Heather Dale - Mordred's Lullaby
- The latest garnet star song and another that is celtic...it looks like some of you are paying attention. ;) This one is a little different though, it has a bit of a darker tone. I think the low, droning synth and the short range of the vocal melodies in the verses create this vibe - but then the chorus is a little more upbeat due to the higher-pitched whistle and the wider range the singer employs. I think Chad's song deserves the pearl star in this category, but this is still a great addition to that lineup.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-sapphire.png~original) senecadawg2 - Damien Rice - 9 Crimes
- So apparently this silver star is your first non-pink, non-coal song. This ballad has a nice somber atmosphere to it that I like. There's minimal instrumentation here, but it's all for effect and works perfectly, especially the climax of the song when the cello joins in and builds the song up. The vocals are interesting in this one aswell, I like the almost call-and-response between the two vocalists singing "is that alright?" but it's really just her interjecting as the dude sings rather than them strictly taking turns so it's not quite a proper call-and-response. I think I have to give the edge to Ruslan's power ballad from earlier regarding the pearl star, but this was a close call and I really had to think about it, I even listened to his song some more along with yours so that both were fresh in my mind.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Evermind - Shooting Star - Last Chance
- I wasn't sure what I would be getting with this one. Roulette hand-me-downs sometimes work but not always. Despite this getting pink, I do actually think it was a very strong entry...it just so happened that this round was very consistent in quality, so I couldn't rank it any higher. This is a good classic rock song and it's exactly the kind of thing I wanted when I added the amethyst star to the roulette (even though you didn't ask for one). The chorus is great of course, but I really like these verses, the violin adds a lot to the song. It's almost like a slightly heavier Kansas song in some ways. But damn, this instrumental section is what really sells the song. Once the first guitar solo ends and the piano and violon take over right up until the final chorus is all gold (well, pink (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)). TAC sent this to you, right? If this is the kind of stuff he was sending you, I'm disappointed that he didn't join mine. I've never even heard of this band, either.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) bl5150 - Saint Deamon - Pandeamonium
- Another solid hard rock song, but just a pink star this time around. Strong melodically, and I like the vocalist. I guess perhaps the reason I don't have this ranked higher is that it leans a bit towards being generic despite still being very enjoyable, the guitar work in particular.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-aquamarine.png~original) Tyrias - Azedia - Agony
- There's a lot to like in this song. For one, it's definitely the kind of dubstep that I can get into (there's a lot that I simply cannot). However I think I like the less-electronic parts of this song the most, when it's being driven primarily by the piano and the vocalist, and later the bass-synth. There's some good glitchy elements in here aswell which I like in moderation and when executed well, and I can check off both boxes with this song. I think the chorus is probably the weakest thing here though unfortunately, I just don't like the buzz-saw bass synth that dominates the song which even the vocalist seems to take a back seat to when it appears. Still, I am liking this quite a bit for the mostpart, so you still get a pink star.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-amethyst.png~original) jingle.boy - Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Karn Evil 9 1st Impression, pt 2
- I knew your little welcoming message to your roulettes came from something, but I'd never bothered to find out what. I don't have to now either, because you've sent it to me. :tup So I gave a warning regarding 70's progressive rock and the amethyst star, so I was very curious when you sent this, to see if you would manage to avoid the trappings of that era of the genre (trappings for me, anyway). I would say that for the mostpart yes, you did. I can often find 70's stuff a bit too meandering and sel-findulgent. There's certainly some indulgence here and I probably could have done with a bit less of it...but it wasn't boring or meandering at all and infact I liked most of the instrumental section stuff in this track (which is the majority of it, as it happens). Once the guitar solo starts around the 2-minute mark is probably my favourite part. Despite being ranked so low I thought this was great, but it was overall a pretty strong round, but you can have another pink along with whatever other stars you are getting this round.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Train of Naught - Novembre - Verne
- Yeah, this ain't bad, despite being ranked 9th. This sort of carries on from your last song with a raw sound, but this time I like it, I think it works for the song. Anyway the build-up during the middle of the song is the best thing here, although I feel a bit let down by the fadeout ending. Vocally I thought the guy was a bit average, but capable, and I liked when he was singing in unison with the other vocalist. This is good enough for pink, I feel.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-black.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-peridot.png~original) splent - Eric Whitacre - Sleep
- Well, first of all I do want to say I feel kind of bad for ranking this at coal star level, because it is actually quite a beautiful track. I guess that my main complaint is essentially the same one I had for your Imogen Heap submission...just not enough going on for me to really get a hold of. Plus this track didn't really improve over time, and this time you aren't saved by Naught because he sent something decent this time. Anyway, I can't fault the vocal performances, I do like choirs when they're part of a song, but this is essentially "proper" choir music which is just vocalists. I suppose other instrumentation would take away from the choir itself for this song, it does work as a piece without anything else, it just seems that for me personally, I need more meat to my music. Sorry dude, perhaps in another round this wouldn't have been awarded coal but I have no choice in this one I'm afraid.
Scoreboard
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Bonus Star Rankings
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So that's round six. Ruslan manages to get his pearl star in the ballad category (barely) and jingle.chad gets the pearl from the world influence category. We've got just two rounds left now...who's been saving the best for last?
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Yes! I'm back in the game :biggrin:
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One question: can the pearl star be stolen from someone if you send a better track?
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One question: can the pearl star be stolen from someone if you send a better track?
Yes, definitely. Only the top person in each category will have a pearl star. If I like your song more, I'll take it from whoever has it and give it to you. :biggrin:
As for bonus stars...
Assuming that all of you actually want three bonus stars:
The following people need to ask for a bonus in both remaining rounds
senecadawg2, Train of Naught
The following people need to ask for a bonus in one of the two remaining rounds
Elite, Evermind, jingle.boy, Shadow Ninja 2.0, Tomislav95, Tyrias
The following people don't need to pay any attention to this, they have three bonus stars already
bl5150, splent
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Ehh, not even a silver. :( Pink is a small consolation when all five people in the round get those.
But hey, I've got my first pearl star! Everyone kindly stop sending ballads for a sapphire stars please.
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Ehh, not even a silver. :( Pink is a small consolation when all five people in the round get those.
Deciding between yours and seneca's songs for silver/pink was probably the most difficult decision I had to make this round.
Also I do think I'm being too generous with the pink stars, but I have to remain consistent across all rounds, so...
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Not even a comment on that awesome last 2 minutes? :sadpanda:
Still, glad you liked it enough for a pink at least.
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Oh, and also, I thought amethyst star was for pre-1979 songs. This song is from 1980 so I figured it won't qualify.
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Not even a comment on that awesome last 2 minutes? :sadpanda:
They were pretty good. :P
Oh, and also, I thought amethyst star was for pre-1979 songs. This song is from 1980 so I figured it won't qualify.
I thought it was from 1979 because that's what it says according to Spotify. However now that I look it up properly I see that it is indeed from 1980. So, Spotify is apparently wrong.
From now on I'll look for a more accurate source to reference when people send me amethyst songs. ::)
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Anyway, I'm waiting for the very last round to make a move for my last bonus star. I figure I'm not the only one.
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I have NFI what to send :lol Will have a listen to the songs of the round/read comments in the morning , cross check against what I have on me and see if anything clicks. Will send something tomorrow arvo.
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If The Reign of Kindo wasn't banned I would most likely send something off Play With Fire because that's literally what I'm doing this entire roulette :rollin
Need to think hard about this one.. there's a chance I won't go for the remaining bonus stars even, it's probably a big waste, but I don't have anything good that fits these teams honestly, the ones I do have could cost me the competition so I just hope I can keep that pearl star here.
Glad you kinda liked Novembre :biggrin:
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Good idea ToN, leave those bonus stars alone. Though I suppose you can send for a garnet star, I have no interest in those and the category already has a pearl. :biggrin:
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Good idea ToN, leave those bonus stars alone. Though I suppose you can send for a garnet star, I have no interest in those and the category already has a pearl. :biggrin:
I think I'll be stealing your pearl away next round though, or at least try.
The good news is I'm probably getting coal this round. Figured that with the current standings (or at least how I interpret them), I don't have much to lose. I don't really care if I'm second or last. So, big risk incoming.
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Glad you kinda liked Novembre :biggrin:
Well I didn't kinda like it, I did like it. That's why you got a pink star. Though if I were to rank all of the pink stars (and no, I'm not going to actually do it :lol) it would probably be second or third from the bottom. Since I liked Verde more than one or two song(s) I previously gave pink to, it made sense to give you one aswell.
By the way if anyone has questions about the stars, I did say I would be more forthcoming during the final two rounds. So long as my answer doesn't explicitly reveal the values of any stars, I will more than likely answer it (or maybe not, but there's only one way to find out :biggrin:)
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Wow, I didn't expect a gold star, sweet :metal
For three rounds now I have this one band for last bonus star but I'm not sure would you like it at all (there are no similar bands on the banned list). I guess it's one of those love 'em or hate 'em bands.
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Do I look like I have any "world music" at all? :lol Or pre 1980's music even.
The only star I'm considering is the instrumentals one, and maaaybe orchestra but the one I planned for that one is way too risky, so at worst I'll hold on to it until the last round.
Glad you kinda liked Novembre :biggrin:
Well I didn't kinda like it, I did like it. That's why you got a pink star. Though if I were to rank all of the pink stars (and no, I'm not going to actually do it :lol) it would probably be second or third from the bottom. Since I liked Verde more than one or two song(s) I previously gave pink to, it made sense to give you one aswell.
By the way if anyone has questions about the stars, I did say I would be more forthcoming during the final two rounds. So long as my answer doesn't explicitly reveal the values of any stars, I will more than likely answer it (or maybe not, but there's only one way to find out :biggrin:)
Ah cool, I hope now that I got my first pink I'm tied with Evermind for first place.
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So, questions:
Is a diamond or a pearl star worth more?
How do bonus stars lose their value when more participants send for that star? Is it "points awarded=total points/number of songs in that category" or something else?
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Good idea ToN, leave those bonus stars alone. Though I suppose you can send for a garnet star, I have no interest in those and the category already has a pearl. :biggrin:
I think I'll be stealing your pearl away next round though, or at least try.
Not cool, man, not cool at all. You know the more people are in the bonus category, the less points you get from the bonus stars, right? Maybe try peridot or emerald?
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Is a diamond or a pearl star worth more?
Diamond is worth more than pearl.
How do bonus stars lose their value when more participants send for that star? Is it "points awarded=total points/number of songs in that category" or something else?
I made a table that tells me what the stars are supposed to be worth when a particular number of people (from 1-10) have acquired it.
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Is silver + pink star worth more than pearl? :D
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Is silver + pink star worth more than pearl? :D
If you're asking if the addition of the point values of those two stars is worth more than a single pearl, the answer is yes. Definitely. :lol
If you are asking if either of those two stars is worth more than pearl, the answer is that both of them are.
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I was asking the former. Huh, this is intriguing. Didn't expect pearl to cost that low. Less than pink... Okay folks, go ahead and steal my pearl, I'll just get two remaining diamonds I guess.
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I was asking the former. Huh, this is intriguing. Didn't expect pearl to cost that low. Less than pink... Okay folks, go ahead and steal my pearl, I'll just get two remaining diamonds I guess.
Well look at it this way: Songs that have pearl stars attached are probably worth quite a bit already - diamond or gold usually for the song in the round, then the bonus star aswell. If pearl was worth too much it would be very unbalanced.
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Yeah, I get it.
Got another good question that won't reveal basically anything - are all the star values integers or did you use decimals too? If it's the latter, are the decimal numbers related only to bonus stars?
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are all the star values integers or did you use decimals too?
Every star has a whole number as its value. This includes the changing values of the bonus stars.
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Hmm, are there any identical star values then?
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Hmm, are there any identical star values then?
Possibly.
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Here's a maybe-not-so-important question:
If one of us goes out in the most embarassing way possible: three coal star, will they get a mention during the prize ceremony like Parama got with the pink star the first time?
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If one of us goes out in the most embarassing way possible: three coal star, will they get a mention during the prize ceremony like Parama got with the pink star the first time?
You want one of those pink balloons now, do you? :biggrin:
I think the ceremony I did last time was rather pointless, so I hadn't planned on doing anything like that this time. I suppose if the winner requests it, I could make a big diamond star graphic with their name on it, but I'll likely leave it at that.
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I was asking the former. Huh, this is intriguing. Didn't expect pearl to cost that low. Less than pink... Okay folks, go ahead and steal my pearl, I'll just get two remaining diamonds I guess.
Well look at it this way: Songs that have pearl stars attached are probably worth quite a bit already - diamond or gold usually for the song in the round, then the bonus star aswell. If pearl was worth too much it would be very unbalanced.
Well, I'll have to rethink my strategy for the last bonus star then :lol.
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Well fuck.
I thought about sending a few
Other choral tracks and should have sent one of those.
Kicking myself now because I'm doing poorly now.
I'll send something later. I'm mad at myself.
And I'm mad that everyone else got at least a pink.
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Hey Dave, there are two versions of Youth by Daughter and I think you heard one I like less :D check the other one(YouTube link I sent you), I think singing performance is better.
EDIT: And sent.
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Hey Dave, there are two versions of Youth by Daughter and I think you heard one I like less :D check the other one(YouTube link I sent you), I think singing performance is better.
I think you're right, this one seems a bit different to the one I listened to on Spotify.
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Sent.
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Hey Dave, there are two versions of Youth by Daughter and I think you heard one I like less :D check the other one(YouTube link I sent you), I think singing performance is better.
I think you're right, this one seems a bit different to the one I listened to on Spotify.
Version I sent is from Wild Youth EP and other version is from If You Leave, their first LP.
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Hey Dave, there are two versions of Youth by Daughter and I think you heard one I like less :D check the other one(YouTube link I sent you), I think singing performance is better.
I think you're right, this one seems a bit different to the one I listened to on Spotify.
Version I sent is from Wild Youth EP and other version is from If You Leave, their first LP.
Yeah I definitely listened to the LP version, although that EP is on Spotify aswell. Sorry about that...luckily the differences aren't significant enough that the song's ranking would have been different. :facepalm:
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Yeah I definitely listened to the LP version, although that EP is on Spotify aswell. Sorry about that...luckily the differences aren't significant enough that the song's ranking would have been different. :facepalm:
I'm glad you liked it no matter which one you heard :P I think EP version is more folky and some vocal melodies are different but not too much.
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Dubstep > Karn Evil #9??
It's things like this that scream you and I are not a match. :biggrin:
Instrumental coming up, and thus the completion of sending all 7 themes. Just need to decide if I want to formally put it into the emerald bucket.
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Dubstep > Karn Evil #9??
To be fair, in this round I put several genres > Karn Evil #9. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
Instrumental coming up, and thus the completion of sending all 7 themes. Just need to decide if I want to formally put it into the emerald bucket.
I don't think you've covered all of them yet. Where is your ruby entry? Or peridot? Or aquamarine?
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Sent a 36 minute instrumental
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Sent a 36 minute instrumental
:lol
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Except he didn't.
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Of course he didn't, it was an obvious reference to the Roulette Championship.
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Dubstep > Karn Evil #9??
To be fair, in this round I put several genres > Karn Evil #9. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
Instrumental coming up, and thus the completion of sending all 7 themes. Just need to decide if I want to formally put it into the emerald bucket.
I don't think you've covered all of them yet. Where is your ruby entry? Or peridot? Or aquamarine?
My Xandria submission covered four themes - world, ballad, multi-vocalist, and orchestral (sorry, I can't remember off the top off my head which color is which theme); ELP covered keys/pre 1979.
Told you I was doing it in a very unique way. :)
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My Xandria submission covered four themes - world, ballad, multi-vocalist, and orchestral
I suppose there's enough from each vocalist that it can qualify for that, but I don't think I would have awarded the orchestral star to it had you asked. All I remember is some background noise that sounded like strings, and I said that the influence had to be "significant" for a song to qualify. :P
So three on that, synth and pre-80's for ELP. That's five, you still need to send an instrumental and something symphonic/orchestral if getting all seven is your goal here.
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My Xandria submission covered four themes - world, ballad, multi-vocalist, and orchestral
I suppose there's enough from each vocalist that it can qualify for that, but I don't think I would have awarded the orchestral star to it had you asked. All I remember is some background noise that sounded like strings, and I said that the influence had to be "significant" for a song to qualify. :P
So three on that, synth and pre-80's for ELP. That's five, you still need to send an instrumental and something symphonic/orchestral if getting all seven is your goal here.
I guess that finalizes my instrumental decision then! I was gonna go a different route, but I've got ya covered. The song I'll submitting was always on my radar. I want to leave my final submission open to any possibility.
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If my next submission gets coal (I don't think it will) I call shenanigans.
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Sent for diamond star.
(You can read this in the "oppa gangnam style" rhythm.)
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:lol
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Sent a 36 minute instrumental
:2metal:
Oh man, playing on this roulette would have been awesome, but I'd have got 3 consecutive coal stars anyways, so...
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I'm so curious what Bolsters will say about my song this round. I discovered it completely randomly, and my first listen was basically alternating between "wtf is this" and "this is amazing".
It's not 36 minutes long, and neither is it an instrumental, though. So I guess I'm not winning in coolness points.
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IMO, Evermind should've won that round and been given every f'n star in the universe! But hey, that's just me...
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It's not 36 minutes long, and neither is it an instrumental
Don't even bother man, my Stella is gonna own this round
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Waiting on one to send and one to resend.
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Send and Resend walk into a bar.
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It's not 36 minutes long, and neither is it an instrumental
Don't even bother man, my Stella is gonna own this round
I'd give it all the possible stars expect the Coal one :tup
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It's not 36 minutes long, and neither is it an instrumental
Don't even bother man, my Stella is gonna own this round
I'd give it all the possible stars expect the Coal one :tup
The Omega Star? :omg:
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Nah, the trve star.
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IMO, Evermind should've won that round and been given every f'n star in the universe! But hey, that's just me...
I agree. Great song, that one.
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Waiting on one to send and one to resend.
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I had a hangover.
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I had a hangover.
I do hope that your judgement was not impaired when you selected something to send. ;)
Everyone is in now.
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The blur is real:
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/blur-r7-1.png~original)
And of course, the bonus stars being awarded: sapphire, emerald, amethyst, and peridot. This also means that the final three pearl stars will be handed out in the emerald, amethyst, and peridot rankings. :o
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(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pearl-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pearl-big.png~original) (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/pearl-big.png~original)
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second one is Wishbone Ash - Throw Down the Sword
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Cozy Powell - Roach in the Drum Kit
Wishbone Ash - Throw Down the Sword
Pearl - This Star Sucks (but, actually, PelleK - Bag of Tricks)
Eisley - Colors
Defacto - When Daylight Dies
Ignea - Let's Wear Manteau
Waken Eyes - Exodus
(no idea) - Wings of Toddler And Cat
my song
ale - Drink Up, Bro
So some fucker decided to steal the pearl star from me... we'll see how it goes.
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ale - Drink Up, Bro
:rollin
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Alright, so something has been bugging me. I don't particularly like springing this on all of you, but I have to rectify something here even though I made no note of me eventually doing this in the rules at the start.
I've said several times already that I wanted to be consistent with handing out the pink sympathy stars, and I have to admit now that I feel that I have failed to do this. There are a number of songs already that I have not awarded stars to that I feel either got a raw deal, or are of the same quality as songs that were awarded pink stars. Therefore I intend to award a number of pink stars to songs from previous rounds to hopefully right this imbalance.
I know some of you already think there's too many pink stars and you joke about their apparent worthlessness, so I guess some of you are rolling your eyes at the idea of me handing out more of the things than I already have. But if it's a choice between having people feel that way, or having some people feeling like I've swindled them out of points they deserved, I'd very much rather people be bitching about the former.
So, during the beginning of this round I will also be relistening to the songs that were not awarded a star, and in some cases I will also relisten to the coal star songs. When I'm done with this, I will post a list of songs that will be retroactively awarded pink stars. As mentioned I already have several in mind that I want to give stars to, but I think it's only fair that I give all of the songs that were not awarded points a chance. So that's what I am going to do.
TL;DR version: I'm giving pink stars to some of the previous rounds' songs. Deal with it.
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Well, I'm going to meh this for two reasons: I certainly won't get any more starts since I'm already at maximum (selfish, yes), and I think you should stick with your decisions whenever you made them. You didn't think that song should get a pink star at that moment? Well, tough luck.
I mean, what makes you so sure you know how to properly award pink stars now? You can re-listen and award some more stars for earlier rounds, find some grower songs, but what about Round 7 and 8? What if some of the grower songs are there? Will you be relistening to the Round 8 songs a few weeks later and postponing the final results until then? I guess no, because that's ridiculous. So, tough luck. I don't see why it should be any other way for any previous round.
But you're the host and it's your roulette... so I'll just stick to sending good songs and leave the decisions to you. :biggrin:
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retroactively remove pink stars from songs that got them and you think didn't deserve them :neverusethis:
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WHAT THE FUCK BOLSTERS I AM PISSED AS SILLY HECK ABOUT THIS
Actually wait I don't care. This is all fine with me, whatever you think is best. I dunno that it affects me much either way?
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Colin Powell - Down in the Land of Gin
Wishbone Ash - Whatever Parama said
PellK - Watever Evermidn Said
Mine (Evermind was half right)
Defacto I think is correct
Igual - Le Jour Cocteau
Walrus Eyes - Jesus
Blur - Wind of Cinder and Ash
Blackwell - All Tears
alm - hero
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tbh tho the last one is alt-J - Taro
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Colin Powell - Down in the Land of Gin
This is nice. :rollin
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I mean, what makes you so sure you know how to properly award pink stars now? You can re-listen and award some more stars for earlier rounds, find some grower songs, but what about Round 7 and 8? What if some of the grower songs are there? Will you be relistening to the Round 8 songs a few weeks later and postponing the final results until then?
It's not a matter of finding grower songs, it's about comparing songs with pink stars verses those that don't and making it consistent. I'm relistening to familiarise myself with the songs again, not find out if I like them more now than I did previously. I've received 111 songs so far, while I could certainly not listen to anything and just go with the ones I would like to give a pink star to on gut reaction, I don't think that's entirely fair.
It's hardly the first time anyone has relistened to previous rounds and given more points, either.
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I just think it's funny there are so many pink stars, yet not a single bronze star in the entire roulette.
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It's hardly the first time anyone has relistened to previous rounds and given more points, either.
I know, and I never liked it. I usually avoid saying anything on that matter, but I'm really invested in this roulette, so I decided to comment on that. Anyway, it's your decision.
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Bronze star worked pretty good in the v1 but I just think it's rare that there would be a round where he wouldn't like either of the 10 songs sent.
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I just think it's funny there are so many pink stars, yet not a single bronze star in the entire roulette.
It probably wasn't necessary to keep it. In the last roulette it was necessary because the songs scored based on how they rated against just one other song, so there were bound to be instances where both of the songs would be pretty average, and that's exactly what happened because I ended up handing a few of them out. This time however it's a ranking of every song I was sent, so in order for a single bronze star to appear, it would mean a minimum of 7 people missing the mark, simultaneously. I'm not surprised that it didn't happen, you guys aren't that bad at picking out songs for me (for the mostpart :P)
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Well, I'm going to meh this for two reasons: I certainly won't get any more starts since I'm already at maximum (selfish, yes), and I think you should stick with your decisions whenever you made them. You didn't think that song should get a pink star at that moment? Well, tough luck.
I mean, what makes you so sure you know how to properly award pink stars now? You can re-listen and award some more stars for earlier rounds, find some grower songs, but what about Round 7 and 8? What if some of the grower songs are there? Will you be relistening to the Round 8 songs a few weeks later and postponing the final results until then? I guess no, because that's ridiculous. So, tough luck. I don't see why it should be any other way for any previous round.
But you're the host and it's your roulette... so I'll just stick to sending good songs and leave the decisions to you. :biggrin:
100% agree with this. If you're going to 'add' pink stars, then in theory you should also go back and potentially 'delete' pink stars. My opinion is that when a round is over, it's over. Scores are set - you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube. People don't go back and re-score songs towards the end of the roulette.... 'ya know, that song really deserves an 8 now, not the 6 I gave it initially'.
I've said this before, but this is the fallacy of scoring systems vs stack ranking. Scoring systems have the challenge of trying to score consistently across rounds.
But, as Evermind said - and I agree wholeheartedly - it's your roulette; you make the rules/conditions.
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I rescored a ton of songs in my roulette tbh
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I rescored a ton of songs in my roulette tbh
I stand corrected then. It doesn't typically happen though - at least, not that I've seen in the ones I played/followed.
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Sacul also added some scores on re-listening.
But as far as I remember no one so far gave the songs a lower score than they actually had.
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I felt tempted to do so, but it would have felt a bit unfair, thus when initially scoring, I went with lower scores in case I felt the tracks deserved something better in the relistens.
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there were some I really wanted to go back and lower the score of but I'm not that mean
well, I might be that mean nowadays
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there were some I really wanted to go back and lower the score of but I'm not that mean
well, I might be that mean nowadays
Whenever you do a roulette my goal will be to get 0/10s from you and then you relisten to them and I win
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I wasn't really expecting this kind of reaction actually. I wouldn't be much of a host if I intentionally pissed off my contestants.
There is nothing about this in the rules I suppose plus it looks like it won't be all that well received by several people. So I've changed my mind, no do-overs.
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Ruslan just missed the champs by a point - better be nice or things could get ugly :lol
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someone sent Halsey? uuuggghh
also the first is Clint Mansell - Death is the Road to Awe
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someone sent Halsey? uuuggghh
So you're a fan then? :lol
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all i actually know is that awful, awful new americana song but everything i've heard about her suggests that's about par for the course
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I just realised that the third one looks like it could be "Bag of Dicks" :lol
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I just realised that the third one looks like it could be "Bag of Dicks" :lol
So it actually wasn't PelleK - Bag of Tricks?
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really hope halsey gets coal star
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So it actually wasn't PelleK - Bag of Tricks?
It might be.
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So it actually wasn't PelleK - Bag of Tricks?
It might be.
Well, since you didn't reveal it when I guessed it yesterday, I assume it isn't. :P
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Here are some star facts for you all to chew on.
As of the end of Round 6, if you were to add up the points of every star that has been awarded, all of the bonus stars (the seven gemstones and pearl) make up roughly 30% of the total.
The point value difference between a bonus star that only one person has and a bonus star that all ten of you have is roughly 300%.
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So it actually wasn't PelleK - Bag of Tricks?
It might be.
Let me put your mind at ease. I sent an instrumenta with orchestral elements.
Here are some star facts for you all to chew on.
As of the end of Round 6, if you were to add up the points of every star that has been awarded, all of the bonus stars (the seven gemstones and pearl) make up roughly 30% of the total.
The point value difference between a bonus star that only one person has and a bonus star that all ten of you have is roughly 300%.
I have no idea what this means. :D
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It means
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really hope halsey gets coal star
I don't
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Can confirm that one of you is going to be disappointed. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
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Can confirm that one of you is going to be disappointed. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
Well it's probably me then :lol
In my defense the song was quirky enough that it would have the possibility of you liking it but everyone else probably sent amazing songs and I've run out of ideas :lol
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Don't worry, I'm getting coal this round.
With a song as risky as I sent, I'm just going to be pessimistic. Only good surprises that way :lol
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Round Seven Results
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-emerald.png~original) senecadawg2 - Clint Mansell - Death is The Road to Awe
- The Fountain is one of many films that I've been meaning to watch for years, but haven't ever gotten around to yet. This is fortunate for you, obviously, because this was my favourite song of the round. I've been told that The Fountain has a good soundtrack and if this is any indication, I was told right. This song has a mostly ominous atmosphere which I appreciate, the cello in particular really drives a lot of this track. I like the inclusion of guitar aswell, in particular during the quieter sections such as near the beginning, a little after the 2 minute mark. But then in parts like the build-up towards the end the guitar really fills out the sound more and builds the dynamics of the track very well. dat ending aswell, with the choir and the shrill violin/viola sound. Love the melodies throughout the whole thing aswell. I'm already liking this a lot, but I have a feeling my appreciation for it will increase once I hear it in context. I might just have to push The Fountain up to the top of my imaginary viewing list. This song is also a threefer - besides the diamond and emerald stars, I'm also ranking this at the top of the emerald rankings and thus you will also receive a pearl star. :tup
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-sapphire.png~original) Elite - alt-J - Taro
- This one was a pretty big grower this round, starting out down in range of the pink star, but I found myself bumping it up every so often. This is another track I got this round that has some tasty, ominous cello work happening that I like. I like this combination of cello/violin, occasional bright percussion (is it a Glockenspiel?), and folk elements. There's actually quite a lot of different instruments appearing here and all of them are utilised perfectly for the song. I didn't like the vocalist at first but I warmed up to him; I think his performance improves as the song progresses aswell. Fine submission.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original) bl5150 - Defecto - When Daylight Dies
- For a last-minute backup submission after I had to reject your first, this one actually did quite well. :lol Some very nice riffage but still melodic as hell, great chorus that is also bolstered by some subtle string interjections. The "it's fading" section is cool aswell, if perhaps a little too brief. I thought I knew this singer but after looking him up, he hasn't been in much, but I like him. I have a tendancy to be indifferent to guitar solos these days especially when they lean away from being melodic and more towards shred, but the solo in this song stood out, I liked it.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-silver.png~original) splent - Halsey - Colors
- Yeah, so it's Parama who is going to be disappointed fortunately, not you. :tup I'm not really big into this kind of electropop but there's a few things in that style that I like, and I can now count Halsey among them. I guess she's reasonably popular? Despite listening to stuff like Taylor Swift I kind of live under a rock as far as knowing what's popular or who is well known in music these days, but I've never heard of Halsey. Anyway, I like the active percussion in the verses and of course the anthemic synthy chorus, and Halsey has a nice voice. This gives me a few more ideas for your roulette aswell actually.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) jingle.boy - PelleK - Bag of Tricks
- Yeah, you're ranked right underneath an electropop song. It's a Bolsters roulette - deal with it. :laugh: I quite like this instrumental though. It sounds an awful lot like a song from a video game, but fortunately I listen to actual video game music, so this is merely an observation and not a criticism. But really, a lot of the melodies and the songwriting really do sound like something from a 90's RPG. :lol But it's cool, I love it. Melodically this is just brimming with catchy little hooks everywhere, the guitars especially. I'd have liked to award a better star to this, but you will have to settle for pink again.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Train of Naught - Waken Eyes - Exodus
- This one took a while to get a grasp on, probably because of its length. Anyway, I like this intro, but the band wastes no time getting to the heavier stuff. There's some good heavy riffage in this song even if it sometimes sounds repetitive, but the leads are generally all really good. There's quite a few moments in this epic that remind me of Transatlantic; not because of the structure of the song so much, but the songwriting. Take out the heavy rhythm guitar in some places and you find a few sections that could very well fit on a Transatlantic album. Even the vocalist at times has a timbre similar to Neal Morse. This isn't criticism either, because I love Transatlantic, and in a lot of ways this could essentially be "metal Transatlantic" :lol This middle section is cool too, with the marching snare drum rolls and acoustic guitar. You mentioned that I listened to this at some point when it first came out last year, but I don't remember it at all, but now I look forward to giving the album another shot because I think I'm going to like it more this time.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original)(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-amethyst.png~original) Tomislav95 - Wishbone Ash - Throw Down The Sword
- Not a bad song at all. The standouts for me were the bass melodies, especially in the verses, very 70's sounding stuff (in a good way) and the vocalist, whose vocals in this track suit the music perfectly. I kept being reminded of another song when listening to this, but I never put my finger on what; but it's a fairly typical sound/style so it could be anything, really. Good stuff, worthy of a pink star.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-pink.png~original) Evermind - Blackmore's Night - 25 Years
- I was aware of Blackmore's Night and what kind of music it was, but it was many years ago that I last listened to any of Blackmore's Night's music - probably the early 2000's infact, so this album didn't even exist at the time. At the time I was into the classic rock stuff far too much to have any appreciation for folk so I passed. These days though, I'm much more open-minded, and today, I quite liked this track. It is perhaps a little repetitive with its drumming/percussion but I'm not really annoyed by it too much, and there's sufficient amounts of variety in other elements of the track. Candice Night's vocals are nice aswell.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-peridot.png~original) Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Killer Be Killed - Wings of Feather and Wax
- These guys don't waste any time getting into the meat of the song. Some decent riffage in this track and I like the chorus, but everything is perhaps a bit generic to me and I never found myself wanting to move this one up the rankings. As mentioned I like the chorus, that's my favourite part of this song in part because the vocalist gives his best performance in this part of the song. The song loses me a little with the thrash-inspired section before the guitar solo, and for a song of 3:40 it seems a little repetitive - pretty sure the second chorus stars at only 1:10 or so. I feel this one is just barely out of range of being a pink star song, so I've nothing for you this time. :(
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-black.png~original) Tyrias - Igorrr - Tout petit moineau
- You expressed that this one was a risky submission, and unfortunately it didn't pay off at all. On first listen I was liking how the song started out; I realised that it sounded familiar and that it was a classical piece, but I don't listen to classical music so I had to look it up to find out that it was Beethoven. Anyway, that's all well and good but soon the electronic beats appear and the song loses me - big time. I obviously don't have anything against electronic music or fusion material, but I didn't feel that this was a successful fusion at all; there's a significantly large disconnect between the electronic elements of this track and the classical. It literally just sounds like some DJ heard a Beethoven track and though "all this song needs is some SICK BEATS to make it better" so he did just that. It wouldn't surprise me if the beats themselves were made from loops aswell, because they don't seem to play off of what is going on in the original classical piece, it almost sounds like two different things at the same tempo being played together. On the plus side (and believe it or not, there is one :P) I thought the vocalist was great, and in the latter half of the track she did her best with the guitarist to try and pull the song together but it only manages to become borderline original at best. Sorry, but this ain't doing it for me at all. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/shrug.gif~original)
Scoreboard
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Bonus Star Rankings
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Well it's perhaps taken a little longer than I would have liked, but we are now entering the final round of the roulette. :o Ruslan, Chad, Tyrias and seneca all have one last bonus to go for, though it looks like Naught has given up on them. The standings at the moment are very interesting...take my word for it.
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Huh, I thought you'd like my song better. Guess Brent might be ahead of me now. Maybe my luck in roulettes ran out.
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to be fair, i haven't listened to that specific halsey song and it might not be as bad
the lyrics look awful tho tbh
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Yeah, I figured that one was kind of a wild card. Alas. Anyway, sent.
edit: Also if that's the same Igorrr song that Sacul sent in my roulette, I thought it was fantastic. I sort of have the same feeling about the electronic stuff, actually, the vocalist was just fantastic enough to really sell it.
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Oh, and here's the thing from that rather pointless deviation earlier. Figured out what they are yet?
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Sorry if I missed it - struggling to keep up with everything while away - but what was this all about?
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Also if that's the same Igorrr song that Sacul sent in my roulette, I thought it was fantastic. I sort of have the same feeling about the electronic stuff, actually, the vocalist was just fantastic enough to really sell it.
It's pretty awesome and doesn't deserve a Coal star at all :metal
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I think I'm in last place :lol
Going to try and still get a second bonus star here.
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Yeah, I was kind of expecting that. :lol
At least I can agree on the top 2, those are 2 awesome songs.
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I should be content with pink star and I am but there is something with me in those roulettes, I always send good song but rarely excellent one :lol
Will send something later.
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you were like that in my roulette too, i don't think you ever sent a single song that i scored 9.0 or higher but you sent a lot of 8's and 8.5's :lol
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you were like that in my roulette too, i don't think you ever sent a single song that i scored 9.0 or higher but you sent a lot of 8's and 8.5's :lol
In Evermind's too. Best scored song was the one I sent in first qualification round :facepalm:
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Yeah same here, I got a 9 for my qualification song. And then in the actual roulette every score ranged from 7 to 8 apart from the TDH one :lol
Maybe I should just join roulettes for the sole reason of sending The Dear Hunter because on all three occasions I sent them I got either #1 or #2 of the round.
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Yeah same here, I got a 9 for my qualification song. And then in the actual roulette every score ranged from 7 to 8 apart from the TDH one :lol
Maybe I should just join roulettes for the sole reason of sending The Dear Hunter because on all three occasions I sent them I got either #1 or #2 of the round.
I made people check some of the bands I sent. As long as we're doing that it's cool even though we're not winning :tup
Sent.
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to be fair, i haven't listened to that specific halsey song and it might not be as bad
the lyrics look awful tho tbh
Lyrics generally have to be either horrific or hilarious before I take any notice, or I have to listen to the song 100 times. The lyrics in Colors didn't really register.
Also if that's the same Igorrr song that Sacul sent in my roulette, I thought it was fantastic. I sort of have the same feeling about the electronic stuff, actually, the vocalist was just fantastic enough to really sell it.
I did like her. Maybe if Igorrr has some original tracks that she sings on I would like those, but this kind of electronica where someone just takes another song and puts beats to it doesn't appeal to me at all.
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Sorry if I missed it - struggling to keep up with everything while away - but what was this all about?
Nope, never explained, didn't know anyone still cared. :lol I only made it because Elite asked for another blurred image. But these are just artists that are recommended to me by Last.fm.
I've gotten four submissions already, although one has been asked to resubmit. Two of the four submissions are from soundtracks, so I guess seneca's recent success has inspired some of you. :justjen
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Actually, it has nothing to do with Seneca's result :lol I almost sent same song in last round.
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Oh, I stand corrected then. :lol
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I'm pleasantly surprised, but you hinted at why I sent you the song in your write up. This song isn't one of my favorites either (I mean I like it but not as much as other synthy stuff I've sent you), but it has the same kind of vibe as Style by Taylor Swift with a touch of Lorde quirky vocal timbre so I'm like what the hey I'll try it. Glad you liked it.
I'll send round 8 and post my roulette intro rather shortly. I literally just got up and I'm not sure I'm staying up yet (I may go back to sleep... It's only 7am) :lol
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Would you be ok with me sending you an MP3 the final round? The song I want to send isn't available on Spotify or YouTube.
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I'm pleasantly surprised, but you hinted at why I sent you the song in your write up. This song isn't one of my favorites either (I mean I like it but not as much as other synthy stuff I've sent you), but it has the same kind of vibe as Style by Taylor Swift with a touch of Lorde quirky vocal timbre so I'm like what the hey I'll try it. Glad you liked it.
It reminded me of something else actually...I might send it to you if you don't know it.
Would you be ok with me sending you an MP3 the final round?
Yes.
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The standings at the moment are very interesting...take my word for it.
(diamond + pink) vs 2 Silver is the main issue for first place. Not to mention that Ruslan is has a pearl in 4-person bonus category vs Brent has it against 3 others.
For 3rd place, it's a matter of (gold + silver) vs 4 Pink ... Elite vs me. I have 2 pearls in 3-person bonus categories though, so that makes me think I might be in 3rd place alone. In either case, I'm happy with my song choices.
I'm really glad to see that no one got 3 coal stars. I think it would've been a drag to get the boots mid-way through the competition - if I'd have done that in mine, Dave not have made it to the final round! :biggrin:
Gotta decide if I want to send a multi-vocalist song, or a ballad. hhhhmmmm.... Who to take a notch out of??
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I'm really glad to see that no one got 3 coal stars. I think it would've been a drag to get the boots mid-way through the competition - if I'd have done that in mine, Dave not have made it to the final round! :biggrin:
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Gotta decide if I want to send a multi-vocalist song, or a ballad. hhhhmmmm.... Who to take a notch out of??
Might want to check if you can beat either song at all, first. :P
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Gotta decide if I want to send a multi-vocalist song, or a ballad. hhhhmmmm.... Who to take a notch out of??
Might want to check if you can beat either song at all, first. :P
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It could still happen. There's one more round! If Train gets coal that means I get pearl :xbones :xbones
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Sent. Let me know if you got it.
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Sent. Let me know if you got it.
Got it.
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It could still happen. There's one more round! If Train gets coal that means I get pearl :xbones :xbones
You evil, evil man. Actually I went with something quite risky since a third coal star doesn't affect me as much in this last round, I'm ranked near the bottom anyways. Doesn't mean my song isn't fucking awesome though.
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Sent...
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unless there's a tie!!!!
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unless there's a tie!!!!
Hard to say whether this is even possible, there's just too many moving parts and I don't even know which bonus stars the people who haven't sent yet will want. I wouldn't rule the possibility out.
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So, Taro wasn't good enough to steal Evermind's pearl star? That's a shame, though I'm glad I got the gold one at least.
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So, Taro wasn't good enough to steal Evermind's pearl star? That's a shame, though I'm glad I got the gold one at least.
It was a close call, and I just realised that I didn't update the sapphire standings (you were supposed to be between Evermind and seneca, not below seneca). Like I said, it was a grower. I've fixed that now.
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Ok, the great thing about having zero chances of winning is that I can take a risk I normally really wouldn't.
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Ok, the great thing about having zero chances of winning is that I can take a risk I normally really wouldn't.
Exactly what I did :lol
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All but two are in.
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One of them is me. I'll either send something in ~5 hours or tomorrow evening.
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Okay, I think my song is going to be the case of "go big or go home" approach. It will probably be my downfall too, but for once in this roulette, I'm sending something I actually love and not just like or appreciate. Originally I wanted to send that Joan Baez song I sent in the Championship, but screw that, you'll get one of my favourite songs of all time, and pre-70s to boot. 1969 to be exact. Whoever has that pearl star in pre-80s category, watch out...
Sent.
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Sending within the next two hours
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Whoever has that pearl star in pre-80s category, watch out...
That's me... bring it on big-boy, cuz I'm stealing your Sapphire star.
:bringiton:
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Sending within the next two hours
Sent just now, through Spotify.
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Whoever has that pearl star in pre-80s category, watch out...
That's me... bring it on big-boy, cuz I'm stealing your Sapphire star.
:bringiton:
inb4 you steal each others' pearl stars and I don't need to move the graphics in the scoreboard at all.
Everyone has sent something now but one person has to resubmit.
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So have you already decided if my song counts towards a bonus star or do I go home with only the aquamarine one? :sadpanda:
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So have you already decided if my song counts towards a bonus star or do I go home with only the aquamarine one? :sadpanda:
You can have the star you asked for.
Speaking of which, all of your submissions are locked in now, so here's the last batch of bonus stars being awarded: One each of ruby, sapphire, and emerald, along with two amethyst.
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And the blur
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Let's play a game. Three people who are participating can each post a single number between 1 and 20. If the numbers chosen match the point values of any stars, I will reveal to you which ones. :o
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11
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I see Long Distance Calling - Plans from their new album, great song.
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11
This is the first entry. The answer will be posted when all three guesses have been made.
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7
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7
That's two.
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15
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7
15
No stars have these values, I'm afraid. :P
11
This is the value of the gold star.
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Are all the star values between 1 and 20?
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Are all the star values between 1 and 20?
Yes.
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Are all star values between 1 and 15?
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Are all star values between 1 and 15?
Yes.
And that's as far as you go with this question. ;)
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the third one looks like Lord - New Horizons
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Second is Deep Purple - April.
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It is indeed.
I also see Yes - And You And I. Also something that looks like "Winger - Little Kips" and "I Hate Dominici".
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It is indeed.
I also see Yes - And You And I. Also something that looks like "Winger - Little Kips" and "I Hate Dominici".
I though it is Yes but I forgot name of the song is not You And I but And You And I. Good catch. I don't believe that's Winger. Maybe Weezer?
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It's not Weezer, and Winger is banned.
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And Winger doesn't have a song called Little Kips too. :P
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And You And I is seneca
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I Hold Dominion?? Dunno the band though.
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I Hold Dominion?? Dunno the band though.
I didn't expect you to :lol they're all harsh vocals except for a couple of songs, but this one is no exception. You got the song title right though :tup
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Since this thread seems to have died in the arse - pick another number between 1 and 15.
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2
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There are no stars with a value of 2 points. :loser:
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3
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No stars with 7 and 2 points whatsoever? Even none of the bonus stars with reduced value?
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No stars with 7 and 2 points whatsoever? Even none of the bonus stars with reduced value?
That's correct.
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I take it the bonus stars don't have 10 different values then.
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I take it the bonus stars don't have 10 different values then.
Well there's only 7 of them so that would be impossible. (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette/tardstar-emot.png~original)
Also many of the stars have been awarded the same number of times, stars that have been awarded the same number of times will obviously have the same value. You guys did well evening out the bonus stars so there's not a whole lot of variety in their scores.
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I meant that one bonus star doesn't have 10 different values depending on how many people have sent for it, because the maximum amount is 14, there are no stars worth 2 and 7, and all the numbers are whole.
Or are we talking only about stars that are awarded now?
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Or are we talking only about stars that are awarded now?
I'm talking about what the stars are worth right now, not their possible values. Obviously there's a wide range of possible scores the bonus stars could have had, but since this is the final round their values are now set. Some of the bonus stars certainly could have been worth 7 or 2, but none of them are.
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Ah, that makes sense. But then I don't know why anyone in their right mind would guess 2. :lol
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This is what you've got so far:
15 - n/a
14
13
12
11 - (https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Gold
10
9
8
7 - n/a
6
5
4
3
2 - n/a
1
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Well, my guess is:
Diamond - 13
Gold - 11
Silver - 8
Pink - 5
Bronze - 3
Bonus stars: from 10 to 1
Pearl - 3 or 4
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Some of those are close.
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Diamond - 14
Gold - 11
Silver - 9
Bronze - 5
Pink - 3
Pearl - 8
Bonus Stars - 3 to 5
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Again some are close, although right now there's not a lot of opportunity to be wrong - for example diamond has to be 12, 13, or 14. :lol
Some corrections:
I previously said that pearl was worth less than pink
I also previously said that pink was worth more than bronze
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well I didn't see any of those oops :lol
Diamond - 14
Gold - 11
Silver - 9
Pink - 6
Pearl - 4
Bronze - 3
Bonus Stars - 3 to 5
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If you add up all of the stars that have been awarded, gold stars make up 15% of the total.
All of the bonus stars (the seven gemstones and pearl) make up 28% of the total.
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These are rough numbers, right? Because if eight gold stars cost 88 and it's exact 15% of the whole amount, we get 586,(6) points total.
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These are rough numbers, right? Because if eight gold stars cost 88 and it's exact 15% of the whole amount, we get 586,(6) points total.
Yes, I'm rounding off. So the actual percentage is a little above or below 15%.
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7*11 = 77
77/.15 = 513.333 (approx 513)
If we account for slight error, this can round down to 512. This is important and I'm pretty sure this is case. This makes it 15.04%.
512 * .28 = 143.36, we can round this down to 143.
Then:
Ruby/Sapphire/Aquamarine = 4
Emerald/Amethyst/Garnet/Peridot = 5
Pearl = 5
(4*4*3) + (5*3*4) + (5*7) = 48 + 60 + 35 = 143
pretty sure of this tbh.
unless you're also factoring in round 8 :lol
the total # of points might be slightly too high, can't really tell, but it doesn't matter for the purposes of this calculation anyways
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Do we count round 8 or not?
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Yes, I'm including round 8 in these figures.
Trying to account for the rounding probably won't work. The gold star percentage could be anything from 14.5% to 15.4% and that's not even accounting for additional digits beyond the decimal point.
Also I'm pretty sure I know how many pink stars will be awarded in round 8 but that is subject to change, so if I add or remove pink stars before the results are posted, that will also skew these numbers further.
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11*8 = 88, 88/.15 = 587 approx.
587*.28 = 164 approx.
Ruby/Sapphire/Amethyst: 5 stars, least value - 4 pts
Aquamarine/Emerald: 4 stars, middle value - 5 pts
Garnet/Peridot: 3 stars, highest value - 6 pts
Pearl: 7 stars - 4 pts
(4*5*3) + (5*4*2) + (6*3*2) + (4*7) = 60 + 40 + 36 + 28 = 164 pts
so?
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No.
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thanks for nothing, bolsterino :corn
7 and 3 for the last two respectively also works out to 163, which is basically the same thing, i guess
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I arrived to the same conclusion and it didn't work out when you added all stars up. Working on it.
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Consider that both of the numbers you are using were rounded - the 28% is off aswell.
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i mean, there's really a wide variety of possibilities with how big the spread is :lol
anywhere from 568 to 606 total points which means anywhere from 156 to 173 points from bonus points so
w h a t e v e r :corn
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why aren't all of those colored after the bonus stars tho
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How did you get 568 and 156? I've got 572 and 158 and my bonus stars add up to 157.
So if all three categories of bonus stars have different values:
Diamond - 12 or 13 (I think 13 is more likely)
Gold - 11
Silver - 8 (could be 9)
Pink - 4 (could be 5 but unlikely)
Pearl - 3
Bonus stars - 6/5/4
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why aren't all of those colored after the bonus stars tho
Good idea but I can't be bothered to make it again.
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How did you get 568 and 156? I've got 572 and 158 and my bonus stars add up to 157.
88/.154999999 = 567.7, round up to 568. The second is derived from the first so it's no wonder yours is larger :lol
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But Dave said it's up to 15,4%, not to 15,49%.
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But Dave said it's up to 15,4%, not to 15,49%.
yeah, because he's bad at math, and 15.49 rounds down to 15, not up to 16 :neverusethis:
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But Dave said it's up to 15,4%, not to 15,49%.
I said it was up to 15.4% not taking into consideration additional digits after the decimal point. :P
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Well, alright then, this way it actually works because 157 fits in 156-172 gap.
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You guys are close with all of this and some things have been correct, but the margin of error is throwing you off just a little bit.
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Anyway, my prediction - I get no stars besides amethyst / coal ones, Brent gets diamond and wins. Chad gets gold, steals my pearl and keeps his pearl in pre-80s and gets second place.
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You have that little confidence in what you sent? :lol
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I have little confidence that you'll like it, actually. It's a great song, but knowing how you haven't been impressed with 60s-70s era, counting in the rough production and the fact the song is 12 minutes long with vocals entering somewhere after eighth minute... Yeah, I don't think you'll like it at all. :lol
But I love this song, and I'm glad I had a chance to share it, so I have no regrets.
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That's the thing with a Bolsters roulette - nobody's confident :lol
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You have that little confidence in what you sent? :lol
i sent el manana and got cut because of it, which means your tastes are wacky and nobody should have confidence ever
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I was pretty confident with After Forever and Scorpions - both got me a diamond, but then again, I was pretty confident with Blackmore's Night too and that got me 8th place in the round. :lol
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I was pretty confident woth After Forever and Scorpions - both got me a diamond, but then again, I was pretty confident with Blackmore's Night too and that got me 8th place in the round. :lol
I was pretty confident about After Forever too :\ :)
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You have that little confidence in what you sent? :lol
i sent el manana and got cut because of it, which means your tastes are wacky and nobody should have confidence ever
I didn't mind that song though despite cutting you there.
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i mean, it wasn't in the top 3 of the round though :tup
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So by my count if me and Brent both get the same ranking-star and we both retain our pearl stars, he will be ahead of me because his bonus stars are worth more. I knew I should've picked peridot star in Round 2. :D
Obviously it won't matter because I'm pretty sure my song will be somewhere at the bottom of the rankings.
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Round Eight Results
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) bl5150 - Long Distance Calling - Plans
- Well this band's name is a bit silly and this song title in combination doesn't help, but I can't argue with this music. When you said this had "Bolsters written all over it" expectations were high, and at first I didn't really think so - this started the round down in range of the silver star - but in the end I decided this was my favourite song of the round, so I guess you were right. :lol Anyway, this song has two different but great halves. This first half is just dripping with atmosphere with its subtly electronic drumming, dreamy guitar melodies and soft vocals. But then the distorted electric and the strings start up and the song really takes off, especially when the lead guitar comes in...I'm guessing this is where your comment about my name being all over this comes in, because I'm loving this. It's just the right amount of heaviness and attitude but still very melodicaly driven.
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- When you said this was the second best song you've ever received in a roulette, I wasn't sure what to expect. On one hand we are compatible in a lot of ways, but then I go and rank dubstep and synthpop above your rock and metal entries and you seem to forget we're musically compatible at all. :lol So I'm fairly confident that this isn't the second best song I've ever received in a roulette, but it's the second best of this round and an all-round great power ballad. It's also my favourite ballad of this roulette, so you get
Ruslan'sa brand new pearl star. Onto the song...this chorus is fantastic, and I like that all three iterations of it are different; the first is dominated by a nice guitar lead harmony, the second by an odd almost staccato-feel drum beat, and then the epic third which busts out the thick power chords for the climax of the song. The soloing in the middle section is a highlight aswell, very melodic but with just the right amount of ripping in places. Production is impeccable aswell.
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- You've struggled for the majority of this roulette unfortunately, but I can at least say you've sent at least three great songs; Not Too Late (which still sits atop the aquamarine ranking), Waves, and now this song. You mentioned a concern that this might be to heavy, but I'm not sure why you thought that, sounds pretty good to me. It's worth noting that I can tell these are sampled orchestral instruments, but they're decent samples at least, and good enough. So this song has a nice intro but things definitely get more interesting once the thick guitar chords come in and the orchestral instrumentation carries the melodies. The song enters into a nice groove though, even a bit djenty in places. Vocals are fairly screamy for the mostpart in this song, but in this context I don't mind them, the style when the vocals kick in and leading up to "I Hold Dominion" is actually interesting. This is good stuff, heavy and groovy, I like it.
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- You are another player who has struggled a bit in this roulette, but you sure know how to make a comeback because your last few submissions have all been rather solid. This one is too, and it was rather surprising for me that I liked it this much. As I mentioned when giving tips for the bonus categories I have a bit of a hard time with 70's prog; in general I seem to prefer the bands that combine progressive styles with something more conventional, such as Rush or Kansas. I've tried to get into bands like King Crimson and of course Yes, but I've always failed to be interested. I guess the songs I heard were a bit too mundane and/or self-indulgent, and therefore I found them uninteresting. I said I'd heard most of this album to you, but I'm not sure anymore if I have heard this song or not - I notice that the first track of the album is 18 minutes long, so I am thinking I might not have made it through that song before, and thus never made it far enough to hear this one. This song has four parts so I'm going to split the writeup similarly.
- Cord of Life: The 12-string acoustic and Jon's vocals give me some serious Led Zeppelin vibes here, which isn't a bad thing. The combination of the 12-string and the moog synth is very good, I guess this was the inspiration for Solitary Shell? I love Solitary Shell so no complaints. Nice funky section near the end, I like the use of wah. Outro is probably my favourite part of this section, nice effects on the vocals.
- Eclipse: This time I'm reminded of Transatlantic, at least in the beginning which again is not a bad thing. It's cool to hear one of the original pieces that inspired these modern bands that I enjoy. The mellotron in the first half of this part is great.
- The Preacher, The Teacher: This is my favourite of the four sections. I like that it reprises Cord of Life a bit before it goes into this really funky, bluesy section - the guitar work here is fantastic, and I'm digging this fat, metallic bass sound. There's some cool synth leads here aswell, very unusual but in a good way.
- Apocalypse: Short but sweet, it reprises the chorus (if you could call it that) from Cord of Life which is a very suitable ending to the song.
- Conclusion: Like I said, I was very surprised by how much I enjoyed this. I think this might finally be my gateway into appreciating Yes. I also liked this more than enough that you have stolen one of Chad's pearl stars from him. :tup
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- Well you're not skating to the top of the amethyst ranking and you have to settle for a pink star again, but despite your reservations, I didn't mind most of this track. It has three unique sections so I'm going to split my writeup even though they don't have names (from what I can tell).
- Part One (0:00 - 4:21): This was my favourite of the three parts to this song. My first impression was that it sounds like what a prog rock band would make if asked to write the soundtrack to a western movie. :lol Seriously, some of this stuff sounds like it's ripped straight out of an Ennio Morricone soundtrack, especially when the backing vocalists appear. While it is somewhat humorous, this isn't a bad thing at all because I used to watch westerns a lot when I was younger, I like Ennio Morricone, and this is a rather unique and creative piece of music, I'm liking it a lot at this point.
- Part Two (4:21 - 8:39): This one leaves behind the rock instrumentation of the first part and is completely orchestral. I like orchestral music, so I don't mind at all, infact I really like this. It's very strong melodically which I like and it's not dynamically very full - it's pretty laid back and it works. I like the staccato violin riffs.
- Part Three (8:39 - 12:10): This is a lot more typical of what I'd expect from Deep Purple. I like this section aswell, but it's my least favourite of the three. Jon Lord's organs are my favourite thing here, especially when the song chills a bit and is driven by a very active bassline (I guess this could be called a verse). The song gets a bit noisy for the outro and then fades, I wouldn't have minded something a bit more epic to close a 12 minute piece especially one with this much variety in it.
- Conclusion: Like I said, I liked this one quite a bit, but unfortunately I liked several songs this round more so you have to settle for yet another pink. But you are one of only two people who got a star every single round, so props for consistency. :tup
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- You were another player who struggled at first but found their footing later on - glad you did, because you came second last time and your missteps in the early rounds were disappointing. Anyway, despite only getting a pink star this is another strong entry I think, it was just pushed down by some even stronger ones. I love the atmosphere of this track, it's somewhat folky and has some subtle celtic touches here and there at times, but tonally it is rather dark. Vocally this is very strong, I like the male choir backing aswell as the lead vocalists.
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- I suppose it was a bit of a risk you sending something from your Dad's band, since I tend to shit all over things when I don't like them and that very well could have happened here. Luckily for both of us I can't shit all over this song, because I like it. It's got a very 80's rock sound to it, as you mentioned it's reminiscent of 80's Rush in a lot of ways - driven primarily by synths, active basslines, and a somewhat Geddy-inspired vocal performance. The chorus is naturally the star but I like the little deviation after the first chorus, a nice little instrumental section before the second verse. Good stuff.
Shadow Ninja 2.0 - Architects - Naysayer
- This one was a bit of a risk, I tend to have a hard time with metalcore stuff. This song definitely started out that way; I really do not like this intro at all, it pretty much epitomises what I don't like about the core styles - very thrashy, screamy guttural vocals, melody practically non-existent. But then it starts to groove a lot more for the chorus, and I didn't mind this chorus at all. Of corse the verses kind of go backward a bit, there is some riffage but nothing special and the vocals are being screamed out a bit hard for my liking. But then there's another section before the last chorus that isn't bad aswell. I guess this song just has too many downs to go with the ups that I can't really rank it any higher than this, and I think I'll pass on awarding a pink star, but there were definitely a few moments that I liked in here and you aren't getting a coal star so it's not a complete failure.
Tomislav95 - Lera Lynn - The Only Thing Worth Fighting For
- This was okay, but I think it was just a bit too stripped back for my tastes - not enough meat on the bones, as it were. :lol Lera Lynn's vocal performance is a standout though, she's definitely putting in her all for the performance. The guitar sound is nice if a bit generic, and the playing is pretty ordinary strumming stuff. Not bad but not good enough I'm afraid, and fortunately it's short and sweet at only 3:16.
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- I'd have preferred not to award this a coal star, but here we are. Similar to songs I received this round and in some previous rounds, there's just not a whole lot going on in this song, which is a solo acoustic guitar piece. The song is not uninteresting at all which is a plus, there's some tasty guitar work in places here. I think the only reason this ranks at the bottom is that at 5:45 it really overstays its welcome, I don't feel there's enough variety here to warrant the song being that length and therefore it felt like it was being dragged out quite a bit for my tastes.
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Yeah, expected that. Well, not exactly that, but expected that I won't win this one. Technically, I stole Chad's pearl too. :lol
So, congrats Brent I guess.
Edit: and I think Chad got ahead of me too, by exactly one point. Fucker. :lol
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Technically, I stole Chad's pearl too. :lol
I guess, but if so seneca then stole it from you. :laugh:
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I might have had a shot in this if Nelson got two pinks in Round 6 and 8 and I got two silvers. Well, that's that.
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Oh, and I forgot you think that proper epics shouldn't end with fadeouts. I was doomed as soon as I sent this one. :lol
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I fucked it up again :P
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Pretty clear that Brent has this in the bag. Congrats dude. 'twas a well earned victory.
It shall be close for 2nd though... really not sure.
(2 x gold) + (2 x pearl) vs Diamond + (2 x silver)
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Oh, and I forgot you think that proper epics shouldn't end with fadeouts. I was doomed as soon as I sent this one. :lol
That first section is amazing though.
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Pretty clear that Brent has this in the bag. Congrats dude. 'twas a well earned victory.
It shall be close for 2nd though... really not sure.
(2 x gold) + (2 x pearl) vs Diamond + (2 x silver)
You also have a better set of bonus stars because garnet vs ruby.
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Oh, and I forgot you think that proper epics shouldn't end with fadeouts. I was doomed as soon as I sent this one. :lol
:hifive:... my one song that didn't earn any star!
I just went back and looked at all my rankings
First - once
Second - thrice
Third - once
Fifth - once
Seventh - twice
Eighth - twice
Not a lot of middle ground for my scores (other than that fifth). Either really good, or pretty bad.
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Alright, you can have the bonus stars.
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Holy shit. I know this silver star basically means naught (nuggetz) for me at this point, but you can't imagine how happy I am to get a good score for this band, been loving them so much. The first three songs (I Hold Dominion being the first one) of the album are the most accessible stuff if you ask me, but the entire album is great. Not a big fan of the first album yet but II is also pretty great.
And the final standings.. I have absolutely no idea, I'll surely be near the bottom but I'm not sure if I'm deadlast yet. It's possible.
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Ah, so it's 6-6-5, not 6-5-4. Which means Chad has one point advantage in this department, not two. Pearl is definitely 3 points then. That means Chad and me are possibly tied for the second place.
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Since I'm the only one who got nothing higher than silver I think I lost
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I just went back and looked at all my rankings
First - once
Second - thrice
Third - once
Fifth - once
Seventh - twice
Eighth - twice
Not a lot of middle ground for my scores (other than that fifth). Either really good, or pretty bad.
Mine's a little more extreme :lol I've been 8th, 9th or 10th 4 times. And the others were 2nd, 3rd, 3rd and 6th.
EDIT: Oh and to Dave, that new Long Distance Calling is amazing, if you liked this one as much as you did, you'll love it.
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I've been 6th, 4th, 1st, 1st, 4th, 5th, 8th and 5th. Not too bad save for that 8th place in Round 7.
All I care about now is if Chad kicked my ass or vice versa.
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And the final standings.. I have absolutely no idea, I'll surely be near the bottom but I'm not sure if I'm deadlast yet. It's possible.
You might be last, you might not be. But wherever you are, you're actually tied with someone else.
Ah, so it's 6-6-5, not 6-5-4. Which means Chad has one point advantage in this department, not two. Pearl is definitely 3 points then. That means Chad and me are possibly tied for the second place.
When I came up with the idea I made a bunch of tables with different ways to degrade the scores. But I found that the tables where the score dropped at every increment resulted in the difference between a star that few had collected and one that lots of people had was too great. I didn't know how well everyone would distribute themselves among the rankings, for all I knew people wouldn't give a shit and would just send for whichever categories they though they had the best songs for, resulting in some stars being far more popular. I didn't like the idea of stars that were too valuable and stars that were worthless, so I went for this table, where it has a steep rolloff at the beginning and then only changes in value every second row.
Also, pearl is worth 4 points.
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What? Either you fucked up the numbers then, or I did. All bonus stars add up to 187 then. No way it's 28% from the whole amount if 88 is 15%. You see, if 88 is 15%, 176 is 30%, and we have 187.
I have no idea anymore.
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Maybe I just lied?
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Whatever happens Ruslan there is no contest for best roulette analyst/special comments man ;D
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-100 points, you lose now.
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Maybe I just lied?
Eh, whatever then.
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Whatever happens Ruslan there is no contest for best roulette analyst/special comments man ;D organizer who enjoys toying and fucking with everyone.
FTFY
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Whatever happens Ruslan there is no contest for best roulette analyst/special comments man ;D organizer who enjoys toying and fucking with everyone.
FTFY
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So every pretty much knows who won, so let's make it official:
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I wasn't sure if you'd prefer the formal or informal, so I made both, even though these images are worthless. Congratulations Brent, you've won!
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You definitely deserved this win. You were without doubt one of the most consistent players - one of only two people to get a second diamond star, one of only two people to be awarded a non-bonus star in every round, and while you didn't get a single gold star you did manage to get four silver, more than anyone else. You seemed to have dialed into my tastes a lot more easily than anyone else did, as you were the only person who didn't really falter at any point. Whether it was straight up hard rock, a surprising djent entry, or something with a bit of atmosphere, you managed to impress in every round. Infact, the song I liked the least from you was one that I got in the qualifiers, so you made all the right choices it seems.
Alright, for everyone else...here's the big reveal. First up is what you've all been waiting for the mostthe least probably: all of the star values laid out.
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Next up is the table I used to keep track of everything. This shows how many points everyone had, and has everyone ranked. Click to see it in its original size, as the forum resizes it.
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Finally if anyone cares, a fancy pie chart showing point distribution of all the stars. Again just click to see it in its original size, if you care.
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Yeah, 4 points for pearl fucked me up. If it was three, we would've been both at the second place.
Don't worry Chad, I'll get back at you at Kade's.
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Wow, that looks confusing. :lol
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Damn, not getting that third bonus really cost me :lol I don't care about the standings though, fun roulette! I really liked the format, expecting more stars on the third installation of this though.
Congrats to bl5150!
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Nice, not last despite my underwhelming performance in the second half of this.
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Thanks David - it was a fun ride.
I see a Bolsters roulette as almost the ultimate challenge
............and I was never confident at any stage :lol Just plugged away and consistency won the day I suppose.
Now watch me stuff up the other couple where I do have some sort of confidence in what I have to send :lol Then again I might win em all and retire unified , undisputed champ :neverusethis:
Thanks everyone for a fun roulette
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Yes, thank you to everyone for participating. I might have gotten more great stuff from some people, but everyone managed to send me a couple of things that I loved and look forward to checking out.
Infact, I kept a record of that...this is my next year or two I think. :lol
M83 - Hurry Up, We're Dreaming
Within Temptation - The Silent Force
Epysode - Fantasmagoria
Nocturnal Rites - Grand Illusion
Caligula's Horse - Bloom
Dream Evil - Dragonslayer
Coheed and Cambria - The Afterman Descension
Angels & Airwaves - I-Empire
Tak Matsumoto Group - TMG 1
Klone - Here Come the Sun
Muse - Absolution
Ghost Ship Octavius - s/t
Rival Sons - Head Down
Amason - Sky City
Dynazty - Sultans of Sin
Blessed By A Broken Heart - Feel The Power
Tame Impala - Currents
Grimes - Art Angels
Eluveitie - Helvetios
Evergrey - In Search of Truth
Glen Hansard - Didn't He Ramble
Pallas - XXV
Circus Maximus - Isolate
Lechuga - s/t
Rishloo - Living as Ghosts with Buildings as Teeth
Gorillaz - Demon Days
Trail of Murder - Shades of Art
Anthriel - The Pathway
Lemaitre - 1749
Tamaryn - Cranekiss
Pineforest Crunch - Make Believe
Galahad - Empires Never Last
Gallowbraid - Ashen Eidolon
Árstíđir - Hvel
Lindsey Stirling - Shatter Me
Almanac - Tsar
Phideaux - Doomsday Afternoon
St. Lucia - When The Night
Threshold - March of Progress
Mr. Big - s/t
Anneke Van Giersbergen - Drive
After Forever - s/t
The Dear Hunter - Act IV: Rebirth in Reprise
The Ralph - Delimiter
Leonard Bernstein - Barber's Adagio and Other Romantic Favourites
Archive - Axiom
Guro Von Germeten - Come Stand Before Me
Foals - Total Life Forever
Dimension Act - Manifestation of Progress
God is an Astronaut - All is Violent, All is Bright
Scorpions - Humanity Hour I
Bent Knee - Shiny Eyed Babies
Mark Knopfler - Get Lucky
Darkwater - Calling The Earth to Witness
Mattador - Save Us From Ourselves
Foster The People - Torches
Powerworld - Human Parasite
Landon Tewers - Dead Kid
Xandria - India
Eisley - The Valley
Saffire - From Ashes To Fire
Rainbow - Stranger In Us All
Nevermore - Dead Heart in a Dead World
Ihsahn - Arktis.
Foxy Shazam - s/t
Daughter - If You Leave
Heather Dale - Avalon
Damien Rice - 9
Shooting Star - s/t
Saint Deamon - Pandeamonium
Azedia - Life Goes On
Emerson, Lake and Palmer - Brain Salad Surgery
Novembre - Materia
Clint Mansell - The Fountain OST
alt-J - An Awesome Wave
Defecto - Excluded
Halsey - Badlands
PelleK - Bag of Tricks
Waken Eyes - Exodus
Wishbone Ash - Argus
Blackmore's Night - The Village Lanterne
Long Distance Calling - TRIPS
Lord - Set in Stone
Xerath - III
Yes - Close to the Edge
Deep Purple - s/t
Theodore Bastard - Vetvi
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Yeah, 4 points for pearl fucked me up. If it was three, we would've been both at the second place.
Yeah, stealing that Sapphire, and have you NOT steal the Amethyst made all the difference. Close one there dude.
And interesting that Dimension Act made the 'check-it-out' list without earning even a pink. :biggrin: Also cool how Rich got two coal stars, but still finished 4th. Talk about being hot and cold!
As usual, the real winner is the host - and the loser is their wallet.
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Right in the middle. Actually a little surprised that I'm is high. That was fun though
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And interesting that Dimension Act made the 'check-it-out' list without earning even a pink.
Well there were three things that detracted from that song for me: Overlong medley intro, excessive amount of instrumental sections, fadeout at the end. I liked what was going on in the song for the mostpart and I figured the other songs on the album might not have these shortcomings, so I added it.
Also, the next few days I will be working on some "best-of" spotify playlists for those interested in that sort of thing. I'll post them once they're done.
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Cool that despite having a lot of 'good but not great' ratings that ended up being on the lower half of the results still got you to check out albums, like Rival Sons, Novembre and Lechuga. Maybe my lowsy song-picking skills will be compromised. :biggrin:
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I hate Spotify playlists.
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I hate Spotify playlists.
I'd do what you did, but I only have about 15 songs as files. If I can be bothered I could try to make a Youtube playlist aswell, but I doubt everything would be on there.
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Nice finish. :tup
Will comment more later
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And interesting that Dimension Act made the 'check-it-out' list without earning even a pink.
Well there were three things that detracted from that song for me: Overlong medley intro, excessive amount of instrumental sections, fadeout at the end. I liked what was going on in the song for the mostpart and I figured the other songs on the album might not have these shortcomings, so I added it.
There's only 3 other songs on the album, and some of the themes persist. Worth checking out (imo)
Also, the next few days I will be working on some "best-of" spotify playlists for those interested in that sort of thing. I'll post them once they're done.
I'll do so, as long as theres a "non sacul/parama" or :metal playlist. :biggrin:
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I'll do so, as long as theres a "non sacul/parama" or :metal playlist. :biggrin:
I briefly considered making two playlists like that actually, but I'm not going to. :laugh: You'll just have to hit the skip button if your curiosity isn't piqued by a track. The two playlists will be called Diamond and Gold and rather predictably they will contain my 50 favourite songs of the roulette; 1-25 in Diamond and 26-50 in Gold. So people who just want to hear the top 25 can do that and if anyone actually cares about the next 25 there's a second playlist for them.
I will be attempting to sort the songs in a way that makes the playlists flow, but I'm not sure how well that will work out given the range of styles I received, so I will probably give up. But I will try it out.
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Congratulations, bl5150 :tup
Dave, this roulette was really fun, I liked this star format :D
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I'll do so, as long as theres a "non sacul/parama" or :metal playlist. :biggrin:
Maybe just a "non parama" one, I haven't played on this :lol
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for what it's worth, jingle, both the songs i sent are great
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I hate Spotify playlists.
I'd do what you did, but I only have about 15 songs as files. If I can be bothered I could try to make a Youtube playlist aswell, but I doubt everything would be on there.
Nah, don't bother. Just posting my thoughts here.
Glad all of my entries ended up in the list to check. You've mostly got the right albums, I think these will be most suited to your tastes except Deep Purple (I think you will appreciate something of their later, 70s Gillan-fronted catalogue more, but their s/t was my #11 album of all time, so yeah, check it out), Phideaux (I think Number Seven is a better album overall and certainly much more eclectic too - don't give up on Phideaux if you don't like Doomsday Afternoon), and perhaps Blackmore's Night (try The Secret Voyage if you aren't too fond of Village Lanterne, though I've got to say, Village Lanterne is awesome too).
And interesting that Dimension Act made the 'check-it-out' list without earning even a pink.
Well there were three things that detracted from that song for me: Overlong medley intro, excessive amount of instrumental sections, fadeout at the end. I liked what was going on in the song for the mostpart and I figured the other songs on the album might not have these shortcomings, so I added it.
There's only 3 other songs on the album, and some of the themes persist. Worth checking out (big time)
Fixed that for me.
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What I plan to do at the end is putting them in spotify playlists, but at least post the songs on here so that those who don't have spotify can still create the playlists.
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Everything I checked from this roulette so far was in my taste so I should check the rest when I find some time. In terms of music, this was the best roulette I participated in.
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So, I think I'm gonna accept, and fire with both barrels loaded full of prog and metal glory :2metal: Then we'll see if that's to your liking, or if it's the stuff that Parama, Sacul, Tyrias, etc have on that end of the musical spectrum will be more to your tastes.
:huckleberry:
:hifive: :hifive: to my fellow metal-heads for finishing 1-2-3.
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:hifive: :hifive: to my fellow metal-heads for finishing 1-2-3.
Yeah, looking at the Top 3, I'm glad the metal-heads have dominated this one and I'm honored to be in such a noble company here. :hifive:
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What I plan to do at the end is putting them in spotify playlists, but at least post the songs on here so that those who don't have spotify can still create the playlists.
Yeah, I had every intention of posting the tracklists.
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Alright, here's the Diamond playlist. I was going to wait until I had both ready but it'll probably be a few days before Gold is done, and most (all?) of you probably only care about the Diamond playlist anyway.
I have attempted to order the tracks as best I could so that they flow reasonably well, it works in some places but not others.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) Bolsters v2 Roulette - Diamond Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/6eqQYqjgh7AyqKXiPwnyyN) [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:6eqQYqjgh7AyqKXiPwnyyN]
Tracklist
Clint Mansell - Death is the Road to Awe (senecadawg2)
Árstíđir - Shine (Tyrias)
Long Distance Calling - Plans (bl5150)
Almanac - Darkness
Almanac - Hands Are Tied (bl5150)
Blessed by a Broken Heart - Shut Up and Rock (jingle.boy)
Scorpions - Humanity (Evermind)
Foxy Shazam - Oh Lord (Elite)
Bent Knee - In God We Trust (Tyrias)
Daughter - Youth (Tomislav95)
Eisley - Mr. Moon (Elite)
The Dear Hunter - Waves (Train of Naught)
Tame Impala - The Less I Know the Better (Tyrias)
Lemaitre - Not Too Late (Train of Naught)
Lindsey Stirling - Shatter Me (feat. Lzzy Hale) (Shadow Ninja 2.0)
M83 - OK Pal (splent)
Pineforest Crunch - Cup Noodle Song (Shadow Ninja 2.0)
Yes - And You And I (senecadawg2)
Lord - New Horizons (jingle.boy)
Anthriel - Promised Land (jingle.boy)
Defecto - When Daylight Dies (bl5150)
Trail of Murder - Shades of Art (bl5150)
After Forever - Cry With A Smile (Evermind)
Xerath - I Hold Dominion (Train of Naught)
alt-J - Taro (Elite)
Xandria - Like a Rose on the Grave of Love (jingle.boy)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) Diamond Playlist - Youtube Version (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmfyH3GJcjeKQUZg7nWYrymjodyBx873Y)
Missing from the Youtube playlist:
Almanac - Darkness
Almanac - Hands are Tied
Defecto - When Daylight Dies
Running time: 2 hours 10 minutes
Italicised tracks are not available on Spotify.
And since some of you will probably tally them up anyway ::):
bl5150 4
jingle.boy 4
Elite 3
Tyrias 3
Train of Naught 3
Evermind 2
senecadawg2 2
Shadow Ninja 2.0 2
Tomislav95 1
splent 1
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:fistpump:
Will follow and play at some point - and surely hit skip a few times. :biggrin: But I'm sure I'll be pleasantly surprised/shocked at some of the tunes as well.
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Oh... and availability of certain tracks will vary by region - for instance, Humanity - Hour I is available in Canada.
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Oh... and availability of certain tracks will vary by region - for instance, Humanity - Hour I is available in Canada.
I don't know how to find things that aren't available in my region. I've seen albums with blackened playlists before if I follow a link, but things like that (understandably) don't show up in search results.
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This just shows how damn inconsistent I was :lol last place but still got 3 of my songs to be good enough for the diamond playlist, cool. I may give this a spin soon, quite a few songs I don't know here.
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This just shows how damn inconsistent I was :lol last place but still got 3 of my songs to be good enough for the diamond playlist, cool. I may give this a spin soon, quite a few songs I don't know here.
I'm still working on it, but I'm pretty sure you'll end up having 0 songs in the Gold playlist. :lol
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No shock there, the only way for that to happen is if you include Novembre - Verne which was #9 of the round :lol not counting Exodus since including a 19 minute song in a playlist like this is a bit ridiculous.
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I forgot about Exodus actually, it has a decent chance of being added, I'm not sure yet. I've got about 41 songs I have to narrow down to 25 at the moment, some will be easy to dismiss but others not so much. I'm not worried about songs lengths at all - I've already shared one two-hour playist and I've got another of similar length in the works...I doubt anyone who's actually bothering to listen to both of these will care about another 15 minutes or so. :lol
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I haven't forgotten those of you who can't use Spotify...here's a Youtube playlist of everything that I could find on there, with just the following tracks missing:
Almanac - Darkness
Almanac - Hands are Tied
Defecto - When Daylight Dies
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) Diamond Playlist - Youtube Version (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmfyH3GJcjeKQUZg7nWYrymjodyBx873Y)
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unsurprisingly, two songs submitted by Brent. :lol
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inb4 Ruslan can't view half of those videos in the Youtube playlist anyway due to region blocking.
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inb4 Ruslan can't view half of those videos in the Youtube playlist anyway due to region blocking.
Meanwhile in Russia....
:zeltar:
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I'm so mad STILL that I sent OK Pal for the first qualifier. If only I knew...
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inb4 Ruslan can't view half of those videos in the Youtube playlist anyway due to region blocking.
Meanwhile in Russia....
:zeltar:
:lol
I checked and the only one isn't available is Anthriel - Promised Land, but I know this song anyway so no big deal.
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inb4 Ruslan can't view half of those videos in the Youtube playlist anyway due to region blocking.
Meanwhile in Russia....
:zeltar:
:lol
I checked and the only one isn't available is Anthriel - Promised Land, but I know this song anyway so no big deal.
9.5 if I recall. That song/band/album continues to slay. Can't wait for their new release (hopefully this year)
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Finally, here's the Gold playlist.
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Bolsters v2 Roulette - Gold Playlist (https://open.spotify.com/user/bolsters.s/playlist/50bQ1z664bT2YPc44MLz0v) [spotify:user:bolsters.s:playlist:50bQ1z664bT2YPc44MLz0v]
Tracklist
PelleK - Bag of Tricks (jingle.boy)
Within Temptation - See Who I Am (Evermind)
Darkwater - Again (Elite)
Saffire - The Redemption (bl5150)
Epysode - Forgotten Symphony (jingle.boy)
The Ralph - Space Hobo (bl5150)
Saint Deamon - Pandeamonium (bl5150)
Coheed and Cambria - Number City (Parama)
Foster The People - Houdini (splent)
St. Lucia - Elevate (splent)
Tamaryn - Cranekiss (splent)
Halsey - Colors (splent)
Grimes - Flesh Without Blood (Shadow Ninja 2.0)
Grimes - Life in the Vivid Dream
Rainbow - Ariel (Evermind)
Shooting Star - Last Chance (Evermind)
Dynazty - Falling (bl5150)
Deep Purple - April (Evermind)
Gallowbraid - Stone of Rememberance (senecadawg2)
Mark Knopfler - Border Reiver (Tomislav95)
Eluveitie - A Rose For Epona (Tomislav95)
Heather Dale - Mordred's Lullaby (Shadow Ninja 2.0)
Theodore Bastard - Umbraya Erze (Elite)
Damien Rice - 9 Crimes (senecadawg2)
Phideaux - Soft Microdeathstar (Evermind)
Samuel Barber - Adagio for Strings (splent)
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Gold Playlist - Youtube Version (https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLmfyH3GJcjeK8goDL_zGGSvvngj_nB6MI)
Missing from the Youtube playlist:
None!
Running time: 2 hours 24 minutes
Italicised tracks are not available on Spotify.
The tally for the Gold playlist:
Evermind 5
splent 5
bl5150 4
jingle.boy 2
Elite 2
senecadawg2 2
Shadow Ninja 2.0 2
Tomislav95 2
Parama 1
Tyrias 0
Train of Naught 0
Tally for both:
bl5150 8
Evermind 7
jingle.boy 6
splent 6
Elite 5
senecadawg2 4
Shadow Ninja 2.0 4
Tomislav95 3
Tyrias 3
Train of Naught 3
Parama 1
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While I'm tallying things:
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-diamond2.png~original) Diamond Playlist
Round 1 4
Round 8 4
Round 2 3
Round 7 3
Qual. 2 2
Round 3 2
Round 4 2
Round 5 2
Round 6 2
Qual. 1 1
(https://i1337.photobucket.com/albums/o669/bolsters/Roulette2/star-gold.png~original) Gold Playlist
Round 6 4
Qual. 1 3
Qual. 2 3
Round 4 3
Round 1 2
Round 2 2
Round 3 2
Round 5 2
Round 7 2
Round 8 2
Diamond + Gold
Round 1 6
Round 6 6
Round 8 6
Qual. 2 5
Round 2 5
Round 4 5
Round 7 5
Qual. 1 4
Round 3 4
Round 5 4
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The tally for the Gold playlist:
Train of Naught 0
:-[
Anyway thanks for the lists, the diamond playlist seems a little more fitting to my tastes so I'll give that one a listen.