So in general, this might be my favorite round so far. I could easily see myself checking out more from even some of the lower-ranked artists. I'm not sure if people are getting a better sense of what I like, if it was the perfect palate cleanser from the previous round, if it's that this is a broad area of music I've been working on expanding more than most in the last few years, or if I'm just lucky. Average scores will likely be slightly higher, though probably even more compressed in the middle than ever, and of course, there's always some that are lowest-ranked, no way around that.
I'm sure everyone who runs a roulette has to deal with this at some point, but it's interesting to notice how after a couple listens, I start to get a sense of the hierarchy of my rankings, and subconsciously at times and consciously at others, I have to start polarizing songs to justify why some should score better than others, and this can lead to overly negative-sounding writeups on the lower end. Not sure there's any good way to avoid that either. On a more positive note, I'm not even sure what my favorite song of the round is yet, it's only the second round so far like that.
Anyway, here we go:
Round 5 Early Impressions:
1: I was not expecting a synth lead to stand out.
2: Is this song too happy for me?
3: This does way more with its runtime than I expected it to.
4: Oops, you accidentally sent something that actually fits the round songs this time.
5: Backing vocals as lead vocals, this is rather different.
6: Is a metronome counting me in? I'm not sure I'm ready to punch in yet!
7: I think I mistakenly called myself a vocalist purist in an earlier round. That's not right - apparently I love robot choirs.
8: Lethean - Full of Keys - Ooh, I see what you did there, very sneaky. I thought it might be too sparse at first, but it picked up partway through.
9: HOF - Rocket Moth - I was definitely not expecting the drumming to be such a highlight, particularly the toms.
10: TAC - Helloween - Do I prefer this vocalist in a different context, or a different era?
11: This was more propulsive than I had anticipated.
12: At first I thought I was playing a 90s fantasy video game, but then the magical journey took an unexpected turn halfway through.
13: This might be the flip side of having so many layers.
14: I'm a bit surprised the tags for it don't even hint at this, but this song has overtones with not only my first song, but a style I toyed with including a fourth song for.
15: Yeah, this was definitely a better choice.
16: Is there too much cursive singing in this?
17: Not as depressing as expected.
18: This would make a fantastic intro to a song.
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