Author Topic: cthrubuoy's song roulette - [On Hold] (Read 43072 times)

cthrubuoy · « **on:** February 06, 2011, 01:50:42 PM »

Here we go. It's been a long time coming... but I shall now start my song roulette.

Participant list:
Jamesman
Gorille85
zxlkho
jsem
dtismajesty
AcidRainLTE
DTVT

This roulette will be 7 rounds because we have 7 players. Each round will give the winner 6 points, 2nd place 5, 3rd - 4, 4th, 3, 5th - 2, 6th - 1, and 7th - 0 (I'm hoping the zero score for last place will push people that little extra for something a little better.)
Submissions to be made within 4 days of the round being put up. I wont be too strict on this though. Send me a PM if you're busy, know you can't access the internet for a while or whatever.If I get chance tomorrow, I'll type up all the rounds and update the OP to give you an idea of what's to come and you could even send in advance.

Songs will be rated on adherence to the rounds criteria, and personal taste as usual.

My last.fm for reference is:
https://www.last.fm/user/cthrubuoy
No artists to be submitted that have 100 or more plays on this last.fm

So what am I looking for in this roulette? I've been stuck in a bit of a musical rut the past few months. Listening to the same songs by the same bands again and again. Hopefully this will expand my music horizons to new bands, genres and whatever else you may bring to the table.
My taste in music has varied dramatically over the last few years, but a few key factors have remained.
Guitars are an important part of the music I listen to. As I guitarist myself, this is what I listen out for in a song (the first few listens at least).
I'm also a massive fan of drumming. I could watch virtuoso drummers all day and night. It isn't a necessity for a song to include this, but the occasional OMG WOW fill wouldn't go amiss.

Copied word for word from ariich's roulette...
Submissions should, ideally, be Grooveshark or Spotify links (if you don't know how to use either, PM me and I can explain), but youtube links are also ok. Again, ideally these should be official links so that I can post them in the results posts, but if the only thing you can find is an unofficial link, that's fine, I just wont' be able to post it publicly.

So lets let round 1 begin. As usual... open submissions.

Update:

To give you more time to decide, here are the round themes in advance. Please don't send until the round itself opens though.

Round 2 - Dynamics - Make of that what you will.

Round 3 - Instrumental - As it says on the tin

Round 4 - Funky - Doesn't have to be 'Funk', just something with a nice groove maybe? Or a song that has a funky section? A great example could be that section in the Lotus Eater by Opeth.

Round 5 - Deviating from the norm - Again, completely open to interpretation but I'm looking for something outside the box, different, something fresh.

Round 6 - Epic - This could be song length, content, lyrical theme, etc.

Round 7 - Make me cry - As this is the last round, I want you to send a song to depress me. Scores will be based on number of tissues needed (INB4 the obvious)

ariich · « **Reply #1 on:** February 06, 2011, 01:59:17 PM »

Awesome, looking forward to following this one.

ClairvoyantCat · « **Reply #2 on:** February 06, 2011, 02:02:12 PM »

Cool. It seems your quite knowledgeable in metal, (

) so I'm going to try sending some other genres. Hmm, what to start with..

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #3 on:** February 06, 2011, 02:06:51 PM »

jsem · « **Reply #4 on:** February 06, 2011, 02:08:21 PM »

Any length restrictions.. or more importantly, do you plan on having a round for a long epic?

Edit: Send. Saving lengthy songs for other situations.

ClairvoyantCat · « **Reply #5 on:** February 06, 2011, 02:23:36 PM »

Sent. I heard you like drumming, so..

zxlkho · « **Reply #6 on:** February 06, 2011, 04:24:02 PM »

Quote from: AcidRainLTE on February 06, 2011, 02:06:51 PM

Sent

Gorille85 · « **Reply #7 on:** February 06, 2011, 08:48:44 PM »

I'll send something tomorrow.

So many choices...

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #8 on:** February 06, 2011, 09:14:51 PM »

Sent!

cthrubuoy · « **Reply #9 on:** February 07, 2011, 01:57:49 AM »

Quote from: jsem on February 06, 2011, 02:08:21 PM

Any length restrictions.. or more importantly, do you plan on having a round for a long epic?

Edit: Send. Saving lengthy songs for other situations.

As you mentioned it, yes, there'll probably be a round for epics/lengthy songs.

cthrubuoy · « **Reply #10 on:** February 07, 2011, 05:32:48 AM »

Updated the OP with round themes.

To give you more time to decide, here are the round themes in advance. Please don't send until the round itself opens though.

Round 2 - Dynamics - Make of that what you will.

Round 3 - Instrumental - As it says on the tin

Round 4 - Funky - Doesn't have to be 'Funk', just something with a nice groove maybe? Or a song that has a funky section? A great example could be that section in the Lotus Eater by Opeth.

Round 5 - Deviating from the norm - Again, completely open to interpretation but I'm looking for something outside the box, different, something fresh.

Round 6 - Epic - This could be song length, content, lyrical theme, etc.

Round 7 - Make me cry - As this is the last round, I want you to send a song to depress me. Scores will be based on number of tissues needed (INB4 the obvious)

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #11 on:** February 07, 2011, 10:42:29 AM »

I'll try to get mine sent out when I get home. I need to look at his last.fm before I send anything.

Gorille85 · « **Reply #12 on:** February 07, 2011, 01:31:56 PM »

Sent. I'm very confident with my pick.

jsem · « **Reply #13 on:** February 07, 2011, 01:33:44 PM »

Mine is hit, miss or inbetween. I have NO idea.

ClairvoyantCat · « **Reply #14 on:** February 07, 2011, 08:39:55 PM »

Bump

All the submissions in yet?

I feel pretty good about mine, but my arrogance could be my downfall, so I'll shut up until I see it.

zxlkho · « **Reply #15 on:** February 07, 2011, 09:42:46 PM »

I'm really excited to see what he says about my song. It was a risky choice to say the least.

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #16 on:** February 08, 2011, 12:04:39 AM »

Sorry...I've had a rough past two days. What's your position on things you have on last.fm, but have few listens or from albums artists you have listed but not from an album you have heard. Lots of bands with very few listens...I hope they aren't out of play.

I'll have a top choice and a back-up ready tomorrow depending on how you respond.

cthrubuoy · « **Reply #17 on:** February 08, 2011, 03:39:28 AM »

Quote from: DTVT on February 08, 2011, 12:04:39 AM

Sorry...I've had a rough past two days. What's your position on things you have on last.fm, but have few listens or from albums artists you have listed but not from an album you have heard. Lots of bands with very few listens...I hope they aren't out of play.

I'll have a top choice and a back-up ready tomorrow depending on how you respond.

Last.fm has scrobbled pretty much everything I've listened to in the last few years. If it's not on there, chances are I've never heard it.

Few listens doesn't necessarily mean I didn't like the artist, more that I haven't given them a real chance.

Send whatever you want to send!

jsem · « **Reply #18 on:** February 08, 2011, 06:36:45 AM »

It'd be good if you posted like a banned artists thingy.

ariich · « **Reply #19 on:** February 08, 2011, 07:13:28 AM »

I would have said something like 'no artists with x or more listens on last.fm', just pick what the threshold should be. Something like 10 or 15 maybe.

cthrubuoy · « **Reply #20 on:** February 08, 2011, 08:03:28 AM »

No artists with 100 or more plays then. Looking through my last.fm list and that seems like a nice cut off point.

ariich · « **Reply #21 on:** February 08, 2011, 09:17:17 AM »

Woah, that's a pretty high number!

Gorille85 · « **Reply #22 on:** February 08, 2011, 10:33:07 AM »

I just made a list of 30-35 bands that I'm pretty sure you'll like!

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #23 on:** February 09, 2011, 12:47:51 AM »

Sent. I have ideas what of what I'm sending in other rounds. I tried going with something unlike anything you had on last.fm, rather than taking a band you obviously like and picking something similar.

cthrubuoy · « **Reply #24 on:** February 09, 2011, 03:04:15 AM »

All submissions are in! I've listened to 5 out of the 7, so I'll listen to the other 2 tonight and hopefully get some results up for tomorrow. Hopefully.

cthrubuoy · « **Reply #25 on:** February 10, 2011, 03:00:10 AM »

Didn't manage to get this sorted last night, got admitted to hospital. Lol. Hoping to get discharged in the next few hours so results should be up tonight! (if they're not, blame the NHS)

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #26 on:** February 10, 2011, 07:15:13 AM »

Hospital? What for? Better be a good reason.

Kidding, hope you're well mang, we're all patient.

cthrubuoy · « **Reply #27 on:** February 10, 2011, 07:20:55 AM »

Lol... "Patient"

jsem · « **Reply #28 on:** February 10, 2011, 07:57:54 AM »

Jamesman42 · « **Reply #29 on:** February 10, 2011, 07:59:21 AM »

Oh my God, I didn't mean for that pun.

cthrubuoy · « **Reply #30 on:** February 10, 2011, 09:32:02 AM »

:Lol

Ok so even I'm completely fine, I'm not allowed to leave tonight. Results tomorrow

jsem · « **Reply #31 on:** February 10, 2011, 09:37:00 AM »

get well

Dr. DTVT · « **Reply #32 on:** February 10, 2011, 10:49:31 PM »

You shouldn't get sick. It's not fun.

Also, it slows down the roulette

AcidLameLTE · « **Reply #33 on:** February 11, 2011, 03:19:56 PM »

Gorille85 · « **Reply #34 on:** February 11, 2011, 03:22:20 PM »

Quote from: AcidRainLTE on February 11, 2011, 03:19:56 PM

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Author Topic: cthrubuoy's song roulette - [On Hold] (Read 43072 times)