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/cthrubuoyNo 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)