NOTE-Two slight changes from the PM’s I sent out. First round I will give a slight leeway on the three minute limit, but don’t push it. A few seconds at the most. Secondly, I have yet to hear from King or Kirksnosehair. I know King is balls busy at the moment, so instead of basing the listening order on when songs are received, I will choose the order at random. Songs need to be received by Friday at midnight, PST.
Greetings and salutations. Welcome to my roulette v.2. My first roulette, I was just coming out of a very dark part of life, and was new to so much. Since then, through the wonderful folks here, my taste have expanded exponentially. I am ready for the best of the best. In that respect, I feel I have gathered those of you whom I feel will be able to satiate my need for the best. Six grizzled veterans of the musical war front. One voracious devourer of music, with a keen eye for the obscure and hidden, and the undisputed king of the roulette. Your fellow contestants are as follows….
Kirksnosehair
Jingle.boy
Kingshmegland
TAC
LOWDZ
Sir Guitar Cozmo
Ravenheart
Obscure
Your mission, via following the minimalistic guidelines that are to come, are to send me the best of what you got hidden, no themes, no genre restrictions, nothing to hold you back. I want you to wow me, to amaze me, to literally blow me out of the water.
My Taste…
For those of you new to my taste, I was raised on ‘70s hard rock and prog, lots of Yes, Rush, The Who, Triumph, and the rest of the gamut of stadium staples. In the eighties, I leaned towards the heavy metal and thrash side, but later found a lot of love for the hair metal that at the time I termed “poser” music. In the late eighties, I discovered Marillion and IQ, and my musical snobbery phase began. In 1992, I heard Pull Me Under on the radio, and everything changed. Up to a year and a half ago, I pretty much stuck to those bands. Lot's of music from the '90s and 00's is wide open and new to me, just ask, you might be surprised. When I sobered up though, exploring music replaced a lot of my drinking time(and that’s a fuckload of time, trust me lol). I now devour bands in an endless chain of awesome. Many variations of metal, rock, prog, etc., I have come to love so much that I never knew existed, and am so hungry for more. Two things that I haven’t acquired a taste for, growl vocals and various sorts of electronic music, but maybe I just haven’t found the right songs yet.
Off limits bands…
This is a toughie, so here’s how it’s gonna work. Any band in my top 50 is a no go. I will post my last fm, but many of those will be available as some I have only heard one or two songs from, basically if a band is in my last.fm, there is a chance that it will be rejected. I feel the best way is to just ask. I will post all round restrictions at the end of this post, and will allow questions about bands for the present round and the next round only. i.e., if it is round 2, I will answer questions about rounds 2 and 3.
My Last.fmMy top 50Sending format…
Spotify links will work best, as I can save them into playlist. If you aren’t on spotify, then grooveshark or Youtube will do. If a song is not on any format, an email will work as well, my email will be sent to those who don’t already have it.
Scoring…
Six rounds, ten points a round. A finals between the two top scorers at the end. Sweet and simple.
And finally, the round restrictions….
Round 1- Under three minutes. I will only listen to this round’s songs once, so make sure I love it on the first listen. Songs will be listened to in a random order.
Round 2- 3:01 to 4:00 length, songs will be judged on lyrical content mostly, and any of you who have read my reviews know I dig deep into the lyrics, so have them ready, this round will get two listens to each song.
Round 3-4:01 to 5:00 length, this round will get three listens to each song.
Round 4-5:01 to 6:00 length, this round will get four listens to each song.
Round 5-6:01 to 7:00 length, another lyrical content round, send the lyrics along with the song, this round will get five listens to each song.
Round 6-7:01 to 8:00 length, this round will get six listens to each song
The finals- each contestant will send me an epic, ten to fifteen minutes in length. The leader’s epic will get two listens, the runner up’s one.
To get everyone acclimated, I am allowing till Friday at midnight, PST, for first round submissions. After that, seeing that you have all the themes at hand, be prepared to be quick.
Good luck my friends.
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