So, I'm about to start my first roulette. I have participated in a few back in the day though, so I'm no stranger to the process. I don't have any participants in advance, but I need something like 8-12 participants. If you are interested, drop a response below. First 8-12 guys to respond gets to participate.
The scoring I will rate each song out of 10, with the lowest possible score being 0.
Also, if there is a certain section in a song that makes me eargasm, that will earn the song an extra point or two, but it won't necessarily enhance the entire song. It might be out of place, or other parts of the song may drag the total score down, but the section alone will be rewarded. (A.C.T - Useless Argument | This song has a wonderful groove breakdown, but feels a little bit out of place and the rest of the song is only OK) The reason these extra points are up for grabs are because it might be indicative of a bands ability to write some good creative stuff.
My last.fm & forbidden bands https://www.lastfm.se/user/jsemdtfAny bands or artists with less than 50 scrobbles on my last.fm is fair game, unless I have listened to that specific song or album before enough times to have made a proper judgement. If I have only listened to it once, I may not even necessarily remember it if it didn't specifically stick to me somehow. My last.fm probably reflects my listening behavior to 90-95%.
If you happen to send me something I have already heard, I will let you know by PM and you can send something else.
Some tips for contestants-I love nearly all branches of the jazz tree, but free jazz is very hit and miss.
-When it comes to metal I can easily get bored by it. Power metal, NWOBHM and even Thrash can get stale for me. Harsh vocals are very hit and miss. Lately I've been enjoying "djent" a lot.
-Classical rock, blues rock etc can be very enjoyable, but sometimes just fall flat
-My favorite composer of all time is Bach. I am quite fond of the Baroque era, but don't hold the Romantic era in as high of a regard (even though there are some exceptions).
My last tip would be to look through my "loved" tracks on last.fm. I may not actually love those tracks completely, but they might contain some part that was worthy of a heart on last.fm. That will give you an idea of what I really enjoy.
The structure of the roulette The roulette will consist of 10 rounds. The first 6 rounds will have the contestants submitting one song each. After these 6 rounds, the first five contestants in terms of score will move on to the latter stages and the rest will be eliminated. The next three rounds will have the five contestants send in two songs each. For the final round, the top three contestants at the time will send me an album each. The winner of the roulette will be whoever sends the best albums, adding the scores of the two albums.
Again:
Round 1-6: One song from each participant.
Round 7-9: Two songs each from 5 participants.
Round 10: Twp album each from the top three contestants.
I'm also not a fan of being a slave to the theme of a round, so all rounds will be open. But please feel free to send me various styles of music that you happen to like.
I'll have another post announcing round one once I have gotten all the participants in. Please leave a response in this thread it you're interested in participating.
EDIT:
Participants:senecadawg2
wolfking
Scorpion
Ben_Jamin
Shadow Ninja 2.0
Nekov
Big Hath
adace
Tyrias
kingshmegland
YtseBitsySpider