The jingle Roulette Trilogy - Final Results - no more mind games

[jingle.boy]

Finals.  After the seven rounds, the top 3 or 4 (depending on how close scores are) will send me no more than 30 minutes of music each, from as few or as many bands as they want. Don't ask for any buffer. I don't actually want 30 minutes, so that is your absolute max.  One second over, and I'm not listening to one of the songs.

My goal is for the finals to be the Top 3 - that's about 90 minutes of music.  However, if there ends up being a tie for the top 3, then we'll have more than three in the finals.  As it stands now, it'd be Kade, Brent and Hath.

Ruslan, Paul, Nellie... you got some work to do to make the finals; Tim still has some hope.

However, if anyone that doesn't formally make the finals still want to send me their 30 minutes of music, I'll happily accept - just don't know when I'll get around to listening to it.  Always happy to get exposure to more music.  The end of a roulette doesn't have to mean the end of sharing - as Tim knows full well.

[Lowdz]

Shit, there's Heat and Heavy Bones off my list.

[senecadawg2]

I've sent my next song and I'm about as confident with it as I was with Paralydium Project. Hopefully it gets the same result and I'll make up the distance between Big Hath and I.

[jingle.boy]

I'm looking forward to the revealing of those scores, they will be a much better indication of how much you did or did not like my songs than the rankings give.

Throughout the whole roulette, I've only had 9 songs I've ranked below a 70%, or a 7/10 - again, assuming a school 'grading' kind of scoring system.  There were only a couple I didn't really enjoy, but they weren't bad.  And of the others, it was more a case of some things were good, some things were not-so-good.

There's been a couple of high 8's, and only two 9s.  All in all, very consistent, and very enjoyable.

Oh, and I just got this in my inbox:

Yay!  I finally landed somewhere other than the top or bottom. Some good submissions that round - though what the hell is Bolsters thinking?  Well, at least it's keeping me from being last. 

I think I'm in that same neighborhood with jj, just on the other side of the tracks from both of you.

How many more rounds are there? ;-)

[Bolsters]

Bolsters was thinking a couple rounds ago "I'm crapping out rather badly, I might as well just send risky shit for the remainder and see what manages to stick, I probably couldn't do any worse". Taylor Swift sure as hell wasn't part of the original plan either.

[jingle.boy]

Bolsters was thinking a couple rounds ago "I'm crapping out rather badly, I might as well just send risky shit for the remainder and see what manages to stick, I probably couldn't do any worse". Taylor Swift sure as hell wasn't part of the original plan either.

Or for your avatar?

[Bolsters]

Or for your avatar?

I don't like to change my avatar too often, or at all really. But I can never just pick one thing and stick with it, eventually I get sick of what I'm using and have to change it. I chose Katy Perry last time because PRISM was my most played album of the last 12 months at the time on my Last.fm. So, this time I went with Taylor because 1989 now has that honour.

[Lowdz]

Mystery machine was going old school with Tangier. I have that album on vinyl. I used to enjoy playing guitar along to it back in the day.

[Evermind]

I'm not sure if I should send to Chad (of all people) a song featuring Tolkki on bass, but it's a nice enough song and I may go with the tag-team option to reduce the damage it'll do to my score.

Of course, my second song is a folky one, so I'm probably receiving 3 points at best anyway. This round will likely determine my chances of getting into the finals. Sending now.

[Sacul]

Is it me or is this roulette going a bit slow? 

[Evermind]

Is it me or is this roulette going a bit slow? 

Mike's Top 50 list is going slow. This roulette is going fine.

[jingle.boy]

Is it me or is this roulette going a bit slow? 

Bite it punk.  Six weeks for 7 rounds of listening to 97 songs is about as good as it gets.

[Crow]

Is it me or is this roulette going a bit slow? 

Mike's Top 50 list is going slow. This roulette is going fine.

savage 

[jjrock88]

Round sent

[TAC]

and had some unexpected things pop up in the evening. 

chaffe's the thighs.

 

[Lowdz]

Sent.

Cheating? Moi?

[Big Hath]

aw yeah!  Making a real push for the finals!  Hoping to send something tonight.

[wolfking]

I'm not sure if I should send to Chad (of all people) a song featuring Tolkki on bass, but it's a nice enough song and I may go with the tag-team option to reduce the damage it'll do to my score.

Hmmm...there's not much he's played bass on that was any good to be honest, risky.  There's one album from last year that I enjoyed though that he is credited for the bass.

[wolfking]

Sent.

[jingle.boy]

and had some unexpected things pop up in the evening. 

chaffe's the thighs.

 

Normally, I'd  , or  .  But in this case, ironically enough...

[bl5150]

Anyone struggling for some ideas for Rd 6 and 7..........DTF always has the answer.

GMD now has a thread on Chilean feminist rap

[Sacul]

Anyone struggling for some ideas for Rd 6 and 7..........DTF always has the answer.

GMD now has a thread on Chilean feminist rap

And it will soon have one on hipster experimental music

Is it me or is this roulette going a bit slow? 

Bite it punk.  Six weeks for 7 rounds of listening to 97 songs is about as good as it gets.

Damn, my bad - thought just 5 rounds had passed including the qualifications. Haven't followed this since I got the axe 

Is it me or is this roulette going a bit slow? 

Mike's Top 50 list is going slow. This roulette is going fine.

savage 

Well to be fair there are just 2 top 50 albums lists going on, and nobody seems anxious to start a new one, so I don't mind the pace 

[Evermind]

I'm not sure if I should send to Chad (of all people) a song featuring Tolkki on bass, but it's a nice enough song and I may go with the tag-team option to reduce the damage it'll do to my score.

Hmmm...there's not much he's played bass on that was any good to be honest, risky.  There's one album from last year that I enjoyed though that he is credited for the bass.

The album is indeed from 2014.

[jingle.boy]

One listen in.  Mostly really good shit. One risk will not pay off though.

That ought to fuck with at least a couple of you for a few days.

Results will be on Friday.

[Bolsters]

One risk will not pay off though. That ought to fuck with at least a couple of you for a few days.

Everyone already knows it's me.

[jingle.boy]

One risk will not pay off though. That ought to fuck with at least a couple of you for a few days.

Everyone already knows it's me.

Ok, fine... it's you.































Or is it?

[Bolsters]

[Zook]

senteded.

[senecadawg2]

I'm cheering for you, Bolsters!

Or, at the very least, I'm cheering against anyone even or ahead of me who might've made a risky choice 

[Big Hath]

I don't think mine was very risky, but darn it I see that someone has sent a band I had lined up for next round or finals should I make it there

[jingle.boy]

I don't think mine was very risky, but darn it I see that someone has sent a band I had lined up for next round or finals should I make it there

And the pool of available artists continues to dwindle.  muhwahahaha

senteded.

Thank you good sir.

[Lowdz]

I'm not sure if I should send to Chad (of all people) a song featuring Tolkki on bass, but it's a nice enough song and I may go with the tag-team option to reduce the damage it'll do to my score.

Hmmm...there's not much he's played bass on that was any good to be honest, risky.  There's one album from last year that I enjoyed though that he is credited for the bass.

And the really shit production? 

[wolfking]

I'm not sure if I should send to Chad (of all people) a song featuring Tolkki on bass, but it's a nice enough song and I may go with the tag-team option to reduce the damage it'll do to my score.

Hmmm...there's not much he's played bass on that was any good to be honest, risky.  There's one album from last year that I enjoyed though that he is credited for the bass.

And the really shit production? 

Yep, that's the one.  Really fucking shit.  I hate him for making a shred guitar legend sound like shit, just cause he's a jealous asshole.

[Bolsters]

However, if anyone that doesn't formally make the finals still want to send me their 30 minutes of music, I'll happily accept - just don't know when I'll get around to listening to it.  Always happy to get exposure to more music.  The end of a roulette doesn't have to mean the end of sharing - as Tim knows full well.

I actually missed this. I'll probably do it, since I had a band picked out for the final at the beginning of the roulette anyway, and you'll only end up listening to them after I send a song to Brent.

Although it needs some work as my "30 minute EP" playlist is currently 80 minutes in length.

[jingle.boy]

Well, fuck you very much Google Drive.  Somehow, my active spreadsheet that I've been using to keep tabs on everything all of a sudden was last saved October 11th - despite my frequent use of CMD + S every time I add something new to any file.  So, I had to go back and recreate the scores and rankings for Rounds 4 and 5 all over again.  Plus, lost all the first impression comments I had for this round.

 

Writeups this round might be a little shorter than normal due to the above, and the fact I'm just running out of shit to say.   

But, some first impressions, now that I've had another listen tonight ....

upon a dedicate headphone listen, the guitars do sound like shit
nothing was truly spectacular, but it all came together very nicely
2nd half nearly melted my face off
What a fabulous outro
Holy shit does he sound like Roy Khan
Music was really good.  Vocally it didn't appeal to me
Most excellent.  Great blend of prog and power
Catchy chorus, despite being fairly predictable