Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★

[Evermind]

If I'm not popular enough to get more than 10 people (very likely )

*reads this, looks somberly to the 16-player participant list after less than a day*

18 now!  Holy shit... I hope I make it past qualifications.

I will definitely be quite embarrassed if I don't make it there.

[Bolsters]

Alright, so here's that information I said you would want to have before sending anything. If there are any stragglers who would like to join, I'll still be accepting people signing up for a few days but in the meantime everyone can start sending their submissions for the first qualifying round. Given the number of people who signed up, there will be two qualifying rounds.


Submitting

• My preference is to receive submissions via Spotify. You can either PM me URI links (I prefer them to URL links) or you can send songs to me directly through Spotify. To do that just type my username - bolsters.s - into the Spotify search bar to find my profile, and click the button under my username in order to follow me. After I have also followed you back, you will be able to right click and "share" any song with me.
• If the song you would like to send is not on Spotify, you are one of those poor saps who can't use Spotify for some reason, or you're simply stubborn and refuse to use it - you can PM links to me where I can stream your songs. This includes but is not limited to: Youtube, Bandcamp, Soundcloud, etc.
• If you need to send me a file, use MEGA or send it via email (address provided at request).

• The length limit for all rounds is 12 minutes. However, each of you will have the option of sending one song during the roulette that exceeds this, with no limit imposed, in any round you wish. I would ask that you consider the number of songs I have to listen to and the short amount of time I will have to devote to the song before sending anything of considerable length. Still, if you've got a longer song in mind for me, have at it. The song length limit for the qualifiers however is 10 minutes.

• Any artist sent to me during the roulette is automatically banned for the remainder, regardless of my thoughts on the song I received. The banned artist list has a list of artists banned during the roulette at the bottom.

Bonuses

Before sending anything, you may want to consider the following. While there will be no round themes here, I have added seven optional bonuses, and your songs will receive bonus points if you send something that fits. You may receive only three of these bonuses throughout the roulette, you can net just one of them per song, and you personally can not aquire any of the bonuses twice. Since you can only be awarded three of the seven, it's up to you to decide which ones you want to go for (if any). These bonuses won't be available in the qualifying rounds so if you've got a good idea or three in mind, I'd suggest holding onto them until the main competition starts.

The seven bonuses are as follows:

• Orchestral/Symphonic - Any song that prominently features orchestral or symphonic instrumentation.
• Ballad - self-explanatory.
• Instrumental - self-explanatory.
• Pre-1980 - Any song that was released in 1979 or earlier.
• World Music - Any song that features world music influence.
• Synth/Electronic - A song that is primarily synths, or is electronic.
• Multiple Vocalists/Choir - Any song featuring more than one lead vocalist, or prominently featuring a choir.

I'll post a few clarifications and hints regarding these before the main competition starts.


Information

My Last.fm profile can be viewed here for those interested in that, and my first roulette here. I don't consider my Last.fm to be 100% accurate in representing my tastes, but it may still prove useful.

[Bolsters]

Finally, here is the new and improved banned list. I've added quite a few things to this since my last roulette, but I've also taken a lot of things off - hopefully this gives some of you more options.


Banned Artists

30 Seconds to Mars
A Perfect Circle
A.C.T.
Abodean Skye
AC/DC
Ace of Base
Acke Hallgren
Adagio
Adrenaline Mob
Afro Celt Sound System
Agent Fresco
Alice Cooper
Alice in Chains
Allen/Lande
Alpha Rev
Alter Bridge
Amadeus Awad (& related Amadeus projects)
Amaranthe
Amorphis
Anathema
Android Lust
Andromeda
Angra
Apes With Hobbies
Arcane
Arcane Atlas
Arion
Arjen Anthony Lucassen
Ark
Atlas Genius
Audioslave
Avantasia
Avenged Sevenfold
Avril Lavigne
Ayreon
Banks
Bear McCreary
Beardfish
Bee Gees
Being
Belinda Carlisle
Beyond the Black
Beyond The Bridge
Big Big Train
Big Wreck
Bjørn Riis
Black Label Society
Blackmill
Blanc Faces
Bliss
Blind Guardian
Blue Stahli
Bodies of Water
Bon Jovi
Bonnie Tyler
Broods
BT
Burnclear
Cain's Offering
Caladan Brood
Carly Rae Jepsen
Celine Dion
Celldweller
Chicago
Chris Joss
CHVRCHES
Circle II Circle
Circle of Illusion
Cold Chisel
Corrosion of Conformity
Creedence Clearwater Revival
Crowded House
Damnation Angels
Dave Kerzner
David Gilmour
David Maxim Micic
Def Leppard
Dekadent
Delain
Derek Sherinian
Destiny Potato
Devin Townsend (& related Devin projects)
Diablo Swing Orchestra
Diabulus in Musica
Dire Straits
Disturbed
Down
Dragon
Dream Theater
Dreamtale
Duran Duran
E.S. Posthumus
Earthside
Echoes
Echosmith
Edenbridge
Edguy
Effloresce
Electric Light Orchestra
Ellie Goulding
Elton John
Emma Louise
Epica
Equilibrium
Escala
Europe
Eurythmics
Evanescence
Explorer's Club
Fail Emotions
Fanticide
Fergie Frederiksen
Find Me
Fire Inc.
Flaming Row
Fleetwood Mac
Flying Colors
Foreigner
Foxes
Frameshift
Frost*
fun.
Genesis
Glass Mind
Gloryhammer
Gods of Eden
Guilt Machine
Guns N' Roses
Gunship
Guy Pearce
Haamoja
HAERTS
HAIM
Haken
Hammerfall
Hans Zimmer
Headspace
Hybrid
Illusion Suite
Imagine Dragons
Incubus
Infected Mushroom
Inner Odyssey
IQ
Iron Maiden
It Bites
James LaBrie
Jim Steinman
Jimi Hendrix
Jimi Jamison
Jimmy Barnes
Joe Satriani
John Farnham
John Petrucci
Jolly
Jon Gomm
Jon Lord
Jordan Rudess
Jorn
Jorn Lande & Trond Holter
Journey
Julia Holter
Kamelot
Kansas
Karnivool
Karnya
Katatonia
Katy Perry
Kevin Gilbert
Killswitch Engage
Kingcrow
Kishi Bashi
Kiske/Somerville
KXM
L.R.S.
Lacuna Coil
Lake of Mind
Last in Line
Last Tribe
Laura Marling
Led Zeppelin
Leprous
Lesoir
Level 10
Level 42
Linkin Park
Liquid Tension Experiment
Liquid Trio Experiment
Lisa Loeb & Nine Stories
Live
London Grammar
Lonely Robot
Lorde
Lorne Balfe
Lost in Thought
Lykke Li
Madonna
Maestrick
Magic Pie
Magnus Karlsson (or Magnus Karlsson's Free Fall)
Manditory
Marketa Irglova
Maroon 5
Masterplan
Matchbox 20
McAuley-Scenker Group
Meat Loaf
Metallica
Mew
Michael Giacchino
Mind Odyssey
Mindfuel
MindMaze
MØ
Moon Safari
Mr. Bungle
Mree
MS MR
múm
MuteMath
Ne Obliviscaris
Neal Morse
Night Ranger
Nightingale
Nightwish
Oceansize
Odd Logic
Opeth
Orphaned Land
OSI
Ozzy Osbourne
Pain of Salvation
Pandora's Box
Pantera
Pantommind
Passion Pit
Peatbog Faeries
Peter Gabriel
Phantasma
Phil Collins
Pink Cream 69
Pink Floyd
Platypus
Plini
Porcupine Tree
Praying Mantis
Presto Ballet
Pretty Maids
Primal Fear
Project Arcadia
Psycrence
Pure Reason Revolution
Purity Ring
Pyramaze
Queen
Quietus
Rage Against The Machine
Red
Redemption
REM
Resurrection Kings
Revolution Renaissance
Revolution Saints
Rhapsody / Rhapsondy of Fire
Riverside
Robert Plant
Roxette
Roy Orbison
Rush
Russell Allen
Ryn Weaver
Santigold
Sarah Barielles
Savage Garden
Savatage
Scandroid
Sergey Golovin
Serious Black
Seventh Key
Seventh Wonder
Shadowquest
Shania Twain
Shattered Skies
Shineback
Shpongle
Sia
Sieges Even
Sigur Rós
Sithu Aye
Skyharbor
Slash / Slash feat. The Conspirators
Slash's Snakepit
Solstafir
Sonata Arctica
SOTO
Sound of Contact
Soundgarden
Spock's Beard
Star One
Starbreaker
Steam Powered Giraffe
Steve Perry
Steven Wilson
Sting
Stratovarius
Stream of Passion
Styx
Susanne Sundfør
Sweet & Lynch
Symphony X
Taylor Swift
Tears for Fears
Temperance
Ten
Tennis
TesseracT
Thank You Scientist
The Black Mages
The Carpenters
The Choirboys
The Contortionist
The Corrs
The Dillinger Escape Plan
The Eagles
The Gentle Storm
The Glitch Mob
The Jelly Jam
The Naked and Famous
The Neal Morse Band
The Police
The Poodles
The Reign of Kindo
The Screaming Jets
The Trans-Siberian Orchestra
The Who
The Winery Dogs
Thoughts Factory
Three Lions
Thunderstone
To-Mera
Tool
Toto
Touchstone
Tove Lo
Transatlantic
Traveling Wilburys
Triosphere
Twilightning
Unisonic
Universe Effects
Van Halen
Vanden Plas
Vanishing Point
Velvet Revolver
Vitalism
Voices from the Fuselage
Voicians
Vola
Voodoo Circle
Voyager
W.E.T.
Walk The Moon
Whitesnake
Winger
Winter Rose
Withem
Wolverine
Work of Art
Yazoo
Yngwie Malmsteen
zircon

Banned During the Roulette

After Forever
Almanac
Amason
Angels & Airwaves
Anna Von Hausswolff
Anneeke Van Giersbergen
Anthriel
Archive
Árstíðir
AWOLNATION
Azedia
Bent Knee
Blessed By a Broken Heart
Bon Iver
Caligula's Horse
Caravan Palace
Chelsea Wolfe
Circus Maximus
Closure in Moscow
Coheed and Cambria
Damien Rice
Darkwater
Daughter
Deadly Circus Fire
Dimension Act
Dream Evil
Dynazty
Eisley
Eluveitie
Emerson, Lake and Palmer
Epysode
Eric Whitacre
Euzen
Evergrey
Foals
Foster The People
Foxy Shazam
Galahad
Gallowbraid
Ghost Ship Octavius
Glen Hansard
God is an Astronaut
Gorillaz
Grimes
Guro Von Germeten
Heather Dale
Ihsahn
Imogen Heap
James Blake
Joni Mitchell
Klone
Landon Tewers
Larry and his Flask
Lechuga
Lemaitre
Lindsey Stirling
M83
Mark Knopfler
Mattador
Mr. Big
Muse
Nevermore
Nocturnal Rites
Novembre
Pallas
Phideaux
Pineforest Crunch
Rainbow
Rishloo
Rival Sons
Saffire
Saint Deamon
Samuel Barber
Scorpions
Shooting Star
St. Lucia
Tak Matsumoto Group
Tamaryn
Tame Impala
The Cure
The Dear Hunter
The Ralph
Threshold
Thrice
Trail of Murder
Virgin Steele
Wildbirds & Peacedrums
Within Temptation
Xandria

[Train of Naught]

Nice, I can work with this. Plenty of holes to fill.

I also have a nice idea for 3 of the bonus "themes", were I to make it past the qualifiers. Will send today probably!

[Bolsters]

Also, for convenience I will link be linking all important posts (including these two) in the OP.

[Elite]

that banned list

[bl5150]

Oh damn Kade - Guy Pearce is banned         Still plenty of Neighbours to submit though...........Kylie, Jason Donovan, Craig McLachlan, Stefan Dennis etc...

[jingle.boy]

18 now!  Holy shit...

I only see 16. I didn't forget anyone did I?

No, you're right.  I didn't realize you had listed the participants alphabetically - so I was looking for Evermind and Tyrias at the bottom of your list... not seeing them, I thought they still needed to be added.

Banned list + submitting.... tl:dr (for now).

[Fluffy Lothario]

Unless I'm a dumbass and I missed it: how many rounds?

And do we have to specify a certain bonus we're going for when we send a track, or will you decide if a song was applicable? Reason being, I can immediately think of multiple songs that fulfill like 3 or 4 of those categories at once, so do I have to say which one I'm going for, or is that song potentially up for any of those 3 or 4?

[bl5150]

Oi...........all the good shit I sent in Chad's roulette is banned 

[wolfking]

Oh damn Kade - Guy Pearce is banned         Still plenty of Neighbours to submit though...........Kylie, Jason Donovan, Craig McLachlan, Stefan Dennis etc...

The fuck?! 

I was always fond of McLachlan's couple of singles.  On My Own was a good Bon Jovi rip off.  That song Stefan Dennis did though was fucking GOLD!

How the fuck am I gonna find time to compete in two roulettes at once again?! 

[Tyrias]

Maybe you won't make it past the qualifiers .

[wolfking]

Maybe you won't make it past the qualifiers .

Except I'm a lot more keen to make an effort and do well in this roulette.

[Evermind]

Maybe you won't make it past the qualifiers .

Except I'm a lot more keen to make an effort and do well in this roulette.

A lot more keen than you are in that another one you're playing? ;P

[bl5150]

Oh damn Kade - Guy Pearce is banned         Still plenty of Neighbours to submit though...........Kylie, Jason Donovan, Craig McLachlan, Stefan Dennis etc...

The fuck?! 

I was always fond of McLachlan's couple of singles.  On My Own was a good Bon Jovi rip off.  That song Stefan Dennis did though was fucking GOLD!

How the fuck am I gonna find time to compete in two roulettes at once again?! 

Well I have already given you some ideas.  Oh and that chick Melissa Whatserface did Read My Lips..................Marika (Con The Fruiterer's wife) did a cover version called Feed My Hips    .   Who said I don't know my quality pop music ?

[wolfking]

Maybe you won't make it past the qualifiers .

Except I'm a lot more keen to make an effort and do well in this roulette.

A lot more keen than you are in that another one you're playing? ;P

Hmmm.....well this is awkward! 

Sent I think.  Dave, I tried to send you a song in Spotify, I hope I did it right, let me know.

EDIT:  For some reason I have no sound when playing songs in Spotify at the moment, WTF?

[wolfking]

Oh damn Kade - Guy Pearce is banned         Still plenty of Neighbours to submit though...........Kylie, Jason Donovan, Craig McLachlan, Stefan Dennis etc...

The fuck?! 

I was always fond of McLachlan's couple of singles.  On My Own was a good Bon Jovi rip off.  That song Stefan Dennis did though was fucking GOLD!

How the fuck am I gonna find time to compete in two roulettes at once again?! 

Well I have already given you some ideas.  Oh and that chick Melissa Whatserface did Read My Lips..................Marika (Con The Fruiterer's wife) did a cover version called Feed My Hips    .   Who said I don't know my quality pop music ?

That Melissa chick was fucking sexy.

[Bolsters]

Oh damn Kade - Guy Pearce is banned         Still plenty of Neighbours to submit though...........Kylie, Jason Donovan, Craig McLachlan, Stefan Dennis etc...

Unless I'm a dumbass and I missed it: how many rounds?

Well you might be a dumbass, I'm not really sure. But I had not mentioned how many rounds there would be. There will be eight, or ten if you include the qualifying rounds.

And do we have to specify a certain bonus we're going for when we send a track, or will you decide if a song was applicable? Reason being, I can immediately think of multiple songs that fulfill like 3 or 4 of those categories at once, so do I have to say which one I'm going for, or is that song potentially up for any of those 3 or 4?

In cases like this, you will need to tell me which of the multiple bonuses your song qualifies for you want.

Sent I think.  Dave, I tried to send you a song in Spotify, I hope I did it right, let me know.

It worked perfectly.


Brent, feel free to send that Read My Lips song if you're looking for a quick exit.

[bl5150]

Brent, feel free to send that Read My Lips song if you're looking for a quick exit.

Alrighty then     Might keep it local in this 1st round though .  Is Kevin Bloody Wilson banned?     

[wolfking]

Brent, feel free to send that Read My Lips song if you're looking for a quick exit.

Alrighty then     Might keep it local in this 1st round though .  Is Kevin Bloody Wilson banned? 

Wa Wa Nee bitch!  Might send them round 2.

[Bolsters]

Alrighty then     Might keep it local in this 1st round though .  Is Kevin Bloody Wilson banned? 

I knew I'd forget something.

[TAC]

Maybe you won't make it past the qualifiers .

Except I'm a lot more keen to make an effort and do well in this roulette.

A lot more keen than you are in that another one you're playing? ;P

Hmmm.....well this is awkward! 

Awkward is getting your ass kicked by a guy that's neither keen on it nor even trying! 

Wa Wa Nee bitch!  Might send them round 2.

[wolfking]

You asked for it Tim.



Checkmate.

[bl5150]

[TAC]

Do not use the word mate and that picture in the same post.



Pretty sure Bolsters would like to have his roulette back!

[wolfking]

[Evermind]

Do not use the word mate and that picture in the same post.

[jingle.boy]

"While you were reading 19 new replies have been posted".   

that banned list

No kidding!  Guaranteed 20% of those names have never shown up on a banned list (other than Dave's 1st roulette) before. Just in the "B" alone - Bee Gee's, Belinda Carlisle!?!?!   

Oi...........all the good shit I sent in Chad's roulette is banned 

iknowrite!

How the fuck am I gonna find time to compete in two roulettes at once again?! 

Isn't JJ's coming up soon too?   

[Train of Naught]

Sent. No overthinking it this time, BAM!

[Tomislav95]

Sent. No overthinking it this time, BAM!

There is no Converge on banned list, hope you weren't faster than me

[Bolsters]

Guaranteed 20% of those names have never shown up on a banned list (other than Dave's 1st roulette) before. Just in the "B" alone - Bee Gee's, Belinda Carlisle!?!?!   

Yeah the Bee Gees are alright. I only bother with One Night Only these days, though, and not often.

Belinda Carlisle fucking rocks, though.

[Train of Naught]

Sent. No overthinking it this time, BAM!

There is no Converge on banned list, hope you weren't faster than me

No, I reserved Converge for Evermind's roulette, this one is all yours 

[jingle.boy]

Belinda Carlisle fucking rocks, though.

... said no one ever.

Sent - there are some GAPING holes in that banned list.  I gotta send a message confirming a few things - and hopefully jump on them before anyone else does.

[bl5150]

Did a shuffle................some Japanese rock/metal coming your way.    

[Nekov]

Guaranteed 20% of those names have never shown up on a banned list (other than Dave's 1st roulette) before. Just in the "B" alone - Bee Gee's, Belinda Carlisle!?!?!   

Yeah the Bee Gees are alright. I only bother with One Night Only these days, though, and not often.

Belinda Carlisle fucking rocks, though.

No one would send Belinda Carlisle anyways...