Bolsters™ The Roulette, v2 ★ THE CONCLUSION ★

[Bolsters]

Re the aquamarine star , how are you defining "driven by pop" music.  To me "pop" = any sort of pop(ular) music that made Top 40 etc.....and when I was growing up that included hair metal 

Synth/Electronic: This one is a bit more broad since I didn't want a purely electronic category that only one or two people would exploit and get some easy high-valued stars from. On the synth side of things I will accept rock songs containing guitar, but the primary instrument must be a synth. Rush's mid-80's output is a good example, as is a lot of Van Halen stuff. I'm also accepting pop music here aswell but only if it is synth-driven; guitar-driven pop songs won't be eligible. On the electronic side a couple of tips: I find a lot of electronic music to be quite repetitive and I'm not fond of that, you'll do better to send songs with some variation in them. I'm a stickler for good production in general but especially so when it comes to electronica. Finally, I do like instrumental stuff but my favourite electronic albums generally feature vocals to some extent.

[bl5150]

Thanks Chad




Sorry David - missed that.  I have plenty of synth driven stuff with guitars too -  60/40 so I might run a song or two by you if in doubt.   

[splent]

I can't wait to hear the Kanye West Project

[Evermind]

I'm not colorblind as far as I know, but I have trouble distinguishing diamond, silver and pearl stars too. I can see the diamond one if I try hard enough, but the latter two are very similar. Still, it's going to be obvious when the silver or pearl star is awarded.

Re the aquamarine star , how are you defining "driven by pop" music.  To me "pop" = any sort of pop(ular) music that made Top 40 etc.....and when I was growing up that included hair metal 

A valiant effort my friend.   

[splent]

Is the pink star worth more than the bronze star?

[Bolsters]

I'm not colorblind as far as I know, but I have trouble distinguishing diamond, silver and pearl stars too. I can see the diamond one if I try hard enough, but the latter two are very similar. Still, it's going to be obvious when the silver or pearl star is awarded.

They look nothing alike to me. Perhaps your screen's contrast/brightness settings make them look more similar to you.

Is the pink star worth more than the bronze star?

Yes.

Blurry time the second.

[splent]

AWOL nation - Soul Man
gallowbraid - state of remembrance
bigbrested- beware of the doodle big
Anthriel - promised land
Bon Iver- skinny love
My song
Anne Von Tussle- come Hither and be Delivered
Galahad- dead on power line
Trail of Tears- Hades is bad
Levitre- bye bye gate

[Crow]

Hades is bad
bye bye gate

ok this is the best roulette and i'm kind of mad i got cut 

[Sacul]

I only know Skinny Love out of those 

[Evermind]

Trail of Murder - Shades of Art

[bl5150]

Trail of Murder - Shades of Art

Good get , although you have some insider knowledge.    Like you I got cock blocked by the host    , so had to think on my feet and went with a band I have used before.

[Evermind]

Trail of Murder - Shades of Art

Good get , although you have some insider knowledge.    Like you I got cock blocked by the host    , so had to think on my feet and went with a band I have used before.

What did you try to send? I went with Phantasma - Enter Dreamscape first.

[bl5150]

I went with a band called The Poodles  - woof !

[Evermind]

I went with a band called The Poodles  - woof !

Well I've heard Creator and Breaker (thanks to Chad) and it was not bad. I probably got the track name wrong but it's definitely "Something and Breaker".

[jingle.boy]

Trail of Murder - Shades of Art

Good get , although you have some insider knowledge.    Like you I got cock blocked by the host    , so had to think on my feet and went with a band I have used before.

What did you try to send? I went with Phantasma - Enter Dreamscape first.

Yeah... that would've been a big rock-block.  Was thinking that would be a great tune to send, and cover a couple of stars in one song.  Guess I'll scratch that one off.

[splent]

Hades is bad
bye bye gate

ok this is the best roulette and i'm kind of mad i got cut 

To add insult to injury, I think both of those songs are covered by big Kanye West project

[Train of Naught]

Hades is bad
bye bye gate

ok this is the best roulette and i'm kind of mad i got cut 

To add insult to injury, I think both of those songs are covered by big Kanye West project

I can confirm this. Don't wanna brag or anything but my cousin is the brother of The Big Kanye West Project's drummer, they played both of these songs as an encore when I was backstage at their latest tour.

[bl5150]

Hades Gate - Bye Bye Kanye would be better 

[Evermind]

Hades Gate - Bye Bye Kanye would be better 

Just realized I pegged your song as Cradle of Filth first.

[bl5150]

Hades Gate - Bye Bye Kanye would be better 

Just realized I pegged your song as Cradle of Filth first.

next round for my ballad star 

[Bolsters]

Hades Gate - Bye Bye Kanye would be better 

Just realized I pegged your song as Cradle of Filth first.

next round for my coal star 

[splent]

Hades Gate - Bye Bye Kanye would be better 

Kanyegate - The Yeezy Scandal (Ima Let Ya Finish Remix)

[Crow]

Kanye - TLOP v3.47121 beta

[Bolsters]

[Crow]

gallowbraid is a weird pick bcuz i would've though bolsters wouldn't like any kind of black metal at all 

[Sacul]

Anna Van Hausswolff - Come Wander with me & deliverance?

[Bolsters]

gallowbraid is a weird pick bcuz i would've though bolsters wouldn't like any kind of black metal at all 

The person who sent it noticed that Caladan Brood was on my banned list.

[Crow]

well fair enough then 

[splent]

OMG gallowbraid is actually a band?!?! I totally thought I was making that up 

[Bolsters]

well fair enough then 

You aren't wrong though, black metal isn't my thing. For one, the production is generally horrendous. Caladan Brood is one of a few anomolies where I like it somewhat despite it coming from a genre I don't listen to.

[splent]

AWOL nation - soul wars
Gallowbraid- splent is awesome for guessing our name even if he doesn't know our music
Pinterest Crunch- lip Noodle eye
Le mitre- not too Late

[senecadawg2]

OMG gallowbraid is actually a band?!?! I totally thought I was making that up 

I had you pegged as a big Gallowbraid fan 

[Bolsters]

As for results, they will more than likely be posted tomorrow. I'm still having a hard time deciding where a couple of these songs will rank, one of the songs I still haven't even got a grasp on at all yet and so it's been sitting firmly at the bottom of the ranking - I like to give the songs I like the least more listens though so they have a better chance to grow on me, but I can't see this particular song moving up at all.

I'm also putting a lot of thought into where the pink star cutoff will be. On one hand I want to be a little more generous with them than I was in my first roulette, but I don't want to be handing out five of them every round either. The way I choose to award the pink stars this round is important as I need to be consistant about how I award them throughout the roulette, and how I do so here will define how they are awarded for the remainder. Anyway, one or two of you will probably have rather positive writeups but no pink stars, I'm not just going to hand them out to everything I like, it matters to what degree I like something.

[Evermind]

Sounds like my song could be the one you didn't grasp.

[Train of Naught]

WTF.. The Big Kanye West Project is actually Pineforest Crunch? Damn you Shadow Ninja

Apparently there's black metal in the game? Maybe no coal star for me then