Possibly going to miss all games today
I really want to be able to make it to Croatia - Portugal though, but it's gonna be a busy day.
I'd like to use this post to warn some people that the first and only cut-off point of the roulette will be after round 7. Everyone has 3 bonuses available and some of you haven't used a single one yet. So if you don't want to miss out on them you'll have to start using them soon. I've actually purpously missed out on a bonus point once because I think sending a great song is more important than following a certain theme
just for an extra point, so I do appreciate that, but if you want free points it is recommended.
I'll repeat the 6 available bonus themes here:
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Foreign lyrics: Songs with lyrics sung in anything but English and Dutch, I’ll allow Spanish. I’m technically Spanish but I don’t speak it as well or as frequently as the other two in my daily life, so it still has that foreign spark to me.
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Instrumental: This speaks for itself.
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World music: I think I have a soft spot for this kinda stuff, but it’s still a tough one, I also barely have any world music influenced stuff so yeah, help me find more.
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Songs with prominent brass/strings/woodwind inclusion: For this one I will allow synthesizers aswell as the actual instruments, I can often hear the difference pretty clearly, but it doesn’t take away from my enjoyment.
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Songs released in 2016: I’ve found lots of cool newly released stuff already, help me find more!
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Cover songs: There’s lots of great covers around, usually the ones I like best are the ones that really form their own identity. A great example is the Johny Cash cover of Hurt by NIN, and Metallica’s covers of Turn The Page and Astronomy by Bob Seger and Blue Öyster Cult respectively.
Note, the banned list applies to the band that’s covering the song, if it’s the other way around, I need to approve of it first, if I know the song or if I think it’s too similar to the original that I already know I will deny your song.
And this is where everyone's at:
- Parama: W/B/S, Foreign lyrics
- Bolsters: World music,
- Sacul: World music, 2016
- Elite: 2016,
- twosuitsluke: Instrumental, 2016
- Evermind: Foreign lyrics,
- Scorpion: Instrumental, Foreign lyrics
- Tomislav95: Foreign lyrics,
- 425: - splent: W/B/S,
- Shadow Ninja 2.0:- home: Instrumental, Cover
1 more bonus available: home, Scorpion, twosuitsluke, Sacul and Parama
2 more bonuses available: splent, Tomislav95, Evermind, Elite and Bolsters
All 3 bonuses available: 425 and Shadow Ninja
Correct me if I missed one.