ariich's DARK TO LIGHT roulette (v8) - Post-roulette updates (ongoing)

[ariich]

@Kade: 2 it is!

@Crow: 14 it is!

@Josh: You didn't even guess!

[King Puppies and the Acid Guppies]

Mine could be 8

[ariich]

9. It's very odd to be sent an artist that I myself have sent in other roulettes.

 

If that's ain't cheating, I don't know what is!

I don't get ariich's reasoning for allowing songs he's already familiar with. 

To clarify, I don't know these songs. But the artist has one EP that I like a lot (and have rated 4 stars) and have sent in a couple of other roulettes before. Usually when I rate am artist at least 4 stars at least once I do quite a dive into their other work but in this case I didn't really explore much for some reason.

In general though, yes unless I've been sent and positively reviewed a song in a previous roulette then as long as it's not on a banned album I'll accept it. If it's not on a banned album then I almost certainly don't know it well (or occasionally I do somewhat but was never drawn to check out the album), plus the multi song submissions mean I've never received a submission where I've already heard every song before so I'm always getting new stuff plus stuff I've not given much of a chance. I like having a clear rule when or comes to the banlist and this works really well.

[ariich]

Mine could be 8

It could indeed be!

Round 5 first impressions

1. I hear a lot of more recent acts in this, which leads to me to think this artist may have been more influential than I had previously appreciated.

[wolfking – Blessed By A Broken Heart] 2. Hair metal with metalcore vocals is a bit… actually you know what, it's a ton of fun.

3. Really loving the warm melancholy mood and some lovely playing in this.

[King – Joe Jackson] 4. The sound feels somewhat dated and the vocal style isn’t my favourite, but the music seems nice enough, with a slightly punky energy in some songs, to make it enjoyable anyway.

[HOF – The Clientele] 5. This was rather calming and relaxing - not much jumped out at me melodically, but it has a nice sound and a range of styles and tones.

[Buddy – Della Zyr] 6. This isn’t a style that tends to excite me, but this sounds pretty - I don’t really have a sense yet of how much I’ll end up liking it.

[lonestar – Atarashii Gakko!] 7. Started more understated and less off-the-wall than I expected, but gets more varied as it goes - it’s a lot of fun, and has some groove and nice hooks.

[Puppies – Kiss Kiss] 8. The dark theatricality to this was something I wasn’t particularly expecting and it works great - nice emotionality and strong hooks.

9. It's very odd to be sent an artist that I myself have sent in other roulettes.

10. This somewhat reminds me of my university days but funnily enough I’m more into this style than at any other point since then.

11. This was very nice stuff but I did still feel, at times, like I wanted to know where the vocals had gone.

12. So that genre I’ve seen some people banging on about lately, this is what it sounds like. It’s pretty cool.

[Evermind – Galahad] 13. Not sure what you were worried about, this is definitely up my alley - not the strongest production maybe but it’s still punchy and dramatic.

[Crow – Black Country, New Road] 14. This was elegant and attractive, though I didn’t love all the vocals and the songs maybe don’t develop as much as I might have liked.

15. The style is not dissimilar to other bands from that genre and era, but the music and sound are really lush and rich and had me hooked.

[jingle – Robert Plant] 16. This was a nice surprise - more varied than I expected and probably some of the most interesting stuff I’ve heard from this artist.

17. Rich, creative, varied and really interesting - even the simpler-sounding, more accessible songs have a lot going on in the instrumentation.

[faizoff – Coldplay] 18. I’m not sure this band will ever excite me, but there are some lovely vibes and nice surprises here.

19. It's that guitar noodling again! This is nice though, has a sort of mellow elegance to it.

[soupy – The Pierces] 20. This seems like incredibly attractive pop music with some folk rock influences - chance it could be a bit too safe but then the warmth and the melodies really are very nice.

[Glasser – Mr. Reality] 21. Slightly middle of the road perhaps? But nice melodies and especially nice vocal harmonising.

22. These are basically anthemic pop songs with more distorted guitars, and I'm here for it.

[TAC – Dark The Suns] 23. This is surely the least light submission in either of the light rounds, but I’ll allow because it is indeed pretty and energetic, which incidentally are also what I’m finding attractive about it.

[Litho – Haerts] 24. I love the sound of this - somewhat reminiscent of other things I like, with the poppy style contrasting nicely with some gorgeous melancholic hooks.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

@Josh: You didn't even guess!

No idea which it could be yet.  I'm waiting for a few other choices to be taken off the board, or to look at the list again a bit later and see if one starts striking me. 

[TAC]

@Josh: You didn't even guess!

No idea which it could be yet.  I'm waiting for a few other choices to be taken off the board, or to look at the list again a bit later and see if one starts striking me.

Oh take a guess, jeesh!

[ariich]

Or do what Crow does and narrow it down to half of them.

[Crow]

for what it's worth the vocals aren't really my style either but man sounds absolutely DISTRAUGHT and it just works

[ariich]

<insert usual disclaimer about first impressions being first impressions>

[TAC]

I'm sure it was just to throw us all off.

[Crow]

<insert usual disclaimer about first impressions being first impressions>

hell yeah! it got worse 

[LithoJazzoSphere]

@Josh: You didn't even guess!

No idea which it could be yet.  I'm waiting for a few other choices to be taken off the board, or to look at the list again a bit later and see if one starts striking me.

Oh take a guess, jeesh!

Or do what Crow does and narrow it down to half of them.

Yeah, I don't like doing that.  But it has narrowed some since first seeing it, so maybe #17, 24, 3, or 5. 

[faizoff]

18, 20 or 21?

[nick_z]

I'm going with 24...

24. I love the sound of this - somewhat reminiscent of other things I like, with the poppy style contrasting nicely with some gorgeous melancholic hooks.

[jingle.boy]

Surely Robert Plant is 16 - considering Joe has sent him in the past, and I’ve sent Zeppelin before.

[HOF]

Guessing 5 but hoping for 17.

[Evermind]

13?

[ariich]

Yeah, I don't like doing that.  But it has narrowed some since first seeing it, so maybe #17, 24, 3, or 5. 

Yep your 2nd choice, 24.

18, 20 or 21?

Yep 18.

I'm going with 24...

No, Litho has that one, although I did feel similarly about yours in fairness.

Guessing 5 but hoping for 17.

5 it is.

Surely Robert Plant is 16 - considering Joe has sent him in the past, and I’ve sent Zeppelin before.

13?

[soupytwist]

21 with a side order of 20?

[ariich]

21 with a side order of 20?

Sorry we're only selling sides today.

[ariich]

Also these are a bit late as I was in the office yesterday and out yesterday evening, but here are round 5's stats which look incredibly similar to the previous light round, but EVEN MORE TRACKS.

                         R1       R2       R3       R4       R5
Number of tracks:
Average                 3.4      3.9      3.5      3.3      4.0
Most                      6        6        5        5        6
Fewest                    1        2        1        1        2
Entries w/2-3 tracks     12        9       12       14        9
Entries w/4-5 tracks     10       14       12        9       13
Total tracks             81       93       84       79       95

Submission length:
Average               17:27    17:33    18:19    17:14    17:41
Longest               19:51    19:47    20:07    20:07    20:01
Shortest              11:57    11:52    14:41    08:22    12:14
Entries ≥19 mins          5        6       10        9        9
Total length        6:58:47  7:01:11  7:19:37  6:53:41  7:04:34
Ave. track length     05:10    04:32    05:14    05:14    04:28

Previous experience:
Artists I've heard        4        6        4        1        4
Artists I've rated        2        3        4        1        3

[ariich]

Also, here is the round 5 Spotify playlist for anyone who's interested in checking stuff out!

https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2qUHMQw9xB0JG9bHVxzRbQ?si=01fd1806c3114dd4

[Glasser]

21

[ariich]

21

Yes indeedy.

[Glasser]

I just sent round 6. Thanks Rich!

[ariich]

I just sent round 6. Thanks Rich!

[soupytwist]

21 with a side order of 20?

Sorry we're only selling sides today.

 

[jingle.boy]

Just perused thru the playlist, and man alive.  @ Tim/Victor/Kade... obvious penalty on the play that the ref kindly overlooked.  Holy crap - that's some impressive level cheating.   

[nick_z]

I'm going with 24...

No, Litho has that one, although I did feel similarly about yours in fairness.

Hoping for 3, then?

[wolfking]

Just perused thru the playlist, and man alive.  @ Tim/Victor/Kade... obvious penalty on the play that the ref kindly overlooked.  Holy crap - that's some impressive level cheating.   

Huh?

[twosuitsluke]

Just perused thru the playlist, and man alive.  @ Tim/Victor/Kade... obvious penalty on the play that the ref kindly overlooked.  Holy crap - that's some impressive level cheating.   

Huh?

This I assume…

[Lonk]

Just perused thru the playlist, and man alive.  @ Tim/Victor/Kade... obvious penalty on the play that the ref kindly overlooked.  Holy crap - that's some impressive level cheating.   

To be fair, my initial submission was rejected since he already knew it, so I put something together quickly.

[ariich]

Kade's is considerably lighter than any of his heavy or open submissions.

Tim's is the only one that was borderline.

[twosuitsluke]

Tim's is the only one that was borderline.

Tim is borderline many things, you’ll have to narrow it down 

[TAC]

Tim's is the only one that was borderline.

Tim is borderline many things, you’ll have to narrow it down 

Besides, Ariich said mine was pretty.