Welcome to my very first roulette!
After listening to pretty much nothing but Devin Townsend for most of this year, I am ready, eager, and slightly desperate to find some new music.
I figured since I’ve been on this place for close to 13 years, it’s about time I did one of these.
I’ve never hosted a roulette before, or even participated in one. But I've done my research and some stalking on the some of the recent roulettes, so hopefully I know what i'm doing.
This will not be a disaster. Because I said so.
FormatThe roulette will be structured like a 5-course meal. Consisting of:
1. Hors d’oeuvre
2. Appetizer
3. Salad
4. Main Course
5. Dessert
+ a Wine Pairing for each course.- Every course, you will submit two songs.
The first song, your
Main Entry, will be given a score 1-10
The other song will be your
Wine Pairing. Something to compliment your Main Entry. These songs will be given a score 1-5
The combined total of both scores will be your overall score for each round.
- To make this a little more interesting, I'm gonna have you submit your songs anonymously through a Google Form.
This form will be sent out to participants via DM at the start of each round. I’ll try to guess who submitted what during hangman.
If it matters to anyone, the Google form doesn’t require a Google account, or any personal information whatsoever. Totally anonymous.
If it ends up being a disaster, we’ll scrap that idea after round 1, and never speak of it again.
- Your songs do not have to be food-themed.
CoursesThe criteria for your Main Entry will be different each round, listed below.
Course 1 - Hors d’oeuvreSomething light to start off with
Give me a short, simple song
Any style
No instrumentals
4 minutes max
Course 2 - AppetizerSomething to whet my appetite
Give me a song with a bit more substance
Any style
No instrumentals
10 minutes max
Course 3 - SaladSomething natural and simple, like a salad
Give me something stripped-down, like an acoustic song or a piano ballad. Doesn’t have to be a ballad, but it must be something with minimal instrumentation
Instrumentals welcome, but not required
10 minutes max.
Course 4 - Main CourseThe pièce de résistance
Give me an epic
The song has to be one combined track. So, songs like SDOIT and The Whirlwind (both of which are obviously banned) that are considered one song or a suite but split up into multiple tracks are NOT eligible
No instrumentals
Minimum of 15 minutes, maximum of 40 minutes.
Course 5 - DessertThe finale. Something sweet to end the night
Give me a closing track from an album
Any style
No instrumentals
20 minutes max
The criteria for your Wine Pairing will be the same every round:Wine Pairing:Similar in style to your Main Entry
Can be from the same artist as your Main Entry, but doesn’t have to be
Instrumentals welcome, but not required
5 minutes max
SECRET MENUThere are 10 artists that are on the “Secret Menu”. These are artists that I know of, but do not know their music.
If you submit a song from one of these artists, you will receive an additional 3 points to your overall score for that round, even if I don’t like the song.
These artists will remain a secret until when/if they come up, but they are known on this forum.
Once an artist is revealed, they are banned from the rest of the game.
If both of your songs happen to be from artists on the secret menu, you still only get 3 bonus points for that round.
1. Ulver
2. Winger
3. Kamelot
4. IQ
5. Amorphis
6. Helloween
7. Joy Division
8. Thrice
9. Tori Amos
10. Wu-Tang Clan
TasteI’m open to literally anything. The whole point of this is to discover new music.
Most of what I listen to is prog and metal, but I’ll give anything a chance. I’m hoping people don’t just send more prog and metal. I’m intentionally keeping the criteria for some of these rounds pretty open to hopefully get a variety of music.
You've got a weird song you’ve been afraid to submit to other roulettes? Send it my way. Nothing is off limits, except for what’s on the banned list, and as long as it fits in the criteria for that round.
I don't mind harsh vocals.
I don’t mind poppy stuff.
I don’t mind extremely heavy stuff.
I don’t mind electronic music.
I don’t mind weird/ambient/experimental shit.
I don’t mind music in other languages.
I think Hamilton is overrated.
I am not allergic to anything.
I really don’t like olives. You send me anything with olives, I will send it back.
Participants:1. TAC
2. faizoff
3. jingle.boy
4. HOF
5. LithoJazzoSphere
6. Buddyhunter1
7. wolfking
8. lonestar
9. ariich
10. twosuitluke
11. Puppies
12. King Postwhore
13. Evermind
14. ProfessorPeart
15. Stadler
16. Sacul
17. romdrums
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