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Ugh; came to post my category but checked the others first and MJiggy already took it.
Will figure something else out shortly
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Itās availableā¦for a price
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Categories posted in this thread by end of day Friday.
Entries for each category to Pauwl (or myself for Pauwls category) by end of day 25th August.
Allow a few days for Pauwl to disseminate all the entries to the category hosts (it takes a while fo sho). Then likely a few days after that people can start their reveals as soon as they are ready. Ill post more around that stuff closer to the 25th though.
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Update on categories:
Category host name: NotBruceZ
Category: A cover where the performing artist is of a different biological sex than the original artist. In case of a band, consider the lead singer. In case the song has a featured artist, it is the main artist who counts.
Musical tastes: Very eclectic, but I tend to like music in my vocal range that I can sing along to. My favorite artist is Billy Joel. My favorite genre is 90ās non-grunge alternative, but I occasionally listen to songs recorded in the 1930s and I occasionally listen to current Top 40 radio.
Any other judging notes: I wonāt penalize anyone for a song I am very familiar with because I used to be a rabid collector of covers, but non-hits will win a tiebreaker. I prefer it when the cover artist puts their own spin on it instead of a note-for-note recreation.
Category host name: pyatnitski
Category: Jazz (or obv jazz influenced) or folk (or obv folk influenced).
For folk I mean anything credibly called folk music from anywhere in the world.
Musical tastes: Folk, jazz, improv, noise, bleeps/bloops, all sorts. Iāll give anything a listen once. I used to listen to loads of weirder indie stuff, but hardly ever do now. I love some classic rock/metal/pop, but am very ignorant about lots of that thanks to a youth spent as a music snob.
Any other judging notes: Iāll be lenient with the āinfluencedā parts, but I might want to see your working. I wanted this to just be jazz but I worry about jazzphobia. Because of that Iāll give jazz submissions a preference in tiebreakers, but if you send me Kenny G or something by [ jazz great everyone knows even if they hate jazz ] expect nothing.
Category host name: cassette
Category: A song with a great guitar riff, intro, or solo
Musical tastes: Rap, metal, punk, hardcore, alt country, beep boops, anything experimental, anything awesome or depressing or upbeat. No autotune or top 40ās please!
Any other judging notes: We all know guitars are the best instrument. Give me some finger picking, face shredding, or a sick riff. Try to pick something I might not have heard before.
Category host name: Pauwl
Category: A love song. Or song about love/relationships. I would prefer positive songs rather than lost love or unrequited love.
Musical tastes: Current music is mostly indie or what falls under that general umbrella. I despise most popular music of the 90ās. Post MP3s, I havenāt really followed pop music. Early 80ās and back, is wide open. Tons of cool stuff to discover.
Any other judging notes: Overly familiar songs will be punished. I donāt want over the top torch songs. If youāre thinking Whitney Houston, think again. Please, no cheese.
Category host name: skydiver8
Category: A song that is mostly about, invokes or heavily references a specific place. It doesnāt have to be happy or exotic, just interesting.
Musical tastes: Anything but screamy metal. Modern country-pop is probably gonna rank low, as well, but I highly doubt anyone would submit that anyway.
Any other judging notes: Since most of us are prisoners right now, letās travel via music! Note: When I travel, I like to get real. Sure, Iāll see the touristy stuff, but I also want to get to know the real people and food and soul of a place, even if itās not all good. Take that for what you will.
Category host name: eyebooger
Category: A 2017-2020 political song appropriate for the times we live in.
Musical tastes: Mostly modern rock (anything from folk to metal) and catchy pop. But it doesnāt have to be that. Alt-hip hop act Rizzle Kicks won my last category. The only genre that is a likely loser right out of the gate would be country.
Any other judging notes: Iām basically looking for the next generation Rage Against The Machine. It doesnāt have to be the same style of music as them, but I want the anger and/or the message to be clear.
Category host name: MJiggy
Category: A song from a movie, TV show, or video game soundtrack
Musical tastes Iāve made a reputation for myself (at least in my head) for liking popular music but I wouldnāt say thatās exactly accurate. I listen to some popular stuff but like a lot of alternative/indie rock, some hip hop, and just generally like being exposed to different genres of music although I definitely lean more towards ārockā these days.
Any other judging notes For this category I really donāt want songs that were commercial hits. They can be from popular pieces of work but I will dock points if I would be expected to already be familiar with the song. Iāve immensely enjoyed the soundtracks of several movies released over the past few years but I wonāt say which because people might pick them. Also they do not have to be in English; I donāt watch anime but I do sometimes like songs from it.
Category host name: Yuv
Category: A song that was released in 2020. I donāt listen to enough new music. I hope you young hip individuals can introduce me to music in the year of the pandemic
Any other judging notes: I wonāt specifically penalize highly known songs but tbh i donāt know many songs released this year to begin with
edit because never being understood is very depressing - I donāt actually care what genre you send. I donāt like Metal or Prog Rock as much, but that doesnāt mean you canāt send it
Category host name: seities
Category: A song with a scream. To expand, in a lot of punk hardcore you might say the singer is screaming every word. So that counts. But also, one long or short scream in the song counts. Iām not judging based on the scream itself.
Musical tastes: I generally lean more towards things on the faster/heavier side within the following genres: Rock/Punk/Metal/EDM/Rap. Anything from 90ās onwards is probably going to have a better chance a high ranking.
Any other judging notes: If itās overly familiar, there will be a penalty. Try and keep it under 8 minutes, and if I am liking a 3 minute song and an 8 minute song a comparable amount then I am going to rank the 3 minute song higher.
Some examples in case it helps:
Slint - Good Morning, Captain: https://youtu.be/J87vtrC_JBM?t=398 1 . The link should start you at about 6:38 of the song. The scream is central to a climactic end to the song.
Paint It Black - Greetings, Fellow Insomniacs: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_meLg1UW9EI 1 - Dude is pretty much screaming the whole song.
Tool - 4 degrees: https://youtu.be/8NGemR1cqZQ?t=213 2 - Clip should take you straight to 3:33 where Maynard belts out āLet meeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeā¦inā.
Really, even if there is just a 3 second scream in the song somewhere that has an impact, its going to work for the category.
Category host name: SwankyWilder
Category: It is documented that this summer is Hot as a Haddock - I would like anything featuring the word Hot, or itās derivatives, or anything Fish related
Musical tastes: Likes - pop in all its glorious forms - and my definition of pop is very wide. I do like a good tune obscured by noise. Dislikes - Jazz, Folk, Hard Rock, Metal apart from the bits of these I arbitrarily decide to like
Any other judging notes: Familiarity breeds contempt, except when it doesnāt
Category host name: Rivaldo
Category: a song with a yeah!! or many yeahs! in it. āohhsā and various other non-language vocalizations that are distinct from a scream will also work.
Musical tastes: Magic
Any other judging notes: I have my doubts, what if Iām wrong?
Waiting on: @CanadaMatt3004 @Nicholasp27 @LouisCyphre. I donāt think its going to matter if you guys need a bit more time since submissions arenāt til 25th, but by the end of the weekend at latest pls :-)
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Damn you @Rivaldo. Iāve got lots of "Uh!"s and "Oi!"s but no āYeah!ā just yet. Working on itā¦
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Never mind! I found a winner. Donāt relax the rules nowā¦
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Does it need ! or just a simple Yeah is enough?
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I almost included ohhhs and various other non-language vocalizations that are not screams. letās add that to my category, please
@seities can we edit that into my category? thx
@Yuv no exclamation necessary lol can be a less enthusiastic yeah
Edited!
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Category host name: Nicholasp27
Category: a haunting or hauntingly beautiful song; I donāt have an exact definition of this, so Iām open to what qualifies. Some songs that I think of are scalaās cover of creep, nancy Sinatraās bang bang from kill bill, mad world by Gary Jules and Amy Leeās listen to the rain.
Musical tastes: female over male singers; symphonic metal, alternative/hard rock, singer songwriter. I donāt usually like electronic/pop beats over the singing; prefer stripped down songs or just guitar/piano/drums/bass; for this category some ambiance or mood music is likely/expected, but it should be more behind the singer rather than on top of them.
Any other judging notes: Since this is open to interpretation, i will judge based on how I like the song much more than category fit. Of course, something like aquaās Barbie Girl is such a bad fit it would do horribly regardless of the song quality, so please do try to stick to the intention of the category.
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Category host name: CanadaMatt3004
Category: A symphonic piece of video game music. Iām looking for a piece of music played entirely by a symphony that has appeared in a video game at some time or another.
Musical tastes: Iāve been falling asleep nightly to the Crosscode soundtrack and I love it so much. Its not played by a symphony, so it wouldnāt count (and I wouldnt want you to submit it anyway) but for some inspiration - CrossCode (Original Game Soundtrack) - Album by Deniz Akbulut | Spotify
Any other judging notes: Iām pretty open to anything here. It doesnāt need to be obscure. Iāve listened to a lot of video game soundtracks over the years, but so long as its performed by a symphony you should be good.
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Is this like a known thing to eveeyone? I donāt feel like i have any knowledge of video game symphonic music
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I have zero knowledge of this type of music. You and I can compete for last ;)
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I feel like this is a really neat idea, but a bit niche for grab bag. I played a lot of games in my younger years but would 100% be googling for something to submit here.
Could we perhaps broaden the category to be a song that makes use of a symphonic instrument in some way? If that would still be appealing to you of course.
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Itās not hard to search youtube for the symphony version of your favorite video game music.
Much much easier than many of these categories to find options.
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What if you like music but donāt like video games?
AFAF
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Yeah, that would be easy, but that will only give me the music of my favorite video game, not my favorite symphonic music in a video game (which is not something I have).
Thatās why I asked if itās only me. If people actually have favorite pieces of music from video games then itās fine.
Which do you think is tougher? Perhaps that one needs to be broadened as well.
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Hmmmm, ok, let me think of a more broad way of approaching it.
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