Walrus Grab Bag 6 - Sign Up and Categories

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Category host name: Yuv

Category: New song. Send a song you’ve never heard until the moment of reading this post.

Category definitions:
To me the best part about Walrus is finding new music. If it’s by listening to other entries, listening to your own category or researching others.
It could be a completely new artist for you or one you are familir with but a song you were not.

Musical tastes: i tend to like stuff with some “groove” more, but not necessarily. Avoid things appear grandiose. No symphonic metal, no progressive rock. Also if the time stamp is super unique it will be lost on me cause i’m dumb.

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Not only is it possible, it’s damn well necessary.

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Excellent category idea.

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It’s your call of course - just wanted to mention that people who have run “worst of” categories before have generally not enjoyed themselves. You’re kinda asking music lovers to find music they really didn’t like, and then you have to listen to it all.

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+infinity

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Yeah. Gonna rethink it.

EDIT:

Category host name: superuberbob

Category: Guitarless rock bands. Two conditions must be met to fit this category

  1. The band must not have a guitarist employed as a member
  2. The song that you pick from that band must not use a guitar (bass okay though). So a normally guitarless band featuring a guest guitarist would not count.

Musical tastes: The topic restricts you to rock music and my music tastes skew towards rock. I honestly don’t know how many guitarless rock bands there are and how much music they’ve produced. I can’t think of one off the top of my head and I’m curious to see what you find.

Any other judging notes: I assume most of what I get is going to be obscure and unknown to me since a guitar is considered an essential tool of a popular rock band. So I doubt it’ll play a role in evaluating the best of the group.

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Category host name: seities

Category: Find me a new Rap or EDM song!

note - below is an edited category description which hopefully is more clear than the original.

I have listened to a lot of Rap and “Hard” EDM this year. I would like to find a new song I like from one of those genres. I will list some examples of songs I like below as a guide. So just try to submit something that you think I might like, based on these examples :slight_smile:

Musical tastes:

Rap

I’m going to try and give examples that have been posted previously in Walrus (by me or someone else):

I correctly won a category judged by Louis with this: https://youtu.be/FSYvr7L1HqY
Yuv submitted this song that won a category of mine (I had not heard it before): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lr32uP5ZPBY
I think it was Swanky who posted this absolute banger in a Walrus gone by: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blJyX82m8iA
I (correctly again) won a Louis category with this one: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fnlJw9H0xAM&list=PLlHv2_0xmZFT_q7w3X5iobi5rd-oUGpI4

Generally I think I am just looking for a good, catchy flow. More recent artists like Kendrick, Drake, Travis Scott, etc are usually far more miss than hit from me.

Hard EDM

I’m not entirely sure “Hard” is the best categorization of my EDM preferences but its difficult for me to find a better term.

I was incorrectly not given 1st by someone (I think Pyat) when I submitted this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gkexA9cYAds
Same again with this: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oRSijEW_cDM
I did well in a miliboo category with this, but of course should have won: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fRVD1LV4Fdk
Other bands that play in a similar space that I have been listening to a lot of: Hyper, BT (thanks, Skydiver8), Blanck Mass, The Prodigy

I don’t know enough about EDM composition to describe the commonalities too well - probably just that they have driving beats, dark or atmospheric qualities, and for me its stuff that helps me get into flow.

Any other judging notes: I’m going to penalize stuff that is quite well known. Please don’t submit anything by artists I listed above - it won’t be new to me.

If you think this category is going to be difficult just let me know. I really would prefer to make a few adjustments that would make finding a submission more enjoyable than hold fast to these arbitrary requirements.

*edit to add - if anyone wants to essentially copy my category but substitute with your own genres and examples, feel free!

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I don’t think it’s “difficult”, but I’m not sure I understand it. Do you want something of a similar style to those, or looking for something outside of those to add to your tastes?

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Thanks for the feedback.

I would like something of a similar style to those songs I listed.

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So we have to “triangulate” a song based on the songs you listed?

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Is a bass guitar allowed?

Most electronic bands at least slappa da bass a bit.

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Oh hai Pauwl! I’ve edited the category description now. Is that more clear?

No fancy triangles needed this time!

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Pyat can have my spot. I retired then forgot

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since i don’t know what hard edm is, you asked for a rap song. on it.

edited for others to avoid confusion:

Category host name: seities

Category: rap song

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I thought the same, but if you click his EDM examples, it’s doable IMO.

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You’re doable, you beautiful whiskered beast.

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Yeah.

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Category host name: Pauwl

Category: A soundtrack song

Category definitions:
It could be from a movie but doesn’t have to be. Just something that you can picture being in a movie or playing during a scene in your life even.

Musical tastes: I tend to focus on how songs make me feel rather than focusing on lyrics. I like songs where a certain part will make me throw my arms back like the Cristo, tilt my chin up and close my eyes. Or songs that build a sense of tension and make it seem like something bad is going to happen. Like in a movie soundtrack. :slight_smile:

Any other judging notes: Really popular songs will be judged harshly. I play Walrus to learn new music not to rank the mega hits.

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Replying to give this an extra :hearts:

I’ve been thinking about a category for a while - but I was actually thinking of describing a scene that is taking place, and then the contestants submit a song to be on in the background.

Yours is an even better version - more flexible and captures the essence of the category really well. It’s going to be hard to choose which song I want to submit!

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Can’t believe that topic has never been done