All categories are submitted and in this post. Contestants can use it as a reference and template if they want to. You can easily send all these entries to me by clicking my name in this post. You will get an option to message me, and it will use this post to do so. Then you can just go through and add all your submissions. Remember - manually remove my category from the end and send that to SwankyWilder.
Let me know if this is unclear or I can make it easier somehow. End of day Sunday the 26th of April will be the deadline for submissions. Try to give youtube links or something else people can access without needing an account.
We can allow 2 weeks for all the reveals to happen from that point. I will make a separate reveal thread of course. Try to give youtube links or something else people can access without needing an account.
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Category host name: eyebooger
Category: A song from a band/artist where live right now
Musical tastes: Modern rock of all types and catchy pop. Other stuff can work, but is pretty risky.
Any other judging notes: For “where you are right now”, let’s say any sensible area of like 1 to 5 million people. If you live in Boston, you don’t get to pick a band from Las Vegas because they are both in the US. There are plenty of artists in eastern Massachusetts.
Also, I’d much rather h…
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Category host name: miliboo
Category: An electronic dance track that makes me wanna hit the 'floor.
Musical tastes: Fairly mainstream Brit rock, britpop etc, hardhouse, trance, techno, drum n bass.
Any other judging notes: Will not punish submissions that are >5mins long!
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Category host name: suzzer99
Category: Songs have a cool twist at the end, like last minute or so, which doesn’t appear in the rest of the song. Rather than try too hard to explain this I have provided two examples below.
Musical tastes: Everything - as long as it moves my butt around in the chair. That’s my only requirement.
Any other judging notes: The more anthemic the better.
[Midnight Oil - The Dead Heart]
This one’s kinda subtle but I really like the synchronized guitar ri…
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Category host name: ChrisV
Category: Something that evokes a sense of loss, regret or wistfulness. There’s a broad one for you.
Musical tastes: Broad, but dubious choices include punk, opera, classical, metal with growled vocals, bluegrass, mainstream country.
Any other judging notes: Well-known or dull choices are likely to finish mid-table. “Dull” is best defined by something like the Foo Fighters, I like them fine but they’re middle of the road rock with a lot of radio airplay. I’m not ver…
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Category host name : skydiver8
Category : an uplifting song about life, personal growth, etc., preferably by a male artist/group, but that isn’t required. (finding songs by female artists in this category is easy)
Musical tastes : Easier to say what I dislike: modern country-pop, mumble rap, and screamer metal. Pretty much anything else is fair game.
Any other judging notes : I will throw your submission in the bin if it’s blatantly racist or misogynistic. I won’t dock points for a female art…
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Category host name : SwankyWilder
Category : Debut single.
Musical tastes : All over the place - Pretty much anything that isn’t Stadium Rock and Jazz. My favourite thing is discovering new bands/Artists and seeing them at small clubs before they hit big/disappear without trace. I did once see have a run of live gigs that went Yellowman, The Spice Girls, MC5, Jim Jones review, so hope that narrows it down a bit
Any other judging notes : A great debut single doesn’t necessarily mean a great …
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Category host name : jalfrezi
Category : A track which includes any instrument that isn’t a guitar, keyboards or drums (or voice)
Musical tastes : Make me feel something, but it’s easier to say what not to submit - ABC music of any genre (eg that means 99% of metal), stadium rock apart from a few of the 70s giants, tepid 80’s jazz/funk, boy/girl bands, C&W, Autotune, that 80’s keyboard/drum machine sound, bongos, virtuosity for the sake of it, singers who sound like massive wankers (aka Mor…
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Category host name : pyatnitski
Category : A track that obviously uses repetition. A track that obviously uses repetition. A track that obviously uses repetition.
Musical tastes : From my Walrus:
My musical history is that, mesmerised by The Velvet Underground’s White Light/White Heat at age 13, I quickly disappeared down a noisy/avant-garde rock hole. I then slowly dragged myself out via (largely) jazz, folk and ‘the classics’ in my 20s, but have then listened to all sorts this past decade …
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I’m new to the booming industry of Walrus, so I hope the category is inline with the spirit of the game. Let me know if it needs tweaking.
Category host name : Yuv
Category : Humor. A song you actually like and find funny/humorous/witty. It can be just one line you think is amusing, it could be comedy music. Hell, it could be a funny composition if you’re into that. It just have to be intentionally funny and not “It’s funny cause it’s terrible and she can’t sing”.
Musical tastes : I’m kinda a…
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Category host name: Pauwl
Category: Songs that invoke dreamlike thoughts. Dream Pop or New Wave, No Wave, Dark Wave, Psychedelic, Proto-punk etc.
Musical tastes: I do not like most modern pop, metal, hard rock, punk, country, rap, and R&B. I listen to very specific artists in all those categories but I wouldn’t go there. Modern music I like would mostly fall under indie rock. I love all kinds of weird genres from the past and discovering new ones.
Any other judging notes: Overly familiar song…
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Category host name: Canadamatt3004
Category: Female fronted rock groups
Musical tastes: Check out my prior Walrus for some ideas. I am looking mostly for non radio play singles, since I know most of that shit. Prefer more recent to older since it’s hard to find chick rock from the 60s and 70s I’m not familiar with.
Any other judging notes: Sticking to rock for this category obviously. For sure there are some great groups fronted by females in other genres, but that’s not what I’m looking for …
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Category host name: Louis Cyphre
Category: A song that hypes you up. It can be one that gets your adrenaline flowing, a work-out song, something that gets you dancing etc.
Musical tastes: I mainly listen to rock and metal (from vanilla to extreme) and their siblings, cousins and bastards. I also listen to pop, hip-hop, some classic, a tiny bit of opera and I can generally find something I like in most genres.
Basically no-hoper genres: hardcore techno/gabber, Operetta
Dubious genres: Elec…
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Category host name: Nicholasp27
Category: A song from one of your favorite artists that I probably haven’t heard music from.
Musical tastes: Symphonic Metal/Rock (Epica, Nightwish, Evanescence, System of a Down), Singer-Songwriter (Jason Mraz, Cat Stevens, Of Monsters and Men, Mumford, Passenger, Ben Caplan), Alternative/Hard Rock (Live, Pearl Jam, Disturbed, Linkin Park), 80s/90s Rap (OutKast, DMX, No Limit, Eminem, Slick Rick, Beastie Boys), Classic Rock (Pink Floyd, Queen, Eagles, Zeppelin)…
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Category host name: seities
Category: Animal. The artist name could be an animal. The title could be an animal. There could be the name of any animal in the track. The word “animal” itself also counts.
Musical tastes: I always find this difficult. But if I had leanings in any direction its probably faster/harder/grittier. Apply that loosely to rap/punk hardcore/rock/metal/EDM. With that said I have awarded the number one spot to songs which would be the opposite of that, so you are still to…
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