HR Songwriting Contest #2 - Vote Now!

[ido1957]

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12 Entries are in so it's time to pick your favorite.
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I'm putting the OP here in so people can see still access the entry links while voting.

Here's the rules for voting and I'll keep it simple....
- voting is anonymous
- one vote per
- family, friends, enemies, pets, can all vote
- encourage people to join so they can vote
- this is a popularity contest; we're looking for the most popular song

Voting will last until next Friday night or however close the poll can get to that.

Winner(s) will be declared when the poll closes.

Vote early and vote often!

Okay, I'm tired of waiting and the mods are probably fed up with the last one and all that so I'm starting one here. Here's the rules and I'll keep it simple....

We get 12 options in a Poll so the first 12 posts in this thread with links go on the Poll in a new thread which I will create .

Then I give it a few days for everyone to vote in the Poll. I'm not waiting a month to see who wins. If we only get 5 votes so be it. If we have a 12 way tie then everyone's a winner. Post the victory in your sig if you like. I got no prizes - this is all for recognition/prestige unless someone feels like chucking in something for the winner - they can arrange shipping and handling. So vote early and vote often.

Private Poll so we can't see who votes for who - so nobody has to vote for their friend if they like a different song. If Chater La wants to decide who's aliasing that's fine. I don't care if you get all your family and pets to sign up to vote for you.

I'll close the thread after a few days then the winner is declared PDQ.

I'm entering this one too so the first 11 slots get on the poll. I'll do everything as quick as I can so we don't get too bored waiting.

Please don't PM me unless you want to pay me money for doing this!

And if you don't like the rules - start your own damn contest

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This coming Monday (May 2, 2011) marks a week for submissions. I'll give everybody the weekend to finish up any songs they want to submit then I'll close submissions - even if we don't have the full 12. Then we'll get on with a quick vote and declare the winner(s).
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Edit - Adding up here as I see them come in, so they are in one convenient spot to listen
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Track Rat - Just Another Lie
Just Anothern Lie by Track Rat on SoundCloud - Create, record and share your sounds for free

ido1957 - Overtime
http://www.lightningmp3.com/live/file.php?id=27479

beezelbubba - A Cold Empty Place
A Cold Empty Place

gecko zzed - House
http://www.box.net/shared/lttcta35bc

supercreep - A Measure of Salt

Armistice - Damaged
Damaged (320 download version) or
Damaged (128 Soundcloud version)

VomitHatSteve -Arrival (Part 4 of a series on interstellar colonization)
MP3 | FLAC

crazydoc - Bullshit Bible Blues
Bullshit Bible Blues

heatmiser - ode to the clinic
SoundClick: ode to the clinic

fat_fleet - The Cookie Crumbles
The Cookie Crumbles

mjhamil - Tomorrow's Just Another Day
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=4588249

rayc - HAEMOPHILLIAC HEROES
MEGAUPLOAD - The leading online storage and file delivery service for the 320 MP3 &
http://www.megaupload.com/?d=WKWTO665 for the FLAC.
http://www.soundclick.com/player/single_player.cfm?q=hi&songID=10589061

 

[ido1957]

Sorry JoeyM, You were #13 so I couldn't include you - not enough poll entries... Damn rules eh? Next time man!

 

[ido1957]

Okay so This poll will close on 05-08-2011 at 11:41 (Next Sunday), a bit longer than I wanted but it gives the weekend only guys time to drop by and vote.

 

[Track Rat]

My vote hath been cast.

 

[mshilarious]

Your spamming is obnoxious.

 

[ido1957]

Your spamming is obnoxious.

Hey - get your own contest!

It serves it's purpose and obviously got your attention.

That spam will remain visible on the not so frequented boards as a lasting reminder to vote...

Now exercise your rights and vote!

 

[MOFO Pro]

I just cast my anonymous vote...


... for SuperCreep Pretty original, in a very uncomfortably catchy way

 

[joeym]

Sorry JoeyM, You were #13 so I couldn't include you - not enough poll entries... Damn rules eh? Next time man!

No hassle Gerry, I'll enter the song next time....I voted anyway.

 

[rayc]

Not as wide a range of eccentricity as the previous but a good listen anyway - another CD full of HR quality and wonderwalling.
Enjoyed it heaps.
I think I left a comment for everyone's piece on the other thread.
Thanks all!

 

[moresound]

I'm going to hold off and vote towards the end of the contest ... just in case there is a tie.

 

[moresound]

Wait ..... the only way to see the voting results is to vote?

 

[guitaristic]

Wait ..... the only way to see the voting results is to vote?

Nah, just click on "view results"!

 

[VomitHatSteve]

Wait ..... the only way to see the voting results is to vote?

If you're not logged in, you see the results too.

Comments per song:
Just Another Lie - I like it! Has kind of a TMBG meets the Smiths vibe to it.
Overtime - A solid example of southern blues rock. Unfortunately, that is a really boring genre to me.
A Cold Empty Place - Chord progression and melody still sound a little bit like Alice Cooper's "Steven". Interesting vocal tone.
House - Lovely and soothing. Slide guitar is one of those instruments that just grates on me though.
A Measure of Salt - Nice song!
Damaged - I like the acoustic. Good tone there. The song's catchy too.
Arrival - Pure brilliance! Clear winner there!
Bulls*** Bible Blues - A 12-bar blues song? You've got an uphill battle getting me to like it, I'm afraid. Insulting my intelligence doesn't help either. (OK, the "good for nothing 'cause they give it to you free" line was pretty clever.)
Ode to the Clinic - Awesome! Really unique.
The Cookie Crumbles - That is... very long. I like the sonic landscapes though. Good ambient.
Tomorrow's Just Another Day - Decent bluesy jam.
Hemophilliac Heroes - Very David Bowie sounding. Cool stuff.

 

[moresound]

Oh! Thanks Vomit - logging off now.

 

[arcadeko]

So is this contest just for the songwriting aspect of it? Or are we supposed to take in account the whole production/recording/performance/mixing? I mean it's in the song writing forum and its called a songwriting contest... it doesn't really say -

Is it just what song we like best - or what song we thing was done most professionally?

 

[bigtom]

So is this contest just for the songwriting aspect of it? Or are we supposed to take in account the whole production/recording/performance/mixing? I mean it's in the song writing forum and its called a songwriting contest... it doesn't really say -

Is it just what song we like best - or what song we thing was done most professionally?

He said it was a popularity contest.

 

[j.harv]

Im really liking Supercreeps song.
Very STP indeed!

 

[Armistice]

So is this contest just for the songwriting aspect of it? Or are we supposed to take in account the whole production/recording/performance/mixing? I mean it's in the song writing forum and its called a songwriting contest... it doesn't really say -

Is it just what song we like best - or what song we thing was done most professionally?

You can sum all this up by just picking the song with the most acoustic guitars, I think.....

 

[chris in indy]

I voted ............ but nobody knows but me. By the way, nice work all of you. Great group.

 

[ido1957]

Merriam Webster Site:
popular [ˈpɒpjʊlə]
adj
1. appealing to the general public; widely favoured or admired
2. favoured by an individual or limited group "I'm not very popular with her"
3. connected with, representing, or prevailing among the general public; common popular discontent
4. appealing to or comprehensible to the layman "a popular lecture on physics"

popular
adjective
1. well-liked, liked, favoured, celebrated, in, accepted, favourite, famous, approved, in favour, fashionable, in demand, sought-after, fave (informal) This is the most popular game ever devised.