October Contest : Voting

[selfconstruct]

Here it is

01. SpeaK - This Thing Looks Weird
02. Watto - The Seventh Ditty
03. Splynter - House on the hill
04. DMast - Speechless
05. Traveler - Eventide to Slumber
06. Oursvince - [? #10] Perdue
07. Niko - [? #08] Long walk
08. Scoops - Cantaloupe Massacre
09. (djwglpuppy) David K Roberts - Solice
10. freeztar - sneaky

[~beowulf~]

Ehm.. Better post it before I decide to organise it otherwise.. There were exactly 26 tracks before cleanup..

I find these 10 tunes the most "touching". I feel terrible for not putting some of the others, but you all know the rules..


1. Oursvince - Perdue
2. SelfConstruct - Ochre
3. Splynter (sp0rk) - House On The Hill
4. dwjglpuppy - Solice
5. RobledoSilva - The Rain Of Flipping Coins
6. d'Mast - Speechless
7. David Berry (daveb63) - State Of Mind
8. Arglebargle - Ground Zero
9. xander - The Cat
10. VicDiesel - Ma Follia


Thank You all. It was a pleasure to listen to.

[freeztar]

1. Nils_B
2. spork
3. selfconstruct
4. farlukar
5. glooper
6. 1-2-many
7. zombie queen
8. spaceman
9. watto
10. thomkk

[Unfocused]

Wow! One of the best months ever! Let me put some votes in before they change again…

• 1. Arglebargle - Ground Zero (Powerful. Polished. Perfect.)
  2. Cyrosis - Eventide to Slumber ("Music is the cup that holds silence." This is good—grabs me in a way I don't quite understand…)
  3. selfconstruct - Ochre (An fairly executed, brilliant idea. Love it!)
  4. Scoops - Cantaloupe Massacre (Great chops and production as always. The keyboard solos are a new wrinkle for you (I think), and I love the Brian May-ish impression at the end, but the composition is standard fare).
  5. satYatunes - Shadows (Great atmosphere. Well produced)
  6. Zombie Queen - Mute Ant Stomp (Most creative piece here, and fun too!)
  7. Eric Bourne - Errors (Love the vibe, love the sounds. Nice work.)
  8. ccollinsmith - Out of Leftfield (More nice work. Kind of reminds me of Japan meets Mouse on Mars. "Brevity is the soul of wit.")
  9. oursvince - Perdue (I've been listening to a lot of stuff like this lately—I wish I could play like this. It could use some development, but is very satisfying nonetheless.)
  10. nikp2000 - cowtown parade (How could I not love this song?—I live in Columbus. I really like one the guitar comes in prominently about halfway through, but was a bit annoyed by the main melody keyboard sound that started the song off—too "harsh" sounding to my ears for this piece.)

HMs to everyone, but especially to: watto, jamesfraser, lubi, VicDiesel, Barnadine, Glooper, spaceman, and Ixox.



-u

[rockstar_not]

1. Nils Bergholz - Poor Mr. Mel Ancholy
2. Watto - The Seventh Ditty
3. SelfConstruct - Ochre
4. Glooper - Funkay Instrumental
5. VicDiesel - Ma Folia
6. Peppy197 - Blue Scatter C90
7. Scoops - Cantaloupe Massacre
8. Beardedone - Sacred Cowboys
9. Donkey Tugger - Coc
10. Jazzyspoon - Brontosaurus Syrup

-Scott

[Cyrosis]

1. Watto - The Seventh Ditty
2. satYatunes - Shadows
3. oursvince - Perdue
4. ccollinsmith - Out of Leftfield
5. robledosilva - The Rain Of Flipping Coins
6. Sepheritoh - The Lonely Princess
7. ZachBG - Too Much Acid in the Inertial Dampers
8. sp0rk - House on the Hill
9. VicDiesel - Ma Follia
10. Scoops - Cantaloupe Massacre

Best of luck to everyone, all 80 of you

[Jonny Quest]

My votes, dear reader:

1. Self Construct - Ochre : warm and outstanding!

2.. Oursvince - Perdue : simple is the new sublime. A delightful lullaby marked by skill and restraint.

3. Traveler - Eventide to Slumber : if Erik Satie composed in the jazz age, could sound like this.

4. Splynter - House On The Hill : now all it needs is a movie. Very well done

5. Vic Diesel - Ma Folia : glad people still make music like this. magical

6. Niko - Long Walk : cool, too cool for school groove. Sinister.

7. Max el Belga - Moos opening : i hear satriani, beck, holldsworth and chick corea. Great playing on tight track.

8. Xander - The Cat : it has teeth and paws, fun and well produced, with great attention to detail.

9. Streifentier - Night of The Hunt : Moody, dark with fascinating blend of sounds.

10. Hovmod - FireRock : raw and pure, the heart of rock and roll

## ?? Ten was not enough this month. Congrats to all.

Peace,

Jonny

[satYatunes]

here are my picks:
1. jbone32water - BRONTOSAURUS SYRUP
2. Jeebs Fat - I'm You. I'm Your Shadow.
3. Unfocused - Obscured adagio
4. Cyrosis - Eventide to Slumber
5. Marc JX8P - When Voices Fade Away...
6. kara - Far from the beach
7. kundara - serving_eubs
8. Watto - The Seventh Ditty
9. peppy197 - BLUE SCATTER C90
10.offthewall - Tune for June

HMs - Everyone else...

[mellotronaut]

Finally.....my list:

1) Scoops: Some of our guitar-heroes should listen to this.....they could avoid some wee-wee.

2) Zombie Queen: Unique, original and fresh!

3) Streifentier: 21st century punk dog man!

4) Vic Diesel: Different Folias from once upon a time!

5) Splynter: The Atmo-King!

6) Barnadine: Unique, rough and strong!

7) Arglebargle: Splendid Perfection!

Beardedone: Noodles!

9) Oursvince: The Beauty Experience!

10) Thomekk: A gift...you never know, what he's doing next....!

(Karinauta's top 10: Splynter, Streifentier, Barnadine, Oursvince, Scoops, David Berry, Arglebargle, Papatomany, Alex, Farlukar....she was listening the whole time with me.....).

Further observations:

There was no weak track..so hms to all the others!

When i listen to all the songs one after another, it's a totally different listening compared to the reviewer's first listen: some stay on top, some grow, some lose a bit.....strange experience.... .

Have a nice time!

Melloexvoto

[Nils_B]

Here is my list :

1 funkylime -brainboxing woes (Great ! Grooves. Nice haunting sounds. Very diversified.)

2 watto - the seventh ditty (Easy, optimistic. The 7/8 time signature has got drive)

3 Traveler - Eventide to Slumber (score for a opening sequence of a sad movie - autumn - deep - piano sounds great.)

4 The Genovese Effect - Im you Im your shadow. (mysterious - beautiful theme, great drums, fade-out might have been made better...)

5 VicDiesel - Ma Follia (Competent playing. Great harmonies.)

6 sonic ensemble - the disappearance of sergej goodwin (Unsettling dark atmosphere. Great mandoline theme. Nice pattern-mix)

7 Selfconstruct - Ochre (Great theme. Middle section is too diffuse for my taste. Dirty sound fits.)

8 Barnadine - Canario ( Powerful frame, fragile melodies, film music )

9 Arglebargle - GroundZero (Good production, fat guitar sound )

10 donkeyt - coc (Laid-back stuff. Bassline could be better here and there. Nevertheless : Nice)


Thanks ! Now there are some more great melodies in my head...
Nils

[Max el Belga]

Here are the happy few :

1 Oddbods (gold)finger - Le super monkey
2 Rockstar (osmosis)not - Novox
3 Core - Instrumental (no vocals !)
4 Watto - The seventh ditty (Watt dittya say ?)
5 Arglebargle - Ground zero (grumblemumble)
6 Xander - The cat (Lyl - The dog that eats the cat)
7 dMast - Speechless (golly, push the mute button once more... )
8 David Farquharson - Expanding universe (and contest)
9 DiceBox - Kate's cheese sandwich (for Mello with a slice of banana)
10 Selfconstruct - Ochre (I've got a great idea to add an extra guitar line... )

I selected, the only way I thought possible, without starting to hate all of you : like record companies do (in a quicky).
I had to be severe; there is just too much quality (also in production, wow).
I have not enough time ! Every day I try to spend the max in being lazy, without hurting myself...

I'll pick, at hazard, one of the many names that were nominated for the top-10 : Max el Belga, just to show you what kind of ammo didn't make it !

My wishes to you, for next month : brake a leg (make that 2) and get a flu !!! All of you...

Max el Workaholic... .. .

[d'Mast]

My favorites:

1. Watto - The Seventh Ditty
2. Nils Bergholz - Poor Mr. Mel Ancholy
3. Streifentier - Night Of The Hunt
4. Roble Do Silva - The Rain Of Flipping Coins
5. Ixox - Snake Dance
6. Bearded One - Sacred Cowboys
7. Arglebargle - Ground Zero
8. Core - Instrumental
9. Satyatunes Shadows - Antardhyan
10. The Genovese Effect - Im you Im Your Shadow

How much creativity this month, keep the good work up!

[_niko_]

Ok, have to vote now, before my top ten changes again:

1.Thomekk (sonic_ensemble) - the disappearance of sergej goodwin
2. Selfconstruct - Ochre
3. Scoops - Cantaloupe Massacre
4. Oursvince - Perdue
5. Donkey Tugger - COC
6. Zombie Queen - Mute-Ant Stomp
7. Kara - Far from the beach
8. Barnadine - Canario
9. Nils_B - Mr Mel Ancholy
10. Max El Belga - Moos opening

No hms, this month, there were many other tracks, that would have deserved a vote, so congrats to all!

[spaceman]

here you go.. I'd probably make a different list tomorrow but
this is my choice today

1- ccollinsmith - out of leftfield
2- selfconstruct - ochre
3- arglebargle - ground zero
4- core - instrumental
5- markleford - barbiturate
6- papatomany - the widow's rocking chair
7- donkey tugger - coc
8- oursvince - perdue
9- funky lime - brainboxing woes
10- barnadine - canario

[VicDiesel]

Ordering the short list I come (at this moment) to:

1. Xvox - Dunks

2. Ixox - Snake Dance

3. Watto - The Seventh Ditty

4. Duncan Parsons - Say What?

5. Tau Muon - Giant Mushroom Stampede

6. Mellotronaut - Driving with mom

7. Unfocused - Obscured Adagio

8. James Fraser - Tune for June

9. Nils Bergholz - Poor mr Mel Ancholy

10. Zombie Queen - Mute Ant Stomp

Which means that honourable mentions go to:

Jazzyspoon - Brontosaurus syrup

Beardedone - Sacred Cowboys

Patrick9 - Banish Misfortune

Matt Cooksey - Dogbass