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Scoops · Post by **Scoops** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 12:09 pm

Voting
Vote for your Top 10 faves, in order (most-favorite = #1, proceed downward).

Voting ends at 11:59 PM Wednsday January 31st.

No voting for yourself. Voters must have had 20 prior posts, or at least have participated in the contest this month.

You must participate in voting to win prizes!

Thanks and Good Luck

Scoops

mellotronaut · Post by **mellotronaut** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 3:56 pm

Short&Sweet

1) Max el Bonobo
2) Zeoy feat. Natrix and triptrop
3) 1-2-Many and the vocal-explosion
4) Niko the Berserk
5) Streifentier in the dark
6) Oddbods drummachine poppies
7) rsm 7 und die Kichererbszwerge

Markleford jones the dave to bowie
9) Rachmiel in the Norwegian woods
10)Kara moves to holy ground

hms:
Everything is great this month!
This top 10 is what i feel now in this moment. I wanted to do it immediately, because i always change my mind after some hours.

m

Pi_314 · Post by **Pi_314** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 4:51 pm

The theme is Pedal Point, and thusly, it shall play a major role in my choices for top ten. I also don't expect it to be hiding in the mix for the sake of more complexity, for this theme is, as a matter of due course, an exercise of simplicity. I'm looking for that methodical feel one gets through endless exhaustive repetition. MindOverMatter is up front in your face Pedal Point, all of it, and it makes for great! internet serfing music,

so it gets Pi's Prestigious Perpetual Pedal Point Performance Prize. My hat is off.

1. Emerald Tablet - MindsOverMatter
2. Holymoly -DoYou Wanna Ride
3. Miro - bare
4. Rendelius - Pedalo Brutalo
5. SquakMix - Voice Of Dreamers
6. Zeoy - Naked window
7. D'mast - My Point
8. Jhoski - Pedal Promis
9. Rachmiel - heiemo og nykken
10. Birrbits - Indian Girl

To the other nine, you get the Methodical MindOverMatter award, for being it's closest mate. A resounding clique! You picked up where the other dropped off. That makes you super duper pooper scooper cool!

Applause! aplause! aplause!

There was great temptation to weigh in a tad shy of the theme, by including some fantastic! tunes that would have been top ten in most any other contest , but I assure you, they will fill another top ten in my hard drive, with many migrating their way to a burnt CD for the sake of posterity, and it can't get any better than that. Can it?

THANKS!

S.HUSH · Post by **S.HUSH** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 6:56 pm

1] Echo Voodoo
2] Squakmix
3] 1_2 Many
4] Markleford
5] Oddbods Finger
6] Streifentier
7] rsmus 7
8] Johnny Quest
9] rachmiel
10]Vic Diesel

gag3 · Post by **gag3** » Thu Jan 25, 2007 10:26 pm

01) 1-2-Many: Newton's Apple; smacking punches and gravitating grooviness
02) slartibartfast: Pedal Wars; smacking punches and gravitating grooviness - 1
03) me109: Monotonous; smacking punches and gravitating grooviness - 2
04) VicDiesel: Back Pedal; smacking punches and gravitating grooviness - 2.75
05) djwglpuppy: Winter Vesper; similarly smacky, with some punches
06) offthewall: Pedalling Home; groovy with some gravity
07) Jamesb: Denizen of Bleakton; smacky gravitation, slightly less groovy
08 Fritz Fielder: Dance of the Macabre Mice; groovy and slightly smacky
09) oddbodsfinger: The Summer Isle Boat; slightly smacky and groovy
10) Pi_314: Middle East Rat Patrol; smacky

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HMs: spark, Patric9, rachmiel, jhoski, zeoy, Laguna raising, freeztar, diMast, glooper, you, and everybody else except that one guy.

So, I was looking for those pieces that had a lot of cool contrary harmonic motion against a pedal, and I think that my picks reflect that. TONS of cool stuff to choose from. No shortage of great artists in this place. Thanks KVR, and everyone for great music!

Echo Voodoo · Post by **Echo Voodoo** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 12:03 am

01 1-2-Many - Newton's Apple
02 Emerald Tablet (remco) - Mind over matter
03 Zeoy (feat. Natryx) - Naked Window
04 bullshark - Lumière d'Hiver
05 jhoski - Pedal Promis
06 Jakob - Beats Me
07 d'Mast - My Point
08 rendelius (daRem) - Pedalo Brutalo
09 Holymoly - Do You Wanna Ride
10 offthewall - Pedalling Home

HMs: miro, jamesb, Kara, nikp2000, Barnadine, dwglpuppy, Patrick9, Ixox, mrlargefoot, Pi314, me109, squakMix

Many excellent entries, so it's difficult paring it down. The top 3 were definitely my favorites, but after that it gets much hazier and harder to choose. Top notch work all the way around.

squakMix · Post by **squakMix** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:55 am

First of all, I want to give a big thanks to everybody that listened to my piece - this is the first month I've participated in this contest and it's been a very fun learning experience

. Second, there have been a ton of great submissions; voting will be difficult for me. My choices for the top ten pieces are as follows:

1) Birrbits - Indian Girl
2) Zeoy - Naked Window
3) Miro - Bare
4) Niko - Brand new pedalboard
5) Oddbodsfinger - Summer Isle boat
6) Core - Rain
7) Kara - At the Movies - Part 2

Holymoly - Do you wanna ride
9) Barnadine - Pedlar & son
10) Peppy197 - Ex Astra

A big pat on the back to everybody that submitted this month, I don't think I particularly disliked anything I heard.

Unfortunately, I was unable to open mrlargefoot's submission in windows media player or winamp 5.32 - I'm not sure if this is a problem on my end or his, but as such, I was unable to listen to/rate his piece. I also had trouble accessing farlukar's piece - I got a "page cannot be displayed" messege every time I tried the url. Sorry mates

Polite Company · Post by **Polite Company** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:13 am

Well I liked everything and I'd like to be more discerning but I'm not sure I'll be able to post 'til next month so here goes. (three through ten are quasi-random)

1)Echo Voodoo - Pedal Point Arcade
2)LUBI - *61
3)Offthewall - Pedaling Home
4)djwglpuppy - Winter Vesper
5)rachmiel - Heiemo Og Nykken
6)Liqih - Prelude From Guitar
7)me109 - Monotonous
8)rockstar_not - Spiritus Sanctus Vivificans Vita
9)_niko_ - Brand new pedalboard
10)peppy197 - ex Astra

me109 · Post by **me109** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 6:22 am

This is really difficult because even though we have the same guidelines to follow, it's nowhere near comparing apples with apples. For example, if every entry were jazz based, or classical or whatever, the number of variables to juggle would be greatly limited, making the voting a lot easier. But, to compare Ostentation with Little Lucy, there are so few similarities that to judge between them is more of a statement of which genre you like more than a comparison of musical and/or production values -
(let alone whether they got the file name in the right format…)

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It's a lot easier making the music than it is voting.

1. kara_atthemovies2 - great melody and instrumentation
2. summerisleboat-oddbodsfinger - got that oddbodssound
3. jhoski_Pedal_Promise - Big contrary motion at the end - loved it.
4. core_rain - I'm soaked! Every sound was sopping wet.
5. gag3_WhatsYourPedalPoint- Please tell me the guitar parts are sequenced and not played live
6. petrudamsa_Ostination - Triumphant guitar lines at end!
7. nikp2000-little_lucy - She's immortal now
8. rachmiel_heiemo - Viking tabla players munching on herring
9. Barnadine_PedlarAndSon - Terrific sounds and original music
10.jamesb_denizenOfBleakton - Great treatment of 5/4 - wish I could come up with chords like that.

Honorable mention for Holymoly_DoYouWannaRide, darem_pedalobrutalo and fritzfiedler_macabremice.

I guess my criteria for voting is how proud I'd have been to have produced it.
Looking forward to next time.

jamesb · Post by **jamesb** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 1:09 pm

Thanks for the choons everyone.

1) Glooper - SilenceDriver - morse pedal, brilliant, energy
2) Freeztar - Bah - groovalicious
3) core - rain - sublime pads over the pedal
4) kara - At the Movies Part2 - beautiful melancholy
5) Pi_314 - Middle East Rat Patrol - great use of modes over the pedal
6) offthewall - Pedalling Home - lovely relaxed folky ditty
7) Patrick9 - Garden of Earthly Delights - I'm there

Gag3 - What's Your Pedal Point - skillful proggy guitar work
9) zeoy - Naked window - evocative vocals and electric
10) Barnadine - Pedlar & Son - nice bells and ac guitar

core · Post by **core** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:07 pm

Okay, before I change my mind again... Another month where voting was harder than coming up with an entry.

01. Me109 - Monotonous
02. SquakMix - Voice of Dreamers
03. James B - Denizen of Bleakton
04. Jonny Quest - Rose petals
05. Birrbits - Indian Girl
06. Liqih - Prelude from Guitar
07. Splynter - Redemption
08. Kara - At the movie (part 2)
09. Miro - Bare
10. Petru Damsa - Ostination

Thanks everybody for the great music. Most of the January entries have ended up in my keepers folder.

woodie · Post by **woodie** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 2:23 pm

alright...since Pedal Point is the "flavor of the month", I concentrated on looking for tunes I felt stayed on track while keeping things fresh and exciting around the rails. at one point i even busted out the acoustic for a point mini-jam.

hats off to everyone - incredible variety of music....and all 2mins & under.

...and no worries, I didn't discount anyone for f$#ked up filenames or tags.

01. max el belga - Pointless
02. d'mast - my ponit
03. jamesb - denizen of bleakton
04. jakob - beats me
05. rockstar_not - spiritus santus
06. offthewall - pedaling home
07. birrbits - indian girl
08. pi_314 - middle east rat patrol
09. hovmod - floor it
10. striefentier - some space for beauty

HM's (in no particular order):
echo voodoo, sp0rk, miro, rachmiel, remco h, bernadine, niko, me109, 1-2Many....and oh, fritz & oddsbods

rachmiel · Post by **rachmiel** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 3:44 pm

1. s.hush, why the light bulb turns off tonight baby
2. blip, one only
3. core, rain
4. me109, monotonous
5. offthewall, pedalling home
6. petrudamsa, ostination
7. politecompany, sonority
8. spork, splynter redemption
9. squakmix, voice of dreamers
10. vicdiesel, backpedal

offthewall · Post by **offthewall** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 4:41 pm

This has been SO difficult. For 58 entries to have almost all taken the theme seriously and stuck to it is wonder enough, but for so much wonderful music and even some first-rate songs to come out of this month is unbelievable. It has been a great honour to listen to these contributions and humbling to have to choose only ten. My initial short-list had 35 !

1) oddbodsfinger.- Faultless!
2) kara.- Not my type of music….but SO wonderful
3) jamesb.- Again, NMToM, only spoiled(imho) by overproduction
4) Barnadine.- Some fabulous sounds,and a few that just don't seem to work!
5) Patrick9.- Wonderful harmonies
6) Pi_132.- I told him this was good!
7) slartibartfast.- Great composition and spell-binding production
8 ) Rockstar_not.- Award for bravery
9) sp0rk=splynter.- Usual superb mix of orchestration and dynamics
10) LagunaRising.- Fabulous composition and piano playing

-Xander- · Post by **-Xander-** » Fri Jan 26, 2007 5:09 pm

First of all, thanks to all the artists

I have some great new songs on my I-pod

My votes :

1-Kara : At the Movies
2-Peppy197 : Ex Astra
3-Squakmix : Voice of Dreamers
4-Spork : Splynter
5-Blib : One only
6-Jakob : Beats me
7-Politecompany : Sonority
8-Streifentier : Some space for beauty
9-Gag3 : What's your pedal point
10-Glooper : Silence Drive

January Contest: Voting