February Contest: Voting

[D.H. Miltz]

Vote for your top 10 favorite compositions, in order (most-favorite = #1, proceed downward).

Voting ends on early a.m. (US Central Time), Thursday, March 1.

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

Once you place your vote, you cannot change it, unless permission has been granted by the moderator.

In the case of equal scores after voting, entries will be separated by how many 10 pts (i.e., how many #1 votes) they got, then 9 pts and so on. (Thanks to OSC for this rule.)

You must participate in voting to win prizes!

A useful link:
http://kvrcontest.farlukar.cz.cc/


Thanks and good luck.

[Emerald Tablet]

Winners:

knockman-happy - bitter-sweet

rachmiel_11-happy-sounds - Clever! A thin line between happiness and Insanity

kryptonaut_beltane_dance Yihaa Folk - ROCK and Happiness. Take it away minstrel

peterhud_et_just_ducky - I'm finger-snapping and whistling here man. GREAT

robojam_FOADN- Folk who can only define happy as exuberant just don't get it! Lovely atmosphere.

wopelka_freude - Is this the first time we hear a non UK entry? anyway, lovely

nikp2000-snappy_joe - Happy Peppy not crappy at all. Snappy drums by the way. Totally dig this (fantastic amp on the guitar)

beanpole_happy_honey_bee - Fantastic middle of the road pop-song with lovely vocals

beardedone_bossahappy - Happy / Dreamy / Santana like / Great retro vibe.

offthewall_thingthatmakesyouhappy - Great lessons this life gives one right? lovely composition. Good playing and singing


HMs

docjon_highlandstomp - happy and contagious especially the yihaaaas. Loved the classic instrumentation
dhmiltz_racketforsixhands - Print sheet-music of that and ask one of the great pianists of our time to play it at a concert
evo2slo_dandelionwine - Happy 80s song. Reminded me of the Donny Darko soundtrack. Fantastic vocal
gmoneh_tempodecarnaval - Such a funky drum and cheesy accompaniment. Who can resist!
gorgorgathgorgorgor_happiness - Lovely composition. Great lyric. Isn't the clavinet the best invention ever!
jackoo_happy_melodies Fields of joy - A bit staccato but the composition is so clever. Great arpeggios and lovely tempo switches
lagunarising_freakytunehappiness - Sounds like i did too much drugs and still enjoyed church
mister_natural_fridays_hashish_2 - Sounds like a lovely Friday. Fantastic mix-out and some great sounds
pljones_itsanewworld - Lots of respect for the drums. The melody itself didn't grab me but the drums did!
patrick9_happiness - Fancy organ sounds buddy. Needs a better mix-out. Sounds out of place to my ear. Lovely happy tune though

[PurpleCatfishBettie]

D.H. Miltz
knockman
Gmoneh
Gorgorgathgorgor
rachmiel
Beardedone
Wopelka
Laguna Rising
Doc John
shrikant

[pljones]

--revoted--

[shrikant]

1 offthewall
2 Patrick9
3 robojam
4 Emerald Tablet
5 knockman
6 pljones
7 kryptonaut
8 peterhud
9 Wopelka
10 Beardedone

Edited

[Laguna Rising]

01 - Beardedone - Bossa Happy
02 - knockman - happy
03 - rachMiel - 11 happy sounds
04 - Mister Natural - Friday's hashish
05 - Emerald Tablet - Simply
06 - Peterhud - Everything's Just Ducky
07 - offthewall - ThingThatMakesYouHappy
08 - DHMiltz - Racket For Six Hands
09 - nikp2000 - snappy joe
10 - kryptonaut - Beltane Dance

Just missed :
Wopelka - Ode and die Freude
robojam - Formation of a Diffuse Nebula
evo2slo - Dandelion Wine

HMs :
Patrick9 - Happiness
shrikant - Happiness is
jackoo - happy melodies
DocJon - Highland Stomp
GMoneh - Tempo De Carnaval

[Doc Jon]

***Edited to revote after Gorgor DQ'd***
Everyone moves up one, and someone else gets a point

Great eclectice mix of styles, well done everyone

1: knockman - great vocal, reminded me of the Undertones for some reason, well constructed piece

2: Emerald Tablet - another well constructed song, I thought it developed the happiness idea well

3: GMoneh
4: Beardedone
5: offthewall
6: Peterhud
7: Evo2slo
8: nikp2000
9: jackoo
10: Patrick9

[jackoo]

1. Doc Jon
2. evo2slo
3. kryptonaut
4. Gorgorgathgorgorgor
5. knockman
6. nikp2000
7. pljones
8. beanpole
9. offthewall
10. Peterhud

[Mister Natural]

going through my 4 pages of notes - really mad me happy to listen to all the entrys this month. Delightful !

Couple of similarities in styles and instrument choices that I find interesting, as well . . .

1. Peterhud - great harmony & turns - didn't know where you were going a couple of times
2. Emerald Tablet - love how this tune begins & then develops
3. evo2slo - very cool tune
4. kyrptonaut - made me dance
5. Laguna Rising - reminded me of Todd Rundgren
6. robojam - sounds like the discovery of life
7. shrikant - really like the feel of this; where it took me
8. knockman - admire your bitter lyrics - great
9. Doc Jon - cool & folky
10. offthewall - nicely done

peace

[Wopelka]

1. Peterhud - Everything's Just Ducky
just utterly enjoyable; well done
2. knockman - Happy
I'm so happy that you finally decided to post this. Great and delectable on so many levels.
3. Emerald Tablet - Simply
your singing : yummy as always; the minimal, subtle arrangement is a model that I just have/want/need to follow, although I already know that I'll fail. Bitter sweet taste of happiness here.
4. offthewall - ThingThatMakesYouHappy
I dig the style and the lyrics.
5. Gmoney - Tempo De Carnaval
good use of the theme, agreeable, fun.
6. Doc Jon - HighlandStomp
convincing feeling, top notch production, I can see the the drunk fishermen having some good time in a smoky bar.
7. kryptonaut - Beltane Dance
a more abstract rendition of the same kind of folkloric happiness; a bit too 'focused' / tense to perfectly express happiness, tho.
8. robojam - Formation of a Diffuse Nebula
I like the way you treated the theme. Clever and convincing.
9. nikp2000 - snappy joe
deserves a thumb up for the good playing and great mood.
10. beanpole - Happy Honey Bee
very good, production-wise. Vocals sometimes sound like slightly out of tune - willingly? I cannot tell (but who am I to criticize this?).

Almost made it:

gorgorgathgorgorgor - Happiness - great hook, great vocals, a bit disturbing.
evo2slo - Dandelion Wine - another great tune; I cannot really feel the happiness in there, tho.
Beardedone - BossaHappy - gorgeous guitar playing; the drums are a bit overdone for my taste.

[D.H. Miltz]

Note: "Happiness" by gorgorgathgorgorgor has been disqualified.

[pljones]

Revoted

DQ gorgorgathgorgorgor
.2 Beardedone
.3 evo2slo
.4 beanpole
.5 kryptonaut
.6 shrikant
.7 nikp2000
.8 offthewall
.9 rachMiel
10 robojam
11 Patrick9 (it was a tough choice below robojam - I'm sure I've changed the order..!)

[offthewall]

The strangest things make us happy … it seems

1 …. knockman-happy
2 …. EmeraldTablet-Simply
3 …. jackoo_happy_melodies
4 …. Wopelka_Freude
5 …. nikp2000-snappy_joe
6 …. beanpole_Happy_Honey_Bee
7 …. shrikant_ Happiness is
8 …. GMoneh_TempoDeCarnaval
9 …. Beardedone_BossaHappy
10 …evo2slo_DandelionWine


without the DQ my #3 would have been …
Gorgorgathgorgorgor_Happiness
(a case of 'too much truth'. If nothing had been said, no-one would have known!)


Cudos to Gorgor for taking it like a gentleman. Please don't let this chase you away.



James

[kryptonaut]

Hard to judge, as ever - in the end I had to go for the ones that made me smile the most, for whatever reason. Great to hear so many different interpretations of the theme!

#1 DocJon HighlandStomp
#2 Peterhud Everythings_Just_Ducky
#3 beanpole Happy_Honey_Bee
#4 EmeraldTablet Simply
#5 offthewall ThingThatMakesYouHappy
#6 rachMiel 11-happy-sounds
#7 knockman happy
#8 Beardedone BossaHappy
#9 evo2slo DandelionWine
#10 nikp2000 snappy_joe

[knockman]

Blimey!

01. beanpole - Happy Honey Bee
02. LagunaRising - Freaky Tune Happiness
03. offthewall - Thing That Makes You Happy
04. GMoneh - Tempo De Carnaval
05. Mister Natural - Fridays hashish 2
06. Wopelka - Ode und die Freude
07. Beardedone - Bossa Happy
08. DocJon - Highland Stomp
09. evo2slo - Dandelion Wine
10. Emerald Tablet - Simply

A hat's off to Gorgorgathgorgorgor for his honesty and understanding which together beat happiness. His track would have been my no.1