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Round 1 Album -
Round 2 Album -
Round 3 Album -
Round 4 Album
Round 1 Challenge: The Beginning Of The End - Write a song about the last day of work. (2 minute minimum) (they had 11 days) (
Results)
Round 2 Challenge: Pump You Up - Write a song that is motivational to workout to. Something meant to pump up the listener. (2 minute minimum) (they had 8 days) (
Results)
Round 3 Challenge: What's Opera, Doc? - Write a Mini-Opera: A dramatic story told through dialogue sung by two or more characters. (2 minute minimum) (they had 8 days) (
Results)
Round 4 Challenge: Photo Finish - Write a song inspired by
THIS picture. (2 minute minimum) (they had 8 days) (
Results)
(Profile order is based on who sent in their entry form first.)
Edric Haleen: Edric likes writing songs, even though they're often different than others may have been expecting at first listen. Care to know more? Check out the link below to visit his website. (Also, please consider checking out
http://happinessboard.com/ to see -- and add to -- the Happiness Board! Guaranteed to put a smile on your face, or your money back!)
Links:
Website
R1:
The Death Of A Meme
R2:
One More Step
R3:
(Vows) featuring Kevin Savino-Riker
R4:
My Friend (runner up)
Ménage a Tune: Possessed of nothing more than cheerful determination, a love of learning and the ability to shamelessly beg for help, JoAnn has been a part of Spintunes for 2 years, never missing a challenge, often shadowing. This time her partners will be Skyen, from Denmark, and her ST#4 amazing piano player pal Ted Kiper, who she knows from church. Skyen describes himself as “Able guitarist, adequate pianist, decent ukulelist, passable bassist, and a good singer. He studies history at Aarhus University."
Links:
Website -
@Calliopeva
R1:
Crowning Glory
R2:
Run! -
Rat Race (Shadow)
R3: Voted Out
Poison, Or, All Of Hamlet In 4:04
R4:
The Mermaid's Waltz (Shadow) -
First On My List (Shadow)
Heather Miller: I picked up a loaner guitar and Easy Beatles Songbook in 2001, taught myself a few chords and kicked around with songwriting off and on for a bit. A radio show, some songwriting contests, folk festivals, and a songwriting certificate later, I decided to stop kidding myself and take my dreams seriously. So in 2011, I sold my car, moved to Austin to study at Rubicon Artist Development, played 157 open mics and showcases, and recorded an EP called Anchor (the title track started out as a SpinTunes entry!) that is due out this summer. I'm now back in Iowa, ready for the next chapter in my musical journey!
Links:
Website -
@humsongs -
YouTube Channel
R1:
Not Gonna Miss Your Face
R2: Deadline Victim
R3:
R4:
Wait What: After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is Wait
What. With the cop from Reservoir Dog's ear for music, they
have charms to sooth
savage boobs, to soften rocks, and bend a knotted oak. The music of Wait
What
is a moral law: it gives soul to the
universe, wings to the mind, flight to the imagination, and charm and gaiety to
life and to everything, not that there's anything wrong with that.
Links:
YouTube Channel
R1:
Middle Management
R2: Deadline Victim
R3:
R4:
Rats Of The Sky: Rats of the Sky is a hip-hop group consisting of Happi (MC), and Matt Cassel
(producer and sometimes MC). Together, they did sort of well in the Nerdcore Now
Vocalist/Producer Challenge, and now they're bringing SpinTunes the kind of
synergy that can only come from two dudes who only know each other through the
internet.
Links:
R1:
Two Weeks Notice
R2: Voted Out
Dance To The Groove Libido
R3:
R4:
Caravan Ray: Hello Ladies. I am Caravan Ray.
Links:
YouTube Channel
R1:
The Beginning Of The End
R2:
Pump It Up
R3: Deadline Victim
R4:
"BucketHat" Bobby: A veteran of Song-Fu and Spintunes, Bobby has dropped off of the face of the internet for nearly two years while attempting to make it in "Real Life". Now, he returns to Spintunes with the hopes that his new experiences will help him re-claim his title of most mediocre internet personality.
Links:
@buckethatbobby -
YouTube Channel
R1:
On The Pogey
R2: Deadline Victim
R3:
R4:
Jeremy Lambright: I'm a production student with a knack for instrumentation. I've played in most every type of band and I'm now looking to expand my solo catalog. Cheap as I am, all songs will be produced on Iphone using nanostudio from blip media.
Links:
Website
R1:
Empty Spaces
R2: Voted Out
Shut Up And Dance (DQ)
R3:
R4:
RC: I've been playing music in bars for 36 years. If you don't mind, I'm going to pretend this is a bar.
Links:
Website -
@RCOhio -
YouTube Channel
R1:
Goodbye Everybody
R2:
Get Up
R3: Voted Out
He's Dead, Jim
R4:
Orange Beach (Shadow)
Mariah Mercedes: Hi, I'm a 16-year-old hooligan and part-time rockstar. I've been writing under Gold Lion for about a year now, however, Gold Lion has since developed into a full band (complete with banjo). So, for this competition I'll be flying solo under my own name. I'm excited to learn and grow over the course of SpinTunes #5, as well as listen and create some great music.
Links:
@_MariahMercedes -
YouTube Channel
R1:
Ending(eternal)
R2:
Hurricane
R3:
Dear Jeremy
R4:
Footprints (placed 4th)
Felix Frost: Felix Frost is the solo music project name of YouTuber MagicTurtle643. I make bright and sunny music, usually with lots of keyboards and synth, strange and story-telling subject matter, and through-composed song structures.
Links:
Website -
@MagicTurtle643 -
YouTube Channel
R1:
Leaving Lyman's Liquor Store
R2:
The Frost Mine
R3: Voted Out
Lyman Boone And The Moonshine Scoundrel
R4:
Glen Raphael: Glen Raphael is a Manhattan-based singer-songwriter whose songs combine humor, love, and a nerdy modern sensibility. He regularly appears at The Bitter End and other venues to play songs on such diverse topics as quantum physics, bedbugs, and the Statue of Liberty's mid-life crisis. Glen has won Best Original Song awards at NCSA events and is the current organizer of the New York City Folk Music Meetup.
Links:
Website -
@glenraphael -
YouTube Channel
R1:
Naked
R2: Voted Out
Pump Down The Volume
R3:
R4:
Trader Jack: I write and cover songs sometimes, usually in the alt-rock, folk, or dance genres.
Links:
Website -
@Trader_Jack -
YouTube Channel
R1: Voted Out
Last Day
R2:
Let Nothing Be Left Behind (Shadow)
R3:
R4:
The Boffo Yux Dudes / Chris Cogott: Funny Guys. Serious Musican. Known now as BYD&CC. Just like CSN&Y lite. The ones your parents warned you about. Allan Morgan and Tom Giarrosso head this version of BYD with rabid optimism that they'll be remembered for more than just all those replays on Dr. Demento. Mr. Cogott should have his head examined for joining us. Whatever comes out of this unholy union won't be boring. Fun Fact: Everyone likes kittehs.
Links:
Website -
@BoffoYuxDudes -
YouTube Channel
R1:
The Ballad Of JJR
R2:
Big, Bigger, Best
R3: Deadline Victim
R4:
Alex Boyd: I write songs about books, games, comics and stuff. I travel around the country playing those songs at sci-fi conventions.
Links:
Website -
@tlgtunes -
YouTube Channel
R1: Voted Out
The Bastard Had It Coming
R2:
R3:
R4:
The Orion Sound: My name is Oliver Parsons, aka Emperor Robot Hitler Gandhi Jesus Walrii McPoshtwat . I'm well known for getting all da bitches. Like, ALLLL of them. As friends.
I make songs about codes and the murdering of cats because no one likes cats (monkeys are much better) and my hair is pretty awesome. It’s all poofy in the middle. I kind of look like a homosexual hedgehog, with the face of a mouse. It’s wonderful. It’s like a hedgehog and a mouse made sweet love. Sweet, sweet love... (Written lovingly by Bethany L Martin)
Links:
Website -
@olirulz_747 -
YouTube Channel
R1: Voted Out
Praying
R2:
R3:
R4:
Emperor Gum: Moth Rock.
Links:
Website -
@EmperorGumNews
R1: Voted Out
Pygmalion
R2:
R3:
R4:
Francis Wms.: My name is Francis Wms. and I have recorded for most of my life under a number of different pseudonyms. I split my time between Chamberlain, South Dakota and Jacksonville, Florida, where you can catch me as a member of The Shutupok (as Frankie Williams). Currently my interests are the movie The Last Night, new music by Aiden Grimshaw, customizing blank skateboard decks and making bundt cakes. I will now come up with eighteen words which rhyme with conclusion.
Links:
R1: Voted Out
Redundant Redunit (DQ)
R2:
R3:
R4:
Governing Dynamics: Time traveling all the way from the mid to late '90s is a curious compound of post-grunge, guitar driven, sci-fi altrock.
Links:
Website -
@governingdmusic
R1:
Swing Shift
R2:
Forward
R3:
Dark Places featuring Rebecca Brickley
R4:
Houses (Winner)
Ross Durand: Singer-songwriter Ross Durand is the Andy Murray of online songwriting contests. Will this be his Wimbledon?
Links:
Website
R1:
I'm Lyin'
R2:
Win
R3:
Apart featuring Bryanna Acosta
R4:
When The Tide Comes In (placed 3rd)
EvelBist: Madness, heretical, diabolical, dirt poor, and quite handy with a pickle fork. A background in mostly unscientific pursuits and a failure at SongFight.org where I am constantly chastised for using the bandname "sausage".
Links:
R1: Voted Out
The Beginning Of The End
R2:
R3:
R4:
Milton: I'm Adam Milton Hosack. I've been playing piano on and off for 6 years and playing guitar for 3. Singing and songwriting for 2. Deciding on a band name is hard. I participated in my first song fight last week and I've written and recorded 5 Album-a-days. These have been practically my only experience with recording. I'd like to change that.
Links:
Website
R1: Voted Out
Today's The Day
R2:
R3:
R4:
Hudson And Day: Their songs can be used as lullabies to put bison to sleep. They collaborate via secret locations at opposite ends of the country - using mental telepathy and fantastic hair. They can write music without making a sound - although every lyric in each one of their songs is actually in fact, a word. They are ... the most interesting women on the Internet. "We don't make an appearance in every song contest, but we are here, and we shall rock." Stay thirsty, Spintunes.
Links:
Website -
@HudsonandDay -
YouTube Channel
R1:
It Worked Out
R2: Deadline Victim
R3:
R4:
The Chocolate Chips: The Chocolate Chips write songs about animals of different colors, politics, the sun, and dreams. They also specialize in weirding new versions of nursery rhymes and in recording jingles for imaginary commercials.
Links:
Website -
@ChocChipsMusic -
YouTube Channel
R1:
My Own Boss
R2:
Nothing Can Stop You
R3: Voted Out
The True Way
R4:
Jailhouse Payback: Guitars, drums, a bicycle, a shotgun, and the truth.
Links:
Website
R1:
Escalator
R2: Voted Out
Kick Your Routine
R3:
R4:
Army Defense: Army Defense is: Dave Lehnen, J.S., Brandon Chitwood, Jose Ferreira, and Shannon Roberts, Barry Hill. We are renegade singers/songwriters/musicians. Since 2004 we have recorded 23 albums of Sparkling Pop Music.
Links:
Website
R1: Voted Out
You're Not Paid
R2:
R3:
R4:
Godz Poodlz: Icon/Rock/Geek/Dad Band! Two neighborz and friendz united to form Gödz Pöödlz! Gödz Pöödlz are Rüss Rögers and Rhöd Dürre!
Links:
Website -
@GodzPoodlz -
YouTube Channel
R1:
It's A Great Day At BigMart® Today
R2:
In The Zone
R3: Deadline Victim
R4:
Gorbzilla: Gorbzilla is a musician/band teacher in Mid-Michigan. He has been in a few bands over the years, most notably as the guitarist/vocalist for the band “Jimmy Likes Pie” and the bass player/vocalist for the band “Satin Jones”. The proud father of two future rock maniacs, Gorbzilla has been writing music for the past twenty years, and is looking forward to more chances to write.
Links:
@GorbZilla
R1:
The Last Last Day
R2:
Superwoman featuring The Gorbzookies
R3: Deadline Victim
R4:
David Ritter: Utto nye usabia atoonyoba?
Links:
Website -
@MacMufasa
R1: Voted Out
Graveyard
R2:
R3:
R4:
Shadows:
Greg Hosack: Hi! My name is Greg. My musical goal is self-expression. My hope is that I can bring my own unique perspective to the party. Most of my expression manifests itself in a folky, singer-songwriter style, but I enjoy trying to challenge that. I like guitars. =D
Links:
Website -
@Greggersathome -
YouTube Channel
R1:
I'm Gonna Go
R2:
R3:
R4:
Dr Lindyke: This amalgam of Dave Leigh and William Hoover judged SpinTunes #2 and is ready to pay their penance in SpinTunes #3. Here's a proper bio:
http://music.cratchit.org/p/bio.html
Links:
Website -
@Dr_Lindyke -
YouTube Channel
R1 Mayan Holiday
R2 A Tune For You (The SpinTunes Montage) -
Monastic Workout
R3 Mr. Nobody
R4 Carbon Footprint
Dex01: Dex01 is a British, rock based, songwriter who has been writing music for almost two years, which qualifies him as a musician (it doesn’t). Inspired by Jonathan Coulton’s approach to writing and recording material, Dex decided to try and see if he could turn his hand at writing material instead of playing along and jumping up and down. The past two years have seen Dex record an EP turned demo album and acquire a professional mic which makes him some sort of big shot (it doesn’t).
Links:
Website -
@Dex01 -
YouTube Channel
R1 Brand New Life
R2:
R3:
R4:
Zoe Gray: I am an 11-year-old girl named Zoe Gray. I live in Pennsylvania, and am daughter to the songwriter Brian Gray, who is sometimes a contestant. I like different types of songs, from musical theater-style to death metal. I play the piano, guitar, and sing.
Links:
Website
R1:
Say Goodbye
R2:
Mine
R3:
R4:
The Boffo Yux Dudes: We're
humorists. That means we go for the occasional highbrow joke among the
necrophilia and genitalia comments. The Dudes managed to reawaken from their
coma in 2009, creating music new music for the confused masses. Allan Morgan and
Tom Giarrosso head this version of BYD with previous members in the wings, ready
to pounce if they make some change out of it.
Links:
Website -
@BoffoYuxDudes -
YouTube
Channel
R1:
R2:
R3:
R4:
Wash Away featuring Osmium -
Sand In My Toes featuring Denise Hudson & Mick Bordet -
Footprints -
Foot In The Sand featuring Dr. Lindyke
Gray Havens: Brian & Zoe Gray.
Links:
R1:
R2:
R3:
R4:
Onward To The West
