tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260501053118933495.post1343177111234036267..comments2023-09-02T10:15:35.040-04:00Comments on ________SpinTunes: Spintunes #4 Round 1 Review: Peter CoffinSpinhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12452313762487064094noreply@blogger.comBlogger4125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260501053118933495.post-39003392907512355192012-02-05T16:28:42.641-05:002012-02-05T16:28:42.641-05:00If you get bored hearing similar songs during a so...If you get bored hearing similar songs during a song contest that has THREE requirements to hit the requires components.. then you should not have agreed to be a judge.<br />FAR too many songs up there have no actual review other than "I just heard a song just like this!" <br />EACH SONG is meant to be taken as a separate entity. Can that be dull or difficult for a judge? Of course it can.. but it should not reflect on the way you score it. If 10 people had done Beatles pastiches that could have been dull.. but it could also have meant maybe half of them had actually made a GREAT song.<br />So, can it be repetitive? Of course it can - But that should not be reflected in your judging.<br />Remember the ARTISTS do not know that 'everyone' is thinking of similar things... the judging is meant to be about the song itself, not how people may have done similar ones.<br />Bad Form.JoeCovenanthttp://www.joecovenant.bandcamp.comnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260501053118933495.post-30875276813532541872012-02-05T14:07:16.602-05:002012-02-05T14:07:16.602-05:00If you feel you are getting bored before you have ...If you feel you are getting bored before you have listened to even half of the songs because they are all about variants of one subject, stop listening for a couple hours and then come back to it with a fresh point of view. I can't help but wonder, if my song was the second you heard, would you still have marked it low because you were bored with that style or would latter, similar entries have borne the brunt of your "I am seriously at this point sick of hearing quirky, “oh I bet this will haunt the Spintunes listeners!” songs.<br />To answer your question "How do so many people submit so many songs that are almost the same thing? The answer is that it is a COMPETITION with RULES and GUIDLEINES and we had to try to keep within the childhood/nightmare/rubato fence in order to qualify. Honestly, if you were a judge for a chocolate cake competition I can see you tasting 5 cakes out of 25 and then stating that they are all the same, you are bored with chocolate and want a steak.<br /><br /> "75% of these songs are similar and boring. Its to the point where I hear the intro then the voice come in and I’m just thinking “okay, another then.”<br />So you go for instantly rejecting things as soon as you hear them when you are bored then. Gotcha.JoAnn Abbottnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260501053118933495.post-6675311042467644972012-02-04T22:36:28.652-05:002012-02-04T22:36:28.652-05:00This doesn't really affect your review, but fo...This doesn't really affect your review, but for the record, that's a real accordion, not a MIDI one (on 'the maze). ;-)Jacob Hallerhttp://music.jwgh.org/noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5260501053118933495.post-86596629010188540982012-02-04T22:28:46.825-05:002012-02-04T22:28:46.825-05:00Hey, thanks for the reviews. i was just singing, a...Hey, thanks for the reviews. i was just singing, although I am occasioanlly accused of sounding like Neil Diamond inthis range. trust me, this is not my intention - sorry it came off as if I was "trying" - I was just trying to deliver the song. hopefully I'll see you again next round.Rosshttp://www.rossdurand.com/noreply@blogger.com