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Tuesday, October 29, 2024
ST23 Bonus Round
Monday, October 28, 2024
SpinTunes 23 Final Results
The contestants have cast their votes, and the results of the SpinTunes 23 Final Round have been determined. Congratulations to our SpinTunes 23 Champions, Cavedwellers!
Listen to Cavedwellers' winning entry, "The Only Way Out", the three other finalists' songs, and 13 shadow entries on Bandcamp or embedded below.
Read on for the full results and links to judges' reviews!
ST23.4 Reviews - ChasRock
Warning: Please don’t listen to the ST RD4 album while operating a motor vehicle or any other large machinery.
It’s been a really long time since I’ve tried to write and record a song by myself in a day, so I took the only free afternoon I had last week to submit a shadow. Boy, that was humbling! I had that classic experience where I wrote, recorded, and mixed everything in the span of several hours, so by the end of the process, none of the sounds made sense anymore.
I don’t hate the song I wrote, but when the round four album was released, I listened to the version I turned in and there’s an annoying, amateurish guitar that I left in when I was trying to create textural layers. It sticks out in a BIG way, especially in mono, which for me completely ruins the whole “go to sleep” vibe. Awesome. That’s awesome.
Maybe someday I’ll re-record or rearrange, but ultimately I’m still glad I made something just to make it because the joy has always been in the process. The only reason I bring any of this up is because I really enjoyed judging this competition and I want to thank all of the artists for being vulnerable and putting a bunch of work into these brilliant little creations, only to have some stranger who is *alright* at songcraft tell them that they mixed a cymbal too loud or whatever. I have no idea who will win, but y’all rock. Micah rocks. ST4ever and thanks for having me.
ST23.4 Reviews - Edric Haleen
My Process:
A little different this time, as I knew my Friday-through-Sunday wasn’t going to be available for SpinTunes-related things. I listened and jotted down initial impressions during the Listening Party. Then on Wednesday, after the beginning-of-the-week busyness and before the onset of the end-of-the-week busyness, I went through just the four official Finalist songs. Sorry to leave everyone who shadowed hanging, but thanks for participating . . . and I hope you had an awesome time!
ST23.4 Reviews - Leonie Connellan
Glad I’m not choosing the winner this time. Unless it ends up being a four way tie, which I can totally see happening honestly. There is so little between all these songs that putting them in any kind of order feels like an exercise in randomness. At the end of the day, the winner on my list is the one that surprised me into crying the most.
ST23.4 Reviews - Chumpy, Ryan, and Micah
ST23 Bonus Round Listening Party and Champion Announcement
The end of SpinTunes 23 is nigh. At tonight's Listening Party, the name of the SpinTunes 23 Champion will be revealed. But first, we'll hear eight covers of SpinTunes artists by SpinTunes artists. Join us at 10 pm EDT on Youtube or embedded below. As always, Tommy G is our faithful host.