If you missed last night's Listening Party, never fear: the SpinTunes 24 Round 4 album is available to download or stream on Bandcamp or embedded below.
Take a listen, and remember that if you competed in Round 1 but not Round 4, you'll have a chance to vote and determine the SpinTunes 24 Champion! You'll receive voting instructions later this week by email.
The Round 4 deadline has passed, and we have received submissions from all four of our finalists, in addition to five shadow songs, all inspired in some way by Madeline Owen's painting Water Fox. Your first chance to hear all nine songs is at tonight's Listening Party at 8 pm EDT, hosted by Tommy G. Join us on YouTube or embedded below!
Contestant Voting
If you competed in SpinTunes 24 and you're not competing in the Final Round - you are a Final Round judge! Your votes will determine who claims the title of SpinTunes 24 Champion. You'll receive an email later this week with instructions to cast your ballot, with a deadline of Sunday, May 4 at 11:59 pm EDT. In the meantime...
Bonus Round
...now begins the Bonus Round, an optional, non-competitive round in which you're invited to submit a cover version of someone else's SpinTunes 24 song. Whether it was a competing entry or a shadow, if you heard a song in this tournament that you loved and want to put your own spin on, record it this week and send it in! Since this is a friendly, non-competitive round, your flexible deadline is next Monday when Tommy G hosts our Bonus Round Listening Party and reveals the identity of the SpinTunes 24 Champion!
The judges have weighed in on Round 3, and their rankings have determined who will be competing in the Final Round.
This was a tough round to judge, but one entry rose quickly to the top of the list. With first place rankings from three of the five judges, David Taro claims his first SpinTunes round victory with his hooky in-and-out-of-love song "Don't You Want Me Anymore".
Two songs are tied for second place - Governing Dynamics and Vehicles of Beware scored equally in the judges' aggregate rankings. And finally, just a few points behind them in fourth place is Celestial Drift to round out the Final Round competitors.
As for the rest of our competitors - the shadow reinstatement rule is still in effect, and you've got a super cool painting to inspire you, so I hope we hear lots of shadow entries in the Final Round!