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Friday, March 30, 2018

SpinTunes #14: The Contestants!

Here are the competitors for Round 1 of SpinTunes 14.

Edric Haleen
Website

 I'm back. (Again!)












Ménage a Tune
Bandcamp

Ménage a Tune is proof that you can be eliminated in the first round of Spintunes yet STILL make it to #2 in the end, thanks to a good shadow song in the second round and that wonderful second chance rule. JoAnn Abbott does the lyrics and basic tune, Ted Kiper Is piano and orchestrations, and they both contribute to the vocals.





Jordan Carroll
@ploogle - Website

I'm Jordan! I make music sometimes.













Boy on the Wall
Bandcamp - Twitter - Instagram

That thing where you make a humanoid figure out of masking tape in your dorm room and call it the Boy on the Wall and then, years later, need a musical alter ego behind which to hide your insecurity.









Evil_Science_Cat



Music is fun and I like composing.










Ominous Ride
Bandcamp

An English professor on the Monterey peninsula whose alter ego - a cross between David Cassidy and Kafka in green flannel pajamas – suits up twice a year to savage the Spintunes community with his musical shenanigans. Or something to that effect.









Lorenzo Wood
Website - Instagram - Facebook - SnapChat - Twitter - YouTube - SoundCloud - Patreon

Lorenzo Wood is a young musician from Alameda, California USA. He sings, plays guitar, drums, piano/keyboards, bass, and, in an emergency, ukulele. He writes or co-writes many of his own original songs. He produces and records his music (using Apple Logic) and creates live performance videos. He is often found busking at local street festivals or busy streets, by himself or with support on bass or percussion. He's expecting to have his first EP, self-produced, ready later this year.









Josh, Just Josh 

I am a software engineer by day, occasional ukulele enthusiast by night. In the past, I've written a few songs for random competitions but they're too embarrassing to publicly release. Hoping to change the world one awkward track at a time.









Governing Dynamics
Twitter - Bandcamp

Governing Dynamics has been described as shoegaze, post-grunge, alt-pop, and jangle-scream (yeah, that one was new for me too), and compared to such bands as Eels, Radiohead, Smashing Pumpkins, and The White Stripes (HEAVY SKEPTICISM HERE).

So basically... rock? Whatever.





Megalodon

The "Big mighty" band is an extinct species of shark rock that lived long ago, during the Cenozoic Era.

Megalodon is regarded as one of the largest and most powerful predator bands in vertebrate rock history, and likely had a profound impact on the structure of marine rock. Primitive recordings suggest that this giant shark rock band reached a maximum awesomeness. The Megalodon showing in Spin Tunes 12 was that of a Magikarp.  Sharks always move forward, especially big and mighty sharks. Looking forward to the hunt.



Riker's Island
Bandcamp

Rikers' Island is a collaborative songwriting endeavor between spouses Kevin Savino-Riker and Tiffany Edna Riker. We formed for Spintunes #7 and forgot to disband afterward, so we're still here, standing in front of a tree...







James Young
Soundcloud - Bandcamp

One third of Good Guy Sôjàbé, one third of AvidFan, I am also three thirds of myself.












Glen Raphael
twitter: @glenraphael - Bandcamp - Website

Brooklyn nerd-folk singer-songwriter who really ought to know better by now.












Bubba & The No Longer Amiable Kraken

In late 2015 The Kraken turned on Bubba after a dispute about snack foods.  He is still being held against his will -- but finally has semi-passable internet access.........







Temnere
Soundcloud - Website - Twitter


One man home studio project dealing in epic heavy/power metal.  Also play and compose for New Challenger/Turborider.





Micah Sommersmith 
Bandcamp - Twitter - YouTube

I hope you like accordions, folks.













“BucketHat” Bobby Matheson
Twitter - YouTube - Bandcamp - Facebook

By day, he is your average 20-something hipster from eastern Canada. But, armed with a small platoon of instruments and exposed to the powers of the Internet, Mild-mannered Bobby Matheson becomes “BucketHat” Bobby; your average 20-something hipster from eastern Canada. Only with instruments this time.



Shyfox

This will be my second attempt at proving myself as a song writer and recording person. I hope I have as much fun as last time!











Jeff DeSantis
Twitter - Facebook

Not much to say - Rock and Roll dreams that didn't materialize, but a desire to be heard that didn't dissipate accordingly. Mediocre at many instruments. Secretly Canadian in my heart. Loves dogs.










Brian Gray
Website - Twitter - Facebook

Really just some dude with a laptop; the computer pretty much does all the work. Oh, and I make tacos sometimes.












Upstick Surfers

DON! Your wizard robes...where are they? I guess we're doing it live. Upstick Surfers (aka the band formerly know as alpha.beta) is back again baby. This time we're gonna bring the heat. Alongside the chips salsa and booze. But the booze is just for us because as far as we're concerned this was a BYOB event. If not please let us know and we'll mail you an envelope full of the beverage of your choosing (sorry no ice since it'll melt), and some commas too






Rob From Amersfoort
Website

I like to record music. My favorite artists are a.o. Beatles, Prince, Nilsson, Bowie, Fiona Apple, Neil Finn, Michael Penn.












Heather Zink

It's her fault.
And we'll never let her forget it.













Gorbzilla
Links: Sausage, preferably.  Also, Bandcamp

Gorbzilla, back for more, is a nerd and band geek from mid-Michigan. He does these competitions in hopes that it will spur his creativity and make him think outside the box. Because it’s scary in that box.











Chocolate Donut Teeth

My dad's wife is his dad's sister. 

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