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.
Here are your rankings from SpinTunes 23 Champion truth:
Read on for truth's reviews!
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!
Read on for the full Round 3 results!
Here are your rankings from Valerie Polichar:
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Here are your rankings from SpinTunes 23 Champion glennny:
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Here are your rankings from Jim of Seattle:
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I know this challenge caused some consternation among some contestants, but the goal was not to frustrate you, cause you to panic, or even to make you work at writing a good song despite the challenge; the goal was for you to use the challenge to make a good song - to think about melody deliberately, and experiment with ways of creating compelling melodies that you might not have thought of otherwise. And you know what? Many of you did so, and succeeded! This is a great batch of songs and I’m glad I don’t have to rank them against each other. Let’s dive right in!
The fourth and final challenge of SpinTunes 24 is here. This is the round that will give us our SpinTunes 24 Champion, who will be chosen by their fellow SpinTunes 24 competitors. So if you've already been eliminated from competition, you're a judge this time around!
Read on for your Final Round challenge:
Did you miss last night's Listening Party? Never fear - the full Round 3 album, with cover art by Matt "Shoobs" Schubbe, is now available to stream or download on Bandcamp or embedded below. Enjoy!
The Round 3 deadline has passed, and congratulations to our 12 contestants who all made the deadline! We also received two shadow entries.
Your first chance to hear all 14 songs is at tonight's Listening Party, hosted by Tommy G at 8 pm EDT. Join us on YouTube or embedded below:
The Round 2 album has been reordered and is available to stream or download on Bandcamp or embedded below. As always, our faithful graphic designer Matt "Shoobs" Schubbe provides cover art. This is a fantastic collection of songs, so give it a listen if you haven't already!
The judges have made their decisions, and Round 2 of SpinTunes 24 is in the books. When you look at the full table, you might notice the wide discrepancy between rankings, and you might think to yourself, "These judges can't agree on anything!"
But in fact, the differences in rankings actually reveal something that all the judges do agree on, which is that this is an incredibly good batch of songs. The overall level of quality meant the judges had to consider small technical details, interpretation of the open-ended challenge, and their own personal preferences - all of which meant that a song that everyone agreed was enjoyable could (and often did) land near the top of one judge's rankings and the bottom of another's. That's why we've got five of them!
There were a handful of songs, though, that rose to the top of the rankings. After a second-place finish in Round 2, Vehicles of Beware charmed the judges with their gentle, world-weary tale of a traveling musician's life; "Getting to the gig" wins the round!
Sober lands in a very close second place; then at the top of a group of very similarly-scoring entrants are our tied third place finishers: Celestial Drift and Hot Pink Halo.
Read on for the full Round 2 results!
Here are your rankings from Ethan Ivey:
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Here are your rankings from SpinTunes 23 Champion glennny:
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Here are your rankings from Jim of Seattle:
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Here are your rankings from SpinTunes 23 Champion Truth:
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Here are your rankings from Valerie Polichar:
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Here we are, halfway though SpinTunes 24. The judges are still finalizing their Round 2 rankings and reviews, but they loved how the Round 2 challenge pushed you to think about the rhythmic aspect of melody and song structure, and they loved hearing the terrific songs that resulted. So we're going to stay in that general area, and see how you do with another melody-focused challenge.
Read on for your Round 3 challenge:
Round 1 of SpinTunes 24 is in the books, and a great round it was. Amid a very strong field of thirty entries, a recent SpinTunes champion slid back into the competition and earned a top-five placement from every judge, putting him comfortably at the top of the heap. Congratulations to our Round 1 winner, Tunes By LJ!
Another previous SpinTunes champion, Flintsteel (né Temnere) earns the points for a second place finish, but is tied with a SpinTunes newcomer, Vehicles of Beware. There's room for both of them on that side of the podium, leaving the third place spot vacant.
Read on for the full Round 1 results!
Here are your rankings from Ethan Ivey:
Read on for Ethan's reviews!
Here are your rankings from SpinTunes 23 Champion glennny:
Read on for glennny's reviews!
Here are your rankings from Jim of Seattle:
Read on for Jim's reviews!
