tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809231066058459051.post8097226121474069320..comments2024-03-27T15:51:01.828-04:00Comments on Spintunes Contest: Spintunes #6 Round 2 Review: Paul PottsSpinTunes Contesthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/08323426356442346223noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809231066058459051.post-22196650311819080772013-02-26T12:08:46.601-05:002013-02-26T12:08:46.601-05:00Glen, congrats! I will watch the videos. It sounds...Glen, congrats! I will watch the videos. It sounds like the sort of thing I would have loved to get involved with, although one of the reasons I hesitated on booking the cruises is that I was afraid it _wouldn't_ be any real opportunity to do something like this. And now... well, I've got a bunch of kids, and yet my paycheck is still the same size... and so this kind of thing is pretty much out of the question for other reasons... still, I do what I can to try to make some progress on my music stuff, when I can...Paul Pottshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04401509483200614806noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809231066058459051.post-24447148298516147462013-02-19T12:30:54.399-05:002013-02-19T12:30:54.399-05:00The jococruise was AMAZING. The shows were all fan...The jococruise was AMAZING. The shows were all fantastic. My set with Nicole went really well - including some lovely harmony lines she helped me work out the day before - before an audience of ~200 people (some of whom were recording it to post later on youtube). I got to play a Paul & Storm cover with Paul there to hear it - and he liked it. Zoe Keating (who gave a gorgeous cello performance and has over a million twitter followers) liked my performance and is now following ME on twitter. And so on. I'm still kind of giddy about the whole thing. :-)Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661650090485723755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809231066058459051.post-15268869294835695362013-02-18T10:33:39.238-05:002013-02-18T10:33:39.238-05:00I'm completely with you, RC. I did a ton of re...I'm completely with you, RC. I did a ton of research on fight songs for this challenge, and looking at my notes now I see, "Do not identify the sport in the song. Fight songs don't do this." Even among songs that are not for schools but for only one specific team it's uncommon. Looking through the list of official NFL fight songs, fewer than half have any reference at all to "football", "touchdown", or any other word that identifies the sport being played.Brian Grayhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12509251504386245931noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809231066058459051.post-5401840422633217662013-02-18T02:25:47.969-05:002013-02-18T02:25:47.969-05:00"not even pieces clicking on the board or som..."not even pieces clicking on the board or some such -- that seems like an opportunity missed"<br><br>Hmm. Interesting idea. Pieces really don't "click" on the board - there's felt on the bottom to prevent that. So the move itself is pretty close to silent except perhaps when a piece is being taken, and often even then. But what I COULD have tried to work in would be the clicking of chess CLOCKS rather than chess pieces. The old-style mechanical chess clocks we used when I was in high school would switch with a satisfying "thunk" and some players aggressively slam that switch to emphasize the noise. It does have possibilities.<br><br>FWIW, the reason there's no instrumentation is that I had to slap this recording together super-fast (and have it done by Thursday) so I could leave for jococruisecrazy that weekend. Ideally, this song would be arranged for a full marching band, but I didn't have the bandwidth to attempt anything of the sort.Glenhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14661650090485723755noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809231066058459051.post-52202324639711006482013-02-17T02:51:03.170-05:002013-02-17T02:51:03.170-05:00I would point out that We Will Bury You was writte...I would point out that We Will Bury You was written very intentionally non-sport-specific. It is a *school* fight song, and would be non-specific by definition - otherwise, a high school or college would have to have a separate fight song for every sport. RChttp://rctunes.bandcamp.com/album/some-of-thisnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809231066058459051.post-34146731078118756402013-02-16T22:22:49.993-05:002013-02-16T22:22:49.993-05:00I'm not too happy that you thought my song was...I'm not too happy that you thought my song was making fun of Indians/India in anyway, it wasn't intended. I really like Indian music (and food!) and I just wanted an excuse to use my new Indian music samples. <br><br>I guess I should have done a song bio to make that clear ... I also guess it's somewhat a failure of my song that it could come across as racist.The Chocolate Chipshttp://www.youtube.com/user/ChocolateChipsMusicnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-2809231066058459051.post-16169804699465959542013-02-16T22:18:19.510-05:002013-02-16T22:18:19.510-05:00Thanks for the reviews Paul! Much appreciated. And...Thanks for the reviews Paul! Much appreciated. <br><br>And, since you ASKED... the answer to "why?" is painstakingly explained in both the short bio on the lyrics page and the more in-depth one at http://music.cratchit.org/2013/02/cock-fight.html <br><br>No, we weren't going for the guffaw, but for the actual school spirit, as you'll see if you click through the link, or if you read the lyrics page we were asked to provide. It's far more "official" than you obviously expect.<br><br>I'll pretend that you marked it down for not liking the "rape joke", and not for it not being an "official" fight song, which is something the judges never asked for and wasn't specified in the challenge. Better yet, I'll just be satisfied with the score as given. ;)Dave Leighhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08617556290378317379noreply@blogger.com