SpinTunes #9: Profiles

Time to meet your fellow competitors!  I suggest you all test out your links to make sure they are working, and if you notice anything else that's missing or wrong just let me know.  I'll fix them as soon as I can. I accidentally mixed up my e-mail list of entries, so if your bio is missing totally & you know you sent one...just send me an e-mail.  We'll take care of it.

(Profile order is based on who sent in their entry form first.)

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Felix Frost: I'm a solo quasi-experimental synthpop musician who is actually a storyteller first and a songwriter second.






Links: Website - @MagicTurtle643 - YouTube

R1:  Voted Out Croton Alley

R2:  Jasper (Shadow)

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Steven Wesley Guiles: Steven used to take himself seriously when writing music, because music was serious business. Now he just writes whatever the freak he wants and is ok with it. He's found a small bit of musical success writings songs for film and television and has had songs played on MTV Real World, The Mindy Project, and Keeping Up with the Kardashians. He's not really proud of the Kardashians one...but it paid well.

Links: Website - @sguiles - YouTube

R1:  Mordor, O, Mordor (Orc National Anthem)

R2:  True Blue

R3:  Voted Out Eyes Of The Dragon

R4:  If It's All The Same To You (Shadow)

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Sid Brown: Sid dabbles in songwriting from time to time playing mostly guitar and fiddle. As of late he has kept to himself strumming in a quiet corner of North Carolina, keeping hidden so as to not melt the skulls of the innocent with his sick melodies. It is also rumored he hates the sound of his own voice. The highlight of his career was playing fiddle in a very cool cover band with Kevin Savino-Riker years ago.

Links: Website

R1:  The Shire

R2:  Voted Out I'm Just Too In Love With Loving You

R3:

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Army Defense: The Deans of Pop, hailing from all over Minnesota and Wisconsin.






Links: Website

R1:  Kron

R2:  Voted Out Don't Fool Yourself

R3:

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Pigfarmer Jr: A junior pigfarmer, a journeyman if you will.







Links:

R1:  Voted Out Zamunda National Anthem

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Governing Dynamics: Straight outta the '80s and '90s and I was alive for the '00s also and I guess we're almost halfway through the '10s.





Links: Website - @travisnorris

R1:  Roland Lives! (Battle Hymn Of The Crimson Nation)

R2:  Where The River Meets The Earth (Film Noir Blues)

R3:  Voted Out Blackbirds

R4:  Surf Whatever (Shadow)

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James Young: I am a UK-based amateur songwriter and home recording enthusiast. I also do vocals, guitar, bass & occasional drums with bands AvidFan and Good Guy Sôjàbé.





Links: Website - @avidfanman

R1:  Elbonia! Elbonia!

R2:  Moth

R3:  The Shadow Of The Wind

R4:  When The Morning Comes (placed 3rd)

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The Boffo Yux Dudes: Old guys who should know better. The ones your parents warned you about.The Dudes reformed in 2009, creating new music for the confused masses. Allan Morgan and Tom Giarrosso head this version of BYD with rabid optimism that they'll be remembered for more than just all those replays on Dr. Demento. Record holder of most shadow songs submitted. We've been in all these damn things!

Links: Website - @BoffoYuxDudes - YouTube

R1:  Latveria, We Bow Before Our Doom

R2:  Deadline Victim

R3:

R4:  Beach Chairs (Shadow) - Panorama (Shadow)

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TurboShandy: After going acoustic for Spintunes 8, TurboShandy will be bringing the noise again this round. Bittersweet pop punk for the discerning drunk.





Links: Website - @stu_hig

R1:  Oitopia

R2:  Some Idea Of You

R3:  Ready Player One

R4:  Twenty-Two (placed 4th)

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Steve Durand: Steve Durand is a trumpet player and songwriter who likes to infuse his music with swing and jazz stylings.





Links:

R1:  Oceania, 'Tis For Thee

R2:  One More Chance

R3:  Deadline Victim

R4:

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The Roy Hammer Trio: The Roy Hammer Trio has delighted audiences across the Midwest for an unspecified amount of time. A mixture of sweat, supernatural chord progressions (including minor ones!), and tailored suits. The brothers Hammer will attempt to bring their live swagger to the digital medium.


Links: Website

R1:  Voted Out Costaguana

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Jerry Skids: Immaculately conceived by the Borough of Brooklyn, NY, I was spawned to play folk punk and acoustic rock for small groups of people on a black Martin guitar. That is all.




Links: Website - @JerryTheSkids - YouTube

R1:  The Island Is My Home

R2:  Another Apology

R3:  Deadline Victim

R4:

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MC Ohm-I: I am an odd rapper.







Links: Website - @mcohmi - YouTube

R1:  Plankistan National Anthem

R2:  Love Her Again In Hell

R3:  Merriam Websters Dictionary And Thesaurus

R4:  Black People Don't Swim (winner)

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Brian Gray: Buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo buffalo buffalo Buffalo buffalo.






Links: Website - @BrianGrayMusic - YouTube

R1:  St. Agnes

R2:  Otisburg

R3:  Maus

R4:  All You Can Eat (runner up)

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Zoe Gray: What are bios even? I like writing. And reading. And birding. And drawing. My interests are varied. But mostly music. All the music. I’m a teenage girl. I’m punk. Social justice. Music.




Links: Website - YouTube

R1:  Country Of The Sun

R2:  Jesse's Girl

R3:  Voted Out The Tell-Tale Heart

R4:  Shark Week (Shadow)

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Kolton H.: Electronic musician from Kansas City, MO. My obsession with music started when I began taking drum lessons as a kid and has grown ever since. Although I dabble in all genres I tend to prefer darker, aggressive music with elements of industrial, drum & bass, and ambient with cyberpunk themes. As a break from that I also like writing chiptunes, or glitchy, trip-hop inspired music.


Links: Website

R1:  Oceania Prevails

R2:  Sacred Drug

R3:  Deadline Victim

R4:

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Benjamin J Spencer: In and out of bands since 1995. Primarily a singer/songwriter but also plays bass, drums and Cajon. Roots in alternative rock, blues, metal, pop. Often performs solo gigs but most at home as part of a band - most recent projects are Good Guy Sôjábé and Huguenots.



Links: Website

R1:  Alcoholia

R2:  Deadline Victim

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Heather Zink: Easily talked into making questionable decisions.






Links:

R1:  Bless Our Land Hyrule

R2:  Deadline Victim Love At First Sight (Shadow)

R3:

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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. Primative recordings suggest that this giant shark rock band reached a maximum awesomeness.

Links:

R1:  Voted Out Digitalistan

R2:  The Harsh Light Of Day (Shadow)

R3:  Ready Player One (Shadow)

R4:

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Caravan Ray: Caravan Ray is a loose collective of musicians, poets and performance artists who currently reside within an old, derilict public servant in southern Queensland. He is available for parties.




Links: Website - @CaravanRay - YouTube

R1:  The Lonelystani National Anthem

R2:  Deadline Victim

R3:

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Shadows:

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Adam Sakellarides: As a native southern-Californian and former band geek, Adam started writing songs on an old guitar from the 70s that his parents won in a raffle. He was raised on Weird Al, Barenaked Ladies, Jonathan Coulton, and robbery. Although he's a nerd at heart, he's relatively comfortable onstage. Song subjects include astronomy, zombies, math, aliens, language, martian rovers, socially awkward people, and other things.

Links: Website - @AdamSounds - YouTube

R1:  The Terran Empire Anthem

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Plenitude:







Links:

R1:  Santa Prisca National Anthem

R2:  Are You Here

R3:

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Dr. Lindyke: Two people, one name. It's mad science.







Links: Website - @Dr_Lindyke - YouTube

R1:  O Hail To You Fidonia

R2:  Nothing But Love

R3:  The God Of All Small Boys

R4:

SpinTunes #9 Round 1 Songs

The LP went off without a hitch (nice work Tom).  Turns out that U-Stream has brought back it's chat option, but we will probably stick with http://chatwing.com/SpinTunes for at least the rest of SpinTunes 9.  It has a few cool features that U-Stream's chat just doesn't have.

Some people have been wanting the lyrics to be available during the LP.  I think I have a pretty simple solution, so as long as someone reminds me the day before the LP, I can make that happen.

The songs are now available for FREE download, and you can vote for your favorite entries as well. Many of you will be asking friends and family to support you in the popular vote. That's great, but when you do, please ask them to listen to all the songs & vote for their favorites. You can vote for multiple people, so they might as well listen to everyone.

Until the round 2 songs are posted I will only allow people to download the round 1 album as a whole. But even after that, PLEASE download the entire album vs downloading just a handful of songs while the contest is on going. BandCamp limits how many free downloads I can give away, and 1 album download counts the same as 1 song download.

After the Listening party ended, some of us hung out in a Google+ hang out awhile.  If you want to drop into our next hangout you can add me to your circles & I'll add you my SpinTunes circle.  Also, we have a private Facebook group that any song contributor to the contest is allowed to join.  I'd love to see you all there joining in on the conversations.

With  21 entries turned in for round 1, that means there will be 5 eliminations in round 1, then 6 eliminations in rounds 2 & 3. That would leave 4 finalists for round 4. Good luck everyone.

You can find the album on BandCamp by clicking the image below:

(Album cover by Matt Schubbe)

  

- You can vote for your favorite songs with the poll in the right sidebar.  -->

- Judges & guest judges need to turn in their reviews & rankings by July 18th 11PM (F) .  That is also when the poll closes for the popular vote.

- Reviews & Eliminations will be posted July 19th before 11PM (Sat).

- July 20th 1AM (Sun) - Second Challenge is announced.

Videos:

If anyone wants to make a VIDEO for their song, I will include it here:
 

Links Of Interest:
- Sarah Miles did a cover of "Today's The Day" by Inverse T. Clown.
- Heather Zink posted a song bio for her song.
- Brian Gray posted a song bio for his song.
- Governing Dynamics posted a song bio for his song.

Round 1 LP & Deadline News

I want to stress that you should follow the SpinTunes Twitter feed while you're competing in the contest.  It's possible that I may not be home or awake on certain deadline nights, and I don't want people stressing out when they don't get an instant confirmation e-mail.  I'll use the Twitter account to keep you guys posted about that type of thing.  Now...onto the news...

For now you should know:
- There are 21 official entries on the album & 2 shadows. (unless more come in)
- I think I responded to all e-mails (eventually).
- If this was your first time completing a SpinTunes song, you have earned your way into the SpinTunes Facebook group.  All you have to do is request entrance.
- The listening party will be hosted by Tom on U-Stream tonight. It's at 8PM.  U-Stream recently got rid of it's chat function, so Dave Leigh set up a chat room we can use during the show.

Listening Party Location: http://www.ustream.tv/channel/spintunes
http://chatwing.com/SpinTunes

Deadline Eliminations: Since I didn't post the profiles before the contest, I think we can skip listing the names this time.  I'll be adding the profiles soon, and will gladly add even more if someone decides to shadow.

There will be 5 judges eliminations to make this round. Good luck.
(that means 6 eliminations in rounds 2 & 3)

SpinTunes #9: Round 1 Challenge

Imaginational Anthem - Write a new anthem for a fictional country. (examples: Gondor, Utopia, Narnia, Val Verde,  Freedonia) (2 minute minimum length) (your submission is due Sunday, July 13th 11:59PM)

Submitting Entries:- Entries must be received by the given deadline. Otherwise it'll be posted as a shadow. Received means that it has to appear in my e-mail inbox by the given deadline. I will be going by the time stamp on the e-mail in my inbox. PLEASE do not wait until the last hour to send me something. If there is a blackout in your area, your computer crashes, or your dog actually eats your thumb drive...I will not care. You are allowed to send in a draft of your song early just in case something horrible happens & you miss the deadline. Then you can add polish to your song & send in a better version closer to the deadline. 1 minute late is still late, people.


- Send your file in a format that Bandcamp accepts. (.aiff, .wav or .flac) (at least 16-bit/44.1kHz) You can find the specific requirements for Bandcamp files HERE.

- Name your file the song's title, but without spaces & punctuation.

- Title of the e-mail should be the title of the Challenge & your band's name.

- Include the song lyrics in the body of the e-mail. (If your song doesn't have lyrics...consider yourself eliminated. Instrumentals can be pretty, but SpinTunes does require lyrics.)

- Include information on anyone that needs credited if you collabed with someone.

- If you have a BandCamp account, you can just send me a link to your song on BandCamp if you include all the info I mentioned above. Make sure you have it set as a free download, and have it set so that I don't have to put in an e-mail to download it if you pick this option. THIS IS THE BEST FILE SHARING OPTION!

- Other file sharing options if you need them: Sound Cloud & Drop Box. Please send an e-mail as I already stated, but with the download link if you need one of these services. Please follow directions so your file doesn't wind up in my spam or trash folder accidentally.

Side Notes:

- Remember that you are allowed to send in a little background about your song. Some people don't like to do that, and you don't have to, but if you want to write a couple sentences about your song I'll post it on the BandCamp page for people to see. Some judges will look at the lyrics & this extra info, but they aren't required to.

- If you didn't sign-up in time to compete in SpinTunes #9, you can still complete the challenge & send in a song. It'll be uploaded with the other entries as a "Shadow Song". Check the FAQ if you don't know what that means. You can even complete past challenges from previous contests.

- The only other way to get your music played at the LP is to cover "Today's The Day" by Inverse T. Clown.

- Feel free to leave any questions in the comments.

SpinTunes #9: Sign Up Page

It's time for SpinTunes #9. The rules are in place. New judges are...well...I'm working on it.  But they will be working on the challenges soon. Now it's time to see who's going to be competing in our 9th contest.

I will need everyone who wants to participate to copy & paste the following text into their e-mail. Fill in the needed info, and then e-mail it to me at the address I provided below. Make sure you put "Spintown Contest" as the subject of the e-mail so I don't think it's spam. Also use an e-mail that I can reach you at if need be. Don't panic if you don't get a confirmation e-mail immediately after signing up. I'll message you back within 24 hours of getting your e-mail.

 
I _____________ give Travis Langworthy permission to upload any music I submit into his contest onto his blog (Spintown) & bandcamp. I realize it will become part of an album consisting of numerous other artists, and that it will be available for anyone to download for free. I also promise to give my very best effort in each round to complete the challenges. Providing NEW songs that have not been released before in any form. I also agree that anything that goes wrong during this competition is Heather's fault.
Name: (The name you or your group wants to be referred to during the competition.)
Bio: (Give a brief description of your group/music/history in 500 CHARACTERS or less. I know it's brief, but it's more than Twitter allows. :p Besides, links to your sites will be provided if people want to learn more about you. No URL’s or links will be allowed in the bio section.)
Twitter: (If you got one & want to share. *optional* If there's multiple accounts for multiple band members that's fine.)
YouTube: (If you got one & want to share. *optional*)
Band Website: (If it's different than either of the above. *optional*)
Pictures: (I need a band picture or logo. The image should be 100x100, and if it's not I'll do my best to make it so. Don't forget to actually attach the picture.)

Judges:
Here's a list of the people that will be making the challenges, reviewing your work & of course voting on the songs:
1.  Dave Leigh
2.  James Rechs
3.  John DiBello
4.  Ted Kiper
5.  Scott Mercer

Schedule:
Sign ups will last until July 1st 11:59PM (T).

The first challenge will be posted July 2nd 1AM (W).

My best guess as to what the whole schedule will look like can be found HERE.  

SpinTunes #9: Schedule

We usually manage to stick to the schedule, but as usual it's flexible if something comes up.  If you notice any obvious mistakes just let me know.  I gave a couple extra days for the round 1 challenge because some people will probably be taking a long weekend for the holiday.

June 14th (S) - Sign up page gets posted.

July 1st 11:59PM (T) - Sign ups end.

July 2nd 1AM (W) - First challenge is announced.

July 13th 11:59PM (Sun) - First song deadline.
 - Profiles get posted.

July 14th 8PM (M) - Listening party will be held HERE, and hosted by Tom.

July 15th (T) - Songs are made available for free download on BandCamp.

 *During this gap:
 - judges will rank the songs
 - judges will review the songs*

July 18th 11PM (F) - Judges reviews are due.

July 19th before 11PM (Sat) - Reviews & Eliminations are posted.

July 20th 1AM (Sun) - Second challenge is announced.

July 27th 11:59PM (Sun) - Second song deadline.

July 28th 8PM (M) - Listening party will be held HERE, and hosted by Tom.

July 29th (T) - Songs are made available for free download on BandCamp.

 *During this gap:
 - judges will rank the songs
 - judges will review the songs*

August 1st before 11PM (F) - Judges reviews are due.

August 2nd before 11PM (Sat) - Reviews & Eliminations are posted.

August 3rd 1AM (Sun) - Third challenge is announced.

August 10th 11:59PM (Sun) - Third song deadline.

August 11th 8PM (M) - Listening party will be held HERE, and hosted by Tom.

August 12th (T) - Songs are made available for free download on BandCamp.

 *During this gap:
 - judges will rank the songs
 - judges will review the songs*

August 15th before 11PM (F) - Judges reviews are due.

August 16th before 11PM (Sat) - Reviews & Eliminations are posted.

August 17th 1AM (Sun) - Final challenge is announced.

August 24th 11:59PM (Sun) - Final song deadline.

August 25th 8PM (M) - Listening party will be held HERE, and hosted by Tom.

August 26th (T) - Songs are made available for free download on BandCamp.

 *During this gap:
 - previously eliminated competitors will rank the songs
 - judges will rank the songs
 - judges will review the songs*

August 30th noon (Sat) - Judges reviews are due.
 - Eliminated competitors rankings are due.

August 30th 8PM (Sat) - Reviews are posted & the winner is announced.

SpinTunes #9: Official Rules

If something is confusing, needs clarification, if you just think I made a mistake or forgot something feel free to mention your concern in the comments below. It will be addressed in good time.

Schedule:
The schedule will be similar to past contests. There will be 4 rounds. You will have 8-11 days to write, record & send in your song. There will be a short break between each round. During this time the song will be voted on, reviewed & prep for the next round will be made. For more info click: HERE.

Judges Voting:
There will be 5 judges who are not participating in the contest, but will be allowed to shadow. Each round they will individually rate all the songs from favorite to least favorite. Then the judges scores will be posted & added up. Here's an example of what the judges scoring would look like:

 

Popular Vote:
There will continue to be a popular vote in the sidebar, but in this tournament the popular vote will ONLY be a tiebreaker if the judges scores are tied.

Eliminations:
Each round people will be eliminated from the competition. The number of eliminations each round will not be known until after the round 1 songs are turned in. I want the number of people eliminated in rounds 1-3 to be the same (or close to the same), and 4 people left for the final round. So if 25 people submit songs for round 1: 7 people would be eliminated in round 1, 2 & 3....leaving 4 people in the final round. More details to be posted when the round 1 deadline has passed.

This is not a head to head contest, each round the competitors with the lowest vote totals are eliminated. After the eliminations all the point totals goes back to 0. You don't get to keep points from previous rounds.

Ties are settled by a popular vote in the form of a poll I'll start for each round. If somehow that is a tie as well, the point totals from the previous round will decide the winner. If by some miracle everything is tied, the final deciding factor is me.

Final Round:
In the last round, everyone who has been eliminated (who also submitted at least 1 song) will be allowed to rank the songs. This round the judges have no say in matters, but they will still be required to review each song. Rules for a tie are altered just a bit. Popular vote is the first deciding factor, then the judges, and then I am the last deciding factor.

Challenges:
The challenges will be similar to the old Song Fu & "Non Optional" Nur Ein challenges. If you go through the old challenges you'll see that they could be anything. You could be given a theme, restrictions, a technical challenge and hopefully you're forced to do things you've never done before. The challenges will be created by myself & the other judges before the contest even starts.

Submitting Entries:
- Entries must be received by the given deadline. Otherwise it'll be posted as a shadow. Received means that it has to appear in my e-mail inbox by the given deadline. I will be going by the time stamp on the e-mail in my inbox. PLEASE do not wait until the last hour to send me something. If there is a blackout in your area, your computer crashes, or your dog actually eats your thumb drive...I will not care. You are allowed to send in a draft of your song early just in case something horrible happens & you miss the deadline. Then you can add polish to your song & send in a better version closer to the deadline. 1 minute late is still late people.

 

- Send your file in a format that Bandcamp accepts. (.aiff, .wav or .flac) (at least 16-bit/44.1kHz) You can find the specific requirements for Bandcamp files HERE. You do not need to send in MP3's.
- Name your file the song's title, but without spaces & punctuation.
- Title of the e-mail should be the title of the Challenge & your band's name.
- Include the song lyrics in the body of the e-mail. (If your song doesn't have lyrics...consider yourself eliminated. Instrumentals can be pretty, but SpinTunes does require lyrics.)
- Include information on anyone that needs credited if you collabed with someone.
- File sharing options if you need them: YouSendIt, Sound Cloud, & Drop Box. Please send an e-mail as I already stated, but with the download link if you need one of these services. Please follow directions so your file doesn't wind up in my spam or trash folder accidentally.
- If you have a BandCamp account, you can just send me a link to your song on BandCamp if you include all the info I mentioned above. Make sure you have it set as a free download, and have it set so that I don't have to put in an e-mail to download it if you pick this option. THIS IS THE BEST FILE SHARING OPTION!

Hosting:
Each round I'll be uploading the songs onto BandCamp as an album. The songs will be set for free download only. BandCamp makes it easy to download songs, you can share 1 song individually or the album as a whole.

If you want to be entered into the contest, your song must be on the album & made available to everyone for free. Otherwise you are DQed from the contest.

Prize:
I didn't plan on there being a prize. No trophy. No cash. I’ll be happy to mail you a t-shirt that says you’re the new champion, but the real prize is knowing you won & the music itself. If you need gifts & thousands of fans to motivate you to write songs in this competiton...it ain't for you.

The winner will be allowed to be a judge in the next competition, unless they wish to compete.

Listening Party:
Tom Giarrosso will be hosting the listening party for each round (he will also help with uploading). Hopefully we can all get together in one virtual place while the songs are played for the very first time for people.

Meet The Judges:
Here's a list of the people that will be making the challenges, reviewing your work & of course voting on the songs:

1.  Dave Leigh
2.  James Rechs
3.  John DiBello
4.  Ted Kiper
5.  Scott Mercer
  
* I am the alternate judge. If a judge is unable to do his/her job, I'll step in and take over. If the judge has to withdraw from the contest totally, I'll fill in until I can find a replacement. If I happen to have a guest judge lined up already, there will be no need for me to step in as alternate. (Buck stops with me, but then I blame Heather.)
* There could be "Guest Judges" who drop by from time to time. A guest judge has to be approved by me ahead of time. I'm not promising anything, but if I can swing something cool for you all I want to leave that open as a possibility. When a guest judge ranks & reviews a round, it does count toward the scores for the round. If a song is disqualified by the regular judges, the guest judge's rankings will be edited to stay in line with the judges decision. There will be 1 or 2 guest judges each round if I can swing it. No promises though.

Judge Responsibilities:
- Reviewing entries each round. Shadow entries don't have to be reviewed, but it would be nice if you found the time. You can type up your review or you can vlog it on YouTube. If you decide to vlog your review on YouTube, it needs to be kept private until after I post the reviews on the blog.
- Making the challenges via a super secret website I set up.
- After the songs get posted each round the judges will be allowed to post their thoughts on who failed to met the challenge. (in the super secret location) 48 hours after the songs get posted we need to have a decision on what songs did or didn't meet the challenge. If you don't speak up in that window of time you'll have to live with a decision I make on my own.
- Checking your e-mail.  Especially on deadline nights.

Any judge who does not go along with a decision about a DQ will not have their rankings count for that particular round. However I will post any reviews they provide. Hopefully this does not happen again.

Twitter:
For those of you that don't want to check this blog every day, but also use Twitter, I'll be posting updates on Twitter as well. @SpinTunes was created just for this contest. You can unfollow it right after the contest if you want, my ego can take it. There is a Twitter list that includes all the judges & competitors (SpinTunes List). Well, at least all the ones I know that are on Twitter.

Song Sharing:
You are allowed to share your songs before the LP. In my opinion the songs will be better if you can go to another musician in this contest, share what you've got & get feedback. So if you want to share with a few friends or fellow competitors before the listening party feel free to do so.

However...

I would prefer it if you kept it low key, and not pimp it all over the net (via Twitter, YouTube, etc...) until after the LP, but that's up to you as well. It does take a little excitement away from the LP if people have already heard the songs. Common sense. Just don't try to get feedback from a judge, or from me since I'm an alternate.

Rerecording & Remixes:
In previous contests some people sent their song in ON TIME, but then after the deadline wanted me to post an updated version onto the album (they added bells & whistles). My response to that is ok, BUT you will be judged by what you turned in before the deadline. So anyone who decides they want to make a better mix of their song, and have it replace the one they sent before...that's fine. Send me the info, and I'll switch the files out. I might not do it instantly, but it will be done. Now I'm not going to have someone send me a new mix every month because they like remixing their own stuff all the time, but I'll allow 1 update of each song down the road. These songs are something you should be proud of, and some people are bugged by not being able to add everything they want in that small window I give them...so hopefully this helps...while still being fair.

In the end, album order is determined by how you scored in the round. But until the judges have scored the round, album order is originally determined by submission order. Your order on the album will change if you send in an updated file.

Multiple Songs:
You can enter 1 song each round until you are eliminated. There is no limit on how many shadow songs you can enter each round though. If you are still in the contest & have multiple songs you wish to enter, you just have to pick 1 song to be your official entry, while the other is listed as a shadow song.

You are not allowed to enter the contest as a part of more than 1 group. So if you enter as yourself, you will not be allowed to enter again as a part of another band

Wrap Up:
I will once again be busy with work & other responsibilities. I will enlist the help of judges & a few other trusted members of our community to help out from time to time. Don't be shocked if someone other than myself responds to you via one of the SpinTunes social media outlets.

Banned Individuals:
If someone is banned from SpinTunes it means they are banned from competing, shadowing, judging, & all the social parts of SpinTunes I administrate. They are also not allowed to collaborate on songs.  Anyone collaborating with a banned individual will be DQ'ed from the round & their song will not be played at the LP or put on the album.  Helping someone evade a ban can also lead to me banning another person.  I don't like banning people, so when I do, it's for a good reason.  The people listed below are currently the only people banned from SpinTunes.

Ban List:
JoAnn Abbott
Mike Derma
Stephen Hancock