ST26 R3 Rankings - Travis Norris

Here are your Round 3 rankings from SpinTunes 5 and SpinTunes 25 Champion Travis Norris:

1	Stefan Szabo
2	Sober
3	traumadolls
4	Stacking Theory
5	David Taro
6	miscellaneous owl
7	Brother Baker
8	Cheslain
9	Flintsteel
10	The Moon Bureau
11	Nathan Joe Long
12	Ironbark
13	Sunflower Bastard
14	Carrie Spillane
15	Best Dad In Yorkshire
16	Hot Pink Halo
17	Jennifer Lynne and the Dandelion Rebellion
18	Ominous Ride

Travis's reviews are coming soon!

ST26 R3 Reviews - Micah Sommersmith

This batch of songs took a little while to grow on me; I think they suffered at first in comparison to Round 2, in which the melisma challenge was basically a cheat code for catchy melodies. But once I got past that, the brilliance of these songs started revealing themselves to me. I don’t have any rankings to justify, so instead my reviews are attempts to pull out some of the most distinctive features of each song, and in some cases, to generalize them into some basic principles of good songwriting. So I invite you to read the reviews of your fellow contestants’ songs; there might be something there for you to chew on too. Read on for my reviews!

SpinTunes 26 Final Round Challenge

We have reached the Final Round of SpinTunes 26. The winner of this round, as decided by the SpinTunes 26 contestants themselves, will earn the title of Champion. But to do that they need to write and record one more song. Read on for the Final Round challenge!

SpinTunes 26 Round 3 Album

If you missed last night's Round 3 Listening Party, never fear. The whole Round 3 album, including 18 competing entries and 5 shadows, is now available to download or stream on Bandcamp or embedded below. Matt Schubbe once again provides our cover art. Thank you, Matt!

ST26 Round 3 Listening Party and Deadline News

The Round 3 deadline now has passed;

I've gathered up the batch.

The sea of talent's awful vast,

With lovely tunes to match.

Two openings were found today

That shadows get to fill:

Now David Taro's back in play,

And Om'nous Ride as well!

If you're agog for melody

(And I know I sure am!),

Then join tonight with Tommy G

at 10 o'clock PM.

The List'ning Party's where you'll hear

These twenty-three new tunes

To join the fun, you just click here.

I'll see you all real soon!

ST26 Round 2 Results

Wow, people. What a round. Every song had its strengths, and with a batch of songs this good, the judges each had to decide for themselves what put one song above another. You'll see that in the variations in your final scores.

However, exactly one song earned top-ten rankings from all five judges, which put it easily in the number one spot, and earned its artist his ninth SpinTunes round victory, meaning he now gets the record for most wins all to himself (sorry, Edric!). Congratulations to Sober, whose song "I'll Try Again" wins him first place in Round 2!

Cheslain's "Apostasy" comes in second place, while Ironbark takes third with "Don't Get Behind Me".

Read on for the full Round 2 results and links to judges' reviews!

ST26 R2 Rankings - Travis Norris

Here are your Round 2 rankings from SpinTunes 5 and SpinTunes 25 Champion Travis Norris:

1	Best Dad In Yorkshire
2	Stefan Szabo
3	miscellaneous owl
4	Sober
5	Sunflower Bastard
6	Cheslain
7	Ironbark
8	Nathan Joe Long
9	Star Bear
10	Carrie Spillane
11	Brother Baker
12	West of Vine
13	Stacking Theory
14	Jennifer Lynne and the Dandelion Rebellion
15	Flintsteel
16	The Moon Bureau
17	Vom Vorton
18	Berkeley Social Scene
19	Hot Pink Halo
20	traumadolls
21	David Taro
22	Huge Shark
23	the profane bells
24	Ominous Ride
25	Jealous Brother
26	Cosmic Ray Corruption
27	Pigfarmer Jr
28	The Pannacotta Army
29	Paul Dermody
30	The Dreams Corporation
31	chewmeupspitmeout

Travis's reviews are coming soon!