(Discussion Thread) - Fretboard Challenge #2 - Entries

thecolourbox

We could assume that every entrant votes for themselves, so a bit like whether people sell single raffle tickets or a strip, in a one prize draw it makes no difference

Antique_Guitars

Fretwired said:

Personally I'd never vote for myself but I have no problem with those who do. For me it's the pleasure in taking part and being part of something interesting. A simple task - make a music using a drone - has thrown up a diverse range of songs. I'm finding picking a favourite hard so maybe we should opt for a Eurovision style voting system. I'm going to have another listen at lunchtime and make a decision.

I was also wondering if there's a way we could give/get feedback.

I'm finding it pretty hard as well to be honest, but at the moment I don't want to complicate the voting system too much.

Yeah you can give and get feedback by posting on peoples tracks on SoundCloud, that was one of the suggestions for getting a soundcloud account.

spark240

I really cant see the point of voting for your self, just my opinion. 

Antique_Guitars

spark240 said:

I really cant see the point of voting for your self, just my opinion. 

I agree but it is a free world and I think people should have the choice.

not_the_dj

If everyone votes for themselves it's null and void, but if some do and some don't then it might well effect it (depending of course on how close it is in the end!).

Hopefully they'll be a lot of votes from those that haven't submitted a track and this doesn't make a difference, but it could.

steamabacus

I'd agree that I don't see why you should bar people from voting for themselves but it's just something I'd never do.

And as far as coming up with a winner, it's difficult. I may just have managed to come up with a top three on the podium but can't decide on a winner yet. Just getting it down to three was tricky.

A Eurovision style vote would have made it even trickier for me, choosing one is hard enough.

Antique_Guitars

not_the_dj said:

If everyone votes for themselves it's null and void, but if some do and some don't then it might well effect it (depending of course on how close it is in the end!).

Hopefully they'll be a lot of votes from those that haven't submitted a track and this doesn't make a difference, but it could.

I say let us leave it a few days and see how the voting is going, we do have about 9 days left after all. If there are not many votes being cast then we might think about reversing that option, however I do still think people should have that choice.

not_the_dj

Fair enough. I'll resist the temptation to vote for myself (feels weird doing that), and try and decide who to vote for!

Antique_Guitars

not_the_dj said:

Fair enough. I'll resist the temptation to vote for myself (feels weird doing that), and try and decide who to vote for!

You could just protest vote and go for the UKIP entry
:P

Fretwired

I'm wating for someone with the name none_of_the_above to submit a late entry .. :-)

Adam_MD

To echo other peoples comments the standard is incredibly high and I'm going to listen to them all a few times before casting my vote.

If someone wants to vote for their own track they should be able to but personally I don't think like that.

@daveww thanks for the comments on the vocals I appreciate that.

I'm also up for posting the gear used, are we posting it here or after the competition?

thecolourbox

Antique_Guitars;246773" said:

Yeah you can give and get feedback by posting on peoples tracks on SoundCloud, that was one of the suggestions for getting a soundcloud account.

I for one would be very grateful for any feedback on Soundcloud, be it insightful or inciteful, as long as it's in sight (in the site).

Though please, perhaps not on the vocals, i know they are bad, my throat is in a bad way and they are deliberately blurred with distortion and fx for that reason!

PolarityMan

I would prefer either not allowed to vote for yourself, or even participants cant vote at all over being allowed to vote for your own entry.

Antique_Guitars

PolarityMan;247012" said:

I would prefer either not allowed to vote for yourself, or even participants cant vote at all over being allowed to vote for your own entry.

If the entrants were not allowed to vote then we could potentially be left with not many voters. I have passed on this discussion to the mods and will see what their opinion is.

Basher

Hmmm. [Adopts upright posture, one arm on the mantlepiece, pipe clenched firmly between teeth.] 

I do feel that voting for yourself isn't quite playing the game.

However...... I suppose that such unsportsmanlike behaviour has been provoked by the excellent prize on offer. If all's fair in love and war, then behaving like a downright rum cove is probably to be expected in the far more serious business of GAS.

I suppose I'm now having second thoughts about the competition. I entered because I really liked the idea of the challenge, I've pushed myself out of my comfort zone and and I learned a heck of a lot more about using Reaper (crossfades, envelopes, pitch shift and time-stretch). Above all, I really enjoyed pretending to be an underground, experimental musician in 1968 Berlin.

I guess my entry would only be of interest to the mentally disturbed or sonic masochists but I'm proud of it. As such, I'm confident that I will fail to trouble the scorer but my "Norvege - Nul Points" performance will be a badge of deep personal honour.

Just another appeal to everybody to remember that it's not the winning, but the production of a barely-listenable, post-modern, atonal, sonic-drone collage that counts. 

steamabacus

@Basher ; I really liked yours, actually. What does that say about my listening choices, eh?

You may be surprised and actually get more points than you think - especially as there are no bearded drag artistes in this vote.

Fretwired

Basher said:

Hmmm. [Adopts upright posture, one arm on the mantlepiece, pipe clenched firmly between teeth.] 

I do feel that voting for yourself isn't quite playing the game.

However...... I suppose that such unsportsmanlike behaviour has been provoked by the excellent prize on offer. If all's fair in love and war, then behaving like a downright rum cove is probably to be expected in the far more serious business of GAS.

I suppose I'm now having second thoughts about the competition. I entered because I really liked the idea of the challenge, I've pushed myself out of my comfort zone and and I learned a heck of a lot more about using Reaper (crossfades, envelopes, pitch shift and time-stretch). Above all, I really enjoyed pretending to be an underground, experimental musician in 1968 Berlin.

I guess my entry would only be of interest to the mentally disturbed or sonic masochists but I'm proud of it. As such, I'm confident that I will fail to trouble the scorer but my "Norvege - Nul Points" performance will be a badge of deep personal honour.

Just another appeal to everybody to remember that it's not the winning, but the production of a barely-listenable, post-modern, atonal, sonic-drone collage that counts. 

@Basher ... I totally agree with your comments. I've entered for fun rather than the prize [I doubt I'd win].

I really like your track. It's the sort of thing I listen to - I'd love to know how you made it.

Chuffola

Have to agree with the anti-voting-for-yourself collective.

Seems a bit against the spirit of the thing... 

Although,that will undoubtedly leave me with no votes...

Hang on a minute!

daveww

Agree that it's not really cricket to vote for yourself.

Echoing someone's earlier comments I hope that we get plenty of votes from non-entering forum members (all for me of course  However, I fear that many won't take time out of their busy schedules to listen to over an hours worth of our efforts.  Today I listened to the tracks on soundcloud through Bluetooth whilst driving to and from work and thought it was a good idea to suggest other people do that as well.  I fear they won't take the necessary time unless they do similar.

spark240

daveww said:

Agree that it's not really cricket to vote for yourself.

Echoing someone's earlier comments I hope that we get plenty of votes from non-entering forum members (all for me of course  However, I fear that many won't take time out of their busy schedules to listen to over an hours worth of our efforts.  Today I listened to the tracks on soundcloud through Bluetooth whilst driving to and from work and thought it was a good idea to suggest other people do that as well.  I fear they won't take the necessary time unless they do similar.

For this reason, I reckon all challenges should have a time limit, say 2 minutes or so ..I mean....what if ( in a good way) there were 100 entries ! this has picked up considerably in just 2 challenges, it could easily get to 30-40 entrants plus.

Juts listening and picking a winner becomes a challenge in itself