"Song must be in the key of H."

Lunk - you are correct, your song was in five parts, it was under three minutes, it therefore met the challenge. The problem with judging Nur Ein is that as you get into the later rounds, you have a small group of excellent songwriters competing, and you have to slice things really fine to come up w...

Hi, all. As you have probably noticed, I have not posted any reviews since Round 2. Life has just kicked me over and over again the last few weeks. Since the start of Nur Ein (in chronological order): my dog died, my wife's old cat (who still lived with her ex-husband) died, someone tried to break i...

A pretty strong week. I know things are going well when my notes about the song I ranked lowest say “Not great, but not bad.” I could have ranked any of the top 7 songs as the top song, this is just how they shook out in my current mental state (which has not been good the last few weeks). From best...

There was a lot of half-assing going on this round. Fair warning to everyone, you'd better get your whole ass into the fight in the coming rounds, or you will be gone. I look at a song as a marriage of three parts – structure, lyric, and arrangement. Not only does each part have to stand alone, but ...

BenKrieger wrote:Lyrics posted!

I encourage everyone to do just that. As a judge listening to 25+ songs and ranking them in two days, I absolutely will not have time to puzzle out your lyrics if they are unclear. If I don't know what you are saying, it could hurt you.

Paco Del Stinko wrote:Great panel. Good/bad they're not entering.

You know what they say: Those who can, do. Those who can't, judge.

And yes, I'm directing that comment at myself.

Nice work, Schlimminy Cricket! You did a beautiful job with that track - it's not at all how I would have expected someone to take that one, but it is lovely. In an odd twist of GOM fate, Mr. Cricket was both my gifter and my giftee this year. I have a rather long list of excuses for not finishing; ...

Mine is going to be very, very late. I am an ass.

Well, I got my assignment, so I know I'm in. Here are my choices (apologies for the tardiness): Sunbrain - Gravity British Sea Power - Who's In Control? Swervedriver - Duel And You Will know Us By the Trail of Dead - Worlds Apart I'd love to hear someone take on of these and make it their own! Happy...

I still want in! I'll get my picks in tonight! It will be a little longer than 5 hours, but my gifter can catch up a few hours later.

James - Sometimes
Kitchens of Distinction - Oak Tree
LCD Soundsystem - Someone Great
Frightened Rabbit - Poke

You are correct, it is the center of my chest.

Dude! Those aren't my pubes!

Yeah, I chose the artist I did because her portfolio is full of amazing colors and textures. She does incredible work!

Check her stuff out.

ETA: My 500th post! It only took me seven years....

Last week, I celebrated my 40th birthday. As a present to myself, I finally got the tattoo I've been wanting for years. It's my first, so I wanted it to be something special, and of course, music has been the driving force of my entire life. Song Fight connection: the music you see is the first meas...

glennny wrote:The most efficient set of the night: 6 songs in 15 minutes

Old punks never die, they just write shorter and shorter songs because long songs are too hard to remember all the way through.

The Naked Philosophy set:

Bitter Monday
Sorry to Inform You
Via Sunderland
Isle Dauphine
Come and Take It
City in Fog

My band and Niveous' band are the same people and our sets are back to back, so it makes sense for us to get back to back rehearsal times, Friday or Saturday should work unless someone's planning on skipping out...

I can bring my bass up. I'm not getting in until Thursday night, though, so it won't be available for Thursday afternoon rehearsal.

No good ever comes of letting other people dissect your art. Except, you know, the part where you might get better at your craft?

I'm not sure if I missed it, but do we have a practice space lined up? I'm thinking that my set is going to be a three-piece garage punk set (getting back to my roots), but we'll have to practice at some point.

https://youtu.be/-JlmvtAHhnc

The Dude has spoken.