Nur Ein IX Round Seven "The Usual Bravura"

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Nur Ein IX Round Seven "The Usual Bravura"

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How come no one is debating the challenge yet? Is it because no one thinks they're moving on?

According to Urban Dictionary " a-game. To do your best possible in any endeavor; not just in sports. Ya'll dudes better come wit it, i mean, bring ya a-game and shit."
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I think someone actually accused Frankie of challenge non-compliance during the last round of Nur Ein II, because they felt like Frankie didn't choose the genre he's best at. So, y'know, weirder things have happened.

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Man. Frank will never let me live that down. :) Just to clarify, I didn't "accuse" anybody of anything. Somebody's "A Game" is subjective. fbf is one of my favorite fighters, and has been since back when I was just a listener and not yet a participant. But for me at that time my favorite type of song from him, what I would have then considered to be his "A Game" for me, was his guy and guitar stuff. For example, "Bullseye Girl", love that song, so good! The final round that Ein I didn't really love either entry. Frank's song has a lot going on. It's like Steely Dan/yacht rock part of the time (whole tone scales and super long keyboard solo) and Stax/Motown (I know he likes one and not the other but I can't remember which is which right now, but, in the chorus, that's when you hear the RnB/soul sound). It really came out of left field for me as a listener and it didn't really resonate with me. I'm sure he put a ton of effort into it because it was a well written song with a big arrangement and really great production.
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I'll take Steely Dan over GnG any day. That was the year (Nur Ein 2) that I actually voted for Frankie in the finals. The other 2 times I preferred the other guy. I was impressed with that track! I still enjoy it.
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Lunkhead wrote:Man. Frank will never let me live that down. :) Just to clarify, I didn't "accuse" anybody of anything. Somebody's "A Game" is subjective. fbf is one of my favorite fighters, and has been since back when I was just a listener and not yet a participant. But for me at that time my favorite type of song from him, what I would have then considered to be his "A Game" for me, was his guy and guitar stuff. For example, "Bullseye Girl", love that song, so good! The final round that Ein I didn't really love either entry. Frank's song has a lot going on. It's like Steely Dan/yacht rock part of the time (whole tone scales and super long keyboard solo) and Stax/Motown (I know he likes one and not the other but I can't remember which is which right now, but, in the chorus, that's when you hear the RnB/soul sound). It really came out of left field for me as a listener and it didn't really resonate with me. I'm sure he put a ton of effort into it because it was a well written song with a big arrangement and really great production.
I always say that one of the fun things about Nur Ein is that the judges aren't generally given any specific guidelines about how to determine whether someone's met the challenge, or what to do in such an instance.

One of the other fun things about Nur Ein is that everyone's a judge in that last round, so so you simply graded the songs by the criteria you felt were most appropriate. Can't begrudge you for that.

I encourage all the eliminated contestants to vote, and to use whatever criteria you want when deciding!
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I didn't actually factor the challenge into my (half) vote. To me "bring your A-game" is like a non-challenge, and is more of a break for the finalists from having to deal with the challenges, and an encouragement to do their best. At no point did I think "Frank didn't bring his A game so he's disqualified" or anything like that. I don't want to sound defensive, I'm just trying to be clear because Frank and I really have discussed this a bunch already. I'd prefer not to have other people ascribing thoughts or behavior to me that didn't happen as that will just make it all more contentious.
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Just realizing that "Usual Bravura" is kind of a tongue twister.
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Can a judge please chime about whether or not the judges are also voting in the final round this time? I feel like that's something that has been handled inconsistently over the years and at this point I'm not sure what the policy is.
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I've just googled 'bravura' on dictionary.com to see what it actually means and how to pronounce it.

OK. I'm ready now.
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Lunkhead wrote:Can a judge please chime about whether or not the judges are also voting in the final round this time? I feel like that's something that has been handled inconsistently over the years and at this point I'm not sure what the policy is.
I don't know either, to be honest. Niveous?
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Niveous wrote:The Final Round has begun!

Title: The Usual Bravura
Non Optional Challenge: Bring Your A-Game!!!
Songs are due on Monday, Jun 9th @ 12:01 AM EDT
Send your MP3 to nurein.sidefight@gmail.com

1 band will be eliminated leaving NUR EIN!

Eliminated competitors and the judges will be voting for the winner.
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Lunkhead wrote:Can a judge please chime about whether or not the judges are also voting in the final round this time? I feel like that's something that has been handled inconsistently over the years and at this point I'm not sure what the policy is.
I'm pretty sure that the rule is Judges 4 and 5 are allowed to vote. But Judges 2 and 3 have to sit it out. Judge 1 can do whatever he likes.
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I thought the rule was "bring a game" and wrote this...
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Ok. Song written. Now to record it and see what it sounds like.
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Wait, when does this start?

HAHAHA. Even when I'm not in it, I'm creating controversy. Good luck y'all!
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I'm in.

Hooray!!!! It's all over!!!!
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We'll most likely submit ours at the last minute, per usual.
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Haven't got the "All Systems Go" email yet. Let me know if you didn't receive Niv.

Is it deadline time yet? I get confused with time differences
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I'm hosting the Nur Ein IX Final Listening Party on UStream tonight.
Show starts at 9 pm EST. We'll be doing a special show in addition to playing the 2 finalists. Should be an epic event!

Preshow is starting around 8:30ish. It's -4 UTC for those out of the States.
Drop on in if you have some time.
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We are in, just under the wire.
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Caravan Ray wrote:Haven't got the "All Systems Go" email yet. Let me know if you didn't receive Niv.

Is it deadline time yet? I get confused with time differences
OK - there it is.

Good luck Sam and Erin. It is now out of our hands.
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Good luck to you too! Whatever happens, I am mostly just glad that we're done.
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