Nur Ein II

Kill Me Sarah · Post by **Kill Me Sarah** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:31 am

Yay! I believe I will be submitting as 1/2 of the new super duo Ice 9. When do we find out the song title? Friday?

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 6:32 am

Rules Clarification Please:

Last year there was a little bit of pre-Ein discussion about guest musicians. I assume they are off limits except in the case of non-optional challenges. That would mean, for instance, I couldn't have someone contribute a kick-ass guitar solo if they aren't normally a member of my band. But if the challenge is "Harp Solo" and I don't play harp I could use another harp player.

Is this correct?

Also - best song exemptions are still in? For how many rounds? I just like to know this kind of stuff. I'm the kind of guy who always reads teh inside of the box lid on board games, too

Niveous · Post by **Niveous** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:05 am

The first title will be announced on Friday April 27th at 1PM EST (2PM Atlantic, 12PM Central, 11AM Mountain, 10AM Pacific, 9AM Alaska, 8AM Hawaii)

Best song exemptions are still in. And they will exist for Rounds 1-4. There will be no best song exemption after Round Zero.

As for guests...I'm split on that point and will discuss with the jury.

ken · Post by **ken** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:01 am

You all should worry less about the rules and more about getting ready to write and record songs. Change your strings! Tune your drums! Clean off some hard drive space!

Seriously, get your priorities in order.

Ken

mico saudad · Post by **mico saudad** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 11:40 am

hey all good luck!

Geoff WreckdoM · Post by **Geoff WreckdoM** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 12:21 pm

ken wrote:You all should worry less about the rules and more about getting ready to write and record songs. Change your strings! Tune your drums! Clean off some hard drive space!

Seriously, get your priorities in order.

Ken

This is sound advice, trust me. Also prepare to get your ass kicked by these two handsome young men. Do they look ready? Oh yes, they're ready

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jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:04 pm

That, good sirs, is my new desktop background. AT WORK.

Also: Is that an IPA? If so, what brand?

Rabid Garfunkel · Post by **Rabid Garfunkel** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:12 pm

Looks like Lagunitas to me. Yum.

jimtyrrell · Post by **jimtyrrell** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:45 pm

Hmm, yes. Further investigation confirms this. There's a distributor down in MA, but none up here in NH.

Well, it's Long Trail promo night at the bar tonight anyway.

Nur Ein!

deshead · Post by **deshead** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 1:54 pm

Aw man, I wanna be drinking with Wreckdom.

Ross · Post by **Ross** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 2:36 pm

Geoff WreckdoM wrote:[ prepare to get your ass kicked by these two handsome young men. Do they look ready? Oh yes, they're ready

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Why are you guys being kept in that cage?

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:23 pm

ken wrote:You all should worry less about the rules and more about getting ready to write and record songs. Change your strings! Tune your drums! Clean off some hard drive space!

Seriously, get your priorities in order.

Ken

Yep, I bought 3 cases of Bacardi and cleared my morning appointments to noon for the next 2 months.

Liver: Retail $50,000.00, now only $5.00 o.b.o.

Reist · Post by **Reist** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 3:31 pm

How long after Friday do we get to work on the songs? I'm busy every Saturday, Sunday and Monday ... hopefully it's not due any of those days.

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:11 pm

jolly roger wrote:How long after Friday do we get to work on the songs? I'm busy every Saturday, Sunday and Monday ... hopefully it's not due any of those days.

* The bands will have 5 days to complete the challenge song.

mr_lostman · Post by **mr_lostman** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 4:43 pm

ken wrote:You all should worry less about the rules and more about getting ready to write and record songs. Change your strings! Tune your drums! Clean off some hard drive space!

Seriously, get your priorities in order.

Ken

strings are expensive... and I'm way lazy. I'm currently trying to write a concept album... lets hope the title fits in my current mindset.

Also,

did anyone ever decide if there's gonna be an immunity trivia thing?

Post by **Spud** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 5:28 pm

yes, they did.

mr_lostman · Post by **mr_lostman** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:15 pm

Niveous wrote: It's not like anyone who got the trivia immunity ever used it to miss a round. So, in the interest of fairness and rocking, the immunity challenge goes away.

thanks

Post by **Spud** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 7:46 pm

no problem

spinlock · Post by **spinlock** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:15 pm

Niveous wrote:The first title will be announced on Friday April 27th at 1PM EST (2PM Atlantic, 12PM Central, 11AM Mountain, 10AM Pacific, 9AM Alaska, 8AM Hawaii)

All those options, but no BST

By my reckoning that's 6PM in the UK... so 3AM in Sydney. on Saturday.

Dan-O from Five-O · Post by **Dan-O from Five-O** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 8:27 pm

Yeah it's not my battle to wage, but it was mentioned earlier.

Caravan Ray wrote:I was going to suggest shifing the start times for the songs earlier. Last time I often didn't get the titles until (my) Saturday afternoon - meaning I always missed my valuable Fri night/Sat morning recording times. Hate to be a whinger, but...

Seems a little unfair to Ray, uh.....I mean Tex. And pretty easy to fix if it was moved to Thursday for the Title presentation. I think most people can relate to the value of weekend recording time.

bz£ · Post by **bz£** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:17 pm

spinlock wrote:All those options, but no BST

It's always bull shit time here on the songfight! message boards!

Also, I believe that immunity will be in for some rounds. Niv has said both yes and no at different times, because the rules are something of a work in progress. If I was playing I'd assume nothing; when a title is released it'll probably be announced if the winner of that title gets a free pass or not.

It is almost certainly the case that the best song from the qualification round which starts tomorrowish will not earn any immunities. But you'll find out for sure when the official title announcement is made, so, until then, relax and savor your vision of humiliating all your internet friends with your mad double-monkey songwriting and cage-fighting skillz.

Billy's Little Trip · Post by **Billy's Little Trip** » Wed Apr 25, 2007 9:45 pm

your mad double-monkey songwriting and cage-fighting skillz

Have you been peeping in my window?