Hi everyone,
Sometimes life throws you an anvil. Or three. I apologize for my lateness in posting, and I'm glad you all were able to rally and share your results so far.
Here's the full roster:
Owl submitted the following two titles:
Red Wave
and
Faux Amis
optional challenges: Orchestral Instruments or Alternate Tuning.
Brown Word and the Big Whine received these, and recorded "
Red Wave."
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Brown Word submitted the following two titles and challenges:
Here Today (optional challenge: Hand Claps)
and
Race to the Middle (optional challenge: Sample of a Celebrity Speaking)
Jon Porobil received these, and recorded his take on "
Here Today." (The studio version, whenever it finally comes together, will include handclaps in the bridge, honest!)
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Jon Porobil submitted the following two titles:
98% Sure
and
A Man About a Horse
optional challenges: Lyrics feature at least two named characters, or Implied Rhyme/subvert the expectation of a rhyme
Vom Vorton Received these, and recorded "
98 Percent" (it appears that he's omitted the word "Sure" from the title, based on the file name and how he presented it in the Discord... ¯\_(ツ)_/¯ ).
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Vom Vorton submitted the following two titles:
Sinister Hypnotist
and
Beach Coma
Optional challenge: Repeating riff over changing chords
Lichen Throat received these and recorded two versions of "
Beach Coma." (here's the
bluegrass version)
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Lichen Throat submitted the following two titles:
Next-to-Last National Bank
and
Saguaro
Hot Pink Halo received these and recorded "
Saguaro." She would also like to note that, lacking an optional challenge, she wrote her song using her own challenge, "Borrow/build your bassline from the melody of a Kylie Minogue song."
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Hot Pink Halo submitted the following two titles:
Circle Work
and
Bring a Plate
Optional challenge: Borrow/build your bassline from the melody of a Kylie Minogue song.
Phlebia received these, and recorded "
Circle Work."
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Phlebia submitted the following two titles:
Why does the walmart parking lot always smell like dope?
and
Dino Death Dance
Optional challenge: xenharmonics
Nick Soma received these, but unfortunately, he appears to be our only stiffer this year. Nick, if you did get your song to me at some point and I missed it, please chime in so I can correct the mistake.
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Nick Soma submitted the following two titles:
Evidence Machine
and
A Darker Kind of Light
Optional challenges: Electricronic Instruments & Vocals Only, and 7/4 Time.
Johnny Cashpoint received these, and recorded
both[/b] "Evidence Machine" and "A Darker Kind of Light." Well done!
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Johnny Cashpoint submitted the following two titles:
I Fear Nothing (optional challenge: Make your song fearful)
and
Screaming at Inanimate Objects (optional challenge: sing it from the object's P.O.V.)
Gizo received these, and recorded "Screaming at Inanimate Objects."
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Gizo submitted the following two titles:
This Thin Veneer
and
Where the Ice is Thinnest
Optional challenge: Quiet/Loud
Night Sky received these, and recorded "Where the Ice is Thinnest."
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Night Sky submitted the following two titles:
Candy Cigarettes (optional challenge: Make it a little too commercial)
and
Too Many Miles (optional challenge: Old-Timey Pop)
Pigfarmer Jr received these, and recorded "Too Many Miles."
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Pigfarmer Jr submitted the following two titles:
Omens
and
My Imagination
Optional challenge: Use the idea of time changing in your music and/or lyric
Owl received these, and recorded "Omens."
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Out of twelve participants, only one failed to come through so far. My unfortunate performance as sidefightmaster notwithstanding, that makes this our most successful Circle of Titles ever! Thanks to everyone for participating, and for bearing with my disappearance.
Reviews to come!