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D.H. Miltz · Post by **D.H. Miltz** » Mon Apr 25, 2016 10:08 am

Vote for your Top 10 favorite compositions, in order (most-favorite = #1, proceed downward).

Voting ends on early a.m. (US Central Time), Sunday, May 1.

No voting for yourself. Voters must have had 20 prior posts, or at least have participated in the contest this month.

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In the case of equal scores after voting, entries will be separated by how many 10 pts (i.e., how many #1 votes) they got, then 9 pts and so on. (Thanks to OSC for this rule.)

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Thanks and good luck.

offthewall · Post by **offthewall** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 12:02 pm

Votes:

1 .... MrNatural_Political_Theater
2 .... Jazzaria_MonoMultiModal
3 .... ClaRago_Look Right
4 .... kryptonaut_high-five
5 .... beanpole_Shoegazing
6 .... BALLACR75-SERENITY
7 .... LagunaRising_AprilDrizzle
8 .... folderol_Ripples
9 .... davidstiles_Chillin'AtTheStardustDriveIn
10 ... BlueRobot_IceFloes

ballacr75 · Post by **ballacr75** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 12:59 pm

My votes:
01-BLUEROBOT-ICEFLOES
02-DAVIDSTILES-CHILLIN_AT_THE_STARDUST_DRIVEIN
03-HELLFOG-EVENT_ARRIVING
04-CLARAGO-LOOK_RIGHT
05-BEANPOLE-SHOEGAZING
06-LAGUNARISING-APRIL_DRIZZLE
07-JAZZARIA-MONOMULTIMODAL
08-KRYPTONAUT-HIGH_FIVE
09-OFFTHEWALL-EMPTY_GLASSES
10-FOLDEROL-RIPPLES

Good luck all!

Eric Danger · Post by **Eric Danger** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 2:47 pm

01) ClaRago - Look Right
02) Blue Robot - Ice Floes
03) BallAcr75 - Serenity
04) Hellfog - Event Arriving
05) David Stiles - Stardust
06) Kryptonaut - High Five
07) LagunaRising - April Drizzle
08) JazzAria - MonoMultiModal
09) Folderol - Ripples
10) offthewall - Empty Glasses

Jazzaria · Post by **Jazzaria** » Tue Apr 26, 2016 5:06 pm

01. davidstiles - Chillin' at the Stardust Drive-In
02. offthewall - Empty Glasses
03. kryptonaut - High Five
04. ClaRago - Look Right
05. Laguna Rising - April Drizzle
06. Mister Natural - Political Theater
07. folderol - Ripples
08. beanpole - Shoegazing
09. bluerobot - Ice Floes
10. Hellfog - Event Arriving

folderol · Post by **folderol** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 5:01 pm

Massive variation in styles here, like trying to compare apples to broadbeans to carrots

01 davidstiles - ChillinAtTheStardusDriveIn
02 Jazzaria - MonoMultiModal
03 BALLACR75 - SERENITY
04 Hellfog - Event_Arriving
05 BlueRobot - Ice Floes
06 kryptonaut - high-five
07 ClaRago - Look Right
08 offthewall - EmptyGlasses
09 LagunaRising - AprilDrizzle
10 Beanpole - Shoegazing

Didn't quite make it.
EricDanger - Danse.Macabre
MrNatural - Political_Theater

bluerobot · Post by **bluerobot** » Wed Apr 27, 2016 7:55 pm

I agree with folderol that this is difficult to judge. Well done, everyone.

01 // ClaRago - Look Right
02 // Laguna Rising - April Drizzle
03 // davidstiles - Chillin' at the Stardust Drive-In
04 // ballacr75 - Serenity
05 // Jazzaria - MonoMultiModal
06 // kryptonaut - High Five
07 // Hellfog - Event Arriving
08 // Eric Danger - Danse Macabre
09 // Mister Natural - Political Theater
10 // folderol - Ripples

Laguna Rising · Post by **Laguna Rising** » Thu Apr 28, 2016 6:16 pm

01 - ClaRago - Look Right
02 - davidstiles - Chillin' At The Stardust Drive-In
03 - BlueRobot - Ice Floes
04 - Jazzaria - Mono Multi Modal
05 - kryptonaut - high-five
06 - Eric Danger - Danse.Macabre (Radio.Edit)
07 - beanpole - Shoegazing
08 - BALLACR75 - SERENITY
09 - offthewall - Empty Glasses
10 - folderol - Ripples

kryptonaut · Post by **kryptonaut** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 8:20 am

1. Hellfog - Event Arriving
2. BlueRobot - Ice Floes
3. Jazzaria - Mono Multi Modal
4. LagunaRising - April Drizzle
5. ClaRago - Look Right
6. davidstiles - Chillin' At The Stardust Drive In
7. beanpole - Shoegazing
8. folderol - Ripples
9. Ballacr75 - Serenity
10.offthewall - EmptyGlasses

Hellfog · Post by **Hellfog** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 8:36 am

Blue Robot - Ice Floes
Eric Danger - Danse Macabre
BALLACR75 - SERENITY
beanpole - Shoegazing
folderol - Ripples
David Stiles - Chillin' at the Stardust Drive-In
kryptonaut / Jon Grove - High Five
clarago - look right
Jazzaria - MonoMultiModal
Laguna Rising - April Drizzle

beanpole · Post by **beanpole** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 3:41 pm

offthewall
Laguna Rising
ClaRago
ballacr75
bluerobot
Jazzaria
kryptonaut
Mister Natural
davidstiles
Eric Danger

ClaRago · Post by **ClaRago** » Sat Apr 30, 2016 4:35 pm

01 OffTheWall - Empty Glasses
02 Hellfog - Event Arriving
03 BlueRobot - Ice Floes
04 Kryptonaut - High Five
05 Jazzaria - MonoMultiModal
06 LagunaRising - April Drizzle
07 DavidStiles - Chillin At The Stardust DriveIn
08 MrNatural - Political_Theater
09 Beanpole - Shoegazing
10 Ballacr75 - Serenity

Mister Natural · Post by **Mister Natural** » Sun May 01, 2016 3:52 am

1. kryptonaut = absolutely fun use of 5/4 - very inventive. We're so accustomed to hearing 3 beats, followed by 2 in this signature that it's brilliant to hear a really talented musician actually use the 5 beats. The piano solo in the middle just kills it(in the US these days; that means it's very good). Well done
2. ClaRago - very moody piece that contains an amazing synth voice @ :45 and just great counter-melodies around 2:15. Fun break-down at the end
3. davidstiles - when I listen to a Stiles piece, I expect to hear cinematic strings all over the place and this one is true to form. Very polished and beautiful melodies with tympani fer chris-sake. Real pleasure to hear such excellent musicianship
4. Laguna Rising - love the Laguna dissonances and wandering melodies. Unexpected twists and turns all over this one, from beginning to end. Nice piano in the middle
5. Hellfog - with you, I'm always expecting dark corners and this one starts & I can't wait to hear where it's going. Where is it going ? Then it morphs into a beautiful and interesting texture. I gotta get Omnisphere one of these days(Though, if I had it; I might not see the light of day outside my studio for months)
6.bluerobot - great atmospherics which are very evocative of Ice Floes. Nicely done. Great synth timbres with perhaps a bit too much 'verb on them
7. Eric Danger - clever adaptation of "switched-on" Saint-Saens. I become a bit distracted(annoyed) at the repetitive percussion here although I get the drift of what you're trying to accomplish with it
8. Jazzaria - if it walks like jazz; it is jazz. This certainly feels like jazz to me. Nice playing and improv. The timbres don't develop as I wish they would
9. ballacr75 - lovely little piano sonata that turns into a new age exposition. Didn't need to repeat the C section as this one could have ended 30 seconds earlier
10. folderol - I started to really dig the synths here but the timing seems a little rough

Overall, nice work(s) fellas

davidstiles · Post by **davidstiles** » Sun May 01, 2016 7:14 am

Well, I almost forgot to vote! But here we go:

1) bluerobot - Ice Floes - Cool sounds, polished production, and a nice eerie vibe. I loved it.

2) Hellfog - Event Arriving - Awesome 80s synth vibe just the way I like it.

3) Mister Natural - Political Theatre - Very fun track, stuffed with all manner of interesting sounds.

4) Eric Danger - Danse Macabre - Very interesting, kind of chiptune-esque version of the Danse.

5) Offthewall - Empty Glasses - Great work on the guitar and ukulele, and a vocal performance that matches the instrumentation perfectly.

6) Jazzaria - MonoMultiModal - Another great performance on the clarinet from you, in this breezy and fun jazz track.

7) Clarago - Look Right - This track moves with intensity, and it rocks.

8) folderol - Ripples - Very appealing chill-out vibe from the first note, with a bit of an old-school feel to it.

9) ballacr75 - Serenity - Definitely serene, with lovely piano ideas, but at times the piano was a bit too harsh for my taste.

10) Kryptonaut - High Five - This track caught me completely by surprise (in a good way) at the 0:14 mark, and then took off for a fun, sort of jazzy ride.

HM to Laguna Rising and Beanpole, who also produced great tracks.

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