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DrApostropheX · Post by **DrApostropheX** » Tue Jul 26, 2016 5:05 pm

Great to see the response this month! Make sure you read the "liner notes" in the Submissions thread to fully appreciate the ample SEVENness of this month's entries.

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

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Chickenman · Post by **Chickenman** » Wed Jul 27, 2016 3:49 am

Epic month of entries, great work to all and I promise I will try harder next month and do more than one guitar take per section.

Laguna Rising - huge effort to work to the theme and something wonderful came from it. Congrats, take this cigar

Hellfog - nice playing, I really loved the Floyd vibe when the drums dropped out.
rachmiel - simply beautiful
Ahornberg - intense! really made me uncomfortable - in a good way.
Jazzaria - Loved the clarinet playing
chemeleon - epic
Jay F.- great, so much of what I like about music using synthesis.
Yeager - I play this same descending chordal thing every time I am not thinking about playing the guitar (watching tele etc) it just happens >..>
kryptonaut - great solo, tried to twist to it but broke a hip...

bluerobot - First class work, I'm pretty ignorant about any synth work that isn't JMJ so if it's got panning noise, I'm into it.
beanpole - SEVEN DWARFS, SEVEN SINS, SEVEN WONDERS! - really good.
Mister Natural - apart from the very beginning of the intro sounding like the intro sound from Linus Tech Tips this was great.
ClaRago - Suitably chaotic, the guitar could have been louder throughout, not just at the end

(I'm biased)
Eric Danger - not my cup of tea but very well done.

It's almost impossible to really rank everyone but alas, it must be done. In all honesty anyone could be anywhere because you all put effort in and made great music.

Jazzaria · Post by **Jazzaria** » Thu Jul 28, 2016 5:49 pm

01. chemeleon - Meeting In The Sky
02. rachmiel - Seven Strands
03. kryptonaut - Seven-Seven Boogie
04. Jay F. - The Seven Rings of Saturn
05. beanpole - Se7en
06. Mister Natural - 7 Interdepend
07. Hellfog - Cover island mucka shou
08. Yeager - No Resolution
09. Ahornberg - 7 Times 7th Root Of 7
10. ClaRago - Zazpiak Bat

rachmiel · Post by **rachmiel** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 3:37 pm

(I edited this to try to make the table display smaller. (Failed.) I didn't change any content.)

Laguna Rising · Post by **Laguna Rising** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 4:01 pm

01 - rachMiel - Seven Strands for strings
02 - ClaRago - Zazpiak Bat
03 - Chickenman - SeSvSeSn
04 - Hellfog - Cover island mucka shou
05 - Mr Natural - 7 Interdependencies
06 - beanpole - Se7en
07 - Eric Danger - Ride of the Valkyries
08 - kryptonaut - Seven Seven Boogie
09 - Ahornberg - 7 times 7th root of 7
10 - Jazzaria - Two Takes Later

kryptonaut · Post by **kryptonaut** » Fri Jul 29, 2016 8:28 pm

Some fine entries this month!

1. rachMiel - Seven Strands
2. Jazzaria - Two Takes Later
3. Yeager - No Resolution
4. beanpole - Se7en
5. JayF - The Seven Rings Of Saturn
6. LagunaRising - The Seventh Seal
7. Chickenman - SeSvSeSn
8. ClaRago - Zazpiak Bat
9. Bluerobot - Pleiades (Seven Sisters)
10.Ahornberg - 7 times 7th root of 7

Yeager · Post by **Yeager** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 12:44 pm

01 - Hellfog - Cover island mucka shou
02 - Jay F. The Seven Rings of Saturn
03 - Laguna Rising - The Seventh Seal
04 - bluerobot - Pleiades (Seven Sisters)
05 - ClaRago - Zazpiak Bat
06 - kryptonaut - Seven Seven Boogie
07 - beanpole - Se7en
08 - Jazzaria - Two Takes Later
09 - Mister Natural 7 Interdepend
10 - chemeleon - Meeting In The Sky

bluerobot · Post by **bluerobot** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 3:29 pm

Nice work, everyone! This was a fun theme.

01 // Ahornberg // 7 Times 7th Root Of 7
02 // rachmiel // Seven Strands
03 // Yeager // No Resolution
04 // Hellfog // Cover island mucka shou
05 // Jazzaria // Two Takes Later
06 // Mister Natural // 7 Interdepend
07 // chemeleon // Meeting In The Sky
08 // Jay F. // The Seven Rings of Saturn
09 // LagunaRising // The Seventh Seal
10 // ClaRago // Zazpiak Bat

Eric Danger · Post by **Eric Danger** » Sat Jul 30, 2016 6:45 pm

First place was an easy choice; the rest, not so much!

1) Rachmiel
2) Blue Robot
3) Chemeleon
4) Beanpole (extra points for the lyrics about 7!)
5) Jazzaria
6) ClaRago
7) Mr. Natural
8) Hellfog
9) Jay F
10) Kryptonaut

folderol · Post by **folderol** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 3:55 pm

My votes, and first throughts.

1 Jazzaria TwoTakesLater -> Smoooooth

2 JayF TheSevenRingsOfSaturn -> Extreme chill-out!
3 Bluerobot Pleiades(SevenSisters) -> Very hypnotic.
4 ClaRago Zazpiak Bat -> Revolt of the machines?
5 Yeager No Resolution -> Indeed. Neverending descent.
6 kryptonaut SevenSevenBoogie -> 1960s R us!
7 beanpole Se7en -> Rock on.
8 Hellfog Cover-island-mucka-shou -> Some very nice touches in this.
9 Ahornberg 7times7throotof7 -> Rather spooky.
10 rachMiel SevenStrands -> Nice interplays

HMs (and it makes a change to have so many)

* EricDanger RideoftheValkyries -> Interesting take on a classic.
* Chickenman SeSvSeSn -> Nice guitar work.
* Mr Natural 7 Interdependencies -> Nice, but 'faded' a bit in the middle.
* LagunaRising TheSeventhSeal -> Strange.
* Chemeleon MeetingInTheSky -> 'shroom music?

ClaRago · Post by **ClaRago** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 8:22 pm

1 - Ahornberg
2 - Jazzaria
3 - Chickenman
4 - Yeager
5 - Hellfog
6 - Jay F
7 - Laguna Rising
8 - Eric Danger
9 - rachMiel
10 - Beanpole

Mister Natural · Post by **Mister Natural** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 8:33 pm

1 rachmiel - probably the most "conventional" piece I've heard of yours in a while. Wonderful counterpoint and the mystery of a story, but I don't know what that story is. Just a lovely piece
2 Jay F - sitting among all the wildly experimental and mathematical pieces this month is this very pretty melody and structure. Simple and simply charming
3 Laguna Rising - A Calliope on acid. The Minimogue takes me down the rabbit hole with a sense of humor. All the dissonances end up being just fun
4 Hellfog - huge fan of your work, fog. Very cool atmosphere with the DUB. Love the stop and start drums . . . and then the GTR solo goes on too long
5 chameleon - nice retrogression with the funky synths. I like how they "breathe". Not crazy about the arppegiators or how the vocal is mixed so far back. Love the harpsichord at the end - very "prog" rock
6 Jazzaria - I just knew you were going to go "Take Five/Seven". Seems like a layup for you with your chops. You've really dialed in the mic/clarinet relationship - that's come a long way
7 bluerobot - very pretty textures. Nice when the percussion comes in. Structure needs some design - where does this go ?
8 ClaRago - love the percussion here. Always terrific atonalities from you along with the crunchy gtrs. Where does this go ?
9 kryptonaut - amusing structurally play of boogie woogie. I've never considered it in seven. Cracks me up
10 Eric Danger - While I admire all the effort; I frickin hate Wagner :=)

peace

Jay F. · Post by **Jay F.** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 8:36 pm

My vote and a couple of short comments after a short listening session. Great work to everyone. I like the variety of sounds and constructions.

1. Blue Robot Pleiades (Seven Sisters)
Do I love Blue Robot sounds … I'm a fan. Sorry.
2. Mister Natural 07.16 Mr Natural 7 Interdependant
The sound design is particularly great on this one.
3. Chickenman 1607 Chickenman SeSvSeSn
Why do I think about Queen Of The Stone Age ?... I love it.
4. Jazzaria Two Takes Later
Nice theme. Great clarinet playing
5. Chemeleon Meeting In The Sky
Nice construction. And great 8-bit sounds.
6. Beanybhoy Se7en
Fun and uplifting. Two thumbs up.
7. Ahronberg 7 times 7th Root of 7
It must be 7th. To keep on the great sevenness. Nice experimental. It had to be tried. I salute the idea.
8. Yeager No resolution
Chilling.
9. rachMiel Seven Strands
I salute the composing effort.
10. Laguna Rising The Seventh Seal
Great Sevenness.

Hellfog · Post by **Hellfog** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 9:05 pm

Blue Robot - Pleiades (Seven Sisters)
Yeager - No Resolution
Jay F. - The Seven Rings of Saturn
Ahornberg - 7 times 7th root of 7
Chickenman - sesvsesn
Eric Danger - Ride of the Valkyries
Jazzaria - Two Takes Later
Clarago - zazpiak bat
Chemeleon - Meeting In The Sky
Mr Natural - Mr Natural 7 Interdependencies

chemeleon · Post by **chemeleon** » Sun Jul 31, 2016 10:22 pm

Ahornberg - 7 Times 7th Root Of 7
Hellfog - Cover island mucka shou
Bluerobot - Pleiades (Seven Sisters)
Jay F - The Seven Rings Of Saturn
Yeager - No Resolution
Chickenman - SeSvSeSn
Beanpole - Se7en
Eric Danger - Ride Of The Valkyries
Rachmiel - Seven Strands For Strings
Jazzaria - Two Takes Later

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