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Epignosis wrote:"Lush orchestration"MovingPictures07 wrote:I should have specified that my sentiment of being honest with each other doesn't apply to you.Epignosis wrote:I haven't even heard it once and I can already tell it sucks.
"Over the top"
"Trying too hard to be epic"
Yeah, I could never like anything like that.
I should have specified that my sentiment of being honest with each other doesn't apply to you.Epignosis wrote:I haven't even heard it once and I can already tell it sucks.
I agree completely with this. Obviously we are all different people here with I'm sure extremely varied musical tastes. I think it's best to be honest with each other but also open-minded.Golden wrote:Hey, this is the place for analysis. It's ok not to like things (some of you aren't going to like my tastes, and I'm not sure I'm going to like some of yours). But, I think the idea is to put your finger on why.
This is an understandable and agreeable perspective.G-Man wrote:See I like the idea of having the folks behind our first batch not submitting for the next poll. Those left in the mix could change their offerings or keep them the same. Yeah, it creates a queue-like system but it also helps ensure that each of us gets to share. Otherwise it might become a case of trying to cater to what we think peope might want to listen to rather than offering up something we'd like you to try out, for better or for worse. It won't take long to lose interest if your options continually get passed over.Golden wrote:It's probably a bad idea. I just meant that people who get selected one week take a week off from nominating, so they aren't on the poll next week. Would mean the same five people don't get picked week after week.MovingPictures07 wrote:I must be being dense right now; what is meant by a "one poll stand down after your album is selected"?Golden wrote:A one poll stand down after your album is selected? Or is that discouraging.JaggedJimmyJay wrote:~ I don't want a small portion of the participants getting all the glory, and that's possible with repeating polls.
Simply put: If I'm going to listen to your weird music, I want you to eventually listen to my weird music.
Sweet, looking forward to hearing it!nutella wrote:Sweet! I'm excited that you all get to hear what has been my favorite band for the past year
PSA for anyone using youtube, the video linked is missing the last track which you can find here. Also, the times listed for the tracks in the description are messed up, but there's a comment with the correct ones.
Can't say I'm a fan of "SARS" either lol. What about "Album Sharing Shenanigans" or ASS for short?
JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Sure I'm down. And hey look at the thread title!
Another random suggestion (sorry for trying to assert dominance over the thread):JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Week 1: The Family Crest - Beneath the BrineSubmitted by nutellaAccessible on Spotify and via the link in the OP
Epignosis wrote:I prefer "Listen to Shit You Ain't Heard Befo"
I don't really care, I just find it simultaneously weird and amusing.JaggedJimmyJay wrote:It makes me chuckle because I'm 8 years old. Different ideas are welcome.
Oh, okay, got it. Doesn't matter to me either way.Golden wrote:It's probably a bad idea. I just meant that people who get selected one week take a week off from nominating, so they aren't on the poll next week. Would mean the same five people don't get picked week after week.MovingPictures07 wrote:I must be being dense right now; what is meant by a "one poll stand down after your album is selected"?Golden wrote:A one poll stand down after your album is selected? Or is that discouraging.JaggedJimmyJay wrote:~ I don't want a small portion of the participants getting all the glory, and that's possible with repeating polls.
I must be being dense right now; what is meant by a "one poll stand down after your album is selected"?Golden wrote:A one poll stand down after your album is selected? Or is that discouraging.JaggedJimmyJay wrote:~ I don't want a small portion of the participants getting all the glory, and that's possible with repeating polls.
Yeah, I'd be alright with a coin flip too; though it's not ideal, I'm not sure what a better alternative would be.Golden wrote:I'm fine with a coin flip, even if it goes against my submission. The thing will still be there next time.JaggedJimmyJay wrote:I guess if there's a tie I'll just include everything within the tie. That might look shady since my submission is currently tied for 5th, but a coin flip wouldn't really be fair (this ain't no lynch). So whatever.
A question - what to do with the submissions that aren't in the top 5? Just roll them over to the next poll? Does that mean people who are successful get to nominate another, the others don't?
JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Thanks gang. I've got all the info now, poll going up soon.
That would be cool in theory, but yeah, I think it would clutter the forum up pretty quickly, especially if we keep this thing going for a while (and I'd really like that personally).JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Works for me. I was considering a separate thread for each album, but that wouldn't take long to become spam city.MovingPictures07 wrote:Sounds good. Let me get the details for Fishmans for you too.
Should we just keep the discussion / poll in this thread and change the thread title?
Seriously?!? Man, if true, that's super awesome; wish I knew about that previously!nutella wrote:I'm fine with just going through all the nominations as a queue, or voting for order or whatever.
Also, I do recommend Spotify, but ads are very annoying for listening through albums, so if you're ok with paying a subscription it's worth it for that reason. I've also heard (though haven't personally confirmed) that if you use the web player with adblock enabled it skips the ads, so that might be a good option.
Also, I agree with this being a good idea.JaggedJimmyJay wrote:Note: if we end up doing a poll, I would gather some basic information about each album to make the choices feel a little less abitrary:
- Release year
- [Parent] genre
- Number of tracks
- Duration
This sounds good to me.thellama73 wrote:I don't have a problem with a poll, but it should not last longer than a day to keep things moving. I don't object to weekly listens, because people are busy. Mayb poll goes up on Monday, listening begins on Tuesday, discussion and Wrap-up on Friday, weekends off.
Oh man, love me some Scott Walker, but I haven't heard that one somehow. Consider me intrigued.insertnamehere wrote:Scott Walker - Bish Bosch (on Spotify)
I have to listen to an album in one sitting and in order; I'm one of those weirdos that views the album as the ultimate vehicle by which to deliver music. But that's alright with me, depends on what everyone else thinks.G-Man wrote:What would the verdict be on finding an incomplete playlist on YouTube and then linking to a separate video of the missing song if that missing song belongs in the middle of the playlist? Are we trying to listen to the album in song list order? If so, the idea I have in mind would require listening to five songs, pausing the playlist, listening to an individual video, then resuming the playlist. I have a back-up album in mind but it's not quite as good as my preferred choice. I don't want to create too much work for people.
