Welcome to Walrus IV
The twist this time is that you're allowed to have one "title track", I'll describe how it works:The Title Track - you can replace one of the below categories with your playlist’s title track. This is the song that ties your whole tracklist together. You can take this in any direction you'd like; I'm just looking for a moment of impact. Title tracks will be judged independently of the category they are replacing, though it will be played during that category to maintain the tracklist. If you would rather adhere to all 10 category prompts, please still designate one song as the title track.
THE CATEGORIES
1. POV
When we listen to this song, we want to experience your soul escaping your body and possessing the singer. This is not a song you wrote, but it is your voice. Dig deep. The vocalist’s gender should not necessarily be a barrier here. (To clarify, I am specifically looking for a singer who is not actually you, you're borrowing their voice
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2. Magic
A song that alludes to, evokes, or inspires a) arcane magic, or b) that almost-tangible energy that emanates from nature and each other. The song has an ethereal quality.
3. The Single
You think this would be a hot new hit if it was released to popular radio formats; perhaps the song's genre is not popular enough, or the band is not well-known enough to get on the radio, or the song has some other quirky defect. Nevertheless, if millions of people heard this song on the radio, you'd bet on them calling in and requesting it to be played again and again. This song shouldn't be much longer than three and a half minutes at most.
4. Color
The sensory and imagery elements of this song evoke a specific color's aesthetic, or the song is named after a particular color. This is not just about the concept of color in general. Bonus points for creativity and originality here.
5. Anachronism
Sounds like it belongs to a different time period from when it was recorded, either forwards or backwards.
6. Memory Extraction
The song viscerally takes you back to a specific memory. Perhaps the feeling was only a fraction of a second, the song could have been playing at that immediate moment or it could not have been, but the memory and the song are irrevocably connected.
7. Deadly Sins
Song about one of the seven deadly sins.
8. (Power) Ballad
This is a slow and raw romantic song with powerful vocals.
9. Guilty Pleasure
You can't deny this song's appeal, even if you're a little bit ashamed or shy to admit it.
10. Coda
The finale builds and builds and builds and releases, or there is a sustained and powerful coda at the end. A climactic finish.
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SOME GUIDELINES
When you submit your songs, please submit only a link, not a full youtube video and don't write out the song name. This is so submissions can remain as anonymous as possible. So if it's a youtube video, copy the link to your clipboard, and bracket it with the url tag like soCode: Select all
[url=PASTE HERE]PASTE AGAIN[/url]Songs will be graded on a 10 point scale using one decimal place. E.g. A nearly perfect song would receive a 9.9
My personal taste will be a factor. I love LOTS of different kinds of music, but I don't like everything.
We will schedule listening parties on the Discord server as usual.
Tentatively you have until March 31st, 11:59pm EST to submit your lists!
Happy walrusing!
link to the Walrus discord: https://discord.gg/nUhm2B
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