wow it's been a while huh, well, i've had this theme in my pocket for a good solid time now so i won't keep you waiting
welcome to the contest where the theme is
SONGS ABOUT THINGS
"what the fuck does that even mean, boogie," you may ask, and to that, i say, "fair"
here's the deal: I want songs about
specific things that exist
outside of the context of the song - so songs about historical figures, famous places, noteworthy events... that's all cool! the subject matter can be real or fictional so if you've got a metal song about Gandalf you've been holding onto, now's your chance
some further guidelines to explain what the fuck im on about:
-no songs about
concepts! that's too vague!!! no songs about 'love' in the abstract!!!
-when i say 'outside of the content of the song' what i mean is - if a song has very specific lyrics about, say, 'disco jimmy the vampire king', if 'disco jimmy' isn't a character that existed before the song, it doesn't count
-character themes will only count if they have lyrics about said character
-this isn't really a rule but the more specific the better - like a song about 'world war 2' would fit but a song about 'normandy beach' or whatever would be cooler
if you have any more questions just hit me up on discord and i'll try to help probably
heres the copy-pasted rules everyone knows and loves
- [+] rule
- - Submit your song via PM or discord, whichever's easier for you
- Songs will be randomly divided into 2 or 3 semifinals depending on turnout. if you're going to be away at some point in the next couple of weeks, let me know and I can try to put your song in a round when you'll be here.
- Listen to every song and give points to your top 10 favorites: 12 to your favorite, 10 to your second, 8 to your third, 7 to your fourth, and so on down to 1 point for your tenth favorite.
- If your song is in a given round, you must vote that round or you'll be eliminated. if your song isn't in that round (or you aren't in the contest at all), your vote will be counted as a public vote, which counts for half points.
- The top [x] songs will move on to the final. that number depends on the number of contestants.
- Repeat the process for the finals and we get a winner.
- Winner gets to hold the next contest, or they can pass the job along to 2nd place if they don't want to. 2nd place can pass down to third, etc, until someone wants to host.
- I'm not pip
General song rules:
- No eurovision songs
- No reality show/competition covers
- No songs already submitted in a songtest
- There is no penalty for length in this contest. however, if a song goes over 7 minutes, listeners aren't obligated to listen to more than the first 7 minutes of the song. so choose a long song at your own risk!
Each semifinal and the final will last for three days. some rules about activity/extensions:
- If you know at the start of your semifinal that you wont be available to vote for those three days, let me know asap and I can move you to another semi, if we aren't on the final one already.
- I'll be posting every 24 hours in this topic as a reminder, as well as pinging everyone who hasn't voted on discord 24 hours before the round ends.
- Extensions will only be granted in extenuating circumstances. forgetting to vote until an hour before deadline is not an extenuating circumstance.
signups list:
1. boogie, dm
2. ricky
3. laurels
4. slam
5. zetsu
6. nerd, anime
7. toben
8. loa
9. fenfen
10. rice krisp
11. pip *
12. skraal *
13. mara *
i like to keep a speedy ship so im giving two days for submissions, deadline Saturday May 1st 6:00 PM EST; late submissions will be accepted and shunted into round 2 but that makes things a bit more awkward so like please just get it in early y'know
good luck have fun peace
