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Songwriter Forum => Competitions => Topic started by: Jess on October 24, 2014, 09:16:21 PM
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HAPPY HALLOWEEN to your...rather petrifying forum faces... (Paulski I'm really hoping that's a mask ;D ;D) Jokes aside, I hope you're all having a crazy time at your super spooky Halloween PARTAYS (Dutchbeat you're not on the floor already are you!? ;D)
12 fantastically scary entries, 120 points given out, and the biggest Halloween hype in forum history (...okay so that bit might me made up but I'm staying positive). From a basic idea to this amazing turnout: thank you so so so much to all the entrants and voters and just EVERYONE who's got behind the SSSHSSC (I promise in the future I will name my competitions equally complex names- it's so much fun to see the variation of spelling in my PMs ;)) to make it happen.
But now it must come to an end *cries hysterically* *drowns in tears* *never seen again*
BUT DON'T BE DOWNHEARTED WE'VE STILL GOT THE WINNER TO ANNOUNCE! In the words of my Grandma: "Everyone's a winner." But in the words of me: "THE TOP 3 AREEEEEE:"
In third place.......with CALL ME STAN is the fabulous DIGGER72! Congrats digger! I hope you stop digging tonight and go out celebrating your bronze medal victory instead! Drinks are on you ;)
In second place...oooooh it's so close.....it's FEAR ITSELF by the amazing CRYSTALSUZY! Crystal by name, diamond by nature- congrats Suzy and you know what they say (first the worst, second the best...also third the one with the hairy chest but we won't tell digger that one ;D)
So now the moment we have all been waiting for...it's time to find out which song will forever be the Fairytale of New York of Halloween...the scary anthem crowned SSSHSSC winner is.....
ZOMBIES ARE COMIN! By PAULSKI! I think we can all agree that it was such an incredible track, a very worthy winner, so now we bow down to the Jack O'Lantern king Sir Paul- or would you prefer Lord Ski? *fans with palm leaves and starts feeding you grapes*
I want to give one final THANK YOU to all the entrants *hi 5s all round*, there was such a super high standard of songs, so much time and thought had gone into every single entry and there wasn't one I disliked! (This never happens!) Each one captured a different element of Halloween- new genres, themes and of course the super scary sound effects (I'm pretty sure Surge Emin Satanas is haunting all our dreams tonight!)
As a forum we've compiled a group of amazing songs that could make the greatest (and possibly only) Halloween compilation album out there: today the forum TOMORROW THE ITUNES DOWNLOAD CHARTS/SHELVES OF HMV/THE B SIDE OF A VINYL (especially for you Hardtwistmusic ;D)
Thank you all for being so supportive of every comp I've ever run, you must be so bored of me by now- I'm probably retiring soon though so don't worry...just as soon as IVE got my national insurance number ;)
HAPPY HALLOWEEN and I hope you get more tricks than treats :)
LOTS O'LOVE
Jess
P.s. Sorry I like punctuation a lot. A whole lot. (Almost as much as I like Alan Starkie.)
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Firstly a jumbo jet sized THANK YOU to all the participants of the forums first ever SuperScarySupernaturalHalloweenStyleSongwritingCompetition! The amazing entrants are:
Fear Itself by Crystalsuzy https://soundcloud.com/crystalsuzy/fear-itself
Chaos Theory by Connor and Grimbo https://soundcloud.com/neilconnor-2/chaos-theory-master-17-oct-2014
Day of the dead blues by diademgrove
Rattle them bones by Dutchbin and Crystalsuzy &feature=youtu.be
C'mon Angel by Poptodd https://hoponpop.bandcamp.com/track/cmon-angel
Call me Stan by digger72 https://soundcloud.com/digger-72/call-me-stan/s-gyRjX
Halloween Face by DevyE https://soundcloud.com/devye-1/halloween-face
Trust Me by Hardtwistmusic http://www.reverbnation.com/hardtwistmusicsongwriter
Surge Enim Satanas by torgny_n https://soundcloud.com/torgnynilsson/surge-enim-satanas
You are mine by Jamie https://soundcloud.com/jamie1802/you-are-mine
Cold pebbles and bones by habiTat https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=XRZyoUpuQXk
Zombies are comin! By Paulski https://soundcloud.com/paulcanuck/zombies-are-coming
Please listen to all the entries and then PM me with your top 3, your first choice will get 3 points, second 2 and third 1, whichever song has the most points WINS.
You have almost a week to get your votes in as the winner to be announced on Halloween's evening- just in time to make it the soundtrack of the super scary parties I'm sure you're all having.
If I have missed your song PM me immediately (I have spent all night partially jetlagged dancing at a german glow bowling alley, so mistakes are likely).
Get your votes in ASAP: Obviously I understand it's a lot to get through but please DO NOT leave voting to the last minute as you will not have time to listen to all the entries! *cries hysterically* I think listening to 2 or 3 each day is managable :)
It's time to get spoooooooooky!
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I command you all to vote or forego your forum membership ;)
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I command you all to vote or forego your forum membership ;)
YOWZERS!!
I voted - pls doanna kik me off! These R the onlyest frends I 'av!!
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I'm too lazy to work out the closing date so have voted as soon as I'd made up my mind.
There are a lot of really good songs so please vote,
Keith
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I command you all to vote or forego your forum membership ;)
In honour of the support, I shall carve this years pumpkin with the face of Tone ;D
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Haven't been around much lately, but boy am I glad I didn't miss this competition - these songs are fantastic! :o
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We have had so many votes so far, thank you all so much for making this happen! Keep them coming :)
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well i better get my votes in.....
:P :P :Pa hard choice :-[ :-\ :-\ :-\
incoming votes....
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OK...OK...I've voted :o I don't want Tone to banish me :o :o
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btw, i think it is halloween today, so tonight Jess will be announcing the results??
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Yep DB lines close at 6pm! Terms and conditions apply, votes after this time will not be counted but may still be charged ;)
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Is that 6pm GMT,CET,EET, or? ;)
;D
I've voted!
Jamie
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I don't know I'm just using my sundial ;D
Just made my votes too, I don't want to use typical youth vocabulary but...OMG the entrants are amazing and so scary! There will be nightmares tonight...
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WINNER ANNOUNCED ^^^
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Well, I never. :o :o :o
Amazed.
Well done Paulski and Suzy. Indeed, i thought the whole set of songs was pretty damn good. Back to the man cave to make more noise.
Thanks everyone who voted for me and all the others entrants.
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Congrats to digger, Suzy and of course Paulski for topping the charts.
And. A, big thank-you to our very:own' miss punc:u"atio JESS for de organisation
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Neil
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Congratulations Paulski, Crystalsuzy and Digger.
Keith
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Seriously? Seriously???
What a fantastic honour guys!
I thought for sure one of those amazing videos or super songs would leave my Zombies in the dust!
Congrats to Crystalsuzy and Digger - what super entries they had!
Made my Halloween - thanks to all who voted and especially to Jess - no-one compares to super-host Jess!
Best
Paul
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Nice one Paul and to Suzy Digger and all, and Jess.
Happy Halloween.
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Congrats Paul, Suzy and Digger :D
Very well deserved, and what a treat listening to that lot was. Might just be the best forum comp ever. Thanks Jess for being such a vibrant hostess :D
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I gotta echo Paul.... "SERIOUSLY?" :o I'm blown away :o
I'm seriously tickled pink...maybe orange because it's halloween :o I'm humbled and grateful beyond words :o
Con-grates to Digger and Paul :) and all the other amazing entries into this SSSHSSC
JESS, you may be the youngest of us all, but you're sure the best when it comes to hosting a comp.
So thank you for all the time and effort you put into it :-* :-*
And Canada takes both the GOLD AND SILVER ;D ;D
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Well done everybody, great effort and a great comp, well done Jess :)
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congrats paulski and great work all round
really strong bunch of songs, every one of them..
fine marshalling from jess
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Three really good songs, well done digger and crystalsuzy and very well done Paul! :)
And thanks for organising the competition Jess, great job :)
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Congratulations Digger, Suzy and Paulski!!!!!!