[Paulski]

Firstly - thanks to everyone for voting (and participating for that matter   )
OK - the hosts have done the math - 50 ways to Sunday - so there would be no mistake!
A total of 20 people voted 
And here are the results of the votes.

Congrats to digger for taking top spot (by a wide margin I might add  )
And congrats to everyone else from Vicki and myself. What a great contest you guys have made !!

digger72	Aloha From Hell	1st
Paulski and Binladeda	Thirteenth Floor	2nd
Tinam	Doctor Frankenstein's Guitar	3rd
DelbOY	Mortician Blues	4th
igg	Zombie Love	5th

HERE ARE THE ENTRIES::

Neil C/IronKnee
Call Me Superstitious
http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11898.0
https://soundcloud.com/neilconnor-2/call-me-superspicious-oct-2016

TheButcher
Give up the Ghost
http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11861.0
https://www.dropbox.com/s/mw7snof7zhdsnbq/give%20up%20the%20ghost%208.mp3?dl=0

Wolfini
Night
http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11899.0
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=37405&songID=13467453&showPlayer=true

DelbOY
Mortician Blues
http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11906.0;topicseen
http://soundclick.com/share.cfm?id=13465230

IronKnee
Something Evil This Way Comes
http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11911.0
http://www.soundclick.com/bands/page_songInfo.cfm?bandID=960660&songID=7678145

Tinam
Doctor Frankenstein's Guitar
http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11916.0

pompeyjazz  
Second Century Superman
http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11917.0
https://soundcloud.com/pompeyjazz/second-city

PaulAds
Route 666
http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11918.0
https://soundcloud.com/thefuneralcrasher/route-666

CaliaMoko
How Did They Get Here
http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11922.0
https://soundcloud.com/caliamoko/how-did-they-get-here

ShinyThang
Come to Me
http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11955.0
https://soundcloud.com/geoffjamesevans/come-to-me

igg
Zombie Love
http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11964.0;topicseen
https://www.reverbnation.com/ihor/song/26897326-zombie-love

Paulski and Binladeda
Thirteenth Floor
http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11969.0
https://soundcloud.com/paulcanuck/thirteenthfloor

digger72   
Aloha From Hell
http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11972.0
https://soundcloud.com/digger-72/aloha-from-hell

Neil C. and CaliaMoko    
Way too clean
http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11971.0
https://soundcloud.com/neilconnor-2/way-too-clean-master-plus-30-oct-2016

Martyn Rich
Fear Inside Your Head
http://www.songwriterforum.co.uk/index.php?topic=11976.0
https://soundcloud.com/martynrich/fear-inside-your-head-master/s-N5hn2


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Contest Rules:

I am somewhat more than marginally pleased to announce a NEW CONTEST hosted by the wonderfully charming CaliaMoko (Vicki) and yours truly.
This one is called the "SPOOKY or WHAT?" contest and all entries must be posted by end of day Oct 31st, 2016.
Hey wait!! That's hallowe'en isn't it??? What a coincidence!!!

Here are the "rules":

1. You must have at least 100 posts to enter.
2. You must have a pulse.
3. To be eligible to win you must vote when it comes time to vote!

Here are the "guidelines":

- should be an original song never posted on this forum before (OK to have posted the lyrics before)
- should be in keeping with the contest theme - (open to artistic interpretation)
- maximum of one solo entry and one collab entry per entrant
- post entries in finished song section

How to enter:

1. Write an awesome song!
2. Record it!
3. Post it in the Finished Songs Section of this forum like this: "YOUR SONG TITLE - SPOOKY or WHAT contest"

You can use this thread, or the collab section to find a collaborator.

Questions? Just post them here or through PM to Vicki or myself.

Good luck everyone - Vicki and I are looking forward to hearing your song!

[tina m]

oh good ...I was worried this had fallen flat...im definitely in
you should all have a go ….songwriting doesnt always have to be serious & this is chance to have  a bit of fun & be silly ...or you can be realy scarily serious & terrify us all..
monster mash & the munsters & frankenstein & dracula... im going to have them all in my song

[Binladeda]

 Oh No.....just one collab

 If I don't have a solo entry, can I have two collabs 

 

[Paulski]

oh good ...I was worried this had fallen flat...im definitely in
you should all have a go ….songwriting doesnt always have to be serious & this is chance to have  a bit of fun & be silly ...or you can be realy scarily serious & terrify us all..
monster mash & the munsters & frankenstein & dracula... im going to have them all in my song

Hey Tina - glad you're entering! But how about producing sth crappy this time to give the rest of us a chance in hell

[Paulski]

 Oh No.....just one collab

 If I don't have a solo entry, can I have two collabs 

Have to check with my co-host ...

[Paulski]

 Oh No.....just one collab

 If I don't have a solo entry, can I have two collabs 

Have to check with my co-host ...

Yes - we have laboured for hours over the issue and decided that everyone is allowed one collab and one solo entry OR two collab entries

[CaliaMoko]

Yes, it was an agonizing decision...took all night....! 

 Oh No.....just one collab

 If I don't have a solo entry, can I have two collabs 

Have to check with my co-host ...

Yes - we have laboured for hours over the issue and decided that everyone is allowed one collab and one solo entry OR two collab entries

[Paulski]

OK you slackers you!
Time to get those creative juices squeezed out of your brains before the ZOMBIES get a hold of them.

REMEMBER: THE DEADLINE IS OCTOBER 31ST !!! 

[delb0y]

Darn it all, my dark, Halloween songs, tend towards the Stephen King side of things rather than the MR James. Plenty of bodies, nut nary a ghost. Perhaps I should pen a tune about my experience in the London Road, Coventry graveyard last year... ooooooooooeeeeeeeeee 

[CaliaMoko]

Having trouble getting inspiration? Need a kick start? Here are some ideas:

1. Ask your mom to tell you her scariest Halloween story from her childhood days
2. Ask a kid to give you a song title with a scary word in it
3. Relive a prank from your wilder days
4. Read an Edgar Allan Poe story
5. Do a web search for scary halloween story ideas ("scary halloween ideas for tales" works)

Worried about getting it done in time? You have more than three weeks, as I'm writing this. Here's a possible schedule for you:
Spend one day getting your inspiration.
Spend one week drafting the words and melody
Spend one week recording
Spend one week tweaking, mixing, polishing...er...mastering

Voilá! Done with a day or two to spare.  And if, like me, you don't know how to mix or master, you'll be done early! 

Unless I'm missing something, we've yet to see the first entry in this competition. Do we need a prize for an incentive? Let's see...how about this? If you are one of the first three entries in this challenge, I'll put one of your songs on one of my albums, after I get really famous???

Sitting and waiting,
Vicki

[Paulski]

Good fat letter tips Vicki and a generous prize offering!

And delb0y - it doesn't have to be spooky - that's what the "OR WHAT?" part means 

BTW - if there is ONLY ONE ENTRY that entry will be certain to win!
If there are no entries then Vicki and I are going to flip a coin to see which one of us wins.

[delb0y]

Cool - I've got something in mind then :-)

[ScottLevi]

Hey if collaboration adds togethor post counts maybe we could work something out...

[CaliaMoko]

Okay, I have a problem. I have TWO ideas. Is anyone interested in checking them out to see if you want to collaborate on one of them? Otherwise, I have to choose one, and I really hate having to make decisions! In both cases I have lots of words and ideas for melodies, but I'm open to editing based on consultation. I don't need to feel like they are mine.    I'm not a possessive person.

Vicki

[Binladeda]

 I've got a couple of 'backing tracks' that would suit.
 Dark and Moody   But they both need vocal and
 lyrics......if anyone is interested, let me know...