[crystalsuzy]

Wish I had! I sleep 3 hours a night to be able to do this to the community next to my busy job in real life!

I was up for 48 consecutive hours putting those titles together and at the same time doing double shifts in the coalmine!

You guys who work in the coal mines think you have it so rough. 

Why, when I was a boy, I had to shovel pig manure.   Had to walk six miles to the pig farm and six miles back home...... UPHILL BOTH DIRECTIONS.  ;o) 

Bah! You are so happy to have been a boy! I was born old and started to work before I could even walk, had to walk on my hands instead. And uphill!?!?! Both directions?!! C'mon, me and my siblings could only dream of a hill. Did not climb one until I was 37 and then it turn out I had only stepped on a snail!

Aaarg! You are so happy to be able to walk on your hands! I don't have hands! It's a miracle I can play my guitar with my teeth while programming computers with my nose. In fact, I only have a head! I use the wind to blow my head sig-sawing through a field of countless snails two times a day to and from my home and most of the time the wind doesn't change direction during the day so I have to blow my head around the globe to reach my home. Eh home... well it's more like a kind of box, only without the six sides...

I was born with six heads and 6 different personalities Try and work with that for your whole life  

[MartiMedia]

Wish I had! I sleep 3 hours a night to be able to do this to the community next to my busy job in real life!

I was up for 48 consecutive hours putting those titles together and at the same time doing double shifts in the coalmine!

You guys who work in the coal mines think you have it so rough. 

Why, when I was a boy, I had to shovel pig manure.   Had to walk six miles to the pig farm and six miles back home...... UPHILL BOTH DIRECTIONS.  ;o) 

Bah! You are so happy to have been a boy! I was born old and started to work before I could even walk, had to walk on my hands instead. And uphill!?!?! Both directions?!! C'mon, me and my siblings could only dream of a hill. Did not climb one until I was 37 and then it turn out I had only stepped on a snail!

Aaarg! You are so happy to be able to walk on your hands! I don't have hands! It's a miracle I can play my guitar with my teeth while programming computers with my nose. In fact, I only have a head! I use the wind to blow my head sig-sawing through a field of countless snails two times a day to and from my home and most of the time the wind doesn't change direction during the day so I have to blow my head around the globe to reach my home. Eh home... well it's more like a kind of box, only without the six sides...

I was born with six heads and 6 different personalities Try and work with that for your whole life  

Only 6? I have 12 personalities in each ear, 20 in my nose, 25 in each eye and 1 in each tooth... Imagine what happens if the alarm clock rings in the morning... Getting up from bed often takes 23 hours and 59 minutes before every personality is aligned...

[MartiMedia]

Btw... people we need 295 more votes, we're almost there! Voting is really, really appreciated! MM

[beckylucythomas]

Wowzers! Sotm has really gone pro! Great organisation MM!

[Viscount Cramer & His Orchestra]

Well done Marti for taking the time to host.

Interesting to be able to see the results as they come in but, as Neil says, is that a good thing?

The other thing that crossed my mind is that presumably one can vote for oneself if one is that unsporting and desperate!

Only other thought is that quality of production shouldn't really be considered. Not everybody has the equipment or the expertise and it is Song of the month not Production of the month. On a songwriting forum we should be focussing on the song.

Anyway while I'm here...if you haven't yet voted...DO IT NOW.

[crystalsuzy]

Ya, thanks for doing such a great job organizing this SOTM, MM

I really like that you posted all the eligible songs for the month   Maybe, just for a change
one month, everybody could just vote for their favourite song out of the long list 

But I do agree with Viscount SOTM should not be based on production or performance
I think it's suppose to be a songwriting comp.

BTW~ where/when do you see the results as they come in? Is it just when you vote?  

[MartiMedia]

Ok sorry guys I also considered 'production' and you're right. Btw, I gave 'production' a low weight in my consideration, so it didn't have effect on the resulting shortlist.
Can't change that anymore since the comp is already running, but we'll pass this comment to the next host. Hope that's okay with you! MM

[Paulski]

Maybe, just for a change one month, everybody could just vote for their favourite song out of the long list 

I think that's a good idea  and not just because you're a Canadian 

[MartiMedia]

Well done Marti for taking the time to host.

Interesting to be able to see the results as they come in but, as Neil says, is that a good thing?

The other thing that crossed my mind is that presumably one can vote for oneself if one is that unsporting and desperate!

Only other thought is that quality of production shouldn't really be considered. Not everybody has the equipment or the expertise and it is Song of the month not Production of the month. On a songwriting forum we should be focussing on the song.

Anyway while I'm here...if you haven't yet voted...DO IT NOW.

Yw Viscount, and thanks for sharing your thoughts! Yeah good question about the poll mechanism, let's ask everybody: people do you like to see the results coming in in real time in the poll? Or would you have preffered not to see the progress and hear who won the comp at the day the comp closes?
Yes the thought that one can vote for himself/herself crossed my mind, but I didn't see that as a huge risk, and honestly, I trust everybody that they will not vote for theirself, what's the point of being part of a community in that case? ;-)
See my response about considering 'production' a few posts above this one.

Ya, thanks for doing such a great job organizing this SOTM, MM

I really like that you posted all the eligible songs for the month   Maybe, just for a change
one month, everybody could just vote for their favourite song out of the long list  

But I do agree with Viscount SOTM should not be based on production or performance
I think it's suppose to be a songwriting comp.

BTW~ where/when do you see the results as they come in? Is it just when you vote?  

Yw CS! You can see the results coming in after you voted, look at the top of this page!

Wowzers! Sotm has really gone pro! Great organisation MM!

Thank you Becky!!

Maybe, just for a change one month, everybody could just vote for their favourite song out of the long list  

I think that's a good idea   and not just because you're a Canadian  

It would make the voting process definately less subjective, so I think that's a good thing. On the other hand: why was the shortlist introduced? I mean, I just copied the procedure from earlier SOTM comps, but there might be a reason ;-) Maybe a longlist is just too long causing nobody to vote anymore?
And (but that's less relevant) I really enjoyed diving into the longlist and compose a shortlist.
But if it isn't tried before I'd say: yes! Let's try that next month, good idea!
MM

[nooms]

well i just voted and it didnt hurt at all

go on give it a go, you know you want to ..
good luck to all



not sure im keen on being able to view the progress though

[MartiMedia]

Hi nooms, thanks for voting!!
I'm not keen on being able to see the progress as well, but I have no other option when using the poll system. A poll on this forum has three options:
1.Show the poll's results to anyone.
2.Only show the results after someone has voted.
3.Only show the results after the poll has expired.
The third option was greyed out, so I couldn't select it. So I chose option 2 (so everyone who has voted can see the progress). Maybe it's good to keep it that way for now (unless the admin can enable option 3 )... MM

In the meantime: people please vote, we got neck2neck races going on right now!!

[igg]

Hi,

My first time voting.  Excellent songs to choose from....  I like the updating poll.  I don't think it has downside, since no one can vote more than once anyway....!

[MartiMedia]

Thanks for voting igg! And for those who have not voted yet (if you do you'll be able to see the progress ;-)) the tension is building up fast!! We've got tail to tail and neck to neck races going on here! So plz vote and you can witness the progress on top of this page!!

Voting is closed next tuesday at midnight (forum time), people who didn't vote (3000+ fellows) will hear the results by that time, I'll be posting them in this thread!

But again: please keep voting! The songwriters in the shortlist deserve the attention don't you think?
Have a nice weekend!

MM

[diademgrove]

Just voted

[MartiMedia]

Thanx for voting Keith! Wow now it's really going to be an exciting race!!!
People, closing date and time is fast approaching, but there's still time to VOTE!!
MM