[digger72]

Looks like your format has generated extra votes - a good thing.

Come on guys and gals. Still time to vote.

[PaulAds]

i'm really surprised there haven't been more votes...c'mon folks!

[MartiMedia]

Looks like your format has generated extra votes - a good thing.

Come on guys and gals. Still time to vote.

Yeah, tried a different approach using the poll system, seems to work! Although it (of course) has its advantages and disadvantages comparing to the formats that were used before..
Most of the critiscisms I received were on the 'being able to see the progress from the moment a member voted'. That has 2 sides imo: On the one way it might get potential voters curious, cause when they vote they'll see the racing in real time. On the other way it's taking away the surprise element from the ones that care about the SOTM comp (the voters) cause they already know who'll win by looking at the results progress (3000+ members don't see this until they vote btw)...
In my observation the members that actually vote are sorry this surprise element disappeared in this format. So I searched for contact with Tone and asked him to enable the option on the poll system of this forum to enable the poll configuration 'Show results after the poll's expiry date has passed'. But unfortunately there was no way to enable that option (and Tone really, really tried).
So for next month we can choose between the poll system (that results in more votes, but takes away the surprise for the members that care about the SOTM) or the PM system (that results in less votes, but keeps the surprise element for the members who care).
Thanks for commenting and voting Digger! MM

i'm really surprised there haven't been more votes...c'mon folks!

Hey PaulAds, well, I managed to crank the amount of votes by 30-45% compared to last month I think, but I totally agree we should promote these competitions (without spamming the community) and try to motivate our members to paticipate!
Since you seem to have interest and motivation on the SOTM competition, am I rude to ask if you'd like to host the SOTM September comp? MM

[PaulAds]

Hello MartiMedia

Sure!

Could you drop me a line explaining a little of what I'd need to do, please? I'm no tech expert but I'm happy to do it if I'm able to :-)

Oh...and this is my 100th post...yay!

[seriousfun]

Paul, I commend you, a relative new comer, for putting you hand up to run the next months SOTM but I really think you should wait for another month. Not for any snobby reason but mainly out of respect for you having just reached the 100 post milestone.

The selector has the job of shortlisting the 5 or so songs for voting and I think most people would consider it poor form to select one of your own songs in the short list. in fact i cant recall anyone who has done that. So with having just qualified for the short list with your posts, and couple that with the really strong song entry you have posted I think you should defer your offer for one more month  so that you can have the enjoyment of participating in this months vote. Then by all means, take your turn.

Allan.

[PaulAds]

ok Allan...count me out, Marti 

<breathes sigh of relief>

[MartiMedia]

Hi Allan,
Actually the idea for September was to TRY (for one month) taking the longlist (all songs posted in September) and put them all in one big poll so every member can choose 1 favorite song to vote for. That idea was expressed some posts back in this thread. Advantages are
-that we skip a subjective step ('composing the shortlist'),
-hosting takes less time and the host can compete him-/herself

disadvantages are
-that the long list may consist of more songs then the number of voters
-this probably will drop the number of votes cause people won't have time to listen to the entire longlist

Idea was to try this one month to see if that works.
 
Agree that PaulAds has a strong song going on, but that should be no 'problem' the 'longlist' way.

PaulAds,

Congrats on your 100th post! Ow sorry, I see you feel relieved so maybe I was being a little to rude to ask directly like I did, I'm sorry fellow!

To all:
We need a host for the September SOTM, who wants to help?

Please don't forget to vote for the August SOTM, that will be closing by midnight. VOTE VOTE VOTE!!
MM

[seriousfun]

Hmmm, not sure that is going to have the desired effect, but maybe i am wrong.

If there is a long list it of around 20 songs then I doubt many will take the time to listen to them all which may mean voting suffers in three ways

1. Less overall votes
2. Voters making their choices without hearing all the songs and in some cases the best songs.
3. The votes will be spread over a greater number of songs  meaning that it is highly likely that the winner may only have two or three votes and there would be a high chance of numerous songs filling the spot.


There was a large discussion on this when the SOTM was first brought up.

Allan.

[MartiMedia]

Aaah okay I didn't know that, you're absolutely right then, let's not re-invent the wheel... So next month we'll stick to the shortlist then, and we need a host who'll have time to compose one (and doesn't want to compete him-/herself). Voluteers? MM

[seriousfun]

I last hosted one in March this year so would prefer someone else to do next months as its a bit soon for me but if no one eles offers I will do it. But lets wait and see, and hopefully some kind soul will pick up the batton and I can defer my turn a bit more.

Allan.

[MartiMedia]

That's really kind of you Allan, but I'd suggest we'll continue searching for a volunteer who never (or way longer ago) hosted a SOTM...

So people please PM me or reply to this post if you want to volunteer hosting the upcoming SOTM September.

In the meantime: just a few hours left to vote for the SOTM August, just click your vote in the poll on top of this page!!

MM

[MartiMedia]

Only a few minutes left fellows! Please submit your votes!! MM

One last request: we still need a volunteer to host
SOTM September 2015, so if you'd like to volunteer
please let me know by PM or reply to this thread.

[MartiMedia]

Hi everybody, the results are in, see OP.. MM

[tone]

Playlist link
https://soundcloud.com/songwriterforum/sets/august-2015-sotm

[Jambrains]

Congrats Allan!!!!!