Music Contest #2 Poll

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Environment: Desert

• Each user can only vote once in the poll.
• You cannot vote for yourself. If a voter has the same IP as the author then the vote will not be counted and it may result in the disqualification of the entry.
• You cannot create multiple accounts to vote for an entry in the poll. If a voter has been found to be using multiple accounts none of the voters votes will count in the final result.
• You cannot bribe users for votes. Contestants who break this rule will be disqualified and given negative reputation.

• First Place: 40 reputation points and an award icon
• Second Place: 25 reputation points and an award icon
• Third Place: 15 reputation points and an award icon

• Nara-Shikamaru
• Waldbear

Theme	How well does it demonstrate the feeling of a desert	/15
Creativity/Originality	How original is the piece? How creative are you with the theme/instruments/etc.	/10
Dynamic/Tonation	Basically, how well does it flow? Are accents used to good effect? Do overall levels make sense? etc.	/10
Composition	How well is it composed? Do the key changes make sense?	/15

Final points will be determined 75% by judging and 25% by poll​

• Devine
• Watchman
• lexalex
• JetFangInferno: Description and Music.
• deepblade
• ZippeR
• Rao Dao Zao
• Jaret
  
  
  
  You can download a .zip of all of the entries at the bottom of this post.

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Thanks to Watchman and Lich Prince for helping out with this poll!

 

[deepstrasz]

Am I allowed to vote other contestants excluding myself ? And I'm referring to voting at least 3 contestants.

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Yes - there's nothing wrong with voting for people that aren't you - if anything it shows maturity

 

[deepstrasz]

Sorry guys, it won't let me vote each of you, just one .

 

[WherewolfTherewolf]

Well yeah - your not supposed to be able to vote for every contest - that kinda defeats the purpose of voting

 

[Disasterpiece512]

Well, I'm glad the poll is on. May the best man win!

Thanks to Watchman and Lich Prince for helping out with this poll!

/me is proud.

 

[Jaret]

I voted for Devine, because of the epic-ness of his piece. I loved it because it wasn't slow, it had something to it... I can't explain. But i disliked that it didn't represent the theme that much.

 

[viiva]

Not sure who I'm gonna vote for yet. I really liked Watchman's entry. And Zipper and deepblade nailed the desert-like vibe.

 

[Devine]

Cool. Looks like it's going to be a close competition.
IT'S A TIE. o: I'm not going to vote for anyone, though; I'm an asshole

 

[Krl70]

I voted for deepblade, i liked the choirs and the wooden sticks, it made it sound epic to me.

 

[deepstrasz]

I can't believe no one voted Zipper !

 

[Disasterpiece512]

Why can't you believe it?

 

[deepstrasz]

Zipper's song is good. Damn it...

 

[Disasterpiece512]

Hehehe, then why didn't you vote for him?

 

[deepstrasz]

That's a stupid question. It was only probable to vote only one. I chose almost random.

 

[Disasterpiece512]

Ok, not quite the answer I expected, hehe. The poll's open for 2 weeks. Anything can happen.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

I have more than 0 votes, I don't care anymore.

 

[deepstrasz]

I have more than 0 votes, I don't care anymore.

I'd want you to say that if you had the majority of votes.

 

[Krl70]

I'd want you to say that if you had the majority of votes.

After you

 

[Jaret]

wow! I've got 1 vote! Goal achieved!

 

[Samuraid]

Great work, everyone! There was quite a wide variation of songs and many interesting ideas.

Narrowing down on my favorites...
JetFangInferno and ZippeR had the most refined and interesting entries, IMHO.
It was hard to choose between the two, as ZippeR had the most interesting rhythmic texture and ambiance, and JetFangInferno had the most interesting melody and orchestration. If I could vote for both, I would.

 

[Figueiredo00]

Great work, everyone! There was quite a wide variation of songs and many interesting ideas.

Narrowing down on my favorites...
JetFangInferno and ZippeR had the most refined and interesting entries, IMHO.
It was hard to choose between the two, as ZippeR had the most interesting rhythmic texture and ambiance, and JetFangInferno had the most interesting melody and orchestration. If I could vote for both, I would.

exactly, they did a really good job. And my vote goes to JetFangInferno.

 

[Krl70]

deep and jet are equal so far then.

 

[Lich Prince]

JFI definitely.

 

[Krl70]

Ooh, it's getting even now

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

Gee, it sure is four-way-tie-breaker around here.

 

[Jaret]

Rao dao zao Takes the lead!!!!11!!!!11!!!!!21!!!@@!!!@@!@!@12!!!@!@@1212@!

 

[Krl70]

yeah... something like that...

 

[deepstrasz]

This is getting really funny

 

[Disasterpiece512]

Yeah... funny... haha...

Right.

 

[Sephalo]

So far I only liked Zipper and Deepblades pieces.
The only problem was that I couldn't download JetFangInferno's piece.
I would suggest changing the download option because I couldn't be arsed try getting that thing for more then 10minutes. I was curious where JFI would come up with but he just missed a vote like this.
I voted for Zipper.

 

[Krl70]

hmm... deepblade is falling behind...

 

[deepstrasz]

There's pack with all of the songs on the first page of this thread oO.

 

[ZippeR]

And my favorites to be true still are Deepblade's intro and lexalex's 1st wip (which is definitely worth of finishing).
The most clean and accurate sound has, of course, JetFangInferno, but track ends little unexpectedly if it's not about to loop.
Thanks everyone for replies.

 

[JetFangInferno]

@Teunscreemers: I don't know why, but I DID reupload a compressed version directly onto the Hive but it did not appear in my final post. Also, you could have listened to the song on the youtube video anyway since I appear last in the first video. Also, my song IS in "The Hive Workshop Music Contest #2.zip" located at the first page of the poll.

@ZippeR: Yeah I couldn't finish in time

And thanks for the encouraging comments everyone

 

[deepstrasz]

Welcome back to the music thread Army of Pandas. Hope you'll enjoy it as much as before .

 

[HappyCockroach]

JetFangInferno's song stands out from the others. I don't care much if it's quite unfinished, it's the most creative and beautiful one. Secondly I'd vote for deepblade, it created a nice desert image in my head.

 

[chilla_killa]

lol I can't belive RaoDaoZao has the most votes.
In my opinion his song isn't bad, but it doesn't fit the theme Desert that much.
Zipper and JetFangInferno's songs create a much intenser and better atmosphere of a desert.
In RaoDaoZao's song I could imagine a big modern city, maybe while a war.
But no desert.

 

[deepstrasz]

There's gonna be a big LoL at the end of this poll.

 

[Devine]

Votes only mean 25% of the total score. Just about anything can still happen.
My vote, by the way, went to Zipper.

 

[Disasterpiece512]

@Devine: I thought you said you were an asshole and weren't voting.

@chilla_killa: Rao's piece does give the feeling of the desert. If you think arabian scales and wind sound samples are the only thing that can make a song sound like a desert, then you, my friend shouldn't be posting here, no offense intended.

 

[chilla_killa]

I just said the versions of Zipper and JFI fit the theme better.

 

[Disasterpiece512]

You're wrong again. They fit the theme of the literal desert. Rao's piece reminisces of a city destroyed by a tragedy, desolate, with little life, empty and ruined. Let's see... are deserts desolate? Check! Do they have a lot of life in them? Wrong. Are they empty and ruined? Check => Desert.

The huge hot sandy place isn't the only definition for the word "desert". Get my point?

 

[JetFangInferno]

Actually, Watchman you have a valid point but you cannot argue that chilla_killa's (subjective) perception of music is wrong. We are all entitled to an opinion so lets not impose a view onto others who feel differently. Arguing over something as subjective as musical preference is like arguing whether a cup is half empty or half full -- you can't.

 

[Devine]

@Devine: I thought you said you were an asshole and weren't voting.

That was just a joke...

 

[JetFangInferno]

The internet is a prime medium of (mis)communication.

 

[Disasterpiece512]

The internet is a prime medium of (mis)communication.

Agreed.

 

[Rao Dao Zao]

In RaoDaoZao's song I could imagine a big modern city, maybe while a war.
But no desert.

I don't understand why city and desert seem to be mutually exclusive in your mind; deserts have swallowed cities in the past and will do so again.

 

[Disasterpiece512]

I don't understand why city and desert seem to be mutually exclusive in your mind; deserts have swallowed cities in the past and will do so again.

+1. Exactly what I was pointing out.

 

[JetFangInferno]

I wonder why there is a lacking of 40+ voters compared to the first contest.