[NigeQ]

Here is the Song Critiques Board Contest schedule for 2010. There will be 5 1+1 comps and 6 Open Format.
1+1 is one vocal, one instrument. Open Format has no arrangement restrictions.

The contests will be run for approximately 10 days (6 for entering, 4 for scoring) - these dates are provisional and will depend on the mod running it.

Feb: 18 - 28 (enter) Feb 14 - 18 (scorecards) - see below for result
Mar 1+1: 8 - 13 (enter) Mar 14 – Mar 17 (scorecards) - see 1+1 2010 comps for result
Apr: 5 - 10 (enter) Apr 11 - 14 (scorecards) - see below for result
May1+1: 10 - 15 (enter) May 16 - 19 (scorecards) - see 1+1 2010 comps for result
Jun: 7 - 12 (enter) Jun 13 - 16 (scorecards) - see below for result
Jul1+1: 12 - 17 (enter) Jul 18 - 21 (scorecards)- see 1+1 2010 comps for result
Aug: 9 - 14 (enter) Aug 15 - 18 (scorecards) - see below for result
Sep1+1: 6 - 11 (enter) Sep 12 - 15 (scorecards)- see 1+1 2010 comps for result
Oct: 11 - 16 (enter) Oct 17 - 20 (scorecards) - see below for result
Nov1+1: 8 - 13 (enter) Nov 14 - 17 (scorecards) see 1+1 2010 comps for result
Dec: 6 - 11 (enter) Dec 12 - 15 (scorecards) - see below for result

*note, all contests will be run from the Contests Forum - all 'live' comps are pinned.

The top two songs from each Open Format competition will be posted in this thread (1+1 comps have their own thread)in preparation for their Year End Final. (Tied songs will also go through).

All contests will now use the 1 to 10 scoring method. If you can't be bothered to read them go here

The song that is entered into a Monthly Competition must be the same recording with no changes made for the Final Competition.

The Year End Song Comps are for active musers only, so if a writer has not been present on the board since the start of November 2010 the moderator has the right to disqualify an entry

Someone may choose not have their song move on to the final competition if they wish.

For the Open Format comps the 12 qualifying songs from the 6 contests will compete in the Open Format year end final.

For more information on the contests, scoring etc. see the Song Contest Rules.

Cheers

Nige

[NigeQ]

Here are the results of the February Comp:

1st - On Common Ground by Zeek

2nd - Not My Time by lyD

21 scorecards. 8 non-contestant voters were: coolerthanfonz, graybeard, jimski23, SatanInventedBras, AmereHobbyist, jonie, RKG & NigeQ

Full result

On Common Ground by Zeek 7.19av
6 8 5 7 6 8 10 6 6 8 8 6 9 9 10 8 5 6 6 6 8
Not My Time by lyD 7.10av
8 10 5 6 6 7 8 5 8 8 7 7 8 5 7 5 5 10 9 7 8
Just Stay Here by FunkDaddy 7.05av
8 7 7 7 7 9 6 5 7 7 6 8 10 3 9 5 5 9 8 8 7
Regret by Tom Honeyman 6.62av
6 7 8 6 4 8 6 4 5 8 10 7 8 3 7 6 5 7 7 9 8
Julia by Len/daddio 6.62av
7 5 6 6 5 7 8 8 7 7 5 9 6 4 8 10 5 5 6 10 5
Cream of Depression Soup by DonnaMarilyn 5.86av
5 7 6 7 5 8 9 4 6 9 3 5 3 3 8 3 7 6 4 8 7
Technology by neuroron/kimberlyinnc 5.76av
5 6 6 8 4 7 8 7 4 7 6 3 5 4 8 6 4 7 5 5 6
One Hug Closer by robby 5.71av
5 6 5 6 4 7 7 5 6 7 6 6 7 2 7 9 6 1 5 6 7
Dancing in the Shadows by Neal K 5.71av
5 7 5 6 9 7 7 5 4 6 5 7 7 5 7 3 5 6 3 5 6
Bent Rolled and Twisted by SoddyBottoms 5.57av
6 9 4 7 4 5 5 5 5 6 4 6 6 4 8 7 4 6 3 7 6
Highway 99 by Thinman 5.33av
5 7 4 5 4 6 7 4 4 8 6 5 5 4 7 4 5 7 4 6 5
Honeybee by Jellykka/Bernabby 4.76av
6 5 4 5 5 5 3 5 5 5 3 4 8 3 6 2 5 5 2 7 7


On Common Ground and Not My Time qualify for the year-end 'Open Format' final.

[lyD]

- this smilie now redundant thanks to Len

Not My Time - David Butler/lyD

[Zeek]

http://soundclick.co...?songid=8788042

On Common Ground

Zeek (Nat Sisco)

[NigeQ]

Result of the April Comp:

1st - It All Adds Up - RLD/John Paragreen

2nd - I Like What I See - weirdrelatives

18 scorecards. 6 non-contestant voters were: coolerthanfonz, graybeard, jimski23, NigeQ, RKG & daddio

Full result

It All Adds Up - RLD/John Paragreen 7.72av
6 7 7 10 6 7 9 7 10 8 5 9 5 10 9 9 8 7
I Like What I See - weirdrelatives 7.67av
6 5 8 8 8 6 8 10 8 10 5 7 6 8 8 10 9 8
Taste The Rain - lyD/kimberlyinnc 7.33av
7 9 6 7 8 7 10 8 7 7 4 8 5 8 8 7 10 6
Little Bit Of Love - Zeek 7.06av
9 8 6 6 8 6 8 7 8 5 5 7 7 8 7 7 7 8
Gone Way Too Soon - skingswell 6.94av
6 6 7 7 8 8 8 6 7 9 7 7 5 6 7 7 7 7
Aiko-San And The Bamboo Blind - DonnaMarilyn 6.89av
10 5 5 9 7 7 7 9 8 6 4 10 7 8 6 6 6 4
You Already Know - FunkDaddy 6.33av
7 6 4 6 7 7 7 8 7 7 6 6 5 7 7 7 6 4
This Ring Is A Bullet - Thinman 6.00av
8 4 6 4 10 5 8 7 6 6 3 6 5 7 6 5 7 5
Forever Comes to Call - musefrommichigan 5.83av
1 6 5 7 9 5 7 6 6 7 4 7 6 8 7 6 3 5
The Seventh Angel - StewartAlexander 5.39av
4 4 3 6 8 4 7 6 7 6 5 8 5 9 5 5 2 3
Friends and Family - SoddyBottoms 5.28av
3 3 6 5 7 5 7 5 5 7 4 6 3 7 4 7 6 5
Changing Nothing - AMereHobbyist 4.72av
2 6 5 3 5 5 5 4 5 5 4 8 4 7 4 4 5 4


It All Adds Up and I Like What I See qualify for the year-end Open Format final.

[weirdrelatives]

*** Withdrawn from Song Of The Year - NQ ***

I Like What I See
Valerie Cox

link to it here

[RLD]

"IT ALL ADDS UP"
Music - Written, performed, produced - RLD
Lyrics - John Paragreen

[NigeQ]

Result of the June Comp:

1st - Tumble Weed - Neal K

2nd - First Time Love - Zeek

22 scorecards. 11 non-contestant voters were: NigeQ, jonie, Merlin, graybeard, garymc, Simple Simon, RKG, Salley Gardens, Bruce N, skingswell & bubblingsoul

Full result

Tumble Weed - Neal K 7.68av
7 10 8 9 8 7 7 6 8 8 8 9 9 7 7 7 9 6 9 7 7 6
First Time Love - Zeek 7.27av
8 7 9 8 7 6 5 8 7 7 7 10 8 9 7 7 6 4 8 9 6 7
Don't Trust That Summertime Smile - SatanInventedBras/daddio 7.09av
8 9 7 7 9 6 7 7 9 7 7 7 8 6 7 4 8 6 8 6 7 6
What Colour Is Love - DonnaMarilyn/weirdrelatives 6.91av
4 8 8 6 6 7 6 7 6 9 7 8 7 7 8 5 7 9 7 6 7 7
Silence - starsinmyeyes 6.33av
6 4 5 4 6 6 5 5 8 7 8 6 8 8 5 10 4 6 8 6 8
The Darkness Fades - FunkDaddy 6.14av
4 4 6 6 5 5 6 6 8 5 10 7 6 6 5 4 7 10 7 6 6 6
Red Haired Girl - Thinman 6.09av
5 5 7 3 6 6 3 4 10 7 9 7 7 7 6 6 8 4 6 5 6 7
Younger Days - kimberlyinnc/musefrommichigan 6.00av
6 4 10 5 6 6 5 5 7 4 6 7 7 6 5 5 8 8 4 6 5 7
Yin and the Yang the Black and the White - SoddyBottoms 5.86av
5 6 6 5 5 5 4 9 8 5 7 8 6 7 6 3 6 5 6 6 5 6


Tumble Weed and First Time Love qualify for the year-end final.

[Zeek]

http://soundclick.co...?songid=9249375

First Time Love

by Zeek

[Neal K]

Tumbleweed
Neal K

[NigeQ]

Result for the August Song Competition

1st - Chasing Clocks by DaveGerard

2nd - Little Bit Me by Zeek

20 scorecards. 11 non-contestant voters were: Salley Gardens, NigeQ, jonie, graybeard, Simple Simon, SatanInventedBras, tidepool, Kimperlyinnc, Alistair S, starsinmyeyes & Funkdaddy

Full Result
Chasing Clocks - DaveGerard 7.56 ave.
7 8 5 6 10 7 8 10 7 8 6 9 8 8 8 7 5 5 10 9
Little Bit Me - Zeek 7.31 ave
5 8 7 5 7 9 10 7 9 10 7 7 8 7 7 5 7 8 7 6
Crazy for You - Jason Kalman 7.24 ave
7 8 6 6 9 6 8 8 7 6 6 7 8 9 5 7 7 8 9 8
Cross the Edge - Tom Honeyman 7.19 ave
6 8 8 4 6 8 6 8 8 7 8 7 10 7 10 8 4 6 8 7
Try Not To - garymc 6.63 ave
7 7 6 7 6 7 7 8 6 7 5 5 9 6 9 8 5 7 8 3
Wake Me Up When - Thinman 6.50 ave
6 6 7 4 6 6 9 9 7 9 5 8 7 10 4 7 3 6 6 5
The Dreamtime is Past - DonnaMarilyn 6.15 ave
8 6 7 4 7 8 6 8 8 6 5 6 7 7 5 4 6 5 5 5
Variations of Red - Stewart Alexander 5.01 ave
5 6 5 4 6 6 6 6 6 5 5 4 7 6 3 5 4 4 6 1
New and Better Times - RKG 4.92 ave
5 9 5 5 6 6 6 6 4 7 3 4 5 5 1 6 3 4 4 4
They Won’t Forget the Blame - Steve Johnson
unfortunately disqualified

Chasing Clocks and Little Bit Me qualify for the year-end final.

[Zeek]

http://soundclick.co...?songid=9508639

Little Bit Me

by Zeek

[DaveGerard]

Chasing Clocks

Listen HERE

Dave Gerard

[NigeQ]

Result of the October Comp:

Please note that we have a tie for second place so all three songs qualify for the year-end final.

1st - Love Letters And Whispered Dreams - FunkDaddy

2nd - A Kiss-Me Shade Of Red - DonnaMarilyn
2nd - On My Way - Jason Kalman

18 scorecards. 8 non-contestant voters were: NigeQ, jonie, graybeard, RKG, Alistair S, Salley Gardens, Zeek, & bubblingsoul

Full result

Love Letters And Whispered Dreams - FunkDaddy 7.72av
8 8 10 8 7 8 8 5 6 7 8 8 6 9 7 10 8 8
A Kiss-Me Shade Of Red - DonnaMarilyn 7.44av
8 9 8 10 7 7 7 4 6 10 6 7 6 7 7 8 9 8
On My Way - Jason Kalman 7.44av
9 8 6 7 6 7 8 9 9 7 9 7 7 8 7 5 10 5
Losing My Love - garymc 7.28av
5 7 8 8 5 9 7 10 7 9 6 6 7 7 9 6 8 7
This City Without You - lyD 7.06av
6 6 7 7 5 7 9 7 5 6 8 8 8 8 7 9 7 7
Behind The Veil - fabkebab 6.56av
6 6 7 8 5 6 6 7 5 6 6 7 8 7 8 6 8 6
Then Again - Neuroron\Len 6.44av
6 7 7 7 6 8 6 7 5 6 6 6 5 7 7 7 8 5
Home In October Again - Thinman 6.11av
6 7 7 9 5 6 5 8 5 5 7 7 4 6 7 4 6 6
Before You’re Someone That I Need - Kimberlyinnc 6.00av
7 4 9 7 4 5 7 6 8 7 7 6 3 8 5 5 5 5
Where? - Neal K 5.89av
5 6 6 6 4 7 6 5 5 6 6 6 5 7 6 7 7 6


Love Letters And Whispered Dreams, A Kiss-Me Shade Of Red and On My Way all qualify for the year-end final.

[FunkDaddy]

Love Letters And Whispered Dreams
By Mark Smith

[DonnaMarilyn]

A Kiss-Me Shade of Red

by Donna Devine

[Jason Kalman]

On My Way

by Jason Kalman

[NigeQ]

Result of the December Comp:

1st - One Last Chance To Shine - Alistair S

2nd - With You - lyD

17 scorecards. 3 non-contestant voters were: NigeQ, Salley Gardens, & bubblingsoul

Full result

One Last Chance To Shine - Alistair S 7.88av
8 7 10 8 6 9 6 8 6 9 10 8 6 7 7 10 9
With You - lyD 7.18av
6 6 8 9 7 8 5 9 8 7 8 3 7 8 8 7 8
Gonna Start a Bonfire - Kimberlyinnc 7.00av
8 7 7 6 6 6 8 7 5 6 8 8 8 7 5 9 8
The Fall Of Man - Jason Kalman 6.53av
6 6 9 5 6 7 6 5 5 8 7 7 8 7 4 8 7
Just Trust the Tales - Zeligovitch 6.35av
9 6 8 6 5 5 8 7 7 7 6 5 7 4 5 6 7
Change - Thinman 6.18av
5 5 8 8 6 5 5 3 9 5 8 6 6 6 8 5 7
Ghost Tears - Dottie 6.12av
7 6 7 4 7 5 6 5 5 6 8 8 8 4 3 7 8
The Start Of The Dance - musefrommichigan 6.00av
7 5 6 5 7 6 6 5 4 7 7 4 6 4 8 8 7
Relentless Love - FunkDaddy 5.94av
3 6 8 6 7 6 5 6 4 7 9 2 8 5 7 6 6
S.A.D. - Harreh 5.94av
4 5 8 5 6 5 7 3 6 8 6 8 7 6 6 6 5
Breathe - starsinmyeyes 5.71av
5 5 7 4 7 4 5 10 5 5 8 5 6 4 6 6 5
Blah-Blah Blah-Blah Blah-Blah - DonnaMarilyn 5.71av
5 5 7 5 6 6 6 1 4 5 6 5 6 3 10 7 10
See Papa Run - graybeard 5.41av
6 5 8 4 7 5 7 3 5 7 7 5 6 4 1 6 6


One Last Chance To Shine and With You qualify for the year-end final

[lyD]

With You
by David Butler (lyD)

Show me the future
Swallow my past
Tell me to love you
I'll do as you ask
With you it's all I can do

Paint me in colours
I've never seen
Take me to places
I've never been
With you everything's new

CHORUS
I've never been a loving man
But I hope I can be true
I've never been a loving man
But I know I can be with you

So do me a favour
And don't let me go
Tell me you love me
So I'll always know
With you I'll never be blue

CHORUS

With you the sun can shine down brighter than before
With you the rain may come to trip me up
But you'll be there to catch me if I fall

CHORUS

[Alistair S]

One Last Chance To Shine

Alistair S

An ordinary man in an ordinary town,
Ordinary shoes in an ordinary brown,
Getting old, and I’m,
Like these worn out boots of mine,
Looking for one last chance to shine
One last chance to shine,
One last chance to get it right,
Looking for one last chance to shine.

An ordinary night in an ordinary bar,
An ordinary singer and a battered, old guitar.
Music helps, I find,
Ease a troubled mind,
Looking for one last chance to shine
One last chance to shine,
One last chance to get it right,
Looking for one last chance to shine.

Lonely people here don’t ever talk - won’t share the time of day.
Driven by our fear, we always walk on by and look the other way.

It’s an ordinary life; an ordinary world.
An ordinary boy can meet an ordinary girl.
Couples passing by,
Happens all the time.
Lost in love, with every chance to shine.
One last chance to shine,
One last chance to get it right,
Looking for one last chance to shine.

An ordinary man, of ordinary means
An ordinary longing to escape the old routines
An ordinary guy
Long since past his prime
Looking for one last chance to shine
Looking for one last chance to shine.
Looking for one last chance to shine.

[NigeQ]

**** this is for archive information only - the scoring for this is now complete ****

Song Of The Year (Open Format)

There are 12 songs in this competition, they all qualified from one of the monthly competitions

11 of the songs can be heard here at Musesmuse Song Of the Year 2010 - use links in Song Of The Year thread for any songs not on the station

To be eligible to score you must have been a member of Musesmuse prior to 1st dec 2010 and have a minimum of 25 posts.

How to vote:

Each voter has 6 points to award, but no single song can receive more than 3 points.

So for example, you can award your favourite song 3 points, second favourite 2 points and third favourite 1 point (total 6 points). Alternatively you may want to award 6 songs 1 point each.

All the combinations below are valid:

3 2 1
3 3
3 1 1 1
2 2 2
2 2 1 1
2 1 1 1 1
1 1 1 1 1 1


If a scorecard contains a score not one of the above combinations it will be deemed invalid.

Contestants are not allowed to vote in this competition

Please send your scores to me (NigeQ) via PM and put “Song Comp Votes” in the subject. You should receive confirmation within 24 hours or at least by the time scoring closes.

The songs are:

On Common Ground - Zeek
Not My Time - lyD
It All Adds Up - RLD/John Paragreen
Tumble Weed - Neal K
First Time Love - Zeek
Chasing Clocks - DaveGerard
Little Bit Me - Zeek
Love Letters And Whispered Dreams - FunkDaddy
A Kiss-Me Shade Of Red - DonnaMarilyn
On My Way - Jason Kalman
One Last Chance To Shine - Alistair S
With You - lyD

[NigeQ]

… the joint winners of

Song of the Year (Open Format) 2010


.........are


Love Letters And Whispered Dreams
written by FunkDaddy

…….and

One Last Chance To Shine
written by Alistair S



3rd - It All Adds Up
written by RLD/John Paragreen

24 scorecards(all non-contestant):
NigeQ, kimberlyinnc, Len, Zeligovitch, daddio, R.P.G., graybeard, Dottie, Salley Gardens, stewart Alexander, Simple Simon, smile, bubblingsoul, jonie, RKG, starsinmyeyes, Thinman, The Eggmen, skingswell, Bruce N, jimski23, surfer, SatanInventedBras & Paddy O'Furniture

23.0 Love Letters And Whispered Dreams - FunkDaddy
1.0 2.0 3.0 3.0 2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 3.0 2.0 2.0
23.0 One Last Chance To Shine - Alistair S
1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 3.0 2.0 2.0 1.0
15.0 It All Adds Up - RLD/John Paragreen
3.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
13.0 With You - lyD
1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 1.0 3.0 2.0 2.0
12.0 Tumble Weed - Neal K
1.0 2.0 3.0 1.0 3.0 2.0
11.0 Not My Time - lyD
2.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
11.0 Chasing Clocks - DaveGerard
1.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
9.0 First Time Love - Zeek
3.0 2.0 2.0 2.0
9.0 A Kiss-Me Shade Of Red - DonnaMarilyn
1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 1.0 2.0 2.0
8.0 On My Way - Jason Kalman
2.0 3.0 1.0 1.0 1.0
6.0 Little Bit Me - Zeek
1.0 2.0 1.0 2.0
4.0 On Common Ground - Zeek
3.0 1.0