Welcome To Jamesman, Again! (this is a roulette) - And the winner is............

[Jamesman42]

Welcome to Jamesman, again!

As I said, I took a long break from checking out new music for about 8 or 9 years. Life was just very full, and I was in a weird place, and I also started a family. But I am ready to hear some fresh music as life has really started to find a good rhythm and I am settling.

The rounds are super simple. Give me a song from the year indicated. It can be your favorite song or something you think will appeal to me. I hope this is a fun challenge to find a single song from a whole year. Doesn't sound easy.

Tastes
I like a lot of music, but mostly rock and metal. That doesn't mean anything is limited, but you'll likely hit the mark with me more with rock and metal. I can enjoy harsh vocals, but not always. I don't have any up-to-date music ratings, but some of my favorite bands are Thrice, Dream Theater, Rush, System of a Down, and The Warning. But that's not expressive of everything I like. But, I have been known to like Nicki Minaj songs, so really, it's just if I like it. You never know!

I am also a fan of songs that don't meander forever.  Few bands can do that well, imo. If your song is longer, still submit it! 8 minutes is a good limit, but not a harsh rule. I don't have all the time to listen, so I'd like to keep the playlist to under 2 hours. When I go back to work in 2 weeks, I will have good commutes to be able to listen more as well.

My spotify:

https://open.spotify.com/user/highaerials36?si=73c6c42cf6484661

There will be an off-chance I will have heard your song, so maybe have a backup in case that happens, or if someone sends the same song before you do.

Types of Rounds
1. 2015
2. 2016
3. 2017
4. 2018
5. 2019
6. 2020 (fuck you Covid)
7. 2021
8. 2022
9. 2023 (democracy wins again)

Scoring
We have 14 players that were interested. To hopefully avoid blowouts, we will do points like this:

Top song of the round: 10 points
Second place: 8 points
Next 3: 6 points
Next 6: 5 points
Last 3: 4 points

Top song of the round: 10 points
Second place: 9 points
Tier 3: 8 points (3 players)
Tier 4: 7 points (6 players)
Tier 5: 6 points (3 players)

Participants

1. Litho
2. Lonestar
3. Vmadera00
4. Romdrums
5. jingle.boy
6. ReaperKK
7. TAC
8. twosuitsluke
9. Evermind
10. Buddyhunter1
11. Crow
12. Puppies_on_Acid
13. Ariich
14. Sacul

Please confirm you are signing up and start gearing for Round 1 (the year 2015). We will make submissions due by Sunday, unless that is unfair somehow. Just let me know if we need a little more time to set up.

***Also, any suggestions to these rules are open for my consideration, it's been over 12 years since my last roulette!

Points (round 2 is over)

Vmadera00 = 10+8=18
Evermind = 9+6=15
Lonestar = 8+7=15
Ariichlol = 8+10=18
TAC = 8+7=15
LithoJazzoSphere = 7+7=14
Romdrums = 7+8=15
Jingle.boy = 7+7=14
RepearKK = 7+8=15
Crow = 7+9=16
Puppies_on_acid = 7+7=14
Twosuitsluke = 6+6=12
Buddyhunter1 = 6+6=12
Sacul = 6+7=13


Playlists

Round 1 (2015) - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4HeQ1Q0HaylgSJVcphsnu1?si=41e393d294b44d8c
Round 2 (2016) - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/5rh5SHHQwo2ZCxVKOdUzvl?si=997d4c0285e14250
Round 3 (2017) - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/08rAM9M22ld1OuRREei12N?si=c80da9a02749477d
Round 4 (2018) - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6kwsNhhunmEqYnMHhAe1qm?si=bf8482082348430d
Round 5 (2019) - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/6SHmtkH2h31THF5a5ndQaJ?si=c9bc422a18754fe1
Round 6 (2020) - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/2gzmFOR6CLPypK538WlOwY?si=1875828e43a64581
Round 7 (2021) - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/0w4DdA9fHddIyV2MQhE3lu?si=5cdb72366fc34836
Round 8 (2022) - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/3yKuvwm4jeql7bqQ5jW2cJ?si=3b3650f476e7400d
Round 9 (2023) - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/69jI2Vzq0CiSKf0dmbySNV?si=8135f01f7ddc4363
Rpund 10 (2015-2023) - https://open.spotify.com/playlist/4UV8v7S2Gpk9i2rAJ7q1YK?si=c321df997779487d

[TAC]

Confirmed!

[twosuitsluke]

Definitely in and I've sent already!

Come on Tim, hurry up and send already geez

[romdrums]

Got room for one more?

[Jamesman42]

Yeah Tim, tic TAC go dude!

[Puppies_On_Acid]

Confirming I am in and will send all 8 rounds later tonight.

[Jamesman42]

Got room for one more?

I don't think I have the mental space to adjust the numbers up there, but, if someone drops, you will come in if that's cool.

[Lonk]

Sent 

[lonestar]

In!! Let the J-metal fly!!!

[faizoff]

you got some space for me?


Edit: Just read your comment to rom. Will wait and see if anyone drops out.

[Buddyhunter1]

Will send soon!

[lonestar]

you got some space for me?

If James has a dollar for every time he was asked that...

[ariich]

Confirmed in!

By the way, you might want to make your round playlists on Spotify private (right-click -> Make Private) so we can't see what everyone else is sending before we send something ourselves.

EDIT: Also do you have a banned list other than, presumably, those 6 artists you mentioned in the OP?

[lonestar]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand sent!!!


with proper planning and a bit of luck, we could have 5 games of hangman going at once...

[Stadler]

Need one more?

[ariich]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand sent!!!


with proper planning and a bit of luck, we could have 5 games of hangman going at once...

My EP hangman will probably last another 3-4 days, but I don't imagine Litho's will last that long even if you, James and Crow all get your next ones up in the next day or two.

[ReaperKK]

I'm confirmed and sending shortly!

[lonestar]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand sent!!!


with proper planning and a bit of luck, we could have 5 games of hangman going at once...

My EP hangman will probably last another 3-4 days, but I don't imagine Litho's will last that long even if you, James and Crow all get your next ones up in the next day or two.

You just got to suck the hope and joy out of everything, don't you?

[Crow]

(maybe specify in the thread title that this is a roulette, but otherwise, confirming, yeah  )

[TAC]

Sented!

[ariich]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand sent!!!


with proper planning and a bit of luck, we could have 5 games of hangman going at once...

My EP hangman will probably last another 3-4 days, but I don't imagine Litho's will last that long even if you, James and Crow all get your next ones up in the next day or two.

You just got to suck the hope and joy out of everything, don't you?

I work in audit.

So yes.

[Buddyhunter1]

Just a heads up that you might want to set your round playlists to private at first, I can see the 2015 one and one song someone already sent.

[TAC]

Hangman is going to be a breeze!

[ariich]

Just a heads up that you might want to set your round playlists to private at first, I can see the 2015 one and one song someone already sent.

Almost word for word what I said. Great minds.

Confirmed in!

By the way, you might want to make your round playlists on Spotify private (right-click -> Make Private) so we can't see what everyone else is sending before we send something ourselves.

EDIT: Also do you have a banned list other than, presumably, those 6 artists you mentioned in the OP?

[jingle.boy]

Aaaaaaaaaaaaaand sent!!!


with proper planning and a bit of luck, we could have 5 games of hangman going at once...

My EP hangman will probably last another 3-4 days, but I don't imagine Litho's will last that long even if you, James and Crow all get your next ones up in the next day or two.

You just got to suck the hope and joy out of everything, don't you?

I work in audit.

So yes.

And British.

I'm in, naturally.  Now to read the OP.

[Buddyhunter1]

Sent!

[lonestar]

Can I just send 8 2018 songs? Holy shit was that a strong year.

[TAC]

Can I just send 8 2018 songs? Holy shit was that a strong year.

The Japanese weren't making music in 2015??

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Confirming that I'm in.  With no banned list to indicate your tastes, this is gonna be pretty wide open. 

[lonestar]

Can I just send 8 2018 songs? Holy shit was that a strong year.

The Japanese weren't making music in 2015??

Actually, just filled out my preliminary playlist, only 3 Japanese artists made the cut.

[LithoJazzoSphere]

Sent. 

[Jamesman42]

Changed title, whoops

No banned list besides those 6, the first song sent was by a band I know fairly well and that's cool with me.

I privatized my playlist, didn't know I could do that (for real, I am behind the times man)

What is hangman?

[lonestar]

Changed title, whoops

No banned list besides those 6, the first song sent was by a band I know fairly well and that's cool with me.

I privatized my playlist, didn't know I could do that (for real, I am behind the times man)

What is hangman?

The kid's game but instead of words we guess the artists and song title...

Here's a link to mine

https://www.dreamtheaterforums.org/boards/index.php?topic=58416.msg3012651#msg3012651

[Jamesman42]

Oh, literal hangman

So once I have all submissions I can set that up. Ooh I love it.

Also, all sent messages have been added to 2015 so far, thanks all!

[lonestar]

Oh, literal hangman

So once I have all submissions I can set that up. Ooh I love it.

Also, all sent messages have been added to 2015 so far, thanks all!

There's a Google sheet that makes it hella easy, I'll forward the messages from Rich that have it and directions