A new SpinTunes tournament begins August 26, and sign-ups are open until August 25.
SpinTunes is a four-round elimination tournament for songwriters. Each round, contestants receive a challenge, and they have nine days to write and record a brand-new song in response to it. The panel of judges rank and give feedback on every entry, and the highest-scoring entrants move on to the next round until we have a Champion!
If you are a songwriter looking for motivation, inspiration, a chance to get outside your comfort zone, the promise of feedback from thoughtful judges, and connection with a friendly musical community, this may be the place for you!
If you're ready to join us, read the official rules, consult the full schedule, and then head over to the sign-up page.
If you have any questions, feel free to ask them here!
SpinTunes 21 begins August 26
- MicahSommer
- Push Comes to Shove
- Posts: 412
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- Instruments: Voice, accordion, keyboards, guitar, euphonium
- Recording Method: StudioOne Artist / AudioBox USB
- Submitting as: Micah Sommersmith, All The Robots
- Pronouns: they/them or he/him
- Location: Wisconsin, USA
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SpinTunes 21 begins August 26
"you did a skillful job pulling off the sexy" - RangerDenni
- BoffoYux
- Panama
- Posts: 950
- Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:22 pm
- Instruments: Keys, Clunking, SFX and Strings
- Recording Method: Audacity, Adobe, and other 'A' titled software
- Submitting as: Boffo Yux Dudes
- Location: New England
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Re: SpinTunes 21 begins August 26
Great! I'll post a list of links for the LPs over in the Concert and Events section.
Nice to see SpinTunes going back to 2x a year.
Nice to see SpinTunes going back to 2x a year.
- MicahSommer
- Push Comes to Shove
- Posts: 412
- Joined: Tue Dec 13, 2011 3:09 pm
- Instruments: Voice, accordion, keyboards, guitar, euphonium
- Recording Method: StudioOne Artist / AudioBox USB
- Submitting as: Micah Sommersmith, All The Robots
- Pronouns: they/them or he/him
- Location: Wisconsin, USA
- Contact:
Re: SpinTunes 21 begins August 26
SpinTunes 21 sign-ups close tonight at midnight US Eastern time! I hope you'll consider signing up if you haven't already!
"you did a skillful job pulling off the sexy" - RangerDenni
- glennny
- Jump
- Posts: 2217
- Joined: Sat Mar 04, 2006 2:39 am
- Instruments: Guitar, Bass, Mandolin, Dobro, Banjo, E-Bow, Glock
- Recording Method: Garageband
- Submitting as: Berkeley Social Scene
- Location: Castro Valley, California
Re: SpinTunes 21 begins August 26
Okay, judges and challenger writers, clearly none of you are machinists, you've never worked with CAD software. Have you even 3D printed anything?Y-Axis: Write and record a song about some kind of vertical position or movement, either literal or metaphorical: up, down, height, depth, rising, falling, tall things, short things, etc.
The Y-axis is to and fro, X-axis is left and right.
The Z-axis is up and down.
Are you guys stuck in a 2D world like the Simpsons?
Vertical articulation is along the Z-axis.
-respectfully
pedantic nerd boy (glennny)
Phillipso, Older Brothers, Semolina Pilchards, Zipline , Thank Glennny for the Frisbee, The Odoriferous Valley, The Worldly Self Assurance, Berkeley Social Scene, Very Gentle Knives, Daddy Bop Swing Set, GUNS, The Kraken Lives, Cavedwellers
- Jerkatorium
- Push Comes to Shove
- Posts: 322
- Joined: Wed Dec 10, 2014 2:48 pm
- Instruments: Guitar, bass, keyboards
- Recording Method: Logic Pro X
- Submitting as: Jerkatorium, Matchy Matchy, Hanky Code, All the Robots
- Pronouns: he/him
- Location: Los Angeles, CA
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Re: SpinTunes 21 begins August 26
"Yes, I am a Muppet with B.O.; this song speaks to me." - Manhattan Glutton
- BoffoYux
- Panama
- Posts: 950
- Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:22 pm
- Instruments: Keys, Clunking, SFX and Strings
- Recording Method: Audacity, Adobe, and other 'A' titled software
- Submitting as: Boffo Yux Dudes
- Location: New England
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Re: SpinTunes 21 begins August 26
In case you missed it: In the official rules, there's a change...
*New in SpinTunes 21: the Round 1 judging period is extended by one week to allow the judges time to fairly evaluate the largest batch of songs in the tournament.
So there will 3 weeks between challenge rounds 1 and 2 prompts. (8/26 & 9/16)
I'll be hosting a request LP to fill one of the weeks between rounds - if you want to hear one of the 1500+ SpinTunes songs we've created over the last 14 years, let me know at boffoyux@gmail.com or post it here.
*New in SpinTunes 21: the Round 1 judging period is extended by one week to allow the judges time to fairly evaluate the largest batch of songs in the tournament.
So there will 3 weeks between challenge rounds 1 and 2 prompts. (8/26 & 9/16)
I'll be hosting a request LP to fill one of the weeks between rounds - if you want to hear one of the 1500+ SpinTunes songs we've created over the last 14 years, let me know at boffoyux@gmail.com or post it here.
- BoffoYux
- Panama
- Posts: 950
- Joined: Tue Jan 11, 2011 9:22 pm
- Instruments: Keys, Clunking, SFX and Strings
- Recording Method: Audacity, Adobe, and other 'A' titled software
- Submitting as: Boffo Yux Dudes
- Location: New England
- Contact:
Re: SpinTunes 21 begins August 26
Jerkatorium wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2023 3:48 pmHere is a song that directly addresses these concerns:
Vertical Position or Movement Song
- crumpart
- Ice Cream Man
- Posts: 1139
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- Instruments: Fuzz
- Submitting as: Hot Pink Halo
- Pronouns: She/her
- Location: Laois, Ireland
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Re: SpinTunes 21 begins August 26
Jerkatorium wrote: ↑Sun Aug 27, 2023 3:48 pmHere is a song that directly addresses these concerns:
Vertical Position or Movement Song
Devil’s got me Lindt! Devil’s got me Lindt!