Can we please get multiple titles again?
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Of course if reviews are primarily comprised of the people who entered into a fight, the total review count (meaning reviews of the whole fight, not of individual entries) will be lower on a smaller fight, BUT the number of reviews per entry should be higher.
Also, on the opposite end of the spectrum, people don't tend to bother to review the ultra-tiny fights (for example, I recall Rule Of Thump not getting any reviews at all). There's a definite balancing act. Have 100 1-song fights and you'd might as well just be posting on somesongs instead.
Also, on the opposite end of the spectrum, people don't tend to bother to review the ultra-tiny fights (for example, I recall Rule Of Thump not getting any reviews at all). There's a definite balancing act. Have 100 1-song fights and you'd might as well just be posting on somesongs instead.
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In my opinion, the only way to create better songs, is with more time and musicians that care about making better songs.frankie big face wrote:No it doesn't and not really.LMNOP wrote: I like the multiple titles because it enables the creation of better songs.
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Multiple titles does the opposite. It expands one’s options instead of removing them.
I still like the idea of multiple time frame fights. The front page would look really cool with the weekly fight voting, and a monthly fight voting.
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to me, the way to make better songs is self discipline. this means not relying on songfight to write good songs. if they happen as a result, thats great, but if you're not inspired to write a good song for a songfight title(s), then don't.
you could always make your own title up and write one accordingly.
you could always make your own title up and write one accordingly.
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Hmm, I see your point and I stand corrected. Well, no.frankie big face wrote:No it doesn't and not really.LMNOP wrote: I like the multiple titles because it enables the creation of better songs.
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Multiple titles does the opposite. It expands one’s options instead of removing them.
All I'm saying is that if you flip two coins repeatedly, at least one of them will come up heads 75% of the time while if you flip one coin repeatedly, it will come up heads 50% of the time and that 75% is greater than 50%.
Not saying there aren't folks around here with double-tailed coins but still...
Anyway, I'm not much on internet bickering and I apologize for any offended sensibilities and will gladly take my two cents back and go home.
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If writing a song was the equivalent of flipping a coin, then you would be right, but it's not, so you're not. By your logic, if we have 1000 titles per week, we should start churning out some of the greatest songs ever written! Spud, can we please have 1000 titles next week?LMNOP wrote:Hmm, I see your point and I stand corrected. Well, no.frankie big face wrote:No it doesn't and not really.LMNOP wrote: I like the multiple titles because it enables the creation of better songs.
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Multiple titles does the opposite. It expands one’s options instead of removing them.
All I'm saying is that if you flip two coins repeatedly, at least one of them will come up heads 75% of the time while if you flip one coin repeatedly, it will come up heads 50% of the time and that 75% is greater than 50%.
Not saying there aren't folks around here with double-tailed coins but still...
Anyway, I'm not much on internet bickering and I apologize for any offended sensibilities and will gladly take my two cents back and go home.
Regarding "exapanding one's options," I suppose it's pretty hard to argue that more titles doesn't give you more options. But more options doesn't necessarily lead to more creativity. Some of my most popular songs (e.g. Tracks for Future Practice, Crinkle Binkle, Floating Bridge) came from titles I would likely NOT have chosen if I had another option. Sometimes constraint breeds creativity by forcing you to think in a different way. Igor Stravinsky placed all kinds of limitations on his harmonic language while writing The Rite of Spring and it turned out to be a revolutionary work. It it's more options you want, use any combination of two or three words from this post for your title and start writing songs. You should be busy for some time with all this inspiration!
Having said all this, for the record, I, like Jack, support the return to multiple titles despite my previous objections. I can't really argue with the problems inherent in 30+-size fights and the changes I had hoped to see upon returning to one title didn't happen. Plus, no matter how childish he was being with his "ban," any change that produces new material from Johnny Cashpoint is all right with me.
Now, if we could just get JB to stop working on the site so much and write a few songs... (Spud, you can keep working on the site. )
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And fer whatever it's worth, I found that my "first pass to narrow down 30 entries to 10" thing didn't really work in terms of getting me to write reviews. Once I'd eliminated the songs I didn't like, I didn't have a whole lot to say about the rest of 'em, not enough for a respectable set of reviews, anyway.
But I'm gonna try to get back into reviewing in the new year... and making new music and maybe even some cover art.
Charles (KA)
But I'm gonna try to get back into reviewing in the new year... and making new music and maybe even some cover art.
Charles (KA)
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