Nur Ein VII Round Three "Unexpected Guest"

[Niveous]

16 bands remain. Only one can win.

Round Three:

Title: Unexpected Guest
Challenge: Collab with a past Nur Ein contestant*
*not a current judge
Songs are Due on: Monday, May 14th @ 12:01 AM EDT
Send your MP3 to nurein.sidefight@gmail.com

4 bands will be eliminated.

bgm as winner of Round 2 has immunity in Round 3.

Creativity. Creativity. Creativity.

I understand that this is quite a hard challenge for some and hard for all since this is Mother's Day weekend.
But... it can be done.

For this round, we will allow team ups with current Nur Ein contestants (as long as they were a part of a previous Nur Ein)
But... each competitor needs to have an entry of their own

If that's too difficult, you can use a sample of a previous Nur Ein contestant
But... you still need to collab with someone else (i,e- a collaboration + a sample)

Hey, if Snoop can perform with Tupac at Coachella, you can figure something out.
Go forth and Nur Ein

[JonPorobil]

Aside from the people who've been eliminated from Nur Ein 7 already, there's a pretty limited pool of people who are
1.) Past Nur Ein contestants,
2.) Not in the competition currently,
3.) Not judges,
and
4.) Available for contact.

Is there a chance we could get available collaboration partners to chime in and express their availability in this thread?

EDIT: Also, Niveous, you need to sticky this thread.

[chocolatechips]

This is going to be very difficult for me as I don't really know people around here and I have to finish mine by Thursday night (out of town all weekend.) Any suggestions on someone I can get as a guest?

(if anyone is interested in being my guest, please let me know ASAP! you can do anything you want on my track. ...)

[Caravan Ray]

This is going to be very difficult for me as I don't really know people around here and I have to finish mine by Thursday night (out of town all weekend.) Any suggestions on someone I can get as a guest?

(if anyone is interested in being my guest, please let me know ASAP! you can do anything you want on my track. ...)

I think Chocolate Chip has a good point.


There seems to be 60 people/bands to choose from (not counting this year). There are some names I don't remember - so they maybe current judges or competitors under different names:

#
15-16 Puzzle
Abbott & Hines
Abominominominous
Billy's Little Trip
Bjam
Bram Tant
Brodeur & Gliniecki
Bryan Kandel
Calfborg
Chopped Liver Meat God
Cock
Nigel/Cynthia Size
Denyer
Deshead
Embers of Autumn
Emperor Gum
Glen Raphael
Glenn Case/Glen and Rachael
Heuristics Inc
Hoblit
Hoglen & Wages
Howl Down the Chiminey
Ice 9
Jim Tyrell
JBB
John Kloberdanz
Jolly Roger/Reist/Therman
Kamakura
Ken
King Arthur
Leaf
Luke Henley
Marcus Kellis
MC EricB
Mico Suadad
Milo Dunderville
Minty Handy
Mr Lostman
Naked Philosophy
Nouveau pavre
Pop Machine
Puce
Remiss
Same Day Positive
Sausage Boy
Sheail
Signboy/Real Sign
Starfinger
Steve Durand
Student Band
Stueym
Sven
Swilington
Test Week Hiatus
The Bewells
Bovine Recyclery
Thornberry
Todd McHatton
Who Fly



Very few of these are still arouind regularly. Personally - there are quite a lot of these people that I can contact through Facebook etc. so it probably wont be an issue for me. But I can see that for more recent or less regular players - it could be a bit of an ask (as Choco has indicated).

I believe previous Round 3 Challenges were Bring a Guest, or Duet with a Guest etc... Something less prescriptive like this may level the playing field.

[Ross]

I believe previous Round 3 Challenges were Bring a Guest, or Duet with a Guest etc... Something less prescriptive like this may level the playing field.

Hear, hear!

[Lord of Oats]

hey guys, wassup

[Caravan Ray]

hey guys, wassup

Are you an eligible ex Nureiner Oatsy?

You don't seem to be on teh list I made

[Ross]

Is he not chopped liver meat god?

[JonPorobil]

This is going to be very difficult for me as I don't really know people around here and I have to finish mine by Thursday night (out of town all weekend.) Any suggestions on someone I can get as a guest?

(if anyone is interested in being my guest, please let me know ASAP! you can do anything you want on my track. ...)

I cannot guarantee that any of the following will be available, but here's the comprehensive list of past Nur Ein competitors. I've crossed out the names of anyone disqualified from collaborating due to being a current judge or current competitor. I've taken the liberty of bolding names of people I think are likely to answer if you reach out to them. I'm a little worried about how few bold names there are.

Leaf 62 (last seen in 2009, "Sold Out")**
Heuristics, Inc.
Luke Henley (Last seen: 2011, Nur Ein VI)
Remiss (Last seen: 2006, Nur Ein I)
The BeWells (Last seen: 2007, "And Counting")
Thornberry (Last seen: 2009, "Your New Dress")
Calfborg (Last seen: 2007, Nur Ein II)**
Octothorpe/Spud
Bolio (Last seen: 2006, Nur Ein I)
Glenn Case/Rachel Layne/Glenn & Rachel (Last seen: 2010, "Crush")**
15-16 Puzzle (Last seen: 2009, "The Proposal")
Deshead (Last seen: 2006, Nur Ein I)
Denyer (Last fight 2009, but he's been lurking on the boards as recently as 2011)
Ross Durand*
WreckdoM*
Stueym (Last seen: 2006, Song Fight Live/"All Tan")
Bjam (Last seen: 2006, Song Fight Live/"All Tan")
Noah McLaughlin (current judge)
Tex Beaumont/Sid Dennison/Geneveive Johnson/Caravan Ray*
Sausage Boy (Last seen: 2008, Nur Ein III)
Jim Tyrell (Last seen: 2011, Song Fight Live)
Jolly Roger/Reist/Whatever his name is these days (Last seen: hard to tell, but I think it was 2010, "Keep All Your Promises")**
Sven Mullet (Last seen: 2011)
Kamakura (Last seen: 2006, Nur Ein I)
Ken Mahru* **
Marcus Kellis (Last seen: 2011, Song Fight Live)
Ice 9/Kill Me Sarah (Last seen: 2008, "Cryptic Comment")
Cynthia Size and @eclectic sp00ns (Last seen: 2006, "Ignorance is Bliss")
Rabid Garfunkel (Last seen: 2012, Nur Ein VII)
Mr. Lostman (Last seen: 2006, "Proud!")
Steve Durand (Last seen: 2012, winning SpinTunes 4)
Bryan Kanel (Last seen: 2008, Nur Ein III)
The Bovine Recyclery/Plat (Last seen: 2012 FAWM)
Glennny/Frisbee/Melvin/FurryPedro/Balance/Worldly Self Assurance* **
Billy's Little Trip
Frankie Big Face* **
Paco del Stinko (current judge)
Abominominous (Last seen: 2009, "Green Eleven")
Puce/Adam! (Last seen: working with The Grammar Club. I'd be very surprised if he answered anyone's message here)**
Lunkhead/Sam/Erin/Merisan/Tiny Robots*
MC Eric B (last seen: 2009, Nur Ein IV)
Embers of Autumn (last seen: 2011, Nur Ein VI)
UjnHunter/Reve/Cock/Cth* (Last seen: 2010, "You Believed it Yourself")
Lord of Oats/Chopped Liver Meat God (last seen: 2012, posting to this thread)
Adam Adamant*
Hoblit (Last seen: 2011, "Beaten Man")
John Benjamin (Band)
Starfinger (Last seen: 2007, "Get a Life")
King Arthur (Last seen: 2012, "Right There at the Edge" - says he's done with music)
ADD*
John Kloberdanz (Last seen: 2011, "Cakes")
The Weakest Suit/Test Week Hiatus (Last Seen: 2010, "What Kind of Love Are You Looking For?")
Nigel "Sp00n" Clements (Last seen: 2009, "Sold Out")
Signboy/Realist/The Real Sign (Last seen: 2011, "Has Been For Years," but Signboy frequents the IRC room)
Student Band (Last seen: 2009, Nur Ein IV. Ask Frankie if any of them are still making music)
Sheail (Last seen: 2011, Song Fight Live)
Swilington (Last seen: 2009, "Back to the Well")
Jon Eric*
Howl Down the Chimney (Last seen: 2009, "Dry Spell")
Todd McHatton (Last seen: 2011, "Future on the Road," known associate of one Jonathan Mann)
Nouveau Pauvre/Henrietta (Last seen: 2009, Nur Ein IV)
Ben Krieger/Boop Boop/Oystercatcher* **
Brodeeur and Glinecki (Last seen, 2010, Nur Ein V)
Chris Cogott*
DJ Ranger Den*
Emperor Gum/Graham Porter (Last seen: 2011, "the last afternoon of a woman he only thought he knew"; coincidentally, I'm pretty sure this isn't the same Graham Porter who was in those invite-only fights back in 2000)
Phil Wages (Last seen: 2011, "Bag of Bones")
Johnny Cashpoint/j$ (current judge)
Milo Dunderville (Last seen: 2011, Circle of Titles II)
Minty Handy (Last seen: 2011, "The Only French I Know")
Inevitableguy/Naked Philosophy/The Tedward Nixon Experience (Last seen: 2011, "In Time of Crisis")
Same Day Positive (Last seen: 2010, Nur Ein V)
Who Fly/i.p. (Last seen: 2010, Nur Ein V)
Caleb Hines/JoAnn Abbot/Abbott and Hines (Last seen: 2012, Nur Ein VII)
Boffo Yux Dudes
Bram Tant (Last seen: 2011, Nur Ein VI)
Glen Raphael (Last seen: 2011, Nur Ein VI)
Manhattan Glutton*
Pop Machine (Last seen: 2011, Nur Ein VI)
The Idiot King (Last seen: 2012, Nur Ein VII)
Ligers with Attitude (Last seen: 2012, Nur Ein VII)
Snappy & Floyd (Last seen: 2012, Nur Ein VII)
Sausage (Last seen: 2012, Nur Ein VII)

*Currently still in the competition
**Former champion or finalist

[Lunkhead]

Does someone count as a past contestant if they only entered round 0 and they didn't make the cut to round 1?

[Lunkhead]

Also, Ken Mahru is now an agent of the sinister megaband that is ... TWSA. Shocking but true.

[Ross]

Jon, that list is epic - do you keep a secret database somewhere?

[JonPorobil]

Jon, that list is epic - do you keep a secret database somewhere?

Nope, I researched and typed that specifically for that post. It took about an hour.

I love you guys.

[JonPorobil]

Hey Niv, given the limited pool of possible guests, is it permissible if someone guests on multiple entries in a round?

[adamadamant]

The rules don't say you can't have a current competitor as a guest. Its like Battle Royale where they have to help each other out only to inevitably turn on each other.

Having said that Lord Of Oats, I want you.

[chocolatechips]

The rules don't say you can't have a current competitor as a guest. Its like Battle Royale where they have to help each other out only to inevitably turn on each other.

Interesting point...

I'm trying to get as much of my song done tonight as I can since I have some free time and have to get it done by Thursday night --- hopefully I can figure out the whole guest thing by tomorrow so I have time to get it done.

[Ross]

You don't think "past competitor" is meant to imply "not current competitior?"

[Caravan Ray]

Jon, that list is epic - do you keep a secret database somewhere?

I thought my list was pretty good. And faster.

[Ross]

Jon, that list is epic - do you keep a secret database somewhere?

I thought my list was pretty good. And faster.

Your list was great, no slight intended, but his whole last seen stuff borders on stalker crazy, don't you think?

[Lunkhead]

I imagine you are not very worried about this one, Ross, as one of the viable candidates is your brother.

Hey wait, don't I collaborate with a past contestant (Erin) every time?

Anyway, fun fun fun. Good luck to all. Nur Ein!!!

[adamadamant]

You don't think "past competitor" is meant to imply "not current competitior?"

You can be a past competitor and a current competitor. I don't know, I think it's a bit fuzzy, another ambiguity for the pot.

I suppose I could collaborate with myself, I am a past competitor as well as a current one

[j$]

Indeed, if you do it in an interesting way.

There is a slight clue in the title to another way round the quandry. I am not speaking for the other judges here, but if a full-on collab proves impossible, then this judge will also accept songs based around / using samples from previous nur ein-er entries (excluding judges). Not a preferred option, but I will consider it "canon". That way your collaborator finds him/herself an unexpected guest at your pop party.