How I Reached A Million Subs

Dick Van Dyke And The Other Woman

I would have loved the "Dick Van Dyke Show" to have went to color & ran another 3-4 years.  This special gives you a taste of what it could have been like.

Santa Send A Fella

The "Dick Van Dyke Show" is my favorite comedy series of all time, and Rose Marie was a very important & talented part of the show.  #RIP

Yakko's World (Updated for 2017)

Chirstmas Is Here

What Are You Doing New Year's Eve?

Bing Bong Merry Christmas

Winter Wonderland

Flobots Respond To Logan Paul "No Handlebars"

Instagram Songs

The Night Santa Went Crazy

Getting Over It...IRL!

If It Rhymes It's Real

One More Shot

A Swingin' Little Christmas Time

We're Going Caroling

Crazy

Nomad

White Christmas

Christmas Don't Be Late

Won't Let Go

Tomorrow

I'm Thainese (Not Chinese)

A Die Hard Christmas

Carol Of The Bells

The Puppet & The Puppet Master

The Evil One

Happy

Joseph Haydn Organ

Despacito

Voyeur

They Can't Take That Away From Me

Santa Please

Take A Knee My Ass

Christmas C'mon

Obsession

Everywhere

Don't Stop Believin'

Havana (Parody)

The Super Duper Minecraft Musical

Not My Fault (That We Black)

Oh My!

Rocky Raccoon

Stand By Me

Work It

I Want It That Way

Ready For It (Song Rants)

The Nature Of Sound

Thriller

120 Year Old Gavioli Dance Organ

2 Become 1

Scary Book

Thriller (Song Rants)

All I Do Is Game

Taekwondo

Free Fallin'

A Whole New World

Musical Clock From 1750

Party In The TSA

Fake Happy

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Before I Am Gone

Smells Like Teen Spirit

Bodak Yellow (Song Rants)

Impossible

In The Sun

Human

Hey Ya!

Jump Up, Super Star!

Mirage

De Drie Pruiken Street Organ

Always Be My Baby

Despacito (Parody)

Prince Ali Obama

You Don't Know How It Feels

Cuphead (Complete OST)

This is the best game soundtrack I've ever heard.

Here's a video of my friend Zack playing the first 3rd of the game.

If I Ain't Got You

Steinway Duo Art Reproducing Grand Piano

Where Everybody Knows Your Name

Gary Portnoy wrote a classic theme song for Cheers, but this original demo starts off a little different than you might remember...

Ses Of Thieves

Outside

Vanessa Hudgens & Robert's Performance

Carillion Of The Domtoren Clock Tower

Bye Bye Bye

Evo-Devo

Treat Jew Better

X-Men Pool Party

Koine & Lex's Broadway Performance

Right after the auditions my pick to win it was Lex. Throughout most of the season my opinion stayed the same. But the last couple weeks I think Koine has edged him out of my top spot. Lex is still a beast & can do things nobody else in the top 4 can. Not to mention being able to do all styles. However, Koine has proven herself in every style they've thrown at her, and her performance factor trumps Lex. So if I had to pick a winner, I'd pick Koine. Lex is still right there & if he wins would be very deserving. The other 2 while talented...just aren't on their level.

Blue And Yellow Killer

Grandiola Player Piano

Crash Bandicoot Vs Neo Cortex (Rap Battle)

Don't Feed The Trolls

Who Can It Be Now?

Occupied

Koine & Marko's Contemporary Performance

Never Gonna Give You Up

200 Year Old Barrel Organ

Malevolent Universe

PMJ Search 2017 Spin's Favorites

Leo Pellegrino

We Are The Night

Swish Swish (Song Rants)

Carl Sagan

Lex Ishimoto's Solo Performance

He-Man & Skeletor Get Dirty

Philipps Paganini Orchestrion

Break Free

Look What You Made Me Do (Song Rants)

Don't Stop

Wrecking Ball

How Artists Can (Finally) Get Paid In The Digital Age

Dassy & Mark's Hip-Hop

Versace On The Floor (Song Rants)

Good Morning

I'm Racist (In No Way Whatsoever)

One Species

Koine & Marko's Hip-Hop

Cosplay Queen

Polyphon Disc Changing Music Box

How A Recording Studio Mishap Shaped 80's Music

Hide And Seek

Coincidance

Last Goodbye

Every Breath You Take

Dear White People

Koine & Marko (African Jazz)

The Carillon

100 Year Old Self-Playing Violin

All Star

Gimme Chocolate

Where The F**k Is Bridget Fonda

SYTYCD Episode 8

Wonderwall

Crazy

4 The 90's

DNA

Beat The Game

Backwards

Sorry Not Sorry (Parody)

Dance With Somebody

Don't Be A Cyberbully

Lifeline

Complicated

A Capella

Saw this kid on America's Got Talent, and it turns out he's been on YouTube awhile.  Had I continued to update this blog like I used to, I'd like to think I'd have known about him already.

May I Have This Dance

The Things We Used To Share

I Need It

Dumbest SJW Music Video Ever

SYTYCD: Lex Ishimoto (All Star Audition)

Turn Your Phone! (Vertical Video PSA)

SYTYDC: Kristina & Vasily's Audition

NARC HI-Score (In Nintendo Power)

SYTYCD: Inyoung "Dassy" Lee's Audition

SYTYDC: Claire Rathbun Audition

SYTYCD: Lex Ishimoto Audition

Pointe To Pop

Call My Name

The Flintstones Theme

Attention

Bad Liar (Song Rants)

Cows With Guns

Just What I Needed

The Middle

Party In The USA

VPC5 - Round 1

VPC is back!  For those of you not familiar with this contest here's a brief description from the VPC Facebook.

"The Nerdcore Vocalist Producer Challenge is Nerdcore's premiere music competition. 1 vocalist and 1 producer team up to compete in the Nerdcore musical Olympics, where there are set challenges for each round, normally 5 rounds, 3 weeks each. Each round is judged by a panel of judges, and the public vote acts as an additional judge. Critique is provided, and at the end, the highest score crowns the victors. Enjoy the madness, music, and mash-ups of phenomenal talent."

I've embedded the tracks from round1 below, but you should go over to the VPC5 website & vote/score all the tracks.

http://vpc5.nerdcore.co/round1

Wild Thoughts (Song Rants)

Taekwondo

1 Up

Worth It

Like Real People Do

As Long As You Love Me

Somewhere Over The Rainbow

These New Spaces Are All Designed To Be Flexible

Light Balance

I'll Fuck You In Heaven

Up In Smoke

Cuphead: Don't Deal With The Devil

Cell Phone

I'll Be Your 1-Up Girl

The Fifth Element Remix

Stay

Nur Ein 12 Round 7 Reviews

Title: Get Out

All the songs from this round can be listened to & downloaded from HERE.

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Glenn Case - Rockin’ videogamey solo.  Lyrically I had no issues with the song, but musically it did nothing for me.  The buzz grew annoying, and since it was there throughout I never got into it.  Performance wise you did a fine job, especially with the yelling.

Skub - Very different from your previous entries.  At first I thought it might be the type of song that would accompany one of my old Pain For Laughs videos.  But then it turned out to be an uplifting song about the aftermath of one of the people in one of those videos.  Very enjoyable all the way around.  My 1 complaint is you have some very loud inhales in various places that need to edited out.  Sometimes I let that go, but some are pretty loud.

73 Keep It Beautiful - Sent in a song, but forgot to post lyrics.

Merisan - Withdrew to go on their honeymoon.

Strangelove - Posted lyrics, but forgot to send in a song.

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Conclusion:  Both the people I reviewed are very talented individuals who deserve to be in the finals.  In this particular case Puce wins hands down for ME.  Overall I was thrilled with the quality of songs everyone entered into Nur Ein 12, and I’m grateful to be allowed to judge you since I’m woefully unqualified.  So thank you Niveous for the invite.  Thank you competitors for the music I’ve added to my collection.  And another HUGE thank you to the other judges who did more of the heavy lifting in this contest.  I just kinda rode the coattails of the Song Fight vets.

The Molecular Shape Of You

Try

Shooting Stars

Torn (Cover)

Rush Over Me

Somebody That I Used To Know

VG Girls

An 11 Year Old Wrote This About His Bully

Nur Ein 12 Round 6 Reviews

Title: Excuse Me
Challenge:  A lipogram - your lyrics may not contain any letter "A".

All the songs from this round can be listened to & downloaded from HERE.

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Glenn Case - Best 5 minute song about the Wheel Of Fortune I’ve heard today.  Another great job with the lyrics.  I’m starting to think we should have got rid of the letter “E”, this sounds easy for you.  Then the rapping...you’re just rubbing our face in this challenge like, “THIS IS NOT WORTHY OF ME, BRING ME SOMETHING HARD!”  I probably would have got a little bored if you neglected to mix it up a little, so good call...and well done.

Skub - Your vocals are great, but I’m still of the mindset if you have multiple characters I should hear multiple voices.  The story is well written, no Yoda’s here.  Music was solid, but honestly this round was strong.  Good song or not, something minor like that 2nd vocalist will probably drop you a spot in my rankings.

73 Keep It Beautiful - You were the first song I listened to this round and I’d say we’re off to a fine start.  One thing I was worried about this round is getting a lot of “Yoda-like” lyrics because we’ve basically limited everyone's vocabulary this round.  I was glad you didn’t have that issue.  Overall I thought it sounded lovely (music, singing, lyrics, etc..), and it’s a very relatable song.

Merisan - At this point I’d be shocked if you turned something in I wasn’t impressed with.  For the most part I loved both your vocals together.  I’d love for you to soften a few of those beginning & ending sounds in the words a little verses saying them perfectly at times.  Otherwise...no complaints.

Strangelove - Performance wise you had moments I enjoyed, but it wasn’t consistent throughout the song.  Lyrically & musically nothing really stuck with me after listening the first time.  After a few more listens same thing…  While avoiding the Yoda, some of your lyrics didn’t really flow all that great or left me wanting a rhyme.  You’ve had some strong songs this contest, but in the end, this was a forgettable song for me.

Without Jew

Sharp Eyes (Street Fighter III: 2nd Impact)

Smells Like Teen Spirit

I go from liking this to being annoyed by it each time I play it.  Kina is an amazing talent, but has reached a point where most of her songs & covers just all start to sound the same...

Breathe

Djamila (who once guest judged SpinTunes) has a new music video out.  So cool to see her doing so well putting out great music.

Bad To The Bone (Steve Urkel Remix)

You're Nobody's Sweetheart

Gunhild Carling featuring Idun Blomé.

Nur Ein 12 Round 5 Reviews

Title: Elevator Men
Challenge:  Prominent musical repetition.

All the songs from this round can be listened to & downloaded from HERE.

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Skub - Beatboxing, awesome.  Don’t really get a ton of this in these online contests.  WOAH.  You waited over a minute before using any instruments & you were already well on your way to a good review from me.  Then you laid it down.  Man you did a good job of setting the bar high just so you could come over & knock it up again halfway through your song when a lot of songs are getting predictable.  I came into this contest REALLY liking 1 of your past songs...I’m going to leave it with small fanboy crush.

Glenn Case - Musically not really up my alley, but it does set the mood well for your story.  The story is actually the strongest from this round (so far at least, still have 2 more to review), and keeps me interested throughout the song.  In a round without a lot of lyrical details you stand out.

Berkeley Social Scene - God I’m dense.  At first I’m thinking this is a positive song about the elevator guys that actually hit the buttons & shit for you.  Then the snow line & I spend 2 minutes trying to figure out what snow has to do with it.  Not your fault, I’m just not hip with the drug lingo...and as I said I’m just dense.  After I checked the lyrics page & saw the “jonesing” line a lightbulb went off & I enjoyed the song as a whole MUCH more. ;p  Thought your musical hook was really strong.  Well done, strong entry overall.

Merisan - Sounds like something that might play during a montage in a 60’s or 70’s movie.  You know, in a happy montage where everything is right in the world right before all hell breaks loose.  Vocals may be a little to loud in the mix, but really nothing bad to say here.

Strangelove - It starts very abruptly.  I know repetition was part of the challenge, but I’d like a little more story.  Have to admit it turned out to be a bit of an earworm for me.  This could be the Song Fight version of Banana Phone.

Micah Sommersmith - The opening sounds like something from an 8-bit videogame.  Liked the music & vocals were ok.  What I’d like to see done is replacing the last 2 lines of the first verse with the last 2 of the 2nd….then just getting rid of the 2nd verse.  You spend too much time explaining how boring these suits are.  Get it done in 1 verse so your song doesn’t start to get boring.  Then write another verse about the secrets you mentioned in the 3rd verse.

73 Keep It Beautiful - You had me at the start, but eventually I found myself wanting this to continue down a different path story wise.  Really wanted you to explore in more detail these elevator men.  But nothing new is learned about this mysterious cult or their secret floor.  Musically it sounded fine, you just peaked my curiousity & left me hanging.

Balance Lost - You create some beautiful sounds at times, and then at other times it just feels to busy & more like noise.  Mostly beautiful, but yeah, sometimes not.  A bit lost with whatever message you’re trying to convey lyrically, but I’m pretty dense.  Why I like mine more on the nose.

Castle Raid 6

I'm The One (Song Rants)

I love it when they roast these asshole hacks.

 

Our American Cousin

Masters Of Song Fu throwback...

Nur Ein 12 Round 4 Reviews

Title: A Sense Of The Absurd
Challenge:  Write your lyric around a mondegreen.

All the songs from this round can be listened to & downloaded from HERE.

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Micah Sommersmith - Love the idea, and it’s something that I probably would be overly annoyed with if a girlfriend constantly sang the wrong words to songs I knew.  Great job with all the examples.  Musically I wasn’t blown away by anything, but lyrically it kept me entertained.

Berkeley Social Scene - You had me early on with the cheesy first verse.  Creative mondegreens in there.  I do feel like you peeked in the first verse, but that’s not to say the rest of the song wasn’t good.  But the most memorable part for me came early.  Nice work getting the Kool-Aid Man to do the “Oh Yeah” parts.

Merisan - Story kinda bored me, but the performances were great.  Musically it was very cheerful & entertaining right from the start.  You’ve set the bar pretty damn high so far, so even though I’m ranking you high, I was honestly a little disappointed just based on your other entries.

Cavedwellers - Lyrically I was kinda tuned out pretty fast, but musically it was an enjoyable experience.  Hate to admit it took me longer than it should have to get “Each Hidden Die”.  I had to say it out loud a dozen times first.

Glenn Case - Forgive me for not knowing the terminology I should probably use, but the music made the hair on my arms stand up...in a bad way.  I’m not a fan of distorted instruments or whatever effects you were using.  Lyrically I thought you did fine, and it’s fun to see how some of you all are using the same examples here and there at times.  But I can’t really say I’m ever going to want to listen to this again.

Jerkatorium - I’ve liked most of your work thus far, but this one missed the mark for me.  Nothing sit well with me, the music was ok...but the change of pace just felt out of place.  Lyrics bored me, and the only positive was your vocals.

Balance Lost - Didn’t care for the instrumental section towards the end, but enjoyed the music otherwise.  Thought the performance was solid and sold the lyrics in places.

Strangelove - As an ignorant American who knows nothing of cricket, I’m sure some things were lost on me here.  Nothing here really held my attention.

73 Keep It Beautiful - The story is from the POV of someone who is stressing out about his girl possibly kissing another guy...but the music is so slow & chill.  To me this just doesn’t sit right.  The song idea wasn’t bad, but there’s no real conclusion or payoff.  Throw in the fact slow songs usually aren’t my thing and you’re looking at a lower ranking from me this round.

Nick Soma - Vocals killed this one for me.  Not sure I’d have been ok with the lyrics anyways.  Even reading along with the lyrics I got lost in the first verse at 1 point.

Death By Diamonds

Canada Is Only There Til They Do Something We Don't Like

The Ballad Of #Moldylocks (Just Hit Me)

Stumbling onto this was the biggest wtf moment I've had online in awhile...

Let's Call The Wole Thing Off

Gunhild Carling is one of the most amazing performers I've every seen.

Closer

Sweet Sweet Canyon

Nur Ein 12 Round 3 Reviews

Title: Regime Change
Challenge:  Two or more guest vocalists, each appearing in a separate section of your song.

All the songs from this round can be listened to & downloaded from HERE.

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Skub - Wow, that rocked.  Only entry this round that I found myself bobbin' my head to.  The mood of the lyrics, music & performance all fit perfectly.  Cleverly written, all parties involved meshed together perfectly.  You win.

73 Keep It Beautiful - The kids nailed their lines, well done.  The idea is really funny, and the lyrics did a good job of telling the story.  Can’t find anything to complain about...which is good for you.

Glenn Case - You went above & beyond for this challenge.  4 guest vocalist, and the combination of them all sounded great.  The song itself  was a lot of fun, something that is catchy & easy to sing.  Without getting too political going the direction of Trump was a natural & obvious choice.  Since this is the first song I’ve listened to, I’m hoping not EVERYONE did that though.  This just set the bar insanely high for everyone else this round.

Berkeley Social Scene - All your vocalist did a fine job, I was very impressed.  I think it was a great idea to have 1 vocalist play Trump with the others being the voice of (some of) the people.  The lyrics flowed well, and I only have 1 minor complaint for the entire song…stop beating around the bush & end the song when it needs ended.  Excellent in every other way though.

Micah Sommersmith - This sounds like a mixture of Brian Gray & Inverse T. Clown (both SpinTuners).  That’s not really a bad thing either.  Smart lyrics, accordion, and a little humor.  The guest vocalist did pretty well.  The section Sally sang sounded great, but it was an odd transition.  Her part didn’t even sound like it should be in the same song.

Jerkatorium - Without getting into details of who you’re writing about you widened your audience which is good & bad.  As long as this is meant to be a light-hearted fun song, it’s great.  If it’s meant to be a real protest song you fail there.  Overall I really liked it though.  I’m usually less into the heavy stuff & like the fun shit.  When you opened with Jeff singing I was worried for the next guest vocalist.  Especially when I saw that they both carried large portions of the song.  Jeff was good, but it set the bar really high so I worried the 2nd half would suck in comparison.  Fortunately I was wrong cause Chumpy was up to the task.  Sheri on the other hand...sounded like a robot.  Not sure if you wanted that or if you just had to cover up some really terrible raw vocal tracks.  Either way it couldn’t have sounded worse without those effects.  At least I hope not.  Redo the bridge, but other than that...well done.

Cavedwellers - Rachel’s guest vocals were pleasant, but Michael’s were a little though to listen to.  I was happy you picked a different direction than Trump.  Not that I’m for or against that topic, but nobody wants to listen to 10 songs all saying the same thing.  Lyrically I liked what you did with the verses & the chorus, but the bridges didn’t seem to fit with the rest of the song.  Solid work, but could be better.

Balance Lost - Nice work with the vocalist.  Musically it was interesting & well done.  Lyrically I’m just thinking we have different tastes.  I like telling clear stories, and you seem to be more about feeling & presenting a general picture.  It sucks ranking you lower for something that’s not bad at all, but not something I personally enjoy.  Dems the breaks I guess.

Strangelove - I’m not sure how vital your guests were to any 1 part of the song, so in that regard I’m not as impressed as I was with some others.  I liked that your story was unique in this group.  Didn’t really think I’d be getting a song about a guy fresh off a break-up getting back into the dating scene, but it was very enjoyable.  Probably knock you down a bit in my rankings due to how you used the guest vocalist though.

Nick Soma - Now I know it didn’t say the guest vocalist could be audio clips from other media, so I guess I can let that slide.  That’s straddlin’ the fence in terms of meeting the challenge though.  What bothers me most is that this song screams out for multiple vocalist & you don’t have them.  You wrote 3 characters into your song, and most people don’t have the range to play 3 different people.  I’ll assume you don’t since you didn’t try, and sang exactly the same throughout.  It’s a bit of a pet peeve I guess. I want a different voice for each character when I can, and with THIS challenge even more so.  Recently in SpinTunes the same thing happened with a vocalist who did very well (Ryan Brewer).  Despite his great vocals the song felt shorted by not having a different person for each role.

Isis Isis Baby

More Than Birds

Nur Ein 12 Round 2 Reviews

Title: Tired of Talking Challenge: Lyric consists of only one sentence.

All the songs from this round can be listened to & downloaded from HERE.

I’m pretty sure we just gave a perfect challenge for Dub Step remixes....

Strangelove - This is exactly what I was hoping to see people do.  You crafted a sentence that could be broken down to use bits & pieces of.  The dance track is a good choice with the lyrical limitations.  I probably would have liked a shorter sentence that wasn’t such a run on, but it worked.  Next step would be to have various versions of the lines.  The rather bland reading of the sentence could later become singing, screaming, whispering or performed any number of ways...but well done.

ROTR - I like the sound, but the sentence is again rather uninteresting.  Great idea using “talk talk talk” as a chorus though.

Merisan - Amazed at your ability to craft a song thus far in the contest.  Not thrilled with the run on sentence as it doesn’t even read well for a run on.  Can’t knock you much for that considering a lot of people ended up in the same boat.  But it’s the only negative thing I can think of.  Was a pleasure to listen to.

Paco del Stinko - I think it would have been better to have the sentence come early in the track verse at the end.  I liked how between the 34-43 second marks your instrumentations gave me a mental image of 2 people having a back & forth.

Glenn Case - Nice little haiku.  Honestly I’d have finished singing after the first time you sang your sentence.  Let the rest of the song be an instrumental.

Berkeley Social Scene - Enjoyed the music a lot, the run on sentence was pretty good.  After the first use of it I would have found it interesting if you had broken it up again instead of repeating it all again.  Make it seem more gibberish like as the more tired you get.  Nice effort overall.

Micah Sommersmith - Of the people who went the run on direction yours sounds like the most traditional song in the bunch.  That and managing to tell a story better than the others is an accomplishment.

Jerkatorium - I was expecting a lot of run on sentences, and you’re the first I’ve listened to that really ran with that idea.  It rocked, and I laughed a bit when you said, “um” and decided to rock a little more.  Was hoping people that went this direction would craft their run on sentences so that fragments could be used again later on & it wouldn’t just be repeated completely a 2nd time, but it was fun for what it was.

Balance Lost - This is about what I thought I’d get from you based on what I’ve heard thus far.  It’s not a bad thing, it’s rather pleasant to listen to.  At the same time I wasn’t really moved in any way, and there’s not much of a story.  Given the challenge though, I can’t really fault you there.  Cool sound.  You’re the first song I listened too this round, and I’m doing the reviews as I listen...so I have no idea where you’ll fall in my rankings yet.

Wendy Wiseman Fisher - This is a tough challenge for you.  I mean it’s a challenge that lends itself to leaning on instrumentals, yet you just got vocals.  However I think this was the catchiest of your entries so far, and it’s not a horrible choice for a sentence.  Something people can relate to, while still being pretty open in terms of what they’re talking about.  I suggest leaving a second or 2 of silence at the end.

73 Keep It Beautiful - I’m not sure how you got the 6 Million Dollar Man to run in slow motion throughout this recording process, but it might just be the best collab of the contest so far.

Nick Soma - While the music was interesting, the sentence you wrote basically says, “Yo I can’t talk now so listen to this..” lol  Except you say it in a way to make it seem deep, when it’s just meta.  Pretty music, but I wouldn't dive into it.

Pigfarmer Jr - Another run on attempt.  The music sounded fine, but I didn’t really care for the lyrics.  I wish more people embraced the limitations this round instead of trying to find ways add lyrics.  That isn’t directed at just you, but most people this round.

Skub - I would say embrace the restrictions, but as you had immunity you should always use that to have fun & do what you want.  If you’re going to bend the challenge you’re doing it at the right time.

Inflatable Vegetables - Ok, I’m very quickly figuring out that this round is going to have to be about a feeling for me.  I knew 1 sentence wasn’t going to lend itself to a great story, but so far the sentences that have been chosen are rather blah…  They should be something that’s going to evoke some sort of emotion since you have so little to say this round.

Cavedwellers - I was beginning to wonder if you had lyrics for a minute.  The music was interesting, but a couple transitions felt odd to me, like around the 16-17 second mark & the 57-56 second mark.  When it comes to your sentence I don’t really make a connection between the musical style & your lyrics.  They just felt tacked on, and that’s a lot of tacks considering the run on you used.

Zed Dead Baby - At the time of me reviewing this, I’m not sure if songs are usually required to have lyrics, but in a round where you’re told to have the lyrics be 1 sentence I’d have to vote to DQ this.  Will have to ask the other judges with more experience in Nur Ein though.

Meet Sean Forbes, A Deaf Rapper

Imposter by Orla Gartland

Nur Ein XII Round 1 Reviews

All the songs can be listened to or downloaded HERE.

Jerkatorium - This was just beautiful.  This song came in around 4 minutes, and you left me wanting more.  At the start the music was sad & hopeful at the same time & your vocals perfect.  You could feel when the chorus was coming & at that point I was thinking to myself, “Don’t fuck this up.”  You didn’t, and at the time of me writing this you’ve got my favorite song of the round.  Now I’m only halfway done with my reviews so I’m not sure if you’ll stay at the top, but nice fucking job. Not sure about the “humming” & “coming” lines in the chorus...but I’m complaining.  I’m struggling to find something bad to say.

Merisan - I can see you winning again with this song.  Dark & lovely, and THANK YOU for thinking outside the box with the title.

Zed Dead Baby - Probably a song a lot of people can relate to, even the listeners who aren’t musicians.  I mean who hasn’t had to give a speech or presentation after someone who just killed it?  Nice job of storytelling, and it’s actually a really catchy barroom song that could easily get a lot of people singing during the chorus.

Inflatable Vegetables - I felt like I was in this song.  Any complaints I might have would be nit picking when you take that into consideration.  Very well done.

Glenn Case - Great use of the counter melody.  Incredibly sweet & moving song.  If one of the judges breaks down & cries during their reviews...you’re probably to blame.

Glenn Case (Fingers Crossed) - Your song more than any other that round grows on me with repeat listens.  Had I had longer before posting rankings you could have climbed a few spots.

Skub - You got me.  I thought this was going in a different direction completely.  I loved the attitude at the beginning.  I even had a bit of a snarl on my face.  Then you switched gears completely.  You set a great picture, the music was funky, and your vocals were very impressive.  I told someone else this topic was uninspired, but you just proved the topic wasn’t the problem...it was the execution.  *tips hat*

Pigfarmer Jr - This is the first direction I thought of when I heard this challenge.  You did it well.  Only thing I disliked was how long it took to get to the line “I am a better man after you”.  I know you used the previous 2 lines with the counter melody later on, but they seem to stall the song when people already get where you’re going.  Get on with it.  Overall...well done.

Cavedwellers - The music in this was beautiful.  Metaphors & similes often take me out of a song if overused.  I don’t think you went that far, but the line “obsolescence like a rotary phone” is just awkward in an otherwise lovely song.  Well done with the vocals btw.

ROTL - “A stain on the blue dress of life”... Worst line of the contest so far.  Aside from the 2nd half of that verse I enjoyed the song.  Singable, flowed well, and solid all around.  Too bad the thing that stuck out the most was that line.

73 Keep It Beautiful - Ok, most people are going 1 of 2 ways.  1.  You made the world so much better when I found you.  2.  You made the world so much worse.  With so many people taking this approach it makes it hard to stand out, and I think you’re middle of the road this round.  Very relaxing music though.  Lowered my blood pressure a bit I’m sure.

Berkeley Social Scene - There is nothing wrong with this song...aside from the fact there’s so many other songs that went in the same direction.  Not really your fault, but it doesn’t stand out.  As for actual constructive feedback, the vocals were pretty good, but a little more emotion could have been put into the bit right before the guitar solo.  Nice work with the counter melodies.

Lucky Witch & The Righteous Ghost - The music was a little more pleasing to the ear this time around, and the lyrics were again top notch.  Not sure you’ll climb much in my rankings though, mostly because too many people went down the same road as you this time around.

Nick Soma - Your vocals get a little lost in the mix.  Some of the lyrics seem lazy or pointless.  I mean “Felt like drunk” is only acceptable if you collabed with Yoda.  There’s a number of other lines that just seem to give pointless information not important to anything.  Unless that unnamed Spanish guy is making an appearance in an upcoming sequel to this song...drop him.

Strangelove - Failed to tell a story that could hold my interest.  Music was very chill, but became boring after awhile when nothing else about the song stood out to grab the listener's attention.

Paco Del Stinko - This didn’t really grab me at all. Music was more enjoyable than some others, but the topic & lyrics were uninspired.  

Boffo Yux Dudes - Not sure why you decided to do this at such a slow tempo.  I mean if this is supposed to be funny stop trying to simultaneously bore me with the music.  I almost feel like you should have went straight & just made a song about being the bigger man without the attempt at humor if you’re going to use this music.

Wendy Wiseman Fisher - Vocals were again pretty, but lyrically you don’t really paint much of a picture.  Not exactly a happy song…  Some of the lyrics felt like they came out of Speak & Spell...just an awkward delivery.

Balance Lost - I actually found the music interesting.  Other than that I’ll be completely honest.  I didn’t get it.

Micah Sommersmith - Ok...you’re a hated guy...but why?  You left out the interesting part.  If you’re only going to be a minute long...at least give me something interesting.

Lichen Throat - The vocals sounded like you might have bored yourself.  Overall there were too many things competing for my attention (in a bad way) for me to focus on the lyrics.