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Genrepalooza - Whoa oh ohhh, Listen to the music (1 Viewer)

Genres:


Dice Rolls


Genre/Category


Conditions & Explanations


Who to blame


1-38


Punk/Hardcore


 


Rockaction


39-76


Live Rock Tracks


 


Scoresman


77-114


Billboard Top 10 (2011-now)


Eligible song lists on Wikipedia


Timschochet


115-152


Riot Grrl


Female fronted and ### kickin'


Ramsey Hunt


153-190


Power Pop


 


Bonzai


191-228


Glam Rock


 


HellToupee


229-266


Trip Hop/Acid House


 


Steve Tasker


267-304


Jam Bands


 


Dr Octopus


305-342


Psychedelic Rock


 


Karma Police


343-380


Synth Pop


 


JM Lunchbox


381-418


That Old Time Rock n Roll


RnR that pre-date the Beatles including rockabilly, doo-***, girl groups, jump blues, etc.


eephus


419-456


World Music


 


ilov80s


457-494


Video Game Music


 


Ren Ho3k


495-532


Swing


 


Waingro


533-570


Squeezebox


Songs featuring accordion


Mister CIA


571-608


Emo


 


NV


609-646


Blue Eyed Soul


Caucasians regardless of eye color


Doug B


647-684


 


 


El Floppo


685-722


British Invasion 64-67 w/out Fab Four


 


Binky the Doormat


723-760


Broadway Showtunes


covers OK but not stuff like songs from Rock of Ages


Mrs. Rannous


761-798


Classic Metal through 1982


 


JZilla


799-836


Progressive Rock


 


Yo Mama


837-874


Alt/Indie Folk


 


Chaos Commish


875-912


Ska


 


sm0mm1s


913-940


Drinking Songs


(traditional)


-OZ-


951-988


Funk


 


dal_boys_phan


989-1000


REROLL


 


The dice

 
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Genrepalooza is an idea to make a song draft that's more about drafting and less about mixing.  It's basically a musical genre-based draft with an element of randomness to keep things interesting as the draft progresses.  Here's how it would work.

Round one:  Everybody chooses a musical genre and a song from that genre.  
For even/odd rounds beginning with round 2/3 we'll roll nerd dice to randomly select three genres from the ones nominated earlier.  Drafters can choose songs only from those three genres during the upcoming two rounds.  Doubling down on one of the three categories is acceptable.  For example, if punk rock, R&B and country were the randomly selected categories for rounds 2 & 3, I could only draft songs fitting those genres but could pick two country tracks if I wanted to. 

We'll repeat the three genres per each set of odd/even rounds until every nominated genre gets randomly selected once (or 14 rounds, whichever comes last). 

For this to work, the genres are of utmost importance.  The only suggested rule here is don't be too obscure (and this is me talking).  I think "metal" should be sufficient as opposed to "doom metal", "death metal", "black metal".  The point is to pick a genre that's deep enough and fun enough for other people to draft from when the dice give them the opportunity.

There's a pretty comprehensive list of musical genres at http://www.musicgenreslist.com/ that takes things to extreme.  Stuff not on the list like live tracks, covers, Beatles, songs by bands like Radiohead, etc. are perfectly fine as categories provided they're not too obscure.  You know I'm a bleeding heart liberal commissioner when it comes to songs fitting into a genre. D'yer Maker is a reggae song in my book.  So is Hotel California but don't draft the Eagles OK?

Posting mixtapes would be optional; the random genres will probably make them too eclectic to work as a mix.  In fact, collaborative playlists by genre might be a better way of preserving the draft for posterity.

 
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Current draft order (as of May 8)

2.1---Scoresman

2.2---ilov80s

2.3---Ren Ho3k

2.4---eephus

2.5---sm0mm1s

2.6---Mister CIA

2.7---JM Lunchbox

2.8---Rockaction

2.9---The Dreaded Marco

2.10---Bonzai

2.11---Mrs. Rannous

2.12---Timschochet

2.13---Dr Octopus

2.14---Karma Police

2.15---Chaos Commish

2.16---HellToupee

2.17---NV

2.18---Binky the Doormat

2.19---dal_boys_phan

2.20---Waingro

2.21---OZ

2.22---Steve Tasker

2.23---Doug B

2.24---JZilla

2.25---Ramsey Hunt

2.26---Yo Mama

3.1---Yo Mama

3.2---Ramsey Hunt

3.3---JZilla

3.4---Doug B

3.5---Steve Tasker

3.6---OZ

3.7---Waingro

3.8---dal_boys_phan

3.9---Binky the Doormat

3.10---NV

3.11---HellToupee

3.12---Chaos Commish

3.13---Karma Police

3.14---Dr Octopus

3.15---Timschochet

3.16---Mrs. Rannous

3.17---Bonzai

3.18---The Dreaded Marco

3.19---Rockaction

3.20---JM Lunchbox

3.21---Mister CIA

3.22---sm0mm1s

3.23---eephus

3.24---Ren Ho3k

3.25---ilov80s

3.26---Scoresman

 
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Northern Voice said:
I'm in. Bar for success is set at more picks made than in my "elements of songs" draft.

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I think this format will be much easier than the elements draft

 
El Floppo said:
Likely. But I won't have any idea what this is about until the draft is over.
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That's kind of the idea.  I usually have a pretty good idea of where I'm going after a few rounds of a song draft.  NV's elements draft was the exception because I still don't know what I'm doing for that one six months after it died.

There will probably be some rounds in Genrepalooza where I like all three categories and have to exclude one, and others times where all choices may be a bit outside my usual wheelhouse.  But I can definitely find a prog song to pick if the dice come up that way.

 
In. Do we keep our categories secret until our pick or can we announce them in advance?

Where does the line get drawn at too obscure?

a) Helsinki yodelling

b) Finnish yodelling

c) Scandanavian yodelling

d) Northern European yodelling

e) European yodelling

f) Northern Hempisphere yodelling

g) yodelling

 
John Maddens Lunchbox said:
In. Do we keep our categories secret until our pick or can we announce them in advance?

Where does the line get drawn at too obscure?

a) Helsinki yodelling

b) Finnish yodelling

c) Scandanavian yodelling

d) Northern European yodelling

e) European yodelling

f) Northern Hempisphere yodelling

g) yodelling
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You're getting warmer...

 
Eephus said:
For this to work, the genres are of utmost importance.  The only suggested rule here is don't be too obscure (and this is me talking).  I think "metal" should be sufficient as opposed to "doom metal", "death metal", "black metal".  The point is to pick a genre that's deep enough and fun enough for other people to draft from when the dice give them the opportunity.

There's a pretty comprehensive list of musical genres at http://www.musicgenreslist.com/ that takes things to extreme.  Stuff not on the list like live tracks, covers, Beatles, songs by bands like Radiohead, etc. are perfectly fine as categories provided they're not too obscure.  You know I'm a bleeding heart liberal commissioner when it comes to songs fitting into a genre. D'yer Maker is a reggae song in my book.  So is Hotel California but don't draft the Eagles OK?

Posting mixtapes would be optional; the random genres will probably make them too eclectic to work as a mix.  In fact, collaborative playlists by genre might be a better way of preserving the draft for posterity.
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I don't want the highlighted to get lost in the nose flute and yodeling strawman posts.  The draft will be a lot better if people save their creativity for the song selections and play it relatively straight with the categories.

Remember that people will always have three choices to draft from.  If you pick a genre that's totally obscure, your first round selection might be the only time it gets picked throughout the 14-?? rounds.

 
IN

eephus
rockaction
NV
Ramsey Hunt Exp
Scoresman
ilov80s
Doug B
El Floppo
Tasker
Binky
Mrs. Rannous
JML
zilla
Ren Ho3k
Timschochet
Waingro
Bonzai

LOOKING AROUND

wikkidpissah
chaos commish

I'll @ the people from previous drafts tonight

 
We're opening up round 1 (song & genre) on a first come, first served basis starting Thursday at noon Eastern.   This will give us some time to feel out the genres, do some marketing and  hopefully put an end to the nose flute schtick.

I'll randomize draft order when we roll for rounds 3/4.  Depending on the level of sniping in what are effectively two round mini-drafts, I'm considering re-randomizing the draft order every Monday.  Embrace the chaos.

 
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