I've finally managed to get through the whole #Fedivision2024 playlist (72 songs, pant pant...). I was quite impressed with the quality, since I was expecting something more amateur-ish on average (like my crummy contribution).
Eventually, I took some notes and came up with a list of 11 #Fedivision tracks in particular that I liked more than the others, and so candidates for my three votes this week (I won't vote for myself).
I love the atmosphere of the track: especially at the beginning it has some middle eastern vibes that are exactly my cup of tea! I'm also impressed by the quality of the Synth V generated voice: I used it myself for a track, some time ago, and this is much more realistic (initially I thought it was a real singer).
There's a vintage vibe to the song and vocals that I can't place exactly, but I like it a lot. Maybe a bit of Supertramp? Whatever it is, it works for me!
Another song with a vaguely middle eastern vibe to it, so me likey! I like the repetitiveness of the song, and how it builds up to something more drone/industrial as it progresses
I'm a sucker for 80's music, I liked this pretty much immediately, since it has exactly the right sounds. It's also one of the very few tracks with a guitar solo, so I had to give them a shout-out, since they made me feel less alone!
Definitely one of my favourites, this year. I absolutely love the folk/pagan/medieval mood of the song, and the fact it ships some traditional instruments (a mandolin in this case) is a plus (it was my criteria for Eurovision as well... go Norway, Greece, Armenia and Estonia!)
A really cool mix of ethereal singing, beautiful arpeggios and gothic influences. It reminds me a lot of gothic bands with female vocalists from the 90's, and that's great.
This is probably the "weirdest" in the bunch of songs I highlighted so far, but it's exactly the quirkiness of it that I liked. It has a very oblique structure and vocals, and there's some chord changes that work great in the refrain when framed that way!
The tracks starts sounding a bit like a Blackfield song (which is excellent), and I like it a lot when piano and cello come in to paint the scenario. The build-up is really cool as well, and shout-out to one of the other few guitar solos in this Fedivision, and a great one at that!
A song with a title like that pretty much had to be a progressive rock song, and I think as a definitio it's quite appropriate! A beautiful chord progression, with a simple yet tasteful guitar melody painting the picture
This is a fantastic light jazz piece. The beginning reminded me a bit of some tracks from Pat Metheny's "Still life (talking)" and "Secret Story" (which seems to be in line with the "driving around the country" mood set by the author). The bass solo is quite cool too!
The synth/samples intro is quite amazing, and very atmospheric. The song itself is a fantastic homage to 70s/80s: it reminded me a lot of Aviary, one of my favourite bands ever. Definitely another serious candidate for my vote!
That's all! If you contributed something to #Fedivision2024 and I didn't mention you, don't feel discouraged: there's good chances I did like your song! But I had to make a shortlist of those I liked the most, as I'll have to come up with those 3 codes by the end of the week 😂
As a shameless plug for myself, you can listen to my song here:
@ambergrey oh piano is a different beast... I took piano lessons for a while and still couldn't do it! 😅 Too hard for me to have different brains in the two hands, which is something that's much easier to go around on guitar instead. If you can play both I'm really envious!