ivan has a point of course. i actually won my own compo, and the prize was a goldfinger sample pack, which is a hell of a fine sample pack, do you know goldfinger? you are very likely to, they do this awesome thing when make a comprehensive sample pack from a classic drummachine like the 808, 909 or MPC (drum bank) and then ran searing white/red hot onto reel-to-reel tape in different stages and all that analog goooodness recorded beautifully squeaky clean.
i won but i renounced the prize, we can use that for next time i said. it did annoy gordo a little actually, i think he got the impression i was being a conceited diva, which is a shame cos it couldnt be farther from the truth, i cant very well win my own compo and take the prize ffs, it doesnt feel right at all, and so i absolutely know what you mean. i think you did the right thing, in a way, because this compo is the largest weve had so far, the quality of the submissions is the highest ever, the amount of submissions is really high, the grand prize is the absolutely most attractive so far, and all the great side dishes you put up that you get by simply competing (do you and derelicts actually know each oteher lol?), the judges core and the style of write up (big up croogs for this idea!), so i see where youre coming, i really do. it feels stupid to win your own compo, but maybe you should have gone to finals, i dont know how many votes you got, but it seesm you were a bit of a hometown fave, the peoples choice, like rolls royce.
ah, but thats the problem with our little forum, isnt it! when you want to pull something big off, like this here compo, there is still the same amount of people that can and cant be arsed to vote, and thats an issue. it could be konflict, d¨archives, old roni size, teebs and calyx, noisas amd dj ranweys competing about a benz judged by simon pegg, simon cowel, simon le bon and the anti-christ up a tree on hampstead heath, it still wont get more votes than just the so very very few we acually have to go around. you got around it in a very clever way with the two votes thing, but it still isnt enough, you have to make the votes public, there is no way to make sure otherwise, the first few compos were ridiculous, each tune had one vote, stood still for aaaages, haha, one vote from an outsider had to come in to settle things. riveting though, people were really into it, like it was the post precarious situation. but i digress,
great work Ivan, really good work on the compo my man. this is without a doubt the finest instance so far. looking at it, what we need to work on in the future is pretty clear, wouldnt you say? really though ivan, great work, big up man. you have done the forum great honor with your war effort. big fking right up ivans! lets hear it for ivans (russian name) !!!