Steel2Velvet Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 This was my main thesis when I played the first hundred top tens. I believe there is a bit more dedication to PTT beyond normal TT's for the reason outlined below. You then must ask yourself, would you want others to listen to your complete playlist, as opposed to merely voting on those songs that "seem" to be good ones? In the last PTT I listened to every song while doing other things on the computer, even though many were not my style of music. I wanted to give the music a "fair shake," and thus found I was rewarded by being introduced to many new and appealing songs! I feel many people invest more time into Personal Top Tens out of respect for the meaning those songs must have to the individuals that compiled the list on which they appear. A playlist is the key, because it can be listened to while other tasks are accomplished, with minimal time loss to the voter. We all listen to music in the course of our daily lives anyway, right? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Yes, this round I have the time to listen to all 50 songs each week. I'll get Lucky to help me set up a playlist for voter listening pleasure. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 I'm almost done with mine....I love doing this..so many songs, so many memories! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Personal top ten. Hmm. Radhi, my favourite songs cannot ever hope to form a category of ten favs though I'll try 1. Life of Riley ~ Lightning Seeds 2. There's no other Way ~ Blur 3. Das Modell ~ Kraftwerk 4. Ghost of a Texas Lady's Man ~ Concrete Blonde 5. Polk Salad Annie ~ Tony Joe White 6. Dreams I'll Never See ~ Molly Hatchet 7. Curtis Lowe ~ Lynryd Skynryd 8. Uncle Salty ~ Aerosmith 9. What You're Doing ~ RUSH (almost perfection) 10 Childhood's End ~ Pink Floyd ad infinitum Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
blind-fitter Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 The thing is, you don't just choose your own Top Ten like that. ^^^ When it's your turn, you will have to nominate 50 (yes, fifty!) of your personal favourites -with links to enable us to listen to them. We then listen to them all, (no skimping over the unpromising stuff, either!), vote for our favourite 10 tracks in descending order. (i.e. #1 earns 10 points, #2 = 9 points, etc. down to #10 = 1 pt.). When all participants have voted, an overall Top 10 is extrapolated by those amongst us with a nerdish commitment to that kind of thing. If the Personal Top Ten were just a case of each of us naming our personal 10 favourites and inviting adulatory comments... that would be a lot easier, granted, but undoubtedly less enjoyable for all concerned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 The thing is, you don't just choose your own Top Ten like that. ^^^ When it's your turn, you will have to nominate 50 (yes, fifty!) of your personal favourites -with links to enable us to listen to them. We then listen to them all, (no skimping over the unpromising stuff, either!), vote for our favourite 10 tracks in descending order. (i.e. #1 earns 10 points, #2 = 9 points, etc. down to #10 = 1 pt.). When all participants have voted, an overall Top 10 is extrapolated by those amongst us with a nerdish commitment to that kind of thing. If the Personal Top Ten were just a case of each of us naming our personal 10 favourites and inviting adulatory comments... that would be a lot easier, granted, but undoubtedly less enjoyable for all concerned. Wow, blind-fitter...I'll be sure to heed your advice from here on out and...have you taken a walk ...lately? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bluesboy Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Wow, blind-fitter...I'll be sure to heed your advice from here on out and...have you taken a walk ...lately? MuzikTyme... blind-fitter is just trying to be a good samaritan and explain the rules to you. There's no need to snipe back at him. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Hey Muzik, as BB says, Mr. Fitter was not offering advice or correction, but an outline of the structure of this feature on SF. All that need be done this week is to say you are interested in participating and your turn will come to have your music favs (or any other type of song list) featured to be rated by the other individuals participating. Then the next step is to start following the Personal Top Ten (PTT) threads - listed by name of individual whose nusic is being featured that week - beginning next Monday to get the gist of how it is easily accomplished. I will take your post here as an affirmation that you wish to participate. If this is not the case, just let me know. It is a fun and very interesting feature. I am sure you will enjoy the experience. P.S. Come home, Sammy! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
karma Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Count me in of course. Since most of us listen to music non-stop, it isn't a prob for me personally to just listen to the lists while I am on the computer and the list usually goes by pretty fast. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
_Laurie_ Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 My list is done, my list is done!... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MuzikTyme Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 MuzikTyme... blind-fitter is just trying to be a good samaritan and explain the rules to you. There's no need to snipe back at him. Wow, blind-fitter...I'll be sure to heed your advice from here on out and...have you taken a walk ...lately? Bluesy, I am still uncertain when and where I was labled a "sniper." lol In all due respect, I admitted my overzealousness; music gets me excited sometimes and I'll be the first to admit it. Though the on-going banter between fitter and I is, as far as I'm concerned, good-natured and kind-spirited. blind-fitter is appreciated for being a good samaritan as my original post will engrave... S2V, Yes, I agree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 My list is done, my list is done!... Oh, yeah. I forgot about this one. Yes Laurie, we're almost there. Now just sit back and look out the windows. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRaccoon Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Question: Does the 50 list have to be in a specific order from favorite to least favorite? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Yeah Laurie, don't make us turn this car around, cause we will! My list has been done since god was a boy and I'm still tweaking Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Question: Does the 50 list have to be in a specific order from favorite to least favorite? Nope. It's basically like the regular ten super sized. You pick 50 songs you like and we vote on them. You don't rank them yourself. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRaccoon Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 Nope. It's basically like the regular ten super sized. You pick 50 songs you like and we vote on them. You don't rank them yourself. Sweet. I was gonna say, that'd be hard for me to rank them myself Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 To give you an idea of how this works ~ My first PTT Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RockyRaccoon Posted January 20, 2010 Report Share Posted January 20, 2010 ahhhh ok Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 I think I am going to have too use two different music sites and two different playlists. Some on the songs I can find on YT and the others I can find on Last.FM but not all the songs are on both. I have most of the mp3's but my PC has started to crash if I try to make a video and besides, YT wouldn't let Farin put up the one he made for me because of all their restrictions and I'm sure I will run into the same problem even if I could make the vids myself. Would it be a problem to use two playlists? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
skybluesky Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 I would think that'd be fine if you provided two separate links to the playlists instead of linking each individual song. I think things work so much easier that way. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 I like your avatar Shannon. Leonard Nimoy: Do you even know who I am? Mayor Quimby: I think I do. Weren't you one of the Little Rascals? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lea Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 (edited) I would think that'd be fine if you provided two separate links to the playlists instead of linking each individual song. I think things work so much easier that way. Thats what I would do Shannon. Last time I just used YT but it's harder to find stuff now days and even if you make the vids yourself they may not let you post them I think I was told you have to be a member to veiw the playlists on LastFM but it's not a big deal to create a user name and password. I think a lot of people here already use that site anyway. Edited January 21, 2010 by Guest Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steel2Velvet Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 I think I am going to have too use two different music sites and two different playlists. Some on the songs I can find on YT and the others I can find on Last.FM but not all the songs are on both. I have most of the mp3's but my PC has started to crash if I try to make a video and besides, YT wouldn't let Farin put up the one he made for me because of all their restrictions and I'm sure I will run into the same problem even if I could make the vids myself. Would it be a problem to use two playlists? No problem at all with multiple sources for playlists, Lea (or anyone else going that route.) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lucky Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 Steel, since there are plenty of people with lists ready to go, could you randomly not pick me for a while? I've got so much on my plate right now, it will take me a good while to put together my playlist. Thank you. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
MindCrime Posted January 21, 2010 Report Share Posted January 21, 2010 ^what she said. My list could take me months to perfectuate, which leaves me plenty of time after a few others go. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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