Vote for the July/August 2012 "Artists/Covers" festival

[64Guitars]

It's time to vote for our next two festivals which will run from July 1 to August 31. Voting starts now and runs for 4 days. You can change your vote any time until the closing of the poll on July 1. To do so, click "Remove vote" to cancel your previous vote, then vote again.

This poll is for the "Artists/Covers" festival. There is a separate poll for the "Theme/Genre" festival here:

http://songcrafters.org/community/index.php?topic=15610.0

Please vote in both polls.


Here are descriptions of the Artists/Covers festival choices:

• BeeGees Fest - Covers of songs by The Bee Gees.
  
  
• Rolling Stones - Covers of songs by The Rolling Stones.
  
  
• IanHunterFest - Covers of songs by Ian Hunter / Mott The Hoople.
  
  
• 1SongFest - "where we all do our interpretation of the same song." Not sure what the song will be. I guess either the admin team will choose one, or we'll choose several and let the members vote. Time may be a factor though, since we'll want to get the festival started quickly and not waste several days collecting votes.
  
  
• Music You Hate "you have to do a piece of music that you really, really don't like."  "record a song you don't particularly enjoy and transform it into something acceptable to your own ears."
  
  
• Tom Waits - Covers of songs by Tom Waits.
  
  
• British Invasion - Covers of songs from the British Invasion era (Beatles, Stones, Kinks, Animals, Dave Clark Five, Hollies, Herman's Hermits, Troggs, etc.) See the following this Wikipedia page for a more complete list of artists.
  
  
• KenFest - "songs by people called ken,  eg ken dodd, kenneth mckellar, kenny g,  kenny ball and his jazzmen, kenny rogers"

[Burtog]

Kenfest?


Doesn't BritishInvasion keep coming up but never gets voted for?

[oldrottenhead]

somewhere on this site someone called ken suggested covering songs by people called ken.


 for example

[Burtog]

somewhere on this site someone called ken suggested covering songs by people called ken.


 for example

Ken Barlow......................................isn't he from Take That??

[oldrottenhead]

naw that's what he sez when he punches you. ya boundah!

[64Guitars]

Doesn't BritishInvasion keep coming up but never gets voted for?

Lots of great choices haven't yet won the vote. It doesn't mean they're bad choices. It just depends on what other choices are available in the poll. Many people may be very enthusiastic about British Invasion, but if there's another choice they like even more, then they'll vote for that instead. I'm sure British Invasion will win the poll someday. Personally, I think it's a great choice! I'd love to hear some covers of British Invasion era songs by The Animals, The Hollies, Dave Clark Five, Herman's Hermits, etc. It was a brilliant era.

[64Guitars]

If The Rolling Stones wins, our timing is spot on. It was on July 12, 1962 that the Stones played their first performance ever at the Marquee Club in London. So this July 12th is the Stones' 50th Anniversary.

[launched]

Voted. Might change my mind, but I might not either!

[AndyR]

I've voted as well - I don't usually because I've found I just don't have time to get actively involved in creating stuff for these fests. Somehow voting for something I'm probably not going to do seems a bit naff!

But this time, quite independently, in my future "studio-experimenting" plans, I seem to be heading towards a bit of a private "one-man-fest" on one of these very options, so I might as well vote for it!!

And, actually, the one that looks like it might win also holds some appeal for me - I feel that can treat these boys with the same sort of (dis)respect quite easily!

[64Guitars]

I've voted as well - I don't usually because I've found I just don't have time to get actively involved in creating stuff for these fests. Somehow voting for something I'm probably not going to do seems a bit naff!

Everyone should vote. If you don't expect to have time to take part in the festivals, you should vote for what you'd most like to hear from other members.

[Burtog]

So a stones fest is looking likely...............................

I'm reckonging a number of the same covers coming up, no bad thing!!

Brown Sugar I reckon will be popular just been figuring out the riff in open G tuning.

Defo gonna have a crack at Brown sugar.

Christ,.................................how much fun is playing in open G.

 

[cuthbert]

Christ,.................................how much fun is playing in open G.

I learned from Keef...

[danieldesete]

I'm reckonging a number of the same covers coming up, no bad thing!!

Yes but I also appreciate discovering new songs in those cover festivals. No only greatest hits.
And I love the feeling when someone here caught the good vibes in a song that I heard but just let pass away.
daniel

[bruno]

Hey - if the Stones wins - that aligns with my SongsIHateFest 
B