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Welcome to the SOTY 2008 Submissions/Nominations stage.

First things first... the rules:

1. The song/tune must be made in 2008 (or at least the later couple of months of 2007)

2. The song can be any genre, we are very liberal and like any tune as long as its good

3. The song must be submitted via email, either as a link or the file directly sent over email to: <a href="mailto:competitions@nexusradio.co.uk">competitions@nexusradio.co.uk</a>

The email must be layed out with the subject being: Song of the year 2008 (we run other competitions and I don't want to get confused..
In the main section of the email i will need this info

Artist Name:
Tune Name:
Genre:

These are required because:
a) most people don't tag their tracks properly
b) every track is going to put in to a new folder called song of the year 2008 in that folder will be genre folders, then artist folders, and it makes it much easyer if we can save directly to there instead of having to listen to every submission to find out where to put it.
c) if you can't handle sending an email like this there is no chance you can write a half decent song :lol: :P

4. The song cannot be one that was nominated for song of the year 2007, 2007 has passed, this year its all about NEW MUSIC from all different genres.

Personally I would like to see some more Electronic music this year, IE Trance, DnB, IDM, Industrial etc... but I am not adverse to rock, metal, funk, blues and all the other stuff as well.. its just i would like the genres to have even more variation than they did last year.

5. Once a song has been subitted it will be played out at least bi-weekly on nexus radio on most if not ALL of the shows so it gives a chance for everyone to hear the tracks in the runnings for SOTY

6. Tracks can then be NOMINATED by making a post in this thread at nexus radio (if your reading this on another site please click here: http://www.nexusradio.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?id=996) with every extra person you want to add please EDIT YOUR POST untill i do a TALLY, after that Create a new post and keep editing untill i do another TALLY
7. You cannot Nominate yourself, and I would rather no one nominated me (Wizard Sleeve)

8. You can only vote for 2 tracks from the same artist, though collabs count as a different artist so you could nominate every single colab from some one plus 2 solo tracks if you want, although not more than 2 collabs from the same artists... so only 2 stef/sly collabs, but as many stef/other people collabs.

9. As with last year; tracks with 1 nomination are eligble for the bottom spots, 2 or more for the middle spots, and 3 or more for the top spots

10. Only nominations made on the official thread at nexus radio count so if your reading this on another site please take your time to visit this thread HERE: http://www.nexusradio.co.uk/forum/viewtopic.php?id=996
11. This competition is really just a load of fun to be had on nexus radio. Don't take it too seriously its just a way for us to play out some great tunes from artists all round the web, give them some recognition, and at the end of the competition send out some funny lil prizes to thank them for letting us play out there tunes and supporting nexus radio.

If you think its too early for this then your wrong... we are collecting entries and nominations for the next 11 months and the final voting happens in December!

Okay I just got my first round of reviews out of the way, I realised the best way to help this site is to review someone who has review you so ive been doing just that.

Loaded my second song from "Blind Future" today, called Chainbomb, its quite fun

Maybe ill do a few reviews and add another song, well see what happens :p

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There is a song on the Big Peter White page called ACID RAIN.
Years ago politicians ignored warnings about Acid Rain but now they see the threat of global warning as a means of cynically raising money by way of a carbon tax.
I believe in cutting pollution, stopping the deforestation of the rain forests, and recycling waste where I can. What I dont believe is GLOBAL WARMING and so called carbon footprints, in the scheme of things its just so feeble to think anything we do will change nature (A few years ago we were told by scientists we were cooling down, remember the film The Day After Tomorrow, it was based on a scientific theory).
The politicians and some scientists use the so-called threat for their own ends; in much the same way they used the MILLENIUM BUG (remember that lie, hope you didnt pay for any safe guards they were selling).
MOTHER NATURE will find a way to deal with global warming or any ice ages thrown her way not governments.

<p>&nbsp;<strong>A song about the sheep-like nature of the general public and the&nbsp; increasing herding instincts due to the interests of others.&nbsp; </strong><br /><br />TCP welcomes the debut of Reid Tobias, my son, on bass. And Glenn Liljeblad is back with his lead guitar in fine form once again.<br /><br /><strong><span style="text-decoration: underline;">Players</span></strong></p>
<ul>
<li>Henry Tarnecky - vocals</li>
<li>Reid Tobias - bass</li>
<li>Glenn Liljeblad - lead guitar</li>
<li>Glenn Arpino - mellotron</li>
<li>Blake Tobias - keyboards, rhythm guitar, song, drum programming</li>
</ul>
<p>The sheep are a large flock in June 2004 in Causs Noir, Cevennes, France. They are wearing bells (as sheep often do) so they can be located easier should they stray.<br /><br /><strong>Consider this:</strong><br />Our financial records and transactions are constantly monitored, our medical records are no longer private, cameras are popping up like weeds to record events all over the US and EU, cell phones are easy to track by government GPS applications, and soon the US national ID system (Real ID) will be able track your whereabouts based on your driver's license. Virtually all email and any type of phone calls are illegally monitored most anywhere in most places in the world automatically. These are just some of the facts, not fiction. It is not paranoia or delusion. It is a reality many don't know or won't think about. Research it anywhere you can or at the TCP web site.</p>

Okay, we're going to get together hopefully this week and write a song. Our schedules have all been different, preventing us from getting together, but that should change this week. Our hopeful recruit didn't join, so f@#% him! We're doing this anyway!

Randomness (and boredom): Who here likes anime? Are you an otaku? Do you know what the word otaku means? TALK TO ME! Please? ♥

I wanted to thank Doctor C and Gary Carciello for all their fine work on this song.
Rightly, titled "HELP"........."Thank you gentleman"

Doctor C......Organ,synth and the final mixing (love those classical ,groovy chops)
Gary C.........Outstanding guitar work

I truly appreciate all the HELP !
peace,
Larry T.........

THE WALRUS IS DEAD

The walrus is dead he's meeting Lucy in the sky,
Just a working class hero he didn't have to die.
I can still hear that bullet on that winters night
but if happiness is a warm gun then i guess it's alright.

You can hear him singing in every city all over the world
Yes you can hear him singing war is over peace is the word.

Sometime in New York City you know it's made of meat,
Now i know that there's good people live there but killers walk the street.
You can ask Ronald Regan 'cause he knows the score,
but you can't ask the egg man 'cause he ain't there anymore.

You can hear him singing in every city all over the world
Yes you can hear him singing war is over peace is the word.

The Walrus is dead i heard it on the news today oh boy,
it said some they've got the killer who blew the man away.
I can still hear that bullet on that winters night
but if happiness is a warm gun then I guess it's alright

You can hear him singing in every city all over the world
Yes you can hear him singing war is over peace is the word.
Yes you can hear him singing on every jukebox in every bar,
Yes you can hear him singing it don't matter who or where you are.

Solo

You can hear him singing in every city all over the world
Yes you can hear him singing war is over give peace a chance.

The song "Without Love" from my CD Prisoner Of Desire" was voted into the Top 10 Songs of 2007 by listeners of Live 365 radio.

<p><font size="3" color="#c0c0c0">Well you guys voted and the winning title is - &quot;That&#39;s it, I Have Had Enough!&quot; </font></p><p><font size="3" color="#c0c0c0">I would like to work something out with Nexus Radio UK where we email them the MP3&#39;s first and we do a show out of it before posting. That way we can all hook up in the chat room and have some fun. </font></p><p><font size="3" color="#c0c0c0">The original due date was a Sunday which is wrong. We always set Saturday&#39;s for the due date so Feb 16th will be the due date. Yes you can be late but would miss out on the live radio show. I will talk to Wiz and Ras and see if we can make this happen.</font></p><p><font size="3" color="#c0c0c0">Remember this can be any genre and you can collaborate with other musicians as well. Vocals are not mandatory but help sell the song title better!</font></p><p><font size="3" color="#c0c0c0">Have fun all!!</font></p><p><font size="3" color="#c0c0c0"> </font></p><p><font size="3" color="#c0c0c0">The iMS Crew!</font></p><p><font color="#c0c0c0">&nbsp;</font></p><p><font size="3" color="#c0c0c0">Update!</font></p><p><font size="3" color="#c0c0c0">Wiz and Ras are cool with doing this as a Nexus Radio Show. So we will have all songs go to them and then we can upload after the fact. Details to follow!&nbsp;</font></p><p><font color="#c0c0c0">&nbsp;</font></p>