The themes seem to get harder and harder. 

The Anders wrote: So: in effect, a singing voice is only eligible if the performance consists of that voice and then nothing else - and not f.e. a singer singing to his/her own guitar playing? "As long as, it has the qualities of a song." Now a song, at least in my vocabulary, is something you sing. I would never count instrumentals as songs. Unless we count Mendelsohn's 'Lieder ohne Worte' and things like that...

Yes, no guitar playing and singing at the same time.

You must have heard "instrumental songs" where there's no singing, right?

Edited by suitkees - February 19 2022 at 01:50

Edited by JD - February 12 2022 at 13:33

Attention, for the already participated (Edit): I expanded the theme of the poll, but did not alter it. So, your already nominated songs are valid, if they fit the initial criteria. You can keep them, as well as choose another song, oops track, if you prefer, considering the enhanced theme.

Read all my "songs" as "tracks". As an instrumental cannot be a song. Thanks to The Anders for the correction.

This round is quite simple. (Edit: Lol it became not too simple now. In a nutshell, it should be a single musician that performs the music.) We will nominate songs where there is a single instrument played by a musician and/or a singer who also plays an instrument while singing, or else a multi-instrumentalist who plays more than one instrument (s/he can also sing too) during the same performance. The combination of both is not accepted, such as a vocal song accompanied by another musician. But a musician singing and playing an instrument is accepted. So, there should be only one musician in the song who should be playing a single instrument or multiple instruments in the same performance, or playing an instrument and singing, or else only singing. That means a capella bands are not accepted, but a musician singing and playing the harmonica and/or guitar is. I suggest that we don't include overly polyphonic synth pieces here. OK, a single person can play like a crowded band with his/her synthesizer. But, I wouldn't encourage sharing such stuff. Also I strongly suggest that, if one is gonna nominate a multi-instrumentalist, s/he only includes a single performance of the artist, rather than the instrumentalist recording many instruments separately and combining them. Whilst, we can nominate songs where synthetic sounds of the instruments are used. It, again, shouldn't be too polyphonic. (See my second video for an example to that.)

The rules are:

1-) Nominate a single song fitting the topic. (The topic of this poll is: solo instrumentals or solo vocal songs, or else a musician playing an (or multiple) instrument(s) who might also be singing.) Add a note above or below the Youtube link, denoting that it is your nomination. I really wish that would be your first video shared in your first post. Though, you can add the note and edit the videos even just before the voting process begins. So, no worries if you decide to change your nomination. I'll notify here for the deadline of choosing one's nomination. In normal cases, it will be just after 1 weeks from today. You can add other songs here too, after your nominated song/video. They will be for fun, and for the members (us) to discover more music. Please don't share like 25 songs though.

2-) When I declare that the voting process commences, we all vote for our 3 favourites among the nominations. We have a full week to do that. So, you can take your time. Multiple votes are allowed, but as we, the experienced "Interactivers" always do, please vote only for 3 options. (This is for the prospective newcomers, please do join. We don't bite. ) In normal cases, this phase will last for about a week after the voting process begins. 

3-) Obscure or relatively lesser known prog stuff is OK. You can nominate one of them. Yet, consider that there are very knowledgeable people here. And, some of them don't vote for the stuff that they know very well, even if they like that song.

4-) Your nomination can be something like a prelude or an interlude too. As long as, it has the qualities of a song.

We also  share our picks, just before or after casting our votes. So, it would be cool if everyone does that. (My podium is: 1- X, 2- Y, 3- Z...) Some of us give feedbacks during this 2 weeks. If you can spare time, and you feel like doing that, you can consider this too. You can give feedbacks anytime during this 2 weeks period, to be more precise.

The above part seems a bit long and detailed, but our probable newcomers shouldn't be intimidated by it. Mistakes are OK. We'll let you know if you make one. I don't see one of us being an a****le while doing that.  The only problem you can create is casting untimely votes. The voting will begin after a week, and I'll declare that. After placing the nominations in the respective spaces of the poll options.


Have fun!!!



My nomination is from my favourite harpsichord album. I love harpsichord as a solo instrument best, BTW.

Colin Tilney - Handel: Harpsichord Suite 5 in E M - IV air



This one is out of the competition. A theme from my favourite PC game: Baldur's Gate II. Digital synths or not, I love harp too. This is so peaceful...

Baldur's Gate II: Harper Theme



Hahah, finally, and again out of the competition. Because Handel is never enough, nor is harpsichord!





Edited by Archisorcerus - February 20 2022 at 12:10