Alright, ladies and gents, welcome to Christian Music Superbowl I. Before the polls open, let’s review the rules:
Every match in the Superbowl (until the final pair-off on February 3) will consist of four opponents all competing head-to-head in six one-on-one matches of pure, solid, music mayhem. You, the reader, will get to decide who wins. I humbly suggest you judge the artists based principally on their music, but use whatever characteristics you want – looks, attitude, best useage of the word “sweater” (Go, mewithoutYou, go!).
You are allowed only one vote per one-on-one match. For instance, in the face-off of Third Day versus Sufjan Stevens, you may only enter Sufjan Stevens once. You may not enter Third Day. Ha ha, a little indie music snob humor for ya’. Anyway, you get the idea. No unfairly voting numerous times for the person you want to win.
If you do decide to cheat, may God have mercy on your wretched soul as we all remember you fondly while reciting Revelation 21:8 at your funeral.
To vote, leave a comment with who you think should win each of the six face-offs. Please put in a valid e-mail when you leave your comment. No one will see your e-mail but me, and I won’t contact you unless I need to borrow five bucks. Seriously, I’m too busy to figure out how to spam you or keep your e-mail permanently, so don’t worry about giving it away. If you don’t leave a valid e-mail address or a WordPress ID inputed, I will throw the vote away, to keep things as fair as possible.
The Superbowl is broken up into four phases. The preliminary rounds, phase 1, will run through January 25. During this phase, you will have 5 days (120 hours) to vote on the bands. So if I put up a match on Friday at 7 am, then I will count the votes on the following Wednesday at 7 am. You have until that time to send in your vote. All votes after that time will not be counted. Later phases will have shorter voting periods, but I’ll let you know those when you need to know them.
If there are no questions, let the voting begin!
Here are your first four mostly randomly-chosen contestants, and a sample song for each to help in the judging:
Tyler James - Stay Humble
Doug Burr – In the Garden
Eisley – My Lovely
Lovedrug – Pushing the Shine
And here are the matches to vote on:
1) Tyler James vs. Doug Burr
2) Tyler James vs. Eisley
3) Tyler James vs. Lovedrug
4) Doug Burr vs. Eisley
5) Doug Burr vs. Lovedrug
6) Eisley vs. Lovedrug
Please vote on the artist, not on the sample song. The song is there just to help those who may not be familiar with the artists. In case you’re having trouble figuring outhow to vote, you can just leave something like this:
1) Tyler James
2) Eisley
3) Love Drug
4) Doug Burr
5) Lovedrug
6) Eisley
Beyond that, feel free to leave your comments and reasons for choosing people.
All votes must be in by 7:30 am CST Wednesday, December 19.
Official Links
Tyler James MySpace Page
Tyler James Website
Buy Tyler James MP3s on iTunes
Doug Burr MySpace Page
Doug Burr Website
Buy Doug Burr MP3s on iTunes
Buy Doug Burr CDs on Amazon
Eisley MySpace Page
Eisley Website
Buy Eisley MP3s on iTunes
Buy Eisley CDs on Amazon
Lovedrug MySpace Page
Lovedrug Website
Buy Lovedrug MP3s on iTunes
Buy Lovedrug CDs on Amazon
Note: All MP3s will be removed after one week
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December 14, 2007 at 9:04 am
jakestimp
Woohoo! I get the first votes!
1) Doug Burr – I love his intensity and his voice
2) Eisley – Amazing vocals and great music
3) Lovedrug – Intense music; great eery vocals
4) Doug Burr – This one is hard, but I just love Doug Burr
5) Doug Burr – Wow, this one was extemely close, but I gotta go with Doug Burr. I’m crazy about Lovedrug, but Doug Burr has staying power. I can listen to Doug Burr anytime, anywhere.
6) Lovedrug – Another hard one, but Lovedrug wins for their loud, noisy sound
December 14, 2007 at 9:22 am
jessie
1. Doug Burr
2. Eisley
3. Love Drug
4. Doug Burr
5. Doug Burr
6. Eisley
(same as Jake, ‘cept the last one–I love the vocals from Eisley)
December 14, 2007 at 4:22 pm
Jaybrams
couple of things… i was leary of this at first, but i like where its heading. I just found the site recently so a lot of these guys are new to me, so this will be educational
1) Tyler
2) Tyler
3) Tyler
4) Doug
5) Doug
6) LoveDrug
thats my vote.
December 14, 2007 at 7:04 pm
Ben
1) Doug Burr (David Crowder glasses, baby, and he’s got an awesome voice)
2) Tyler James (Eisley’s vocals get annoying, and Tyler James carries a saw)
3) Lovedrug (I like the intensity)
4) Doug Burr (the simple “realness” of his music sold me completely)
5) Doug Burr (I really love his acoustical simplicity)
6) Eisley (both intense bands, an “Eisley”ish female vocalist is hard to come by)
December 15, 2007 at 12:52 am
Brent
So out of these matches:
1) Doug Burr
2) Eisley
3) Tyler James
4) Doug Burr
5) Doug Burr
6) Eisley
Overall, I’d say a vote for Doug Burr.
December 15, 2007 at 9:31 am
Stephanie
1) Doug Burr (just recently found out about him…he’s reaaaal good)
2) Eisley (ongoing fan…their new cd though is somewhat of a disappointment to me)
3) Tyler James (LOVE the piano)
4) Doug Burr
5) Lovedrug
6) Eisley
December 15, 2007 at 11:22 am
Jonathan
1. Doug Burr
2. Tyler James
3. Love Drug
4. Doug Burr
5. Lovedrug
6. Lovedrug
December 15, 2007 at 11:24 am
Jonathan
Eisley is intensely annoying… In my humble opinion….even though i bought their first album….
if i wanted to listen to them i would just go back and listen so Sixpence None The Richer….
Same sound, much more interesting lyrics.
December 16, 2007 at 4:32 pm
Nord
1) Tyler James
2) Tyler James
3) Tyler James
4) Eisley
5) Doug Burr
6) Eisley
December 17, 2007 at 10:43 am
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December 17, 2007 at 11:27 am
Jaybrams
i agree with jonathan
December 18, 2007 at 12:11 am
Todd
1) Doug Burr
2) Tyler James
3) Tyler James
4) Doug Burr
5) Doug Burr
6) Eisley
December 18, 2007 at 11:08 pm
Ryan Jones
1) Tyler James – I just don’t connect so much with Doug. Sorry.
2) Eisley – Fun and catchy, yet deep. I didn’t think you could have that combo.
3) Tyler James – This is a tough one. I could so easily be swayed back to Lovedrug. But I gotta pick one.
4) Eisley – Over Doug Burr? Hands down.
5) Lovedrug – Over Doug Burr? Hands down.
6) Lovedrug – Another tough one. I’d rather listen to Eisley on a roadtrip, but I’d rather go to a Lovedrug concert. I think the concert wins it.
December 19, 2007 at 8:05 am
jakestimp
Ryan, you are an anti-Doug Burr heretic. Your vote is disqualified. jk
December 19, 2007 at 8:13 am
jakestimp
The votes are in, so here’s the final scores:
Doug Burr – 22 wins
Tyler James – 14 wins
Eisley – 13 wins
Lovedrug – 11 wins
And the winner is…. Doug Burr!
So Doug Burr will get to go on to Round 2 of the Superbowl and, unfortunately, the others are all done for this year’s competition. Thanks for voting everyone!
December 19, 2007 at 10:35 pm
jessie
Ryan had a three-way tie…he should have picked Doug Burr!
December 21, 2007 at 10:15 am
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December 22, 2007 at 11:40 am
Ryan Jones
I totally didn’t even realize that I had a three way tie.
It’s not that I don’t like Doug Burr. I just like the other three more – about the same amount more, I guess.
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