Friday, January 31, 2014

2013 SONG OF THE YEAR AND YEAR REVIEW!

It's hard to believe that the song writing game has been going on for over two years.  With what simply started out as an excuse to make me write a few songs, it's gone further than anticipated and hopefully will continue on for many more years!

With that being said, the voting has concluded and the crown has been decided.  The 2013 song of the year is none other than Danny Imig's folk classic "I think I'm married to a Zombie" from August.

Congratulations Danny!  As with last year's winner, you get A REAL PRIZE!  The prize is a 6-pack of some of my homebrewed beer.  Danny and I are planning on meeting up next week to get him his prize.  Photos to follow!

So I'd like to take this opportunity to spit out some random information about 2013's Song Writing Game in case anyone cares.  It won't be as in depth as last year's statistical rundown, but will give some of the same info.
Total Number of Songs for 2013: 46 (-1 from 2012)
Total Number of Individual Song Writers: 17 (+4 from 2012) (for groups of people, each individual person was counted)

Top 5 Number of Songs from a Single Songwriter:
 1 - Brian Salapek - 12 Songs
 2 - Rene Zansman - 11 Songs
 3 - Danny Imig - 8 Songs
 4 - Jack Eggleston - 6 Songs
 5 - Kayce Kelly - 3 Songs

Average Number of Songs per Songwriter: 2.71 (-0.65 from 2012)

Top Number of Winning Songs from an Individual Songwriter:
 1 - Danny Imig - 5 Wins
 Every other winner only one one month

Percentage of Winning Songs vs Number of Songs Written:
 1 & 2 & 3 (TIE) - Jared Griffin, Mark Maze and Jon Baker - 100% (1 song written & 1 winning song)
 4 - Danny Imig - 62.5% (8 songs written & 5 winning songs)
 5 - Jack Eggleston - 16.67% (6 songs written & 1 winning song)

Top Number of Songs in a Single Month:

Top 5 Number of Listens for Individual Songs: (as of 1/31/14)
 1 - Jared Griffin - Mom Bush (from January) - 371 Listens
 2 - Kayce Kelly - Squirrel World (from February) - 75 Listens 
 3 - Mark Maze and Friends - Swamp Grass (from February) - 70 Listens
 4 - Jack Eggleston - Tomorrow / Christina de mi Alma (from January) - 55 Listens
 5 - Esban and Rene Zansman - Things are getting harder (from January) - 53 Listens

Top Number of Views for Individual Blog Posts: (as of 1/31/14)
 2 - 2013 Song of the Year Voting - 225 views
 4 - April Robot Country Songs - 116 views
 5 - July Cover Songs - 100 views

So there you have it, the 2013 year in review.  Here's to another great year of the song writing game!

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