Brainstorming post: 2016

[morbane]

As nominations will begin in approximately 4 days, this post is a place to bounce ideas around, gauge interest for your preferred songs & music videos & other pieces, and decide what to nominate.

You have 8 nominations this year. This and other rule updates are on AO3.

This post is also on LiveJournal - check the comments there as well.

Comments

[(Anonymous)]

Thanks for the speedy reply Morbane!

I just thought of another question though: do the songs have to be officially released? What if they were ad-libbed? I'm asking because ad-libbed songs are totally a YLVIS thing, and they've made a lot of songs that I'd really like to see fanworks of.

[morbane]

I'm not totally sure what you mean. Could you explain a little further, please?

[(Anonymous)]

So for example, YLVIS did this comedy segment called Radio Taxi where they sang songs very relevant to the unsuspecting passenger, like in this video

https://youtu.be/1Bkw50LWuR0

The songs are improvised on the spot and aren't officially released, unlike for example the song What Does the Fox Say?

Would I be allowed to nominate songs from the video for the exchange?

Sorry if it's a bit confusing!

[morbane]

Yeah, that should be fine. I'll check the video out and let you know if there's a specific label it makes sense to use for it (like "Skit excerpt" instead of "Music video" or something).

[(Anonymous)]

Thank you!

[morbane]

The link you've given me seems to go to a mortgage ad. Do you have another link?