- managed to post the entries but not this text as my laptop's battery suddenly decided to die after posting the songs -
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This NF is finally happening.
Welcome to the
Anadolu'nun Müzik Savaşı national final (thanks
@tugberkic for once again helping me with translation)! It is a national final that was my dream to make for quite a long time - I started working on it at the end of September when I decided on the first entry that will be part of it. Any idea which song it was?
The idea behind this NF was to challenge myself to explore the new artists from each of the seven Turkish geographical regions. To make it more interesting, I decided to include only the artists that have not been participating in WV, NSC or FSC already (excluding Mark Eliyahu obviously but he is not from Türkiye Cumhuriyeti). I take part in all 3 of these contests and I know how annoying
sometimes it is to listen to the same artists (and often the same songs) when my main goal of participation is to discover new music thanks to the forum community, and in return to introduce the forum community with some of the hidden pearls that I managed to discover on the way. Anyway, in case some of these artists somehow appeared in WV/NSC/FSC and it slipped under my radar, I am sure that they are still quite new and fresh to many other players.
I am scared to think of all the hours I have spent in the past 5 months researching on where the artists come from, and then listening to their songs to see if there is something that sparks my interest... Still I feel it was all worth it! The Turkish music scene is so diverse and if you scratch beneath the surface, there are so many music delights to discover and enjoy. For some of the artists it was hard to find information where they are coming from and translating some of their interviews was fun and made the process quite entertaining. I am super excited to share with you these seven songs and artists, and hopefully some of you will find time to vote and help me choose my next WV entry.