BTBAM THE GREAT MISDIRECT CONTEST WINNER ANNOUNCED

We’ve chosen a winner for our massive Between the Buried and Me Great Misdirect contest! That winner is Tim Meyer of Newfane, New York (which is way up above Buffalo, for anyone wondering), and he’ll receive the Spector bass, bass gear, and all of the awesome BTBAM stuff you see listed above. After the jump, read Tim’s winning entry, an answer to the open-ended contest question “Which BTBAM album is your favorite, and why?”

It’s too early to say where The Great Misdirect is going to rank so I’m going to have to go with Colors. How much do I like it? I bought it for all four of my (former) band members for Christmas ‘07, and for one of my other buddies as well. I downloaded the leak when it leaked, but then I bought six copies. To me, it’s the perfect album. Not repetitive, but not random like some more technical bands. BRUTALLY HEAVY but adventurously melodic and musical. The diverse moods (like the polka section in Prequel To The Sequel) keep the pacing just right, and the incredible musicianship is always tasteful. This album is more than an album to me. It is my all-time favorite musical recording, spoken of among me and my friends in awed tones befitting what we consider to be the supreme modern artistic achievement.

I myself am a bass player so this would be great for me. I only have a four-string, but a few guys I know are actually in a band that covers Colors and don’t have a bass-player. I’ve wanted a five-string for years, just so I could learn the Between The Buried And Me catalog. I even tried to sell my Warwick last month so I could buy a Spector (being a broke college music performance major, I can’t exactly just go buy one). I bought the Alaska book right before Colors came out, but was disappointed to see that almost none of the songs could be played on a four-string (Mordecai being the exception, which doesn’t even feature Dan, my favorite bassist, on the recording). I’m sitting here wearing my Colors shirt in my psych 101 class, ignoring it, because I’m too excited at this prospect to actually pay attention. Just bought The Great Misdirect, just heard about the tour, and now this!

Congrats, Tim! Enjoy all of that swag.