Interview with Ross Carter (United Kingdom)

Today we managed to talk with one of our "golden" members, who joined our Team since the first edition. Find out what he thinks about our Contest.

How did you joined EM? How did you find out about EM? 

 I honestly cannot remember, I think I must have seen something through Florin on Facebook.

Did you discover new music at EM? Name some of your favourite songs 

Of course, that's the number 1 reason I compete in this contest, to share music. After hearing music here I bought albums by Moda, Caro Emerald, Within Temptation and Chisu, plus Nabiha is on my list to buy soon!
Favourite song of all - Chisu "Baden Baden" (Finland EM3) and I also love Nabiha "Never Played the Bass" (Denmark EM18), Moda & Emma "Arrivera" (Italy EM4), Inga & Aush "Menq Eng Mer Sarery" (Armenia EM1), Within Temptation "Sinead" (Netherlands EM11), Elena I Lambe "Najdobro do Sega" (FYR Macedonia EM13), Nolwenn Leroy "La Jument de Michao" (Luxembourg EM12), Imelda May "Mayhem" (Ireland EM12), Estopa "La Primavera" (Spain EM9) and LOADS more!

What do you like most about EM?

 Sharing music, as simple as that. I also like the way several of us are now in contact with each other regularly.

Are you happy with the results and voting system in general?

 Obviously I would have liked to have won a few more times ;) but generally I think it's ok, though I do not really like the second chance vote, I think the top ones should qualify and that's it, no second chance.

Do you think that this contest can be improved? How? 

I think it would be improved by regular players for each country. When people are in the contest for a long time, we get to know them and it makes it much more friendly, I talk to Denmark, Netherlands, Spain, Portugal, Romania, Armenia and Ireland quite regularly and I am now getting to know Turkey, Finland, Sweden and others. When the 'players' change regularly it means that those of us who have been in for a long time have no idea who anyone is anymore. Also with regular players you really get to know someone's taste in music, for example I have liked nearly everything the Netherlands has entered and yet it is rare that I vote for Romania or Portugal, it is not that I don't like these 2 guys, it's simply about different taste in music and I like that.

 What do you think about the Web-masters? 

They are robots who are going to eat my brain...... he he he.... Florin has done a great job, Marcio and Felix too. I think they try to be as fair as they possibly can be.

Has EM influenced your life somehow?

Yes, it has filled my life with amazing music!