This year, we introduced the first ever annual edition of The Flypaper Writer Awards, a.k.a. “The Flypies” in order to reward the writers who produced the most successful articles throughout 2016, across a wide array of categories. And if that sounds boring, well… Just watch the video. We had some fun with it!
So, without further ado, here are the winners of the first ever Flypie Awards!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wIj3Yv744Mo
15. The Social Butterfly Award
Max Alper — “Erik Satie Was So Much Weirded Than You Realize” with 792 Facebook likes
Honorable Mentions:
Elyadeen Anbar — “Song Kitchen: ‘Peg’ by Steely Dan” with 770 likes
Brad Allen Williams — “Rudy Van Gelder: The Optometrist Who Pioneered an Ethos in Record-Making” with 746 likes
14. The Better Band Award
Jessica Hackett — 6 articles relating to band management
13. The Higher Learning Award (for most popular advanced studies article)
Ryan Sargent — “Understanding Advanced Blues Harmony” is in the Top 20 most read articles of the year.
12. The Cracked Compass Award (for the version of The Compass that saw the most views)
Andreas Oskar Hirsch — “The Compass: Cologne, DE”
11. The Rookie of the Year Award
Martin Connor — His first article for Flypaper, “Why The Gorillaz’ ‘5/4’ Isn’t Actually In 5/4” is in the Top 20 most read articles this year.
10. The ASCAP Loves Me Award
Sarah Spencer — 3 articles picked up in ASCAP’s Daily Brief
Honorable Mention:
Max Alper — 2 articles picked up
9. The Estrada Bump Award (for longevity in audience reach)
Mahea Lee — “Learn to Play Adele’s ‘Hello’ on Piano in Two Minutes” with 19,500 views in 2016 despite being published in 2015.
Honorable Mention:
Kenneth Estrada y Santiago — “How to Create Dreamier Guitar Chords,” because we invented the award just for him, and because his article generated 8,400 views in 2016, despite being published in 2015.
8. The Hardest Working Parent Award
Charles Burchell — Who turned in 6 articles within a year of having his first baby!
7. The Obit Award
Nick Lerman — “Les Paul, Pirate of the Airwaves?” with 1,240 views.
Honorable Mention:
Brad Allen Williams — “Rudy Van Gelder: The Optometrist Who Pioneered an Ethos in Record-Making” with 638 views.
6. The Happy Artists Award
Myles Avery — “8 Artists Making Brilliant Exploratory Music Using Modular Synths” and “Intersections: 8 Classical Musicians Killing it Right Now Using Live Electronics” together totaled 22,058 views.
Honorable Mention:
Noor Kalouti — “6 Genre-Bending Artists Fusing Jazz with Electronic Music” with 8,100 views.
5. The Research Award
Ian Davis — 4 articles total, all featuring heavy amounts of deep historical research.
4. The Crazy Commenters Award
Myles Avery — “The 10 Most Widely Influential Synths Ever” with 78 comments on Facebook
Honorable Mentions:
Martin Connor — “Why The Gorillaz’ ‘5/4’ Isn’t Actually in 5/4” with 55 comments
Noor Kalouti — “6 Genre-Bending Artists Fusing Jazz with Electronic Music” with 49 comments.
3. The Most Articles Award
Elyadeen Anbar — wrote 14 articles this year.
2. The Total Views Award (total views across all of an author’s articles)
Max Alper — 63,300 total views
Honorable Mention:
Myles Avery — 31,800 total views
1. The Grand Flypie!
Max Alper — “Erik Satie Was So Much Weirder Than You Realize” was the most-read article of the year with 48,000 views.
