MC6 Round 1 Results - Bancharaid

 
"Bancharaid"
(m6i-banc.zip)

by

Fred fred
(fred)


This song competed in the intermediate division of Music Contest 6, where it ranked in block 3.

Judge: Knutsen ,Joern

Strange kind of music, I must say. Very good piano leads. Your samples are out of date, and pretty bad too. You can hear that when you play more than 20 channel at the same time, and some noise appear. Your rythm istruments are poor, and there are no variation in the rythm. But the leads are excenlent. Bad ending, though.

Judge: Kim ,Rob

This piece sounds a bit rushed and sloppy. The intro and ending need work. The samples are too loud, which *severely* hurts the piece. The lead on patterns 6+7 is superb! and overall the piece sounds really nice from patterns 2-7. Definitely high scores for the overall "happy" feel of the song.

Judge: Sipe ,Conor

I really enjoyed this song. The upbeat melody was original the enitre length of the peice, with something new around every corner. The intro was good, with just the right amount of bass guitar leading into the song. Transition was excellent, with the beat, background, and melody blending together nearly seamlessly. The instrument as the main voice (electric piano?) was a little too electronic sounding. I think that a more traditional piano would have worked better, but that just might be my taste. On the whole an excellent song with real musical talent behind it!

Judge: Voois ,Vincent

*File Specs* [Additional vote] The unexpected pleasant surprise [Filename]m6i-banc.it [Title]Bancharaid [General comment]We all have the temptations at certain songs to stop it from playing as soon as you heard the first few notes because you instantly don't expect not much from it. This song also seems to start this way. When the intro bashes to the real asset of the song surprisingly changes to a very cheerfull scetch with a very variable melodical course along the song. The minor points are the volume aspects:the general volume setting of 70 is the maximum which should have been used here since my headphones and speakerset had a lot of troubles with the used volumes. The piano emulation is good, the chord progression is joyfull and the melody is a real sing-a-long if not sing-a-long sure it is good enough to continue for a sing-your-own melodic tune. Unfortunately the songs ends a bit in the same dull aspect as it starts...Lazy, tired or out of inspiration?

Judge: Grandpre ,Dan

This one hurts my ears, but it's fairly well done despite the grating nature of the samples.. =) That piano has just got to go, it's either one of the same ones that's been circulating forever (nobody ever liked that did they?), or a valiant attempt at a similar one. Anyhow, the synth lead is mixed way way too loud, and the piano sound and piano line are totally out of place in this song and in the mix, but the chord progressions are approaching good and overall its not bad for an intermediate tune, its what we might expect from an intermediate tracker..

Judge: Bertilsson ,Henrik

This definately sounds like a contribution to the eurovision song-contest. This song's first part is well thought through, the bridge and the chorus even more. The only part I don't like is the down-transposing as it isn't aligned with the rest of the song, and it doesn't fade away quickly enough. That's a pity. Still, I give this author the best of credits. The samples are ordinary and fit the song well, as it's an ordinary song. maybe not in tracker-genres, but in everyday life. I'll give it a well worth 55 as it's bravely performed and so apart from the other styles I've listened to. The only thing I wished was to get rid of the cutting organs, they computerize much of the song, still, it's worth its marks.

Judge: Pugh ,Matthew

Overall, a very well done song. The melody was kind of catchy, and the accompaniment followed the melody nicely. The only bad things I can say about it are on the sample quality, and transitions. The sample quality seemed a bit tinny, and maybe had a little bit of static. Even though I am writing down about the sample quality, It did not effect my judging more than a few points. I feel that with a little bit of editing on the samples, this piece could be a little better. The other thing that seemed to hurt the song was transitions. Especially from Order 8 to 9 on the song. The tone of the song turns sour, which is OK. My problem is not that it turns sour, it is the way the song moves from key signature to the next. I felt it was a little weak and distracted slightly from the overall song. My rating of 72 makes this song Pretty Good, a few minor flaws, but if corrected could make this song much better.