MC6 Round 1 Results - Living With Stress

 
"Living With Stress"
(m6i-livi.zip)

by

Adam Dante
(Dante)


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

Judge: Szmajda ,Joshua

Ok, with this style, you shouldn't repeat yourself so much. The samples were mediocore, the technique was indifferent, and basically the song was blah. Emotion means alot in music, this song had none.

Judge: Raitio ,Samuel

This song is as exciting as a walk to the bus. The reason could be a very uninspiring set of samples, of which one is annoyingly crackling. The composition and technique are well done with what seems like a sort of dispassionate craftsmanship.

Judge: Kim ,Rob

Very repetitive. This song is about 40 patterns of nice beats. There's not much to say about this piece, it's ok but not exactly catchy nor does it suffer severly from flaws. It's too plain, nothing really stands out.

Judge: Sipe ,Conor

This is a nice flowing, mellow tune. The background beats were well chosen and blend in with the overall mood of the piece very well. However, I found the main melody to be somwhat repetitive and kept waiting for something new to happen within the song. Unfortunately nothing ever did. The song needs a little more variation in order to make it more interesting and hold my attention for a longer period. Overall, a solid attempt.

Judge: Telgarsky ,Matus

ahh. I have just listened to 3 or 4 crappy songs so this comes as a blessing. I really like that mellow tone you get. hmm.. however sometimes I get the feeling that the samples are a little mushy. try editing them a little to clean them up, or try to find better replacements. other than that, good work. maybe a little panning would be cool (a little more that is).

Judge: Bertilsson ,Henrik

This song recieves an overall of 25, mostly because the orchestra forgot to tune its instruments. the 1st sample sounds terrible playing it in C-6, the first thing I would do about this is to transpose the whole song down half an octave to make it less false. I'm really missing a bassline in this song, I also miss some bigger chords by the strings and choirs, as it would feel much more overwhelming then. The author doesn't make any chordchanges at all, even that decreases the value of the song. The pizzicatos and beeps are much to loud for you to hear the strings and choirs, and it all sounds to me that this song had been made in a rush, the songtitle definately makes me think so.

Judge: Pugh ,Matthew

The melody throughout the song seems to be too loud, but the background is very soothing. Relaxing. I can live with stress now! Good song! There is a nice flow, and nothing seems to be repetitive at all. This definitely seems to be a well thought out peice of work. My favorite instrument in the whole song is the voice(Instrument 02). It is really good.