MC6 Round 1 Results - Eastern Origin

 
"Eastern Origin"
(m6i-strn.zip)

by

Matti Ore-Gano
(Ore-Gano)


This song competed in the intermediate division of Music Contest 6, where it ranked in block 7.

Judge: Szmajda ,Joshua

Beginning is very weak. Things pick up a bit with the addition of drums. The background things are way to repetetive, as well as the drum line. The chord progressins are weak, and the ending is horrid. There could have been a really nice piece here, if you'd have spent more time on it.

Judge: Sipe ,Conor

A rather unique sounding song, with a nice intro which slowly builds into the main song. I enjoyed the creative use of effects near the beginning of the piece. During the main portion of the song, however, the beat seemed to be a tad oout of synch with the rest of the song. In addition, the volume of the melody should be raised, as I was having problems picking it out of the background instruments. Overall, a nice sounding piece which could use a little work.

Judge: Raitio ,Samuel

Well done. Samples and realisation of the song are good. The problem is the overall feeling. There is a promising start to how the song evolves and progresses. However, at certain points the "story" sort of comes to a standstill and the focus is lost, attention drifts away.

Judge: Voss ,Andrew

Since this is "emergency voting", I don't think I need to be too concerned about making comments, eh?

Judge: Nowik ,George

A couple of the samples in the beginning are somewhat out of tune to each other. Yikes, I haven't heard that lead guitar sample since I played Doom. It took a while, but the song seems to be going somewhere now. The instrumentation doesn't seem to let the song pick a base chord. The bass note has a very distinctive tone and it is overpowering any other basis that you have going and causing a little conflict. The fact that it goes down lends to some confusion. The ending is somewhat abrupt. There are some good subtlties going on with a number of the samples, however. It has a nice full sound through most of the song. Just add a little more sustaining bass to it and you will be in good shape.

Judge: Bertilsson ,Henrik

Most of Intermediate-leaged songs I've heard makes me wonder if the authors really are intermediate. However, this one doesn't. With an overall of 25, not with intentions to take the proud from the author, there are many things to adjust in this song. The samples are pale for the choise of musical interpretation, still giving the author credit for his version. The songs doesn't really say anything but that its inspiration got lost somewhere in the desert. That I can understand, as I myself haven't listened much to eastern music, except from a singer named Ninib Ablahad Lahedo. As you may have difficulties in pronouncing his name, so have I. Technically it's boring, not many commands at all, To the author: Listen to other computermusicians, and you'll learn the science of trac

Judge: Pugh ,Matthew

Too much seems to be going on in the song at pattern 5, and it makes the song seem jumbled. Other than that sleight problem early on in the song, the flow and feel of the song seems solid. Even though I felt that the song felt solid and stuck with the theme, the melody was not as catchy as higher rated songs have been. The song although solid, felt slightly choppy in areas. Overall, a good song. Well done