MC6 Round 1 Results - Redmonk

 
"Redmonk"
(m6r-redm.zip)

by

Corrado Ghedo
(Ghedo)


This song competed in the rookie division of Music Contest 6, where it ranked in block 1.

Judge: Pickard ,Jonathan

The bass line was interesting. The bass drum was not. The sound effects were good, if arbitrarily placed. The retrigs were bad when arbitarily placed. The breathy vocal sound with the ping-pong loop worked to improve your form rating. Failing to treat the volume well in the end-of-song fade (naughty, naughty) and ungraceful entries and exits (like that snare at order 0Bh and 21h) didn't. Most of the percussion sounds as if it's played back too high on the keyboard, lacking low end where there really ought to be low end. This song gets repetitious too fast. Incremental changes make for too slow of a song in many cases, but you have to try not to err in the other direction and make abrupt changes that jar the ear. You do get points for keeping it small, though. If only it were a more interesting type of song...

Judge: Almon ,Barry

Very good, nice and complex...especially for a rookie. Samples were a little raw and crooked but the notes, volume levels and track seperation was great. With so many change ups and the length of this song, you'll be putting even cooler stuff out it no time at all.

Judge: Lamy ,William

Excellent sound and panning work. You made a groovy and energetic piece of music. Oriental harmonies, percussive notes, cut-off events and even voices break the monotony due to the style. Try not to abuse with snare rumbles :) There was a very weird fade-out, be carefull.

Judge: Mccuen ,Steve

Good method of bringing the pieces together to made a techno song. At first I saw the length in patterns and thought how could it be. Overall I liked it but only a few parts stick with me as I turn off the tracker.

Judge: Telgarsky ,Matus

Samples are very "standard"; try to be more unique. This makes the song boring, so watch out. it is too repetitious. Try to do something differently every time a repetition occurs, such as using a modified sample or changing the volume, etc.

Judge: DelCarpio ,Derek

sample 01 and 08 are too choppy cool intro drumbeat is good except upbeat cymbal that kicks in pattern 03 is too loud faded ending is overdone, dare to be different