MC6 Round 1 Results - Stanza of Epic Song

 
"Stanza of Epic Song"
(m6r-stnz.zip)

by

Chris Darkoven
(Darkoven)


This song competed in the rookie division of Music Contest 6, where it ranked in block 2.

Judge: North ,DTravis

Drop order 0, and you have the intro that the song lacks. Theory is clean and acurate, samples are good and very well matched. Transitions are clan. thank you for mood changes =). I did listen to the whole thing...even though I wasn't required to. Lost track of time anyhow...=)

Judge: Schulze ,Markus

Interesting song. It's quite good, but somehow I don't like it too much. I cannot really say why, I think it's just the overall sound. There are not many real mistakes in it, maybe a bit too much piano, but apart from that...The only real problem is this constant clicking in some samples - I had a feeling like I was listening to some old vinyl record. It's a real good song, it just seems to be not 100% my taste.

Judge: Rodriguez ,Daniel

Wonderful piano samples (are they Andy Chen's?). The song contains some interesting melodies, but without any coherent structure. For example: there is a crescendo somewhere on the track, but there is no climax after it! The entry seems to be a neverending piano solo, sometimes with a good background, but nothing exceptional. The song doesn't mantain the initial interest: after the changes it doesn't sound really different. The piano is well done, but not too brilliant. When you're working on a song, it's always better to hear and change what you've done already, not to put patterns nearly equal ones to another. You must think about the song as a whole before putting the notes on the tracker. I don't think the author has donde this, but at least he shows some skill, and will. So keep on trying.

Judge: Tanase ,Adrian

Pretty nice ideas, tune sounds pretty symphonical. If he would have worked the volumes, it would had sounded more "real". Panning used, volume control barely used. He got many ideas, but he's still a beginner.

Judge: Sega ,Andrew

Epic rock... is at least a chance from all the slow jazzy tunes. It's the usual combo, piano and breathy choirs, combined with strings and kettle drums. To their credit, the writer had a good grasp of melody and harmony. The orchestral feel is good, only hampered in spots by a very annoying and too-loud solo acoustic guitar sample. Makes for reasonably good B-grade movie soundtrack music.