MC6 Round 1 Results - Take Five

 
"Take Five"
(m6r-take.zip)

by

Marco Kaplan
(Kaplan)


This song competed in the rookie division of Music Contest 6, where it ranked in block 9.

Judge: Fok ,Bernard

Nice happy and sweet tune. The beginning with that single instrument can be improved, such as by doubling up the two channels and giving them an offset to produce an echo effect. Alot of the samples are a bit worn out since they have been used again and again, yet still used effectively. Nice soothing chords, almost dreamy. The flute-like instrument was very sweet and used very well. Nice chord progression, even though its been repeated through out the whole song. Maybe some bridges and modulations would help would add some variation to the song(?)

Judge: Hinrichs ,Tammo

Hey, if you have a boring day - become a tracker! It's SO easy! Just fire up IT.EXE, rip some samples out of other modules, press F2, type in some notes (avoiding those evil # things you don't understand), waste some channels, cut/copy/paste and modify a bit, save it, record it to tape and be the king of your high school class! The only thing you should avoid is having contact with the "scene" in which there might be people that realize that your kewl tune is simply crap. ... and sadly, someone didn't follow this rule and entered this song. Well, it's HIS problem, i assume.

Judge: Youkhana ,Kevin

Hey this song was alright but it lacked rythm but the tracker had the samples there just didn't use them effectively.

Judge: Norilo ,Vesa

Sample set is more than decent, unfortunately your tracking skills are not up to taking advantage of it. You should use effects and volume more to make your leads livelier. This song is a bit directionless and maybe a bit pointless, too. No horrid dissonances here, but the harmonies are not very convincing, either. You should practice both tracking and music-making. Your beat is proably the best-sounding part of your track.

Judge: Collins ,Chris

It seems like all of the melodies in this song were completely random. They don't go together and the notes clash with the strings. This appears to be someone's first song, in which case it is quite good. making good use of panning and such, but overall it needs improvement. This song would be a lot better if there weren't the clashes between strings and melody.