MC6 Round 1 Results - Go Your Way

 
"Go Your Way"
(m6r-your.zip)

by

Dirk Hector
(Hector)


This song competed in the rookie division of Music Contest 6, where it ranked in block 3.

Judge: Hansen ,Torben

Great radio-dj-like introduction! The tune itself starts very funky and the chords are, well, they doesn't really sound great, but they're not bad either. The piano seems a bit out of place. I think a synth-sample of some sort would've been better - also the later reverbed pizzicato should have been replaced IMO. Anyway, considering it's a rookie-entry, I think it's again one of those tunes, which might aswell could've entered the intermediate division, but that's just my opinion.

Judge: Dahlin ,Nicolas

I love the radio/dj-like intro. There's really speed in this one. And I like the lyrics even though they take up a lot of space, but you managed to collect a nice set of samples inside the 1M limit, so who cares? It's a bit short and I think the ending is a bit abrupt. It's well mixed; you can hear all the instruments. Very nice two-part singing effect on the "Go your way" sample some places. I think there's space for a little wider panning, but that's not really a problem.

Judge: JiménezChapresto ,Eduardo

An ordinary song, that is allwais in the same quality line. It may underline the fact of using some original voices.

Judge: Pakula ,Taylor

The almost total lack of panning really hurt this song. The effect on the vocals wasn't consistent, and this bothered my ear. It really drew my attention away from the rest of the song. The vocals were also dificult to understand within the song, and thus needed (dynamic) compression. This style of music demands a much more prominent, complex drum and percussion section than this song offered. Even just turning the existing drums up would have helped some. Intentional or not, the distorted drums sounded good and kept the drums from sounding too flat. As I was listening to the song I kept waiting to hear a breakdown, but when I finally got one, the song was over. Catchy and upbeat, but it never really gets moving the way it could.

Judge: West ,David

A little bland, but a good effort, and easy to listen to. It's basically a 10 pattern song, with the 10 patterns being looped, but it has good flow and it works well. The samples were rather uninspired. The "go your way" sample didn't really do anything for the song. It was unneeded. The samples were in tune. The ending was ultra-abrupt, very jarring. Good luck on your next song!

Judge: Rohrbach ,KarstenW

voice samples - nice idea but like most of the other tunes cut copy and paste - lengthy passages