MC6 Round 1 Results - The Nightrunner

 
"The Nightrunner"
(m6v-nrun.zip)

by

William Will Be
(Will Be)


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

Judge: Dahlin ,Nicolas

The piano part is good and I don't get tired of it. I would really have liked some rain in the beginning with that piano. Excellent percussion use - could use a little variation - I LOVE that snare (samp 8). The squealing sound hits some unhealthy frequencies on it's way around - I think it's volume should have been lower. I like the fact that different instruments all 'sing' the same melody in the 'choruses'.

Judge: JiménezChapresto ,Eduardo

A good theme. It is pleasant to listen. It doesn´t have any great mistake, though it doesn´t underline much. The form is very good. A good tune (again).

Judge: Girard ,Marc

The pre-sequenced piano sounds cool to me. Nice drums, good rhythm/groove. Nice blend, I like the sounds, the "weird" of it. It sounds original. A bit above fair, though, not a classic to be remembered. Sounds the same always.

Judge: Pakula ,Taylor

Great, great music. A cool, laid back feel and a rhythm track that had me nodding my head REAL hard. This song just oozes groove. This is going on my night driving tape with Massive Attack and D'angelo. The lo-fi piano samples were dope except for the quantization noise. DAMN the filesize limit! :) The snare fell in that area of either too dull or too bright. It could be pushed either way and sound better, but as it is it kind of stood out in a way it shouldn't have. Some more obvious reverb on the bongos/congas/whatever would have lent a nicer live feel to the piece. The vibes during the chorus were too cheezy and pulled me out of the mood the rest of the song created, but the variation on the chorus at the end was very welcome, even thought it still had the cheese element. My ears were expecting the end go on for another 2 patterns. The transition between orders 8 and 9 was very slick. The only other coplaint I have is the bass sounded too synthy. Maybe an acoustic upright would have been more fitting?

Judge: West ,David

Intro was very bland. A little out of tune. Samples were scratchy. The mood was okay along with the percussion. Too slow and ambient. The title fit with the song though, in that I really felt like I was out in the city at night. However that wasn't enough to carry the song. The melody sounded like something off a cheesy nintedo game. Volume control was good. Ending was too abrupt. Good luck on your next song!

Judge: Pickard ,Jonathan

It's been a while since I saw premixed piano chords... This song has an unremarkable yet catchy feel to it, with the somewhat loose (but poorly sampled) piano and the other instruments all impeccably quantized (except for those drums, which were well and filled in unevenly yet densely to give the song a more "performed" sound. Unique contributions from each of the channels 12 through 16 inclusive create this delicious lead, with a level of skill last seen in "Fushigina Shima". It's just... delicious. And hard to stop listening to.