by

Chad Husanak
(Husanak)

Nice development. But I didn't go anywhere. It was just mellow through the whole song. If it wasn't for the effects in channel 33, it would have completely lost my interest. The moving bassline was also a plus.. adding texture to the song. But it only repeats again and again - eventually getting boring. Use more variation and you'll do fine because the tracks themselves are really impressive. But, as a song, it didn't quite work. Repetition's your enemy :)

Well, great drumtrack you have there. Just use some more volume variance if you want a "human-like" sound. The hihat samples are convincing and well tracked. Some resonances in the background sound very good, altough the louder ones don't quite fit. Even though you use the same chord progression throughout the whole song, you could have varied it some, especially so since you start with very flat 5ths, no dissonance at all. How about adding some 9s, 4s and even thirds as you proceed? Your lead sounded hollow somehow, maybe some additional layered sounds or harmonies would make it better. Some parts were almost too weak for a veteran entrant, the inconsistency takes your score down. Altough you play with repetition, this song still is much less repetitive than some. Still, more variance would be nice. One final note, bass sample should have edge since you do such a cool funky lines with it. Sorry to say, despite all the good points, this tune is one of the weaker 2 rounders. But hey, you fully deserve your round 2 place, which is an accomplishment in itself.

I listen to this and I find that it's the old "do-the-same-thing-but-add-a-new-sample-every-second-pattern" business all over. On top of that, the lead you introduce at order 18 is NOT good. And the analogue noise (supposed to be a guitar?) that enters at order 54 is AWFUL. This tune doesn't at all belong in any finals of any kind, and I am shocked that it made it and that tunes like m6v-eels and m6v-epis did not. There. I've said it. I am truly sorry, but this tune is a typical example of mediocre, boring tunes that do not deserve to achieve anything..

A well-tracked tune, with some bizarre aspects to it. In some parts like order 22, the drums pan off to one side. The slowdown ending is a bit abrupt. The wide panning is a better choice over envelopes, but some of it could be a little narrower. Pretty good volume control. To me, some of the melody sounds a little too synthetic and or cheesy for what it's worth.

Droney demo-ish tune. Technically good, excellent panning, interesting chip samples. However, I can't find one thing about this tune that would cause it to stand out. The chords just whine their way from pattern to pattern, the blips (sample 15) get annoying after about thirty seconds, and the drums are very unremarkable. You have technical ability but musically the song is just incredibly dull, due mostly to the ever-present drums and chords. Vary your elements, and next time try to write a piece of music that you'll hum all the way home.

Ok, here is everything that I found that I didn't really like about the song. This song didn't really keep my interest that often. The song was too repeatitive. The only time I heard anything different was at Order 66, but still, try and not repeat the same idea too often (that's also a problem in my music too). There were only 3 chords for most of the time (until Order 26 where you used two more). The same idea semmed to be reapeating over and over again. At Order 35, the distorted samples didn't fit in, and you over-did the distorted samples at Order 54. However, The panning throughout the song was good though, and your use of effects is great. The instruments were pretty cleanly sampled. And overall, the song was good. It is a pleasure judging this song, in both rounds :).

This isn't a bad song, but damn very repetitive. I still cannot understand why this one made the cut and some others not. Technically average, good mixing and some original samples make this song an above average piece, but something is missing. What's this about? I'm just listening to the same motives all the time, very simple. Monotony is specific for this piece.

What a very.. chippy song. Some good use of chip rez, but some of them are just plain nasty, horrible distorted things that, for the sake of mankind's ears should never have been created or released on the world. The technique isn't bad, although in places it gets very nasty, and I'm wondering if you did that on purpose or just.. didn't notice. The drums are pretty nice, sharp sounds and well tracked. The bass is a bit odd, and isn't as good as it could have been. I'm also wondering why on earth you put panbrello on the bass line - seems like a very strange/stupid/pointless thing to do. The mixing is not always as good as it could be, and occasionally a chip sound comes in that is not as well controlled as it could be. I don't like the chord progression that much, and I don't like the melody that much, but you've at least managed some variety up front, although the backing seems to stay very constant. Some more variation there would be nice. Sometimes the bass, the chords and the melody go just too far into the realm of cheese, when it sounds like this wasn't the intention. Using chip sounds is OK, often you can get some good sounds with it, but sometimes it makes the whole thing sound nasty. This song shows both of those. Sometimes the chipsounds blend in nicely and you deserve kudos for doing that, but sometimes they stick out like a sore thumb. I don't like the melody and leads too much - they did irritate me a bit - and they aren't very interesting at all either. They seem to have been done in a bit of a hurry or without much thought. I don't know, it doesn't quite groove and it isn't really catchy, so what is it? A pretty decent and bizarre song. I have to say that I didn't enjoy it much, but some of the stuff here is good

An expertly tracked song, it uses effects and panning well, and the technicality of it is amazing. The problem here is the boredom factor. The song seems drawn out and repetitive, there is nothing to keep the listener focused through the entire song. This song could have been much shorter with a climax to the song as a plus.

Technically flawless piece, yet it didn't quite hit the mark. I believe the main reason for this was the lack of a catchy lead for the majority of the song. The best part really comes in about 3 minutes in starting at pattern 65. Prior to this I found it hard to get into with the song being based around a riff that really wasn't that good. Your samples are original and your technique is good, but those two things along don't make a good song. The piece has a lot of potential, but your leads and riffs should be a lot more listner friendly (catchier) in order to appeal to more people.

Sample quality is a bit above average. Not very original. The technique could get a lot better. Needs more variation and melodies.