Good night,
As always, thank you all for participating and thank you Mister Fox for organizing this competition.
Thanks to everyone for the comments and votes made so far.
Congratulations on the good songs you have presented this month.
Thank you.
Reflection:
I like these free themes where each of us imagines a world of different styles.
This month I wanted to try making my composition with a small group of notes, I focused more on developing the sounds than a memorable melody because I felt that it had to be an uncertain future.
I leave you comments on your works:
Arelem - Oblivion
Original start, you made me check if the headphone connections were good.
As always, you made a super powerful theme. You hardly left any moment of rest.
The approach is fully in line with the theme proposed by Mister Fox.
Good mixing work in general. I like the vocal work and the spatial effects you've put on it.
hincore - Goosebumps
I really like how the song evolves, it's moving towards more interesting terms. I also like the style. Good work.
Good rhythm and good guitars. And good effects with the guitars.
As an improvement, maybe you could boost the bass a little.
JeroenZuiderwijk - Alright
Good song. With a lot of vibration. I like the explanations you give of how you played and arranged the music. The vocal choruses and the overdubbed guitars are also very good.
As one of the colleagues says, it's very cinematic, it would serve as an action song.
A few things to tweak: The vocals need more prominence (maybe hiding the guitars a little). The drums would make it deeper.
toadhjo – Analog Sun, Binary Dreams
I like the sound of the epiano, it gives character to your song. Very well chosen.
The flute, on the other hand, lacks something to be more real. It sounds too vintage, although I like the simple melody it draws. The constant rhythm that the finale ends up slowing down could have more variation, ends up being a little tired.
simiansoundlab – Mindless Void
From the first moment it gives you the impression of ‘Future uncertain’. Very good. It is also very cinematic.
I like the change of rhythm at minute 1:40 approx. The lo-fi piano works very well. The guitars give it strength.
VCA-089 - Hope Remains
I love your compositions. Very cinematic. Very good work with lots of layers and textures. I also like the 80s sound that some of the synthesizers have. I like the reverberated sounds. Very good work on the low frequencies.
Maybe it would hide the crunchy/distorted sound of high frequencies, it ends up masking other parts.
Elcubano – Threshold of Collapse
Good initial atmosphere with the guitars and drums. Very appropriate to the theme raised in this challenge.
Good mix with the stereo opening of the guitars. Good thought in combining distorted guitars with more natural sounds. Good work.
J.Ruegg - Desolation
Good sound designs. I really like this bass that is distorted and varies throughout the song. It brings a lot of interesting movement. Many layers and incredible sounds. Good mix and the use of the panorama, you don't get a break with so much movement. Very good work
ThomC - Last Drive Around Town
What a different approach from the rest of the participants. Here I see something quite calm, at least in the initial part. But suddenly things change, as if we had changed songs. In the central part I imagine that you wanted to move forward in time and go towards a more uncertain future. If I have interpreted it correctly, I like the idea.
I like the use of strings, very sensitive. These melodies they draw steal my heart.
(translated with google, sorry for the imperfections that the translation may contain)
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01 VCA-089 - Hope Remains
02 ThomC - Last Drive Around Town
03 simiansoundlab – Mindless Void
04 J.Ruegg - Desolation
05 Elcubano – Threshold of Collapse
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