MC6 Round 1 Results - Buffalo Fences

 
"Buffalo Fences"
(m6v-buff.zip)

by

Jonathan elemental
(elemental)


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

Judge: Soboll ,Claudio

nice, very slow and ambient tune. technic and samples are really good - on the other hand it lacks originality. i heard no no really memorable melody or rhythm in it. the drumline could be spiced up with some very high snares. additionally a bass would fit very good. the first part is abit to monotonues because the lead is too repitive. the second is more powerfull. all in all i felt annoyed. 35

Judge: Basic ,Predrag

Technically sound, but this song just doesn't do it for me. The lead sample is good and the lead is ok, but I it doesn't really have lasting appeal when heard throughout the whole song. The strings sometimes don't fit in (pattern 8) the change up on block 24 (pattern 12) doesn't really fit and the ending is a bit lackluster. I don't really know what mood the piece is trying to achive either. Samples are good though, the panning is ok as well. Overall not bad, needs a bit of brushing up, but even if it was brushed up I still think it needs something else to give it a bit of a bite, a new lead or chorus maybe.

Judge: Burrell ,Mike

All of the notes were focused in the higher frequency range. Even the bass drums were really high pitched for some reason. This is not to say that you -have- to have bass in all areas of the song, but there needs to be some balance in your song as a whole. Also the song got really repetitive after a while...try to put something new in now and then (such as some relief) in order to change the mood. This will also give you a change to build back up to a climax, hence adding a lot of emotional dynamics.

Judge: Grandpre ,Dan

An undeniably silly title.. =) Anyhow, the riff in the intro-ish bit is nice although maybe it repeats 2 too many times.. pretty much everything is appropriate in the first couple minutes but it all repeats too many times. there definitely seems to have been some inspiration going on here, not just someone rattling off tune cuz hey, it's mc6 time!- some out of tune lead samples but not that bad.. A nice percussionless breakdown with that nice pad sample, well placed-- in some spots the out of tune lead is much more noticeable, and it is quite such when it comes in after the breakdown.. I like the structure to this.. the whole piece has movement and it seems to have followed a line of drama and tension somewhat rather than plugging along aimlessly. A bit repetitive in spots but nice.

Judge: Noel ,Elliott

interesting timing, a bit odd sounding at first though. some strange harmonies, a few parts were hard to listen to.