MC6 Round 1 Results - Scandal

 
"Scandal"
(m6v-scan.zip)

by

Matt Smash
(Smash)


This song competed in the veteran division of Music Contest 6, where it ranked in block 1.

Judge: Fredricks ,Fred

Decent song. Guitar samples are well done. Melody line throughout is very nice. Orders 19-24 were very repititious. Reminded me of the old mods where it was one pattern to two orders. Order 31 on, GREAT guitar lead. Bass sample was a little ticky. Panning was well done. Overall just a decent song, nothing outstanding.

Judge: Weinstein ,Jacob

Good song with some nice melodies. I especially like the guitar riffs in the middle of the song. However, the repeated choruses are boring and the parts of the song seem to go on for too long.

Judge: Steele ,Matthew

This song sounds very original. It shows more than one style. It sounds a little like disco in the beginning, and then turns more techno, but retains the dance style. It sounds like a real band! Really! I could be fooled if someone played me a tape of this. (I love my new soundcard :) Anyway, the guitar, bass, drums, etc. are so realistic, it's hard to believe it's my computer. Especially the guitar. I can't think of any problems at all. A real accomplishment. The samples are of exquisite quality and in tune. The technique... Wow. Panning, volumes, voicing, and all other considerations are perfect. Overall, I can't find a single thing wrong with this song. It is unbelievable. Perhaps not the best song in the world, but a definate contender for Music Contest Stardom.

Judge: Hegstad ,Jorgen

Good drums and percussion. Nice leads; it was particularly good to see that the guitarleadsequence was partially tracked, and not just one sample. Nifty intro with that elevator-muzak. A good tune, well tracked!

Judge: Landekic ,Bojan

Good track! No, wait, great track actually. The guitar lead really hits the spot, oh did it ever. Now the introduction was very well made. One thing which really did get quite annoying on the other hand was the constant melody of the baseline. A LOT more variation was required to make that work. It was a good baseline, but the only change I could notice in it was when you transpose it a few notes up and then back down. The guitar part after the main lead guitar was too repetative though. A little more "guitar work" was required to make it stick. On the plus side, the beat went extremly well with the tone of the song, if not too well. I was in fact pleasantly surprised to find that most samples were around 10-20k - nice and small, and most were of good quality as well. But if I put that all aside, what remains is two things. A VERY memorable lead guitar (orders 31-38), and a good beat. You must be a guitar player ;-)... Nice track indeed!!!