by

Jesper Cyclone
(Cyclone)

Heh, the tarzan at the beginning does a good job of introducing the mood of the song. Although it gets boring, the beat is nice and full. Those birds must DIE tho.

Nice opening! One of the few songs that actually had vocals that really worked well with the music (I can't even imagine the song without it now ;) I love this song's jazzy swing style. It's very reminiscent of a primitive forest scene. Nice effects. Even though bird samples are overused in the scene, this song really can't do without them anyway. Be careful of repeating a good pattern over too many times (like #2 and even to #7). I like how sample 11 works to create the atmosphere. Overall, this song is very well composed and is one of my favorites. Welcome to the vets next year.

This is a very mature rookie entry. It displays unusual rookie knowledge of effect usage, bridges and harmonies. I very much like the way it is built; it never lost appeal and it kept me wanting more. What I would advice you to do, however, is this: you should apply different lead instruments and perhaps run them simultaneously. This would cause amongst other the repeted lead sequence around order 16 to become more effective. Also, you could have added more feel to your rhythm section by variating the hihat volume more - not only by making every other note c10 but perhaps every 8th 04 and every 10th 08 and so on. You could also have done the same thing with your bassdrums. Keep improving!

big thing i noticed on this.. the leads were a little loud.. pretty original tune... samples - except for volume levels, not bad.. they fit well and that 'george-of-the-jungle' sample was clever :) form - catchy.. i had to listen pretty intently to find flaws as far as structure goes.. a little repetitive but in this style/(specific song) it's not agonizing repetition.. technique - pretty well tracked especially for a rookie, though a little more dynamic panning would be nice and the volume on those melodies kill their positive attributes.. overall, not bad for rookie material...

Idea with tarzan sample is not such new, this guy tries to save it at the second part of song. But he forgot to use fx maybe except volume changing at volume column and same bass portamento. I was awaiting some end idea.

A quite nifty Tarzan tune. Bird samples overrused. Reversed cymbals are a bit long in the tooth in tracked modules now. Synth lead too loud. Good breaks in the drums to introduce new sections. Transitions are fluent and well done. Melody, especially with the synth lead, a bit lacking and riffs aren't too catchy. The house-style snare buildup halfway through the tune doesn't really fit the style but it's interesting nonetheless. The tune gains marks for originality for its jungle feel and is covered well for this category. Form-wise it's a bit drawn out - about a minute too long, with some elements being repeated too often. The chords flow easily enough. The samples are a set I haven't come across before; well chosen, in tune and of acceptable quality. Your technique needs work, however; the tune is entirely in mono which causes it to sound cluttered (trying using manual panning, not flyaway envelopes for your next tune) and some elements, most notably the lead, are poorly mixed. For your category, an interesting tune. See you in Intermediate next year.

Samples: Mostly top-notch. A snare with more ring to it would be even better. Sample 12h isn't of the best quality but it's handled fairly well throughout the song. Good percussion and sfx, though instrument 0Bh probably shouldn't have had the string mixed over it. Effects: Used well where appropriate. Composition: Excellent stuff -- I can't believe I'm hearing this kind of quality in a rookie entry. Transitions were disappointingly simple (just cutting out instruments is not optimal). I think I heard a wrong bass note at order 19h, and it sounded like you painted yourself into a corner with the bass again at the end of order 1. In order 35, sample 0Bh (see above) keeps you from just moving that sweet percussion right along. Tracking: Faded-in snares. Lots of people are using 'em this year, but hardly anyone's using them right. (Hint: don't repeat the exact same note with volume one unit higher, vary pitch/volume/panning/sample offset a tiny bit). Subtlety: Best of class. Good dynamic control. Balance: Panning sucks (of course it does, it's mono). Strong points: Full, very catchy, clean. Weak points: Occasional weird bass notes, bad transitions. Could improve: consistency. If every second of this song was as good as its best seconds, you'd have dozens of job offers waiting for you when composers are announced. As it is, I'm sure it's top-five in the class.

m6r-kotm.xm - King of the Monkeys ----------------------------------- Overall: I judged this song in Round 1 too, and must say that it compares well to the songs in rookie categorie of Round 2 too. This song is just damn great. As I can now compare this song to its competitors of the second round, which have a first preselection behind I must admit that this song is my favourite to win the competition. Originality: Although theres no special fact on which you can demonstrate the originality this song is completely original. There is nothing that has not been trakced yet, but the sum of the parts make a very solid and good song. Perhaps the best is the beginning with the Tarzan scream, which make a very good and promising start. There's just one minus point. The song later lacks of a very good melody. There are some parts, where you think at first "Now the melody will start", but the instrument then just adds itself to the rest making more background and accompanies part. Form: As already mentioned the song makes a very good start with the scream. Then the song is written very well. Every time, when a certain part becomes boring the composer introduces a new part. Technique: The song is well mixed. The volumes of the different instruments are well balanced. As the composur uses many instruments which are played simultaneously this is very important point of tracking. There is no instrument to loud or silent. I like the synthetic nature of the samples, but the song does not sound like a true computer music song. Samples: ... Points: 99

Funny song. What to say... Demo-tracking rulez ? If songs are supposed to feature some flat rythms, overdubbed riffs and unoriginal sound, well you got it. The song's subject become unfortunately a pretext. Let's paste some birds effects to evoke jungle, and that's it. Your technique is quite good, spend it producing more daring styles now.

I liked the harmony of your tune, especially the mood-creating lowbase string (aren't you a fan of Tangerine Dream?). Also the xylophone motif is cool. On the other hand, the lead instruments aren't very nice, you should have used some more complicated sounds. And use more panning in your tunes.

Ack, maybe it's just me but i found this hard to listen to - somewhat clashing. a few neat ideas though.