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Bumping this up; it would be great to see which teams will be battling for the compo victory and eternal fame and glory in the epic last round! (and yes, it's a bit selfish too, I'd like to see how Maverick Astley is doing )

I'm slowly reviewing and editing my reviews of the album's tracks. I just wanted to post my first impressions. katethegreat19 is above and beyond the standout on the album. "Tribe of the Sandy Treehouse" is by far my favourite track on the album, which is ironic since the source material is my least favourite piece from the OST. Brandon Strader has to be applauded for the contributing three amazing tracks to the album as well. My favourite tracks from first impressions, in no particular order: Tribe of the Sandy Treehouse Vamo all Django Lunar Rebellion Craic in the Castle Walls A Rose in the Storm Spirits of Gaia Four Score and Six-Eight Miles and Miles Away Zero World Arxidopitra I'll probably post a full review up in a month's time once I've had a good chance to listen to all the tracks properly.

Yes. I don't need that as long as the changelist has all the expunged IDs. You only need the MBID, then you can pull the data from the web API. I'd recommend that you search for entities with OCR URLs to get the MBIDs you need. Your welcome.

Writing this as I listen: The piano at the beginning was nice enough, but I think you could do more with it. Maybe add some chords or counter melodies/harmonies. I can understand if you just wanted that single melody, though. Once the rest of the instrumentation kicked in, the harp stuck out a lot. Seems sort of loud to me, but this is on a pair of monitors. It could also be that it has a fair amount of reverb while the rest is pretty dry. If you added reverb to it I'd tone it down a bit. If that's the sample's natural reverb, a little bit added to the drums and bass might help. That's not my forte though. At 2:20, the acoustic guitar was exposed(moreso than it already is) and the strumming sounded very fake. As I usually record my own guitar when needed, I can't really help you with adding realism to the sample beyond telling you how I'd play it. When playing like that, a guitarist will usually be alternating strums up and down. As it is right now, it sounds like what would happen if you only down-strummed(something I often did when first starting out). I'd suggest adjusting the velocity and volume a bit so it sounds like down/up strumming, and occasionally accenting down strums that are on beat. Really, if you're going to go acoustic I'd suggest having someone record it or investing in a good sample. You could even pick up a relatively cheap acoustic guitar and learn yourself - Unlike a lot of instruments out there(brass and winds, violins/viola/cello, vocals) the guitar is relatively easy to pick up and play. And you've got a whole internet full of tabs(including ones for this song's rhythm guitar) to work with. My biggest complaint would be the repetition, though. After the piano intro, everything just sort of looped with more elements being added every 4-8 measures. That's more of a dance/trance music technique that doesn't really work well if you're going for a ballad. It needs more variety, more dynamic variance. It needs a break from the usual chord progression. At 3:07 when the second electric guitar comes in, you had the perfect chance to kick everything up and go into a heartfelt original solo. I was honestly a bit disappointed that you didn't.

So keen to hear all the mixes from this round. I love how brilliant these compos are for getting better in such a short period of time.

Not sure if there's more than the 2 Shovel Knight songs by Eino & me in the queue, but a Shovel Knight mixflood might be cool

How about an FTL flood?

Can't get enough of this album lately.