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Hey all. This is gonna be relatively quick, because I wasn't sure if I'd present it or try to rework it again yet, but. . . SUBMITTED, MASTERED SONG: https://drive.google.com/file/d/1ixEWhVdIC-Xj1y5YevPlgwfW9hTDTgYF/view?usp=sharing ORIGINAL DECISION: SOURCE TRACKS: Shinobi III: Return of the Ninja Master - "Inner Darkside" Rise of the Robots - "Prime 8 / The Builder's Stage" REFERENCE TRACKS: The Glitch Mob (Aesthetics / Vibe / Asian & Ethnic Influences) Mike Oldfield - "Tubular Bells (Theme from 'The Exorcist')" 'Theme from the X-Files' I uhm...don't entirely know what to do to resolve the critique points for this track arrangement-wise. *Mixing* I might be able to grasp on, but the basses are hell, and I need to find a way to rhythmically marry the two sources together better? Or--at the very least--the main issues I took from it are: 1) too much going on that sounds fuzzy, and 2) there's not enough variation on the main motif. . .and I guess the sources are very strange / weird / wack...etc. Any comments or questions or concerns would be great to discuss here and ask. ♥ I'm open to any ideas on how to redress this or...whatever. I'd hope maybe the way the song is built is alright, and maybe it's just the elements within in that are problematic and can be resolved for the better.

Happy 30th birthday Earthworm Jim! I was invited to a groovy little celebration album called "Earworm Jam" to honor the occasion; here's my contribution (which I'll be submitting to OCR), and there's a link in the description to the full album if you want to check it out!

Howdy, VQ! Also gonna reiterate live review notes for posterity: The judges honed in on the fuzziness happening from 3:25-4:09. It's highly likely to be too much saturation on something. This can be tamed with a high shelf cut around 6-8kHz or by pulling the saturation back about 10%. The modulation/key change into the same section was a great idea that needs the proper preparation for the listeners to stick with it. I think we determined you're going from Ab Major to E Major. Major third modulations are pretty easy to handle as modulations go -- I mentioned going to a shared chord between the keys but you don't have many between these two keys. However, Hemo suggested some tritone substitution action. In this case, do an Ab7 (Ab-C-Eb-Gb) chord into (in this case) a B7 (B-D#-F#-A) chord leading into the change into the E Major (E-G#-B). You can omit the 5ths on the 7 chords (Eb and F#, respectively) if you don't have enough voices to cover the chords -- but keep the 7th intervals spread out to minimize the potential dissonance.

Hi VQ! Gonna reiterate what I can from the live review: Be very selective about what voice is the focus in each section, and pare back parts that aren't providing texture for your rhythm and harmony lines Consider swapping the bass ostinato from Shinobi 3 in the middle sections of the piece with another melodic phrase from your sources; I recommend the descending arpeggio siren thing from Rise of the Robots This is gonna be a groove machine when you're done. It always sucks to go back and start from scratch on mixes but it's worth it in the end!

howdy folks! as a serial compo-er, i often face the challenge of being able to spit out a track idea in a relatively short amount of time, but when it comes to refining and polishing i tend to find myself scratching my head. i'm looking to tackle that by polishing up my one-and-only (for now 😉) PRC entry and getting it up-to-snuff for submission. it's a city-pop-inspired remix of "1000 words." here is the submission for PRC472. a lot of things are currently on my to-do list, including: possibly changing the key so it's a half-step higher, re-recording guitar parts per this change shortening the length to the verses/choruses that appear in game, since it's fairly long as-is more ear candy one thing i'm struggling with at the moment with is making room for that adlib in the last chorus on top of all of the other elements going on, on top of trying to keep the production of the track true to its city-pop inspiration. if anybody's got any tips for me in that department, please let me know! other constructive comments are greatly appreciated! thanks y'all! edit: source