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    OCR03220 - *YES* Donkey Kong Country 2' Forest Glade'

    in Judges Decisions

    Posted

    So, uh, I hate to be the downer, but I'm not feeling this one. I mean, I am, it's well-produced and chill and neat and stuff, to be sure! It's just that it's essentially the same thing twice, with a little bit of percussive additions the second time around. The main beat stays the same for way too long, the pacing is too slow, there's not a lot of actual rearrangement going on. The percussion is thinner than the rest of the soundscape seems to call for, the hat is a bit too loud, and this means there's a whole lot of stuff adding up to make this one not sit quite right with me for posting on OCR. I'd be willing to forgive the pacing issues if the soundscape were to evolve more effectively, or if the percussion were to be made more interesting, or if there were to be a more obvious arrangement going on, but this thing as-is just plods without any real development.

     

    Too close to cover territory for me, and definitely needs to be given a bit more TLC to keep it interesting as it develops.

     

    NO (resub!)

    OCR03244 - *YES* The Walking Dead: Season One 'Don't Go'

    in Judges Decisions

    Posted

    I've never seen the TV series, and I've never played the game, which means I have no prior emotional connection with the source tune...so why am I in tears right now? Seriously, this is utterly gorgeous. I had goosebumps the entire time as well. YOU: yeah, you, the one who's reading this right now. Stop what you're doing, put on your headphones, close your eyes, and take a five-minute break to soak in this stunning piece of music. You won't regret it.

     

    I could nitpick: some of the strings sound a touch unrealistic, and I may have heard a bit of distortion in the right ear at times. The entire thing is a bit heavy in the low mid. But none of that matters--if it didn't hit me about as hard as any piece of music I've heard in a long time, I'm gonna eat my shoes.

     

    YES

    Mega Man X: The Sigma Fortress Remix Gauntlet 2015

    in Competitions

    Posted

    My track was meant to be a very "movie soundtrack" sort of song--hence a couple of "nothing going on" spots as well as the sudden transition. Those were completely deliberate. I had a mental picture of someone like Jason Bourne doing a covert ops thing and then being discovered and running away from international spy police or something. :D

     

    I make no apologies at all for the song, because it's exactly what I heard in my head. :P

    *NO* Pokémon Red Version 'Lavender, Flower of Sadness'

    in Judges Decisions

    Posted

    +1 to all the above, plus I'd add this extra bit of feedback: I know you said you programmed your drums, and that's fine--most people here do that as well. However, I could tell that there was practically zero attempt to humanize those drums. You gotta give me something besides the kick, snare, hats, and cymbals always being at the same velocity, man! A real drummer doesn't hit everything exactly locked to the grid, and even the tightest drummers absolutely don't play every single drum the same way at the same loudness--it's the dynamics that can really make a piece. Gotta get me some love on dem drums.

     

    Keep all this good stuff in mind, and definitely visit the Workshop forums--you'll get a lot of really great feedback there as well. Good luck!

     

    NO

    What's everyone up to??

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    You know how much more active OCR would be if the panel was fast? Just saying, if it took a bit less than a year to get a "NO" vote I could see people being a little more active here :-) It'd be nice to have a lot of new people.

    Because kvetching about the judges in a community thread makes the process go faster :tomatoface:

    What's everyone up to??

    in General Discussion

    Posted

    Let's see....

     

    - SFRG competition

    - a game soundtrack (Fantasy Strike)

    - some producer work for a Universal Music subgroup

    - finishing my Smash Bros remix album commissioned by Smashbits

    - finally getting Super Cartography Bros released here at OCR

    - noodling around on whatever I want

    - producing a worship album for my church

    - getting my next album together

     

    and that's just upcoming/current on the music side of things.

     

    Aside from that, I just got back from Asia, have done and will be still doing some panels and DJ sets at various cons, and am trying to keep making enough money to be able to afford things like rent and phone and electricity. As a freelancer, things are a bit up-and-down.

     

    So yeah. Busy-ish, wish I made more money, but I'm also not going hungry. Life's pretty good. :D

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