The Vodoú Queen

usually i really don't like the sfx approach to some things, but this pretty clearly handled in terms of what you were hoping to do. so that's kinda fun.
agree with chimps that there is a ton of overlapping frequencies throughout. the dance piano and pizz are in the same freq space, for example, and it's very confusing. there's some notes that don't work in the piano, as well, and the bass is all over the place (close to half of what it's doing are conflicting with the organ and pad). the concept is also really long without a lot that's measurably different - i don't know that there's really four minutes of music (after the intro) here, it's probably closer to 2.5ish. trimming down the extra would help a lot.
my suggestion would be to take out all of the sfx and vox, make a song that's able to stand on its own and submit that, and then maybe do an edit that has that in it for your personal pages.
 
 
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What a fun idea you have here, starting out with nature and monkeys, then monkeys flipping channels, and finally your computer-voiced narration of the songmaking process.  This kind of thing is entertaining for SoundCloud or YouTube but not for OCR.  For OCR, just the actual song would be appropriate, as we have a rule against making a song (or in this case a large portion of a song) out of pure SFX.  The bigger issue is the production.  The writing parts are very simplistic and they repeat all through the track.  There are clashing notes and instrumental parts all throughout the track.  The piano begins clashing note-wise with the pizzicato strings almost immediately.  When the bass starts up at 2:25, the bass writing is so off from the other elements that it sounds like it is playing another song altogether.  The parts are just so simple, robotic (not-humanized), clashing in writing, and stepping all over each other in the frequency range. 
You're going to want to start by listening to the parts individually and in small groups (i.e. just piano plus strings, just strings plus bass, etc.) and look for clashing writing.  Ask for help if you're not quite hearing it.  Once the writing is cleaned up, you'll need to work on making some of the writing a little bit varied, so it isn't the exact same pattern for the entire seven minutes.  Then, the next step is to learn how to mix.  You'll want to watch tutorials or have someone teach you how to properly use EQ to make sounds fit together in the soundscape without clashing frequency-wise.  Reverb can be used to fit elements into the soundscape; as it is now everything is bone dry (the vocals and SFX are painfully dry).  Then, learn about creative sidechaining to make the whole arrangement breathe and groove.  
Lots of work to do here, but I want to highlight what you got right here: 
1.  Your storytelling idea!  This is so creative.  (not for OCR due to our standards, but you get credit for the creativity!)  You could still have monkey sounds or other small SFX throughout the track for OCR if you wanted to.
2.  Your sound selections (strings, piano, vibes, bouncy bass, fun drum groove).  The sounds you chose fit nicely together, they just need to be mixed better, play more interesting and varied writing, and sound much more natural.
3.  Your layering of sounds, dropping things out or adding them back here and there as the arrangement moves along.  That's probably the biggest way to keep an arrangement fresh!
This remix makes me smile!  I hope you will take my words to heart and learn how to address the issues I've mentioned, because your creativity deserves to shine!  Good luck and please let us hear back from you in the future.
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No problem, thanks for getting back to me. ♥ Just saw the e-mail! No problems, and much appreciated.

Hey! I emailed you back but I have officially moved your song onto the evaluation phase. Totally my mistake, so sorry that this one slipped through the cracks!

Hope you get it solved voudou lady!

I did actually. xD Like...on March 26th, this year, LOL.
But thanks. Can always hit me back up via the message if you find it. ?

Dunno if you messaged me or not, but I'll check on this this week for you, no problem!

Great listening this year y'all.

Listened to the whole thing just now...
Truly is super lovely. ♡
I'm honoured to have been able to donate some songs onto the album and look forward to next year!
Excellent work, guys. Proud of all of you. :3

Listened to the whole thing just now...
Truly is super lovely. ♡
I'm honoured to have been able to donate some songs onto the album and look forward to next year!
Excellent work, guys. Proud of all of you. :3

Listened to the whole thing just now...
Truly is super lovely. ♡
I'm honoured to have been able to donate some songs onto the album and look forward to next year!
Excellent work, guys. Proud of all of you. :3

Listened to the whole thing just now...
Truly is super lovely. ♡
I'm honoured to have been able to donate some songs onto the album and look forward to next year!
Excellent work, guys. Proud of all of you. :3

great tracks everyone!!!

Great album, honored to be a part of it! 

You too bauss! Merry XMas ?

Well ladies and gents, it's the time of year again. The time when a group of ragtag remixers comes together and makes a Christmas album for everyone to freely grab and (hopefully) enjoy. This year, we're offering up 14 remixes of both traditional Christmas carols and video game songs, all done up to give that holiday vibe to everyone. So feel free to hop on over to the website and grab yourself a copy of An OverClocked Christmas v.XV. A big thanks goes out to Dyne for once again hosting the album, and to those who made the mixes this year. And of course, Merry Christmas from all of us involved in this project!
https://williammichael.info/aocc/

Great work everyone! Wishing you all the best for 2022  

Well, here we are. The final 24 hours. I was going to send a final PM, but most people who signed up for this have submitted something. Hell, we even had one person who didn't sign up that still submitted  something. One person had to drop out due to illness (you know who you are... slacker ), which just leaves Argle... and they haven't read any of the updates sent via PM. I'm guessing that means they're no longer involved with this, so, I'll just post in here.
For anyone who didn't sign up that is still working on something, you have until 11:59 P.M. EST tonight to get it done and sent to me. That is all.

@Dyne and @The Coop you're awesome! Let's keep the tradition going even though we all get older and busier. Please know it's much, much appreciated.
Sending my track now in DM.

I just realized that the link to compothasauce is for round 127. Heh, good times.

I submitted my bonus entry!

Got something in, keep at it ya'll!

ACK, I missed the voting period! Is a goober. But everyone's mixes were fantastic to listen to.

Eh heh hehe?... I'll go and get my vote in then!

Only one person in the world didn't miss the voting period. Missd it myself as well. Since 1 vote is too less, I'll extend the voting stage til next monday december 13th.