Starphoenix Posted June 6, 2018 Share Posted June 6, 2018 Source: Worked on a remix of the dungeon theme for a competition. Happy with how it came out, but I'm a little worried I may be stretching the melody of the original bassline a little too liberally. If it's not too far off the mark, I'll try and see if I can clean this up into something submittable for the panel. Remix: https://www.dropbox.com/s/rwkuiqrx52d9uia/Shining Light into the Dungeon.mp3?dl=0 Ridiculously Garrett and The Nikanoru 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ridiculously Garrett Posted June 7, 2018 Share Posted June 7, 2018 I can't speak for anyone who's gonna judge, but I love seeing mixes blown outta the water in a whole new direction. I like this a lot! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starphoenix Posted June 9, 2018 Author Share Posted June 9, 2018 On 6/7/2018 at 9:27 AM, Ridiculously Garrett said: I can't speak for anyone who's gonna judge, but I love seeing mixes blown outta the water in a whole new direction. I like this a lot! Appreciate it man! Going ahead and bumping this up for review. No better way to receive feedback then by actually asking. Ridiculously Garrett 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
zachaction Posted June 12, 2018 Share Posted June 12, 2018 Love it! I know they are sticklers for the % of source material, but no matter what, very cool what you did here. Sounds great! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Starphoenix Posted July 12, 2018 Author Share Posted July 12, 2018 Made some minor updates to the track. Brought out a couple of parts that I wanted emphasized at certain points in the arrangement. Further feedback always welcomed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gario Posted July 16, 2018 Share Posted July 16, 2018 EVAL Hey, I remember this one from the Meat & Potatos compo - I even gave it some praise, though I didn't believe it followed the spirit of the compo due to how liberal it was. For an OCR submission, though... Let's go through the good, first: the production is quite good on this! The crunchy percussion, the gating, the well mixed synths, etc., it all blends well, it's all easy to hear and distinguish, and overall it's quite pleasant to the ear. I mentioned before and I'll say it again, the variations on the theme are quite cool, too - lots of chord changes to keep things recognizable and yet familiar... periodically. While the composition has a lot of cool ideas, there are two things that do hold this back, as far as chances on the panel are concerned. Firstly, while for some portions the source is easy enough to hear, a lot of this (likely over 50% of the track) really deviates to the point where the source is impossible to hear, outside of the shape of the texture in the background. A rule of thumb that's often followed is if the source is clearly present for at least 50% of the track, and from a glance I'd suspect that this arrangement doesn't pass on that front. You MIGHT be able to make a case here, if you give some timestamps where the source is used, so if you feel I'm missing something then put out a timestamp and I can evaluate what you're talking about - I've seem minds change as far as source usage is concerned, but without a timestamp and an argument this'll probably be turned down on those grounds. The second issue that hold this back is the flow of the arrangement. As far as form goes, the track doesn't seem to have much direction or sense of beginning or end. The chords used, while great in isolation, don't make too much sense in sequence. This is a hard thing to "fix", though - considering it's so integral to an arrangement I can't give any suggestion that doesn't really come to "rewrite the piece". I'd say this'll probably get to the panel (well, it WILL get to the panel, I do the inboxing, lol) and get rejected, but I suggest making a timestamp to justify source usage and sending it off, anyway. While I have some issue with the flow of the arrangement, others might not, and if you can convince the panel that the track indeed uses enough source with a time stamp then you might have a shot on the panel. A long shot, sure, but a shot nonetheless. Best of luck! Starphoenix 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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