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by Olli H
Sun Oct 27, 2019 12:12 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC026 October 2019 - Winners announced
Replies: 25
Views: 28548

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC026 October 2019 - Voting until 01-NOV-2019 11:59pm GMT+1/CET

Here’s my subjective comments. ========= Ryanc - Let You Down Easy Great song, I enjoyed. But it doesn’t sound so much as a early morning song (”Saturday Morning Breakfast Cartoons”) to a six year old. Second verse starts nicely with guitar riff, actually so nicely that the opening verse starts to f...
by Olli H
Wed Oct 23, 2019 22:11 CEST
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC026 October 2019 - Winners announced
Replies: 25
Views: 28548

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC026 October 2019 - Submissions until 24-10-2019 11:59pm GMT+2/CEST

No matter what, Mickey Mouse was always positive… It was an interesting and difficult challenge to create thoroughly positive song without lurking existential problems Basic rhythm - acoustic guitar - piano (Kontakt) - drums (SSD5) First verse (F) - trumpet (Kontakt) - tuba (Kontakt) Second verse (F...
by Olli H
Wed Oct 16, 2019 15:05 CEST
Forum: Remix Challenge
Topic: REMIX CHALLENGE - RMXC003 September 2019 - Winner announced
Replies: 24
Views: 46758

Re: REMIX CHALLENGE - RMXC003 September 2019 - in evaluation

Congrats SeanieLloyd
Cool demonic vocal effect, was it reversed vox or something else?
I liked those suprising stops.
by Olli H
Mon Oct 14, 2019 21:24 CEST
Forum: Remix Challenge
Topic: REMIX CHALLENGE - RMXC003 September 2019 - Winner announced
Replies: 24
Views: 46758

Re: REMIX CHALLENGE - RMXC003 September 2019 - Submissions until 15-10-2018 11:59pm GMT+2/CEST

This one was fun to do. As this is words-driven song I didn’t try to change the structure of the song. Well, also the fact that the song was not in any tempo grid influenced my decision. I tried to recreate the original underlying musical idea with fuller instumentation. So, even though my version i...
by Olli H
Mon Sep 30, 2019 08:25 CEST
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC058 September 2019 - Winners announced
Replies: 122
Views: 83365

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC058 September 2019 - Mix Round 2 until 30-09-2019 11:59pm GMT+2/CEST

Small changes in balances. I sticked to my original vision that drums should be in background, not in prominent role. Every now and the I refreshed my ears by listening Bruce Springsteens ”Hello Sunshine” (drums) Alison Krauss (guitars) WAV: https://drive.google.com/open?id=1hN1BH4srfV99u4UFPBxqZJvj...
by Olli H
Wed Sep 25, 2019 21:07 CEST
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC025 September 2019 - Winners announced
Replies: 52
Views: 45862

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC025 September 2019 - Voting until 01-OCT-2019 11:59pm GMT+2/CEST

PeterH Film music? Coherent experience. This produced lot of images within me. DoctorBob Nice healing song. Here and there it feels a bit chaotic, maybe with purpose. Maybe this is a mental Four Seasons where weather is changing all the time. I miss an underlying umifying element or mode. Ryanc I li...
by Olli H
Tue Sep 24, 2019 17:27 CEST
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC025 September 2019 - Winners announced
Replies: 52
Views: 45862

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC025 September 2019 - Submissions until 24-09-2019 11:59pm GMT+2/CEST

My submmission for this competition: ”Evil Eye” This is a song about ”ongoing inner turmoil” and pain which is caused by an evil eye. Genre: I don’t know, maybe it’s something between americana and pop. The words are from a poem written by my wife. Unfortunately it’s in Finnish, so here’s a short de...
by Olli H
Fri Sep 20, 2019 18:25 CEST
Forum: Mix Challenge
Topic: MIX CHALLENGE - MC058 September 2019 - Winners announced
Replies: 122
Views: 83365

Re: MIX CHALLENGE - MC058 September 2019 - Submissions until 21-09-2019 11:59pm GMT+2/CEST

Very well recorded song, and performance was excellent Main vox I wanted to keep it soft, full and close Overall sound As the vocal has lots of delicate nuances, I tried to keep the energy level of band on suitable level. So, i was after a soft sound. My main reference was Bruce Springsteens ”Hello ...
by Olli H
Thu Sep 05, 2019 05:59 CEST
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC024 August 2019 - Winners announced
Replies: 54
Views: 44287

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC024 August 2019 - Winners announced

Thanks for all the comments. I learned a lot.
I’m glad to take the SynthMaster 1+2 Bundle.
by Olli H
Tue Aug 27, 2019 06:00 CEST
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC024 August 2019 - Winners announced
Replies: 54
Views: 44287

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC024 August 2019 - Voting until 01-SEP-2019 11:59pm GMT+2/CEST

I prepared myself to this competiton competition by having long walks and listening several hours of muzak. I noticed that actually there’s quite many styles and most of the old muzak tracks were done very professionaly. This voting is a tough part. One is forced to rank apples and oranges. My comme...