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by Olli H
Wed Dec 02, 2020 07:40 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC039 November 2020 - Winners announced
Replies: 53
Views: 27834

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC039 November 2020 - Voting until 01-DEC-2020 23:59 UTC+1/CET

From 2:43 to maybe 3:00 I suddenly got the feeling that Tom Waits somehow has inspired to this. (Could that be so?) Tom Waits belongs to my big favorites but I haven't listened him for a year. Now that you mentioned him, maybe I'll have a long walk with him today. At that distorted part my vocal wa...
by Olli H
Wed Dec 02, 2020 07:25 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC039 November 2020 - Winners announced
Replies: 53
Views: 27834

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC039 November 2020 - Voting until 01-DEC-2020 23:59 UTC+1/CET

Gongrats to winners! Olli H: In terms of sound quality / mix (EQ), I like this. And it never gets monotonous. From 2:43 to maybe 3:00 I suddenly got the feeling that Tom Waits somehow has inspired to this. (Could that be so?) I can't really decide if this is 110 BPM throughout the whole track, or if...
by Olli H
Sat Nov 28, 2020 08:21 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC039 November 2020 - Winners announced
Replies: 53
Views: 27834

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC039 November 2020 - Voting until 01-DEC-2020 23:59 UTC+1/CET

Giving feedback is a lot more difficult and sensitive in writing than doing it verbally. I try to be as nuanced as possible, since it's gonna be highly subjective anyway. So, I hope you find these comments useful and happy musicing! Great comments to every one. I'm sure every one highly appreciates...
by Olli H
Fri Nov 27, 2020 12:57 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC039 November 2020 - Winners announced
Replies: 53
Views: 27834

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC039 November 2020 - Voting until 01-DEC-2020 23:59 UTC+1/CET

Thanks for the comments Olli H - My Heart Gathers Dust This would be a tough one to dance to, though, due to the shifts in energy. Well, pogo is quite tough dance style form from 1970’s. And for eldery people like me, who were youngsters in Johnny Rottens prime time, it’s nowadays nice to have some ...
by Olli H
Fri Nov 27, 2020 12:50 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC039 November 2020 - Winners announced
Replies: 53
Views: 27834

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC039 November 2020 - Voting until 01-DEC-2020 23:59 UTC+1/CET

My comments are from the point of view of the song as such. Votes are more from the point of view of competition task. ============ A Future in Noise Although you have woven into your song some ska-elements, it still feels to me like a basic relaxed rock/pop song. But a good one as such. The more I ...
by Olli H
Sun Nov 22, 2020 17:09 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC039 November 2020 - Winners announced
Replies: 53
Views: 27834

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC039 November 2020 - Submissions until 24-11-2020 23:59 UTC+1/CET

”Reggae”, ”Ska”. This time I know that these are words that refer to music genres. Relaxing experience to create something within in a genre I’m somewhat familiar in. As reggae and ska are so closely related, I wanted to create a song that switches the genre several times. Structure is about like th...
by Olli H
Sat Nov 21, 2020 08:05 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC039 November 2020 - Winners announced
Replies: 53
Views: 27834

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC039 November 2020 - Submissions until 24-11-2020 23:59 UTC+1/CET

Song title: it Cool song. I like it the way it is. Catch melody line all through the song. My favorite is the organ part all through the song. Nice delay trick with organ around 0.49 From the point of view of song, I would leave it as it is now. (the opening reverb is maybe too overwhelming as it m...
by Olli H
Tue Oct 27, 2020 14:06 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC038 October 2020 - Winners announced
Replies: 66
Views: 37216

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC038 October 2020 - Voting until 01-NOV-2020 23:59 UTC+1/CET

OlliH - New Friends Ok - this one actually scared me with your heavy piano out of nowhere, so points for that. It helped that I didn't see it coming at all, as Google Drive doesn't show the waveforms. Great piano sound and playing. The note placement is haphazard, but also sounds very intentional. ...
by Olli H
Tue Oct 27, 2020 13:42 CET
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC038 October 2020 - Winners announced
Replies: 66
Views: 37216

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC038 October 2020 - Voting until 01-NOV-2020 23:59 UTC+1/CET

Here's my quick comments. I listened every track couple of times. In my voting I took into account following things - does it fit to the horror genre (wrong genre, low points) - use of melody lines to create horror (important to me) - created ambience - overall production I do know that the horror s...
by Olli H
Sat Oct 24, 2020 19:24 CEST
Forum: Songwriting Competition
Topic: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC038 October 2020 - Winners announced
Replies: 66
Views: 37216

Re: SONGWRITING COMPETITION - SWC038 October 2020 - Submissions until 24-10-2020 23:59 UTC+2/CEST

At first I thought I will skip this one. Then my son gave me a tip: "Tritone". The rest was easy. I'm quite happy with the results, although I ran out of time. Well, ideas are a bit unfinished and it lacks the final mixing, but luckily this is not a mixing competition. I guess my movie bel...