1. Dandelion
   Forty-Two
2. Chiptopia
   DDRKirby(ISQ)
3. tears remember, remember tears
   sci

�� A2Z: I'm torn on this one. It's got a great progression, and a lot of drive, but it feels like it either needs a more powerful drumline (to give it more punch) or to have less motion in its instrumentation (to make it floatier).
���� Acuity: This is pretty great. Definitely got an "in the clouds" feel to it.
���� Atmospherium: Very soothing and atmospheric! It's got a great progression to it, and never gets stale.
�� A-zu-ra: Never underestimate loopmuse. Suffers a lot from its repetition, it could be half as long and twice as good.
���������� blastron: 10/10 you are the best marry me
��� CJthemusicdude: Included cumshot.
��� DarkShadow: Holy shit, those chords! :D ...holy shit, that outro.
����� DDRKirby(ISQ): Yeah, okay, holy shit.
�� DrumJ8: Pretty neat! Not a whole lot to say.
�� DucksUnlimited: leave comments like "That Ducks Unlimited character sure is swell!"
�� easynam: Short and sweet, but could definitely use some post-compo extension.
����� Forty-Two: An excellent piano composition.
�� goodintentmusic: Groovy! Nice use of samples, but it started to drag on a bit.
���� johnfn: The piano parts are excellent, and the dance parts are p. ballin' (though suffering from fake guitar syndrome), but the transition is kinda weird.
�� Misael.K: This sounds like you wrote it on a shitty Casio keyboard and it's great.
��� obScene: Yeah, this is a sky town theme for a KMMO.
����� sci: This has excellent atmosphere! Plus, it gets in, makes its point, and gets out. 5/5 would listen again.
��� Somasis: Digging the fuck out of this. It's a little too chaotic for my taste, but it's got a great beat.
��� Trancient: Hella solid. It's got a very subtle sort of vibe to it. There's some issues with the respective levels of the instrumentation, but nothing that ten minutes post-compo won't smooth out.
���� Usabell: Very nice, is the rest of the album like that?
��� Zedd: ARE YOU THE REAL ZEDD

1. sky tribe megalopolis
   easynam
2. a city full of people rushing on OHC entries
   johnfn
3. good intent - summertime in the sky
   goodintentmusic

I Don't know man, every compo is hard enough to vote and I guess I got peer pressured this time. I feel like getting up and walking around after sitting for a compo and sync listen for 2 1/2 hours, but NO, I have to VOTE! Geez, I know I won't get anywhere close but sheeeeeeeeeee

1. Dandelion
   Forty-Two
2. Chiptopia
   DDRKirby(ISQ)
3. sky tribe megalopolis
   easynam

Forty-Two: Phenomenal writing, great sense of melody, harmony, and texture throughout.

DDRKirby/Acuity: Awesome collaboration. Tons of energy, I love the glossy production that everywhere on this track. Very impressive.

easynam: This felt the most fitting to the artwork. A very enjoyable piece (in spite of the abrupt ending).

1. tears remember, remember tears
   sci
2. Chiptopia
   DDRKirby(ISQ)
3. Never Down
   Trancient

sci- yes. yes yes. yes. very good.

ddr - hm, i appear to be voting for two people at once... oh well, i'll let usa sort it out. this song was really good.

trancient - some minor issues (quiet lead, loud snare) but the core of this song was fantastic. who cares about small problems anyway, this is OHC!!! >:O

1. Over Soaring Greens
   blastron
2. a city full of people rushing on OHC entries
   johnfn
3. Me, You and an R P G
   obScene

It was a very close call between third and fourth (which would be Forty-Two btw.) ��Great job guys!

1. Over Soaring Greens
   blastron
2. Never Down
   Trancient
3. Feels Like Freedom
   A2Z

Blastron - This piece really appealed to me. Very nice atmosphere. I think the guitar was very effective. I would maybe have liked to see the piece modulate a bit more though, even momentarily. I would love to hear an extended version of this piece with maybe an occasional high-pitched instrument as well.

Trancient - Also a very nice atmosphere. Although the drums could have been a bit softer. Nice chords, especially the use of the major 7ths. I like major 7ths. Nice rhythm at 1:38. The part at 2:44 was very welcome.

A2Z - This piece also appealed to me, much like Blastron's. Effective use of drums. Quite dreamy in parts. The part at 0:32 was very interesting. The repeated second chord really added to the surrealness of the piece. An odd note at 1:02 maybe? I liked the background strings (sounded like strings, anyway) with the motif that first appeared right at the beginning of the piece.

Others I'd like to mention, in no particular order:

Sci - I liked the surreal effect with the vocals going up a minor 2nd combined with the chord going up a minor 3rd, with the overall interval going from a 3rd to a 2nd. I would love to see you (or someone) explore this technique a bit more. Quite a dreamy piece in many ways, which is maybe why it appealed to me so much. I like dreamy/surreal pieces as long as they sound nice.

Atmospherium - This reminded me so much of the village music from Diablo. Again the 7ths are nice. The piano could maybe have used a longer release, or maybe a bit less harsh, but I still liked it.

obScene: The opening guitar was very effective. I like the shakers in the background at the section at 0:31. It might have been nice for the piece to modulate to a key other than E major for a few bars but I don't mind too much that you didn't. The violin sounded slightly off with its attack on a few notes, but otherwise the sound blended very well with the ensemble you had going. Also the cutoff ending is slightly unfortunate - even letting the last few notes ring on and die away might have been better.

easynam: This piece also created a nice atmosphere. I like the percussion at 0:26 and in general over this section. Especially when combined with the harp-y instrument doing the downward arpeggio. The last section was maybe a bit simplistic for my liking, though not unbearably so.

Somasis: chipmunks are funny

1. Dandelion
   Forty-Two
2. Chiptopia
   DDRKirby(ISQ)
3. I Wish
   I Am Dumb-zu-ra

I like your style, Forty-Two.

Deng it leave some talent for the rest of us will you, DDRKirbz.

Repetitive, but not repetitive enough for me not to like it nor give it my 2nd place vote, I Am Dumb-zu-ra.

Apologiez for missing my first OHC in a while last week, for I got married last Thursday. For the record, I did bring my Macbook Pro, Cubase dongle, and Portable Hard Drive with me to Vegas, but alas I was busy eating wedding cake at around 6pm last Thursday. I hope it'll be a long time before I miss another one.

1. Never Down
   Trancient
2. Shining Skies
   DucksUnlimited
3. tears remember, remember tears
   sci

Voting is too hard. Lots of good stuff, hard to rank them.

Trancient, superb and fitting.
Ducks, very different approach and just as fitting.
Sci, most unique song of the night.

1. Dandelion
   Forty-Two
2. Never Down
   Trancient
3. Mystery village in the Sky
   CJthemusicdude

I can't justify these over the others, everyone did really well good job

1. Me, You and an R P G
   obScene
2. Over Soaring Greens
   blastron
3. a city full of people rushing on OHC entries
   johnfn

1. obScene: the mood fits perfectly to the theme in my opinion

2. blastron: good arrangement, production quality could be better. Good song after all. I'd like to listen to it well produced. Special mood. Fits in its own way.

3. johnfn: first part is great - sounds like Hisaishi - fits good. Second part is also good. But somehow it sounds like two different songs in one. I didn't get the connection between the two parts. Maybe you could have fixed that with a little more time.

4. Trancient + Forty-Two. Great entries, both of you. So close and such a hard decision...

CU
siebensus4

1. Shining Skies
   DucksUnlimited
2. Mystery village in the Sky
   CJthemusicdude
3. Me, You and an R P G
   obScene

A lot of good tracks this week. Keep 'em coming!


DucksUnlimited: so peaceful, so warm sounding. I love this.

CJthemusicdude: this is a town up in the clouds! Nicely done.

obScene: Very beautiful. Just needs some better closure, IMO.


What I also liked a lot:

Acuity and DDRKirby(ISQ) (both tracks): very energetic, good work. Perhaps too energetic for what I imagined "the clouds" to be!

DarkShadow: A lot of adventure and action going on here, I expected the clouds to be more tranquil than that. =P

Trancient: I liked this a lot, but the drums are getting a bit in the way of the song, most of the time I wanted them to go away so I could listen to the pretty tunes in the back. Nice work, though. :)


Some other tracks I enjoyed too (Kudos to all of you!):
A2Z; Atmospherium; blastron; easynam; I Am Dumb-zu-ra; johnfn; sci; Zedd.

1. Do Skies Hold Memories?
   Atmospherium
2. Me, You and an R P G
   obScene
3. Feels Like Freedom
   A2Z

Good entries :)

1. Never Down
   Trancient
2. a city full of people rushing on OHC entries
   johnfn
3. Do Skies Hold Memories?
   Atmospherium

Trancientttttttt takes this one

Hooray for Usa~

1. Cumulus Cityscape ft. DDRKirby(ISQ)
   Acuity
2. Mystery village in the Sky
   CJthemusicdude
3. Columbia
   Zedd

Acuity/DDR - gdi how do you
CJ - mysterious and uplifting and nice
Zedd - i like how its 6 bars before the drop changes its kinda unexpected and cool

1. tears remember, remember tears
   sci
2. Chiptopia
   DDRKirby(ISQ)
3. Cumulus Cityscape ft. DDRKirby(ISQ)
   Acuity

Acuity - nice intro with the piano and arps. the melody also sounds familiar. amazing song.
DDRKirby(ISQ) - chiptune awesomeness! great samples and glitchiness. like the bass also.
johnfn - nice piano intro. the guitar(?) in the second/main half works well with the arping plinks. great song.
Trancient - interesting style, it's pretty relaxed.
DucksUnlimited - nice atmosphere, bird samples seem to be unique.
obScene - nice and calm piece. great string sounds.
Zedd(Jaded Theory) - great drop samples.

1. Cumulus Cityscape ft. DDRKirby(ISQ)
   Acuity
2. Do Skies Hold Memories?
   Atmospherium
3. Dandelion
   Forty-Two

Acuity and DDRKirby, this was masterful and great to listen to.

Atmospherium, I think you captured the theme the best.

Forty-Two, this is an incredible piece that cannot be ignored.

1. sight
   DarkShadow
2. Dandelion
   Forty-Two
3. tears remember, remember tears
   sci

dat vote