One Hour Compo - Round 894 (OHC894)
Votes (3)
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Festive Beats
TheVideoGamer -
untitled
relaxd -
nightfelts
cryref22
Liked TVG's overall approach here, with the very ambient melodies in the second half and the bright, cheery melodies in the first half. I think it would be nice to hear the transition be less abrupt, but that's a limitation when you're doing OHC and don't have a ton of time.
I enjoyed the chaos in relaxd' track. The spoken voice in between the sung sections really tied things together and added some reason to the dissonance.
cyref22 did a nice melodic piece here with good arps and some nice development. The stuff you do is pretty and relaxing.
Also:
DarkShadow: I enjoyed the 4/4 rhythm here, it sounded 4/4 to me anyway. Really driving and pulsing.
DarkMystery: This was really happy and bright. I feel the drums were a bit dark here but you had a good melodic idea and really expanded on it with changes in instrumentation and harmony, which was really nice to see from a composition standpoint.
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Freely sampled
DarkMystery727 -
nightfelts
cryref22 -
Not Free
Arcana
I joined so voting time!
TheVideoGamer - This track is kind of a hastly done medly of two beats, with the first being in a downtempo hip-hop style, using a guitar sample and my own chords, and the 2nd going into a 120bpm house like number, with a lot of ethereal chords, that kind of work, but due to the nature of the track, it could get a bit repetitive. The first beat is especially repetitive, because i had really bad beat-block, but also i ran out of time, so i was hastly copying and pasting in hopes i could make something of interest, but instead it's just loop based for the sake off it. Neither beats suck, it just needs a lot more polish to make it more...interesting i'll say. Oh well, glad you liked it anyways!
DarkShadow - Cool synth basslines. Intense as usual, but with a focus on trippy rhythms in the chords. It has a kind of skip feel in the syncopation. The chords are as chaotic as usual, but the mixing is really good this week. The bass may be too intense for my liking, but the track is there. Good job!
Relax.D - I'm liking these drums, it's quite a frantic piece, even if the tempo is mostly in the 100 range. The chords are quite discordant, yet suprisingly not dissonant. It's just quite all over the place. The hi-hats were a bit loud for me personally, kinda hurt. The track though is super trippy, i really like the unique processing on the sounds here. If we lowered the hi-hats, it would be sick to be honest. Good job!
Cryref22 - I love your synth sounds, it sounds like a waterfall. This is a little different from usual, as it's got more of a sound design approach, less melodic. I mean don't get me wrong it still has the beautiful arps and chords, but it's more...strange, more noisy, especially at the end. I really dig this, it's interesting but not too crazy. Love it man, enough for the 2nd spot, amazing work!
Arcana - I really like the kick and bass compo, it's got that electro-industrial vibe, but maybe with less industrial. The vocals are really great, i actually like the way they are sung here, which is different than would you would normally expect. There is a lot of tail in this one, the drums just end the piece, without really a proper ending, but aside from that, i think it's enough for me to give you it, it's super cool! It was enough for third, amazing work!
DarkMystery727 - This is beautiful, very uplifting. It's got such a mellow calming feel in the chords, but with the juxtoposition of the intense distorted beat. I like the blend of half-time and normal time drums here, it really makes for an interesting rhythmical contrast. I couldn't really find anything else to critique, it's really great. So great i placed it on the top spot, incredible work!
Top 3 - DarkMystery72, Cryref22, Arcana.
Awesome - Cryref22, Arcana, DarkMystery727
Needs Work - DarkShadow, Relax.D