Score: 7
"MAC Oct Christmas Review"
date: November 3, 2006
This is the MAC Oct Christmas Review for your Song Christmas All Along
Overall, its not a bad song, but there are a lot of problems to be worked out. First, i dont think you used the mixer at all. theres no contrast between instruments. No reeverb, filters, panning, anything. that will cost you dearly, as it makes the song sound very flat.
The opening bell theme was pretty cool and i think you should have incorporated it into the song towards the middle or end.
The piano sample youre using, along with the strings are trash - pure and simply. you can tell you used crummy samples when the notes when higher, they got shorter. you desperately need to get more VSTs or master the hell out of it.
The ending was another let down. i was expecting the bells again or something. just one note from the bass isnt going to cut it with this.
And Lastly, it doesnt really have that Christmas feel, besides the bells and the shaker...
Heres how yor score is going to break down.
10/10 Originality - its all yours as far as i can tell.
6.8/10 Clarity - need to work with the mixer desperately
7.5 Diversity - i wouldnt classify this as pop. tis ok though, youre new at this.
9.2/10 Effort - im giving you a high score here, as its your first song. not bad at all
9/10 Appeal - not a bad tune!
7.3 My Score - Overallm, this song sounds like it needs to polished up a lot.
Author's Response:
Hi Housemasta. I would like to thank you a lot for the review. Other judges gave me like 2/10. I can tell that some judges just ditch the composition and give those lousier tunes but better samples better scores, like 4/10. You are the different one.
I have to tell you, I am definely a better composer than an arranger/mixer. I write the notes and I can give it to a band and play it for me, but making the instruments sound good is not my thing, though I am learning to better myself at it.
btw, what is a VST?
Am I gonna join another NG audio contest? Not in the near future, and maybe not at all.
Also, being accused of stealing this song (by one of the forum guys) isn't really my idea of encouragement. Probably those who gave me low scores were the ones who really thought I stole this song and did not have any way to prove it (because I did not steal it) so the only way to get back at me was to give me 2/10. Pretty smart.