Hello! This is a review for the NGUAC competition.

I've gone over one or two general categories of issues specific to your song, and one section of things I think also deserve complimenting. I prefer being very direct with my critique, none of it is meant to offend. Thank you for your understanding!

Constructive Criticism:

- You have a lot of instruments here and change the vibe of your track throughout, but there's one thing that just... stands out, and PUNCHES out. The drums - they maintain the one singular filtered beat the ENTIRE time, without any filter sweeps, fills, spatialization, or anything. They feel crunched but also very punchy, and draw a LOT of attention from the other instruments, even though you have so many interesting things going on. I think it would be very helpful to tone the drums down a bit and make them less filtered and treble-heavy if you want the other instruments to shine... or alternatively, add in some variation. I like using an ABAC format for my drumbeats, where each letter is one measure. That adds in variation at regular intervals while also keeping it consistent.

- Outside of specifically the drums, the main melody could use a bit more variation as well. Notably, it could use a bit of development, or recontextualization with different harmony in the second half, not just variation in which instruments are accompanying it. A countermelody would also do wonders to explore more harmonies and generally keep the track engaging.

Compliments to the Composer:

- This melody is actually very nice and calm, and the sound palette is super pleasant and interesting. You mentioned a "guitar clarinet" (...or, now that I think of it, probably a guitar AND clarinet...) and vocals. Man, this palette is tasty. Even the percussion, while overbearing and a bit overly repetitive, has a really good tone to it! Mainly it just needs to be applied more carefully, then you'll have a really really satisfying chill DnB track. I like it.

Final score: 8.1