(disclaimer: AIM judge review here! these are just my opinions and thoughts, you can take from them whatever you like! music is subjective and all that. <3)

this is definitely a groovy loop you have constructed, and it's got some of that haze i would associate with psychedelia. in particular i felt like the intro before most of the parts come in was a fitting sound for a very abstract piece of art, and i would've liked to hear more of that. the rhythm of everything else is cool, and i even dig that the drumkit makes the song lean more towards psych-rock, but i could envision the "full section" w/ drums and piano being like, the climax of the piece, and more contemplative noodling taking up the rest. the artwork you chose is very freeform, and your music could reflect that in its structure. another way this piece could go beyond its core loop repetition would be to cut away after doing the big section for a while and start something new with a new progression and idea, slowly building back up and eventually bring back your original cool thing. what you have is really neat, now the beauty of the thing is to flesh it out and build around it!

AIM 2023 Judge Review

As far as interpreting the general sort of emotion one could get from this art, I think this entry hits that spot well enough. Those repeating two notes that make up the bulk of this piece are nicely placed and I like being able to focus on them as the throughline while the pads and piano sort of shift underneath it. You mentioned getting a calmness from the art and I think that comes across in the music quite well.

With the chosen art inspiration being abstract, I feel like there was more of an opportunity to explore that more in the music. There are these three main colours of varying shades splayed throughout the canvas and with the simple setup of the composition, there could have been a lot more showcasing of timbral changes, shifting in and out of certain sounds and instruments and really playing around with phrasing, filtering, phrasing, etc. Right now, this entry is very straightforward and uniform in its presentation and while it is very calming and the interpretation of the emotions from the art makes sense, I think having that extra touch to the sound design and effects could have created a more interesting and dynamic sort of listening experience.

As it is, this entry is fine - the composition flows well through the sections and I like how spread out the lower end feels with the piano. I also enjoyed the quieter section with the resonant chiptune melody at 1:37.