Not bad. I like how you experimented with some sounds. It has a strong beat. You already won first price for most original work. For sure, I never heard something like this before.
I really like the synth in the start and in the middle of the song. Really fills up the beatboxing stuff.
The part at 1:32 is catchy and sounds cool, only the transition to that part ( at around 1:31 ) is kinda worse. At around 2:00 and further, the song gets messy and I actually lost my interest of listening till the end. But oh well, I did listen to end. I was disappointed because you fade it out, lol. I expected a 'funny' and cool ending.
Anyways, don't hate on my harsh review. I liked the song! (:
Reviews for "Glitchy Grindy Stuff"
CaperCube responds:
If anything your review was kind. Honestly I wasn't expecting it to get as high of a score as it did. Thanks for the in-depth review and the encouragement! Also, I REALLY liked your song, and I hope you do well in the rest of the competition!
hi, you're not in my review group but i already wrote this before i decided that i couldn't be bothered reviewing everyone.
so, really cool sound design and use of filters. mix is stupidly bassy in some parts from all the granular ridiculousness so maybe a high pass filter somewhere woulda been good. there's just enough melodic/harmonic progression to carry it through to 2m30s, but there really could've been more instrumentation on top - the fade out ending is a massive cop out and is really poopy in comparison to the nice reverb freak out section before it. great use of a kp, but i would've liked to hear more than a kp jam for the NGADM.
7.0
This is an NGADM Round 1 Review
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Well, this is quite the submission! Right off the bat, any listener could tell he's in for a pretty unique ride, what with your unorthodox pattern played by that fat synth bass, which makes for a pretty interesting groove when you throw your percussion into the mix. This is experimental music in its true sense, but despite the obscure approach you took, there's some pretty fun stuff in this, such as the transition to introduce the drums five seconds in, the highly creative use of beatbox sounds in the beat, the gated section at 1:03 and 1:32's synth. It's all highly interesting and pretty fun to listen to.
Now at this point I'll pretty much echo what midimachine said. To me, experimentation is never an excuse for poor musicality, and unfortunately this is scattered with issues. The mix is pretty much ridiculously heavy on the low end which simply destroys a lot of the other elements you threw in such as the trippy high synth at 0:58. Some transitions such as 1:32 are pretty abrupt. There's a severe lack of remarkable content above the "glitchy grindy stuff". Lastly, that ending! I'm afraid it simply came off sounding lazy and uninventive to just fade everything out. I mean, sure, it's a very unorthodox and oddly fun track, but due to all these issues it simply loses the interest of its listeners and has little replay value.
Thanks for the fascinating submission though! Hope to see you next year.
SCORE: 7.3/10