I like the white noise and descending synth at the beginning, but the mid-range bass plucks were a little hard-to-follow rhythmically after a while, and didn’t do much to fill out the minimal texture of the piece. You needed more treble tones in this piece, and the sound design sounds a little generic and unpolished. Some of the mixing effects on the plucked bass are cool, but otherwise there’s not much to keep my engagement in this piece, including very little sense of structuring, harmonic development over time, or melodic content. Sorry to be so tough on you. This is a decent start to a track, but the texture needs more fill and the composition needs more fleshing out. There are some good ideas here between the rhythmic components, mixing effects, and beats, but in a competitive contest rife with full-length tracks, this just doesn’t cut it for me. I hope you’ll keep working on it, though! I really started to feel the groove towards the end. Keep at it, Cognition! :)
Mixing, mastering, and balance
1.25/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
0/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
.5/2
Instrumentation and sound design
.25/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
.5/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
.5/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
0/1
Composite score
3/10