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"Uncle Eddie" Col.G
Sounds like low budget children's programming music. It's a tad monotonous and repetitious. At least you warned us that it would be the "most annoying" entree. Right on about that. :P But compared to truly annoying music (and I mean really bad stuff), this is a veritable masterpiece. I can speak from experience when I say that most annoying songs (like really annoying people) are the the ones that have no idea how annoying they are. (I've written plenty.) They're not trying to be annoying, they just come across that way in all their ignorant obsequious earnestness.

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Oh yes... Mystahr, a bog roll tube is what you have left when you finish one of these:
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Actually, for the second take I moved onto a kitchen roll tube - twice the size, much more satisfying sound when whacked against a desk. :)

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"Funchno" freeztar
I wasn't immediately drawn to this and I'm still not completely down with it, but it's got a lot of interesting parts. As it stands, it's too minimal and the 808 drums are patently ordinary. It seems like this piece should have some kind of more moody atmosphere or coloration. I don't know what to suggest but replacing or changing the drums such that they aren't so dominant would help.

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"kierre" visa tapani
I'm in love with this song. It's so original and different and well done to boot! it could be extended to 8 minutes and I wouldn't get tired. Some of the distorted aliased effects are slightly distracting to my ear - mainly because they aren't as pristine as the rest of the sound, but that may be your intention and I'm willing to go along for the ride. Those monster drums near the end are brilliant. 8)

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"WhappenB" codacoda
A lot of good stuff in here. DJ Shadow-esque. Mix is a little unfocused. I'd turn down the 80's cheesy synth and the plucked "guitar." The drums kick ass. Really nice effects and arranging though it probably could have a more dramatic ending. Regardless, it's a right proper debut. Look forward to more.

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"New Injuns" Barnadine
OK. First of all, I want you to know that I think your cover of "Head like a Hole" was one of the best things I've ever heard on KvR - or anywhere. So now that's out of the way, you'll understand that when I hear your newest release it's going to have to fill some very big shoes. ;) And this song starts out perfectly... Could be an old Tom Paxton or Arlo Guthrie song but there some mixing issues when the banjo and (what I assume to be) the toiletpaper tube come in. The banjo is too low and the percussion too prominent. Is the tube the choppy percussive sound? Overall the mix could use a little warm prescience - maybe compression with a bit of tube preamp drive to saturate the sound more. In the second chorus the percussion is better placed. Now after 1:11 when everything goes all mental with the Buffer Overide-like EFX, I wonder whether it's worthwhile to criticize anything about the previous section because at that point the formal aspects of the song are anyone's guess. So take it with a grain of salt.

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"a simple magic" Torpedo Torpedo
I'm glad you find your singer inspiring. You as engineer/producer/collaborator need to be careful that you don't become so enamored that you lose your objectivity. It happens to me all the time. I agree with the others that the vocal is has a certain restraint that sounds slightly lazy and flat but I don't know whether that comes from inexperience or a monitor mix that isn't right for the singer. She might be cueing off elements that distract her from the core pitch of the song. Despite that, I like what you're trying to do here. This has the makings of a groovy little pop song.

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"When I was a Child" Emil-A-Man
Jeez. This grabbed me right away and didn't let go. Yes it's slick and well produced and maybe a bit trendy - but who cares. Ear candy is supposed be taste appealing and go down smoothly, not challenge you to read all the footnotes and appendices. It's got all those smart connections between the kiddy piano and childhood; the cathartic explosions of noise; pop formula arrangement; and sing-along choruses. The only thing I'd say is don't use the speedy accent on the bass drums so often. What is that? triplets, 16th notes? I don't know. It sounds cool but you only need it every 4th or 8th measure. Otherwise, I give this two thumbs way up.

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"Gitanero" rsmus7
Are you playing all this live or something? It gets a little sloppy around the 5th or 6th measure and never completely tightens up after that but I really love that big keyboard noise you use. The rhythm guitar sounds very vintage - possibly too vintage. :) In this mix it's too brittle. In fact, the whole sound seems so hot and aggressive that some of the subtlety has been burned away. What happened to the ending?

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"may bee" Vurt
I know you probably don't know what I'm talking about, but your drum kit or whatever those sounds comprise the bass, electro toms, share, "ahh," hh and plinky noises are getting familiar. I don't dislike what you're doing here but it's too noodley for me. You don't have to follow any formula, but I want the composition to evolve more or suggest a feeling so well that I can't forget it. This piece doesn't do either for me, but on the other hand, some artists' work makes more of an impression when you listen to a repertoire of material rather than individual compositions. I think this "may bee" falls into that category. ;)

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"The Space" Ja.x
Very nice Orb-like build but too slow for a two minute affair I'm afraid. Just as I'm settling-in, it's time to end.

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"Wake Up" Jumpingflash
Very pretty but a bit froo-froo to me. No, I didn't say Frou Frou. I meant lightly beautiful and delicate. But it's too precious. Would probably be good soundtrack for something - yet I think it would be something involving candles, a cloudy moonlight night, and vaseline lens close-ups of a young woman with wind blowing through her hair and an her extravagant evening gown. Froo froo. Good production.

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"splatter" pHz
Cool drums and sounds. Where's the bass and other stuff? You put a hooky near-subsonic bass in there and break down some of the more dense passages and this will be the ReadMe file of intelligent dance music.

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"may_contest" Bonteburg
Good concept but the garage rock music is too plain. I Like your drum loop though. I kept expecting the song to all of the sudden kick out the jams and explode into some huge riff or something but it didn't deliver.

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Thanks for the thoughtul comments, You™. Yep, all valid criticisms, but when that barn dance fever grips ya... ;)

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