Tune contest: Arthropod (23 February - 2nd March 06)

[biothlebop]

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arthropod
You are free to do whatever you wish except the title of your song must include the name of an arthropod in some way.

[Pet Terry]

Here's a quickie (a real quickie), a rather strange one too. And simple.

Crabs ate my face!

[Haddas]

http://www.mikseri.net/artists/haddcore.47218.php

First on the list, titled "The nightmares of Spiderman"

[Ghormak]

I call it "More than four legs are too many legs, isn't that right Mr Sea Spider?"

click

[Erenan]

I'm thinking about entering this.

Um... There's no 30th of February.

[biothlebop]

Most excellent! You noticed! You have now progressed to level 3.

[Shane 'ProgZmax' Stevens]

Thought I mix things up a bit and combine some old skool samples with new stuff.

Take part in the space voyage of the Scarab, galactic smuggling vessel!


http://members.cox.net/progzmax/Voyage_of_the_Scarab.ogg

[Gregjazz]

Please enjoy the fruits of my hard laboring:

http://www.gregjazz.com/download/arachnophobia.mp3

[Nikolas]

www.nikolasideris.homecall.co.uk/arthropodsAREATINGMEALIVE.mp3

1.31 Mb

[Redwall]

http://www.gregjazz.com/download/arachnophobia.mp3

Technically, that doesn't include the name of an athropod...

[Nikolas]

Yes, but it's very very nice. Plus arachno prefix in greek means spider. So there you go... It includes the name of an arthopod (also greek word), in another language

[Gregjazz]

http://www.gregjazz.com/download/arachnophobia.mp3

Technically, that doesn't include the name of an athropod...

Well I was going to name it "Are You Afraid Of Spiders", but that's a lame title considering those are the lyrics for the chorus.

As Nikolas said, Arachno = spider.

[biothlebop]

It's all been sufficiently on topic so far, you are still free to wander further off. It's not just spiders, you know.
Gentlemen, behold! The Giant Isopod! http://blogs.acceleration.net/images/blogs_acceleration_net/russ/6/r_Giant_isopod.jpg
Basically, go apeshit with the theme.

[Nikolas]

Bliah....

But well done on one of the most succesfull tune contests... So many entries, so quickly...

[Vel]

Here's mine:
Spider Rock

[voh]

I'd like to submit my song, which I have dubbed "Spider Infested Entrails", which is basically a metally-song without vocals, as my voice isn't suited for anything but crappy indie pop :p

Spider Infested Entrails

[biothlebop]

I declare this competition over. I stayed up three days and nights listening with only my desk lamp as a friend but I believe that it was worth it. It was tough call though, due to the sheer mass of entries and my inexperiece as a judge of music. Every participant gets a short comment though:

Petteri:

+ it's fast and energetic
+ it has a jamming feel to it

- quite general melodies and evolutions of those

Haddas:
+ sounds spidery, with the purring noises
+ could work well in a game, it doesn't draw much attention to itself but creates a nice atmosphere

- a little boring as a tune

Ghormak:

+ it depicts the sound of a creature with several legs very well
+ it is very interesting, and I liked the up and down runs
+ probably the most well-accomplished song if it was converted to general midi

- the first times I listened to it, some of the patterns had partly a randomize feeling to them
  in the way that any melody sounds logical when you loop it, now I couldn't imagine it any other way
- the sound is overall a little sharp and midi-ish (is that guitar Slayer?)

ProgZmax:

+ I especially like the background sounds and the rythm
+ It would sound great in a game, as it gives me deep-space images from listening and does it's title justice
+ Wonderful atmosphere and soundscape

- The first synth melody detracts a little from it, making it too epic (liked how it seemed soo impersonal)
  the individual synth hits and melodies at around 1.20 suit the song much better (as of now, I could see the
  song in a larger cutscene/intro sequence)

Geoffkhan:

+ Unusual melody and combination of sounds
+ The singing, very expressive in places
+ I like how the snares are "in the pocket"

- some minor stumbles with articulation

Nikolas:

+ That is like from a horror movie, scariest music so far, excellent atmosphere and reverbration

- The ending was a little cluttered/over the top
- Short, not so song-like

Vel:

+ Nice 80's rock feel to it
+ Drums are varied and expressive

- Simple is good, (definate hook) but it could use vocals over it, as it is, it could work in the background
- Could have profited from a little more mixing


Voh:

+ Varied playing (guitar)

- The drums could have used a little more work
- Definately needs singing or guitar solos, since the song base is so plain

The winner: Geoffkhan, because his song exceeds the limitation of being in a background of a game or movie
(it would work on an album).
Ghormak comes in close to second place, but the sounds of the tune are too midi-ish for a win.
Shared third place would probably go to ProgZmax, as it would make for an excellent game tune and Nikolas, because it was really scary.

[voh]

Eheh, maybe I should've spent more than 3 hours on the entire thing

I promise that for the next tune comp, I'll spend more time on the thing, make the drums more varied, and perhaps even make it a good song

[Gregjazz]

Wowies! I'll go ahead any start the new comp ASAP.