Reminder: Top 3 winners get to choose their prizes :)
4th-6th get a follow(if I don't already follow you), a collab, and a shoutout in my description. You can ask me to review 3 of your tracks or an album of choice for some advice on them(or it), and a shoutout in my description.
.
Wow!
I'm gonna be honest, I'm hella impressed with all of you.
And ngl, I'm surprised I got so many entries. It's crazy!
I just wanna say thanks, firstly, to everyone on the AT community, for all the good years I've had and all the good years to come! Thanks for getting me to 500 :)
Without further ado... Let's start this.
I promised I would crit everyone, but only the top 5 ranking would count, so yes, these tracks are indeed listed by who won.
.
In First place, we have @altaccounthaha with living with my bruises
Wow. I'm just shocked at what this man can do with samples and synths. It's mind-boggling. I loved the drums, had just enough punchiness for me to fall in love with them, and those SYNTHS. Goddamn, sir, you took my breath away. Those leads would make joe proud. Overall, this is a stunning track, and I love what you did with that piano, and creating those bonkers side melodies like you always do. Congrats!
.
In Second place, we have @f6ck with the track In my dream.
Holy crap, I nearly crapped myself listening to this. There really isn't anything to crit on this one, and it was close to getting first, not going to lie. Real close. The vocals, the little glitches, even the drums are on point! Everything in there is in there for a reason, and this is honestly one of the coolest remixes I've seen. If I could give one piece of crit, it would be it ends too soon, maybe stretch the silence at the end a bit so it's not too severe an ending? Other than that, I'm lost on how to crit it lol. Amazing work!
.
In Third place, we have @1191212135161251195 with https://www.audiotool.com/track/4k1r4iqmvq22/
This is just jaw dropping. The first time I heard it I knew I was in love. The only crit I can really give is the drums are a bit basic, but I'm really not sure how to improve them in a genre I don't regularly do, but as long as there isn't just a kick, I think i would consider it an improvement. I love the flow to this one, it's raw and clean and weird yet cool all at once, and I love it. Great job!
.
In Fourth place, an Honourable Mention spot, we have @rshani_ou_gmail_com with (REAL) best R.SHANI TRACKS 2021 (CD RIP)
This is wild man. This is so R.Shani that another R.Shani had to make a new water bottle brand to compete with this awesomeness. It went from like hip hop to ambient in like 2 seconds, and I was like, "wait wait wait go back" then the percs came in again, and it was pure heaven. I'm not sure how to crit much on this, but I'd make the transition at around 1:31 more prominent, then remove some of those really high frequencies afterward(kinda hurts my ears). Other than that, no crit. Well done!
.
In Fifth place, the next Honourable Mention Spot, we have @tikowun with lowering abyss
The sounds. Just the SOUNDS used in this. It's amazing. I used this song to meditate. It's hard to do crit with these songs because who am I to tell someone what they should or shouldn't add in a track, instead of just editing things that are already there. For this song, though, I think it should use some more low end, it's really lacking in that compartment. I love all the little chimes, though, and the swell I get throughout the track! Nicely made, tikowun :)
.
In Sixth place, and the last Honourable Mention, we have @blutooth with https://www.audiotool.com/track/fh8107pzy/
Man, wow. I was so tempted to make this in the top 3. It was so hard to choose what would take stop spots, since I was internally struggling with the top 15. PLUS as the only vocal track,
I think I forgot to do mine
Oh well, this was fun!
I DIDNT GET LAST PLACE LES GOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOo