add : The vocals on this track are wonderful. I loved how tender they, especially when that 2nd part kicks in. The real star of the show in this for me was that synth in the chorus, it really stands out in the track and helps delivers that hook line. I'm not overly keen on the solo, it sounded good...

I'm in, decided to go for a Mumford and Sons kind of thing, not sure why as I'm not really a fan of the band :?. I recorded 3 acoustic guitar + vox takes one after the other and was going to neaten it out and slap some fake drums and stuff on but decided against because I really like the live kind o...

see-man-ski not so long ago you would say to me focus on where you're heading not your misery I took that advice straight to heart but I just couldn't get past the start I'm a whisper in the breeze that's been heading out to sea sitting in a lifeboat I'm the reason that you can't believe in all tha...

see-man-ski this was taken out of context pushed aside far beyond our reach we'll let the argument subside before our limits are breached you feel the anger rise so high that you felt the heat even though you know sometimes its winning when you accept defeat lets call it a draw you said something t...

I'm in (I nearly wasn't). I'm in the UK and saw the date and thought great 9th September I've got bags of time. I checked this morning and before I had a moment thinking 9th January that's odd, I twigged. So I quickly finished it off in my lunch break and chucked in a stylophone solo to try and meet...

Balance Lost : Whenever I see your name I know I'm in for a treat. The tone on those guitars is great and I really really really liked that lead part in the chorus. The I/you balance in the lyrics is neat and the feeling I got when listening was that someone had a wrong doing on them and you are ac...

Wow, that's a lot of tunes this week. Slowly working my way through the reviews, I've had a few listens whilst walking and all of the tracks are really good. I'll put my words of non-wisdom up once I've gone through whilst jotting down random thoughts as I listen. The tracks that really stood out fo...

seemanski now and then I think back to when days were spent finding rules that could be bent I think of all the hours wasted away this way passing time by messing around at the video game arcades I don't think that we should regret living for the moment playing out the strength our heads we might h...

I'm in and I'm trying my hand at synthwave (it seemed apt for the challenge), probably failed miserably but we shall see.

So, I thought I would give this reviewing thing a crack. I always feel a bit out of my depth doing this kind of thing, but now I am thinking if you don't try, you never know. So here goes .... Brown Word and the Big Whine : This was obviously a protest song looking at the lyrics and at first I thoug...

see-man-ski .. .-.. --- ...- . -- . you never know you might not fall down keep on talking like its not important you never count all these times trying they just as valid don't dismiss what's not happening in your mind it's your own choice Please Scream Inside Your Heart .. .-.. --- ...- . -- . I ...

Finally, I know really late, sorry got around to listening to your podcast. FYI, Grumpy Mike you are right and my name is Mike Szymanski, I am really lazy when coming up with aliases.

Thanks for your constructive critism as always.

irwin wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 01, 2020 1:31 pm

seemanski wrote: ↑

Wed Jul 01, 2020 12:01 pm

I'll definitely be showing up next year.

Hey no need to wait a year! Show up for the main fight!

Fully intend to, but for now Last of Us Part 2 is calling.

Yay Congrats Jon Eric :) Who'd have thought it, considering after most rounds you were stating this is my last round. Well done to Cavedwellers as they were both great songs worthy of the victory. It's been a great experience for me, thanks for all the love sent my way and the constructive criticism...

See-Man-Ski (Shadow) always callus and withheld doing anything just to save yourself pay no mind to the victim of your crime she's a worthless human being who serves no purpose in your eyes but we all know what you did and we won't let you get away with it CHORUS don't point your pistols at Dawn sh...

That's the bit I was missing, thanks for filling in the gaps.

I wonder how many of the Round 0 eliminees will remember to vote this year. They get a reminder email right? Glad I just had a quick skim through the forums, I didn't know about this. Strictly speaking I was a round 0 eliminee but came back from the dead. Anyway, I digress. How does this work? I'm ...

Generic wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 23, 2020 6:28 pm

Well, I'm stunned and humbled.

But also, I'm never doing a synthpop anthem on a one-week deadline, ever again. That was very time consuming and exhausting.

Cavedwellers, I will see you at the dueling ground.

NUR EIN!!!!!!!

Congrats Jon, yours was also my favourite song of this round.

frankie big face wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 23, 2020 1:24 pm

See-man-ski: +1000 for everything leading up to that acoustic break and then -800 for that acoustic break.

What I took from this, I should definitely do more acoustic breaks

My first instinct for this was to think, what would tool do? I then realised that I only had 5 days and not 5 years to write a track, so slapped a 3/4 riff under a 6/4 riff and hoped for the best. I think it turned out ok, not particularly happy with my vocals in parts but sod it, it is a song and a...

Homestretch (shadow) by see-man-ski I took a completely different approach to my songwriting for this. I have been watching a music theory for electronic musicians on udemy, just because why not. So, instead of finding a beat and chucking a tonne of guitars on it I created everything using the pian...

Well, I saw that one coming. I've been clinging on to the bottom of the pile for a while and I knew there was a reason I was reluctant to press the send button. A massive thank you to all the judges and people who took the time to listen to my stuff and provide me with some really great constructiv...