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Broken Mirrors's itch.io pageResults
| Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
| Quality | #6 | 4.222 | 4.222 |
| Composition | #10 | 4.056 | 4.056 |
| Overall | #11 | 4.000 | 4.000 |
| Impression | #21 | 3.889 | 3.889 |
| Creativity | #26 | 3.833 | 3.833 |
Ranked from 18 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Message from the artist
For Broken Mirrors I wanted to find ways to create a palindromic recording, that is fun to listen to. So before I started composing I made a plan which parts and elements should be played normally or reversed in the first half, that would also make for an interesting second half. Afterwards I made a piano sketch of the themes I wanted to use. The biggest challenge was then recording and mixing multiple layers of tongue drum, slap bass, field recordings (like doors and curtains) and a loooot of percussion. In the end I kept refining the reverse (and other) effects and mixed and mastered the track. I hope you enjoy listening to the result! :)
Difficulty
Make something that has elements that can be listened to both backwards and forwards.
Link(s) of the submission on streaming services
https://soundcloud.com/pablojokay/broken-mirrors
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Comments
Mad respect for using real instruments! Very cohesive and intentional thing you've made.
Thank you!!! ☺️🙏🙏
Probably made it a bit harder on myself by doing that, but I just love the expressiveness and imperfections that real instruments bring to a track. 🎸🥁
Sound great! I really like the percussion and how you fit it with the panning. There is a nice ebb and flow, very rhythmically pleasing. This was a nice listen!
Thanks a lot, I’m glad you like it! ☺️🙏
I basically recorded all the percussion twice, often one recording panned hard to the right, and the other hard to the left, so I could really work with the stereo image. I’m glad you enjoyed it! 😊
well you definitely made a fun song to listen to. This was Awesome.
Thanks Johnny, I'm very happy you liked it! 😊🙏
The percussion was super great! and the reverse audio fit in very well!
great job!
Thank you, very happy to hear that!! ☺️🙏🙏
I really appreciate you taking the time to look at all entries, by the way! Hope to be able to do the same (or at least as many as possible), a lot of super cool stuff came out of this jam. 🙌
Awesome track! there was so much happening but it all felt so considered and intentional, it was clear you went in with a plan and it paid off so well. I loved all the panning of different elements that just kept surprising me, before my attention came back to the rhythm and lead elements doing something else cool. I think that’s my best description for it, just really cool! and so cool that you played live recordings and used field recordings. Great work!
Thanks a lot! I'm very glad you liked it! ☺️🙏🙏
So sick! Love the part after the turn where the bass "enters" (i.e. "becomes recognizable")
Thanks!!! ☺️🙏
Yeah, that part was the most fun to make, I'm glad you like it! ☺️🎸
Nice submission with great atmosphere !
I really liked how the reversed parts felt intentional in their arrangements and placements in the track (instead of having a base structure and mirroring it in the second half of the track to fit the theme), it creates a very interesting soundscape, so great job !
Thank you! ☺️🙏🙏
Before I started writing I tried to figure out a symmetrical structure, that would hopefully make for a natural dramaturgy. You can actually see the markers I placed before I started writing on the top of my DAW-screenshot, the parts with the "🙃"-smiley are the ones, that are mostly reversed. 😉
This was really good! This sounded super professional and well made! Amazing job!
Wow, thanks for the compliment! I'm glad you liked it! ☺️🙏
This has such a thick and dark atmosphere with a very cool sounddesigne. Also having the reversed parts and forwarder parts mixed around makes certainly for a very interesting listening experience.
Thanks a lot! ☺️🙏 Yeah, I kept flipping stuff until the reverse also felt right. 😅⏪︎
Damm i didn't expect to hear rewerse percussion in this short of a timespan sound this good. Lowe your work
Thank you so much, I'm glad you liked it! ☺️🙏 I did some ambient palindrome stuff with a choir before, so this time I wanted to use as much percussion as possible. 😉🥁