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Thanks! Thinking back I should have fully leaned into sidechaining them to the rest of the track so I could turn them right up. Had to turn them down quite a bit in the name of not clipping and I reckon that would have helped me dance around that a bit.

I think there's some really nice chord choices that toy with different chromaticism, but I feel that textually it could use some more variation. There is some development on that front by minute 6 I think,  where there sounds like there's some more voices added in, but I reckon it would be a much stronger piece if you experimented with that all the way through in the same way that you do with the chord choices.

Feels wise, it really got them feels, but I'm not sure it's the right feels for this prompt. 

Favourite track was Last Words as I felt that the piano elevated the rest of arrangement really well, but it did suffer from that same issue that all of them did where a chord sequence overstays it's welcome slightly. 

I reckon that the same pieces would have a lot of longevity in terms of holding interest with a few substitutions of chords every now and then to add some flavour, or perhaps some more movement of the inner voices to keep it engaging.  I think what's there is good, but a few changes could elevate it a long way. 

Big fan of how there's times where the percussion almost becomes part of the soundscape, can't put it anymore clearly than that but there's a couple of bits where the percussion clipped in a way that made it slip perfectly into that sounds design layer, was great.

Big fan of this one, probably favourite so far. Wasn't initially sold on the haunted vibes, but just had to get a little bit more into the headspace of the campy haunted house-eque side of spooky and I was like o yeah, you nailed that. 

I think this fits really well into the video game ambience brief and with a nice clean finish, I don't think that the chromatism really lands for me however. This is by no means the only way to approach it, but often having a strong initial tonal pallet established and then branching out in note choices from there can work. You're giving an implied 'direction' to any chromatism then added, borrowing from different keys in relation to where you came from to create and resolve tension. 

A strong submission and hella vibey in all however.

Cheers, listening back on some headphones rather than monitors I'm really seeing that. I've just started using the Valhalla reverb plugins, they sound great but defo feel I need to dial it in compared to what I might put on a stock plugin I'd been using before.

One of my favourites so far! writing was really great but potentially let down slightly on the production front, possibly because of the samples you were working with though rather than anything technique wise. 

I think having that drier pallet however really pushed you to make and highlighted some really interesting musical choices though in the way you fleshed out arrangements.

One thing you did really well (which is something I could definitely learn from) is the way ideas were developed and ornamented outside of a blocky 4/8/whatever bar structure. Even though that was the base for the most part there a constant evolution ontop of that with instruments and accompaniments changing freely and masking more rigid structure it came from.

I think your style just really hit with me though personally and I can't wait to hear your projects in future jams.

Loved this one,  really getting images of snow in a way only a couple have captured. Really controlled build up in that it didn't overstay it's buildup but took its time in a way I wish I was better at.  

Wasn't sure on the lead patch when it first came in, but about 15 seconds later you'd convinced me.

I really like the processing you've put on the guitar (compressor with a really slow attack and high make up gain?) gives a lot of air to very attack heavy instrument. 

You've certainly communicated the intended vibe with the piano piece, but I think with that constant figure in the left hand you could afford to be a bit more crunchy with the harmony there; some dissonance and resolution could shape the contour of the piece really nicely more than it already has from the performance itself. 

I think I got PTSD when you mentioned tone rows, really like it though. Restrictions on writing can bring out some really interesting stuff and that's more than evident here. 

Real vibey. Minimalist but incredibly tightly executed. I can't say I got "The Trek" from it, but think it's an really great piece of writing all the same that knows exactly what it's doing.

Really loved this! You've got such a confident control over your medium and it really shows.

Been bookmarked to come back to for a second listen to come back to and really see what I can learn from it.  Were the various sound effects made  yourself or are they samples from somewhere?

Really incredible, loved this one. 

Not sure I'm feeling the guitar loop as I feel it added a bit too much solidness to what was quite a texturally light. When that part first hit I was feeling it but I don't think it worked after a few times through the repetition, perhaps some variation as well as dropping in and out might help it? 

Realise I was starting with a a negative there, bit outside of that I really loved it, one of my favourites and there's very little else I'd change. The vibe it set was perfect and you were absolutely in command of the medium and it shows.

Favourite one I've heard so far! Thought it was incredibly well executed and the atmosphere, like where it took you, was perfect. Honestly nothing negative to say here (which I realise isn't very helpful lol) Is that recorder live? 

Thanks! Definitely hoping to give myself more time going forward with future ones though.

Thanks for this really detailed feedback, this is exactly the kind of stuff I need to progress.

 Mandolin was a bit of a carrying over from a very early draft when when it had a bit more of a slavic feel, I was then stuck in the situation where if it was removed that staticness you mentioned really set in. I'd probably have removed it if I had more time, but that's the beauty of doing stuff on tight deadlines sometimes. This is my first of these composition jams but it will definitely be appearing more in future. 

Everything you've said resonates though and I'll absolutely be trying to take it on board going forward.

Thanks for your feedback though and taking the time to listen, very excited to go through and listen to everyone elses.

Thanks! I won't lie, that scene with the goblins emerging from the seemingly abandoning Moria was definitely on my mind at certain points when working on this.