Eponym

2009 - Round 2 - Guest Judge Comments...

Guest Judge Comments on:
Eponym's
Every Necessary Weapon of War

8 point(s) for Composition / Songwriting
This is a nice little slab of folktronica. There's a lot of mileage in this genre, i think.

Lovely folk tune, although the lyrics were, for me, a little clumsy in their worthiness. It's bold taking on a "big" subject like the Iraq War and then sounding as if you have something original or interesting to say about it. I've always felt these things were best done with some oblique subtlety - which I think was undermined here by the GW Bush samples.

You get a good mark here, though for having such a good tune.

7 point(s) for Performance
Your voice is beautiful. For me, some of the backing lacked the subtlety needed to complement that sound. Some of the samples worked really well, but I think on the whole there was too much going on for my liking.

6 point(s) for Capture
I think the mix could have been more sympathetic. Your voice is a great focal point that I think everything else needs to serve.

21 Total Points
Good track. I look forward to hearing what you might do in the future.

terryburrows
Sun Dec 27 05:40:44 2009

Guest Judge Comments on:
Eponym's
Every Necessary Weapon of War

5 point(s) for Composition / Songwriting
lyrics were good
Didn't like the music

5 point(s) for Performance
Female vocalist has a great voice.
Didn't like the human noises
I felt the bass was far too intrusive.

4 point(s) for Capture
Average

14 Total Points
Bring out the female vocals to dominate

howardmarks
Sun Dec 27 05:40:44 2009