Head First By Mandibles I woke into a vivid dream that fell through a fold in reality and showed me the earth without land or sea just the people’s souls in an endless stream the souls were humming a vibrant song that fell and rose as the tides would come rushing onward always forward Chaos ordered ...

Mandibles actually submitted something to the fight this time around! I am extremely pleased with what we wrote, so that in and of itself is a win.

Jim of Seattle wrote: ↑

Fri Nov 19, 2021 3:12 pm

So Cybronica, I have gone through Banshee half a dozen times now. I think it's pretty cool…

Thank you for taking the time to write this! I really appreciate it as I am going over it and reworking the arrangement and mix. I’ll post when it’s done!

Hey everybody, listened to everything. Lots of interesting things that this cruel, cruel challenge brought forth! If you are interested in any feedback, PM me and happy to go into however much detail you are interested in. Thanks for the fun hour! Hey Jim! Even though I’m a little late, I’d love to...

So, as trained singer and former voice teacher, I would l o v e to talk to you about your approach to singing. This is actually a very common thing to happen (even among opera singers!), and almost always it comes down to breath and breath support. If the breath is under supported, the tone will co...

For some reason, whenever I record vocals, I'm always a semi-tone flat. I've never managed to work out how to fix it when singing, so I correct it post-recording. It's only ever a semi-tone or so, and it's normally a pretty invisible fix. So, as trained singer and former voice teacher, I would l o ...

Quick thoughts. Cybronica : HEART. Super fun. I want to hear big guitars with this. This does feel like it wants something providing countermelody to your vocal lines. As it is, it feels vampy and unfinished. One of the better vocal performances of the week. This was fun and Halloweeny 🎃 Thank you ...

One note, you seem to be going through in the order of the album and if so, I think you accidentally missed the Stacking Theory song (it's the second one on my playlist, called This Pale Blue Dot). Ooh! Yes I DID miss it! Thanks for pointing that out! I’m really impressed by the caliber of your rev...

From the SpinTunes blog - Round 1 is posted! … The only other way to get your music played at the LP is to cover "Today's The Day" by Inverse T. Clown or "Right Again" by Mandibles. I only just saw this! I’m delighted! I really hope someone DOES cover it- I’d love to hear other ...

Lunkhead wrote: ↑

Thu Sep 09, 2021 8:04 am

Cybronica wrote: ↑

Tue Sep 07, 2021 7:38 pm

Ok, I totally spaced and didn't remember I had to send a separate mp3 for the actual fight... I just sent a file, its the exact same as the live fight - any chance you could add us in?

Thank you Ken for pointing this out!!

Mandibles has been added to the fight.

Thank you!

Ok, I totally spaced and didn't remember I had to send a separate mp3 for the actual fight... I just sent a file, its the exact same as the live fight - any chance you could add us in?

Thank you Ken for pointing this out!!

Behind a Mask Mandibles Catching words like butterflies Hope to filter out the lies Dull the spike antennae and vermillion wing Don't take at face value what the cricket sings I'd never say it to your face, But thought that you should know The words your sister whispered When they thought they were ...

Cybronica Marked Man Chorus: Im a marked man with a target on my back I can never stop to rest, take a breather, or relax, Im a marked man; if you look me in the eye You’ll see broken frightened spirit, yeah, who knows he’s gonna die Im gonna die This mirror’s made of Silver, it’s been reflecting me...

Lunkhead wrote: ↑

Thu Aug 26, 2021 7:28 am

Your song has been added.

Thank you!!

Crawling out of the woodwork to say I sent in a song extremely late... One of those 'life is too much right now, instead of doing what I need to do, let's write a song two days after it's due' situations. I'm not sure if it will get in the line up, but if it doesn't, I'll try to post a link just to ...

Anybody else have this stuck in their head the last couple days?

https://www.tiktok.com/@yo.itsoz/video/ ... 38?lang=en

JonPorobil wrote: ↑

Tue Jun 22, 2021 8:13 pm

Belated reviews!

I apologize to the shadows. You were all great too, especially Mandibles ( ) and Dented Bento, but now I need to go write some reviews for "The Only Way Out."

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See-Man-Ski - I really appreciate you changing up the genre again. I never pictured you doing a Black-Keys style stomper, but you pull it off well. The problem I have with this song is your implementation of the challenge. It's the middle four lines of each verse, right? You're playing that lick in...

. Grumpy Mike -…. Challengewise: You said, "The transition back to C involves Adim -> D7 -> C. Which is downward. I hope you didn’t mean to specify something else that isn’t a technical definition of modulation!" Congratz. Your transition is downward. I just quoted the definition from the...

Hot pink halo: your voice isn’t quiet as strong and confident as it has been the last couple songs. I think the whistle/flute would have been better singled- doubled puts a magnifying glass to tuning issues. That’s one single alto recorder, in tune (checked with a tuner while I was playing and doub...

Since i keep forgetting to write them later in the week, here are my (very quick) reviews written during my second listen through. Didn’t proof read, so sorry in advanced for typos. How is a downward modulation different from a plain modulation? I could go from F to A and make the music sound like i...

The Only Way Out Mandibles (shadow) This song is about the experience of having to end a toxic friendship, One where you can't just drift apart, you have to set boundaries, and the toxic friend lashes out at being challenged. Downward modulation (still not sure that's a quantifiable thing) comes at ...