A lot
of the mixes are very similar to the originals; the choice of instrument,
Dieter's voice, the arrangement, etc. Personally, I'd rate these ones
lower than the ones which take the basic idea and run off in a different
direction with it. It's easy to make a close-copy of the original and not
so easy to come up with something interesting and fresh
based on the original IMHO. I am happy if a remix track contains
at least one recognizable element from the original song, but the rest is
up to the composer. It's surprising how many of them kept Dieter's vocals as the
recognizable element, almost not changing it at all.
Some
of the mixes sound like they are being done by newbies while others have a real
professional quality to them. But hats off to everyone who went for it.
-
RF
yep,
that's the one.
I am
ashamed to admit I don't think I'll ever listen to all 305 songs! I am
starting to put my Yello Remix CD together based mostly on everybody's
recommendations. I am immediately finding that when I go back a relisten
to songs that my rating changes, both up and down. This is some hard
work. But oh so rewarding.
My
personal rating notations consist of check marks, "ok", "eh", and X, and
variations on those (two checks mean real good, two X means real bad). I
wish we could see the judges' rating sheets for the contest. Do we even
know who the judges are?
TASHA WROTE:
I have discovered something I
never heard before from this contest -
German rap (I think it's German).
That's kind of tough on
American
ears...
You must be
speaking about (042788
ISOjam-The_Streetz - Philipp Schröder) one of my favorites (4.5 stars) <He
he
Only 14 days and we will find out the winner! Ohhhhhh
Boy!
,Jonathan