Impressions Composing Jam: 

Imagination #2

Intro

Welcome to the second Impressions Original Imagination Jam! This jam is intended to push the limits of your imagination.

This jam will run from  Friday, November 15, 7 PM Central, to Sunday, December 1st , 8 pm Central. Voting Will end on Sunday, December 8, at 8 pm  Central. See above for the times in your local time zone.

Details

Compose in any genre you'd like. This time around, I am going to double the rating fields for creativity.

The voting period will be one week, unless more time is needed for unforeseen circumstances. There will be no extension on the time you have to compose the music.

Submit a minimum of 1 minute of music. 

Don't use music from jams that ended before this jam begins. You may use music that you compose for jams that run concurrently with and/or end before this jam.

Submit one or more tracks.

Attach a screenshot of your DAW, or if you aren't using a DAW, use the system you provided.

Submit only original content.

***Do not use AI to produce any part your submission.***

Theme: The Far Reaches

Artwork: Katsushika Hokusai, The Amida Falls in the Far Reaches of the Kisokaidō Road, c. 1832

Theme: The Far Reaches

Write as the theme inspires you. 

This jam will be weighted towards creativity and imagination (see voting ratings - Overall Uniqueness/Creativity will be listed twice). 

You may write as if you are writing for a game if you wish, but it is not necessary.

Rating Categories

Overall Uniqueness/Creativity - did you feel like what you heard was fairly unlike other things you've heard before? This field will be listed TWICE. This gives more weight to this category, as well as more precision in how you rate it.

Composing Quality - Is it well composed, despite perhaps being mixed in a mediocre way? Please keep in mind that complexity does not innately make a composition better, and sometimes makes compositions too busy.

Listenability - This is the "sanity check" of music. Music can be intriguing, unique, or interesting, but you just don't want that sound in your ears anymore for some reason you can't quite place, and you know it isn't just that the genre is outside of your taste.

Execution - Is it well mixed? Does everything sound well balanced? How is the stereo imaging, reverb, etc? How well is the music articulated? Are there good dynamics, good balance of rhythm, rubato, crescendo, etc.?

Correlation to Theme - How well does the composer use musical language to create an atmosphere that speaks to the theme?  Was the track actually appropriate for ambience and atmosphere?

Submission Checklist

• 1 minute of music from a chosen project, uploaded to your project page, uploaded as an MP3, WAV, or similar. Submit as many tracks as you'd like.
• Screenshot of DAW.
• Link to a streaming service.

If you are submitting close to the deadline, just worry about uploading your music to the project page. You can add in the streaming service later.

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