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Fossilized Relics: Awesome, you went for a more Eastern vibe I see, with the sitar (right?) and flutes. Really well executed too! You always manage to amaze me with what you can do. Copying a bit from Selkione's review, your song also got everything a song needs:

-you got multiple sections, to counter repetitiveness (0:00 to 0:58, and 0:58 to 1:19);
-you got good mastering: all instruments sound great and are not too loud/soft etc.;
-you nailed the theme by the flutes, sitar, and nice percussion (that I cannot name for the life of me);
-you got an interesting composition (chord progressions, etc.), to counter boredom;
-you got interesting quirks that make the song special (e.g. the speed-up at 0:58!). Just awesome.

Simering Springs: I thought "is he gonna do a hot spring theme in here?". Glad you didn't. Just a soothing Eastern song. Really (really) nice to listen to.

Prehistoric Romp: how do you manage to make three songs, all completely different, yet still fit the theme?? And all ±3-minutes as well. I cannot even make a single 2-minute song, damn. This sounds like a live jazz-band of sorts. What are these dino's doing at moonlight I wonder!

It surprises me that you haven't found yourself a job in music yet (or have you?!), as you are clearly outclassing most (or rather, all) of us here. Soon we'll have to consider banning you, because no-one else can win with you here haha! (that's a joke btw, I really like to have you here :)

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I am extremely grateful for your response - thank you for taking the time to truly listen to my compositions. (Also everyone else is also very appreciative of your efforts as well!) I was definitely going for an arid vibe to describe fossils and ruins and the sitar at the beginning set the stage for that well. I also used an instrument called Santoor which I love the sound of.

The twilight theme came out sounding soothing so I thought it would be a fun idea to mash up the dinosaur and hot springs theme a little and incorporate it into my town's lore. It may have cost some points in theme correlation, but I was happy to gain it in creativity!

My last song was written really fast and all I had planned before I started writing was that I wanted heavy downbeats to mimic stomping dinosaurs. :) It turned out to have a good groove which was fun to write.

Haha, I appreciate the jokes, but please don't ban me! This is a really fun community to make music alongside! Composition is still a hobby for me, but I've considered trying to offer freelance custom music. Still trying to figure out the details of how to go about doing that though. I want to mame sure that music making never feels like a chore though and is always fun!

This response turned out to be longer than I expected! Thanks again for your comments and I look forward to hearing your music again in the next jam!

Haha don't worry, we'll never even consider banning you (I thought that maybe that joke went a bit too far). I love to have you here, as you're very nice and a great inspiration. Though I really really expected you to win this jam, as Fossilized Relics and Simmering Springs were two of my favorite songs of this jam! And "I want to make sure that music making never feels like a chore though and is always fun" is EXACTLY the kind of reasoning that I apply too! Keep enjoying yourself, and we'll keep enjoying your work. See you in the next jam <3