Impressions Jam Season 4: Ambience
Intro
Welcome to Season 4 of the Impressions Jam Series! Please read the scope section carefully.
This jam will run from Friday, August 14, 5 PM Central, to Sunday, August 23 , 9 pm Central. Voting Will end on Sunday, August 30, at 9 pm Central. See above for the times in your local time zone.
We'd love to have you in our Discord Community, where you can share your progress and get feedback! :)
Scope
The core requirement of this jam is to produce ambient music to the provided theme. The intention of this jam is to focus on mix quality, texture, and vibe because ambient music is generally compositionally simpler.
Details
- Submit a minimum of 2 minutes of music, and a maximum of 10 minutes of music. Do NOT base your rating on the length of submission. If 2 minutes leaves you wanting more, give that submission the same rating as if it was 10 minutes. This is to ensure that everyone who submits gets a fair listen, and to reduce pressure to produce a huge amount of music to prevent overwhelm. Focus on developing the core skills over perfection in all aspects.
- 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. Use of AI will result in an automatic disqualification.***
Theme: TBA
Theme: TBA
Write according the provided theme.
Rating Categories
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.?
Vibe/Atmosphere - Does the track produce an interesting atmosphere?
Ambient-Focused - Is the track truly background music? If you were in a game, would the music enhance the experience or be distracting?
Composition - Rate the composition independently of other qualities, such as the mix and production quality. Consider the dynamics, harmony, structure, development, and nuance.
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.
Correlation to Theme - How well does the composer use musical language to speak to the theme?
Submission Checklist
- 2 minutes 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. (No longer strictly required, but strongly recommended.)
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.
