Lex Luthier

OK, let’s see if I’ve got this straight:
1) The song was written by Lianne, so it would make sense that she would be the final arbiter of whose production/mix is best for her taste.
2) I can’t believe that there’s a huge panel of judges sifting through the entries as that would introduce a significant subjective bias and negate the ethos of point 1. Maybe Lianne has some extra ears to help her out, but she would have to try to accurately communicate what it is she’s looking for.
3) I seem to remember Warren saying to Lianne at the end of the original competition video that she was likely to have a LOT of mixes to listen to. This would suggest that she will at least ‘dip into’ each track to get a taste of style/production/mix quality.
4) There are clearly many hundreds of entries, but I think this number could be whittled down fairly quickly – a bad mix will soon be apparent, as would poor production, probably in less than a minute. I’ve only listened to a small fraction of the entries, but heard quite a few where the new instrumentation was in the wrong key centre and just didn’t fit the vocal melody. These erroneous efforts could be discarded in short order.
5) That said, I’m sure Lianne has a life (!) so it will take her some time to weed out the competent entries and come up with a short-list, so I’m not at all surprised we don’t have a result yet. However, if memory serves, early July was mentioned at some point as being the likely date for release of the results, so I have to agree with Martin Audio that some kind of announcement of a delay would have been welcome. Not rocket science, but then I have no idea how busy Warren and his team, and Lianne and hers, are.
6) Finally (yes, I know), I also agree with Martin that any release cannot correspond with the winners announcement. Many legal niceties to be dealt with first – if the winning track(s) were released without the creators knowledge or consent that would be, er, problematic to put it mildly.
End of War & Peace, sorry! Good luck everyone!!

Nice mix. Good solid bass sound & I like the added acoustic & strings. If I was being picky I might have chosen a different tom sound, and the vocals sound a bit dry, but that doesn’t detract from a good solid job. Well done & good luck!

Good job! Particularly like the harmony guitars near the end, congrats!

Lovely substitutions, especially in the chorus. Great work sir!

Understated and very effective – like it a lot!

Lovely piano work & like the contrasting heavier ending – nice work!

Very inventive. Love that smooth bass line and good punchy vocals. Nice work! Good luck!

Nice, really smooth. Well done!