Hey Kevin,

I like a lot about these two songs!

First of all, I liked the marriage between EDM and banjo. Not something you hear every day, but it really had an interesting sound

Likewise, the cello and banjo make another unexpected but quite pleasant combination

And thirdly, I liked the fact that you didn't play the banjo with rolls or by strumming, the way the instrument is usually played. Playing single notes on the banjo with unexpected backing instruments really opens some great developmental possibilities! I'd go so far as to say that a person could take quite a while to exhaust the possibilities that you've introduced here...

And I suppose the intent of FAWM is to do exactly that: to force many people to capture innovative ideas without giving them time to fully develop anything before moving onto the next song. Refining the idea diverts attention from the discovery process.

But, that also kind of makes it hard to listen to the average FAWM submission, because they are rarely what they could have been if the composer had time to focus on it and bring it to a state of completion. But that's the whole point, right? Keep the ideas flowing! You can develop the ideas for the other 11 months!

I'd say you're onto something here.

https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ey71h8ep047758h/AAC12jNM0Hz9Q8zsh5iDeqNHa?dl=0