extra points for musical owl. Oddly this is the longest song of the round but I wish it was longer, I really like the way it builds and I think you could keep it going and get even bigger. The beat you constructed is really great, such a nicely crunchy selection of sounds and the typewriter ping! is such a nice touch. Good lyric (I'm not crazy about "we passed through all the phases" which feels a bit clumsy, but no other complaints), excellent vocal, very good song.

9ths in vocal harmonies 4eva

Things I like - you've tackled the challenge wholeheartedly, there's whole sections of this song which are entirely created from samples and the sonic manipulation going on here is great. The lyrics are good and you've been able to make the song hooky without being earwormy. Things I don't like so much - slightly broken record here (sorry) but your beats just sound cheap and I'm not really a fan of the aesthetic in the drum sounds. Also, the slurping sound isn't pleasurable to listen to. I love that you've used sounds from so many varied sources, but that one grates with me. On one hand I'd like a mix of this without that one sample, but it also makes me wonder if you could make a whole song just using slurps, nails on a chalkboard, throat-clearing noises, etc. but I digress.

The vocals in the intro feel off-time, and some of the phrases feel stuffed into the empty space. It may just be that there's nothing holding the rhythm down, so the complex cadence of the vocals and intro synth doesn't seem to have a pattern. Once the percussion enters, though, everything feels much more tight. I like that there's a little whoosh before the book hitting the table sound, which may be wind noise hitting the mic generated by the book. I don't know if it's intentional but it acts like a little riser to the impact and makes it super satisfying. I like that the samples themselves are oriented around the concept of writing a novel, books and coffee and typewriter noises, all of which are nicely cleaned up and give a sense of all the work and time that goes into writing a novel. I especially like that the vocals are sampled from the song itself and used as a synth. That's a really cool effect.

I've not really got a great deal of criticism to level at this song other than I feel like the intro might be a little long. What with people's lack of attention span these days, they'll have moved on before the good stuff gets going! Maybe it would work better with a louder instrumental intro before we drop down to the vocal coming in? Either way, I think this is your best vocal and the melodies & harmonies remind me of Kishi Bashi, which can only be a good thing in my book.