Pigfarmer Jr
Forum postCool song. I didn't dig it as much on first listen as I did after a few passes. But maybe it started to stale slightly after a ton of listens. (That part of judging sucks, btw.) That's probably my fault more than yours.
Challengewise: I don't hear a downward modulation. In fact it sounds like your bridge is almost a modulation up. Then I read your liner notes. So I went to a music dictionary and looked up the definition. "1.The process of changing from one key to another." or "2. In electronic music, the term is applied to a change of frequency, amplitude, or other changes of similar nature possible through electronics." That second definition never occurred to me. You mentioned four points for your modulation. Low Pass Filter which satisfies definition 2. Tempo which doesn't automatically satisfy definition 2 but could and I think it's a cool interpretation so good for me. Vocal melody using a downward arc (not sure your phrasing) which does not satisfy either definition and a downward chord progression which also does not satisfy either definition.
All that being said. I do like your song. I ranked it a bit lower because I didn't feel it embraced the challenge as well as some others, but I still think it's cool.