I think something like this should work:
(defun text-msg (time text)
(multiple-value-bind (m d) (make-text-event text)
(new midimsg :time time :msg m :data d)))
(new seq :name 'comments
:subobjects
(loop for comm in '("x" "y" "z")
for time from 0
collect (text-msg time comm)))