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Minimal Goodness

Rather bleak for a dance piece, but I like how ya did it. The intro section in particular is exceptionally cool with a capital K, especially that filtering/panning you were doing to the lead starting around 0:40 - almost felt like it was slowly drilling into my lol. Throught the rest of the piece, you managed to mix it up in all different ways to keep it interesting, which I quite enjoyed. Only thing that annoyed me was the obnoxious trance synth stabs that started around 1:40, but that's mostly because it's a tired, tired, sound. Once it gone away though, smooth sailing all the way to the end. Ace stuff, maing.

Wonky

At first I came in not liking this much at all, but then as I listened to it more and more I started finding a certain appea; this sense of quirkinessand "error" is very fitting for your description. My favorite part is when that arrpegiated synth thing came in - a small, but very effective touch in adding some intensity in my opinion. Good selection of samples/synths too - just about all of them have either off-kilter and/or computery feel (the drum set could probably use some more electronic samples though). Interesting stuff, yeah.

Eyelids-pie responds:

Wow, thanks! :D
I agree its not perfect but im glad that you liked it!
Your right about the percussion though, thanks!

Nice

Some sexy chords you've got in piece, haha. That electric jazz guitar or whatever that comes in about 0:17 is really overpowering at parts though, so you might want to be careful in the future - try eqing the lower-mids down some more. Also, while the chords were really enjoyable, I would've really loved it if there was a melody, even a fairly simple one, to add some more direction to the music. Good stuff though - I'd definitely keep this in mind for later reference.

Engaging intro - then kinda disappoints.

Those choral parts in the beginning were really nice and smooth, and the chords they projected have a certain emotional impact (though I kept waiting for that suspension/dissonance to fall, which never happened :P).

The next parts were really drab by comparison, especially the piano - having it repeat the drum rhythm felt unnecessary and rather stiff and awkward (due to the lack of velocity variation). As for "dominat[ing]" 5/4, it does sound fairly smooth melodically, but the actual rhythmic pattern itself is pretty dry and boring (ie, try throwing in some "kinks", such as 2/4 + 3/4 rhythms and 4/4 + 1/4 and such, as well as adding some more complexity to the drum parts itself).

The ending was unexpectely neat though - those sirens were a really nice touch for sure. But I'd hold that last chord a bit longer and let it simmer down slowly in silence for added effect, while the siren repeats again fading out moreso.

CountStep responds:

I have a tendency to like dissonance too much, so if I include it, it usually doesn't resolve. I admit, it's very bland, in a way; the piano isn't meant to change, and neither are the drums. I guess it comes down to a personal tolerance of minimalism/vamp. It doesn't bother me, so I apologise for that. The siren was supposed to be an air raid siren, which was hard to replicate in MIDI. Thank you for the pointers, though: I'll try and get my songs more interesting, especially rhythmically.

Neat take

This is actually kind of fitting, though you need to bring the theme more into the foreground. It's really being overpower by the guitar loops. I'd also change the Twinkle-Twinkle theme to make it minor so that I'd fit with the guitar harmony. But yeah, fun stuff.

ChineseBoar1995 responds:

Okay, thanks for the advice! :)

And have a Merry Christmas!

Gives me the impression of

Drunk guitar version lullaby hehe, or at least that's impression the out-of-tuneness is giving me. Still, I thought it was pretty cool - certainly one of the more unique takes on this theme.

Tricky beat

Interesting beat you've got - kind of have that shuffled feel to it with all the off-beat hits. I'd be really interested to see what kind of verse one can throw down at this. The samples are somewhat less interesting, or at least they don't really project to me - and they don't mix very well with drums in my opinion. I'd try either try to put some of them more into the foreground, or tone down the drums a bit to shift it into the background some more. Also, the ending was really abrupt - try smoothen the transition somemore.

jesseman1 responds:

thanks man, yeah, it was a beat i made in a rush, i started, and 2 hours later it was finished. i should work this out more but the problem is that my hard drive got corrupt and i lost the .flp (fruity loops) file, so i have to remake it...

Intro-like

Definitely has that cinematic introductory feel, with a nice simply melody and light texture. The flute or whatever sounded a bit too soft to me though, so you might want to try raising that in the mix and/or panning it out some more away from the strings. Also, that gong hit at the end felt pretty weak - the sample feels too isolated and contained. I'd try adding some more reverb to let it spread out some more, and maybe add a bit more emphasis on the lows to boost it's presence.

A comfortable numbness

It gives that feeling, especially the distorted sounds in the beginning - as if being put under with anesthesia. The rest of piece progresses in a semi-random manner, almost dream-like in sensation. Really like the square arpeggios parts - they give it nice slightly retro 8-bit feel and the chords themselves quite nice as well, which give it spacey, out-of-this world feel. Really nice work with this one - my favorite out of the entries by far. Keep it up!

Sounds test piece-ish

You've got some decent ideas going about, and it does have a cheery pop feel, but it's kind of rough around the edges. The intro part felt kind of weird since it's in a different tempo/rhythm, and the transition into the first part is kind of abrupt - as are some of the transitions from section to the section. They feel somewhat connected due to having same chord progression, but other aspects such as melody and rhythm make it feel discontinuous.

kevindurante responds:

Thank you for the advice

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