A nice theme
This was a good theme you decided to tackle, but I can't help but think you didn't get what you were aiming for. I'm probably wrong, but this sounds more like end credits. Anyhow, instrumentally, there's no flaws except I could have used more variation. An overall nice track, good work!
Well, thank you for the solid description! :D
It sounds more like the end credits indeed, but I'm fine with that as well, I wasn't aiming this at something to be a masterpiece.
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Phunky Beat
Dance tracks are very hard to make in my eyes. A groove is easy, choosing the instruments less so but the arrangement is insane. You've done a great job here, nothing more to be said. Enjoy the 3rd perfect score I've ever given (keep making music!).
I said I'd find your other music
This is a nice classical piece you've improvised! When I improvise, usually I work the same way, working on a key, and seeing what would and wouldn't work with it. On guitar, I usually just mess around with scales, but you've got something beautiful here. I think this is my second perfect 10/10, consider yourself lucky to be the recipient of BOTH of them.
The song blew me away, the feel was great and I really needed it right now. And lol at how you got the background ambiance, that's awesome. I'm putting this on my music list now, and you'll be hearing from me again, trust me.
Super terrific chiptune
Nice chiptune action you've got here. You obviously know what you're doing, and there isn't much I'd like to say here, so yeah, keep up the good work!
Misleading Title
Actually not bad. I don't know much about tracker technology so I can't say much about the mixing but for feel and professionalism, that was intense. The main instrument that stayed throughout the song was a little out of place imo, but all in all a nice track, well done.
Hip Hop isn't my genre
I'm more of a symphonic techno heavy rock person, but this is nice and works really well. It's all about lyrical content, however this is already sounding really professional. Nice work man!
Progressively...
...it gets worse, but I was trying hard tolisten to your musical ideas. It's good you posted this here, you won't get great ratings but hopefully some useful criticism.
Your production lacks experience, it seems like you don't know how to use your recording program (if it is a recording program) as well as you should to make music to your likings. This is particularly common with newcomers (I'm not making any assumptions, just giving ideas), but still you should work on this.
Melodically, you've got a good idea. Harmony, to me, is the ability for 2 phrases to work and help each other on top of each other, making sexual progressiveness. This just means I think in the future you should consider your instrument choice and listen to your piece as a whole before you make any assumptions. As a whole, the song doesn't fit one bit, and you probably know that yourself.
As you'll find out, my voting disposition is light, meaning I try to be as constructive as I can with these reviews. There's some good ideas in here, but a lot of work needs to be put into all of your music to become a masterpiece.
its not at all that i am a newcomer i just happen to be lazy and at some point i just started adding things for fun and when i realized i needed a drum beat i just made something random its called lack of patience but thank you
Genre. I'm hearing Industrial.
"but PLEASE leave a comment." - It's what I'm here to do, after all.
Definitely industrial. The "tearing" effect is good, but I can't help thinking you overkilled it a bit. Just listen to the bass drum on top of it, it's not as clear as it should be. There's a lot of interference with the other instruments, which is not good, but I tried very hard to listen to this carefully. Bassline is very dynamic but not very clear (needs to be more pronounced). In Industrial, rhythm is one of the main features, and I like how this is done, so extra points for that.
This is a great quality industrial song, and has a nice feel to it. Overall, you should improve your mixing and mastering skills (especially with effects like distortion) and listen many times to your song before releasing it. The choice of instruments is good and the melodies too, but you must understand a need for improvement.
Kthx
Mastering?
When I was new to a program called LMMS, the smoothness of the notes weren't exactly all that great. I recently learned how to choose instruments/oscillators, mix with effect channels and master better, but this has nothing to do with my technical skill.
Anyhow, all I tried to say was I'll try to ignore the technical stuff and go straight into what I think of the track. I can see you're good at making ska music, it has that feel to it.
The piano feels a little wrong in places. The melody at around halfway is a little strange. The drums fit in with the song, but the chosen instruments aren't really making it very easy.
There is little dynamic variation, or any panning (which is why I really like digital music. In the older times, panning and volume were difficult to manipulate) which took a mark. The song's putting together is well progressed though, and it's solid for a track.
In summary, if you improve your mixing/mastering skill, choose the right instruments, take the time to listen back to your music and fix minor inconsistencies, doing as much as you can, you'll have a nice track. I see a huge room for improvement, and I hope I wasn't too biased (I'm not really for ska/ punk music). Thanks for making this music for all of us!
First off, thanks for the amazing review! I love constructive criticism.
In regard to the piano feeling a little wrong and the strange melody: Allow me to explain. These aren't excuses just where I come from. I'm a drummer and have been for 11 years, so I can tell you up front there isn't a night I don't go to bed wishing I could write better melodies and chord progressions. It's something I've struggled with my entire life. I understand music pretty well and am actually still learning much in school right now. The other thing is my Father is a huge fusion Jazz guy. So I literally grew up listening to strange fusion jazz which has all kind of weird sounding things. I believe because of this when I'm writing I sometimes will write something strange but it doesn't seem strange to me because I'm so accustomed to hearing odd music. If you listen to some of my other music you will see evidence of this as well. For whatever reason, and my friends will agree, some things that sound good to me don't to your average person. Again those aren't excuses but might explain why my music may be strange at times.
In regards to mixing/mastering/ right instruments: I made this with FL Studios. I HATE fruity loops but I can't afford anything else at the moment. If I had the money I would do everything in either Pro Tools or Cubase. As you probably know FL isn't the greatest in terms of mixing and mastering, it's not like there are faders to move. If you listen to my "Rocket Jump Waltz Remix," or "To The Void" I think you will find more of what your looking for in terms of mixing and dynamic variation. Plus with those two I did everything via midi and played it through a keyboard. Where as this song was all programmed in. As you can imagine playing it in makes it much easier to make things musical. Both of those I did in Cubase and then mastered in Pro Tools. Plus just being honest I am still very new to mastering. We've just started learning about it in school so I know I'm still a noob there. lol
Thanks again for the awesome review! and I appreciate the criticism
Mighty Fine Sine
In ambient especially, the melody and bass lines should be the focus, I feel. Here, the melody and harmonic melodies work very well, but not so much the bassline. With the bassline, if you made it more dynamic instead of a repeated note every two bars, there could really be a lot of movement in there. I am getting down to this. Nice work overall.
I write music for video games. I also write video games. I am also "Fyaopo" for those who want to know.
Age 27, Male
Paul Rocker
Australia
Joined on 10/2/10
The Silence of Battle 