Needs work
I think that you've made a decent start - maybe work on making that beat sample a lot quieter though, as without it, the track will sound a lot better, but maybe you could get away with some sort of beat for the piece.
It needs to be longer and have more variation, so keep experimenting and throw us something else that you're working on and we'll try to point you in the right direction with it :)
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Did it loop?
It's a good song, but I feel it went on too long for my liking - did you loop it 2 or 3 times where it would have done just to leave it like that for the one repeat?
If the above is the case, it sounds like you need to get some more variation into your act - either that or I got so zombified by it all that I tended to ignore large swathes of the track. It may not be my type of thing, but I'm sure I didn't do that :P
I think that with more variation like the 2 minute marker that you did would be called for, but something else to break away from the chorus style of things that dominates the track would work well.
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Ambient House
This piece is beyond a single genre to describe it. The ambience of this track has given us a large scope for using it as something that you would find on a great many things like menus or even certain driving games - it's got that lovely rhythm to it that can uplift drivers who are making their ways to or from work.
I think that you've come up with a lovely track and perhaps a little more variation would be the icing on the cake - just throw in a lovely guitar solo, with maybe just a thump of the beat in the background, then blend the rest back in.
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always cars with you :P
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Poignant
A nice little tune that makes people feel slightly sad when it comes to the crunch - possibly for the funeral of a great warrior, who gave his all in battle, only to be cut down by the enemies.
It just makes me think that some days are good days to die. Mostly life is worth living, but when it all boils down to it, most people will find that it's a lot easier to get onto this earth than to get off it.
I think that you could have made it a little longer, possibly adding something like a string solo in the middle, just to add to the production of the rest of the piece. Maybe the strings should bring forth a vibrance and an indication of thanks for whoever made the ultimate sacrifice.
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Constructive
I've heard a few constructive used of static before and the only one I ever bothered to remember was a piece called "Windows Noises". Well, no more, as this is a pretty damned good piece involving mostly static.
You've taken the annoying sounds and turned it into an art form, like graffiti artists, who are so damned creative that it can't be called a crime, it's amazing and confusing, all at the same time.
Such a dark overtone to this piece as well. Possibly about the fact that Static is a very noisy killer. It gets in through the ears and people succumb to sonic diarrhoea soon afterwards. The hazards of modern day life, I suppose.
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Synth mixup
Not a bad start, but I think that the rather ambiguous sounding synths don't particularly mix in too well with the rest of the beat - you sound like you're trying to throw a little too much into the mix at one time and it just needs a little kick to take it away from that.
Towards the end, when you go for the bells part, it sounds great, so maybe cut some of the synth notes out and it will have a clearer sound, which produces something altogether more amazing.
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I'll tell you something
It's not a bad tune, but I think that we're in the situation here of seeing a piece that has a couple of major flaws - the beat is too basic for my liking. If that could be dealt with, which it was towards the end of the tune, you'd have a much better piece on your hand.
The other major piece that I though needed some work on it was the melody, which might benefit from a little more variation, possibly from something a little less high pitched. Without that sort of backup from the tune, we might just have a piece that is a match winner.
I know it sounds harsh, but you have got the beginnings of a good tune here and with a few tweaks here and there, you could make this so much better.
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So you won
Ah, so the battle was won - this seems like the celebration music for afterwards, when people are enjoying the prospect of prosperity and benevolence from either the new ruler, or the fact that the existing one remains.
Still, a nice uplifting piece, with a good sort of Kirby or Legend of Zelda feel to it. I can certainly see this having wide ranging implications for use in flash.
Perhaps it needs a trumpet solo, rather than the basic loop that is used throughout, but we're getting there.
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Thanks!
I hope that it will be used in a flash, but none of my music has been used yet.
Maybe in the future... :P
A good day to die
This is the sort of tune that would go along with the forces who have the odds stacked against them. "Today, my loyal followers, I cannot promise you victory, but I can promise you an end so glorious, it is worth the bards telling epic tales of your sacrifice for generations to come!"
The drum beat being slightly more up-tempo than the sort that is resigned to defeat, it still has the underdog's overtones, but I think that it is still worth being prepared for the battle.
Not that this is how the battle will play out - it's more of a piece dedicated to the preparation for the battle as opposed to the conflict itself, so maybe a few other bits and pieces need to be changed. Battles might need something more ferocious in tempo and beat, to get the blood flowing, even with the slow motion pieces that directors like to do in things like Kingdom of Heaven, for example.
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Thanks for your review! :-)
Good stuff
A nice driving beat, a well composed melody and some neat variation combined well makes this tune a decent effort that puts me in a good mind about the sort of hell you are referring to - a loud, industrial place, where evil never sleeps.
The fast pace of this all makes me feel like we are not here for fun and games, especially when the melody puts a great sense of urgency in place, as if I really shouldn't be here and should be after a good look around, since I'm not in hell for my own sins, merely as a reporter in this sense.
Could maybe use a little slower section towards the end, as if it was a large hammer slowly falling, echoing the judgement of the infernal court on the souls of the damned. That would really top the track off.
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Lol like the way you described it. Makes it seem cooler than it is.
Thanks for the review!
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