Score: 7
"good stuff matey"
date: March 29, 2008
I'm liking the themes in here, the melodies float around and change freely with lots of action- just like dreams. sounds a bit majestic too. Some of the harmonization makes me a bit sleepy actually haha. The beginning caught my ears, sounds a bit like an old school RPG game. The intro was nice with the extended string an oboe notes, with the mallet percussion glistening in the background. The riffs are pretty crazy and progress rapidly. I like how the different melodical percussion riffs kinda fuse together. Some of the unlayered sections sound really nice. my favorite section would have to be at 1:55 with the pizzicato strings and harp, reminds me of a flowing stream of water with a bright moon glowing ahead, the arps move real nicely. unfortunately that part was only like 5 seconds :(
I think an underlying flaw here would be that some parts are a bit undeveloped and the composition is well, random. With using an original method of composing by using a fractal tune, you come up with some pretty damn original themes in your tracks, but there could be more work revolving around transitions and making each section flow more smoothly. For example, like at 00:28 i thought you were building up for something more epic, but it just kinda cuts off and drops down. The extended note at 1:08 is begging to resolve to a note higher thats its on, so maybe chop the note and half and put the second note one pitch higher. I thought the ending was done pretty okay tho, you should have kept the strings going and just made a nice, soft ending with more stability. So some manual editing by changing the notes in a piano roll or stave wouldnt be a bad idea :) Also, if you took a theme or two from the fractal program and then just developed it with another sequencer that might be a cool experiment too. Minimalism is never a bad idea, if you want your stuff to sound a tad less cluttered and have more direction.. But hey, it still fits the dream theme!
well, its still a very creative piece and theres a lot of work put into this, tons of different instruments :), i just think if it had more direction and more carried-out themes it would make for a more well-rounded track, but maybe thats just me. Keep it up, your style is quite unique!
April 6, 2008
Author's Response:
Thanks for your thoughts; I really appreciate it. About the building things up and making things flow more smoothly etc, I now have some audio-editing software that can help me do that (e.g. adding effects and adding other fractal music tracks). I'll see what I can do. Again, thanks a lot! :D :D
