Score: 8
"Cool."
date: August 7, 2009
So, I've been looking around at a lot of your music recently. I really like a lot of it, but listening to this song made me somewhat upset. I feel like you rushed the production of the song. For some reason, I think if you spent a little more time with it, you could increases the effectiveness of the structure.
So:
The opening is pretty nice, but there's some misplaced stuff. The FX is pretty grand, but only leads to an arp. Sorta anticlimatic, not in the good way. 00:30ish: the intro to the melody is also kinda weak. It feels.. misplaced? What I'm trying to say is that there's a bunch of sounds building up to the melody, but they're not doing it together.
You've got an amazing talent for creating powerful, uplifting melodies. It is quickly covered up by the arp. I would mix that differently, but that's just me. The filter at 1:15 is really weird, man. The melody comes in, all strong n stuff, for like 15 seconds, and then disappears. That's a thing that I feel could be transitioned much better. :p
Nice transition at 1:50, but it's back to the same melody. A short hiccup would have been cool, but the huge filter down, then back into the same thing is kinda odd.
Filtering out the highs to the end was nice, but I think it could have been elongated and would have sounded nice with more FX leading the way. That last bit is just my taste though.
On the whole, the melody is wonderful, but I feel the structure is lacking, and the production seems rushed. I really hate when people comment stuff and say, "This song has awesome potential." and then don't say anything about how or why, or just say vague things. So now, I feel qualified enough to say that this song has superb potential with a little more time and effort. :p
