Score: 9
"Another brilliant, unique tune."
date: January 19, 2007
Really love all your tunes that I've heard. All your loops do indeed loop seamlessly and deserve to be listened to for a long while - looping.
Listened to this for half an hour.
Question: what are 'hooks'? I previously thought that they described catchy melodies, like in a pop song or some pop rock stuff that's repeated to 'hook' folk in. Something kinda easily repeatable that gets played a fair few times in the tune... But the way you're using the word, I guess it has a different meaning?
Anyway, I do really like this tune. It reminds me of smoky bar joints and the meandering melody really does have a jazzy feel and also some almost indian undertones, I thought. (Specially with the melody that picks up at 45s and becomes more prevalent at 53s.
I really love how you play with different influences - all your tunes have a different feel and though they all seem to come from the same kinda laid back place, with kinda chilled vibes, they all sound really individual and I love how I can listen to one of your tunes with little idea what instrument you'll use, what you'll focus on etc.
My only comlaint with this particular piece is that I kinda felt that when you were using the louder drum beats (like you did from 21-52s) they were a tad too loud. After a while I still found the melody intriguing, but the drums got a tiny bit irritating.
Also, if I'm being ultra-critical, maybe if the first 'phrase' or two of the tune were slightly quieter, it'd loop even better?
Still, it's another great piece and comes from a very unique place. Would love for you to explore this area more.
Author's Response:
Hooks :D
I'm just using the term to indicate where, in the track, that it "picks up" or "gets going".
Normally though, the term is used for something more along the lines of your definition.
The reason why I even bothered to mention anything about it in this and any other track is because there is such a zero voter problem in the AP - they hurt a lot more here than they do for flash because there are so many fewer votes on audio.
My theory is that NG people might click play - listen for 6 seconds and if it isn't trance then they click the 0 button and move one... :(
I figure that if a track takes 15, 20, 40, etc. seconds before it picks up then I'd make some sort of a note instead of "listen for more than 8 seconds"...
Meh... doesn't seem to have much of an effect - people still either listen or not and zero voters are just as active as they ever were...
