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FTF, BTF! (WIP)-2

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FTF, BTF= For the Future, By The Future.

A song I'm going to submit for a scholarship. (It's not done yet by the way. It might even be longer..)

Need some critique.

Any and all!

It will be greatly appreciated.

=xXSK8Xx=

P.S.- It's a bit loud so you may have to lower the volume. :D

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Good stuff

Hey there I really enjoyed listening to this song. I do hear 3 or 4 separate chord progressions throughout but I think they have been put together so they dont jar your ears. I liked the bit around 1:50 when the drums are cut out with a short partial piano scale, its a good touch. I can definitely see this as being a song for a game menu; nice work on looping it.

The percussion is interesting as well but could possibly use a little variance on the samples used in key places (or a bit of well placed filtering?). It might even sound interesting to change the beat to a slow more traditional groove just after the 1:50-2:20 part. That might give it a little more interlude flavour and break up the rhythm into more distinct pieces in the song. If you choose to change the song or not it sounds great as it is now, excellent job. Hope the scholarship application is succussful!

SkatingIsGenetic responds:

Oh cool, nice to hear you liked certain parts of the song.

Thanks for the insight on the drums. I'm getting the variation part a lot, so maybe I'll look into it.

Thanks for the review!

Great Job.

It is generally a good piece of work. Here are a few things I like/dislike about it:

- It takes a very long to get going.
- You have quite a few melodies going at once, and they still fit--- impressive.
- The structure of the song seems to be beginning to end, with no variation chord progression.
- I really want to hear more of a solid melodic line that I can count on coming back throughout the song. As of now the whole song seems to be like a "solo section," in which individuals make up stuff.

You're musically creativity is yours; however, these are my suggestions:

- Follow a form (i.e. A B A C A, A B A, etc)
- Construct 2 to 3 major themes which you introduce, keep from the listener, and then let it all go at the end.
- Let the song build faster at the beginning, yet, add some of that emptiness in the middle to give the listener some relief from the busyness of the song.

SkatingIsGenetic responds:

Ok ok ok.

First off, thanks for leaving a detailed review! This is all really good advice and I appreciate your help.

Now, on to a few things you told me..

I see where you're coming from when you say "The song seems beginning to end.." I listen to it and I do see that there really is no chord progression with the song. Hopefully I'll be able to come up with a solid line, melody wise. Usually though, this is how my song structure starts up. A bunch of complex melodies going on at once with no real platform to kind of hold it together. I'll see what I can do about that. I understand but then I kind of don't..

And don't worry about the other advice you gave me, concerning the form and whatnot. I'll take your advice into consideration and, if I'm digging it, or it helps the song considerably, I'll most certainly apply it.

Thanks a lot!

Awesome!

Wow, it's ridiculous to see how far you've come since you first submitted. You've REALLY improved and it shows. Now on to the song.

It's a bit repetitive, but it works well for the song you have. Your drums are good but could still use (a bit) a variation. Not much, but it just sounds like you looped in during the sections of the song. Take copies of your drums sections and just vary them a bit. You've already got a good base, but you can definitely build on it and you should, especially if you're submitting this for a scholarship.

The piano is good, but it wouldn't hurt to have a better sample. That being said, we're all poor so it's understandable. Other than that, it was a pretty sweet piano part and liked the electric piano part that continued on at the end and allowed the song to loop around nicely.

I like the bass you've got going, it's a pretty sweet groove and everything here is mixed in nicely. This is a happy tune that really shows all you've learned throughout the last six months. The structure of the song is a bit mundane. It could use a key change or a stronger bridge (similar to some trance songs) in the middle to really shake things up. That's all up to you and will change the feeling of the song. I'd at least suggest trying to experiment with those things.

I found this song because of the odd name, and I'm really glad I did. I'm glad to see how you've progressed and I wish you the best of luck with the scholarship!

~SinJim

SkatingIsGenetic responds:

Ha, thanks for the compliments!

It's good when I get a review from you because I know there is going to be a lot of insight and good points concerning the song and what I can work on!

Anyway..

I've been getting the piano sample remark a lot. Lol. I'll search a bit more. I found a sample actually, but it takes a huge toll on my cpu, and when I use it I get a really rough static sound. I was told to make it a wav file. I might just do that, despite the pain that it is, just so that I can get better results concerning piano. It's a huge difference from the regular Fl Keys.

Drum variations, I hear you. I am going to change up the drum parts, I was just too lazy and wanted to submit this to get a bit of feedback. :D And to be honest, I don't really like the bass I have. I can't seem to find anything good to use it for though. I'll look some more but they won't sound as good as ones..well.. paid for.

Nevertheless, thanks for your review! And you keep up your great work too! =] (Wasn't meant to rhyme by the way. :P)

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