Score: 7

"Well, not a bad try...."

by: Darklight17

date: November 10, 2009

It starts off with a piano of not such good quality and the high reverb on the piano didn't blend in with the following notes so that provided the intro with a great deal of discordancy. I recommend u use a better piano with less reverb as otherwise, the intro notes were good.

The main melody was good too, even though you varied it very little throughout the whole song. It always help to introduce alternate melodies as all u did was basically play that pattern over and over again with some slight melodic backgrounds playing faintly behind it.

Transitions weren't the best either, all u did was cut off that part of the song, fading it away so that u could then begin a new section. This isn't exactly what i'd call a transition as it makes the listener think that the song is finished when it actually hasn't.

Outro was virtually non-existent as all u did was fade away, this had started to get repetitive by then so i didn't even notice that the song had finished for a while :/. What you need is to reduce the gaps between sections and add some sort of climax between them such as some sort of drum roll oor reverse cymbal. to to this off, you would have to finish off with something different, maybe finish off with a ban (Crash cymbal, reverb kick, etc) or do a different outro...

Overall, its a pretty decent effort, but you still need to put some further thought into it.

Darklight17
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Score: 7

"Hmm..."

by: Coop83

date: November 7, 2009

Well, when it starts with the low quality piano, there is a little high-end static generated on the notes. Try turning the output volume down and this should take care of that.

When you add the background, it really does make that lead piano / keyboard sound awful. Sad, but true, I'm afraid. This means that you need a better instrument to lead the piece, but not only that, you need to get it to play a better tune, as the few bars that you've picked just seem like exaggerated scales. I'd like to hear what you're capable of and really give it some emphasis with regards to the lead melody, as the beat and rhythm can carry themselves, by the sound of things.

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Score: 7

"Relaxing"

by: Haggard

date: November 6, 2009

Well, there isn't happening too much in this song, but the chords do sound pretty relaxing. Only thing is that the piano(?) is too far in the background. It's overpowered by the chords, which is a pitty as the melody seems to sound pretty nice.

I like the little pause you added around the middle of the song, it takes away a bit from the repetitiveness.
Because while the chords do sound nice and relaxing, they are also repititve as - as I've stated earlier - there isn't happening too much during the song.

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Score: 7

"Why worry about it being dissonant?"

by: Kirbyfemur

date: November 3, 2009

This is in reference to the comment you made in EmperorCharlemagne's review. Because most all of the chords people are familiar could have been thought as dissonant to someone. This is why i think jazz chords are awesome. So don't worry about being dissonant, that make you contemporary in your composition.

The reasons for the rather low score are as follows:

You use the chords plenty in the song, but hat seems to be the only hing used. It doesn't feel like you expanded on the sound, more like you found a chord you liked and played it as much as possible lol

The drum kit is kinda, well... eh, i just didn't really like it, so I can't really be much help there...

so what i can say, is expand the chord use, buy giving it a distinct melody, rather than just the chord. =3

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Score: 8

"Well, I DO love 9 chords..."

by: EmperorCharlemagne

date: October 29, 2009

Short sweet and to the point. It is nothing groundbreakingly phenomenal, but for what it is, it's nice. I like the chord progression and the melodic overlay for the chords... The piano, while confined to merely chords, doesn't feel underutilized, either. Good job on achieving that.

Good job!