Score: 8
"Ah, tinny bells."
date: February 11, 2006
I like the melody on them, but i would enjoy it a bit more if the bells weent so high ended.
The big sappy pad you bring in is amazing, your hitting all the notes i thought you wouldnt :P
I personally would have just done simple harmonics, but this works too.
When you bring in the low piano arpeggio, the song starts distorting.
Now, i know you said that it sounds better on headphones, but even though, you should use compressors to make sure that it doesnt distort no matter what you listen to it on.
When you bring in the drums, i don't hear a kick!
:(
I don't even hear a bassline!
It sounds so empty, but beautiful.
But it could be POWERFUL if you make a kick drum in there just pumpin out the bass!
So, my summary of this song:
Melody: Great work. If it wasnt so melodic and well written, i would have called it 'random sounding'. But, like i said, its well written. Good job there. But the instruments you used could ahve been a little better mastered, EQed and FXed.
Drums: FL presets... :(
Your drums sounded good, but id suggest to go on the internet and look for some free samples.
Anything is better than FL presets, man.
Trust me.
So, good durm programming.
Bass: Nice pads. But i'd like to hear a big bass blast every half beat.
Mastering: A bit of clippage, but only once or twice in the song. Just needs a little volume reduction.
Good work man. I am thoughroughly impressed.
-zenon-
Author's Response:
Whoa! Thanks man, this is totally helpful!
Yeah, piano kinda screws it up sometimes... I guess it happened here too. :/
Compressors? Alright. I'll do that next song.
When you bring in the drums, i don't hear a kick!
:(
Yeah. I was trying to keep the drums very simple to point the attention back to the melody. It was tempting to make a cool drum loop but I decided not to because I thought the song could carry itself. In retrospect, it would probably have been better not to.
But it could be POWERFUL if you make a kick drum in there just pumpin out the bass!
Yeah. I think your right. Its just that at the time I didn't want to sacrafice the icy feel, and I wasn't sure how far I could go while retaining that. Turns out, probably quite a bit further. :P
Drums: FL presets... :(
Your drums sounded good, but id suggest to go on the internet and look for some free samples.
Anything is better than FL presets, man.
Trust me.
So, good durm programming.
Yeah, you're right about that. I'll go and do that! ^^
Bass: Nice pads. But i'd like to hear a big bass blast every half beat.
Yeah. I know exactly what you mean. But I really wanted to keep the cold feel, and it was very difficult to find a good strong bass with the icy feel. So in the end I just left it icy. Next song though, I wont have any restrictions on myself. So both drums and bass will be improved upon heavily!
Also, what is clippage? I'm guessing its the thing you get where it gets a little too loud and distorted, but I'ma go look it up...
Anyways, thanks so much for the review. I owe you one.