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Pacifist

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This song is one of my new favorites. It's amazing what you can write when you actually spend more than a day on something.

Now, I know there are many things that could be improved upon, but I'm happy with this version and it's something I'm proud to put my name on.

I'd love to hear opinions on the song.

Stuff Used
-Cinematic Strings 2
-RealGuitar
-Akai Steinway Soundfont
-Sonatina Symphonic Orchestra
-VS Flutes Beta 4 (thanks Samilus)
-Many, many other soundfonts

Thanks for listening!

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this is such a beautiful song very well done :)

I'm posting a few comments on some of the NGADM auditions that particularly stuck out to me, and this is one of them!

Well, wow. I wasn't aware were this good. Spend more than one day on your tracks more often damn it! This is a tremendous improvement from the last track I heard from you. It's refreshing, empowering, uplifting, emotional and overall one hell of a listening experience. I need to also highlight how amazing that intro is. Piano + string intros are so common but when they're done right they are incredibly effective. Guitar is also a great addition and while I'm not usually too fond of noodling up and down scales I think it actually works pretty well here. I'm a fan of the piano motif you introduce at the very beginning and wish that you included it more in the track, ideally towards the end where everything is dying down.

Compliments aside, this isn't perfect. The mix gets very heavy and unclear when the huge string section comes in, drowning out other elements like the guitar strumming, flute trills and percussion. Moreover, the track drags on a little too long at the end I feel. You also kind of overuse cymbal rolls to the point that you cheapen them slightly when they play in the transitions that count the most (like 4:05). Having said that, your percussion is pretty great. The timpanis really sold me, and not just the rolls but the rhythmic passages too.

Overall, this is great stuff, and like I said, a big improvement from what I heard last time I checked out your music. I'm hoping you keep up the pace for the competition. Unrelated note; does the guitar VST you use have both plucked and strummed patches? I like the sound and I've been needing a strummed guitar for a while now. Would you recommend it? Anyway, great work!

papkee responds:

Owow. O.o

I knew this track was a lot better than much of what I've done before but I didn't realize it was THAT good. Coming from someone such as yourself this means quite a lot.

Yeah, I know the strings kind of drown everything out. I've never been that great at mixing and I'm really trying to get better with every song. I just don't really have a good ear for stuff like that.

The guitar is called (appropriately) RealGuitar by MusicLab. It's got all kinds of bells and whistles and I love it.

Thanks for the stellar review, and look forward to seeing another amazing track for round one!

Absolutely wonderful!

I love it.

Indeed a wonderful piece. Love the chord progressions and orchestration. The guitars are an extremely fresh touch, as well.

Credits & Info

Artist

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Faves:
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Downloads
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Votes
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Score
4.84 / 5.00

Uploaded
Jul 10, 2014
11:09 PM EDT
Genre
Cinematic
File Info
Song
10.2 MB
4 min 28 sec

Licensing Terms

Please contact me if you would like to use this in a project. We can discuss the details.