I like this piece a lot. The melody is really catchy, and the beat is simple but keeps the piece moving pretty nicely. I think you might need some more rhythmic variation in the melodies, but other than that they were great. I liked how you started off with the bass riff, which usually works well IMO, especially in pieces of this genre. The sense of harmony and climax are great, and I absolutely love those pulsing synths that first come in at around :43. Personally, I would've loved to see this piece come full-circle (i.e., you end with a bass-y section too) because the bass wasn't really featured as much after the intro. Other than that, great effort! Hard to believe you hadn't posted a house track before this because this is really good! ^^
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Song Week Number Six!
Depending on how I'm feeling tomorrow, there may or may not be a number seven. Chances are, seeing how tired I am now, there probably won't be. :P But you never know...
It's a house song! They're pretty repetitive, right? That's my excuse for having a minute-long house song with basically no progression whatsoever except adding instruments to a beat. In a sense, that's an entire musical technique in itself - one which a lot of beginners fancy themselves with - that might be interesting to see as a premise for a contest one day. Who knows?
Thanks for listening and hope you enjoyed!
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=> rhythmic variation =>
Yeah, that's what happens when you layer synths with the same melody. :) I was hoping the eighth-note-synth at 0:44 would help with that.
=> come full circle =>
Hm... I didn't think about that for this piece. I guess my only issue with doing that would be that it would drag this piece even longer than it is, which is already a bit too long for this little compositional variety. :)
=> house =>
Well, a lot of my older stuff could be considered compositionally similar to this one, just with drastically different instruments.
Thanks for ALL the reviews! :D
Lol. (I started my two previous reviews with "Lol", so I thought that this one should start that way too, thought there is absolutely no other reason).
AAAAAAAAAAAAGGGGGGGHHHHHHHHH!!! My right arm hurts :(
That's what I get for trying to play "Those Who Fight - Piano collections", "JENOVA - Piano Collections", "One Winged Angel - Piano Collections", "Twilight Techno", "Time Travel Theme - Secret", "Runaway Train - Croc 2" and "The Decisive Battle - Faint1Pulse version" all in a row without pause...
It's a shame that I've forgotten how to play those songs to such an extent. I need to practise them much more..
OHH! THIS WAS A REVIEW! OH CRAP. Well then....
I actually think you did a very good job here!
As I told TaintedLogic, I usually don't like the House genre all that much, partly due to it's repetitiveness.
I know of what I like to call "The Build Up Technique", which is perfect if you have to make a song very quickly (and lazily). Still, it can be good if used well, as in this song here. The beat in the background is simple, but it works, and actually sounds pretty good. You picked intruments that don't only go well with eachother, but sound very nice by themselves. You also don't take more than a few measures between additions of new things/awaytaking of others, so with all the change, there isn't really any time to get bored despite the repetitiveness.
The melodies are good, but I am more a fan of all the things going on in the background, like the chill pads, and the synth effect at 0:44!
My one complaint (you saw this coming, as you already warned me), the ending! Oh God... Do I even need to mention why I don't like it?
Overall, very good job!
Now... Will it be Nerdcore, or Fusion? It is to be known in the near future...
Lol. Patterns.
=> my right arm hurts =>
Interesting.
=> a barrage of piano songs i've never heard of =>
Wow. You have an amazing repertoire. Ever since I stopped taking lessons, my improv ability at piano has improved, as well as my piano-based composition, but basically the only song I can play from memory is Joplin's Maple Leaf Rag. :P
=> "The Build Up Technique" =>
I'm pretty fond of this, since I used to use it a LOT. I can't really find many good examples of popular musicians using it, though. The closest I can find is johnfn's 'i believe', which still undergoes many compositional changes throughout the song nonetheless.
=> isn't any time to get bored =>
Once again, johnfn's advice (I keep talking about him) really helps - change something every 8 bars. Of course, I ignored that and kept 0:44 in for sixteen, but it's a rule I generally follow these days anyways.
=> background =>
I was just playing around with all the pad presets in Logic when I found two that I liked, so I put them in! Such a sophisticated writing process, I know.
=> ending =>
hue
=> Nerdcore, or Fusion? =>
Well, if you know me, you'll know the kind of thing I'd want to save for last. Ever since the beginning of Song Week, I've sort of known what genres I would do for the rest of the project. I know exactly what I want to do for these two genres, and now all that's left is to make them. I'm looking forward to this... :)
Thanks for reviewing, as usual! This is probably going to be your last review of Song Week 2, unless I'm feeling productive tomorrow and crank out a song more complicated than anything I've done so far this week (except for maybe Heartful). :D
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