The piece kinda throws you into the middle of the action with little introduction. I liked the instruments and mood, though. The cute arpeggiated synths fit the bright soprano vocals really well. The piece has little sense of progression until :27, when you repeat “I’m learning your lesson” just a few too many times. Then, it launches into a minimalistic beat that sounds more like an intro than a post-chorus. The chord progression is cliche, and by around the 2-minute mark the piece is just getting extremely repetitive and lacking some direction. A lot of the samples are pretty generic. The one at 2:09 sounded especially sounded like a hollow stock sample. You did very little to give this piece an overarching sense of progression. There’s little in the way of melodic development, dynamic contrast, or phrasing. I don’t think you even added anything new to the piece after around halfway through, perhaps with the exception of the melody at 2:09. The ending is sudden and unsatisfying. It’s almost as if this piece was originally intended to be a loop. Also, I think you could’ve done a lot more with the texture of the piece. For large swaths of the piece (i.e., :43 - 2:08), there’s very little engaging content. I can hear all of the instruments clearly and the sub-bass was a valuable addition to the track, yet the piece still feels too safe. I’d encourage you to take some more risks with the sound design, melodic content, and progression. This is a solid foundation for a track, but there’s simply not a lot of engaging content here. If you did more with the harmonies, rhythm, dynamics, and variation, this piece would receive a much higher score. The potential is there, though. Keep working at it, man. ;)

6.25/10