Score: 5
"Huh...."
date: September 10, 2007
I really like some aspects of your ambient work, but it just seems a little incongruous. Most of it is dark, but it isn't refined, and you have some elements that suggest otherwise and detract form the dark ambiance. The "stringed" instrument is interesting, but I don't think it was used well, and should have been left out for a more purer dark tone. It was just too abstract.
I'd like to hear more of your experimenting with the dark ambient synths, and leave out the lighter overtones that ruin it. It honestly sounds like your just messing around with your Casio keyboard.
Make a deeper, more fluent and just plain better dark ambience, and leave out the lighter sounding elements, even if they are in minor notes. It just doesn't sound good with those scattered about. Stay minimalist, at least until you can do better overall. It's a decent start.
September 27, 2007
Author's Response:
Yeah, there's a lot about this song that could've been better. It's not really supposed to be dark like many of my other tracks, really, but it could've been a good dark track if I had strayed away from the lighter aspects like you said, like the weird string parts. Thanks for the honest review!