Reviews for Fantasie Mystique (NG Cut)

[Whirlguy]

Yay!

The beginning of this intro song is very classical and nice. I love how the electronic sounding pad goes through, and the harp coming in. It's awesome. Then comes some sort of crash. Great add to the composition. I would made it more powerful by putting in more bass myself.

The drums come in after a while, I love them. A very sweet job on the panning job here. It starts to sound a bit full at this part. I love the lead synth that comes in, though the drums seem to be compressed a lot, which sounds a bit out of place.

The lead synth in time gets very experimental sounding. Very awesome. Towards the end I was hoping for some sort of change in the chords, bringing a sort of epic powerfull feeling to the song. A switch like that works surprisingly powerfull after hearing the same chords playing for some time. The ending to this song was alright. I'm sure it wasn't easy to make up an ending.

-At times the song sounds too full, especially when the drums start. If the intro of a song already sound full, then the rest of the buildup will sadly not emit the power you want it to.
-The compression sounds a little strange to me. The drums sound too much on the background, and the synth lead is on the foreground too much.

Awesome song man! Can't wait to hear the rest of the album ;)

WritersBlock responds:

Thanks whirlyperson!
Yeah, compression and mix and mastering is still a tentative business for me. Although I'm better now than I ever have been, I still can't get that extra punchiness in the drums, like you're drumming directly onto the listener's face.
Thanks for the review. <3

[Coop]

Soothing

A wonderful piece that I can see being used as a background for anything 'space'

The first image that came to mind was Wayne's World, where Wayne and Garth are looking up at the night sky. Enjoying that moment of peace, the calm before the storm.

This piece could quite easily be used as an accompaniment to various games, that are sadly bereft of muisical accompaniment - it's so wide ranging, when you consider that the piece starts off sounding like a calming piece, then it picks up the tempo and runs with it for a little while.

You're releasing an album? Is that going to be through a website like Lulu, only for CDs, rather than books? I'd like to know more about that, so keep us informed, will you?

[Review Request Club]

WritersBlock responds:

Not really an official "album" per se, I'm not making money off it, it's not going on iTunes or any online CD stores, but I'll be posting them all on LastFM as an "album" for free download, for my own personal benefits really. So I can tell my friends, "hey, have you seen my album, you can download it here! BAM! (link)". Also, I think it's a fun little goal to come up with a group of songs I'd consider "album worthy". I've mixed and matched some old songs with some new, started redoing them all from scratch, and this is the first result. I made a blog about the proposed album a while back, so you can check that out if you want. The next song off the album will be a remade Carbon Baby pt 2, except that now it's the only Carbon Baby. I haven't done too much there, I'll probably get to that a little later.

Thanks for the review. I think it's great that the song can conjure up that imagery. I'm glad you liked it. ;D

[X3cutioner]

wow

i liked how it started off.
then it progressed.
at first i didn't like the drums so much but further on it blends in perfectly.
after that everything just seemed to flow brilliantly.
i gotta admit i was surprised, from something so mellow and soothing to something slightly upbeat but still kept a mellow grasp.
loved it.

*RRC*

WritersBlock responds:

Thanks man.
The song that's following on from this should be a lot more intense, but I hope I can still get that blend of instruments sounding comfortable.

[Marsupial]

wow its very long

this song reall sets a mood for me, espcially at the beginning. I really synth soundfaing in and out too, it remind the listener that theyre still listenng to a techno based track.

an its not just a slight change of tempo when he drop comes, its a completely different beat, which i like but that synth sound remains which is cool. because something has got to keep a link to the beginning of the song.

but it gets a bit boring after a while. the ending is good but it takes too long to get there.

its still a really good, atmospheric track wtih quite a good name too

8/10

Marsupial

RRC

WritersBlock responds:

Thanks. I'm glad you liked it. I suppose the length issue is somewhat of a problem if you're critiquing the track, but if you press play and just sit back and relax I don't think it'd be too bad, which is kind of what its purpose will be in the end.

[xIDoL]

Excellent

The intro was very smooth and relaxing, then, the drums came in a bit sudden and then blended which was nice... The ending was superb and I can't wait to see more from you...

-RRC
-xIDoL

WritersBlock responds:

Thanks.