That's interesting.
At first, I thought it was an FF7 remake. It's hard to find a word for it. (Heroic)?
Anyways, nice piece and work on more. Oh, and don't think I don't like it because i gave it a seven, I just don't vote 10 or 0 on everything.
4/5
Annoying
The sounds are too bright. And...as usual...the sounds are all too loud. Everyone on Newgrounds likes to max out the sounds so that when people play it, their ears explode.
The percussion is pretty decent, except for the fact that it NEVER CHANGES.
The melody is good, but you need more variation, otherwise it's just a loop, not a song.
Congrats on making the top five. I don't think you really deserved it, unless there really was nothing better out there.
Things to improve on:
1) Work on counter melodies with unique instruments with different tones to counterbalance each other. This can add so much to your music.
2) Percussion...Make it less predictable and more fun. What you have is good, and for a loop it is good. But if your going to classify this as a song, it needs more.
3) Sound...Don't max out the sounds, although it may be tempting, it is better to start out soft to allow for dynamic changes. You do have a dynamic change at around 0:55 that I liked, put more of those kinds of things in your music.
I hope you find this review helpful. It may sound harsh, but I am a critic and I will tell you what you need to hear. Keep at it man, this has major potential!
hey, thank you for being honest. I really appreciate it. I've taken into account all that you've said realizing that this song is far from perfect. And I was actually really suprised I got best of the week, you're probrably right on me not deserving it. I've never been so good with beats, (at least at changing them up and what not) but I will look into it. Not maxing out the sound is very hard to do, but leaving room for growth in a song is important, thanks for the advice, and the solid 5
regards,
mm