Reviews for Tority (MTech)

[MaestroSorrow]

Awesome

I must say, I am extremely impressed.

As a classical composer, I put a lot of emphasis on feel and structure of the song, both of which I think you have done very well at.

The slow strings (cello?) you use at the beginning is quite misleading though, I would not have expected to go where it did, though of course that was in no way a bad thing, I like surprises.

You weren't joking when you said it was circus music, I can so hear this there, I absolutely love your use of the percussions, the triangle, snares, the whole works.

In my opinion however, the most powerful part of this song is when you bring back those strings and have that frill flute dancing, it has such an awesome feel to it.

I can't make music like this, I truly appreciated it.

Anything less then a 5/5 would be wrong, so here you go ^^. Keep them coming.

JamesMillen responds:

Very kind!

I did it as part of a music tech course, so I probably had an advantage by having high quality equipment (though it was only Cubase and Reason)

Though I constructed the chord structure and song structure All of the instruments (barring the strings) are fully sequenced through a device called a "Matrix", which is why the patterns repeat.

My original plan was something like "Classical" then "Dixieland", then "Marching" and finish on "Baroque".

Thanks for your comments

[Scribbler]

Rarely do I give a 10.

This really blew me away. The quality was excellent aswell as the diversity. The instruments you used were great and I love how it switches tones. It starts off slow and melancholic and then becomes upbeat and interesting. This is great, keep it up and you'll become an accomplished musician.

JamesMillen responds:

Thank you kindly. I'll start composing again in the Autumn

[sorohanro]

one of the best

this is great work.this is already one of my favourites.well..don't we just love reason?strings usualy sounds well in reason,but how you did with trumpet?sounds very realistic.very very good work!

JamesMillen responds:

I played the trumpet for a long time, so I have a clear idea of what one sounds like. I look that standard Reason trumpet (from the NNXT I think) and then added reverb and played with the attack until I was happy. Then I cheated and put it through a matrix sequencer!

[SirCaboose]

I wuvvv this song

I love this song! im addicted too it, I love 00:45.. 01:42, That part of the song is like.. so undescribably.. woop! lol It reminds me of the track they used with Spore, and I have been orgasming over spore for 2 years probably why I love this song so much.

[MaestroSegments]

Damn nice

Hello JamesMillen.

Lets begin our review with mood and analysis of atmosphere.

You're song is quite misleading JamesMillen, starting off like that, and then so fully jumping into the circus scene.

The beginning part made me think of a great wall scene. A soldier looking over the forest littered scene from atop a great wall, squinting against the light. And then he see's a circus!

yay!

The instruments were all good quality, and you managed to do good with those trumpets. I've been looking to find realistic trumpets, ones like this.

You did something I wouldn't really expect in a circus song, at 1:45 the song gets a bit darker then I would have expected, great flute trilling there.

I found the percussional aspects a little bland though, I think it could have used a base kick every once in a while, and just mixed up a tad more.

If I could ask you to review my work I would really like to hear what you have to say about it. Thank you.

Good stuff though, definatlely one of the better pieces here on Newgrounds. 5/5 from me JamesMillen, keep them coming ^^.

JamesMillen responds:

Thank you for your kind review. It's funny, this is the only place that Tority ever gets any attention, usually it's Smile all the way!

So...ok the whole focus of this song was to have a series of juxtapositions, to keep it exciting since I feared it had the possibility to get dull.

The trumpet, well you're right it's really hard to find a good trumpet sound. So I relied on the fact I know what a trumpet sounded like and used effects and automation until it did sound right.

The percussion...well I was pleased with it. However, I accept your point about the bass kick. Annoyingly it does have a bass kick in it. But for technical reasons it overloaded and would never play loud. i had the same problem with Waltzitzer.

I will check your stuff now!