Reviews for Juste Une Blague

[steampianist]

the way you blended jazz is like the jazz in the film mirror mask

but yours is like bach meets jazz and bach runs away with the circus
i love it how it switches time signature
i cant find any faults simply because i enjoy this piece.. then again im bad at criticizing...
but i will say that disjointed feeling people get is actually an element from jazz, they are being psychologically deceived haha. its not disjointed because in the end it still flowed smoothly!

and with that i say good luck to you and hope you make it to round 3

ZipZipper responds:

I kind of liked the music in MirrorMask but I generally disliked the movie hahahahaha

[etherealwinds]

You're giving me the urge to try and compose some sort of Haunted Circus theme. I'm envious of your talent really and in such a short amount of time too!

Keep it up and good luck!!

[Theatr]

Great job Zip! I'm a little saddened that we don't get to hear your vocals in this one.

I think a trippy tag could probably also be added and it would fit. Rather lively and flows relatively well from one circus showing to the next. There were a couple sections that seemed to be a little disjointed to me, but didn't detract too much from the overall piece.

Great job for the time crunch you faced with this round. Good luck!

[TaintedLogic]

I like the quirky instruments and the theme and mood. It definitely made me think of a circus of sorts! :D The melodies were quite well-written as well, and you did a nice job with the structure and transitions. I'm not sure I liked the percussion instrument at :32, however. It sounded a little harsh to me, and created an overall atmosphere which I thought was a little too busy (even for a circus). I especially like the ending, though, and it's a very unique and interesting piece. Nice work overall. Good luck at NGADM! ;D

[johnfn]

Hehehe... YES. I remember during the end of NGMT you said you wanted a evil dark circus round. Well you did it round, or not :D Pretty much every chord change and instrument choice all work towards this goal, particularly the accordion... I love the accordion. (And I'm seeing your matchup with Steampianist was really awesome because you guys really do have similar styles!)

Unlike TheDoor6 I thought that the percussion at :33 was just awesome. It made the whole piece come together and I was left wishing I could have ideas that inventive! Plus, you mixed it masterfully. I admit that I kinda wished it could have gone on a little longer, because it was really enjoyable. I really love the sax(?) melody that's going at the same time, though maybe it could have been a tad louder?

Something that isn't necessarily good or bad, but just to be aware of, is that the transitions in this piece are not super obvious, which means that a casual listener might have trouble understanding the piece or thinking it's disjointed. Admittedly I thought the same thing too until I paid closer attention on further listens.

I know were super time-crunched for this piece, which is kind of sad because this is already a great piece, so who knows what you could have done with more time.

Really great work! Good luck with NGADM!

P.S. Do you like homestuck? :D