Loved It!
I love how the song begins, as if the bells are a bit far away. As the song progresses, everything becomes nearer, and you're consumed by the ambience. It's very neat! Great use of ambient noises, very. The end works perfectly, in my opinion. This is definitely some of the best ambient I've heard.
Exactly the progressive effect I was going for, glad you got it. :D In my mind it's the rain approaching and slowly getting stronger.
Best you've heard, eh? Thanks!
Simple
+ its a nice soft beat, good for an ambient track.
- that little jingle a few seconds after the beggining where you had the middle one higher then the other two really needs to be changed. its a kind of breaking beat.
+ nice accenting beats nearing the midway point, they do a good job adding ambience to the track
- Track lacks placement. when you make an ambient piece you really need to focus on what setting the piece is in. when you do that it effects what presents and instruments you end up using, and give the listener a place to go to when he hears it.
+ the beat is a complex enough at parts to save it from complete repeditveness. there were some more parts where some more layers would be nice.
pretty good overall
+Thanks, I was going for a soft, rain-like feel.
-I'm not sure what you're talking about... The bells don't change at all until about a minute into the song.
+Thanks again :)
-Actually this was completely based on a setting, which was the weather earlier that day. It's supposed to show the feeling I get from rain while it's sunny out. But apparently I didn't convey it well enough.
+I was thinking about putting those drums in more of the song... But I decided against it because I wasn't sure if it broke the calm too much. Looking back, it probably would've made it a lot better. Oh well.
I may remake/add to this song in the future. If I do, I'll probably let you know so you can critique the changes.
Thanks for the review! Like you said, you have a very original reviewing style and it's much appreciated.
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