Reviews for §Arbiter§ MAC6 - TANKMEN

[WinTang]

Very nice indeed.

Good piece again. Very nicely arranged. Percussion is splendid. Dynamically it could've made a bigger progress since it's basically the same 4 bars on repeat, but granted a minute is not very long to accomplish that.

One thing is that in every 4th bar, the lead and rhythm both play the G, which has the function of the 3rd in the Eb major chord. Generally with 3rds this is not a good idea unless you completely omit the root (but Eb gets played one beat later), and it did throw me off a bit.

It syncopates very nicely and does come close to authentic playing. Too bad it cuts off before the cymbals are done ringing, you might wanna use a little artificial fade for that...

Great job otherwise, good luck on the contest!

[RoB-ThE-BoB]

Veddy Nice

I actually really like this for some reason so great job!
Hope you keep up with the work and like clanman said it does remind me of the war games music.

4/5
[~RoB~]

[BruhManLOL]

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[SideWalker]

I see where you got the title from

Thats a great theme for TANKMEN i really see the connection, brilliantly done!!

[Syntrus]

hmm

U know this would be great if it didn't sound so much like every other war theme and well everything sent into the contest. The instruments were not really the best choice in my opinion like an oboe leading the way in a theme is not the best. your beat sounded exactly like the other submissions. He also said if i remember correctly that he was looking for a soundtrack not a war theme. If every track sounds the same y bother having a contest? Well i hope i didn't offend u. my new rule is when somone gives me a rough review i return it in a similiar tough fashion. Thx for not touching the score u have made that luxury for yourself. I know it seems dumb wut i am saying but iam really tired of the same reviews i think its my unwillingness to change.

Arbiter responds:

First off; I might seem defensive here, but I believe it is with reason.
The only valid point I see you have here is actually the oboe.
"If I remember correctly he was looking for soundtrack, not a war theme" is probably one of the more inaccurate and by all means, idiot things I've heard.
War Themes are among the things that are most prominent in the soundtrack industry, and soundtrack in itself isn't really a genre but "Music made to fit a general situation". Second off, the "beat" was like every other submission?
You'll have to explain that one bro, as every submission here has been different. And "every" track sounding the same? The only remotely alike thing between me and some others would be having an orchestra as the instrumental package. There's metal, ambient, classical and other genres, and I really can't see the similiarities.

I wasn't offended, I was merely irritated by false accusations.
But you've proven my point even more.
People here claims to want criticsm, and when they get it, They become less inclined to be nice.
What you really want is everyone to be loving you and never actually saying anything negative about your music.
So in all basic; You're still following up the whole "Hug each other" instead of improving.

If you're not willing to change, You won't improve at all. So sorry man, I can't really symphatise with you on this one. I still hold no grudge agianst you, even though you do that to me.

-Chris.