Man, this is is definitely one of the best tracks I've heard on Newgrounds. Very unique and brave start and end, great melody. Why are you so underrated? :(
Reviews for "There"
This is my Favorite Song Now, 5 Stars :D
Really good, nice funky beat. At first I thought there was something wrong with my headphones!
This track sounds extremely professional. You deserve to be much bigger than you are. Like I said really funky beat with a nice EDM styled twist. Your music is fantastic and I would love to hear more of this! Really nice bass line, not too overpowering compared to the rest of the track. You are certainly one of my favorite artists on Newgrounds!
This is a NGADM Round 3 Review.
First, a breakdown of your score:
Production: 29/30 (Incredible)
Composition: 27.5/30 (Great)
Instrumentation: 14.5/15 (Incredible)
Originality: 9.5/10 (Great)
Interest: 12.0/15 (Above Average)
Total Score: 92.5/100 (Great) or 9.25/10 or 4.5 stars
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The Good:
- A REALLY original entry as a whole!
- Very memorable piece... I definitely have the melodies and ideas stuck in my head afterwards, but beyond that, I can't seem to turn it off loop.
- Really great use of glitches, effects, and combination of timbres of instruments to create some memorable and just plain badass atmospheres.
- There were a lot of dynamics, a lot of ideas. It also takes several listens to get all the details and the track doesn't overstay its welcome even at 4'25".
- Vocals came out great. I really enjoyed them and the tone they added to the piece.
The Not-So-Good:
- The track felt somewhat disorganized (docked a few points in composition). It would jump between ideas a lot, and even with common material, it kinda all just blends together- it lacks a coherent arc underlying the overall form... it just kinda got big, got little, went here, went there. While this isn't a major consideration for the style, it is something to keep in mind for advanced craft.
- While the piece had some great ideas, had great contrast, and grooved nicely, I feel like it could have been taken to another level. I'm not really sure what this is, but I feel like maybe some more variation on individual sections would have been part of it, like having the main idea in one section be played on different instruments or having the drum groove change completely in that part.
Your Rubric (rough comments):
http://www.newgrounds.com/dump/item/d61cb129f3f6376b21d54253a791fee3
Keep Compos(ed/ing)!
-Sam
garlagan responds:
Cheers samulis !
That Rubric is beautiful. That's some serious work!
Really glad you liked that track. The Not-So-Good are really helpful by the way! Totally agreed on the 'jumping between ideas' part. That's generally what i need to work most on. Getting a track to be overall more coherent.
Thanks a lot man!
This is a NGADM review.
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This is AMAZING, garlagan! Introstalge said it best I think: this sounds like Madeon! The very moment that things kicked in at 0:18, I was hooked! Right away we have quality sound production, effects, and a smooth beat – and if a song can grab the attention of its listener quickly like this track does, that's just icing on the cake. There's quite a bit of variety in this track. Something that hurts a lot of house-based songs is the lack of variety, which this track does not suffer at all. You change things up often with new patterns and sounds, so things never grow stale. By the way, the singing is wicked! Really impressive vocal work on your part man.
As others have said, the glitching gets out of hand at times. I liked it for the first half of the track, but then it gets a bit old...not too old that it gets annoying though. The outro is a little generic sounding, but sounds great regardless. Other than those small nitpicks, I have nothing else to say. This is just plain fun to listen to, and it really fills me with energy while listening!
Much like MetalRenard, I had to change my scoring method up for this round. Be proud of this track, it's awesome! A favourite of mine. Keep it up garlagan! :D
Score: 9.6/10
garlagan responds:
Thanks a lot Neon-Bard!
Sounds like Madeon?! NOICE. Regarding production value he's just too ahead of everyone though. But yes some chords and especially in the chorus there are similarities to his style. Glad you and Introstalge noticed it!
Agreed on the glitching getting kind of boring. Got like carried away with it. And agreed on the outro too. Wanted to have something that falls perfectly into the genre, that typical repetitive bars thing. Didn't have time to make it interesting, unfortunately.
Thanks again! Glad you liked the singing by the way!