Hello! This is a review for the NGUAC competition.

I've gone over one or two general categories of issues specific to your song, and one section of things I think also deserve complimenting. I prefer being very direct with my critique, none of it is meant to offend. Thank you for your understanding!

Constructive Criticism:

- The very first thing I notice when listening to this music is how flat the piano sounds. In fact, a lot of this track would probably be described as 'flat'. I noticed you labelled it as "industrial", which indicates some of why, but it's good to know that industrial music has repetitive hooks that stick to straight rhythms. It isn't quite just sticking to a steady beat alone. While this track isn't explicitly industrial, you can hear how it repeatedly has 'clipped' sound and a repeated chord hitting on every offbeat. This keeps it from being completely flat while still maintaining that repetitive steady impact that industrial music has. Drums would also do your music a huge service in creating that steady pumping intensity.

- Outside of the industrial specification, I think your music would do very well to have more variation in chords. Right now, it sticks to roughly the same chords throughout and has no melody. While I'd rather have this over seemingly randomized notes like many amateur musicians do instead for complexity, I think you would be well-served by having a chord progression spanning four measures instead of two, with a secondary progression you can go into periodically to break it up. Once you have that established, trying to write an individual melody or focus on a specific rhythm for a theme the listener can latch onto would take your music and bring it to the next level.

Compliments to the Composer:

- Believe it or not, I actually really like the consistency in this track. You have some really neat tones in here like in the growly distorted bass, and some small variations that keep it from being *that* monotonous. Maintaining consistency while relaxing just a little bit will really bring things further, and I see some solid potential here that helps me enjoy it a lot. It's also notable that, while the composition can be fatiguing from its repetition, the mixing isn't overly loud and doesn't cause ear fatigue through noise density. Good work!

Final score: 4