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:

- Okay, so, really. This track has two volumes. Low, and high. There isn't really any change, as it's extremely repetitive in structure and composition. The arpeggiator is lovely, but neither it nor the drums really vary in volume at all, with fairly minimal changes overall. This is absolutely begging for some background pads, additional rhythms in the drums than a near-perfectly straight rhythm of single beats, melody, changes to the chord progression... quite a few possibilities. In general, the reason you want variation like this is for engagement - when the music is roughly the same in feel and structure for a whole piece, it tends to lose engagement, interest, and memorability unless the sound design is absolutely stellar (in the case of genres like ambient or progressive house).

Compliments to the Composer:

- Quite frankly, there isn't too much to comment on beyond the repetition. Since there are only really two instruments (arpeggiator and drums), the mix is perfectly clean, albeit a tad loud. The drums are decent quality, and the synthesizer is perfectly reasonable.

Final score: 2.5