I like the punchy drums and groovy guitar at the beginning. The lead sounds a bit thin in the mix, but there are a ton of catchy riffs and rich harmonies to keep me engaged. The production quality is strong, with a well-balanced and loud, clean mix. The piece might’ve used some stronger structural contrast between the various sections, especially towards the middle. Otherwise, the energy level and instrumental hierarchy seems very similar between the chorus and verses/bridge. The piano solo at 2:43 begins to accomplish that level of contrast, but it’s both short-lived and functions more as an outro in the context of the piece. Still, overall I love the sound design, melodies, progression, and mastering here. The piece sounds blissful, energetic, and triumphant. Congratulations on your success in the NGUAC this year, Zip-Zap! ^_^

Mixing, mastering, and balance
1.75/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
1.25/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
2/2
Instrumentation and sound design
1/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1.25/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
1/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
.75/1
Composite score
9/10

Это песня хороша,но её оформление может показаться плохим для некоторых персон.Если сменить оформление песни то всё будет идефльно!

Pretty damn cool if you ask me !
Good job on the frontpage ;)

You are really talented with your hole arragment. Nice to meet you though the Contest, keep up the good stuff :)

Says its not his best work. Comes out with blazing solo and a good mix.

I think your lead synths could have a bit more space, like a pingpong delay or something to the other channel, maybe more chorus, reverb, or flanging at points, but everything sounds just fine other than that. Some instruments are obviously synths moreso than others. Sensitive handling of velocity will help this a lot. I do notice supporting guitars in the left channel up high occasionally sticking out. More distortion maybe and compression to smooth out the volume jumps?

I want to hear a bit more of the high mid on your snare. Maybe touch up the transients and bring it up a tad.

I think you did just fine with this piece. A fine way to close out judging the final round for me and certainly worthy to be here. Congrats on making it, and being such a great composer that you criticize yourself even on such songs as this as not your best. I like it a lot.

Great work. Thanks for coming out to NGUAC!