I like the catchy synths at the beginning. The bass is a little too loud relative to the other instruments. The drums at :14 sound a bit minimal and dry - maybe some reverb would help give them more character. The lead synth at :28 is really neat, and I love the rhythmic content throughout the piece. At times, the arrangement feels a tad formulaic here - the texture shifts every 8 or 16 bars or so, but within those 16 bars there’s not much of a sense of ebb and flow. I love the melodies during the extended bridge from :42 to 1:38, though. I also would’ve liked to see some more variety later in the piece, not just a straight copy-paste of the earlier melodic bridge, and a more creative ending than a fade-out. Overall, the production quality holds up well, although you may want to transpose that low-mid synth harmony (the riff at the beginning besides the bass line), just to balance out the mix a little more frequency-wise. Despite my nitpicks, this is a catchy piece with solid mixing and cute, refreshing sound design. Keep at it, SMR! ^_^

Mixing, mastering, and balance
1.5/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
.75/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
1.5/2
Instrumentation and sound design
.75/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
.5/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
1/1
Composite score
7/10

I'm not a huge fan of your intro, as I'd have preferred offbeat eighth notes to straight 4 to the floor quarter bass, but you do a great job of solo writing and that I appreciate.

Something is happening at 1:09 and I don't know if it's recording software or a rendering issue. It sounds like the stuttering right before my project crashes, or when something isn't properly loaded. I had to double check it was really happening and I was not having computer issues myself to be sure.

It's hard to hear your tom rolls at 2 min. You can for shiggles pan them across the sound stage to give some space to the mix.

Beyond that I don't have much critique. The arrangement is fairly simple, with not a lot of elements changing throughout. Instead of the intro you currently have, I might have started with your pads and the intro riff, minus the bass. Nothing about your piece is inherently bad, but something about the bassline being straight quarters throughout, and the percussion being also pretty stepwise takes energy away from your blazing solos.

Same stuttering issue occurs at 2:34 also for note.

Other than that, good piece. Thanks for coming out to NGUAC!