Oh my word, I can't believe I didn't see this. It's July then I blink and it's already 2023. Time moves by way too quickly, haha.
This is definitely an interesting piece. It's always nice to hear something classical coming from you. I really do like the heavy bassoon influence in the song, I think it's always nice to hear a woodwind since imo they're very underrated. Personally, I love the sound of a bassoon but I usually just don't know where I would use it in most of the songs I produce. I do have to say, I think works great with the feeling of your song.
The reason why I say this is an interesting song is that there are some interesting choices made. The electric guitar sounds a little odd being paired with instruments like the bassoon and trumpet. It may be because I'm not used to hearing that instrument palette in music or there is something about the timbre of the instruments which just sounds strange together. Maybe it's just because it's an SGM sounding sample of an electric guitar. I do like how you played with the bending of the guitar though. It gave it a nice touch of colour. There are some parts in the song where I feel like toning down the presence of the bassoon would have really helped build certain sections of the song. For instance, 00:41 might have benefitted from a slightly toned-down bassoon. Maybe giving it longer notes or less discordant notes would have helped the section shine more. I understand that the bassoon in that section was likely a deliberate decision to give it a little more of that spooky feeling, but it plays an ostinato-like role throughout the entire song and I think it makes the song sound a little messy without at least one section to clear things up and reset the listener.
I do like what you've done with the trumpets in this. You nailed pretty much everything I said in the previous paragraph about the bassoon with them. They come and go at all the perfect times never overstaying or understaying their welcome. They work perfectly with everything else and further push that spooky feeling without being too obvious about it. I am also in love with the harmonies you did with the oboes. You probably don't know this, but I have a very strong love for oboes and I think you made them shine in this. 00:51 is a really good use of the oboes. You've always been good with your legato(ish) harmonies. Intertwining two melodies has been something I always struggle with but you seem to have it down to a science.
Another thing I think you did really well in this is the percussion. It plays its role in the song perfectly. It's not too overbearing to where it stands out like a sore thumb, but it's not so quiet and simple to where it doesn't add anything to the song. It's a perfect balance. With it in the song, you don't really notice it too much, but I feel like if it were gone, it would damage the song greatly. Great job with the percussion :)
Overall, I think you did a great job with this. It has its flaws (which song doesn't tho?), but I do feel that the positives outweigh the negatives and it stands as an enjoyable song to listen to. Also, I had no idea mormons founded Utah.
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Also, I forgot to mention something. The crackling you hear at the end of the song can usually be fixed by increasing the buffer length in fl studio. Although not always, it's usually what solves my problems. It will make fl studio run a little slow, but I would recommend increasing it before exporting it as an mp3 :)
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