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Life Anew [NGADM]

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Story:

B-0 is a robot made in the image of a beloved deceased,

created by a family turned tyrants by grief

and the corrupting powers of the Crimson Crown.

He is left sealed and forgotten,

until one day, he is found and set free.

Given life anew.


Notes:

This is my first time really producing a song with lead vocals.

Though my voice isn't ideal, this was a good experience learning how to mix vocals.


This song is for our game, Crimson Crown.


I want to make an improved version of this after this competition, if you have a critique, please let me know!


I hope you enjoy!


Lyrics


Locked inside a dream

within this tomb

of fading memories

misplaced emotion towards me


Just a Toy

brought to life

seeking love and meaning

and I'll be

found


[" B Zero, that’s a weird name! I’ll call you Bo]

eyes close

thorn grows

lips sealed


A hand appears

and lift me up

I'm given life anew


Shadows from a life

I never knew

confront my very path


Im not the one you see in me


I'm just a toy

brought to life

by the lost and grieving


but I will be found

arms numb

ears ring

light blind


a hand appears

and lift me up

I'm given life anew


a hand appears

and lift me up

I'm given life anew


An imitation of

somebody that

could never be replaced


a fallen home


just a toy

brought to life

to unite this kingdom

and they will be found

arms numb

ears ring

light blind


a hand appears

and lift me up

I'm given life anew


a hand appears

and lift me up

I'm given life anew

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what a gorgeous theme for your game!!! I could feel the energy all around me! now I may just be a sucker for electric guitar and brass but I felt those melodies in my SOUL.
the whimsy, the naivety but determination I can feel in the character we're following already without even seeing what they do, it's absolutely electric my friend!
if I may also, you have a fantastic voice. it was very easy on the ears and the reverb helped sell the more mechanical points of the POV while also not coming off as too robotic. It also helped separate the vocals from the instrumental too so neither of them get drowned out!
I'm no audio mixer or anything by ANY means but I hope that still manages to make sense!

trixelbit responds:

I can't believe I havn't responded sooner!

I'm so happy that you not only enjoyed the song, but that you were able to feel the emotional beats of the story I want to tell.

I love making music, and it is the most rewarding when conveying emotional moments. Especially when others, like you, get it and see what was in my mind.

Thanks again for the kind words! I'm still learning to love my voice but your praise is definitely encouraging and makes me want to make more melodies that touch people in their SOUL.

The song is so energetic and full of life that it really reflects the robot’s excitement to live life anew. There’s so much ear candy and interesting things going in the background, in addition to the awesome melodies, lyrics, and solos. There’s plenty of variety and dynamic contrast that the track is always engaging and easy to relisten to. What I like most of all is the distinctiveness of the track; you developed a unique style that sounds like it can be used throughout a piece of media in an iconic fashion.

The production is solid in that I can hear everything and there’s no harshness or irritation. The heavy use of reverb contributes to the lively character of the track. I think you may be able to get a more “open” sound through adjustments. I’m going to make some suggestions based on what I’m hearing and some playing around with the track in my DAW, and you can try them and see if they help.
- Use EQ filters on the reverb send, one at around 350hz for the low end and one at around 5-6k hz for the high end. With a side-channel EQ, add a -2db bell cut at around 350hz. This can help produce a cleaner reverb more focused on the higher mids.
- On the master, with a side-channel EQ, try cutting a bit around 350hz and maybe boost up to .5db on the high mids.
- I think giving the track a slightly warmer tonal balance can help the vocals tremendously, without adjusting anything on the vocal channel. You can try making the hi hats and snares a little quieter or roll off a very small amount of the high end. Saturation can help take the edge off them.
- I think the bass can be more tamed. If you open an EQ and see that the bass’ fundamental frequency area is jumping around from note to note, you can use a dynamic EQ or multiband compressor to help it occupy just one area. You can also potentially cut out some mids if it’s not vital to the sound.
- You can use plugins like Gullfoss and Soothe 2 to get a smoother, wider-feeling sound in a way that’s not realistically achievable manually. But note that they can easily hurt the mix in some cases by overcompressing essential dynamics or bringing out unwanted frequencies.

I’m very impressed by what you achieved here and am excited for your next track!

trixelbit responds:

When I saw this review, it was like Christmas!
I can't express how much I appreciate the details you dived into with this!

One major thing that stumped me was trying to achieve a wide sound. Reverb was the only tool I'm my mind to achieve that, but yet still didn't feel quite right. So your plugin suggestions 100% open up uncharted avenues!

Thanks for the technical mix recommendations, I will be revisiting this track again soon and applying these changes. It's probably simple, but the reverb EQing is something I've never even thought to do and would have prevent previous battles against messy sounding reverbs.

The most I desired from this comp was to learn and grow as a composer, and I think this has been immensely helpful to that end.

Thank you again for your time and effort in this feedback! It has been in depth, song specfic and with actionable points of improvement. Can't wait to apply this info in future music!

Very nice!
I'm not a big fan of cabaret music in general, but you master it in a beautiful enough fashion to hold my attention until the end. You have a voice that fits magically well with it! The effects also add this typical flavor we find in many songs in this genre. What you did here is on par with what I would expect from a professional musical production. Hats off to you!

trixelbit responds:

You know, I really struggled with assigning a genre to my songs. This one especially. I never heard of cabaret music till your comment but searching either gives me clips from a movie or a playlist with Frank Sinatra, and im not sure which is defining of the genre.

If you got a song from that genre, please send a link, I'm curious!

I'm really glad you enjoyed the song though! I will certainly be taking that hat since I've lost hair from completing this lol

Wow, this is really good

Love it!

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Score
4.81 / 5.00

Uploaded
Aug 20, 2024
9:26 AM EDT
Genre
Jazz
File Info
Song
4.6 MB
3 min 19 sec

Licensing Terms

Please contact me if you would like to use this in a project. We can discuss the details.