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Oh Brother [NGADM Round 2]

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She may not be my finest.

She may not even be fine.

But this track's mine and I will stand by her!


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Me in studio:

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Tuesday, September 17, 2024
10:30 PM

Oh boy, this one is a ride. I like the pic that you have compared to what you've got in your song. Definitely makes sense. I really do like the feel of this, and I get the sense that it won't be for everyone. However, I do wish the mix wasn't as tiring. Honestly this has a bit of brilliance I think. I wouldn't expect something that sounds so haphazard to work as well as it does. Almost like you failed at making a song for the Newgrounds worst song contest. You've got a rhythmic motif that you revisit and explore, and the whistle/flute that you break to, like at 0:45, feels like it works. You do have some issues with instrumentation that makes it feel like it's not in the same environment. For examples, the rest of the orchestral elements at 0:54, and the harsh guitar like synth at 1:02. They both sound cheap and dry compared to the rest of what you have.

Okay hold on, you started 4 hours before the deadline and made this??? I'm not even mad. I applaud this

trixelbit responds:

Brother, everything you just put down, I'm picking right back up lmao.

I'm just as surprised as you that segments fit as well as they did, despite not having a central theme guiding all the decisions.

Though the mix definitely feels like a major thorn that sticks out.

With only 4 hours, I just kinda started panicking and throwing anything into the track.
Still feel good that I atleast got something done instead of dropping out.
Felt like a real anime plus ultra moment for me.

I'm glad you see appeal of the song. Though I totally get why this has people divide when listening.

Thanks for listening and providing the thoughtful review!

I feel about this track essentially a mix between @creeperforce24's review and your own response to it. This has some truly exceptional moments which satisfy my ADHD brain. A revisit to instrument balance, clarity, and eq on some instruments and this would get close to a full ten from me though. I love the arrangement and colors chosen.

trixelbit responds:

I'm glad you enjoyed those high moments! I'll definitely be revisiting this to give her the proper TLC she needs to truly shine. Aside from mixing, there's ideas I want to further explore and refine here too.

I would also love to use this for a game, just need to find a good context for it.
A battle theme? Character theme? I'll need to ponder more 🤔

Hella reminds me of the sort of 60s songs, except you truly went random bullshit go on it.

It sounds both nice, and terrible at the same time, how did you even manage to do that! 0_0

Melody has a not so great mix along with drums, until you get to 0:40 where it starts to have some cinematic and cute strings, before cutting back to the chaotic organized mess.

I’m actually not sure on what this is, it sounds good, and sounds like some sort of musical animation. Nicely terrible, terribly nice

trixelbit responds:

I see this track like a really messy puppy. I love him, but man sometimes he gets gross.

Kinda mysterious how the mix suddenly gets better when we get to a section without drums huh? Lmao

Anyways, I'm glad you enjoyed this nicely terrible track of mine!

Oh that's a crazy one! (⁠。⁠•̀⁠ᴗ⁠-⁠)⁠✧
Pretty wonderful part with the flutes, strings and cool synth part on the end!

trixelbit responds:

The flute sections are definitely my favorites too (especially the last one) (。•̀ᴗ-)✧.
As far rendering goes, those sections feel the closest to what they could have been.
I'm glad you enjoy them too!

Credits & Info

Listens
2,314
Faves:
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Downloads
48
Votes
24
Score
4.69 / 5.00

Uploaded
Sep 14, 2024
12:05 AM EDT
File Info
Song
2.1 MB
1 min 59 sec

Licensing Terms

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