Not From Realground

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Not From Realground

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As always, I enjoy reading your thoughts!
Quick mock boss/battle theme inspired by The World Ends With You (NDS and recently iOS. A must play game IMO).

I lost interest in this project a few weeks back and it's just been sitting here collecting dust and sounding really 'blah', so I did what I could - trying to decide what parts I wrote were the "least bad", and am uploading it as done even though I have no real connection with it anymore. :|
The sliding lead instrument in the later half of the song was the most recent thing added rather than just repeating the first chorus, and it's a very weak melody, sorry.

My next main liquid track shouldn't be too far behind; I recently called off the collab it was supposed to be for, which bummed me out a bit, but oh well. It's been on hold too long and I'm excited to finish that one!
So I'll finish it up when I can, and I feel it's much better than this track and should help me get back on course with my music.

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NewGroundsKKK

2013-11-26 12:24:42

I love the synths!!!! they sound so videogamey. Keep up da good work !

TrueWarrior21

2013-05-07 14:03:53

NOW THAT was an amazing experience. Thank you for making this, bro.

Alloud responds:

Glad you liked it! Thank you for listening and letting me know. :3

DjCanadaMan

2013-04-28 11:07:10

This Song Sounds Amazing but the bass throws the beat off (for me anyway) and should be toned down a little other than that flawless work. I will be reviewing more of your works in the future so keep it up.

Alloud responds:

Hmm, interesting. I thought the bass was alright, but this song in general is mixed awfully. Thanks for the review, and I'm happy you liked it!

Aultimek

2013-04-15 17:38:30

Gotta say, this deserves more views. :L

Alloud responds:

Heh. Thank you. d:

Geoplex

2013-04-11 23:30:20

Really improved percussion.

I'm noticing the quality of the drums is a lot higher than in your other songs here - not necessarily mixing-wise (as they're a bit muffled) but they're so much more powerful. I think the kick could be punchier, but it's pretty good as it is. The hats also aren't all scratchy like mine usually are, so there's that too :P

Obviously as you said, it isn't very melodically diverse - but it doesn't sound bad, and I still quite like it. I'm mostly enjoying this for its power, because seriously - it's by far the most powerful thing I've heard from you. The sliding lead later in is also really cool - I'm not sure why you think the melody is weak, because I really like it. Loving the piano bits too; they're great.

I was a little disappointed by how generic the supersaw arp-thing is, it's a kind of basic 3xosc-sounding thing. It doesn't sound bad, I just feel like I've heard the sound a billion times before. Love the gritty background saw a lot, though. It subtly drives the song.

I felt a little disappointed by the ending, as it kinda faded off into a whimper. It felt appropriate, but not very satisfying.

Minor flaws and repetition aside, I like this one a lot. I know what it's like to feel unsatisfied with a track - praise feels undeserved - but you shouldn't be surprised when this one does well :P

I like it a lot :3

Alloud responds:

Yeah, I generally don't do things with any oomph, but I was inspired to do so. As for that melody... well I still don't really like it, I had something way better in mind at one point but by the time I got home I'd forgotten it. Dx

Also lol, it really is just a basic saw made in Zeta, I didn't think I'd need anything more complex. I just needed it to stand out from when I saw-gated it in the quieter bits. I was going to use more complex arpeggios throughout but I shifted my focus from that, for better or for worse.

Yes, the ending could have been more. I just wanted it to loop easily if I cut out the intro.

Yeah I hear you. Usually I'm still excited to put something out but with this one I just wanted to get it out of the way. Maybe that's what having multiple projects at once does to me. xD

Cheers for the feedback!