As usual Lunacy, Great stuff, has that grand kinda feel :P
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First things first - this song was real fun to make, but the brilliant chorus melody you're hearing isn't actually mine - it's johnfn's! A while ago, he wrote a newspost presenting a piano improvisation he had done which had a "really nice melody". Sadly, he was interrupted and was therefore unable to finish. You can find it here:
http://johnfn.newgrounds.com/news/post/926504
As it turns out, this week at school, I have a digital music composition class. When my friends and I were brainstorming ideas, the idea to extend that melody came up, and in three days, I wrote this song! In the spirit of johnfn, I tried some adventurous compositional stuff, and I learned a lot from writing it.
As for the NIM contest, this is my second submission! I'm submitting this into the Good Ending category, since the inspiration behind this was to create an uplifting song that would play during, say, an end credits scroll (a la Pokemon Ranger, etc.). It could also be the backing track behind a successful end to a plot line, with joy-rousing melodies.
By the way, if you're wondering about the ending, the entire premise of the song was to finish johnfn's unfinished melody - and I did that in the most fitting way I could. Anyways, thanks for listening, and hope you enjoyed!
LunacyEcho responds:
Thanks for listening and commenting again!
Awwww...this is a cute song! :D I found it a little odd that the hi-hat is louder than most of the melodies, but maybe that's just because I don't compress my own drums enough. XD The instruments were awesome, the melodies were adorable and fun, and I love that climax point at 1:05. The balance in this piece is a little strange because the melody at 1:29 is really loud, while a lot of the other ones aren't. Still, I liked the drums and structure and transitions. It's nice and upbeat, and really stays engaging throughout (probably because it's relatively fast-paced for a slow-tempo piece, if you know what I mean). The ending was awesome! Heck, between Johnfn's melodies and your endings, you guys could form a Grammy-winning band! :D Haha, keep up the good work, LE! ;)
LunacyEcho responds:
=> hi-hat =>
Yeah, that was a mixing mistake on my part. In my defense, one of the last things I did was lower the volume of the bells, but I didn't make the additional correction of lowering the drum volume in the intro. :(
=> melodies were adorable and fun =>
Thanks! That's really the vibe I was trying to put out with this one.
=> 1:29 =>
I guess that's because I had less countermelodies than normal. Other than one melody playing through a couple different instruments in the choruses, the rest of the instruments playing were either drums, pads, or automated arps. The one countermelody I had is one I really liked, and it's the ' bit that comes in at 3:32. You know, for a distorted trombone, it conveys a LOT more emotion that you'd expect.
=> stays engaging throughout =>
Even though it's slower than I usually do, it also has tons of new melodies, with a huge "solo section" from 1:53 to 3:20. I like that about this song, but it's not something that can be accomplished everywhere - that's why I'm pretty proud that I pulled it off here!
=> ending =>
My endings? Hah, tell that to all my other BRILLIANT endings. I mean, this is the first ending that I can say I'm proud of. Nearly every other ending I've ever done is below average, since when I get to that stage of the song, I'm planning what I do when I finish. So, I finish with a boring ending because I just want to get it over with. :/
Thanks for the really positive review! :D
What johnfn said. A very useful review, I know, but there's no need to thank me.
LunacyEcho responds:
10/10
Hhaha awesome!!! The ending made me grin. It is pretty much perfect.
The one thing I wanted to mention compositionally was that the "main melody" (e.g. 3:22), the chord progression should go G -> D -> C -> G -> bm -> C -> G -> One more chord that I can't remember. The chords you were playing seemed a little indistinct to me but imo that bm is really important because it adds that tinge of sadness!! :p
The other thing (I lied when I said one thing) is the instrument choice. Your instrument choice could be better, I think. The instruments could have more expression to them (like vibrato, pitch bend, legato phrases... etc) This is actually the biggest problem I have with the track. I would highly recommend to try to recreate some of your favorite instruments from other tracks. I mean, you know how I love my smooth leads and all, but you don't have to go down that exact same route. For example, the vibrato at :22 just doesn't make any sense to me. The lead instrument at 1:35 is just, I dunno, it just seems the wrong guy to be carrying that melody.
The composition is pretty good (wait, am I just complementing myself? :D) but I think you can do better! I thought you did do a pretty good job of fleshing out like 20 seconds of content into a full song. Very cool to see.
Wait, is that little riff at 1:05 a reference to "you win!"? Ok... it's probably not. Still that would be pretty funny. It definitely fits with the theme of "Good Ending" xD
P.S. Also who is this mysterious "johnfm" fellow that RealFaction keeps talking about?!? I gotta meet him.
LunacyEcho responds:
=> ending =>
;) How ironic.
=> main melody =>
Our main melody went G-D-C-G-D-C-G-D for the first eight bars (we spent a while writing out what we thought you played on a whiteboard). We never even considered B minor, but in hindsight, knowing your penchant for sad sad, we probably should've realized.
I hope replacing bm with D works in this scenario, since they're just mode-shifted scales with the same sharps. Having a bm in the middle of the chorus would add a little bit of sadness to what would be an otherwise uplifting and happy piece. :P
=> instrument choice =>
Agh! I was using a MIDI keyboard, and I even had access to pitchbend and mod wheels, but I thought 'I probably shouldn't use these, it would unnecessarily complicate the song'. I don't have much experience in picking lead instruments for details like what you mentioned, but I'll definitely be on the lookout for those kinds of things from now on.
=> vibrato at 0:22 =>
? I'm not quite sure what you mean... You mean just the main instrument that plays during this part?
=> 1:35 =>
I actually like that lead instrument quite a lot! :( I guess it has more merit on its own, though. It's also the same lead used for another of my songs whose composition I enjoy - Glass Sky! I guess I am a bit partial to it. :P
=> am I just complimenting myself? =>
Yes.
=> 1:05 =>
SO THAT'S WHERE IT CAME FROM! I wrote the riff, and I was like 'no. this can't be right. this sounds too johnfn not to be accidentally stolen from some johnfn song.' But I just couldn't find it as a riff in any of your songs. I didn't look at 'you win!', though! Thanks! I stole more from you than I thought. :D
=> johnfm =>
Your comments have better endings than your songs. :D
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