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A Promise (Instrumental mix)

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I decided to post the instrumental mix of this track. I will post the mix with vocals the week after next week. I hope you all enjoy!


~Stegosaurus

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The beat at the beginning is pretty cool. I thought that the snare was a little dry, so you might want to consider adding a bit more reverb. I thought it was a little bizarre that you changed the beat once the synth at :32 came in. It kind of defeats the purpose of the beat at the beginning IMO if you change it before other instruments come in. I saw very little connection between the frantic synths at :32 and the relaxed piano chords at around :48. The texture is extremely thin and minimalistic, and (although perhaps it's in the nature of the genre), this piece progresses extremely slowly. I think you needed to lead up to major transitory spots in this piece like 1:48 a bit more. Using a sweep or riser is strongly recommended. Otherwise, it kind of comes out of nowhere. I appreciated the melodic content at around 2:30, but in reality it should've come to more than a minute into the piece, not almost 3. This piece gets extremely repetitive by the end. You need to have more melodic development than this, although I appreciated the structural relief you offered at around 3:50. It's too bad you didn't submit the vocal mix of this piece for tryouts, because I'm sure vocals would've helped keep the listener engaged a lot. Also, the beat at 5:55 came out of absolutely nowhere. It's generally not a good idea to introduce new instruments 30 seconds before a piece ends. You also didn't do anything terribly unique or risk-taking in this piece. I've already listened to countless upbeat techno and house tracks for this competition. It has potential, though. The mixing isn't bad. It's structured well, and most of the transitions are relatively smooth. Still, it didn't need to be 6.5 minutes long. With a bit more concision and creativity, this could be a really solid piece. Until then, keep working at it, man. ;)

6/10

stegosaurus responds:

Thank you for all of this critique! I probably should have shortened some parts, and I'll make sure to use all of this critique for my next track!

Great job! I'll be sure to use it in Geometry Dash :)

stegosaurus responds:

Thank you!

Credits & Info

Listens
751
Downloads
35
Score
Waiting for 3 more votes

Uploaded
Jul 11, 2015
7:09 PM EDT
Genre
House
File Info
Song
7.4 MB
6 min 27 sec

Licensing Terms

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