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Tropicool (NGUAC KO 2017)

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my first tropical like song...ill admit it, isnt the best i've done, usually i work slowly so i already expected this to be difficult but then i scrapped a song 2/3s of the way through the round, so that made it even better XD, i had way too much to do these past few days, which screwed this up more, so i would understand if i dont make it and ill accept it, also the contestants are really amazing this year and it was amazing to be around them! i can see if i can update this before the judging time begins but i dont i will, so we will see what happens!
mostly used massive and pianoteq, and free ocean samples

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* This is an official 2017 NGUAC review *

My reviews come off pretty dry, so first off I want to say I liked Tropicool! Now on to specifcs...

Mixing, mastering and production: To sum up my thoughts on this account, everything basically sounds good. From here on it's just a point of improving all the little bits. I don't think I can offer better advice than to say just keep mixing and keep working at it - I think you have all the foundations in place, and over time you'll fine-tune them.
One bit I can say now is to make sure that all your instruments sound like how you want them to sound. What I mean by this is that in Tropicool you have a lot of basic sounds - piano, claps, hi-hats, kick, etc. - that sound like they're simply presets. This isn't necessarily a bad thing, could be a stylistic choice, but if you want your mix to shine it's really got to sound original, like you hand-crafted all the sounds. So carefully EQ and reverb all your instruments, as well as select the instrument sounds carefully.

Composition: The main thing that was lacking for me here was solid melodic content. You had some melodies, but to my ears they were largely instruments playing chords that happened to be at the forefront. If there were some distinct repeated sections were a great main melody was featured, I would have jammed so hard.
As I mentioned above a bit, having a lot of sounds that are very common lost you some points for originality.

Otherwise, one thing you could try is to surprise the listener. If I'm listening to a song and it goes in a different direction, or a brand new kind of section comes in, then I'll likely be pleasantly surprised. It also keeps things interesting.

Keep on composing!

death2go responds:

Thank you i will take note of what you said for future songs!

I like the bright piano and atmosphere at the beginning. It may be a little slow to progress during the first minute or so, by around :45 I’m loving the dense harmonies and sub-bass. Excellent job with the structuring here - you channel the energy really well, so that the melodies at the 1-minute mark hit like a wave of euphoria. I think that lead synth is a little generic, but I liked the re-intro at 1:45. Melodies at 2:15 are strong too. The piece gets a little repetitive by the end, but I enjoyed the harmonies you threw in at the 3-minute mark. The melody at 3:28 seemed a little out-of-the-blue, yet it still has the warm dreamy vibe of the rest of the piece. Overall, this is solid work. Probably the strongest mix I’ve seen so far this round. Keep it up, Death2go! ;)

8.75/10

death2go responds:

Thanks! I understand its a bit repetitive, it was originally going to try and add more unique melodies and such, but time started to grow short, i began to rush, leaving some ideas out of the track, supposed this wouldve done better if i didnt have to deal with personal things, but i guess i cannot change that! Thank you for the info, ill be sure to apply some of the things you gave me in future tracks!

Bro tbh out of all your songs I heard I think imo this one is the best you have done. You gotten better I see.

death2go responds:

thanks! though i honestly feel that this isnt my best, but many people keep saying that so i guess im over judging myself :/

I like the mood of this song, there's something missing: a real nice female high pitch singer to sing about how the day on the island :D
But i would like to hear a song from you, not rushed :) best of luck for this round!

death2go responds:

thanks! if i ever get around to doing so i'll most like add some things to this as well as a few other tracks, and idk maybe i can get a female to do vocals :)

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Score
4.59 / 5.00

Uploaded
Jul 25, 2017
12:35 PM EDT
Genre
House
File Info
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9.3 MB
4 min 4 sec

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