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The Ruin of Tranquility

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Song by Spectronoid (that's me)
Made in FL Studio 12
Image used by Gill Bustamante
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A chill song I made to be pure bliss. Just that. Oh and it's also for DJNate's Competition. Yay.


To whoever's interested, here's the chords to the song. It is in the key of D Minor/F Major.


(0:40 - 02:15)
Bb7M/F - Dm7 - Eb7M9 (b5) - F9/G


(02:15 - 02:47)
Bb7M/F - Db7M9 (b5)/F - Dm - Ab7M - Bb7M


(02:47 - 03:37)
Dm7/F - Am7/E - Cm6add9/Eb - Dm9 - Gb6add9/Db - Csus4add9


(03:37 - Last Chord)
F6add9/D

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I really like the soundscape in the intro, sounds very eerie and sets up the next part of the track pretty well! I do have to say that once the different melody lines started kicking in, my ear was starting to get a little confused. Once I took a look at the chords you had in the description, I started to get a better understanding of what you were trying to go for. My main gripe with this track, however, isn't really the chord progressions themselves, it's how the chords felt unsupported for the majority of it all.

Let's start with the section from 0:40 - 1:28. I think the sounds you used were really cool, but the melodies that were being played felt jumbled like they were contradicting each other and the chords that were trying to be outlined, and I didn't really feel any sort of anchor to help guide my ear through it all. Even when the subtle bass pad and the main glide synth came in, it still felt a little jumbled.

When the drums came in at 1:28, I think things started to come together a little better. I started hearing the chords a little clearer, but certain instruments' melodies were still contradicting the chords. Then, 1:44 happened and I finally felt grounded. The chords were clearly laid out, there was a more definitive bass line, and the drums kicked into full gear. I will say, once the piano melody came in, I started nitpicking. The chords sounded great but I felt like the voicings of the chords and the voice leading in the melody needed some work.

However, 2:47 is probably my favorite part of the song. The descending arpeggio line is SO nice, the chromatically descending bassline with those chord voicings felt really natural, and the overall atmosphere at that part was just so pleasing to listen to! I found myself purposely clicking back to that part of the song over and over because of how at ease I felt listening through it!

Overall, the sound design and mixing are pretty solid, it was really the chords in relation to the melody and countermelodies at certain parts that made me feel a little uneasy at times, but it was never a huge issue. Pretty cool idea, keep at it!!

Not bad! Im loving the Ruins feel you create in this song. The intro SFX were awesome
I would love to hear even more of that throughout the song.

spectronoid97 responds:

Oh thanks for the tip! I might be exploring this in future songs :D

nice song bro. xD

spectronoid97 responds:

thx buddy

That was definitely bliss. Just takes your mind away... Thank you.

spectronoid97 responds:

It is I who thank you haha

Credits & Info

Listens
595
Downloads
23
Votes
7
Score
4.07 / 5.00

Uploaded
Jan 29, 2018
8:11 PM EST
Genre
Ambient
File Info
Song
8.9 MB
3 min 53 sec

Licensing Terms

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