For a first submission this is pretty impressive! The style reminds of the 'Casino Lights' too. Similar style, though different rhythm; notes... it's similar but this has a more RPG-like style to it. Adventure music. I like it.
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Little tune I put together for my first submission.
DAW: Reaper
VSTs:
- Dexed (For pretty much everything)
- T.Rex 606 (for the drums, except the kick)
- KickMaker (kick)
- DSK Overture (strings)
- ReaVerbate (on pretty much everything)
- ReaEQ (on pretty much everything)
Thanks for listening! Any feedback is appreciated! Also, I'm not really sure what genre this is, so if someone can point me in the right direction that'd be solid.
It has kind of "exploring" mood, at least to me, so it could work just right as a backround music for a indie game or something
but as a piece for seperate listening it would need a bit more, imo, it lacks a main melody or some kind of hook that would really catch your attention
it just goes on and on, I would really appreciate some change in the rhythm at some point, maybe add some more percussion element here and there, switch instruments from time to time
also 1:16 transition was too sudden to my taste, fadeout ending was already mentioned before me
mix sounds alright
not bad as your first tune, really, good luck with future music making :)
ETRossier responds:
You're right, it works a bit better as background music. I need to work on my composition skills themselves, and work on building some variety and producing catchy melodies. This music stuff is some tough shit.
So far it seems pretty nice. First off, the intro seems to take a bit long to build up into the main song IMO. At about 1 min, there is a rough transition that could possibly be fixed by some percussion filling in the break you did. the soft section at 1:25 or so is a nice touch, but feels odd at first coming immediately after that previous part. Maybe there's a way to take a little bit out slowly to have the same effect, but not as rough as a transition.
I think overall, I would like to have heard a prominent melody in there. There is a melody, but it seems to want to blend in with the harmonies. It might be nice to break free a little more. At 3:45 the drums fall out of rhythm and it feels very out of place. You might want to change those up.
Ending was really abrupt.
A very relaxing feel, and definitely not bad for your first submission. I think the biggest thing would be the melody needing to become more prominent at least in some portions of the song, as it just blends in and while that is a nice relaxing feel, it should change that feel at least for a portion, so we don't get bored as listeners.
Keep up the good work.
Mixing overall is a little quiet, but that is my only issue. I think just a punch in overall volume would fix that.
ETRossier responds:
Thanks for the review! I think part of the problem at 1:25 is that the ambiance from the strings carries over, muddling the synth, which is maybe already too quiet.
Yeah, I could definitely use a bit more going on melodically. It'll help to get a midi controller set up so I can play around a little more.
Yeah, the ending was abrupt. I should probably do something more with that same synth I ended, and then let the ambiance sustain, maybe do something cool with an envelope.
As for the drums, I guess I'm just not hearing it get out of rhythm. I jump into a couple slow triplet but it slides right back in. Idk, I'll tweak it a bit, but I'm not sure I'm hearing it. I was kinda going for a jungle (the genre) solo kinda thing, but maybe I missed the mark.
I still have room to bump up the master volume, so I'll do that on my next render.
Again, thanks for the review! Super helpful!
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