I like the chill mood at the beginning. Good sense of atmosphere and drive to the piece at the same time. The drums are creative and energetic, while the pads and synths really maintain the flow. The progression is a tad slow, but the piece really starts coming together when the bass picks up at :53. I was itching for some more melodic content during this section, though, as I wasn’t sure exactly what the piece was building towards after the 1-minute mark. The second minute of the piece feels really dragged out, although those rich chords at 1:59 help take the track in a new direction. Excellent sense of build into 2:40, although the prominent melodic content I’ve been waiting for never really comes. The emotional height is still pretty sweet, but a really dynamic and full melody would help advance that moment of catharsis. I like how the thrill of the emotional height gradually dies over the last minute, but I still wish you had at least varied that main riff a little more. The strongest element of this piece is probably the production quality - the mix is as clean and polished as a knife fresh out of the dishwasher. The instrumental palette here is really appealing, and complements the structural arc of your piece really well. Most of my complaints here simply point out missed opportunities rather that things I actively disliked about the piece, which is certainly a good sign. Keep up the good work, DJ-Saidez! ^_^

Mixing, mastering, and balance
2/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
1.25/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
1.5/2
Instrumentation and sound design
1/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1.5/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
.75/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
1/1
Composite score
9/10

Im placing my bets on this one

Damn, I wasn't sure what I expected when I went to check this out, but it certainly wasn't this amazing piece of music! Here's what I have to say.

Pros: Very nice arp melody with the synths. It's a nice and chill sound to me. The chords sound kinda cool. The drums for this work to some extent. Nice drop, and a very nice flow. And those drums when they come in full. God damn it's awesome! And, looking at that wave form, it's a very well compressed and great sounding track. A major song is something admittedly kinda rare nowadays, so hearing one (admittedly partially) is quite nice to hear when we're surrounded by songs that are tuned in minor. Very nice build up at 2:30 ish dropping into 2:40. This is a very nice tune. Kinda at this point getting to hear the drums better mixed with everything else. It does work quite well. I was gonna add a con about the drums, but I can't now because the drums as a whole work really well. Loving the Ab Major, Bb Major, C minor, F minor chord progression. Used something similar in many songs of mine own. The drums going quiet around 4:30 is quite a nice thing to hear. Some people (including myself) are so dominated by the drums that we forget quietness is nice to hear.

Cons: I'll admit, for something like this, there aren't too many. First off, it is rather repetitive. I can't expect this to be a master class of new content every two bars, because that gets annoying. Repetitive is a nice thing, but it does kind of get out of hand in this track, imo. And, the chord synth sounds like it's clipping a little bit, but it's not clipping in the wave form, so my mind says you compressed this after mixing down a version of the track with the chords clipping, which is fine, just a little distracting is all. It also feels like there's not enough noise to it. I understand how having something too noise gets hard to listen to, but most trance songs have quite a bit of noise. Having a larger saw chord sound opening up from an envelope would do some great work here, imo. T-Force Alpha Plus if you wanna try that out ;)

Overall, you have a very solid track. Other than that one sound, there's no clipping. You have mixed this very well. Everything blended perfectly, even those acoustic sounding drums in the first minute and a half ish. Overall, including my gripes, 4/5! Very well done, my friend!

Take care!
~AlphaStorm

Very awesome and good song!