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Black Cherry

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Had a great time making this song. Made this on FL studio mobile over the course of about a week. Made it for NGUAC. Once again, no clue what to put the genre as, but my family keeps telling me my music sounds like music that would be in a video game, so that's the genre I went with.

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I like the smooth pads and plucked guitar at the beginning. The mix is pretty quiet and thin, though. Some more mixing effects would be nice here. The drums are also really loud relative to the harmonic content. The relaxed vibe and flowing melodic content (like at 1:11) make this piece great to just chill to. That said, the arrangement is pretty choppy, with several pretty abrupt transitions (:56, 1:25, 2:22, etc.) and not a great sense of overarching direction. The transition into 1:53 with the pitch-shifting snare is also a bit cliche and cheesy. I did appreciate how you added a melody in a higher register towards the end. That helped the piece feel a bit more climactic. Still, I can’t help but feel that you played it a bit safe with the composition. Overall, though, the mood, atmosphere, sound design, and melodies are all pleasant. Keep at it, Xehao! :)

Mixing, mastering, and balance
1.5/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
1/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
1.5/2
Instrumentation and sound design
.75/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1.25/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
.75/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
.25/1
Composite score
7/10

Xehao responds:

Once again, thank you for the extremely helpful review, will work on transitions and drums, very excited for the final round

I like this track. It´s kinda weird (I don´t know why, I think it´s the sound design) but it still feels familiar and like home. For some reason it reminds me of your profil pic :)
The main and pretty much only problem for me are the drums. They are mixed to the foreground and kinda overshadow the rest. With an Equalizer, Freq Filter and a tiny bit reverb the drums would be more in the backround and they would have fit in better. Maybe you could´ve add more instruments/synths to mix it up a little, too.
Still, a very chill song!

Xehao responds:

Thanks, will work on that in the future, the drums were probably too much when I relisten to it, thanks for the review!

Yeah for final hours 2

Xehao responds:

I'm sorry what? I don't know what you are saying.

Credits & Info

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Downloads
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Votes
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Score
3.99 / 5.00

Uploaded
Jul 29, 2019
4:33 PM EDT
Genre
Video Game
File Info
Song
6.6 MB
2 min 55 sec

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