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My Nearing Dawn

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I'm deeply happy with what I made (well, before I read the reviews and realise my mistakes)
Or maybe I'm just happy to have finished it before the deadline (that got postponed! Lucky!)


Anyway, about this piece...
After the reviews I got from my AIM entry I searched for the best "sounds" I got availavle on my ableton to try and add more dynamic to my notes (they really were sounding flat)
Did I succeeced? Don't know.
I only started working on this piece midway into the two week period because... I didn't feel like doing nothing really...
And I'm so so grateful that the judge decide on extending the deadline! (Because I JUST finished it now in a nick of time)

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I like the piano riffs at the beginning, but the instrument itself sounds a bit dry. It could use some reverb or other mixing effects. The bass line is nice, and I like the minimal drums at :24 too, despite their also being dry. The transition at :40 was a little sudden, and the guitar at :43 definitely shifts the mood in a different direction. The frantic piano riff at 1:00 sounds a bit unnatural. Maybe it would help if you put a tad bit of space between the notes. The texture is also pretty thin for a lot of the piece. Some more compression or atmospheric elements might help fill it out. The flute melodies during the second minute are nice, and I like the breakdown at 2:17, despite the abrupt transition at 2:13. I really like the transition at 2:36 back into the main theme of the piece, and the filtering at around the 3-minute mark adds a bit of decoration to a piece whose texture remains pretty dry throughout. I think the transition at 3:48 was pretty rough, and I’m not sure the piece felt conclusive by the end. It does have a pretty experimental texture at times, and some of the quirky drum samples reinforce that idea. I’m not sure I like the rest of the sound design much, tbh. The orchestral/acoustic-sounding elements aren’t very authentic, and you didn’t do much to help the instruments blend well together (reverb, compression, etc.). You clearly have a good sense of harmony and rhythm, but the arrangement of the piece can be choppy at times and the compositional details need a bit of polished. Still, I enjoyed the production quality, pleasant balance of frequencies, mood, and rhythmic content. Keep at it, Tebyricat! :)

Mixing, mastering, and balance
1.75/2
Structure, transitions, phrasing, and variety
1/1.5
Melody, tonality, harmony, and texture
1.5/2
Instrumentation and sound design
.25/1
Emotion, atmosphere, and catchiness
1.25/1.5
Originality and uniqueness
.75/1
Overall (how do the elements above interact?)
.75/1
Composite score
7.25/10

Credits & Info

Listens
329
Faves:
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Votes
6
Score
3.99 / 5.00

Uploaded
Aug 6, 2019
10:18 PM EDT
Genre
Experimental
File Info
Song
3.8 MB
4 min 13 sec

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