This is extremely fun to listen to :D
Reviews for "Village Fest - NGADM Round 2"
Santi-Montali responds:
Glad you liked it! I'll be listening to yours in a bit :)
My fellow tinnitus carrier, this is so magical and immersive. Beautiful melody and countermelodies, and everyone else really. Instruments fit so well and realistically; so much automation even with the reset CC lanes, the panning and non-quantization, the tonicizations (especially at the end), it's all wonderful. The strings play such beautiful support roles and introduce themselves so gracefully. Fun oboe is fun!
Glock definitely is tricky, especially close mic'd. In most situations, I think a lot of perc volume can be lowered while still being present. Or you could complicate things like me and slap a 1KHz high pass filter and high-ratio compressor on the glock. Bend those transients to your will!
I can't wait to listen to your next piece. Superb work
Santi-Montali responds:
Thank you very much for your kind review! Sadly the glocken library I used reacted very weirdly and had more transients in lower velocity and register. I also didn't notice how loud it was until I listened to the track once again after a couple minutes of uploading it. This usually happens to me haha I can't deal with deadlines. I'm happy you liked it and will surely be uploading more stuff soon :)
Official Review for NGADM Round 2 :
The song starts of with a chill vibe with some happy instruments. I love this glockenspiel-type of sound.
All instruments complement each other well. The pluck, the piano, the strings, honestly it kinda put a smile on my face.
The part at 0:26 really hit me. It's simple, but in terms of composition, it's amazing :D
By 0:40, I understood you were going the story route with your song. It's really obvious at 0:47 with the introduction of the flute, and soon after the brass and strings. It feels like a fantasy village.
We did have another entry going that route, but you executed it in a different way, which makes this stand out.
There's so many parts here that stand out to me with all great things going on.
I'm having trouble describing it because honestly, it's close to perfect to me. I'm vibing so much that I can't write the damn review.
I have to say, the melodies are really good. Lots of emotions are going on. Again, the instruments choice isn't complex, but sometimes, simpler is better.
This is one of the best entries submitted so far in the contest in my personal opinion.
I was trying to hold back with my rating, because honestly, you were gonna beat the record of the most full-marks per category.
I was gonna try lowering some grades, but then, I noticed "1337 views". And as it turns out, it's one of my lucky numbers. So fuck it, it has to be a sign.
I'll fight the other judges if I have to. I'll stay true to my feelings and not change my ratings !
*I love how you can see how I just gave up during my review because I preferred just listening to it, having the time of my life*
*also, I showed the the track to a certain friend who pointed out the 6.9mv, 69 is another lucky number of mine. Not only that, but after we both followed you, you got to 69 followers. This has to mean something for sure*
Santi-Montali responds:
Woah thank you so much! I'm really glad you liked it and reading stuff like this about something I made makes me realize I should probably stop doubting so much. Plus I was just listening to some osts that got me into this world a couple years ago and that somehow triggered all these emotional memories while reading this, so again, thank you so much :)
this is so good, you scare me dude
Santi-Montali responds:
Haha thanks xD
simply beautiful.
Santi-Montali responds:
Thank you!