Reviews for Moonlight Through Misty Air

[Lance]

Another great tune

First off, I'd like to aplogize for ruining your perfect 10/10 streak, I'm trying to objectively grade based with my criteria ("9" is great, "10" is perfect with no room for improvement- not on NG, very very rarely.) Of course, my personal taste will still influence my score...here and there....

You've really impressed me with your control over the glitch and IDM effects you use - it's no easy job. I would know. I've tried making this type of music for years but just am no good. And I thought you did a great job with the Silver Monster song - well compared to this, I think those effects were a bit random and overdone now :P This is perfect.

I really enjoyed the opening sequence, another interesting melody. Like that choice of instrument that sound a bit like a guitar, and it fits great with the IDM drums. I dig the atmosphere once again. Piano chords are great. A lot more melodical content in this one for sure. Again, love the melodies and harmonies. Feels so nice to the ear. Bird tweets were a nice touch, and I really do appreciate the way you add a complex structure to every little bit, making the finished product sound all the better.

The phase after the vocals- great! Excellent placing of the retriggered hat bits, and the bitcrushed sound, the reverse effects to transition to different patterns, fusing it all together creating a visual, complex and very interesting, unique rhythm. That's all I have to say, I like it much!

Can't think of any improvements in here, to be honest. All the certain parts are pieced together very effectively, you've filled all the ranges (not a lot a bass, but I wouldn't be too focused on that, track doesnt need energy in that department. However, if you maybe layered the kick with an 808 deep subkick, it might make the sound more fuller. Just something you might want to experiment with in the future). Hmm...mixing could be a bit better I'd assume. You're good at spacing/panning and making all the individual instruments sound well defined. But the drums, while they're great and all, could probably be a bit better. Experiment with making your breakbeats from scratch, instead of using sliced breakbeats, if you're not already. Experiment with making your own samples, layer and resample them, run filters through them, all that jazz...Just might take your stuff to the next level. Sorry to stretch for fault, but I just always feel like handing out suggestions. Just to let you know, I could listen to this in my free time and find absolutely no problem with it, and I'm a picky bitch.

Anyways, impressive track once again. This one's a bit more complex than the other one, I think the "Silver Monster" song had a more interesting melody and atmosphere, while this song has a better display of your ability to chop up and organize all the intricate snippets (piano and drums included). I love it man, definetly worth a D/L to the good 'ole Ipod. Keep it up man! (Also, once again, very interesting story to go with the title, I enjoyed reading it. Keep that up too).

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

Oh thats alright, i'd rather have it broken by you then some idiot. The long, content filled review will be good enough with out a score.

I'm glad you enjoy this. I am. It was a lot of work. And i've realized the time and effort was a much better pay off. Which is why i haven't made anything new recently really. Ah-hah. Being more meticulous, methodical.

That instrument i love. I've used it in a couple of songs too. Its got such a pleasant sound to it. Especially when you mess around with it and really bring it out. You can do some pretty interesting things with it too. I found playing around you could make it slide sort of like a guitar. Not sure if it was built like that at all, but by using 3 fast notes and changing the velocities a bit. In fact this song made me second guess my choice of an electric guitar vs an electro-acoustic. : (

I wanted to do alot with the song, i wanted a lot of change and melody range. I felt like some of my stuff doesnt have enough change, doesnt take on as much of a journey as i would like. I have a hard time figuring out what to transition into usually. This flowed great and gave off alot of variation and i used a lot of panning, i wanted it to engulf and fill up someone.

as far as your words for improvement go. I've actually been doing that (the idea with the drums and layering). I haven't been doing it as much as i should as its a pain in the ass most of the time and rather boring. I've slowly been collecting a small folder of glitchy noises and sounds that i've sampled and sampled myself. things I've used in other songs, small ticks and such. I should probably do that with kicks and snares more though. You pose a good point, it'd give me a more personal sound. Something that no one else is using. Right now, i find myself in the "Amen break" stage of my musical life, haha. And quickly transitioning out of that. I still just love the way the sample sounds and i try to take hold of it and make it my own as much as i can. So i will take what you say and use it to push for that. I'll just have to stop being lazy! Haha.

I'm glad you find this song enjoyable enough to listen to on a personal basis too. That means a lot. I'm glad you like the stories, too. I think i'll keep doing that in the future. Or at least for the first album i make i want to either have a couple songs spanning a story, or the whole album a story. Not sure. It just comes as i go. I've always enjoyed writing, so i thought it was a good idea. Again, thank you for your review, it does mean a lot to read something like this. To know some one takes the time to sit at their computer, listen, and type thoughtfully.

Your temporal lobes are appreciated.

[dirtofgrandeur]

Amazing!

People like you remind me that IDM and glitch really can be amazing subgenres. This is how stuff like this should be done! The drums should be thick and intense, but not the focal point, not aggressive, and the melodies should be written around natural sounding instruments. The layers and layers to hear here are great, and I love the spoken word bits. One of the coolest tracks I've found on NG. VERY good work!

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

Thanks alot for your rev iew! It was great. You pose a great point. I try to work on each layer on its own. I like everything to be equally balanced and well heard when it needs to be, panning, etc. Need to fill each corner of space with harmony. Its taken such a long time to finally get that balance! I wish i could record in surround sound. This is one of my favorite songs and one of the ones i put the most passion into. Thank you for your kind words.

Keep listening. : )

[1r2o3m4a5n]

keep it up.

oooohhh nice song keep it up and you stories are so cool. Ever thought of making something that involves poems and stories and or music like now in the future?

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

Thanks mate. I'm glad you like both parts of the creative process. Something that incorporates the reading of poetry or stories into the music? like actually recording words? I plan on making a decent sized cd insert with stories that go along with the songs. I want to do that. Make a sort of instrumental story album. Then again, it may take away from some peoples views on the music? Their own thoughts they'd transpose on the track. I like that idea though, and i've been thinking about it. Generally people expand off of it anyhow.

[quayquay17]

this sucks ass.

...NOT!

so what will you say? hehe, beautiful song. i liked that piano there, the glitches were pulled off pretty well, overall a very nice sound

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

Hey man, thanks a load for your words and ears. I'm glad you liked it! Mrah-hah!

[Crsttarocks]

woah

cool =D

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

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