cool
Using the the crowd as a drum beat was cool man!.
Its a very happy song, Have you tried the usual quiet moment of trance music?
maybe it will be cool to put one on this one or maybe not. you can always try for yourself.
cheers and good job
Reviews for "Flare [SMD]"
SmdSkata responds:
As in a quiet moment, do you mean like a pause? In one of my songs back a bit I did do it. Thanks for the review.
Stadium!
Good stadium music. like the reviewers below i liked the use of the crowd. Liked the background synths around 1:32 and how u ended it. 5/5 10/10.
SmdSkata responds:
Haha it appears I should use the crowd more often :). Thanks for the review.
Really good...
it sounds beautiful, this track is perfect..
SmdSkata responds:
Haha Thanks :)
very energetic!
very cool piece, i especially like the crowd noise as a way to keep the beat. did you chain that? anyways, good piece all around, if i had to nitpick i'd say that some of the chord changes where a little muddy. it sounded it resulted from the chord behind it holding too long, if you could make it cut off a little bit faster i think it'd sound better. also, everything was awesome until that very last note, i feel like if it had gone down to the root it would've given a better sense of closure. regardless, i really liked it, hope it's not going to be this long again before you put out another piece because i look forward to hearing it!
SmdSkata responds:
No sidechaining at all actually. I had a sample that fit perfectly with a little work. Hmm, you might have it. I'm very visual with stuff so this might sound stupid, but when I was putting on the final mix, It felt like elongated sphere, and I'm guessing you hit the nail on the head. When I got time, I'll turn down some of the releases and see what I get. Now that you say it, I wish I would of returned to the root octave on the arp. Are you a Blink182 fan?
Nice!
The intro with the crowd is really good and sets the mood for the song. Then the melody comes in and it sounds so uplifting and.. nice! :D
Then you feel that it's building up to something and step by step the music gets a little calmer. Then the calm part comes in. That sounds pretty nice, but it's a bit repetitive. You could've added a little more variation there.
After the calm part it goes back to the nice melody lines again. Hmm, maybe you can turn that high bell sound thingy a little up in the mix. I think it would sound better :-)
Conclusion:
This is a very nice song and with a few adjustments it can go from a very good song to a great song.
Keep up the good work!
9/10
5/5
MH16
SmdSkata responds:
Thanks for your comments. It seems everyone loves the crowd. I really did aim for the song to start off quite jump to intense then drop to the bridge. I also do agree with the middle part being super repetitive. I'm thinking about releasing an extended version with more movements in it. Belive it or not, the bell was originally loud as could be in the mix but I lowered it on the final render. Thanks!