Reviews for Whales [Box-Killa]

[Kirbyfemur]

Interesting

It helps the whole whales thing that you've added the wave effect in the background lol

I don't think that this song is all too weird, just has some strange accidentals thrown in everywhere.

Truly the biggest problem might be that it could maybe use some sort of change up, like a sub-melody somewhere in it. I don't know, it might be one of those instances where you know it could use some work, but don't know where to start at. Anyways nice little thing you've got going here.

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Box-Killa responds:

Lol, I yeah that wave thing gives it a nice atmosphere. I think it I added a sub melody, the song would become too complex and it would be more like an octopus, rather then a whale song :D

[Step]

You have a knack for Ambient ;).

Yep, I definitely can't find many problems in this. Good job!

Melodies are well done. There were some wierd ones as you said, but that seems to symbolize that the ocean is wierd and we still haven't learnt enough about it. Wind-chimes were a nice touch over here too. I also liked that reverb you put on the song as a whole; it definitely fit with the hollow feeling an ocean has.

Instruments are perfect, and I think I could guess what the song is supposed to symbolize without even looking at the title. There was a little pitch bending on that instrument at the beginning, which I quite liked, since it does remind me of whales. What would be a cool addition here is the sonar-like sounds whales do, or maybe some ocean sound effects like waves and bubbles rising to the ocean surface. Delayed bells could fit well here too.

The song's transitions were done perfectly, especially the ones with the Wind-chimes. New instruments were introduced well too, and nothing felt too sudden. I liked the buildup which then built down for the ending as Haggard said. Song structure and variety are just right, and the song didn't get repetitive.

Intro wasn't that wierd really. I quite liked it, since it reminds me of whales perfectly. What was quite wierd in my opinion was the ending. It's good to do the building-down so the song ends calmly, but the ending note was wierd. Try and end it with the proper note. Either that, or consider fading the song, since I think a fade would work well over here if you make it correctly.

Drums are really excellent. They fit so perfectly with the song, and the samples were brilliant, especially that snare. Kick could've used more reverb to it, since it sounds quite abrupt and short right now, but the drums were perfect other than that. Could use more variety of samples, though.

I hate Ambient, so I can't give you such a big review, but still, for an ambient song, this was rather good. I guess you're an artist of many genres. Heh, I try out loads of different genres too. Too bad I suck at them :(. Anyway, keep up the great work!
9/10
5/5

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Box-Killa responds:

Lol "I cant give you such a big review" Well you did lol. I think you did like this, despite your hate for ambience :D Yeah now that I listen to this, like I made this a while back, the bass drum doesn't suit that great. Well thanks for the review and stuff ! Peaceout :D

[Haggard]

Nice and relaxing

Yes, the tune does sound a little like whale songs. Not the melody, though. But just the sound of the tune has this whale-like touch to it.

The melody of whale songs are quite different (well, at least the ones I heard), but I don't think your goal was to imitate whale songs.

Anyway, enough talk about whales. The tune is pretty nice. I like the echo effect you used here. It is very fitting, especially on the drums. It creates an atmosphere of a very big room where we are standing, which somehow reminds me of the ocean.

I also like the build up of the song. You start out with just a few instruments and then slowly add more to the song, until it is "really" playing.
The outro is done in a similar way. You slowly take away instruments until the song ends. This also sounds nice and makes this song even more relaxing.

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Box-Killa responds:

Hey :D You liked it! I was unsure of whether you would like it or not because it is very... like not the normal sorta thing anyone would here, and its a bit slow. Anyway, glad you liked it :D