i bow b4 you!
phenomenal!
would love to collab with you... just in the middle of 4 other projects(including other collabs) ill add u on msn... ill pm u as soon as i finish half of these projects :/....
Reviews for "AF+T888 - Lightspeed (DM Edit)"
aliaspharow responds:
collab? now i would have to think about that! but thanks for the review!
Wow, just wow.
OK this is amazing. Just flows so easily, keeps to its name yet is so relaxing and puts you at ease. Yeah, you ROCK at Ambient, and I'm sure that this is probably your best submission so far. Too bad it has such a bad score :C. Anyway, keep up the amazing work, this is the stuff that the Audio Portal should have! :D.
Alright, those melodies are just godly. They're really, really catchy and beautifully done. You seriously have talent when it comes to making melodies, and this is just another song that expresses that superb talent. The piano (is that even a piano?) has amazing melodies. Loved the part at 2:03 where the piano chords and pad play, and then the arp comes in so smoothly that you don't even notice it came in. Speaking of the arp, it was fast paced, yet still puts you at ease at the same time, plus its melodies were really cool. Maybe you could add some soft piano solo in-between, since at times your melody could use something new in the middle of it to keep the listener interested yet still relaxed, but heck, that doesn't really matter at all. I think I'm hearing a slight bit of clipping in the middle of the song, but I'm almost 100% sure that's my crappy speakers. Fantastic job with the melodies!
The synths and instruments you used were also really cool. Very spacey, and sort of make you imagine yourself soaring through the clouds at light speed, or at least that's how I see it. The piano sounded really nice, even though it made me doubt if it was a piano or not, but heck, as long as it sounds great, it doesn't have to sound like a piano ^^. Arp sound really cool, and that pad was just beautiful and sounded so calm and soothing. Yeah, instruments are out of this world, nothing to complain about them.
The mix is slightly muddy with all the reverb you threw in, but that added to the awesome spacey feel of the song, and I think the reverb makes the song feel really relaxing and smooth. When it comes to the sound effects, I think this song could REALLY benefit with some sweeps. If you don't have any/don't know how to make some, I can help you out :). Anyway, other than the fact that I think this could do with some sweeps, effects/mastering was great.
The transitions are all pristine, except maybe the one at 2:03 which could do with some reverbed reverse cymbal, or even better, a sweep like I mentioned above to indicate that the song has reached a new, calmer mood. Other than that small defect, smooth and flawless transitions, which is always important in an Ambient song such as this. New synths were introduced very well, such as the arp in the middle of the song which as I said above entered the song so smoothly that I didn't even notice it entered. Buildups were excellent.
The song structure is perfect. It's very well structured and all of the melodies compliment each other very nicely. Variety was excellent, except for the lack of a soft piano solo somewhere inbetween, but even without that the song is still well varied and never got boring, because whenever you got tired of one melody, another melody or another element comes in to keep you interested ^^. Intro was REALLY well done, and started the song very smoothly. It started spacey, and then built up as it introduced new elements, which is just how a song intro like this should be. The ending is also extremely cool. A smooth ending with a powerful piano chord and percussion hit to compliment it. Perfect :D.
The percussion wasn't really that audible, but I think making it any louder would ruin the beautiful and spacey ambient atmosphere you've got going. Maybe you could make the bass percussion a little more prominent. Not louder, just slightly stronger and easier to hear without ruining the atmosphere. Still, the snare or clap was really awesome. Drums were well done in general, good job ^^.
Other than the really tiny defects such as lack of sweeps/piano solos, this song is really cool, and a few more songs like this and I'm definitely favouriting you. Keep up the AWESOME work, man!
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aliaspharow responds:
Wow right back at you! You freakin rock steph! but i still wish i would of thought of putting sweeps in my song ^^!
cool i liked it
nice song, u really pulled me in there, its just missing something, im not sure.
great song!!
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aliaspharow responds:
i know right? always that feeling...
I don't know what to say...
So I won't say anything... Amazing...
Good. Fucking. Job.
aliaspharow responds:
Well. Fucking. Said.
Some moving words right there! You sure know how to make a point.
I checked out some of your music too! Not bad yourself!
Cheers!
Ay, very nice!
Very nice indeed. I see now that the AF+T888 corresponds to you and tigger888. I'll be sure to check out tigger's version after this. But, I love the motif here, even though it's a little repetitive. It's so spacey, I really like it. While it feels that, in places, there's too much business going on (especially around the 3:40-ish mark and beyond), all the sounds are superb. I think the thing that I like most about this song is the drums. At least, that's what stuck out to me the most. I think it's because it reminds me of a drumbeat that I recently wrote for a song (check out "Dubstep Preview" to see what I mean lol; it's not quite the same, but it has the same FEEL to it in my opinion - this big, sort of "trodding" feel, like something you'd hear in a Transformers movie). You've got great ideas here my friend, I'm very excited to see what you come out with in the future! =)
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aliaspharow responds:
Thanks man! Much appreciated.