Reviews for Etude #5 - Moonlight

[Animith]

Review Request Club

Very nicely done, very quickly downloaded. I think is the first NG track in a long time that I could listen to for a good long while.
There's some really cool melodies in here and it's the kind of thing that could easily fit as a sort of atmophere-creating music in the background of some scenery or even a flash game; it's got that simple listenablility to it, so even though it's generally exploring the same area throughout, it doesn't get boring to listen to.

That being said, I think some of the notes got a little lost in the playing, especially the lower notes of the slightly faster sections, such as 0:21-23ish. The little break at 0:26 was nice, though I think a touch overdone. Though that's just pedanticism more than anything. I'd say if you were ever going to make this longer you could try and try a different melody on top of the one you already have, or maybe even go into another key to add even more of a colour to it. But as it is, it's a really nice piece to listen along to, and just generally very well done. Would love to see what'd happen if this was a little longer.

-Review Request Club

Darkmaster603 responds:

First, id like to thank you for reviewing this piece. I do need to redo this piece, I'm trying to get a cd out and I'm working on extending all my songs and writing more complicated ones, see my romance suite for an example. I agree it needs more to it, I actually didn't think it would do so well because of the simplicity of it. Ill take your criticism in consideration for the moonlight suite that's coming soon.

Thanks for the review and kind words

[Biertje]

The first notes...

The first few notes I heard (at the new flashmovie: "Stuck") I fought it was the intro of Diablo 2, but then again it wasn't. Its a really good background music, really calming and able to repeat itself without getting boring. A bit of medieval, a bit of darkness and a bit of Joy. A perfect mix. 10/10!

Darkmaster603 responds:

Hey thanks glad you liked it, and thanks for reviewing it!

[SilentCobra]

Not so much classical

As it is more fitting of a medieval genre, if you will. There's just something about this that screams:

"I'M MORE FITTING IN THE MEDIEVAL GENRE OF MUSIC!!!"

Excellent riff overall.

Darkmaster603 responds:

Well, Renaissance music is considered classical, although it's a sub-genre. Once the sub-genres of classical come out I'm going to re-organize all my songs genre's.

I'm glad you liked it though, and thanks for the review.

[Fisherdec]

Nice work

I really like this etude, but I can't help but think throughout the whole piece I felt like the counterpoint section in the beginning of each main phrase could have used just a little more baseline notes. But of course this is your piece and this is simply just what I felt about it when listening. aside from that, I liked this.

Darkmaster603 responds:

I agree there was more I could have done with counterpoint, but I felt this piece would be hard enough for beginners as it is. I may make a variation of this piece though and do that.

Thanks for the review and glad you liked it

[MusicOfSDG]

Tres bien!

I just think you could enter the phrase a little slower. Think of it the phrase as a hill.

Darkmaster603 responds:

Its actually written to be played like however the performer feels, with rubato. Thanks for reviewing