Reviews for In Spite of 1984

[thatbennyguy]

Wow Han.

Hi Han Raut, a.k.a PrEmoEffect ;) It was a pleasure reviewing your submission last time, "Unfortunate Truth", which remains on the top of my favourites list to this day. Let's see if "In Spite of 1984" keeps the bar high, or even improves the standard. :)

--Production--
What I like about your last song is that was always so crisp and fresh. This is no different. Everything's been made for maximum loudness, and it just fills the ears. You have that professional touch. Sometimes pads are too loud, but that's minor.

--Listenability--
This is definitely nice to listen to. You've got a lovely kick sound going on there, and it just grooves steadily throughout. Some parts however sound like the pads or something are too overwhelming such as 2:30 which is a shame.

--Genius--
Not as groundbreaking as your last single (hehe) but it's still good. The good thing about Unfortunate Truth was that it sounded unlike anything I've ever heard before, but this seems more like standard fare. It just seemed to droop in quality at the end. But you did well.

--Flair--
This reminds me that no-one makes music like you on this site. You're on a whole different level. Although I felt that this trumped most NG competition, I know you can do better. I have high expectations of you, and you mostly fulfil them ;)

--Tilt--
I <3 U. SRS. This is great music, no matter in what shape or form it comes. Again, not as groundbreaking as Unfortunate Truth, but amazing nevertheless. You're great. :) Thanks for letting me listen. My pleasure :)

--Production-- = 10/10
--Listenability-- = 9/10
--Genius-- = 9/10
--Flair-- = 9/10
--Tilt-- = 9/10
OVERALL SCORE: 9.2/10
ROUNDED SCORE: 9/10
VOTE: 5/5

VERDICT: Near Perfect!

Benjamin

PrEmoEffect responds:

Again, thank you for the amazing reviews. You put your heart out, and it's extremely helpful.

I think the excessively loud pad comes from sloppy side chaining on my part. It's true, it does take away from the power since the lead synths are not proportionally loud enough.

Haha, I'll give you the secret for the kick though: layering. Layer a couple of kicks together. I know, it sounds trivial... but it's not. I take a kick with a nice high end, and shorten the attack. Then I take a kick with a good overall sound, and play it with the other kick. Then there's the tail of the kick, which creates a very nice subtle effect. To do that, I add another kick, and keep only the decay, playing the beginning of the decay sound at the start of the other kick samples.

I wrote this song when I was in a slight low, so it has a slow pace to it. I think, when I wrote Unfortunate Truth, I had more shifting emotions, since I wrote it over a longer period of time ;). I Guess it helps to have a track, and just leave it for a while before working on it again.

[HevnRhmcD]

it was cooling

it brought me very relaxing mood, like cold wind blowing trough my face.
i'd love to listen this again anytime.

PrEmoEffect responds:

Thanks for the review. Love the analogy/description of feelings.

[MTLane]

Chill!!

Very chill man loved it. Intro was great also keep up the great work!

PrEmoEffect responds:

Thanks, and happy turkey day to you.

[worldjem7]

Good, but threw me off

I felt the beat of the triplet (but not really a triplet, not sure what else to call it, I suck at music terms) was -&2&-&4&, but it was really 1-2&3-4&, so I was taken off guard at 2:24 when the bass drum came in RIGHT at 1 and screwed up my momentum with the song.

So, I had to recalibrate myself to the beat and then listen to it and it wasn't as enjoyable as it was when I thought it was the former beat.

If the beat was steady and kept with what I had in mind, I would have already favourited, and downloaded and wouldn't have written this review.

PrEmoEffect responds:

I'm still trying to figure out how it sounds off. Oh actually, I can sort of see why that could happen. I tried to emphasize the last note of each beat so that it wouldn't quite sound like that. Anyway, I'm glad you like the rest of the song at least. Thanks for the review.