This is a good song.
I havn't gotten to review any of your songs for a while now... I completely forgot you couldn't get back onto your old account. anyways after listening to it, it's key and melody actually reminds me of a completely different song. It is very professional though like pretty much all of your works. The creativity was very well, and while this song was very loose feeling... IT POPPED!!! I liked that. Keep up the good work Benny!!!
Sold from the first seconds
Review 2...
As a first impression of listening, it's got a very high quality intro, and thus I'm stuck on it.
~Production
The quality of the sound, especially the guitar, is top notch. It's a very crisp little bugger, and it stands out nicely from the other, slightly more cloudy instruments in the background of it. It appears and reappears for a more prominent role at good times, and such is a testament to the quality of its sound. I do wish a few other parts could have a slightly fatter sound, like the piano in the middle on top of the drum beat, but hey, that's just me.
~Listenability
Argh, I'm obscenely jealous. Not only have you created a solid theme, and solid progression of chords, mood and feel, but you have created quite possibly one of the most catchy pieces I've ever heard (seriously). This is approaching that one Fireflies song from Owl City in terms of catchiness. Sigh, if only I could create something so pleasing to the ears and so inspiring.
~Genius
What can I say, you've got me beat here, and on that note, you've beaten quite a few other people I must say... There is a certain quality in the music in its diversity of moods, development of the theme, and the transitions. But, in my opinion, the finest part is the balance of the song. Balance is something that I concentrate the most on in my productions, be it balance between low and high, foregrounds and backgrounds, loud and soft, natural and synthetic, whatever it may be. You've managed to balance many things very well, and then balance more upon it. Imagine, if you will, making a tree of balances that don't fall out of balance (weird imagery there).
~Flair
Once again, another stunning example of the usage of the blending of styles, and it certainly has an air of being some of the most creative stuff that I've heard.
~Tilt
Perhaps I sense a trend of the music you've been making, but I'm not sure, I must listen to more. Methinks that I'll be quite pleased to continue listening after this.
In order of categories
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Looks like a 9/10 overall to me, plus 5/5.
Final thoughts: oooo, baller status yo. Consider doing more with the section beginning at 3:12 though, that could be even more brilliant for sure.
~FP
Thanks for your creative instruction and vivid imagery. You are amazing. Oh, and thanks for baller status. Much appreciated, must mean a lot. Will guard with life.
Benjamin
Nice
Not a bad tune, actually quite soothing. It's pretty long and I'm glad it changes so it doesn't get stale. The main melody is a tad repetitive, but I see what you were going for and I think you pulled it off. The main synth melody is great. Sounds happy and careless.
The change around 3:15 was warranted, as something needed to happen, and I liked that part quite a bit. I think it picked up the pace of the song quite well while remaining a happy and pleasant beat.
4:07 was the best by far. You timed it perfectly, and it sounded great. Not sure why you cut out the synth from 4:24-4:30 though, that to me just sounded a bit weird and uncalled for. It didn't seem in time with anything else, so I personally would have let it play out for a while longer.
The ending was great...pretty much perfect. Funny song name too, lol. Good work with this, keep it up.
-RRC-
Hey SeeD, thanx muchly for the great review.
Repetition has never been my strong point. So instead of trying to eliminate repetition entirely, I have attempted to use reiteration to my advantage. That's what most people pick up.
The pick up at 3:15 was in actuality a fortunate accident, for when I had realised that I had been more than 3 minutes into a song where no drums had played. It turned out to be a refreshing change, as you said.
I wanted that part at 4:07 to be very effective, so I gave 8 bars of straight drums to bring drama. I was thinking of making a whoosh, but that would seem cheesy and probably ruin the song's vibe. Something else which is curious is that I was using a built-in plugin called HardCore for the main synth, which brings on its unique quality. However, this was only the trial version, so it regularly cut out of the mix (unfortunately). So perhaps when I get more funds I may at least get nicer drums first :3
Thank you for all your constructive criticism. You are really helpful and personally an amazing guy. We should totally hang out sometime. I'm free on Thursday?
Benjamin
(Oh, and thx for the complement on the name. I wasn't sure whether or not it would go with the song, but I went with it.)
Sounds rather great
The intro with the instruments makes it sound rather nice and soft for a good pop song that is not incredibly annoying sounding which is nice. The acoustic guitar sounds nice as well. If you were to resubmit this I would only ask you not to remove this one so you can compare the two side by side to see how much you changed them and how could have changed the original some more. Also I would probably lower the bass a tad bit since it comes on as overly loud but good sounding anyway.
The keyboard sounds beautiful and blissful to the ears for those who listen to this as well. The way the song flows is just nice to hear, kind of makes you wander if in your thoughts. The drum part sounds great and reminds me of a song by "The Main Drag" as well. The song just sounds really nice to hear the whole way through. I really really liked it. Very nice job on this piece.
Overall, I look forward to more from you in the future.
Review Request Club
Thanks SCTE3 for the fantastic review. Yeah the bass was very loud, I do that often. (i also lack treble sometimes.)
The keyboard was my favourite part of the whole song :) Thanks for listening!
Benjamin
Standard chord play
Besides the unoriginal chords (50% of today's pop songs use these chords), I can't realy blame you for using them, as they do sound great.
The guitar intro sounds pretty good, thought I can't identify what the instrument in the higher register (the one that plays once every time, not the moog-ish instrument) is supposed to be, sounds like a distorted piano or something.
The part at 3:12 is the part that's bugging me. It's completely irrevelant with the previous part, and could have either been introduced more smoothly, or been cut alltogether.
Also, as a side-note, from 4:24 to 4:29, the moog-ish instrument seems to have been cut off...
On a good note, the song was briliantly balanced, and the instruments used were top notch (even thought I don't know what certain are supposed to be)
To resume, Sounds and balance are great, just check your transitions, and -that's just on a personal note- use maybe more original chords, for more authenticity.
Great song overall!
-Review Request Club-
Cheers,
Samuel Hébert
Hey Samuel,
Great review. You are spot on with your praise and criticisms; I spent a lot of time balancing the sounds but hardly any working transitions. I also usually use different chord progressions, but I decided to just go with the formula this time round, the tried and true. This song focussed on the vibe more than originality, so that's a good calculation. :3
Thx for your wonderful review,
Benjamin