Committed! Even though it was an on/off 3 months still! Anyway, I always like what you make, I'm no Mozart but it's nice to listen to. I guess my technical review could go like this; It flowed well, subtly changing throughout that 7 minutes. Good choice in beats and stuff (???)... Just sayian, overall it was nice.
Reviews for "No Sky"
RetromanOMG responds:
If you've got an idea you like, it's hard to quit on it. I'm glad you liked this.
There's a great versatility with this music. The beginning really put me off-center with the unusual emphasis on notes. I guess it's actually like that throughout the entire piece. It's a novelty, a mixture of ambient, techno, and some hip-hop flow. There's so many twists in this that makes it captivating throughout the entire seven minutes. Seriously, there wasn't really a break where it got repetitive or boring. An impressive feat for a long song. Overall, an excellent track. Perfection.
RetromanOMG responds:
I'm really loving how people like my longer songs. I'm usually worried that they're too long to hold the listener's attention, but comments like this show me otherwise.
This is a splendid example of musical talent.
Not many songs can maintain interest in the listener with a song that is so long, but your melodic crafting and instrument choice is rather absorbing.
A song this nice is hard to come by on this site.
You were recommended for my Aaroca Cookie of Approval by Zirocket-8, since then I've listened to a few of your songs and they are all very good quality. This one gets a cookie.
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-Aaroca-
The Aaroca Cookie of Approval deems this song; Quite Worthy.
Another great track. The chips n' bits are wonderful - the incredibly uplifting strings as well (they just came in). Mmm, time-stretched amens. Dig for sure.
RetromanOMG responds:
Oh crap, didn't notice this comment. It's funny that you mentioned the Amen section at the end, I actually got the idea from a similar transition you did at the end of Suprachiasmatic Nuclei and the Grandfather Paradox (I'm not actually sure if that's still on your Newgrounds, I just had it in my head when I finished this song).
Thanks for the comment.
16-bit ambience
Hmm, that may sound like an oxymoron, but I feel that we're onto something here - the sound that you've given is very definitely something that could be called ambient, as the length would also indicate. The sounds that you've used would indicate an "early 90s" start, but that mellows out, as the piece matures - was that intentional, or just the way that the piece evolved over the seven minutes? It gave me the impression that there was something to progress with, but this still wasn't convincing enough to state it as an intentional adjustment.
The mood is calm and peaceful, not obscured by the oppressive bass beat - you could so easily have fallen into this trap, but you managed to avoid that, giving rise to another phase, where the track neatly fits together with the other elements and still carries on, not compromising, nor being compromised - the mark or a master composer.
I think that with this sort of piece, we could certainly see it being used in various video games or sprite productions, where the characters are from well known games. That would be the best form of flattery that I can give you, by suggesting that your piece deserves to be included in someone else's work. I only hope that they manage to do it justice.
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