The beats just get stucked in my head nicely done!
Reviews for "-conclusion-"
not yr best, but still good
This is an NGADM Round 2 Review.
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You've got an awesome habit of making these really long and good songs with a tonne of energy in them. And 8 hours? Damn, something like this'd take me at least 20!
What I liked in this track would be that you've actually got some really good ideas here, both melodic and structural. You communicate them very very well with the fantastically skilful production one can expect from you as well, and the cool sounds you've used are just icing to the cake. You've just developed your own unique style so much that I seriously think one of the genres in the genre listings should be 'Waterflame'. I can't really throw this into any genre (except maybe Video Game) because you throw in many different elements, and best of all, these actually fit with each other.
Never have I heard orchestral elements fitting so well with such clear trance-like elements. Your orchestral sounds weren't out of this world in terms of realism but you've got good enough mixing for me to let that slide. The strings sounded great (although perhaps a bit too heavy in the lower mids which sounds quite clear at parts like 2:42) and I like your use of orchestral cymbals in particular. You used them like crazy but they didn't get annoying. Your flute could've sounded better if it was a bit brighter and breathier, though. By the way, I love your breakbeat.
That said, this song has some issues scattering about that really lower your score. For starters, despite being original and going for a trance/orchestral hybrid like this (which I admit you did very well) you've got some compositional ideas that are very unoriginal. I'm saying this mainly because you use an incredibly overused chord progression which makes all of the trance melodies you have sound cheesy and like I've heard them before.
On top of that... this sounds kinda rushed. I'm not saying that because you said it only took eight hours but I honestly think it sounds rushed. The mix here just doesn't seem as polished as it was in your Round 1 submission. I mean it's still better than average, but in a lot of parts it sounds pretty unclear (especially when the orchestral samples are playing). The woodwind especially is underpowered and drowned out. Also, the ending is very abrupt and unfitting. It was a good approach but executed poorly.
Overall, this is a very energetic and enjoyable track. It feels pretty rushed and not as polished and intricate as your Round 1 submission but nevertheless it's a considerably badass piece of work!
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SCORE:
8/10
Waterflame responds:
Thank you for all the kind words and the constructive criticim! this really helps me get a prespective over the song, and i see the errors bright as day. i feel im learning so fast this year :D and ill definatly take this advice seriously. thank you for the great review!
NGADM 2 and stuff.
I'm not so sure I'd be disappointed with what you came out with in comparison to what you were trying to originally achieve. This sounds great, and I'm a big fan of hybrid songs like this, and these styles of songs are obviously a strength for you, as it was done very well, and it was a pleasure to listen to.
Really, I think the only downside is that it felt pretty cluttered here and there and could have used a bit more mixing to help bring everything together into a unified piece. Most notably, I think the orchestral stuff was often overshadowed by the kick, which made it difficult to focus on at times.
Regardless, very cool, and well done. 8/10.
I love this song, but the only problem is its unoriginal, ive heard over 150 songs with that bass-line, im completely seriouse to way to many songs use it, i would like it more if it was more of a waterflame song and less of a standard song