Best thing I've heard on NG in a long time! Loved it, only thing I felt didn't fit were the cymbal creshendos and crashes..they just threw me off..Just an opinion, the rest was a feeling of great magnitude, beautiful.
Reviews for "In Remembrance"
BlazingDragon responds:
Thank you! I'm not too happy with the cymbal patches that I have. It's so blasted difficult to get them timed and placed in the mix correctly, haha. :)
Cool to see such an emotional and well written piece. It may seem a bit silent (for the NG overcompressed standard) but keeping in mind the "classical" approach, this might be considered a plus.
Also, nice to have a story/concept from start to end.
BlazingDragon responds:
Thanks! I now have some decent mastering plug-ins and a bit more experience, so I can look back and see that this was a bit quiet even for classical. I don't think I did any mastering on this whatsoever come to think of it.
Thanks for the review!
Round 4! Woooooo! Okay, so this is some really nice slow classical. Here's your review! (Also yeah everyone's getting a custom message 'cause they reached round 4)
The Good:
-I really like the introduction to this. It's very sad, and has some nice chords.
-Nothing wrong with the mixing that I can hear.
-The second section sounds very nice, I can hear the emotion in the tunes.
-WATERPHONES. Also wind. I love those little effects.
-The overall composition has an ebb and flow, and I can hear that you put a lot of effort into it.
The Not-So-Good:
-Unfortunately, I also don't like the introduction, it could use a bit more than just the string chords - something to keep attention more strongly would have been good.
-Your string sounds could use a bit more realism. While they sound very nice, if you could have changed the articulations on them a bit more, it would have made them more strong.
-Some of the instruments are silent in areas, making it difficult to hear the intricacy.
-Same issue with the outro that I had in the intro, and also the transition at 4:41-4:43. >:( NU. BAD.
-Unfortunately about the composition I do also have to agree with Jiimaan, it does also sound like you're taking multiple ideas and stitching them together.
Overall: This is really nice, I don't have too much to say. It sounds good. Some errors with a lot of stuff, but it's solid. I give it a 9.3/10.
BlazingDragon responds:
YES! So glad you recognized the waterphones! I love those things to death. :)
Thanks for the constructive criticisms and high score. Much appreciated, they are!
i'm sorry..be strong.., this song is very beautiful
BlazingDragon responds:
Thank you dethghost.
NGADM Round 4 Review
In Remembrance
Ideas: 4/5
You have many good ideas, but I feel you lack unity in them. Your intention is good, but I don't hear it very clearly in the music. Great harmony, though... audacious at times.
Interpretation: 4/5
Overall good execution; ESQL samples, I guess? You used them well anyway. I think these transitions (1:51 / 3:55) are rushed; you could very well use a ritenuto, and you need not to rush your cymbals; at 3:55, the strings enter slightly in advance, being intentional or not, it undermines greatly your transition.
Listening: 3/5
Again, I feel that you composed small sketches and stiched them together. But, I believe it would be great as an in between mvt for something bigger, but it currently feels like we miss a part of it - like you're saying something before and after, and yet we listeners have no clue what it could be, making it impossible to fully appreciate you piece. That, to me, is your biggest flaw.
Mixing&Technical Stuff: 4/5
This is generally well mixed, but some of your crash cymbal sounds sound kinda weak and do not seem to have the appropriate dynamic - or the sample isn't right, perhaps. Anyway, this also diminishes the effect of your transitions.
Total: 15/20 - 7.5/10
Slow rubato piece like this are tough, and I give you credit for doing it - wich is better than what I could do; but I felt unsatisfied by some structural elements.
jiimaan
BlazingDragon responds:
Very helpful comments, especially concerning the cymbals and transitions. I can understand why you'd say this sounds like ideas stitched together, and in a way it was. Each sections represents a different event in my life, and in that sense, they are thematically quite different. But all of these events resolved around death, so I tried to at least keep a similar emotional thread running through them all. I think that I should have found some motifs to employ across sections to build more unity.
Anywho, thank you for the comments!