Reviews for Children of Saturn

[EctiBot]

LOVED IT!! :D. The intro was amazing and I loved those sounds. When the Kick kicked in at around 0:40 I wanted to start rave :D. and when the buildup started at 1:10 I was only thinking "Flawless".
And 1:30. Holy cow and 1:30 O_O. Almost threw me out of the seat becuase of how awesome it was :D

Glad I participated in this contest or I never would have gotten to hear bout you :D.
Haven't gone through all the songs yet, but this is probably going to be one of my tree fan favourites :D.

Instant 5.

JoshuaHughes responds:

I'm truly humbled, good sir! Making stuff that makes other people enjoy themselves, however slight that is, feels great!

[ForgottenDawn]

It's an interesting obviously spacey, atmospheric track that offers quite some powerful visuals and a good degree of depth as a whole.

I don't really understand why you repeated the first two minutes again, especially since the build-up was already quite lengthy and then it seemed as if you only needed an "explosion" of sounds and a climax. I think it could have worked better if you either kept the repetition and added a powerful climax at the end before fading into darkness, or scratched the whole repetition and introduced more instruments and variations on the theme starting from that sort of breakdown.

I mean, don't get me wrong, what you did wasn't bad at all, but it honestly felt kind of like a lazy move when your song already had a very solid atmosphere and structure you could have built upon. Other than that, I think more background sounds would have helped the section at 1:34 - 2:01, maybe a background arp or rhythmic synths perhaps with a driving bass line.

Overall, you did a good job with your ambiance and I think you made justice to the artwork of choice.
//FD

JoshuaHughes responds:

Thanks for the thoughtful words! I'll be sure to put more effort and variation into my tracks next time. Bassline has now been duly noted.

[buyj3llo]

Really good. I was unsure in beginning when the bass drum was chopping up the main sound a little bit as it came in. But as it went on, it was okay. The mix up at 1:33 is the highlight of this track, very nice!

JoshuaHughes responds:

Thanks, dude! I think you're talking about the parallel compression with the kick and the synths. I was very unsure of how much it needed. I guess it was a little too much?

[motakay]

Cool one! really like those hits at 01:34! :)

JoshuaHughes responds:

Muchas gracias, amigo!

[LucidShadowDreamer]

This is a very good submission for the contest! I'm not going to take part in it myself, but it will be interesting to see how it turns out :3
I also like the artwork that inspired you (good job there, DreamForecast)!

While everything works very well in this track, I think my favourite part is those drums between 2:28 and 2:42 :'D They are so atmospherical, and are perfectly mixed imo! It's interesting to see such a part in a dance track :) (Same thing in the intro of course).
The mixing is splendid in general as well, I'd say. I love that transition that starts around 3:17! (The similar one at 1:07 => too ;p)

Really, I think you've done a splendid job with pretty much everything here! The choice of intruments too, not to speak of the chords and melodies XD
I would also say you succeeded quite well in portraying the unexplored in this track :'D

Good job, and good luck in the contest!!! (You're up against some though comptetition though; have you heard Johnfn's track?).

JoshuaHughes responds:

Appreciate the love again, LSD! The competition is certainly fierce. I've been doing my best to keep up with all the submissions, and all I can say is yes, it is very scary. But I'm having such a blast listening to it all and following all the artists in the process. I've been following Johnfn and I think he made a great track for the contest. I'm secretly hoping it will make it to RealFaction's top whatever results.