Sharp Progression
Reviews for "Children of Saturn"
JoshuaHughes responds:
"Sharp" is one of those words that I feel like can be taken in both a positive and negative connotation. On one hand, someone could be saying something along the lines of "This progression is sharp! I love it!" On the other, it could be something like "This progression is so sharp, it hurts my ears!" Unless you mean my progression consists of a lot of sharp notes, but the majority of them are actually natural notes. It's alright, sometimes I mistake some sharp notes for flat notes. Or maybe you are comparing my progression to a type of cheese. Cheddar is my favorite, but I'm not too fond of the sharper varieties. I believe cheese needs to compliment a sandwich, not overwhelm it. But I guess it's all relative, yeah? Or maybe some people prefer a sharper cheese on certain types of sandwiches and milder ones on others. I've had the wonderful opportunity of tasting a myriad of different French cheeses one time, and it was certainly one of the most intense experiences in my life. Unfortunately, I threw up that day because I ate so much. I just couldn't handle the bombardment of flavors. You'd be surprised of all the possible flavors you can get with cheese and time. I remember one cheese I ate (Can't remember the name. Sorry! :[ ) that was considered mild in taste and remarking the extreme difference after I ate one that had molded for a few months. I suppose my stomach was as amazed as my mind was at the time and just couldn't handle the intense feeling. Sad to say that I vomited right on another lady's booth and sincerely apologized until she became more annoyed with me than angry. I'm sure there are other people here who would agree with me that sometimes you can vomit out of pure joy instead of disgust and sickness. Of course, most people don't appreciate being vomited on, which is understandable, since it tends to have a rather unpleasant odor and can spread disease very easily. That's not to say that I would appreciate being vomited on either. Although I do like surprises, I may have a schedule or other event planned where being covered in vomit can interfere with it, or at the very least detract from my presentation. So if you do want to vomit out of happiness, it's preferable that you do it in a trash can or some other receptacle and then tell someone about it.
Thanks for listening!
This is pretty dang funky. I love the mix, but as RealFaction said; you might need a little more low-end on the bass line. Apart from that, this track is great.
Subbed and faved!
//K.
JoshuaHughes responds:
Thanks so much, Kabalist!
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.
Cool one! really like those hits at 01:34! :)
JoshuaHughes responds:
Muchas gracias, amigo!