Wow, this is very professional sounding and some great, relaxing yet slightly somber music. Awesome work! Accordian month next?
Reviews for "through a dark wood"
johnfn responds:
Thanks dude! accordion month hahaha tempting, did you listen to my last song? ;-)
Sounds kinda like the music from Naruto.
johnfn responds:
Blame the japanese for stealing all the good melodies ;-)
I immediately fell in love with the intro! It definitely sounds like something that might as well have been composed by someone from Japan.
Hmm... I'm sorry, but as much as I love the rest of the song, I think that when the guitar makes its entrance, something is a bit off (1:04). Also, when it stopped playing at 1:26, the difference is perhaps a bit too noticable. Almost like when people sometimes turn their microphones off every now and then in podcasts/interviews/whatever, and thus, also a backgound noise that suddenly appears. I feel a little bit of the same thing at 2:40. I was about to drop half a star for this, but the rest of the song was just so awesome I couldn't bring myself to it :p
And btw, what kind of brass is that? Some kind of trumpet/horn pad, or whatever you're using? Or is it a brass sound at all? Maybe my ears are fooled by a synth of some kind :/
(Examplewise 1:27. Whatever it is, I love how you used it!)
Really, all the melodies are great, and this is a very athmospherical piece that hits all the right spots. My only isssue is, like I mentioned, that some off the transitions seem a bit off to me.
Nice ending too! From start to finish, this is a very coherent song.
Ps. After guitar month, why don't you do bagpipe month? I'm sure that would be appreciated by everyone!!! :'D
johnfn responds:
> the guitar entrance
My best guess is that it's either what Elitistinen said (too dry) or it's because I suddenly went from a bunch of non panned instruments to a bunch of hard panned instruments and that sounds jarring. Because I've been listening to the song too much I unfortunately can't tell what it is - it sounds fine to me :/ I will come back in a week or two and see if I can figure out what it is.
> And btw, what kind of brass is that?
*evil laughter* it's a synth! I modulated the vibrato, attack and cutoff all by hand to give it that extra organic feel. Totally validates my work that you couldn't tell it was a synth =D
> Ps. After guitar month, why don't you do bagpipe month? I'm sure that would be appreciated by everyone!!! :'D
GENIUS!
Thanks for the super fast review! I'll have to figure out exactly what's up with that guitar part so I don't make that mistake in the future.