Meh.
Everything sounded a tad dissonant, especially the bells, strings and horns. The song was also very systematic, it flowed like a soldier's march, rather predictable and plain. It also could have been louder, but overall it was alright and entertaining to listen to composition-wise. I'll give ya a 4 out of 5 for this one.
Yeah I know what you mean! this isn't one of my best tracks, but I try!
Thanks again for your review!
Peace Out!
Stealth
Hmm...
What do I think? Well its good, pretty darn good. But I dont think it can beat David Orr's piece, the title of which I have forgotten. ITs gettin a good score, the only qualm i have over it is that a few of the instruments seem poorly picked. But its still good so dont fret. Congrats!
Well in my opinion there's 2 main contenders, David Orr and Milkman-Dan those are my favourites to win
Thanks for your review!
Peace Out!
Stealth
MAC Oct Christmas Review
This is the MAC Oct Christmas Review for the song "March of the Elves"
overall, it was an ok piece. it sounded flat; there was no contrast, no mixer qualities, and possibly no mastering. the bells were a nice touch, but the song was just lackluster in general.
the drum snares needed to be mixed up a bit more and there are no kicks. no bass either. the ending cut off, which is fine for NG or looping, but not for the MAC Contest. thats another thing that needs attention.
the gong also doesn't fit into the Christmas scheme and to be honest, besides the bells, i would never guess this was meant for Christmas.
Time for the nitty gritty
9.7/10 Originality - you did it all yourself i presume, so i high score for you :P
8.1/10 Clarity - levels aren't great
7.7/10 Diversity - wouldn't call this classical
7.7/10 Effort - no mastering, not a good thing. more time should have been spent on this song.
7.6/10 Appeal - the song isnt that appealing and in fact, its very bland.
7.1/10 My Personal score.
Adjusted MAC Overall Score - 61
the song needs to undergo more work. a lot more work.
~HouseMasta~
Couldn't agree more, yeah I should have spent more time on this, definitely! bland yeah sure thing!
Though I kind of made it, with the thought that some animators may have some kind of sinister christmas plots in mind! oh well we'll see lol
Yeah mastering was something that I hadn't begun to delve into at this point, however I'm on the case with mastering on tunes I've done since this one!
Yeah I agree with all your points HouseMasta, thank's for your honest opinion and review
All noted, I'll bare these in mind for next Christmas, though I may try another tune for this year nearer the time, watch this space!
Thanks Again
Peace Out!
Stealth
Ahh
Like a total christmas song. I got so totally into the christmas mood of this.
The bells, he winter feeling, the shakers, (whatever they are called in english) and especially the melody.
Well, the melody was really not great, it´s very bland and I doubt you put much thought into it.
As I can see some of the melodies which you were too lazy to lay again and just looped, they were off beat and not pleasant at all to listen to.
I don´t know about thisd tune. There is so much which could have been improved, and there is so much that you could have done to make it better, still it´s actually a very good song.
So, I must this time take it as an averaqe of the minor scores.
Originality is a 7 because it sounds very much like other christmas songs, but still it had much originality.
Clarity is a 6 because it wasn´t mastered well and many tracks were far too loud while others were low.
Diversity is a 7, not too much of that here.
Effort is a 7. This needs more work.
The average is 6.67, which means the overall must be 7.
Yeah you're right SBB I didn't spend a lot of time on this piece, it was rushed a lot on my part. and I so should have spent more time on it, there are so many improvements I could have made, but didn't :(
I've learned since doing this, that I shouldn't ruch my work, and I haven't
Thanks SBB
Peace Out!
Stealth
Hello.
WinTang is pleased to inform you that his MAC review is ready to be read right here: http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic.php?id=583031&page=14
Hi WinTang! :)
All in all I think all the critique received for this tune, have been fair and pointed out things to me, I know to be true, more time spent on this and it could have been much better!
This certainly isn't my best work but I'll learn
Thanks again!
Peace Out!
Stealth