Reviews for AIM - Unstoppable

[ADR3-N]

Mixing is pretty spot on until around 1:40, the musical content fits the art, and the vocals are a nice touch. Only think they could have been pumped up a bit or panned different in the mix.

Around 1:40, the melodic content of the synths is creating some serious dissonance with the choral sounds. This may be intentional. I don't know. It resolves pretty quickly. The sound actually made me tune in without wincing. I suppose that's a good thing.

Now that I think about it, the gated bass could probably be turned down a bit, and there's a bit of clipping toward the end. Watch for that.

All things considered, I do really enjoy the piece. It's short and sweet, and it's interesting. Beyond that, not much to say.

TIMETRAVL responds:

Thanks for your review:) will keep it in mind if ill write smth like this again:)

[EctiBot]

AIM Judge Review
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First of all, I really liked the intro. Pretty rare to hear a good intro like that nowadays. My problem however is that I felt like the intro never ended. The transition at 0:30 isn't really big enough to make me feel like it's a new part of the track. The track from 0:30 to 1:10 is just repetition. If you are going to repeat the same part that many times, you need to change it up a bit more. What you did with changing the bass note now and them is a step in the right direction, but it still could use some more work.

In general the entire track is a bit samey sounding(repetetive) because of the bass. Honestly, I was tired of listening to that same bass pattern with just one and occasionally two notes after 1 minute. Hearing the same exact bass at the same exact note and with the same exact pattern, really tired out my ears. It's not like it's unusual for music producers to have the bass only play one note for some parts of a track, but having it play for the entire track becomes a bit too much. Pretty much, like I said earlier, it feels like your track is a 3 minutes long intro.

The mixing is spot on. You have especially done a good job with the eq and each synth has it's own place in the mix. goes really well with the art as well. The sound design in this is decent, but it's a bit uninterestinng at times as I feel like I've heard the same exact synths a million times.

Mixing: 5/5
Arrangement: 2/5
Art Relevance: 5/5
Sound Design: 4/5
Overall: 4/5

TIMETRAVL responds:

Hey thanks for the review,
I already knew it was a bit repetative but It's kind of what I've wanted to do, it's hard to describe that feeling :)

Concerning the synth it's an from an emulated Juno 60 (not entirely sure).

[Phonometrologist]

The tone, rhythm, melodies, and mix are spot-on. I think you got a good sense of writing in these categories. However, as a stand alone piece (if not meant to be for a background piece in a game) it lacks in structure. As of now, this works great for a song if it had lyrics, but I expect a more interesting harmonic change/chord progression without it. By the end of any piece, a listener would need to get a sense of some kind of message that you're wishing to project in your music. Without lyrics, it makes it a bit more challenging to communicate what it is that you want to convey as this requires a bit more variety in "color," tone, tension/resolve, and interplay between melody and harmony. Sure, it's meant to go with the art piece that you have selected, but one still needs to hear the story you have in mind when you see this piece of art. Because after all, if we had ten people writing a piece of music for this artwork, it would all sound different. We need to know what you feel and what you want us to feel or think by hearing what you perceive this artwork to be. Otherwise, it becomes merely an exercise which will be less impactful/memorable for a listener. Unless a mindless, dance piece is the goal, which also isn't a bad thing as it certainly inspires in me to move along to it.
All that being said, it is a good piece. I'm merely offering certain advice in what I think would improve, not only the piece, but what would make this more impactful and an interesting experience for the listener. You could also simply throw my words away too--I'd respect that.

TIMETRAVL responds:

Thank you for sharing your thoughts with me.
Atually i was trying to make a mindless dance piece, usually my tracks have more variety to them, but with this one i just wanted to make something heavy that just makes you want to bump your head to the song. When i saw the artwork, I immediately had hotline miami in my head, what i tried to make was something that could play in some hm level with the only purpose to build up adrenaline. I'm sure i could have varied it more, I even experimented with some more breaks but in the end I just didn't feel it. But thank for letting me know what you think of this, it's always good to know how others react to my music.