Reviews for One night away

[Onefin]

Hey, BlastBeats! I finally found time to drop a review...

I'm inspiring now? :O Wow

One look at those chord progressions, and I'm totally sold XD Listening to the song, the composition is definitely as complex as that description let on! Unique and interesting harmonies fill this piece, and although a few chords sound off and a couple might be improvable (ex: Am in the end of the chorus would probably be better as an A), I was generally impressed by what I heard. Also, that's a lot of diminished chords in the breakdown :O I'm not quite sure what that unknown chord is, but it seems to function like a D#m.

I'd say the big emphasis of this track was story telling... my mind is having trouble painting a good picture (what can I say, I'm not a writer), but its definitely evident that there was heart poured into the piece - some deep emotions definitely went into its design! That, at least, is clear. Good job!

Constructive criticism, huh? My biggest concern is the master here... it's just more sort of "distant" than I would have liked. How do I describe it? It kinda sounds like everything was dampened... every sound is missing a sort of directness, for sure, but I can't quite pinpoint what's causing the issue. Maybe it's the bass? Maybe it's the mid? I can't tell :/

The drums kind of sound like they don't fit... this song is rather ambient in nature, but the drums sound like they were designed for a rock song. Maybe you could have gone for something mellower, maybe involving light bongos and various other, less meaty percussive textures?

Anyway, that's what I've got for you! Thanks for the role of inspiration, you did a good job! Maybe increased variation and a better master would help this track achieve its full potential, but as it stands, the composition is complex and awesome - truly a track worthy of telling its story! 9/10, 5/5 :)

BlastBeats responds:

You are very inspiring! In fact, because of you I dug up a midi keyboard form my attic, which had been gathering dust for the past 3 years, just to experiment with composing. Even though I've never really played piano, I decided to record some parts of this song with it.

I agree some chords aren't my best choice. That's because I've never even bothered to go ham with dem chords :P. I'm proud even though there are some flaws. But I'll take it into account for sure! I love them! I want more :D! I looked up that weird chord in multiple chord libraries, but it wasn't in there, so hence it's unknown.

Yep, full storymode: [on] I might put something about that in the description at some point.

I might do a remaster. I've been comparing this with other songs, and I get what you say. But here again... I know nothing about mastering. Looking at the Maximus in my master, I think I overcompressed the mids, and made the bass too loud.

Drums, my name, ugh... I designed them first. If you'd solo them, they'd sound like great DnB drums! They can do with less compression, though. However, the ‘meaty’ drums were as I intended. I reckon I should have made a different set of drums with more calm sounds in the more ambient parts. I like them, but I might have gotten used to them after relistening parts repeatedly.

I'm full of joy because you actually reviewed! Thank you ever so much for the appreciation and the useful and necessary feedback. I needed this. Nothing feels better than seeing such a review after you struggled so hard, trying to make this. I can't thank you enough :D