Reviews for _-={Crumbling Cathedral}=-_

[Dj-PinkWalrus]

Great job!

Dude, your compositional skills are outstanding, and this piece shows that for sure. My one bit of constructive criticism would be that you should master the voice a little better next time so it sounds a bit clearer, but that is assuming that you didn't intend for the voice to sound the way it does. I mean, to be perfectly honest, besides the ever so slight voice difficulty, this piece is practically perfect. I would just work on mastering it a little better next time so it doesn't sound too crowded at certain points. If you don't yet have a mastering program, i would suggest izotope ozone. But anyways, you have done a fantastic job on this piece. It would fit perfectly in a castlevania game.
Now, honestly, i'm really curious about what sort of approach you take when your writing your songs. Meaning, do you start out with the beginning and just improvise from there, or do you lay out some sort of plan and then follow suit. Because, whatever it is that you're doing, it's working 100%.

MaestroRage responds:

Thanks PinkWalrus :D! I'm glad you liked the piece!

The voice was indeed quite difficult to master, but it was great practice for me, and LadyArsenic's voice made it really easy to work with!

Approaches you say eh?

Well I won't lie, I used to make up some simple melody, riff, or chord, and then randomly built off that. Nowadays however I don't will build a somewhat complicated segment, or part of the song. Around 30 seconds in length. I will then listen to that segment for a while to see what ideas I can stem for before and after it.

After that, i'll try to emphasize the feeling with different instruments and counter melodies.

However this too is fast becoming an old tactic, nowadays i'll build the songs bones, and then just flesh it out. Thats not to say from time to time I don't just go with the flow, but it's better to be able to build what you want, rather then what you are feeling at the time.

Thanks for the review again, i'm glad you liked it ^^.

[RemiLegend]

wooow!

were the vocals recorded at a studio or somethign like that?

MaestroRage responds:

Nope, LadyArsenic sang into her mic, and through filtering, equalizing, it was able to sit perfectly with the rest of song! She is a powerful singer though isn't she?

Thank you for the review, i'm glad you liked it! I apologize for the delayed response.

[Jacen67]

O_O

wow dude you rock! this song is soooo nice......and as Otakumage said, it match perfectly with the name =) keep up good work.

MaestroRage responds:

I will do as much as I can, for as long as I can :D.

Thank you for the review, i'm glad you liked it! I apologize for the delayed response!

[Aminous]

perfect

I love the song. It is my most favourite song right now

[BouncyTEM]

Soo familiar!

Just like Subito Crudelo, I fell in love with this song. (I'm a choir freak. What can I say?)

However, I swear i've heard something similar before...the notes sound so familiar...the instruments used so similar...ugh! Where have I heard this before?!

......

*smacks forehead* Notre Dame. 4-Notre Dame from Timesplitters 2.

There was a segment in that song that sounds like it could've been a male choir version of this song. Not exact same notes, but similar.

Was that intentional or coincidence? (have you even heard that song, for that matter?)

Awesome work. Just thought it was neat that it reminded me of another song. :D