I would definitely love to hear music like this play over an emotional scene on an anime or show. You're a really talented artist and I can't wait for you to make more!
Reviews for "AIM - distance"
Troisnyx responds:
Here's hoping that this is fortunate enough to get discovered by people who can make an emotional scene or an anime show... ;A; Glad you enjoyed it!
Really like the music in this! How it builds and progresses towards the end, with the whistling bit in particular - though it grows almost too sharp towards the end (the volume shift between start and finish is pretty high too)... it's both ambient and melancholy, with appreciatively deep piano especially during the higher parts of song. Seems to convey the atmosphere in the picture perfectly, or rather the atmosphere for that one particular person within the crowd. I imagine this in his mind, while everyone else cheers in joyous unison, their sounds ebbing out in his head, a voyage of thought...
The lyrics feel heartfelt and poetic, and worked well together even though I usually have a difficult time with things that don't rhyme. :) Reading it I felt words often seemed to clog together, like 'years that've gone by', instead of for example 'years that have gone', but when you sing it none of that seems a problem... great emphasis and pacing. Only the drawn out end bits with 'will never ever end' and 'maybe you see me this way' seem somewhat forced.
I also get the impression you sing with a bit of a whisper; a bit restricted. It's an interesting style, and though I wonder if it wouldn't be even more grandiose if you really opened up, somehow, it works well for this song, with that state of emotion it conveys. Clear and vibrant always, and especially with the latter parts, though since I notice you breathe quite often (for example the best *breath* that you *breath* can be) I'm curious if you really do diaphragm level breathing? You do seem like a pro but... if no that might really open up for longer/easier bridges and notes. Just something I wonder...
Overall this was beautiful! Music and song work together nicely and really paint that picture with a whole new layer of emotion.
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Troisnyx responds:
Thanks for the review!
I haven't had any professional training, but I've been doing my best in most cases to sing from the stomach / diaphragm. I don't always realise it, though. With this one, I think it was much harder to diaphragm-sing without basically projecting my voice out, giving it volume. Being asthmatic doesn't help that sort of singing either, so I wind up almost sighing for breath in softer passages like these. The softness came from someone suggesting to me to listen to Aimee Mann, and I got influenced by a bit of her stuff, in particular, "It's Not" -- and I hoped to convey that same breathless emotion, even if I'm no pro at it aaaaaaa
Any pointers to circumvent something like that would be appreciated. Glad you enjoyed the song! Thanks again!
Wo :o
Nice job, both of you!
Troisnyx responds:
Ah, that's kind of you. ❤️ Cheers. I wanna remake this, and redo the voices, at some point — I'm just glad you enjoyed what you heard.
Very intense
I have to say that this was some intense work you have here some really intense sound quality and this is not a short piece by any means it infact is really solid work you bring a certain stylish feel to this and thats what impressed me the most about this, the voice work was notbad either.
~~THINGS TO IMPROVE ON~~
Focus more in on the vocals and get in some deep sound there.
~X~