WHOAAAA!!!
Completely unexpected, another song for my "in honor to DJ VI" level series!
Awesome, almost as cool as the first one ;)
Just added to my playlists in spotify!
Reviews for "yStep"
DJVI responds:
That's awesome! Thanks again for the massive support buddy :)
yay
DJVI responds:
YEAAAH
Really cool and fun to listen to. Also I will beat your challenge with ease.
DJVI responds:
Haha that's good ! I'm making a new challenge :D
You know something, I'd tried many a time to do a remix of xStep like three years ago, and due to my inexperience, never finished any version of it I came up with. The fact you linked a midi file for it kind of reinvigorates that fire. Maybe I'll do something with it.
There was also always a quality about the original xStep that rubbed me the wrong way. There was something about the third chord in the loop always felt off to me. The way it was written implies a B minor sound to my ear, even listening to the original now, but that just never sounded right. G major makes much more sense, and that ambiguity is gone now. It may have just been that the bass was on B and not G before, but I digress. This was a really good listen for me. I thoroughly enjoyed it.
The new melodies are excellent, and revisiting the old leads from the original xStep made it equally nostalgic, and I love it. The first drop is huge, the growl bass taking parts of what the lead part would have was an excellent touch and it gives it that dubstep sound, switching between leads and basses. The drums, as usual, sound clean and well mixed with everything else.
The second drop kind of loses a bit of punch, and that's largely down to the harmony. It's not inherently wrong, it works fine, it's just not as strong as it could be. Something I may adjust if I finish my own remix of the piece. I won't bore you with music theory jargon, but I will say, again with the third chord, playing an A over a G major isn't a strong enough resolution, and I'll leave it at that. Everything else is excellent, and well made.
Regardless, there's really nothing wrong with this piece. The issues I had with the original xStep were cleared up, and any issues I do have are small melodic issues that are really easy fixes, and even then, they are so small, they may as well be ignored, especially by casual listeners who won't notice anything I did xD
4.5/5 from me! Well done!
Take care!
~Zach (AlphaStorm)
DJVI responds:
Thank you so much for the review!
The third chord and the bass of the third chord was also very hard for me to get right. I tried many things and I think this is the right choice how it sounds now.
I wanted to preserve the original sounds of the track to keep the feeling and I'm glad yoi liked the track! Thanks again!
groovy