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I'm taking some time out of my busy schedule to leave you a personal review :)
This is very unique music, definately. It really caught my music, because I havn't heard anything quite like it. Nice rhodes chords, I really like the sound of it too. The drums always seemed fresh, they never felt like the same thing over and over again, which is definately a common problem with electronic music.
Very well done, 5/5 from me :)
Author's Response:
*yays*
Thank you sir! I was really excited on how well the bodhran and the standard drums meshed on this one.
The organ line was influenced by St. Germain...acid jazz is teh shit!!!! lol
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Great job! Great theme, and the instrumentation was very well.
My only complaint is to watch out for implied tritones, especially when followed by a leap. The biggest culprit was right around the 2 minute mark, where you have an implied tritone (which is alright how you have it, although I would have changed it to a less harsh tonality) followed by a leap to a dissonance. Following the traditional rules of counterpoint, you should never leap to or from a dissonance, and two dissonances should not follow one another. I'm not sure how "classical" you were trying to make this piece, but since you seem to have a pretty good understanding of music theory, I thought I would point this out incase you missed it.
Well done though!
Author's Response:
Well, being the lazy (and recycling-prone) person I am, I actually used a score that I had written about a year and a half ago for the middle section when really all I knew was triads (oh, back when things were so simple). I reorchestrated a lot, but I'm sure there were parts that I overlooked as I was rather hastily running through the violin-horn duet.
Ooh, I just got to the point at 2:00. Yes, in retrospect that could've been changed much to the better. Thanks for the pointer and review!
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Great work Z, you've got some great beats. I love the contrasting feel in the piece, you have a really hard driving DnB base, but then there are ambient underlying chords and such in there. Mmm, good stuff!
Thanks for your vote, MrMaestro[no problem]! You voted 5 for Impatient Patient--_--, raising its score from 3.67 to 4.00.
I wish I could have raised it a little higher, than that, but what can one man do?
Author's Response:
Har! Thanks for all the comments!
I think I'll try ellaborating on this kind of style, after im done the full version of 'black liquid'.
Thanks again, much appreciated!
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You certainly have a knack for making beats, this is a pretty solid one. Obviously add a melody and some tonal structure, but this is a great start :).
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For a Yamaha DX keyboard, those are great sounds, specifically the guitar and keyboard.
I think the guitar could have a little more arpeggiated line, but other than that very well done!
Author's Response:
ahhh... MrMaestro... were you not the one who recently made that classical remix to Defcon Zero. That was some mighty impressive work there. Yes... my Keyboard has served me very well... I love it dearly. I'm thinking of getting some programs that will work with my keyboard and offer me more sound and flexability... if anyone knows of any... let me know.
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I liked the chord changes in the piece, I havn't heard them used in that proggression too often.
I think you should look for some fuller sounds, the piece sounds like it's a midi file at times. Panning sounds can really work wonders too. What software are you using?
Nice job all in all, the piece has a great feel to it. 5/5
Author's Response:
Yeah, I liked the chords too.
As for the fuller sounds, at the end of the song I tried to pull that off with the lower arpeggio, but I screwed it up and had the wrong volume setting for it. It really bugs me because on my headphones it's too loud and on my speakers I can't hear it >_> It could have done with some panning too (although I panned a lot in this song if you pay attention, because I was having trouble hearing anything)
I'm using Fruityloops... Isn't that what everyone uses? (Except the pros who use Reason...)
Thanks for the review and 5! :)
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Everything was put together very well. You have a nice voice too, it's certainly a welcome change from all the 13-year-old kids trying to rap or do some good ol' scream-o.
You've got some great music hear! 5/5
Author's Response:
Thanks a lot! Your stuff is on my soon-to-review list as well, very good, it's just so many I need to take some time for it...
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Definately puts a twist on typical dance music because of the atonality.
My only real complaint would be the clarity of the overall mix, it sounded a little too mushy over all. I think try raising the higher frequencies up a bit and it will solve that problem.
Greast job, 5/5 :)
Author's Response:
Agreed...
I'll see if I can get some more clarity on it...
One of my problems is I make these songs with Impulse Tracker and that will export WAVs only in mono... so I can't pan anything, which would probably helped this song ahead.
I've been trying to switch to Fruity or something, but I don't have the patience to get used to them.
Anyway, many thanks for your review.
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I played that whole sonata, so it's awsome to hear somthing like this :).
Great job Z!
Author's Response:
Har har, and its not even MIDI!
(Thanks to a brother of mine that can actually read notes...)
Thanks for the review!
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"First dl, first review, first 5!"
Well done matey!
You're style is so unique, I love it. I can here MaestroSorrow in all your songs.
Too bad you aren't as good as he is.
5/5!!
Author's Response:
I'm not as good as myself??!?!!?!1?!shift+1
The paradoxial situation in which I exist now hurts my mind X_x.
many thanks for the review MrMaestro.
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