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Midi much?

Please sir, never use a midi file again.

Although this is a pretty nice orchestration. So props on that. My apologies if you actually played it.

MarkySpark responds:

Your apology accepted. It's not hard to play at all.

Not too fond.

Sounds very abstract, but then, music is the most abstract art there is because it lacks any words or direct references to things happening in nature. It was a little odd that everything was panned to the right, and kinda threw me off balance. Overall, a decent job, although I'm not personally terribly fond of it. Best of luck.

loogiesquared responds:

best of luck for what?

Simply, astoundingly, inarguably, beautiful.

Not much else to say. Downloaded. Faved. Fived. Recommended to random strangers on the street.

Winterwind-NS responds:

Sweet, you even got a chainsaw murderer to review this song.

Instrumentation.

Agreed. I don't believe many jungles would have strings or brass. The gong was a far cry as well. Sounds a little asian, and it sounds more desertish than jungle-ish, mainly because of the various strummed/plucked instruments, that would have evolved in areas like india. It's a nice ethnic piece, but the instrumentation is stretched over many different areas of the world, it would seem.

dontxthemusic responds:

Alright, well i was typing the description in a hurry. Go back and raed my new one. It might help explain what you thought was wierd about it. Thanks so much for your review!
<3&peace
dontxthemusic

Very nice.

The harmonies and everything are great, the orchestration is good. At times things can be a little cluttered. It doesn't have the tension I would expect for a piece about final judgement, until about the 3 minute mark. The little snippets of songs work together really well together, but i feel you could have broken this up and developed it into many different songs. Together, it tends to seem as though the piece lacks any overall direction or purpose. The couple chord movements at about 4:20 (haha, great number) are brilliant. Also loving the pizzicato and the xylophones.

You should take some advanced theory classes, you seem to be very good already, but some organization and direction can do a ton of good for any piece.

9/10, 5/5

dontxthemusic responds:

I know. Im only in my sophmore year, so I havent been able to take a music thory class. And yes, I really wish i could go back and make it more of a multi movement, but I didnt want to undertake anything so grandiose untill I get more familiar with everyhting, and get more instruments lol But yes, I wish I could create something like that. Might I reccomend you listen to the symphonic movements in The Devine Comedy? Grand things they are..Inferno is so ... Dark. and the Ascension is a VERY glorious piece. check it out ^_^

Seems completely random.

The song simply has no coherence, no direction, no feeling. I get the feeling you played random keys on a midi keyboard. It would do you some good to take theory or something. At the very least, listen to things before you submit them. Do you honestly think this sounds good?

If you keep trying, you could probably get somewhere, but this looks like a complete blob of nonsensical randomness to me.

Smidly responds:

Your MOM has no coherence. Yea...I showed you..

Also big words from a man whose songs all sound the same.

Def. a 5.

listening to it, the lead guitar sounds a bit like bon jovi's in dead or alive. But it's really an overall "groovy" piece, definitely something that would get me dancing, so cheers.

Musical-Pants responds:

Ha, Bon Jovi, that made me chuckle.
Thanks for the review!

-Pants

Sick.

The only downside is the sound of a brilliant opera singer singing heavy metal.

Generally, you want to have a raspy voice for this kind of genre, and you and I are both trained to sing through the diaphragm, so achieving that effect is all but impossible through singing with your throat.

This would be great screamo music, if you had a good screamer.

And don't take my comments to mean iI don't like your voice, it's brilliant, BUT, people like us who are trained in opera and stuff generally can't sing these genres as effectively as someone who's been around this type of music forever.

MaestroRage responds:

Now now, MJTTOMB... Times are changing, m'love. There are other metal bands that do the exact same. A really good example is Nightwish. I've heard Transiberian Orchestra do it too. It's a new generation! Time to mix and mingle the old with the new a little bit, and create something completely original for the audience. Screamers and raspy voices are so... clichè.. ^_^ Anyway, thank you for listening.
With love,
LadyArsenic <3

Brilliant!

From a listener's perspective, it's flawless, but from a critic's perspective, I'd like to make a few suggestions. Namely, is the realism. I'm not terribly concerned about this, as it doesn't effect the sound of the song at all, but if you ever wanted this played live, it would be fatal. Bell ensembles usually stick to a few notes, yet there are quite a few key changes, and this could lead to the need of an unrealistically large ensemble. Also, in terms of parts, i feel the harp may feel a little left out. The harp is stuck playing arpeggios for the entire piece, and I thing a harpist would appreciate something that resembles the beautiful melody you've created. Also, towards the end, I hate the fadeout! It needs a solid ending! This song is far too well-structured to end with a fadeout! I personally think the F that the higher strings are holding should resolve to an Eb at the very last couple measures, and then you should end on a F major chord.

I don't meant to write it for you, because this is beyond my level of compositional prowess, but those are just a couple things i had to mention in hopes you could work on it.

Regards,
MJTTOMB

Bosa responds:

Instead of handbells, I used a Celeste to play diverse notes (Don't get them confused with one another.) I only kept the handbells playing repetitive simple notes. I would not allow myself to be foolish with music, and I'm not gonna do it here.

About the harp.. I don't know how harpists think, therefore I am not.

About the ending, I've never been good with these. The ending is always my weakest link and I hate to say it, but I don't think I'll ever change from this stance. The fade out was just an idea that popped in my head from nowhere, and I just wanted to see what response it would bring.

With best regards,
Bosa

Amazed.

Lol. The intro sounds like some really screwed up form of disco, but it's still really amazing as an intro. You did a very professional job with the mastering, and the playing was also seemingly flawless. The first few measures of the actual song sound kinda irish in nature, actually. The drums are amazing, though. My only suggestion would be to add a hookline (short little melody) that gives the listener something to get attached to. I know you've got a bunch of lines, but none of them really function as standalone melodies that you could imagine yourself humming as you walked down the street. You've got great work here. 10/5/dl/fave song/fav artist

Firebalt responds:

Thanks heaps for the great reveiw.
Many of the features of this song are part of a Major musical composition i have to do for my HSC. So im working hard to include a melody, its hard in the intro progression because of the nature of the decension. But the 12/8 section should have a melody thats carried out further in the song.

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