My song critique
My song critique
Friday, October 29, 2010 - 04:46
I was in the process of making this chill/idm song I got kinda stuck and I am still thinking of what to do but I would like you guys to listen and tell me what you think so far.
I was in the process of making this chill/idm song I got kinda stuck and I am still thinking of what to do but I would like you guys to listen and tell me what you think so far.
Caveat: I am not remotely qualified from a technical standpoint to give you any sort of critique, so take all of my thoughts with a grain of salt. :)
First and foremost, I think you could call this song finished as-is. It's really cool and atmospheric, and it definitely evokes an environment in my mind.
That being said, if you want to expand on it, one thing I tend to try when I feel like I'm stuck on a particular song and I want to add more to it is a change in mood. For instance, at the moment, you have a rhythm in the background that pervades the whole song. You might consider adding to the song by segueing that into something faster and more intense, and then back to the original calm mood for the conclusion. The reason I'm saying this is that your song has me picturing an early level of some kind of Metroid-ish sci-fi side scroller, where it's more about exploring and less about action. But then, I'd imagine the action might start to ramp up a bit as you get further and further in, and then you might go into a room where the mood is completely different and suddenly you're fighting for your life. This is just a thought -- I realize that you may want to keep the song completely chill the whole time, so if that's the case you can discount what I just said.
Another random thought... you might want to have another instrument, something with a low-fi sound (bit crunched or whatever the word is), quiet and filtered in such a way that it sounds like it's coming from a room far away. You could have it fade in and out and be playing a melody that doesn't quite fit with the rest of the song. It might be interesting and vaguely creepy.
Anyway, just some random thoughts. :)
Bart
I will keep that in mind, but I dont want it to sound too creepy :P. I might put a lo-fi sound in there but I am afraid that would make it sound to computer generated. I am trying to give it a computer generated/ live acoustic feel. I will try it out though. But the reason I did this because After doing this song in like 5 hours. I found myself just listening to it over and over again and something seems missing. Wondering if you could put it out.
Brandon Morris,
Steam Group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/OpenGameArt
If you guys need any help on projects email me atBrandonmorris12@gmail.com. Pay is not mandatory and Im open.
I'll give it another listen when I get home from work and see if I can come up with anything.
While you thinking of that you can even help me out with a more subjective thing and that is my new music pseudonym :P. My old was augmentality and I like the whole augment thing because in theory i love going that route. I was thinking Augdrub or Augpuls what you think? I want a name that sounds sharp (hence the augment # part) and to make it sound computeresque since I do electronic music a lot.
Brandon Morris,
Steam Group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/OpenGameArt
If you guys need any help on projects email me atBrandonmorris12@gmail.com. Pay is not mandatory and Im open.
While you thinking of that you can even help me out with a more subjective thing and that is my new music pseudonym :P. My old was augmentality and I like the whole augment thing because in theory i love going that route. I was thinking Augdrub or Augpuls what you think? I want a name that sounds sharp (hence the augment # part) and to make it sound computeresque since I do electronic music a lot.
Brandon Morris,
Steam Group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/OpenGameArt
If you guys need any help on projects email me atBrandonmorris12@gmail.com. Pay is not mandatory and Im open.
What is it that you don't like about Augmentality? If I know that, I might be better equipped to think of something. :)
As for Augdrub or Augpuls, I'm not sure what "drub" and "puls" would be referring to, so I don't have much of an opinion there. :)
Bart
Drub pulse or pulse meaning beat aug and in augmented kinda of like saying glitch beat. and check out this product.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9XG4rRuiroE
Brandon Morris,
Steam Group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/OpenGameArt
If you guys need any help on projects email me atBrandonmorris12@gmail.com. Pay is not mandatory and Im open.
from those names, I like augmentality the most :) I wouldn't change it.
Tried to download the song to listen at my end (lack of good Net speeds so downloading is more preferable than streaming) and the download manager couldn't connect to your server or whoever's server it is :(
Just click on the youtube link right above you. Its the same song with alittle more work done to it.
Brandon Morris,
Steam Group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/OpenGameArt
If you guys need any help on projects email me atBrandonmorris12@gmail.com. Pay is not mandatory and Im open.