Please take a listen to my latest: A Mundane World

Started by sondex, March 05, 2009, 11:50:52 pm

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sondex

A Mundane World-- http://www.box.net/shared/9y0mlk2028

THESE RULES STILL APPLY:
These are not by any means to be used in your games. This also includes editing any part of the song. They are for critique only. ANY infringement of my conditions may result in lawsuit.

Enjoy!
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winkio

It is quite good in my opinion.  Things that I have problems with (you can take 'em or leave 'em):

1.  it sounds kind of flat, in terms of dynamics.  Especially in the beginning.
2.  same 4 measure bass line OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER and OVER.  I have a personal vendetta against music that does that.  change it up, modulate to a new key, do something with it.

just my opinion. :)

Tazero

The bassline got stuck in my head to repetitive very good though =)


If you were a fish...

sondex

Thank you very much for the replies! I'm currently working on the newer version of the song that will eliminate the repeating problem!

Winkio, could you explain more about what you said on your first issue with the song?
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winkio

Sure.  The dynamics are flat, meaning that all the notes are the same volume (or at least very close).  It kind-of makes it boring.

Things you can do to fix:
add more instruments in in different parts
add drums (with rolls and variations)
crescendo and decrescendo (get louder and softer)

you dont need to do all of those, just pick one or two.  It helps to keep the melody from getting stale.

sondex

OOOooooooooooooooh! I see.

I'll see if I can do some of those, then. I usually just leave the volume alone when I use FL Studio.
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<br />I teach music composition, mapping in VX and simple eventing techniques. I have 4 music tutorials now, but after my fifth, I\'ll do a mapping tutorial. If you wanna see some of my lessons, go here: http://www.eminweb.com/forum/index.php?showforum=86