You should see me headbang. I look like a dork! XD
Hell-o there, Mr. PGegen... >=3
Ragey sent me this song and was all "Look, they've remixed you 2 days after you released this!" and I was all "Lolwut?" So I took a gander at it. This is very well done sir. Believe it or not, I'm a total metal head, so I love this kind of stuff a LOT. With my chorus in there, it ALMOST sounds kind of Nightwishy. =/ Strange.
Anyway, lovely remix! I approve!
With love,
Mandi (LadyArsenic) <3
Thanks for the feedback! I didn't really have Nightwish in mind when I was recording but I can definitely see the stylistic similarities. Your song was certainly fun to remix and provided a good melodic structure while still leaving room for elaboration.
PGegen
Too epix for meh.
aaaaaa HAHAHAHAHAHAHA
you BASTURD >:(!!!!
I can't stop laughing. This was priceless. Was that your voice? Do you do voice acting, dude I know so many projects that could use an epic voice like that.
Okay, downloaded, fav'ed. You are made of win in my books forever nao.
It was my voice. but i edited it of course... :P
A lol, I had it.
hahahaha!
This was a brilliant project! Well done Rig! Fyndir's voice acting was incredible. I don't have anything to say in regards to making it better, but I wanted to drop my support.
Well done to the both of you!
Why thank you, good sir!
Great rendition, great voice, well played and sung
For the past couple days I find myself coming back to listen to this track. It's one of my favorites and you've done it brilliant justice! Your voice really settles with the song and fades/strengthens at very appropriate times.
Gawd I love these lyrics. So deliciously awesome.
I'm not going to talk about the vibrato in your voice, been brought up enough, I agree you can feel how genuinely you felt the song as you sung it. I wanted to talk about the instrumentation. Now this is all entirely personal preference of course, but I can hear a full orchestral score for this song. A low rumbling cello, the soft reverbed panflute to double your voice and the piano. I wish you had brought those strings up a bit, and introduced a bit more bass.
you know what, you've really inspired me to try that out. You really are a talented musician, keep up the good fight and keep em coming!
You said it, these lyrics are so deliciously awesome. xD I know what you mean about the music, when I was mastering it the music ended up being too quiet and to me it sounded like old people music and that had to change. I ended up bringing it up more but not enough. The version of this that inspired me to make it was just an acoustic guitar so I was trying to keep the peaceful effect by not overwhelming the listener, but in retrospect I'd say that this piece is just too beautiful not to be fully filled out with music. I too wish I had put more in there. I hope you take a chance at this song too, and let me know when you post it. :) I'll give a good review, just like you did.
brilliant melody, inspiring, bit repetitive.
following very restrictive rules you've done a fantastic job. I've always sat back and enjoyed your chiptune works. I can hear this fully fleshed out and I can hear it being something very powerful. The very notion it can inspire such clarity in my head is a testament in itself.
Brilliant work Nick, i'm always watching you *stalker level*
Keep up the good fight, keep em coming!
Cheers, thanks for the review. These are tons of fun to make, but I haven't made a full orchestral piece in ages, so I think I'm putting it off by making these haha... Oh and if you, as you said, hear this fully fleshed out into something powerful, I could give you the MIDI of this to make into something more...
-N
euphoric, catchy
I don't quite agree with my fellow reviewer BJRA. Sidechaining is a common technique used in much electronica this I admit but I didn't quite really see the need here. Not everything has to be sidechained and I think this is one such songs.
The super fast melody here would be disrupted constantly if you side chained the bass/pads. The song reminds me of DragonForce to be honest, and I love DragonForce :D!
One of my favorite moments in this song is 1:06 where after the insane speed melodic riff you throw out some extended notes, very euphoric sensation.
There are some areas of improvement. The song does sound a bit lifeless. I WOULD recommend some side chaining at 2:33 to give your song a nice thumping, give that extra push after all that. The song felt a bit repetitive, I would have loved to hear you explore your theme a bit more.
I noticed you are new to the portal, it is good to see you up here so soon! I like your style, I hope you stick around, keep up the good fight and keep em coming!
OMG!!! MAESTRORAGE REVIEW :D lolz XD
Yeah you're definitely right, I think I could give it even more variations and I promise I will on my next song ^.~
I'll keep fighting! Thank you very much Maestro ^^
xoxo
@ndrea
WAY too much reverb, great ideas, very relevant.
Solus normally I find great idears in your song. But I felt this piano ballad was not one of your best. Though it's far from bad it's also not as original as most of your work. As mentioned I hear a lot of FF. I even hear Balamb Garden melody at 0:24-0:28.
For one Solus, why is there SO MUCH reverb?! I mean yes a bit of reverb and echo makes a song feel nifty but this was overkill sir. It was difficult trying to get the image to click with that much going on. Not going lie to you sir, lost big points for it.
I think a dryer right hand and a much dryer left hand would have made a bigger impact.
Though this song portrays loads of interesting melodic ideas I felt it also didn't have much consistency. Jumping from one idea to another. However each idea was constructed well and it felt full througout, and each segment did flow to the other quite well. There were little in terms of melodic repetition which I think would have made this ballad stand stronger on its feet.
Still stalking you ya bastard, keep up the good fight and keep em coming!
Yay, finally something other than "OMG GREATESTSONG EVAR", with REASONS too!
I'm gonna make you some pancakes.
Seriously, as far as FF goes, I think I played FF8 for all of about ten minutes. Then I had to leave, and I just never got around to playing that game again. So you can't blame me for that.
Too much reverb? Ehhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.
Ehhhhhhhhhhhhh. Um. I guess it's really a question of personal preferences... but just for you, I'm going to turn down the reverb and listen to it again.
Okay. After listening again, I really have to disagree with you there. The lack of reverb completely takes away from the body of the song, and the "floatiness" I was trying to convey. Even just like half of it seems to kill it.
Again, the lack of consistency was kind of what I was aiming for, to just fly free, and tell the rest of the world, "fuck off, I'm flying here."
Granted, yes, sure, it would make it a better song overall, but then it'd be pulled from the direction I wanted to go.
Plus it made it SO much more fun to write.
Great sounds, wonderful mix, wrong image?
Devin I have to be honest, I didn't quite click with the imagery here. The crushed synths at the beginning was a complete confusion area for me. It not only didn't make me think of flying, but it also made me want to play my old SNES games. The great mix of sounds and effects made the piece really chilled out but I just didn't see flight with this in much shape or form. However quite a few judges disagree with me so consider this the opinion of an ignorant fan :3!
The mix and synths are all pro level as pointed out before. I could never even begin to try and critique them, they are far beyond my level. I'm just not seeing flying.
Well made song all the same. Keep up the good fight and keep em coming!
Hey maestro. Thanks for being honest and not masking over your opinion. I'll admit i didn't exactly have the MAC in mind when I started working on this song. That's why the beginning drums may confuse you. But as it progressed I got this nice image in my head of floating, especially when the guitar part comes in. I guess that technically isn't flying, like in a plane in the picture, but works too, I think.
Anyways, thanks for your critique :)
quite repetitive, bit empty at parts, driving vibe
This song's piano is pretty neat. The song feels a bit empty at the beginning and the piano's progression is a tad slow. It takes a long long time for it to go anywhere and the techno elements feel a bit empty as well. Once 2:30 kicks in things begin to feel a lot more full. Yes it's a very repetitive melody but the reverb here really did it.
I would suggest introducing those bass strings or bass pads at the beginning to make the song sound more full, or play simple and light chords with the piano, my biggest issue here was the empty feeling. Also the piano clips rather drastically at the beginning.
A good track, keep up the good fight and keep em coming!
Thanks MaestroRage, appreciate the review. I'll keep 'em coming. I'll keep an eye out on ya in the forums...... :P
Later,
-RR
accomplishes ambient vibe, good mix of sounds.
You already know what I think on the piece but here it is again a bit more fleshed out.
Firstly, you've gotten that ambient vibe right. It's very spaced out feeling and the sound effects aren't distracting. To boot the shimmering pads also do well in setting up the mood, the funky percussion beat blended back enough to compliment, not detract from the ambiance.
The repetition of the synths is what makes them ambient, and I think you are already aware of this. The fact you use that winding down synth a good deal serves to make it lose it's unique vibe and settle right in there with the mix.
Now one thing I wouldn't have done is cut off that percussion beat. When it disappears for a short period for that xylophone? it somewhat disrupts the flow.
I can see myself working on schoolwork with this in the background for hours so you've accomplished your desired effect. Good work, keep up the good fight and keep em coming!
Well, I wanted to have some sort of a break when I brought in that soft xylophone/airbell mix. To flesh it out more... But you might have a point.
Thank you for the review. =)
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