Cool, loving the variations!
Oh yeah! Ahh that tempo changing tool man, thats the real dea right there! ;D
Mate I just found about you and I gotta say you've made some of the most BADASS classical tunes I have ever listened to on this site!
Props to you bro, keep on doing your thing!
Johnny~
Thanks dude! You're a really great artist yourself, I've got three of your songs downloaded :D.
Glad you like the tempo change, and the song. Thanks again!
Damn girl!!
That was pretty freaken SICK and EPIC ATST!!!! Seriously there were like 4 parts on the song that made a chill go up my spine and my hair stand up! And THAT is pretty difficult, so I got nothing else to say but kudos!
I'm rather intrigued by how you recorded your real guitar and mixed into your song, cause that was pretty good! Maybe we could discuss mixing, equalizing and overall production techniques!
I would really like to collaborate with you some day ^^
Whats your DAW btw?
Haha thank you! And it really do that? That's awesome :O I don't have that with songs unless I really really like them so... that's a big compliment!! <33
and sure, send me a pm if you want to discuss anything <3
I used FL Studio 9! :D
Meh...
Disappointing... I'm very very sorry to say this but I was really disappointed with this track.
You built a lot of expectation with this piece just to slap us in the face at the part when you're supposed to feel the ecstasy, whats supposed to be the climax of the song... you totally blown it man... and I'm... I just... I can't believe I'm saying this, cause I had such high expectations on this track, I thought this was going to be your 9th Symphony, your chef-d'%u0153uvre... But it wasn't -.-
A really lame climax, thats what I would call it, also what the bloody hell was that build up man? Right at 4:02 I was like "HELL YEAH! Something big and awesome is coming!". And at 4:15 I was like "WHAT THE #$&%!!! That's it? Is it over already?"
Just to follow it up with an even lamer chorus/"climax", it didn't even felt like a chorus, it felt more like the missing part after 2:08 to continue building tension... Also that synth you used for the "melody" is to weak and hollow to be used as a main synth, it worked for the build up, but it just fails as the main voice.
I think you didn't put as much heart on the composition as you've done before, and don't get me wrong, the mixing, EQing, mastering, etc are perfect as always, hell even the name is perfect for this track! Its definitely a great vision, but thats it, it never feels accomplished or realized.
For me everything is perfect up until 4:15, I particularly digg the beautiful pads at 2:26, I almost shed a tear in that part, but I was destroyed after listening to the whole track...
A beautiful vision, though never fully realized...
Johnny~
P.S. Work a bit more on your melody writting, this melody was O K, but very easy to forget, also perfect your build ups, don't just rush to throw in the chorus, it doesnt matter if the track gets past the 10min mark, do it right!
Way to go on and assume that I haven't put much work into this. I spent well over 2 months on this single track. I'm sorry you expected something from me too, because I sure as hell don't expect anyone to expect me to make something to their tastes. I just make what I make, and if you don't like it, or are "disappointed", then that's too bad.
Another thing that I couldn't help noticing that you blatantly said was that I needed to work on my melody writing and build ups. I've been making music for over 4 years now, as well as having piano background for 17 years, so I don't know what made you think I needed to work on those things.
"I was destroyed after listening to the whole track..." what a LOVELY thing to say.
JohnnyFrizz, don't be a douche. Thanks.
WOW!
Man!! I love the funky electic bass in this song! I've always wanted to do something like that, perhaps you can give me some production tips now that you're pro ;)
Haha, I always knew you were gonna get big eventually, big KUDOS for getting signed man!
Perhaps you could drop me a lil review on my latest remix? =D Well if you have the time ofcourse haha
Keep cool man!
Johnny~
hey thanks man this is greatly appreciated. By the way I really like that remix you made!
Awesome!!!
LOL! Sounds like the kind of stuff I used to make XP
You've just inspired me man!
Now we need MOAR music! :D
Johnny~
Yes, indeed we do!
Good!
But still needs plenty of work, you wont get anywhere which half-made songs man, if you're gonna make a remix of a song you gotta try to make it even better than the original, otherwise there is no reason for remixing it (that's just my way of thinking though).
Now, Im gonna try to help you as much as I can with this review and you can either apply it to this song or to your future creations:
First of all, congratulations on getting the melody and chord progression right, Im not a big fan of this song, but I have listened to it enough to tell you got it right, btw the lil piano riffs you added were pretty nice!
Now, I heard plenty of clipping on your song, starting with the piano. You should always be careful when using piano on your songs, my advise is, route it into a channel on your mixer, Idk if which sequencer you are using, but for example if you use FL Studio I would advise you to put a Soft Clipper on the piano channel and if the piano still goes on top of the 0db meter lower its volume a little bit. If you are using Cubase or Reason or any other DAW try putting a compressor on the channel and set the Ratio knob on 100.1 that will prevent it from getting above the 0db mark ( ;
I love the filter work at 00:26 good job! I also like your bass its pretty original but it seems to conflict with the kick and makes it sound weak, I would suggest you to either side-chain it or EQ it better cause it just eats all the lower frequencies.
The song still seems pretty raw, it definitely needs a lot of EQ work without mentioning mastering, another advice, try putting a Limiter on your master channel, that will prevent the song from clipping and it will sound better mastered ( ;
The structure of the song itself isn't that original either, its pretty much the same as the original, I would suggest to change it a bit and make it LONGER for goodness sake!! Its just to short! I mean did you seriously worked 3 weeks on this? Heh, I don't believe you P;
Keep working, the more tracks you produce, the more you will learn about production and the more effort you put into your tunes, the better they will sound.
Johnny~
awesome thanks! :p
i'll try to work everything out what you said ^^
yes i did work 3 weeks on it, but not whole days / week x)
i started 3 weeks ago with it, and then i worked on it slowly :p
like 2 hours a day or something and sometimes i skipped a day because i wasn't home or something :p
i think i used to work on it for something around 23 hours, but i changed many times things, i did things also i never did before what took much time because they were new and so on ^^
thanks for review! ;-D
Sweet song man!
I can´t believe I never listened to this one till now, its freaking brilliant!
Lovely tune, mixing and mastering could be improve but since it appears that you recorded this live Im not gonna affect your score ( ;
Going to my personal favorites.
Keep rocking bro!
Johnny~
Thanks. Mixing and mastering was tough.. It was all recorded live in my basement, so I did the best I could. I did all the mixing myself, sent the tracks away and paid to have them mastered. I'm satisfied with how it turned out, but I'm hoping to get even better results for the next CD. Thanks for the review.
Brilliant!
Boy! This would have been perfect for me if it was a bit longer!!! The song pretty much ends at 4:50, its too short for an original trance song!
But anyway, leaving that behind, I thought it was just brilliant, it kinda reminded me of Above & Beyond's style, have you listened to their tracks? If you havent you really should!
Technically speaking this song was a win, but musically speaking I feel it lacks on some areas, the melody of the song seems pretty basic to me, perhaps a more complex arpeggio line beneath the piano would help fill up the song and make it sound more harmonious.
Overall I felt this track was a win, just try to make it longer, oh and btw I loved your build up! Very good use of filters there!
Keep it up! Would you mind checking (and perhaps reviewing) my latests tracks? That'd be awesome!
Johnny~
I don't know about the length, not all trance songs have to be 8 minutes long. This was as long as I felt it should be.
Arpeggios are overused in my opinion. It seems like the answer to everything is an arpeggio these days, and I try to avoid them. Instead I have an irregular sorta-arp in the background.
I'll check out your stuff when I have the timez :3
Thanks for the review!
Orchestral ambience, great fusion sound!
First of all lemme say that your mixing needs a bit of work, but leaving that behind....I think your song is brilliantly composed!
The whole instrumentation was stunning, I like the way you mixed orchestral sounds with synthetic sounds, it brings this composition into a whole new level!
I must admit I didnt quite enjoyed the frasered drums you used, I think the fraser is a very delicate effect, its quite hard to get under control since it makes your drum loop's volume very unstable and hard to mix. In my opinion, fraser should never be used on percussion, but I do like the originalitty it gives to the track.
I think this is probably one of the most innovative songs Ive heard on the portal.
Nice work buddy!
Keep at it.
Hails...
Johnny~
Your review totally made my night dude. I'm glad to hear that you liked it as well as your constructive criticism, this song isn't fully finished, I'll but uploading the last edited version fairly soon. I can see what you mean by the frasered drums. I have been thinking about the same thing including the overall drum loop.. I plan on making a changing drumloop instead of the same continuous loop for the entire song. I think that might be my single biggest mistake with making music. But yeah, anyways, thanks for the review. You really got me thinking. I'll be checking out your stuff when I get the time.
Very nice!
Wow! A very nice and professional sounding loop, I cant believe it doesnt have a single review!!!
C'MON PPL START REVIEWING THE GOOD STUFF!!!!!
I enjoyed a lot the way you combined the calm lounge/ambient elements with the exciting drum loops and hits, though I must admit the snare hit was a tad too loud for the mix, it simply overpowers the whole song, I see what you're trying to do here but I would recomend you to turn that snare volume a couple bars down cause its really loud for the mix.
Always remember, never let anysound go on top of the 0 mark on your mixer, if you can manage to make every sound audible staying under the 0 mark, then your song is perfectly mixed and ready for mastering where you will be able to push up the volume of your song again.
Keep it up my friend, you got the spark!
Johnny~
Thanks for the review!
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