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Creative Production => Critics' Lounge => Topic started by: djres on Thu 06/12/2007 10:26:09

Title: Crit this track, please
Post by: djres on Thu 06/12/2007 10:26:09
It's the first track I've done yet to break the five minute mark.  It's called "Robot Style."

http://www.mediafire.com/?db0qyht15yc

As usual please be brutally honest.  Thanks!
Title: Re: Crit this track, please
Post by: djres on Sun 30/12/2007 08:53:11
Bump!

Seriously guys, is it bad?  For some reason I am still kind of liking this track, but I need some outside opinions.  No need to spare my feelings, just let me know your reaction.

Thanks!
Title: Re: Crit this track, please
Post by: Blackthorne on Sun 30/12/2007 08:58:47
I find it boring, and the sound-effects get really annoying after a while.  I mean, really, it's five minutes of meandering.  If I was high on X, I'd still get bored and go fly kites.

I'd say reduce the time, and stop the repetive sound effects - and work on more orchestration.  Good luck!


Bt


Title: Re: Crit this track, please
Post by: vertigoaddict on Sun 30/12/2007 09:39:43
around 00:34 things start to get a little interesting, cut it to  at least 15 seconds. The human mind is not so patient.

00:48, electric guitar comes in. Okay.

01:05 loud sound effect, at first okay but starts to get annoying and hurt my ears actually...just cut that out.

01:47 things go a little silent. (What? this only works if you build up the tension first...wait, that annoying sound effect WAS the tension (I don't know what it's called so I call it tension).

01:55 you could have ended it here.

02:01 okay...get's louder and drums que again? No bad idea. The tune was just a series of repettitive sounds, YOU CAN'T DO tHIS TO ME!

02:01 drums que, sounds better but you should have done this earlier.

02:13 is that harmonica? Seems a little unecessary and if you really wanted to use it...it felt a few seconds late.

2:32 oh crickets? oh again with the silent thing, you can't use it twice,(well, you can but...) it sucks. cut it out.

Okay, After that I felt like I've wasted my time. But my 'good crittique' is:

*I like the bagpipes in the background, if you know how, you can use it to your advantage in the 'silent' parts.

*It reminds me of Pandemonium 2 a little bit. Perhaps you should research that game's music. (of course their style is a lttle more ethnic)

I guess thats it, and yes I doubble what BlackThorne said- Work on more ochestration!
Title: Re: Crit this track, please
Post by: djres on Mon 07/01/2008 04:40:55
Hey thanks guys!  Much obliged for the feedback, I think I'll edit this one a bit now :-[
Title: Re: Crit this track, please
Post by: djres on Mon 07/01/2008 04:42:18
http://www.mediafire.com/?2gfroexzj3r

Remix!  Ok, so I tried to make it a little more listenable this time.  But what can I say, I guess I just like annoying sounds.
Title: Re: Crit this track, please
Post by: vertigoaddict on Wed 09/01/2008 08:29:53
The last track had bagpipes which reminds me of the irish....this remix reminds me of the british for some reason must be those horns and for some reason I see images of 'Doctor Who'.

It's better I'll tell you that; there's a little bit of 'drunk' in there too but I don't mind that.