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OK. A good, nice, solid piano solo. Very soothing and whatnot. HOWEVER, because it sounds just like all the other Mac 08 July songs, I didnt like it in the contest since. It hink the judges are going to be looking for oringality in the song. And also if it makes you cry. It was very uplifting near the end. That is a bad thing in the contest lol. A very good song aside from the contest though. Good job.
Author's Response:
As I can see, you are very experienced, and I should of created a bit more originality. I had not noticed how many tunes are slow piano, oh well - thanks for the kind words still, I have a long way to go in composing still though.
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I thought it was freaking awesome how you remixed that song into a piano solo. NICE. However, since all the songs in the Mac 08 contest are either piano solos or pianos with violins and epic sounds in them.. it wasnt considered by me to be very oringal in the contest. I give you like a 20, however, for making a remix :D
*I thnk this was a remix..? lol,...*
Author's Response:
Uh-oh, I knew this sounded like something else, but I don't know what. I was passing this as my original work but obviously someone got there first grr, thanks alot for the review :-)
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Yeah.. Ok. Drums.. a little variety in there.. it was alright for a Mac 08 contest. Had some very nice background pads and even a bass in there! Heck, this was a good song. The way you blended everything together kind of sounded odd though.. even so, I give it a solid 9 for the contest and as a song.
Author's Response:
Thanks, glad you liked it. Thanks for the critique, and I'll work harder on mixing in the future. Several people have talked to me about the cymbals.
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Loogie you always crack me up. X D Sorry dude, this song just sounded awful. It was just one thing looped over and over again. Put more variety in there man!
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I am repeating my self way to many times in all these Mac- 08 July contest reviews.. The songs sound all the same with harps, pianos, and the rest of the instruments in them. It just wasnt very original. I liked the beginning tune and the masin song itself.. but didnt like it for the Mac o8 July contest. Sorry. Great song though, and keep it up because you will get tons of fans.
Author's Response:
I started composing the song when they announced the contest, but then I ended up composing it for somebody else. I miss her and I did printed that feeling into this song. Did you even listened to the music as a whole? Melody? Harmony?... anything besides what instruments I'm using?
On the other hand, what exactly is original for you?
Do you know what happened back at the children lullaby contest? There were some people claiming their songs were real original and actually standing a chance of winning, but the truth was that none of these songs would fit as a lullaby song, not for anybody's children.
Guess what happened? The songs that weren't "original" at all actually spotted top places (Me in third :D).
What I mean is, this isn't a -let's throw something "original" in there but not totally fitting or barely fitting at all- contest. This is a sad -sorrow contest. Songs are supossed to sound sorrowful and you cannot bash every classical song out there for the mere reason it already is "unoriginal".
In the end, SAD and well written music is the one spotting top places.
Glad you liked it though
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ARGH!! I can't take it anymore!! al these songs sound the exact same god dammit!! It wasnt very sad anyway.. Ok thats my review for the Mac o8 contest.. Here is the review for the song:
The sounds got way to overpowering there for a while, but the beginning was terrific. I liked the way you composed it and the good violins and percussion noises. Sometimes, however, the song kind of hurt my ears.
Author's Response:
I doubt they all sound the same, but what the hell.
Anyways, glad you liked the beginning, oboe ftw. :D
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It was O.K. But a little bit to slow because you included one note every second. I liked the way you included the echoeing note... but it just sounded far to odd for me. It was a little like SBB's ambience songs. If you worked on this song, it would sound great. Keep it up.
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This made me smile for some odd reason.. I dont know, my mind reacted with it in some odd way lol. Well, it was wayy more oringal that the other Mac 08 July songs because it wasnt just piano with violins and everything. Some of those pads I have never heard before lol. I didnt really like the way you orginized it around though. I felt that some of the sounds just didnt belong in there... Like you randomly added them. Nice DJing though! Keep it up.
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The music box was far too loud, make the master volume for that instrument just a little softer. I liked the way you told a story with the song, maybe you should have some vocals in there.
It was a lot more original than the other songs in the MAC 08 contest. But, it didnt sound that great. >:U
The reason why, is because everything was way over the top! You need to tone it down a bit.
Author's Response:
I appreciate your constructive feedback, I hope you will reply to this response as well.
I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'music box.' The instruments used were (in chrono order:) Glockenspiel, Bass Marimba, Cello, Full strings, Viola, Horns, Trombone, and then timpani.
I do agree it is a step aside from the piano ballads that are consuming the MAC, but i'm not sure what you mean when it 'doesn't sound that great.' The quality or subject material? It is, infact, a minimalist piece, just basically the melody repeated with different voices. Maybe that's what you were saying.
Also, and perhaps this is my own fault, it's not supposed to be "cry in a corner" sad, but rather "holy hell i'm about to die TRAGEDY" sad.
Again, thankyou for your honest review!
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OH jesus christ not again! Ok look, it sounded very soothing and I enjoyed listening top it. That is why i am giving you a ten. BUIT, it sounds just like the other Mac 08 July entries. Give them a listen for yourself. How the heck are the judges supposed to judge the songs when they are all soothing piano songs with some that have vilins and wahing in there?
Huugh. Well, good job on the song at least. Really, it was a very good piano solo.
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