randomkarmagenerator's Reviews

[Dj Cargo = Flute gate]

A critical opinion...

Good kick/snap/clap combo. The melody could use some tightening though. Particularly the bass synth and high-pitched strings synth, which could be tweaked to accompany each other a little better. Nice breakdown starting 1:25. Perhaps some overuse of the splash though. If it were me, I would have used a snare patch with more rasp, but that’s not my primary reservation. I really like the flute melody in the build, but dropping it at 2:50 seems anticlimactic, then reciprocating from that section into a progressively descaled outro seems to rob it in a most subtle way of the all-in payoff that should have happened at 2:50. I would normally give this a 3, but considered the many 0’s anything and everything is subject to, 4 it is.

bjoaierjbioaerjgoerj responds:

thanx for the advice!

[Invunerable--_--(FULL)]

Production vs. musical merit

What you have here is a mediocre song, but a pinnacle production. The music itself is lacking in diversity, dynamic, and it's almost missing some of the sentient atmosphere in your previous work. It makes for an overall creepy, machine-like feel, but inherent in its dimished sentient atmosphere it is missing a defined character. This is an ideal candidate for an action/shooter game, but short of a given imagery, it doesn't really have its own direction. As for the production, this is some of your best yet. I can see why you think of it as a masterpiece. You've utilized proper gain structuring and eloquently implemented some fundamental mixing techniques, and as a result it sounds very good. Keep this production up, but don't forget to focus on the underlying composition of your work.

[Mary Jane]

Terrible

Please do not take anything contained in this review personally.
I'm not exactly sure what this is. First off, it's in the wrong genre, classical rock is not some kind of experimental ambient psychedelic trip (psychedelic rock would be closer than classical rock, but still a long shot from accurately categorizing this). For that, there is either the Ambient or Misc. genres. The vocals were poorly recorded, executed, and modified. The pad was monotonous, unimaginative, and did not contribute in any way to the song, aside of crude background noise. I percieve no musical merit in this, as the support instrument(s) only use one long note through the whole song. What few lyrics are not inaudible are incoherent. The track clips in several places. The mixing quality is below a point I could have imagined was possible in a song with only two instrumental components. As for its potential commercial music value, I do not believe it has any. This is hardly listenable, and as an artist or producer, I could not possibly construe this to constitute music. I would strongly suggest to review some music theory and take a slightly more commercial approach at songwriting.

RNR responds:

Sorry but I did take this personally. You really offended me because this was my most creative song I've ever wrote. BTW, it is classical rock because Pink Floyd does similar experimental stuff. Psy-rock is in the roots of classic rock, if you didn't know that. It is not Ambient or Misc. because of the song structure. It just wouldn't fit. The vocals were recorded by a great program and the reason they clip a few times because i lowered the pitch of my voice using that program. The pad, on the other hand, gave it the plain but mysterious sound to it and added a lot to the song, actually. I no the background isn't musically genius but it still makes the song. And whatever you been by the lyrics not being inaudiblle or incoherent... I don't care if it has no potential commercual music value, it's a song and I'm not a total fan of artists that are making music just for the money and the fame. I do it for the music, just like some of my favourite artists in my profile. This isn't enjoyable to listen? Personally, I have been making better songs with my new program than I ever have with anything else. This has to be one of my favourite songs. I have taking music theory in my music lessons and I've been writing songs for a while now and I've kept more than 10 that I liked. In fact, I'm writing more songs almost everyday. I appreciate your comment for being honest but I wish you could've told me what you did like about it... if you even did like anything about it. Thank you.