Rock Thread (Original)

You want to feature it? But wait some time first, we just featured two new songs.

Perceptiveā€¦well either way itā€™s not really up to me or Sandal.

ā€œDmin7 add4 -5ā€ I think thatā€™s what itā€™s called, oh and about the other song, I have got some composers block after writing some riffs without really good transitions (maybe because I changed the drums every time ) and I am STILL buried deep in schoolwork

But thatā€™s impossibleā€¦thereā€™s no D in the chord, unless you change the Eb to a D#. Are you sure you are looking at the right chord? The one Iā€™m talking about is the one in sheet 1, measure 13.

I was thinking of the ending chord, that one is an 11th chord, I think you can call it a Phrygian 11th because it is the root 11th of the Phrygian mode, or I guess you could call it Fmin 11 b9, and you voiced it with the 11th an octave lower so it is more dissonant.

Not Much to say

I felt like I was at a circus (just a bit)

Just wait until the solo.

But itā€™s still pretty awesomeā€¦

It was good ā€¦ but it was really repetitive and kinda lacked substance. Those hi-hats were especially repetitive.

Itā€™s obvious you were trying to make a ballad type song.
Unfortunately, ballads are usually a smooth type. This song would do much better if it was sped up.
Volume control issues in some parts. The soloā€™s beginning fit. Thatā€™s about as much as I enjoyed.
The hi-hat choice in this was awful.
The end was good, until the voxes came in.
It was heavily repetitive. This is mainly due to no kind of verse to your chorus.
Mainly the part I didnā€™t understand is why the strats were so short during the ā€œverse.ā€
Also, styles didnā€™t fit. The bass and voxes were smooth and connected. The other parts werenā€™t.
At the end of the solo, instead of putting sixteenth notes, instead put some type of slow but enjoyable rhythm.

What I canā€™t stress enough is how the style of music didnā€™t fit the tempo.

The solo sucks. The rest of it is good.

Wow. Triple Post. I like how people ignore me.
I used a lot of other ideas from songs, including:

ā€œBlack Bettyā€ - Ram Jam (Hi-hat at beginning)
ā€œYou Should Be Dancingā€ - Beegees (Rhythm from the bass solo)
ā€œJuke Box Heroā€ - Foreigner (The Metal Guitar at the beginning)
ā€œYYZā€ - Rush (The Solos setup)
ā€œDonā€™t Tell me You Love Meā€ - Night Ranger (Solo - Bridge - Shorter Solo)
and so onā€¦

Please critique this one.

The intro sounded a bit, umm, funky lol.
Also the main drum beat sounded a tad bit annoying, but only a tad (I liked it more than I didnā€™t)
I was also expecting an epic solo (Normally your solos are quite good), but I felt disappointed, since it didnā€™t go that way when I think it easily could have.
I still give it a 5/5 since I think this song was expertly put together! Nice job!

EDIT: Temple of Trickery
By what Iā€™ve heard so far (30 seconds or so after you take out the green synth) you need to do these things:
A: Take out the vocals
B: Take out anything that is remotely a drum soloā€¦ sorry to say but those were phailz D: (Kamarai is disappoint)

EDIT2: ToT again
ummā€¦ solo wasnā€™t that bad.
Sheet 26/27 Drum solo! Yayz toms! (Kamarai is only slightly disappoint)
Suddenly the song doesnā€™t know what it wants to be and other stuff
? What is this a really long solo? I donā€™t know exactly how to describe it but after sheet 28 or so it seems like you just randomly decided to change everything every couple of sheets, and the transitions were almost nonexistant.

EDIT3: Around like sheet 36ā€¦

Oh

So thats the solo

nvm about what I saidā€¦ (well my solos arenā€™t that much better)

I decided to go more control on this song. I didnā€™t want some epic super fast solo that sounded random. I felt like making a more slow solo.
The hi-hats were definitely too loud.

ToT was more of a put together of some ideas. (I have a lot of experimental songs. Example: Test Made)

just posted a new song, itā€™s pretty awesome. Can anyone give me some tips though?

Ok so, here is a what I thought your piece. Itā€™s all my opinion, donā€™t take it too seriously. Iā€™m also trying to be as honest as possible, so it might be a little harsh.

Starts off a little empty.
I was liking the clavinets in sheet 2 until the jump from Bb to D (try and avoid jumps over 5 notes).
Synths getting a little repetitive. You can change the melody a little.
Sheet 6 seemed a little empty, because of the gaps in fender strats.
Reintroducing the synths in the middle of sheet 8 seemed irregular. Bring in the synths at the beginning of a sheet.
Synths repetitive again, and emptiness too.
I liked sheet 4 a lot.
Sheet 12: the metal guitars are clashing with the other guitars
(Also the first half of sheet 13 sounded like part of another song (and 20 too)ā€¦ not a problem but Iā€™m annoyed I canā€™t think of it.)
Same problem with sheet 8 on sheet 13.
I didnā€™t like the transition between sheet 13 and 14. I think because the synthesizers in 14 were getting repetitive.
In measure 3 of sheet 14, the violin and clavinet clash at G# + B (if you donā€™t mind getting rid of the minorish feel, you can change the G# to a G)
The end of the melody in measure 18 ends a bit abruptly.
The ending was good ā€¦ until the last chord. It was way too weak and short.
All in all, I felt the chorus didnā€™t really stand out. (Iā€™m guessing it was the synth part.)
Also feel free to add long notes/chords at the beginning of each measure. It might strengthen it a little. I did like the chords a lot though.

I know I didnā€™t really give any positive criticism, but song was very good. Has some great catchy melodies, but a tiny bit repetitive and the teensiest bit empty. I know you tried, and I can see you improved. Well done! 4.5/5

This has actually been in my song page for a while. I guess I just randomly decided to post it.

Good!

@ finalboss: That was pretty good

@ Nuse: Thanks for the criticism

What was the song that part of my thing reminded you of? (I donā€™t know of any songs that sound like that, but maybe I heard it a long time ago and it got stuck in my head)

I knew EXACTLY what you meant here, as I had the same problem. This song reminded me of another song from a while back, and I realized it was because the chord-progression is C-B-E-D. Then I remembered what the phrase sounded like, and played it over and over until I was reminded of a particularly harsh debate on how to properly critique songs in the critique thread, over this song:

Now Iā€™m not trying to slander Maxā€™s reputation (I know there was that whole fiasco over Unknowedā€™s song getting stolen), itā€™s probably just a coincidence. I see no reason for anything to happen because of this, I just happened to notice it.

As for your song, TFB (if I may call you that), I have to admit I am a sucker for bluesy triplets, but the song is too fast, and too empty for too long. The rather larger slow-down didnā€™t really help, as it was just as repetitive, and didnā€™t really fit. Solo was quite fun, and the drumming was good in some places and bad in others. Iā€™ll have nothing else to say on that.