This was an adventure. I swear I could see my soul while listening to this the first time.
sorry was there a song? all i could hear was the cymbals
drum speed really made no sense to the overall song, kinda seemed random most of the time especially around 2:45:00.
also that melodic tom sucks. I never really liked its sample.
song seemed misguided. like what is it idk
thats just like my opinion man
2.5/5 - good effort but needs work i think
Sorry was there a comment? All I could read was sarcastic douchebaggery.
But that’s like, my opinion man.
Seriously though, some of what you say is legitimate criticism, but why deliver it in such a mean spirited way.
Actually addressing some of the points. And in order is probably the best way:
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Sure the crash cymbals are loud. But we wanted an aggressive sound, and if you hit a crash cymbal hard it’s usually pretty loud.
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Maybe the drums can appear random, but the whole piece is essentially guitar solo laid over drum solo. As for the general rhythm of the drums, yeah it’s some rapid hits but I feel it helps keep up the intensity.
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What you want me to do, ring up starburst and get him to change it? It was the most similar sound to the drum we used in V2 when we started on this piece.
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Well It’s a piece rather than a song without any real structure or even sections which are later repeated. I wrote most of the “melodies” and I was, and honestly still am, bored with how notessimo is used basically as a loop machine. You can have dramatic transitions, or a change in tone that doesn’t take forever. Perhaps it is difficult as to what is meant to be conveyed without and visuals alongside it. I will accept that some areas do seem quite disconnected. Maybe I’ve just listened to it too many times whilst making it.
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Honestly it’s hard to believe you even actually want to give it 50%. I haven’t been here for a long time but i assume you want to be known as the critic of the site or something. You might want to check out some of stars critiques. Managing to be fair and brutally honest but mentioning some of the aspects which he enjoyed in a piece.
I understand that circlejerking “ermergerd dis r amazing” type comments like the first on this piece isn’t any good for improving but if you want people to follow your critical advice you should try throwing in what earn the 2.5 you gave rather than only focusing on why the other wasn’t earned.
End of rant.
u guys r edgy af
This song was originally abandoned (before i even took part) and the song was also very different to what i was used to. It had no real structure, but that’s what i found interesting about it. I also liked the song as a whole so i decided to help finish it.
The drumming was primarily my doing. I recognised the abnormality of the piece and tried to go with it. Furthermore, it’s not often i got to make drum solos to this extent (these are actually quite old, and i didn’t edit them since the old version).
Personally i believe we created something that was at least different. Is it perfect? God no, far from it, in fact there were loads of problems with it, but I kinda liked them.
I don’t mind the melodic toms too much, and i assure you, they played the part way better than the other tom did.
Point here is, we made a piece of music more than a song, and we wanted it that way, structure or not.