Please listen to my new song!! Need reviews ASAP! Thanks!

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Posted by nectario on Dec-02-2003 02:47:

Please listen to my new song!! Need reviews ASAP! Thanks!

Hello everybody,

I just finished my new song. Let me know what you think! I'd a appreciate a review :-) (if it's good, if it sucks or whatever!) All notes and arrangement is done by me... Let me know what you like and don't like... :-)

You can download it from:

http://www.nektarios.com/three.mp3

Thanks!

-NK

Posted by mentalbarter on Dec-02-2003 15:01:

could it be any better?
perhaps give dj sammy a ring for some tips tho

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Dec-02-2003 15:40:

Let me guess... fruityloops?

Posted by nectario on Dec-02-2003 15:45:

Wrong!

Reason 2.5! :-)

Posted by Mr.Mystery on Dec-02-2003 15:48:

Oh dear...

Posted by attacc on Dec-02-2003 16:29:

it's a good track, but there's some elements I don't like. The lead you have in the buildup and after I don't like, but the piano is very good I think. The synth that comes in at 2:20 is really sweet though Pads are nice too!

If you added a bassline with better drive and got rid of that lead I was talking about you'd have a very good track I think, so keep working on it

Posted by J.L. on Dec-02-2003 17:12:

i'm gonna say i don't like it...

just because you spammed the entire forums about your song

Posted by Mike_B on Dec-02-2003 17:17:

found it cheesy, needs more depth to it or something, the first half before you introduce that piano sounds like it would fit well in an old atari video game.

Posted by Mike_B on Dec-02-2003 17:18:

its needs layers, fast.

Posted by nectario on Dec-02-2003 17:20:

Sorry!

Negative comments are very welcome...

But hey, I only posted it in two forums (this and the music one)! Is this really spamming?

But in any case, I am sorry, and I won't do it again. Next time I will only post it in the Amateur Music producers forum...

Posted by nectario on Dec-02-2003 17:25:

For Attac

Thanks.

Attac: Can you tell me which exactly lead you don't like? The one that dominates before and after the piano?

Posted by Mike_B on Dec-02-2003 17:26:

that's the one that i find makes it cheesy if that helps

Posted by nectario on Dec-02-2003 17:45:

Thanks!

Hmmm, you know maybe I'll change the lead.. One thing I don't like is that the baseline sounds too "Happy" any tips on finding more Dramatic baselines?

Posted by J.L. on Dec-02-2003 20:43:

ok.. with your apology in mind, i will give a quick opinion of what i think

the pads start off very nicely...

however, the beat/bass/main synth just basically kinda turned me off by this track a lot...

to me, this track sounds kinda retro... but i don't like retro and really think that this track could help if it had a better melody...

just my honest 2 cents

Posted by v1b3r on Dec-02-2003 21:52:

hello, nectario! how r u?

well, your song is too much �dance� too me - sorry - but I just can�t help remember dance songs when I hear these basic chord sequence. (those 80�s tunes - Corona, Snap, IceMc, etc - listen to these so u will known what I�m talking about)

in my opinion, when you decide to use more than one chord in a song it has to bem very well chosen or it will break the trance state, falling into a linear pattern instead of a cycle one.

and then, all phun is gone, if you know what I mean.

additional comments have already been made by other fellows, so that�s it.

hope it helped. keep on!

Posted by nectario on Dec-02-2003 21:52:

Thanks to all!

Thanks to all of you for your reviews! I really appreciate it...

I am not sure if I should dump this track altgother and start a new one (with your suggestions in mind) or just work on this one...

I'll probably dump it.. It was my first attempt to create something with more melody... Hopefully you will like my next song more!

Thanks again!

Posted by BryZe on Dec-02-2003 21:57:

quote:
Originally posted by Mike_B
found it cheesy, needs more depth to it or something, the first half before you introduce that piano sounds like it would fit well in an old atari video game.

This sounds alright but like Mike_B said to much atari sound and the beat doesnt seem to be in depth enough. Seems to have to much of a happy hardcore feel with little emotion.

I can say that the piano is great...mostly because piano in trance is awesome....but I like the sound of it and the pace.

Posted by Origin on Dec-02-2003 22:33:

dude the only thing that i liked is the piano ...
other then that u have a long way 2 go...

Posted by Sean Walsh on Dec-02-2003 23:15:

The intro pad is nice and warm, that's good.

The percussions are super limited; they sound like something from 12 years ago. You need about 6 more percussive layers.

The bass sound is uh, dunno, but I don't like it much. Try a different sound.

I don't like the first synth that comes in, but that's personal taste. As others have mentioned this is a very "clubdancey" tune, and I hate those for the most part.

The synth at 1:50 is not good IMO.

2:20 is just way too happy sounding for me.

Well, this is totally not my cup of tea. The production on it, aside from the percussions, is pretty good though.

Posted by RaverBabySy on Dec-02-2003 23:33:

In theory what you've written is very good and some of the parts I really like. They also gel well together. Needs more of a drive though, work on the bassline, what you use here already would be better as an additional synth and something heavier in it's place to push the track along. Also maybe beef the percussion up just a tad. But yeah generally quite good, keep it up.