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U4eA
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| Posted: Mon Feb 14, 2005 1:31 pm |
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Artist: ImL
Genre: Electronica
Sahara (Hifi Stream)
I like the intro. The synth at the beginning is phat...all the delay sounds really good. The vocal sounding pad is also a very nice touch. A very dark forebooding mood at the beginning. I think the little drum beat comes in to early..doesnt give the intro enough time alone, and also plays a bit long in the song overall, so a little less at the beginning i think would go unoticed. The vox with the vocoder on it is also a very nice touch.
@ 1:15 the guitar kicks in...kinda changes the mood a bit. Im not really a big fan of electronic guitars in electronic music..but hey...to each his own  . It sounds like more should happen with the percussion here to give the song a bit more "ummph"The added snare drum is nice...but sometimes seems too loud. Also most of the tune seems to be crowded around the low range. Maybe the main drum loop you used is compressed to much? Or not loud enough.
A little breakdown at 1:50, well timed. Maybe a big pad or fx would prepare the listener for the change a bit more. I dig the noises going on during the breakdown a lot. Same thing as above when the beat kicks back in..doesnt sound full enough. Too much compression it sounds like.
New melody at 3:00...this one is very happy in contrast to the rest of the song. Sounds good...actually its the strongest melody in the song. I like how the drums eluded to the ending..but i think it ended a little abruptly. but hey...im big anti-fade out kinda guy.
| Quote: | | The sun-baked sands stretching from horizon to horizon. The stench of death and the wonders of life." -ImL's music page |
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ImL
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| Posted: Tue Feb 15, 2005 5:06 am |
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 Thanks very much U4eA for a most thorough review.
There're things I couldn't quite put my finger on and niggled me before uploading it and thanks for pointing them out.
I also think the 1st half of the song is too much of the same with not enough melody variation and I'll need to work on structure a bit more.
Thanks again
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U4eA
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| Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 3:28 am |
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| ImL wrote: | Thanks very much U4eA for a most thorough review.
There're things I couldn't quite put my finger on and niggled me before uploading it and thanks for pointing them out.
I also think the 1st half of the song is too much of the same with not enough melody variation and I'll need to work on structure a bit more.
Thanks again
ImL |
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