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CubeCity · 3rd December 2009

I thought the two songs were fairly well produced.

All of these songs are missing a melody line.

Song 1: I like the spaciousness.

Song 2: I don't think the radio stuff at the start works. The opening bars are nice, remind me of happy commericals about compact European cars, or banking, or something. The sim. strings didn't work for me. I'd mix them way back, or change to a more acoustic sound. Also, when the crunch guitar comes it, I was expecting the song to bounce instead of drive. It stops being playful. But you know what you're going for.

Song 3: No catchy riff to grab you right off the bat. The chord progression on the third piece didn't excite me. The guitar sounds are nice, and they keep changing, which is good. Again, no melody.

Song 4: Go to your piano midi part and move the notes around slightly. Piano players don't necessarily play every note in a chord simultaneously. One note comes slightly before the next. (Think "guitar strum")

IMO, these are fine backing tracks for STRONG melodies. Hope you have them.

Regards.

3rd December 2009	#8
CubeCity Gear interested Joined: Oct 2009 Posts: 27	I thought the two songs were fairly well produced. All of these songs are missing a melody line. Song 1: I like the spaciousness. Song 2: I don't think the radio stuff at the start works. The opening bars are nice, remind me of happy commericals about compact European cars, or banking, or something. The sim. strings didn't work for me. I'd mix them way back, or change to a more acoustic sound. Also, when the crunch guitar comes it, I was expecting the song to bounce instead of drive. It stops being playful. But you know what you're going for. Song 3: No catchy riff to grab you right off the bat. The chord progression on the third piece didn't excite me. The guitar sounds are nice, and they keep changing, which is good. Again, no melody. Song 4: Go to your piano midi part and move the notes around slightly. Piano players don't necessarily play every note in a chord simultaneously. One note comes slightly before the next. (Think "guitar strum") IMO, these are fine backing tracks for STRONG melodies. Hope you have them. Regards.