by

Joakim dalle
(dalle)

Hehh, the Adequate Song? So read my Adequate Judgement! :) I start with the samples. I must tell, You used a very unusual instrument set... let me see, tr909 hihats, synth leads, orchestral strings, electric solo guitar, bassguitar... so really interesting. The sample quality is rather medium, the solo guitar is awfully looped - I named the main faults. Now about Your form, arrangement - You surely noticed, that putting together a rock symphony with some techno-like glow is not a light-weight semi-contact round against the tracker and the instruments... To track a good rock song You need more technical skills and/or a few megs of riffs. I don't say You haven't enough skill... in this case You standed ground and what You performed is really nice and interesting, (the drums are a bit simple for the whole structure), You know how to PUT THINGS TOGETHER. How to put them together ... and I pointed to the bad side of your musical try. This song is a put-them-together song, and I feel a heavy need of compactness when listening to it. That's what is missing... the main line, a specific atmosphere. You have to learn about that :). Full stop.

Short form: The title was accurate, at least. Long form: Good selection of samples for the mood you were trying to create. Even though it's pretty much okay for standalone use, this is the sort of song that demands visuals to back it up. Those pizzicatoes at the beginning are a little bit scary for the beginning of a song, and they go on unaccompanied for probably a bit longer than is necessary. It's a very standard cheesy techno tune until you get to pattern 8, where it gets lyrical, soaring leads reminiscent of oldschool Amiga stuff (particulary Tip & Mantronix). It was a sudden change in character for the tune -- which was neither good nor bad, on balance. The usual lesson on varying the tuning of your crash cymbal each time you hit it applies. The tail-end repetition of pretty near the exact same pattern gets quite boring quickly but is quite fun for the first two reps or so.

Nice combination of electrical guitar and strings. Little repetitif. Ending drags on for too many patterns.

This is really a very catchy song which works very well in many ways. The call/response motif played with the lead instruments during the verse of the song works very well and the chorus part features a simply awesome guitar solo as far as tracked guitar solos go. The only disappointing thing is that towards the end it sounds like the composer ran out of ideas with a little too much repetition and a very abrupt ending. Also echo-synth at the very start of the song really is a bit unnecessary and abrupt too. Apart from those slight problems this is definately a more than adequate song :)

Change the volume and panning more to make the song more enjoyable.

The one phrase that came to mind as I listened to this artist's song was "Deja Vu". The song in itself wasn't bad per say, but was extremely repeatative. And to make my point there was a list of 6 patterns that were repeated if not by EXACT but of perhaps one or two notes difference in the lead. This is not enough. The patterns that follow the ones prior must have their "OWN" feel to it and sound to say the least different from those before. The beat, the bass, the chord progression, the hihats, the cymbal, everything "except" the lead was the same. And the lead was almost exactly the same as well except at the end of a pattern the ending note was perhaps higher than it was earlier in the song. This is quite frankly not good enough to make a song one to be remembered. You have to strive to make your song like a story. You have to pretend it's telling your listeners something and like all stories they never repeat themselves. It would be odd to be reading a book and be on page 135 only to realize that you're reading the exact same thing as on page 52 only that some of the character names are different. Keep that in mind next time you track a song and see where it takes you and your music. Nice effort though.

end of pattern 5 sticks out, doesn't blend with the rest of the song. maybe consider lowering the volume or changing the sample it uses. wonderful melody! watch out for vibrato being too heavy in pattern 16 last few patterns of the track are too repetitive, consider changing the chord structure and mixing it with your existing ending to give direction to the song. Good Song

A powerful track, forceful rhythm, great matching chords, good leads, enough layers to keep the listener hooked. However, some unmatching samples were used together, nothing drastic, but something you can notice while really listening. A good sweeping tune, overall.