by

Sherman ZaStaR
(ZaStaR)

A neat glass-bell piano pop-song. It's well composed technically and it's one of those tunes, which might get stuck in your head. I have some minor things I would like to comment on though. First of all, I think the drums are too far in the background compared to the rest of the piece. Reverb on the piano- sample wouldn't hurt. In pattern #7 & #37, you slide the piano - that made me chill - please _don't_ slide the piano in the future, it sounds so.. unrealistic.. roll the notes instead, which you btw also do in another pattern when playing the same sequence. The samplepack consists of the right kind of samples for such a tune - although a few samples need a tiny tuning :) The ending of the tune is somewhat abrupt, and I think the tune deserved a better outro, but again that's just a detail. At order 30/31 in the pass between the 2 patterns, some notes from order 30 are sustained into order 31, and that make an annoying sound. You should've cutted the volume. Anyway, all in all an above average nice sounding tune.

That's veterant. Some pattern (like 24 25) are a bit confusing, too much things at the same time. The piano melody is really GOOD ! Channel are well used (example 10), no waste. Drums are repetitives but we don't really care about them.

Amazing. I might as well mention the only problem I have with this song. Its ending. I think you should've ended it .. some other way than the way you did :D .. Other than that this song is pretty flawless in my eyes. Great intro. Good use of panning (I like what you did to the snares to make them sound stereo). You use a great sampleset (some ripped samples, but no big problems). One thing I really love about this song is the portamento you give to the pianos order 7. As for originality, I think this is quite original. Sure, it's nothing groundbreaking and revolutionary when it comes to music, but I haven't heard too many songs like this, and if I have, this probably beats them all. As for musical quality, there weren't any flaws that I found other than that odd ending. Great job, you'll do well. :D

Overall Appeal: 79 Form: 70 Technique: 55 Sample Quality: 66 Orignality: 80

The start of this tune is a little odd. It jumps up a tone about one pattern in, which doesn't quite sound right. I like the mellow, drift-y feel of the piece, the chords are well matched... the key change at order 31 feels uncomfortable. I really do like the twinkly, light-and-fluffy feel of this piece. =) The percussion and mixing seem quite sound. The samples are well chosen for the style. The ending is a little sudden, tho.