Score: 8

"I liked this very much..."

submission: The New Music Generation

date: October 30, 2006

... altough this kind of classical music is not my favorit. This song reminded my to these old cartoons I've seen when I was a child. And the song also has a bit cartoonish feel. And this is a positive thing. I think making an epic battle-track is easier than making things like that.

So the feeling of the track, the structure and the melody was absolutely ok. I liked the constant pizzicato strings in the background. It gave a kind of journey-mood to the song.

Maybe you should get better samples - but I think the song is great in this way as well. Great job!

Score: 9

"Nice and unique piece!"

submission: for Emily

date: October 30, 2006

Hm... it's a recent tendency that many audio artist submit a solo piano piece to AP but the most of them are uploading sad, relaxing, gentle or some epic pieces.

But this is some way other and I haven't heard this kind of emotion in music these days: your music is full of energy, happiness and funnyness. I think this is missing from todays music - and you catched this emotion really well. I could easily imagine a silly, funny but nice girl to these chrods. Really good job!

So the melody and the structure of the song was absolutely ok. But I think you should be more aware of the volume level. Some parts were too loud - this makes a distortion in the sound and reduces it's enjoyability.

But besides this it's a great song. There should be more like this I think. It gives energy and happiness the one who hears it. Congratulation for this one. Keep them coming!

Score: 5

"Hm..."

submission: Survivors of Guilt

date: October 29, 2006

Well... yes you've mentioned that it's choppy. There are so rough cuts in the melody that they are quite disturbing for me. I think for a relaxing and calm classical audio requires a constant melody, avoiding any such hard changes.

Are you working with FL? If yes you should out some attack on the samples. You'll see that it'll make them sound more softer and peacefull. They will come in with a bit fade in - I think a calm song could use this.

The drum beat I think was a wrong choose for this. Some solid snare or softer drum could be better. But the other instruments were fitting into it I think. In case of choir I say the same as for the strings. Bit more attack on them.

But don't be dissapointed - I think you got good melody writing skills. I liked the melody - altough the first half had a dissonant moment (as good as I could hear). The ending of the song - viewing in the perspective of the melody was greatly done.

So summing up: I can feel that this is an early classical try but it's not that worst. Keep practising and things will improve.

Score: 7

"Need some work"

submission: Crying Chorale

date: October 29, 2006

Well this song has a quite nice melody but I think it could have been better with some smooth changes:

- I think you should find a better choir sample for your work. This one is easily to hear that it's not real. But if you don't have time to look around here's a suggestion: increas the attack on the choir and make slower melody for the choir. The choir will flow in slower and it'll bring a more realistic feel.

- As I mentioned above this song would be better with a slower choir melody. I'm not saying that this isn't good, but I don't feel it sad.

- The same thing goes to the strings as for the choir. Slower melody with more attack on the string-samples.

These are my suggestion for improving this song. Otherwise I can say that the piano and the bells were ok. The song was a bit repetitive but you've variated enough the instruments and the structure that I couldn't feel it so. The melody was also ok.

Not a bad work I think. With some practice it could be much better I think - so keep it up!

Score: 8

"Really enjoyable"

submission: Arlulu

date: October 28, 2006

Well if you really improvised the melody you really have good improvisation skills - I loved the melody especially in the beginning.

The whole track was really enjoyable and kind of relaxing. I see a tendence on the AP's classical section that a lot of artists are starting to submit a lot of music like this: a solo piano piece. And they getting better and better.

Like yours. I don't really have any negative critics with this track. Nice and relaxing piece with good chrod progression - congratulation!

Score: 6

"Dramatic but the volume level..."

submission: wish...

date: October 28, 2006

... well it was waaaay too loud. In my opinion the song could be much better and enjoyable if the volume level of the piano wouldn't be soo loud. I understand what you tried to achieve - showing dramatic and a kind of epic emoitions.

But because of the loudness the sound made a distortion and made it less enjoyable.

To say something positive: I loved the melody - it's really good and absolutly fits for the title and the song description. The structure was also good: no boring, repetitive parts there was always something changing.

But that volume level needs to be fixed. It could be a 9 or even a 10 score for it. But keep it up - this stuff and you have potential in it.

Score: 9

"Really good!"

submission: Clam Before the Storm

date: October 27, 2006

This song is absolutely great! It really brings the mood that it was aimed for. Especially the beginning - great use of tha instruments! The only strange was the horn or brass like instruments in the beginning. They sounded a bit weird - but after that you was using another kind of brass sample. That was ok.

About the structure: it's ok. You could hold the tense feeling all trought the track. The parts and the useage of the instruments are variated enough - but I had a bit of feeling that the song has become a bit repetitive. But that's might be some personal preference.

The end was also greatly done - the strings (?) were playing an absolutely creepy melody and the pizzicatos were guided them well.

So: I liked this one. Keep them coming. I haven't checkd your techno tracks but I think you should work more with classical samples.

Thanks for your vote, madboss! You voted 4 for Clam Before the Storm, raising its score from 0.00 to 4.00.

P.S.: if you have time pls check out my stuff - maybe you'll get some inspiration for your work.

Score: 9

"Heroic!"

submission: -Orr- -PURSUIT- Theme

date: October 27, 2006

Hy there!

I must say this song is great - really like a main theme: starting a story/game giving the dominant mood of the forcoming events. So as a main theme this audio serves it's functions really well.

Loved the choir - gendle, soft giving the whole song a kind of heroic feel. (Altough the starting hit didn't showed this way)

The melody is nicly flowing with the string, choirs, brass (?) - maybe you could make the ending a bit more dinamic: faster moving choir and strings with some brass and percussion to reveal somthing about the "Pursuit" - but nonenthless it's a great piece.

PS: if you got time pls check out my tracks. Thnx in advance!

Score: 10

"Great!"

submission: Forest of the Unnamed

date: October 26, 2006

It's a really great track: well composed, variated structure and above that well instrumented. Great harp apperigator - I loved it.

The whole song brought a kind of Halloweenish feeling for me - a haunted house came to my mind for this one rather than a forest. Bot it's still a great piece and I think it's even better that you haven't used the full orchestra for this - it makes the feeling of the song more ... classical.

So great job! 5/5 from me!

Score: 10

"Fantastic!"

submission: -SOES-Saphirre (update)

date: October 22, 2006

As I was around your site because of "-SOES- Nora (update)" I tought I listen to this one as well...

Wow... the main structure was a waltz as I could hear - and I love waltzes! Really great composition: you could hear the rithm all over the track so you could even dance a waltz for it.

The bells made a bet winterish feel and cold feel of it and the string were a great support. But the big hit was the oboe (?). It really brought some elegant and smooth tones in it - but at the same time kept the sad feeling of it.

Absolutely great one. Maybe next time you shold end your tracks with a solid fade out. This one is a bit roughly ended.

But otherwise no problems I could mention now. You get a 5 from me. Keep them coming!