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**UPDATE**


I lost the flp to this track a while ago, so any feedback you leave is still appreciated, but will not affect this song, as I no longer have the source file. Thanks


**UPDATE**


Okay. So this track is kind of an exercise in instrumental minimalism. I wanted to experiment with the idea of a relatively complex song with incredibly simple instrumentation.


So, I gave myself four 3xOsc channels and started writing. There's a couple key changes in the piece so far (as these are something I've never been terribly good at, and wanted to practice), and I'm hoping to add more complexity as I go on.


I'm gonna reiterate that the simple instrumentation is intentional. If you're gonna review and you bothered reading this, please don't leave a 'man that wuz cool but the instruments were way too midi.' I am aware they're simple.


I feel a lot of artists get caught up in the idea they need amazing samples or VSTs to make music, forgetting that there are fundamental musical issues to be addressed before you really start considering the voice of the music.


In the end, I'm submitting this unfinished piece for feedback before I become too invested. So please, give me a review with any advice you might have.

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Simplicity used.

I love the simplistic style of it.Reminds me of back when you could only have a few sounds going at once, and you where happy with working with that. Of course I never was good at it so... I love simplistic style. Plus it's addicting.

Normally I don't write reviews but after those unfair ratings...

loansindi responds:

Hey man, thanks for the review. They're always appreciated. I'm glad you liked it.

8-bits of awesome

those last guys who review are buttholes. its a nice song.

loansindi responds:

hah. Thanks dude!

hm...

Its extremely lacking in quality and then i do not mean the quality of the instruments used but the quality of the composition, it all sounds completely random and in no way contains anything interesting to the ear.

I still gave you a 3 score for the apparent effort but you really need to study some melodical insight, i mean this to be helpful.

A good idea could be for you to look into classical harmonies such as bachs work before you start making music in a genre that is completely dependant on its composition.

loansindi responds:

This piece isn't random. It followed a very strict chord/key progression. If you can't hear that, I can't help you.

I'm glad you think I put some effort into this, though I'm curious exactly what you mean by 'melodic insight.' Really, please send me a PM with your amazing secrets of melody.

Thanks for the review.

Generic and boring.

needs a little bit of stereo panning, and isnt complex, you got 4 sounds going, composistion is boring, tempo stays the same, no dimension. refer to sonic the hedgehog or worthwhile vg song

loansindi responds:

well the instrumentation is intentionally simplistic, but thank you for your opinion.

Good for Tetris.

This piece of art could be used for Tetris like games or 8-bit games :D

loansindi responds:

I'm sure it could.

Credits & Info

Artist

Listens
2,403
Faves:
1
Downloads
78
Votes
10
Score
3.50 / 5.00

Uploaded
May 14, 2009
6:39 AM EDT
Genre
Video Game
File Info
Song
2.6 MB
1 min 38 sec

Licensing Terms

Please contact me if you would like to use this in a project. We can discuss the details.