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True Hope

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So I've been working on this song for a good little bit, and it's actually the longest song I've ever recorded clocking in at 9:39; I just hope I was able to keep it interesting enough for you all though! haha Anyways yeah, it's part of this series of songs I'm putting together just for funsies, the first one(True Passion) is already uploaded on here. They're supposed to kind of embody the emotion that it's named after, how it made me feel or what emotions inspired it, pretty much the main driving emotion in the songs for me and hopefully you guys can get something out of it too. But yeah, that's my whole cheesy sentiment for that song haha, and hopefully I'll have the the last one finished soon as well. I would really love to hear some feedback, if you guys are diggin it, hatin it, not really feelin it, all that fun stuff. I guess that's about it. I hope you all enjoy it, thanks for listening! :D

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Great, but too long for most people

I must say, I'm very impressed with what you made here. There's a lot of variation, some unexpected but well implemented twists, and great melodies.

It's very hard to review such lengthy songs as there's so much to cover. So instead of picking on every little detail, I'll tell you what my opinion is on the piece as a whole.

The change from classical to electronic at 1:41 was really unexpected, but it sounded nice, although a little weird. I liked the fact that this song is full of sudden surprises, but that it manages holds that mood of 'true hope'.

There was a little something that I think you could've done better, though. The percussion in this piece isn't exactly top notch. It was ok, but compared to the other elements (melody, harmony) I thought it was a bit lacking.

Another 'problem' is the length. Most people aren't willing to spend almost ten minutes of their lives to listen to a single piece of music. True, you make up for it with lots of variation to keep it interesting, but for most people it's too much to listen to.

All in all, a great piece of music. This definitely deserves a lot more attention. 9/10, 5/5 ;)

jdh504 responds:

Thanks a lot for the review buddy! Yeah I tried to nail that transition into electronic the best I could, what do you think I could've done to make it better, or at least a little less weird sounding? I see what you mean with the percussion, that's the department I'm usually lacking in. By itself it stands fine, but yeah, next to the music I put to it, it does lack in comparison. Thanks for letting me know that, I'll try to work on it for my newer songs, hopefully can make the percussion in them sound more complex and musical. I definitely see where you're coming from with the length, me personally though, I'm not willing to change the length of one of my songs because people don't like it. Don't get me wrong, I'm trying to make music that all of you can enjoy :), but I'm not gonna sacrifice what I think is a good creative decision or what I think makes a song flow best because people don't wanna listen to a long song. Sorry, I didn't mean to go off on you or anything haha, I just wanted to show you where I stood on that issue. I really do appreciate your review though, thanks for all the kind words and helpful criticism! Much appreciated! :D

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Uploaded
Feb 17, 2011
10:40 AM EST
File Info
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11 MB
9 min 40 sec

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