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A track made for a small intro for a comedy where the starting scene is a carnival.
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A nice little piece. The production’s fine, though I can’t comment on the low end since I’m listening on crappy headphones. I’ve got three critiques:
1. The sound quality. It sounds like you’re using MIDI for all the tonal instruments. If it’s at all possible, replace these with some real instruments, even if they’re not the same type. (E.g., replace the trumpet with electric guitar if you’ve got a decent guitarist on hand but no one who can play the trumpet.)
2. Drop the hand drums. They’re completely at odds with the piece’s style, and they’re not woven in seamlessly from the beginning, so when they come in they just sound strange. If you need some sort of change up, try layering another melody on top of what’s already playing. Something with a different rhythmic attitude, perhaps. Long legato notes, for example, instead of the short staccato stuff you’ve got going now.
3. Put some more chord changes in there. What you’ve got so far sounds good, but the progression sticks to the same chord too much – in the first section, three out of every four measures has the same root, and in the second section there are no chord changes at all. This makes the piece feel really static. (And hey, if that’s what you’re going for, good job.)
The thing you did best? Drums. They’re sweet and simple, and the production on them fits the style perfectly, not to mention they sound far and away the most natural.
Keep up the good work.
Thank you for your golden advice!!!! Thank You very much!!