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[(DEMO) Chill beats to disguse and read books to]

Oh hey, this is the original to the song I reviewed a couple of minutes ago. I didn't know you were going for a lofi-style song. I interpreted it more as a jazzy late-night noir song. An easy way to make something sound lofi is to give the music some distortion and use jazzy chords with some muffled drum beats. There are a lot of guides and tutorials out there on youtube on how to make a good lofi song.

Like I said before, the time signature is a little off but everything else is good. Also, SGM is a good SoundFont :). I have recently stopped using it but it's a really good place to start. I think my most recent song still used SGM :>

ColonelYuri responds:

thanks for the advice.

[Waterfall [Chillstep]]

Damn, this is good Benji

Benji-G responds:

Thanks man!

[Soul of a Silver Dragon]

This is awesome Dan! Your musical skills are so inspiring :)

DanJohansen responds:

Appreciate it man! I always give it my all

[Ghost World]

Nice

DaSomeoneBruh responds:

thanks :Δ

[Goddess Revival]

This is lovely Dan! The name fits so well

DanJohansen responds:

Glad you enjoyed it good sir!

[West Virginia]

Hey, 50Steaks! Good to know you're still alive, haha. You can take as much time as you need on your songs, you don't owe us anything. Like as I say with video games, rather take longer to produce a masterpiece than to rush it and make something mediocre.

Anyway, after listening to this song, I really like it. It's short and sweet, and I really like what you did with the intentional dissonance. You played around with the feelings of hopefulness and eeriness really well and I think the blend of the two really worked together in making an interesting and unique piece.

With your more recent songs, you've started branching out with new ideas and tones which I think is really nice. You're experimenting with feelings and I think it adds a lot of personality to your music.

I can definitely tell that you spend a lot more time working on a good melody. It works in unison (mostly) with the melody and it really drives the eerie theme with all of its diminished-sounding chords. Also, I feel like this is your best melody so far. It's super catchy and fun to listen to.

Anyway, to wrap things up. I really like this song. I can tell you put a lot of effort and thought into it and it really shows. It's a short but certainly sweet piece. Also, never feel like you need to rush to get your songs done. As I said, it's better to take longer and make a masterpiece than to rush it and make something mediocre :)

50Steaks responds:

Hahaha you think this is dissonant? Try listening to the original lmao.

Well yeah of course the worst thing I could do is rush through these final few songs and leave myself and everyone else hanging. I don’t think this is a masterpiece by any means, either version, but I do like the melody. Thing is, by the time I was finishing the new version, I’ve heard this melody so much that I may have gotten sick of it, hence why it’s not very present in most of this version. The old version, yes, it’s very dominant, but this new one, I decided to make a third melody that would just take over in the second drop (or first drop idk). Also at 3 minutes long it isn’t really THAT short, it’s just the intro that makes it seem shorter.

I feel like this song fixes every issue I had with the original Virginia. It has WAY more harmony and progression, has a better melody that isn’t as repetitive, and doesn’t overstay its welcome. I’m glad you liked it too, and if I can ever figure out how, I will make the title just West Virginia to be less confusing.

[GizzyKittyMusic - Feeling Good]

Hey, this is nice. Glad to see you're practising, haha. I've barely started on mine c:

The synth you're using sounds a pretty synthwavey, I'm not too familiar with the genre since this month I'm going to go for Eurobeat instead of synthwave.

The song is pretty good but it gets repetitive. I would recommend an A,B,A,C,A structure to practice better harmonic variation. It's what I used and it's a pretty good structure. Also, this seems to be a one-chord-wonder style of song. It's alright but you have to be very careful not to make it repetitive. I would recommend switching sections after 16 or so bars.

I can see you're putting an honest effort into learning the genre. Just keep listening to other synthwave songs and see what you like in some and see if there's a way you can incorporate it into your own song without stealing any melodies or motifs.

GizzyKitty responds:

Thanks for the advice! It is always appreciated!

[Atlantis [NGADM Round 1]]

Sounds great. Best of luck in the competition!

Benji-G responds:

Thank you!

[Overlord of Chaos Pt.III: Final Form]

I know I'm late, but this is awesome. Great job Dan!

DanJohansen responds:

Glad ya dig it man! :D