I like the simplicity of your piece. I agree with some of the comments, look into experimenting with reverb to create space within your mix. Other than that, good job!
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Lost City's itch.io pageResults
Criteria | Rank | Score* | Raw Score |
Overall Uniqueness/Creativity | #34 | 3.400 | 3.400 |
Correlation to Theme | #43 | 3.250 | 3.250 |
Listenability | #44 | 3.350 | 3.350 |
Overall | #52 | 3.158 | 3.158 |
Sense of Atmosphere | #53 | 3.100 | 3.100 |
Composing Quality | #53 | 3.050 | 3.050 |
Execution | #59 | 2.800 | 2.800 |
Ranked from 20 ratings. Score is adjusted from raw score by the median number of ratings per game in the jam.
Link to Streaming Service
https://youtu.be/I-T7ZngD2zI
Description
Travelling through an old dusty, sandy, deserted city 🏜️
This is my first song jam, and I'm very eager to receive questions/feedback!
Description of Setup (Optional but recommended)
Plugged my Yamaha into Logic!
Comments
Heh devil's triad right out the gate.
I think I know that Clavi EP you're using in logic, I remember playing with that before I switched to PC many years ago.
I think the double bass is inserted really well. The composition here is really nice and chill too. It isn't too much, not in your face. It has a bit of that sound like some of those old school games.
I think my main critique would be a lack of elements that necessarily imply a desert, but the vibe does make me think of light a nighttime desert scene in a spyro game.
Great work, I really enjoyed this one. :)
Very nice take pretty simple yet it works for ambiant pretty well. Now feedback, the mix sound very great actually good job on that its very well balanced. The clav is probably too dry and too much in your face, there is also some random accidentals at the end of some notes. I like the use of leitmotivits a nice touch. Ending with the clav is a bit questionnable imo the notes thats being played unless its intentional I would revisit those a bit. Other than that its actually pretty cool and very listenable, good job :)
Nice submission. Similar to other comments, I could see reverb being nice for the Pawnshop Clav for example. I like the 2nd section where that melody gets played by the harp and there's a nice groove going with the bass and percussion. I didn't expect it to go into that but I enjoyed it. Great work!
Great submission with a really well-executed composition, incredible for a first-game jam! I won't comment on mix/master as I think the composition is better focused on here other overall tonality. I really got the sense of the desert on the first half, though I really like the bassline that comes in for 'finding the lost city' I am not too sure it completely pairs with the first half of the track? It felt to me like going from the desert and then suddenly into a jazz bar.
Once again, lovely work! And I look forward to seeing you at more jams
Not bad for a first jam! You should try playing around with reverbs and compressions to really bring out the potential of each of the instruments, and then maybe try adding some simple dynamics (like fade in/out).
Keep up the good work!
Unrelated but, Coffee Shop Monstera is a wild name for a bass lol
This is my first time participating in a jam too, so I understand how important feedback is.
I liked your work, from the point of view of composition it is very well constructed music, there is interesting work with timbres, instruments, layering of melodies, in short what makes composition a creative process. It's beautiful!
The only ‘minus’ is just a temporary not fully mastering the possibilities of mastering to create a more voluminous and professional sound. I'm on that path too, so I understand from the inside, so to speak.
Thank you for your music!
That is a pretty good start as a first song jam.
You did really great job with the first half, I would say that bass party felt a bit disconnected with the first part but it started to work all together quite well from ~1:40. I think if you would have stretched the drone part a bit further into the bass section and made it more fade-in style or less intense at the start it would be connected better.
Overall it is a solid track, congratulation on making it, well don!
Nice track! The first half feels like I'm walking through a hot desert, the sun's rays are reflecting off the iron of a nearby flying spotter, and I still have enough water what-so-ever to explore the canyons further...
And then I find an abandoned city! It seems the fun that used to reign here is now forever part of the air. I breathe it. I breathe it... jazz?
All in all, good job ^_^. From the comments - the pad is humming a bit too much....
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