The Roland sound is recognizable, very beautiful and warm. I would have mixed it a bit better with the other sounds, which are a bit low in comparison. The arrangements are also interesting, but I would have used a broader range of timbres. It's nice that you wrote it on the keyboard, but I would have had the synth play a melody, perhaps layered with other instruments, and assigned the harmony to yet others. In other words, as if you were transcribing a piece from piano to orchestra. I think that way, the arrangements would have gained even more value. ☺️
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Occasionally a real musician will pop me on the head and remind me that there are professionals amongst the submitters :)
I do cheat a bit by copying unison over to the other instruments. Time permitting I will break things out but it's hit and miss for a bedroom producer who does things off the cuff at the same time as working a 9-5.
I am sure, that if i did a game project on Itch that went into months in length or with a degree of strictness, I'd be better behaved (almost) immediately.
For those that have time to thumb through the Soundcloud history prior to me coming to itch... (which isn't most of us) around 5-10% of my things over there of the 320 pieces so far have enough rigor to pass muster.
https://soundcloud.com/doug-stoothoff/tracks
I -can- do these things it's just a question of energy level and time. My output is rather up and down. But all the same glad you had some fun reviewing this one.
No problem, I completely understand time constraints, and they need to be considered when evaluating work because we all had only a week to write music, which is already limiting. But it’s something you have to get used to in this field. Anyway, if you have time, try to continue your compositions because I think they have great potential. As soon as I have a bit more time, I'll gladly listen to your tracks on SoundCloud!