Thank you for the detailed feedback. You are appreciated. Hear you on the file name part, i was scared it might get flagged with the name so i wanted to play it safe. I wasn't sure if the word "Meth" would result in a type of ban, good to know it hasn't...so far.
Also, While i was recording, i forgot to turn up the reverb on the end of chain module, which would have created a crystal cavern type of reverb to the entire mix. Would have sounded super cool cuz the reverb accentuates the high ends, but practice and live performances are two different beasts and😅there was so much going on, i just said screw it. I was on my third take and i thought good enough, worst case scenario i can add reverb on the dry signal and just never got around to it. Great feedback though, love seeing people find the flaws and hidden goose eggs in my work.
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I was worried that I was a little too careless and harsh in my criticisms! But it seems you really took like a champ. What a relief!
So far I've noticed in game jams that people I know compete in, everyone is too polite to give feedback that could be valuable. That's a shame, I would like to see people improve, but I don't want to be jerk.
It actually seems to require some balance and practice to do well. I can see why people just flatter other people's works.
Although, I have distaste for non-specific feedback like that. It's like how I imagine being told 'you're beautiful' as a woman vs something more specific and heart-felt would be.
And yeah that's a completely reasonable choice not straight up naming you drug trip of a song meth haha.
It's a shame that you forgot to add those effects at the end. I am very interested in what a song combining your style and the theme of a crystal castle/other upcoming themes would sound like. There's a masterpiece hiding somewhere in there.
I completely understand. Sports and Art school have made my skin super thick to critiques. There is nothing quite as demoralizing as spending a week on a painting, slightly improving it every day. Then being told at the end of class that you screwed up early on and need to start from scratch after a few weeks of effort. Therefore in the spirit of art school, I will take your criticism and apply it to the next piece i work on. As i am a big fan of starting from scratch to incorporate improvement on a stronger foundation.
Also, its difficult to give constructive feedback when you don't what people's goals are. Which would result in people not having any opinion or response to a specific work. Therefor i realized that people weren't necessarily trying to be polite, they just didn't have a reference model to judge your work against. An example would the host telling us in detail what constitutes a crystal castle. Drugs and Snow flakes can also be perceived as crystals, so who is to say that sniffing and feet in the snow would be elements of a crystal castle. As a result art school critiques were lack luster when the artist didn't state their objective with the piece. Cold reads were the only way to tell the artist "This is what i think your piece is trying to say".