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Ah, I know you from your 'Hot Spring Town' in the previous Town Music Jam! Nice to see you again here :)

Very interesting entry. It is very wild and never seems to repeat itself (something I struggle with: I always repeat). I can hear the 'alertness' theme in here and never know what to expect. Although there is nothing particularly birdlike about this song, I can imagine the motives of 'movement', 'attacking' and 'grouping' you put in, which is quite nice. Some parts like 1:30 are a bit harder to grasp, going into the 'disordered' state as you call it, and other sections are more calm like 0:30 (perhaps grouping?). The ending was a bit surprising though. Overall, it's a well-made song fitting the constant feeling of being under attack from a flock! Well done :D

And what do I read here? You have made more songs for the other enemies? Cool, I might give them a listen too :)

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K-toll102 days ago(+1)

It's a pleasure to see you again on this Jam, having enjoyed your work at the Town Music Jam.

I try not to make it redundant, although it still is a bit. It still lacks variation, and the track could be a little longer.

I'm glad that my initial objective was generally understood, despite my choice to use only my small sample pack.

Why do you find the ending a bit surprising?

Thanks for your feedback on my work, don't hesitate if you have the time and inclination to review my other tracks. Whether positive or negative.

I'd love to hear from you!

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Nick Schuitemaker102 days ago (1 edit) (+1)

The only two endings I typically consider 'standard' are fade-outs or satisfying endings (don't know how to describe them: the way pop songs or classical musics end). Your ending did not feel like a standard ending; it felt like the song could very well continue after the final 'bleeps'. But that is not necessarily a bad thing! I think I mainly got surprised because, after those bleeps, the song cut off quite quickly (instead of your usual '2 seconds of silence') and another song started playing, which caught me off-guard. And the reason it cut off quite quickly is because I used a poor site to change your WAV to MP3, so that is not your fault ;)

I intend to rate everyone's track, and since I listen to every track about 2-3 times before I give a detailed rating and comment, I can only give about 7 songs a rating per hour xD. Thursday or Friday, when I have finally finished all the songs, I intend to come back and listen to your other enemy songs, and to give commentary on them :D (if only I won't forget...)

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K-toll102 days ago(+1)

Indeed, I preferred to make this unconventional ending so that it could loop at the very beginning or at 0:54.

I understand that it gives the impression of being waiting for something to happen next.

You're well organized for listening and scoring! Gathering all the songs and converting them is a real job. I admit I'm not as assiduous, but I agree with you about the number of listens... 3x minimum.

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