Music Comp #16 - Get your desert groove on!, sand everywhere!

Almost finished!

This post has been edited by Hohoo on Jul 19 2009, 03:42 PM

http://www.sendspace.com/file/ljft5d

Progress in work

Will I be allowed to remix one of my original pieces I made a while back?

I don't see why not, since you're allowing people to remix Mario music

Not to seem like a jerk here, but I really would appreciate some advice about how to make this better.

And Zeph-Yeah, that's fine. As long as it's new, and made by you!

Well, it's already so good it (almost?) destroyed my hopes to be in the top five.

Go right ahead!

http://www.sendspace.com/file/o59sf8


Consider it done.

In the middle to end of your song it seemed like you just threw some random notes in there that really wasn't even matching the song. :/

I can't tell you how much this post helped me

I accidentally left an extra sitar going in there...:V indeed.

http://www.sendspace.com/file/uzvq97 REAL FINAL ENTRY

No problem :]
I might just think about entering this though.

Finally, an original composition theme.

I'm entering.

I really love doing original stuff more than remixing.

Okay, I haven't entered one of these in a long time but here goes:

untitled "desert" piece for brass quintet and drum set

Tony Trombone's fabulouth entry!

This is very nice, shroomguy. You should be very proud of yourself. If I saw someone recruit you as the composer for their game, I'd know the soundtrack would be nothing short of flush with the game.

You write very well to the idea of "video game music" which is "background music". The music is the background to the gameplay. For that purpose, what you have is excellent. I believe that music in video games can be sonically engaging, though. I don't like the relatively virgin and stable direction your piece goes through. It would loop just fine, but I think background music can be much more than that. That is just my take on it (and you'll hear that if you listen to my entry).

The dialogue between the two sitars is a bit unsettling. It seems very shaky and haphazard. If you were going for that effect, it backfired and made it look like YOU don't know what you're doing. There are a few tonalities that I'm not a huge fan of, I'd just like to see more direction with the melody line and less dead air. The percussion in the back is very nice.

You done a really good job, though, shroomguy.

This post has been edited by Tony Trombone on Jul 28 2009, 11:04 PM

Tony, that is probably some of the first REAL advice I've received in a long time. I really like the way it turned out, though the people I've showed it to enjoyed the sitars back and forth for the most part. Guess it's sorta hit or miss really.

I MIGHT go back and change it one last time, but I don't know if I can make the sitars flow together perfectly...I really have little experience with Sitars (BIG SHOCK GASP) but I suppose it will come down to a matter of taste with this one.

As for your piece, I loved the way it sounded, it flew together well for the most part, though for some reason brass doesn't strike me as very "dessert" Again, a matter of taste. I wouldn't exactly find this playing in the background of a level, but I could definitely see this in a store of some sort.
I feel like the notes could be just a tad higher,(maybe a bit sharper? idk) on some parts, but overall this is pretty damn good.

Excellent job, you should also be proud of yourself.

http://www.box.net/shared/xjjhs4651r

Done!

This post has been edited by Zephyra on Aug 1 2009, 11:52 PM

Done too!

If you can't play Ogg Vorbis files, go download a player that supports them.

Could I use this in a game?

Very relaxing.

I like this!

Though the very beginning sounds like a desert, after a while I can't imagine a desert any more but rather a sea.

This post has been edited by Hohoo on Aug 2 2009, 10:16 AM

Ahh, cool stuff. Personally though I felt the song was kinda empty right until you added the bongos and stuff right near the end, really cool! Still a great tune, dude. B)