Oh boy. Ambient music.
And it's 10 minutes long! Guess I'll review each section individually and say what I think could use some work on.
1) Sounds kind of like 8-bit. The drum samples could use some work. The other problem is that the tune is quite simple and doesn't change much. It's kind of boring, not even that interesting for ambiance, which isn't overly good... I was also expecting something quite different considering the atmospheric intro which changed to 8-bit. That didn't really sound like a good transition, though it was alright, I suppose.
2) RAPID cut to a new theme. There's not even a transition. You said there were going to be rapid changes in the first few songs, but that was a bit too rapid. Please at least have something that transitions, unless you're going to upload these all as different tracks. As for the track itself, this has a lot of fuzzy crackling noise underneath, which isn't all that good. There isn't much of a tune over it though. It's mainly chording without any overlying theme. This is pretty boring. In the last 30 seconds or so, there is a four note repeating pattern. It doesn't change much there. In the very end, it just seems random.
3) Another random rapid cut. The drumline seems odd, and the transition doesn't work. I like how the drums evolve though, credit for that. The tune and chording here don't seem to go together. At 4:39, it randomly cuts out and changes to something else. The tune here doesn't quite work though.
4) This part doesn't have much of a tune, it's just drums at first. It also changes randomly at 5:06 before having a tune. The tune is ok, but once again, repetitive. The chording seems to not quite work.
5) Still random. Doesn't seem to fit with the image of "sleep" with the drums at first. Eventually it works better, but still isn't quite that good... A lot of the parts phase and don't fit. The tunes are very basic and repetitive still... There's an awkward pause before some fuzz.
6) I hear phasing in the piano. Off-key-ness. It's still repetitive, without much change... From 8:07 to 8:17, it's the same thing, then a tone to fade out. That drags on when it's just a drumbeat.
7) Another initial drumbeat that just has the song come in slowly. This is alright at first, but then it's just the same thing with more things added in. I wouldn't be as unhappy about this, but it goes nowhere until 9:33, where it's the same thing repeated until silence to 8.
8) Intro is far too repetitive. It's the same four notes put together. When another instrument comes in, it has distortion on it. The second instrument to come in is ok, except the last note doesn't last long enough (in my opinion). This is my favorite part of the music, as there's nothing off-key and it's reasonably interesting if you focus on the bell-like sounds. Unfortunately, this good feeling was ruined somewhat by the repetitiveness. It basically repeats until 9.
9) At the end, the intro seems very odd. The drums are cool in the beginning, but they cut out with the tune. I notice a bit of off-key-ness there as well in the tune. Unfortunately, it pretty much loops until the end.
Overall: While some of this has potential, if you want to keep in the 8-bit sounds, please, please, please, please, please make it less repetitive. It gets really boring to have the same drumbeat and tune throughout the whole thing. Have some variations in the tune, chording, sounds, and drumbeats in each individual song. I didn't take off for transitions, btw.
Note: This is a harsh review because I feel like it needed it. If you don't like it, please read my most recent news post before replying, and don't simply reply in anger at a low rating. I'm giving honest criticism, trying to help. By the way, this is the most in-depth review I've done so far.
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