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Sounds very cinematic to me. My only critique is that the strings could have a little more reverb to it; the current sounds (just the staccato ones) makes it appear as if there are individual instruments playing versus an entire orchestra (The Sustained and Unison notes are fine). I'm a violinist, so I can't tell if the lower strings have the same issues.

Also, if there was supposed to be a Cello solo, I'd bring that out more. It really is beautiful.

It's a nice piece. I like your use of the Reverb heavy Raindrop sounding synth.

This next part are just my opinions. Feel free to disregard if you disagree!

My biggest suggestion would just be balancing. The Bass is barely audible, the percussion is present, but the thing heard the most is melodic elements. (Which by itself can be repetitive.)

As for how, you might want to take a look at you dB levels when mixing, that might help you balance them out easier. Try to have your main elements be slightly above your background elements, you want everything to be present, but you want to be sure on what is most heard. Effects like Compression, Limiting, and EQ can help on that.

Perhaps you could add some chord progressions in the midsection (maybe around the 400hz section) so it doesn't sound as empty?

FelixZophar responds:

Well you see I wanted it to sound like my previous version, The Hills 2. I made it a long time ago.

Pretty darn good. I like it.

As for genre... it's actually not that fast. I'm going to guess that your BPM is around 140 which is normal for genres like Dubstep. So it's around the normal tempo for most genres. I think its that you're just suited to making chill music :)

As for Fast stuff, Hardcore is anything from like 160BPM to 200+BPM. That stuff is REAAALLLLYY fast.

Usually songs that go really fast either do what you did, which was gradually fade, or they just go out with a bang. So its fine either way.

Nice Job!

phoenixapprentice responds:

I know it's not nearly as fast as songs in the genre ... I do usually hang out in the 100-120 BPM zone. I don't know how anyone could make a song that's 160+ bpm O_O
Thank you!

I think overall it is a well structured mix and the music fits well together.

However, you might want to consider what you want the audience to hear the most, (i.e the piano at some places, it gets buried, or your "wubs".)

The piano itself when recorded is most likely a one-shot, so it'll probably be pretty dry. You might want to add some Reverb to it so it'll sound more acoustic, I guess. (You know the effect that makes it sound like the piano is being played in a Music hall instead of a closet.)

As for mixing, maybe try adding some compression or limiting? Maybe even some eq to balance some things out. The percussion is well heard throughout, but sometimes the kick is so strong it blocks out some of your melodic elements.

Anyways, these are just my opinions. Well done! It's a good piece.

Yo. I make music. Sorta. It's mostly electronic, because that's what I like... but I may experiment. Enjoy :)

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