Heya friend!
Wanted to give some feedback I have for these tracks!
Ocean Detectives: This was fun, nice, and lo-fi. I did feel the 'on the beat' aspect of the song and i was certainly bopping my head to the track!
- One piece of advice I can give for this is that you have a great basis, but by the half way point, Ive already heard everything and it doesnt feel like there is enough movement/variation to drag it out by another minute. Two ways to fix this, either cut the track off once youve said everything you have to say (Try not to copy/paste sections for length basically ive done it alot as well) OR add more movement. Have the drums play fills or change the kick drum placement a little. Add that ending synth voice a bit earlier on and solo with it. Add something that puts another layer of an idea onto the primary bass progression. Very fun listen though!
Bad Guys Wanna Fight: Crazy break drum work! this is quite the departure from the first track. There isnt any long flowy elements and all the instruments seem to be chosen differently. Its an interesting battle theme because the main melody and supporting arpeggios seem out of key with the bass. Its a lot of tension building but its never cached out anywhere for any exciting moments. Its still a very interesting listen at worst and the squeaky door at the end made me laugh a little
You Failed, but thats OK!: I think I hear maybe some vynal distortion at the beginning around the 20 second mark? but not 100% sure and im listening on studio speakers. I get what you were going for here but that dead air needs to have some movement. That could mean turning up the effects there to 11 so that phone users can hear it. Once the music does actually come in, its just fine! Nice chord progression here.
Cool Shop: Holly bosa nova beat. This song is significantly louder than the rest of the tracks and I wish I could hear the bass a little more and synths a little less, past that, the actual arrangement itself is fun and a bit more reminiscent of Bad Guys Wanna Fight! Its fun for sure.
Back Home: Back home, You failed, and Ocean Detectives all seem to come from the same space, but Bad Guys wanna fight and Cool shop come from a different game entirely. Back Home was probably my favorite since there is a good amount of movement and it feels like its about to get too crowded, but then falls away to nothing and its really nice! there is some weird distortion/artifacts on the piano at the end that dont seem to fit well, BUTTTTTTTT the piece itself is done very well and I liked what you came up with
Your Ideas are great here! Good Job on the work!