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Thanks so much for the kind comment! It really means a lot coming from an amazing composer like you, Selkione. My dream is to someday compose for JRPGs, but I still have a long way to go. I'm really thankful for these jams for giving me the chance to listen to and learn from composers like you. 

Thanks so much! Yeah, I'm a big fan of Iroha, her soft tone combined with some effects is so great for these kinda atmospheres!

Thanks so much for the kind comment!

Thanks!

Yeah, this piece has a lot of great stuff going for it. I for sure heard the improvements, your bass and percussion had a lot of life to them, and paired with your usual catchy melody, made this super fun to listen to! I could tell you put in a lot of effort, and it definitely paid off.

I wasn't able to join the OST Crunchtime Jam (it's been a crazy few months for me, and I didn't have the time to do this jam and the OST jam), but I'll head on over and check out your tracks!

Oh yeah, I totally get that, I'll be working on a piece and think it's perfect, then the next morning I notice so many things my ear had gotten used to and missed. And for the whistling, I really admire the fact you actually recorded it, that's super cool, and you definitely did it way better than I ever could've. You've kinda inspired me to try something like that in the future, and maybe incorporate my own piano playing into a piece.

Really happy to hear that, thanks so much for listening!

Thanks so much! Really glad you liked it. For the middle section, I get what you mean. I actually used to have a more fuller arrangement there, but opted to pull out a lot of the layers so you could better hear the duet between the two voice lines. I'll see if I can get a happy medium so it's neither too sparse or too full. Thanks for the feedback!

Thanks so much for listening! About the vocals, hmm yeah, I get what you mean, though this was the quietest I could get the vocals to be without it becoming a bit obscured. I'll maybe try using some EQ or something to see if it helps, thanks for the feedback!

Thanks so much! Really glad you liked it

Great job! It really does sound like a bonus stage BGM, it gets me really excited and pumped up. I love the overall vibe of it.

Fantastic piece! The way it transitions between so many different tones is a lot of fun, and I love the main motif, it just fits your music's theme so well. And as always, great job with the visuals as well!

Very nice piece! As a piano player, it reminded me of the music I played back when I accompanied other instrumentalists and vocalists for credit, fun times. I think the balance between the two instruments is really well done, it's so beautifully written I wish the piece went on a bit longer to showcase more interplay between the clarinet and piano. Great job!

Great vibe! The music is really comfortable, and the way you keep introducing new variations and instruments at the perfect timing keeps me hooked. I do have one question though. Why a carrot?

I like the overall vibe you're going for! The uplifting rhythm and the melody are really nice, and the whistling is a great idea for the theme you're going for, though it is a tad bit off key. If you haven't yet, I think you could try using some quantization to clean up some of the rhythms in there to improve cohesion between your various instrument parts. 

Really solidly composed, I like how the various voices come together in such a cohesive way. By the way, do you recommend Voxos? I've been looking for good choir VSTs for a while. 

Definitely not what I was expecting from an 'all bagpipe song', but man was it great! Awesome job with this one. 

Love the oriental atmosphere you built up, really cool stuff!

Really nice piece, I think it perfectly captures what you were going for. Great job!

Great vibe, I enjoyed it a lot! The one thing I noticed is that there's a part in the later middle section where the drum line stays the same for a while, I think you could add a bit more variety there just like you do in the rest of the piece.

It's a lovely piece, I especially like the piano line, it's beautiful! The way you play with the tempo and time is also great. I liked the er hu as well, but its reverb(?) made it sound a bit out of place compared to the other instruments which had a 'drier' sound. 

I like this a lot! I especially like how the harmonies never let you quite 'land' anywhere, it's always a mystery where we're headed, which makes it a lot of fun to listen to. Great job!

On a side note, thanks so much for hosting these challenges, I learned a ton from composing with the monthly challenges and listening to everyone's submissions. It was a great experience, and also the most fun I've had composing in a while. I really appreciate it.

What an emotional and powerful piece! You did a great job of creating a strong, cohesive atmosphere throughout.

Good stuff! The music kinda felt like people were celebrating the fact they survived something

I really like how you slowly paint the scene you're going for by gradually introducing and melding the various instruments together over the course of the music. Great job!

Really atmospheric and nice! I wonder if you could create a sense of distance with the percussion as well, most of the music felt very grand and distant like I was overlooking a landscape, but the claps and shaker felt extremely close to me. Maybe applying a touch of reverb or delay, along with tweaking the mix, might help with that?

This is awesome! Really like the overall ebb and flow you have in this music, the way you time the various instruments coming in and out of the music is fantastic.

Such a great boss BGM! It's very evocative, and I can imagine the boss area this would play in. In the beginning, are the bagpipes slightly off-time by design? At first it sounded a bit odd to me, but after listening for a bit, it felt chaotic in a good way. Really enjoyed listening to this, nice job!

Awesome atmospheric tracks! I like how all of the instruments mesh together to create a strong, cohesive vibe to the whole music, and the woven in details are really nice. You already do this a bit, but I wish you scaled back the guitar and drums even more at times, to create contrasting sections that not only have a different texture, but also lets us listeners rest our ears a bit. Although I enjoyed the music, the constant full sound sometimes made my ears a bit tired. Overall, great job though!

19 coins left...impressive! I do think the triangle was a bit out of rhythm at times, and the volume could be tweaked. Going forward, maybe you could try adding a 'middle' bagpipe to add more to the harmonies, or move around the lower bagpipe?

Great catchy tune! Also, awesome job with the animation! I liked it a lot, the only thing I noticed was the VSTs playing the melodies all had a rather similar sharp texture. Maybe you could try replacing one of them with a more noticeably different texture from the others to vary the sound a bit more?

I love this piece, the rhythm, sounds, and overall style is just so much fun! If this was a BGM for a game, I would definitely stop what I'm doing to listen to this. Great job!

Nice chiptune! I love the vibe of the whole thing, and the background ambience + animation is a great touch.

Such a nice piece! I really like the texture all of the wooden instruments come together to create, it really fits the title of the music. Great job!

Wow, thanks so much for sharing this! I really appreciate it, I'll check it out! Yeah, Japanese instrument VSTs are pretty limited, but I have found one free one that I love using, it's this Taiko (Japanese drum) VST: https://schristiancollins.com/vi-percussion.php. I highly recommend it. The sound is pretty high quality, and with some reverb, it sounds very cinematic as well. 

Thanks so much! Yeah, Japanese scales have a cool unique vibe, I like them a lot (when used in reasonable amounts)

Thanks so much for the comment! Really glad you liked the voicing, it took a while to figure out haha.

Thanks so much for the comment! Really appreciate it.

Thanks so much for the kind comment!

Thanks for the comment, I'm really glad you liked the music!