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The little chord transition at 1:15-1:17 is actually absolutely spectacular.

I hear potential when I hear things like that in people's work. I think compositionally, your development could be a little more varied, like it kind of is maybe a little static overall.

Mix wise, I think it's a bit dry and could use a bit more reverb.

Really, I still feel the music in my heart, which is what counts.

Great work! :)

Absolutely love this.

I think constructively, I think some of the sound gets a little MIDI. It all works, so this is more nitpicky.

I think I'd also like a bit more lushness on the reverb, but you really did a good job of selling what I had in mind in terms of correlation to theme.

Great work! :)

Creativity is "Overall Uniqueness." I think I'm going to change this to "Originality" in future jams, as I want to capture both creativity in smaller and larger contexts.

Excellent vibe and composing, really selling the vibe here! 

Is that Valhalla Supermassive?

I think the mix got a little murky - which can be very hard to tame. Still something I'm learning more about myself. Overall the mix is good, but it has a lot of midrange resonance that could probably use some EQ and compression.

I'd say this one really correlates to the theme exceptionally well. It has a strangeness to it that sells it, with the lushness of the synths (as described below).

Really love the synths you picked. Absolutely fantastic work. :)

Oo, when that guitar came in, it grabbed my attention for sure.

Piano comes in, I feel like there was a bit of a volume dip comparatively, or something like that.

Great work overall! :)

Great job using odd time signatures.

I'm really digging this one. It stands out in that I think a lot of really good music has something a little funky that ties it all together.

Great work.

Heh! Such a Grunt submission. Awesome as always, too! :)

So Indie as well. You're also definitely improving and have been improving with this series, and it's super awesome to see.

I think along the lines of Einel - I think the percussion could use a little more relative punch to really sell the emotional tone of the moment. 1:57 - I want vocals to come in and for the drums to get punchier! Heh

Great work.

This is awesome. 

It's mixed well, and I can see gameplay unfolding in my mind as I listen.

Great work! :)

This kicks ass!

My only constructive feedback is that the development is maybe a little bit flat. This is one of the toughest things to master.

I remember just having the concept of development emphasized at once helped me apply it a lot better, like when I'm writing something and it's kind of just restating the same theme but maybe with more volume.

Overall though, very good.

Really great work.

Constructive feedback on 1 - overall, I think it's a bit clashing in that it sounds like a lot of the mid frequencies have these resonances that could use a little compression to tame them and panning.

It's minor though overall.

Awesome job.

Really kicking ass right off the bat.

I think the mix gets a bit murky on Atreus. Lots going on - much, much harder to tame.

Some of the bitcrushing also could use a little taming. I've been using ReaFIR for harshness in certain tones, set to copmressor mode. It's multiband compression, but whatever it does, it does  a very good job of isolating irritating resonances to actually make an original sound like it was recorded with a better mic.

Great work overall.

Really well mixed, sells the vibe, and I love the progression on track 1.

I think track 2 and 4 feel different from 1 and 3 as well. 

All are really well composed. Great work! :)

This is so awesome.

Not much to add here. Probably some minor tweaks on the mixing to get to that level of perfect polish, but very minor.

Great work.

ReaFIR set to compressor mode seems to really deal with harsh resonances without fully EQing things.

I.e. a EQ will just squash all the frequencies down evenly in thar range, whereas this style of compressor seems to dynamically reduce harsh resonances, making the sound more pleasing and able to be louder overall.

Basically its like compression applied with an EQ curve, and likewise just targets spikes in frequencies in those particular ranges, allowing you to keep more sound and clarity, but while drastically reducing harshness.

Great work!

I the composition is solid. Its at a point where I know how I might approach things differently, but where the decisions I might make wouldn't necessarily be "better" in all contexts.

I.e. I might opt for a little more emphasis on tension and release, but not all music needs to work like that.

Some of it also maybe sounds a little MIDI, but again, even that can fit video games better stylistically.

Great work, this is very solid. The mixing is also very nice too, its very gentle on ears.

Great work Eatu!

Really solid tracks, great work.

One thing I am curious about is how your second track would sound if you opened up the reverb after the exposition. I have heard this effect before, but hearing your track reminded me of it.

Overall this was well mixed and pleasant to listen to.

Hey man, did you get your Discord account back yet? Let me know, I wonder if you just need to make a fresh one.

Immediately taken by the quality, right off the bat. It sounds super professional, and professionally composed for AAA.

Really beautiful work.

8:29 really hit me, so awesome.

Yeah, I got nothin for constructive feedback. This is just solid, top tier work. Great job and I am truly grateful that you put this much time and effort into this entry.

Vocals are awesome. Voice acting is awesome. Your voice is definitely an asset for future submissions, and is something to develop further.

You have an interesting voice as well, definitely good for vocals/voice acting.

This was overall just very enjoyable.

I'm not sure what I would add, to be honest. Mix wise, there could be perfecting, but its well within the range of professional. Great work!

Awesome work as always!

2:27 I particularly enjoyed.

Glad to see that you're starting to use live instruments as well.

Great work!

By the way... I screwed up and didn't add fields that were necessary ahead of time, so you can add some more description to your project now.

This is some major fire right here.

I really enjoyed this, both of them.

I'm glad you put your effort into two tracks rather than 10! :)

Hell yeah! You've definitely improved on your overall sense of storytelling and keeping the flow of the music.

Great work Doug! :)

Oh man this kicks ass.

I think the first track with the lo-fi female voice is very much vibing with the direction I took for the first track.

Great work.

This is FIRE.

It's super creative as well.

I really like this.

Absolutely fantastic work. There were just so many moments that just took me to another realm.

I'm going to come back and do a little bit of reworking of your first track. I really like its overall structure/progression, but I definitely heard stuff where I hear exactly how I want it to resolve. 

Outside of that, I really enjoyed all of it. I found it to be refreshing and creative as well, with a lot of variety and breaking the mold. Great work.

Nice work dude!

I'd double what Eatu said about bussing. I'd play around with the piano and the space to make some things near and far.

Composition wise, I think I'd add in some upper register development, maybe some vocals. I remember just hearing the word development helped me realize that I hadn't been thinking about it to the degree that I could in my music.

Regardless, you did a great job, I liked the nostalgic sound of it, great work! :)

Absolutely! :)

I definitely just want to get better at poetry/lyrics. It's next for me. I think to do that, I'll need to immerse myself in more story and poetry.

This is reaaaaaally good.

I'm definitely picking up some Ravel influence in there, but also Stravinsky.

Man, I'm just so pleased with this. This is one of the best scores I've encountered on this site doing jams.

Rush through the Green field really caught my attention because that plucky synth sounds somewhat like the first lyre I made. I also particularly liked that track.

Excellent work.

Lost in dreams is really nice.

I started singing a melody I would add into it.

This is my note to self to do it at some point and share the result with you! Heh.

Great work!

Dude yes, this is sick AF.

Loved every minute of it. One of my favorites I've heard.

Really awesome work.

I really liked the composing in this especially. It was creatively composed, you did a lot of really nice, interesting, pleasant things.

Great work! :)

This is really a great submission.

The bassline in summer Stargazing is really, really nice.

The overall mix is also really good.

Great work!

This is just rad as hell.

Really great work.

Track 2 took me by surprise with how rad it is.

Really awesome work, creative as well, very well mixed.

This kicks ass! The atmospheres and textures are awesome.

The quality is very clean and clear, with a great balance of reverb. The space is really done well. Great work!

:)