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The melody/main motive is really cool. I especially like that second that first appears at 00:08.
I don't really like the heavy drum set in the beginning though.
I don't really like the heavy drum set in the beginning though.
While listening I really was unsure about the third chord segment.
A, C, D, A <- good
A, C, D, A <- good
A, G, D, A <- the first A here again. I always think "oh.. again"
A, F, G, A <- good
Well, the problem is - the theme is so dominant, that it's probably hard to make a good alteration. At least I didn't manage, although I tried like 20 minutes :/. So it's probably rather difficult.
As for the arrangement, the groove is very good - very funky. The flute synth also works well. But I'm also not too hot about the keyboard: It fills in as a successor to the main-theme melody, but it only plays rhythmical notes - I think that's what the others probably think is "missing", a bit more melody.
If you use more notes, that are not chord tones, but scale tones (scale is I think A-mixolydian) - or more jumps (like in your main melody you start with a forth - this gives a strong character, and immediately sticks), the melody becomes more distinct.
If you want some creative input:
For sky stuff I always liked this effect (beginning 5 seconds), with the circulating strings. (also here in Kung-Fu-Panda). This is with strings, but it should also work with flutes and synths ;).
Hm, but maybe this will turn out too big as an effect. (but perhaps it's possible to make a "small flutter". Can maybe already be created with 3 voices - from a chord, every voice starting from another chord note). Well it's only an idea, if you want I can hack you the flutter-thing in midi, I got the full score somewhere.
Well, I'm not sure how much my feedback is helping here, for music I'm always told my thoughts are too complicated.
A, C, D, A <- good
A, C, D, A <- good
A, G, D, A <- the first A here again. I always think "oh.. again"
A, F, G, A <- good
Well, the problem is - the theme is so dominant, that it's probably hard to make a good alteration. At least I didn't manage, although I tried like 20 minutes :/. So it's probably rather difficult.
As for the arrangement, the groove is very good - very funky. The flute synth also works well. But I'm also not too hot about the keyboard: It fills in as a successor to the main-theme melody, but it only plays rhythmical notes - I think that's what the others probably think is "missing", a bit more melody.
If you use more notes, that are not chord tones, but scale tones (scale is I think A-mixolydian) - or more jumps (like in your main melody you start with a forth - this gives a strong character, and immediately sticks), the melody becomes more distinct.
If you want some creative input:
For sky stuff I always liked this effect (beginning 5 seconds), with the circulating strings. (also here in Kung-Fu-Panda). This is with strings, but it should also work with flutes and synths ;).
Hm, but maybe this will turn out too big as an effect. (but perhaps it's possible to make a "small flutter". Can maybe already be created with 3 voices - from a chord, every voice starting from another chord note). Well it's only an idea, if you want I can hack you the flutter-thing in midi, I got the full score somewhere.
Well, I'm not sure how much my feedback is helping here, for music I'm always told my thoughts are too complicated.

Any progress on this one? it would be nice to have this in the next release as well, since it seems to be nearly finished.
As a little motivation I used your first two songs in a youtube video, so that fans can already enjoy the music a bit!
As a little motivation I used your first two songs in a youtube video, so that fans can already enjoy the music a bit!
Hi K-Pone,
What is the status of this song? It seems almost finished and would be nice to have in the upcoming release, so that we have three songs and a bit of variation.
What is the status of this song? It seems almost finished and would be nice to have in the upcoming release, so that we have three songs and a bit of variation.

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I just noticed that it depends on the playback device. With my headphones the standard drum set is okay, with my speakers, it's… a little bit shocking.

Well, that doesn't necessarily mean it will sound good for me, I am aware that my sound setup is kind of nonstandard. (And that is only one of four completely different devices…)





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