Sidivan
Fractal Fanatic
Nice! There are a few things that I thought were particularly interesting (good and bad). I'm a nobody songwriter in Fargo, ND, so keep that in mind too.
1.) Subtle vocal harmony at 0:46 right on "killing me". Holy shit. Well done. I would never have thought of that.
2.) Continuing the theme of that harmony with the strings so the tiny harmony develops into it's own full voice.
3.) Main riff is good, the bend is great, but I think it goes a little too long when it comes in. It repeats 4 times (which is really 8 with a variation every 2) before vocals come over it. This riff is extremely similar to the verse line, so it gets a little tedious.
4.) Solo is brilliant. Perfect fit. Just wish it either stopped when vocals came back in, or it took more of a back seat during the actual singing. Moving the bends/runs to between the words instead of over the top of them would create a more unified melody. I totally get that it's supposed to be chaotic though, so I can see you purposely designing it to compete.
These are suuuuuuper-nitpicking arrangement things. I have a tendency to judge things more/less critically based on what I think it can compete with and this song definitely deserves to be judged with current big-budget soundtracks. Overall, really really great work.
1.) Subtle vocal harmony at 0:46 right on "killing me". Holy shit. Well done. I would never have thought of that.
2.) Continuing the theme of that harmony with the strings so the tiny harmony develops into it's own full voice.
3.) Main riff is good, the bend is great, but I think it goes a little too long when it comes in. It repeats 4 times (which is really 8 with a variation every 2) before vocals come over it. This riff is extremely similar to the verse line, so it gets a little tedious.
4.) Solo is brilliant. Perfect fit. Just wish it either stopped when vocals came back in, or it took more of a back seat during the actual singing. Moving the bends/runs to between the words instead of over the top of them would create a more unified melody. I totally get that it's supposed to be chaotic though, so I can see you purposely designing it to compete.
These are suuuuuuper-nitpicking arrangement things. I have a tendency to judge things more/less critically based on what I think it can compete with and this song definitely deserves to be judged with current big-budget soundtracks. Overall, really really great work.