<Original><Pony>Friendship Collective<Synth Pop>

[GhostXb]

http://soundcloud.com/ghostxb/friendship-collective

Been mulling over this song for a very long time, so I decided to make some finishing touches on it and push it out, but I think some fresh ears will do me a lot of good. After referencing it to other songs, I noticed the bass was lacking so I attempted to compensate, hopefully I achieved a good balance but that's up for you to decide.

First pony related song I've done using various samples from the show, let me know what you think!

One more note, I don't normally think about genre when i make music, so I don't know what genre this would be, synth pop seems to fit the profile.

[Freewave]

I like that use of samples at the beginning as if it was field recording (not upfront but more in the background). i likely would have recommended more on topic with the song (dropping the celestia - luna story sample and focusing on footage of sparkle first meeting everyone). not sure that bark and animal noises really work as samples (from find a pet ep?) in the beginning i'd ditch them. synth pop is a good tag (as good as any). its very pretty overall. i think you did a good job overall with a few things that i pointed out that could make it a little more focused.

but keep at it as i really like the wonderful use of melodies and some unique twists you added. would obviously like to see more.

[GhostXb]

Thanks for the critique DJ Pon-3. Yeah I kind of wanted to use more samples, and blend them into the rythm/melody, but with 52 episodes to choose from, I didn't know where to begin. Now that you mention it, I think it makes sense to focus on the first episode, and it works with the title too

I'll also likely take out the animal noises, they just seem to fit at the time, and I didn't bother changing them. Don't know when I'll get around to making changes, I need to take a break from listening to this song

[Freewave]

I hear you! One of the toughest things when you work on a song for so long is you forget what's in there and you forget to ask yourself should this be in there. I recently did that with a track i was working on for almost 2 months. It wasn't until is showed it to a few friends and they said "why do you have this really basic synth in there" and "why are drums so simple" that i realized they were right on both of those points and i'd forgotten to re-examine the components after awhile once they had been there for so long. The singlemost thing you can and should do is have a few people that you can have listen to your wips and give input as it saves you time from realizing after you publish something. That or take a break from a track when you've had enough and re-visit when you have fresh ears.