<Original> Various songs from a new musician

[Magnitude Zero]

Well hello there. I'm Blind, and while I've been casually playing around with FL Studio for a few years now, I've only started seriously making music around late December 2011. I recently found MyLittleRemix and I gotta say, I'm pretty surprised at the quantity and impressed by the quality of the work I've seen - or rather, listened to. I'm just as impressed by the feedback: constructive and encouraging criticism. I love it.

On that note, here are my first three songs.

My first one, Pinkie's Party of One, is my personal favorite of the three. It's basically my musical interpretation of S01E25, starting out with Pinkie being somewhat suspicious of her friends, going through her breakdown and eventually ending with her lesson learned.


This next one (which needs a name - suggestions are encouraged) is much simpler. Just Fluttershy spending a relaxing Spring day at the park with Angel.


My most recent one is called The Brony Ballad. I spent about a month on this one (as opposed to the others which took about a week each), and I'm not entirely satisfied with how it turned out. It's about the brony community: its humble beginnings on 4chan, how far it's come since, and my hopes for a bright future.


Looking forward to your criticism, and getting to know ya'll.

[North Kozar]

These are really cool, overall. The only issue I hear is just that some EQing needs to be done on them.

Pinkie's Party Of One: Interesting song, while I felt it got kinda repetitive, I definitely could feel the theme in it. Odd effect of the rain at the end. To me the rain makes me think of loneliness. Maybe I've just lived a sad childhood and didn't play in the rain enough, though. It's pretty creative and the only thing I notice is that the high hats are a little loud, though that could just be me. I liked the fade into the end rain, though, that was neat.

IDK A Spring Day: (it rhymed.....) This one is neat, I like the atmosphere to it. Again, fits well with the theme/idea and it's presented really well. I absolutely LOVE the vibraphone/whatever the mallet instrument is. It sounds so great. The high hats/cymbal hits in some places feel a bit loud in comparison to the calming nature of the rest of the piece. It's a nice calming and relaxing song to listen to. And the ending is very cute (only thing there is it got a little cut off before the pads faded out completely in the end, but that could just be youtube/whatever).

Brony Ballad: I don't know why you aren't satisfied with it. This is superb! Granted I don't think the beginning parts quite "accurately" reflect the 4chan part (from what I've read/heard, I was never there), but that doesn't really matter at all. The whole song has a supreme power to it that drives it forward and at 1:28 when everything comes in it's so glorious!! The only thing that really detracts from the song is the high hat/cymbal hit (whichever it is) because it's kinda too loud/unnecessary and takes away from the epic of the strings. It's great how it kinda lulls in the middle for awhile and then comes back with the marching band quality at 3:14. It makes me think of a "ok, time to get organize" or "Let's DO THIS" type mentality and it just explodes into coolness after that. While I don't particularly care for the guitar being the first thing heard at that transition, I become ok with the guitar beyond that point (as like a driving backing sort of thing). And 4:24 on out is really cool too. It's very well thought out, has a clear idea and flow to it. And a powerful ending (albeit with a similar cut off problem at the end). Well done!

I really like what I hear. I don't have much else to say at this point, besides I want to hear more from you!

[Magnitude Zero]

These are really cool, overall. The only issue I hear is just that some EQing needs to be done on them.

Interestingly enough, I'd never heard of EQ until I found MLR

Pinkie's Party Of One: Interesting song, while I felt it got kinda repetitive, I definitely could feel the theme in it. Odd effect of the rain at the end. To me the rain makes me think of loneliness. Maybe I've just lived a sad childhood and didn't play in the rain enough, though. It's pretty creative and the only thing I notice is that the high hats are a little loud, though that could just be me. I liked the fade into the end rain, though, that was neat.

Funny story about that rain. In the original version of the song that wasn't there. When a friend of mine made a visualizer for it, there were some cool rain effects near the end, so I ended up adding the rain sample to compliment them. I rather liked the way it sounded, so I kept it.

IDK A Spring Day: (it rhymed.....) This one is neat, I like the atmosphere to it. Again, fits well with the theme/idea and it's presented really well. I absolutely LOVE the vibraphone/whatever the mallet instrument is. It sounds so great.

It's a kalimba, AKA "thumb piano". Quite an interesting instrument. I used it to represent Angel.

The high hats/cymbal hits in some places feel a bit loud in comparison to the calming nature of the rest of the piece. It's a nice calming and relaxing song to listen to. And the ending is very cute (only thing there is it got a little cut off before the pads faded out completely in the end, but that could just be youtube/whatever).

That reverb lasts a ridiculously long time, although, now that I think about it, there were quite a few ways I could have shortened it.

Brony Ballad: I don't know why you aren't satisfied with it. This is superb!

It's horribly balanced and the transitions are just... off. Thank you, though.

Granted I don't think the beginning parts quite "accurately" reflect the 4chan part (from what I've read/heard, I was never there), but that doesn't really matter at all.

Aha, that's a good point. I didn't think about that. It's about bronies, though, not 4chan. Think of it as the light at the end of the tunnel. Or something.

The whole song has a supreme power to it that drives it forward and at 1:28 when everything comes in it's so glorious!! The only thing that really detracts from the song is the high hat/cymbal hit (whichever it is) because it's kinda too loud/unnecessary and takes away from the epic of the strings.

I'd actually noticed that, but somehow the first half of the song (the two halves were saved separately for a number of reasons) reverted to an earlier version - a MUCH earlier version. I should have saved backups. Lesson learned. Dear Princess Celestia...

It's great how it kinda lulls in the middle for awhile and then comes back with the marching band quality at 3:14. It makes me think of a "ok, time to get organize" or "Let's DO THIS" type mentality and it just explodes into coolness after that.

I absolutely hate that middle part, haha. That "can-do" attitude is pretty much exactly what I had in mind.

While I don't particularly care for the guitar being the first thing heard at that transition, I become ok with the guitar beyond that point (as like a driving backing sort of thing).

Transitions. They hate me.

And 4:24 on out is really cool too. It's very well thought out, has a clear idea and flow to it. And a powerful ending (albeit with a similar cut off problem at the end). Well done!

Thank you! I actually didn't notice the cutoff issue until you pointed it out.

I really like what I hear. I don't have much else to say at this point, besides I want to hear more from you!

Thanks again! Means a lot that you took the time to type out such a detailed critique. I really appreciate it.