It's always difficult to judge an unfinished work. I appreciate the strange rhythms though and I like the change in tempo and key at around 1:25 in "A Cog." Some beautiful melodies too around that point and again at around 3-minutes (I assume that's the chorus?) The best advice I can give is to just keep working, improving and to REMEMBER TO HAVE FUN! You're an official reviewer on MS yourself, so I probably don't need to tell you this, but whenever you share new material, be prepared for more negative feedback too. Criticism, even when delivered harshly is necessary, as is learning from it. When I started Dreadrealm (back then named Arcanewind), I sometimes got what felt like harsh criticism to songs that I thought were the best thing I'd ever done. Looking back, the critics were right and had I become too confident in my creations, I might not have improved my songwriting and production as much as I have now. Best of luck on your musical journey! I'll be here to give feedback whenever I can.
After a bad computer crash, I've salvaged the project and added some vocals and lyrics to the first song, and started working on a third (out of hopefully four) songs. I'll probably redo it a bit with better equipment later but this is the general idea... For the second song I'll be a bit more ambitious, we'll see how it turns out.
I found this the other day, it was the first thing I ever wrote and recorded back in 2011. The bongos were a strange choice but overall not too shabby!
Well, I have made a lot of progress with my project, and am close to releasing a debut album. Meanwhile, I created a Bandcamp page where I've uploaded two of the finished songs - I'm just waiting for the guitar parts for the rest of the songs and it'll be ready to go. It sounds like this: Maladomini
I posted in the shoutbox earlier today, but I thought I could post it here as well.
New Lovecraftian song: https://youtu.be/ACeEHZqQIzw
By the way, can anyone guess what the cover art is? It's a real photo I took, and I chose it because it looks like a starry sky... but is it that really, or something else?
I posted in the shoutbox earlier today, but I thought I could post it here as well.
New Lovecraftian song: https://youtu.be/ACeEHZqQIzw
By the way, can anyone guess what the cover art is? It's a real photo I took, and I chose it because it looks like a starry sky... but is it that really, or something else?
This is indeed a cool song! I like how it keeps building and getting creepier and those dissonant higher notes during the final section are a very nice touch. As for the cover art, I dare not offer a guess as to what it is, haha.