I actually don't often get personal feedback on a specific level from other people on my music (besides generic "wow this is cool"), but as an artist I still definitely feel like some of my works are underrated or overrated. And some are also "justly liked". In this post I'll go through a handful of them. Audio links included!
Monday, June 12, 2017
Overrated/Underrated Songs
Overrated:
Probably the top offender here. This is one of my most popular songs, but I really don't even like it that much. It's one of those remixes where I think the original actually has a better feeling. I think the main thing is the chorus -- the rearrangement is really uninspired and in general the chords used in the original don't really mesh with my general sense. It's not even mixed that well -- this was in the old days back before I had the equipment to hear a lot of my mixing mistakes. I remember having a lot of trouble getting a chorus that featured the original melody yet still sounded great. Probably my favorite parts of the song are the ones where I was able to break free from the original -- specifically, the countermelody at 1:45, and the whistle lead at 2:23. I will concede that the drum solo is pretty bangin though.
Once upon a time I thought this version of the song was okay but I really don't like it anymore...it's sooooo slow....really loses all the feel of the original song.
Might be a controversial one because this song IS actually quite good. However I do think it might be a tad overrated, especially considering how well it's known. The mixing actually has issues (again, this was before I got better at that), and overall the song isn't as "clean" as some of my newer works. Comparing this to Illumination Reel, especially -- Illumination Reel takes the cake easily.
Underrated:
This song doesn't really seem to have been discovered by the general populace, I guess because it's not yet on youtube or soundcloud (something I can fix?), but I'm actually quite proud of it, especially the Dustforce OST-style first section and in general how I highlighted a subtle melody that was really good in the original. This remix in general goes a lot of places and actually ends up being really interesting despite being over 7.5 minutes long!
Also another lesser-known song, but I just reallllly love the feel of the melody here. The beat is jammin, even the chords are really good too. There's really nothing to not like here.
Criminally underrated. This is one of my proudest works ever!
Everyone likes Love Everlasting and this is more of the same!
This is hidden in my Ivory album but is actually one of the most poignant things that I've created.
Twin Wings (entire album)
Collaborating with A-zu-ra was great fun and there is actually a =lot= going on in this album.
I'm not actually sure if this is underrated or not but it's really good! It's really chill, really happy, and sweet. Like something super nostalgic.
This easily earned its place in my "Best of" album, despite being really out of place compared to all the other pumpin 9-bit tracks.
Justly liked:
Probably the first song that ushered in the "new era" of DDRKirby(ISQ) productions entirely. I made this over 3 or 4 one-hour sessions and I can't believe how well it turned out. This song has really stood the test of time, too.
Love Everlasting (entire album)
My most popular album -- it's actually a slight deviation from my usual style, believe it or not. Not by much, of course, but rearranging aivisura's music really had me doing some things that I didn't normally do at the time -- which led to great things! I had a lot of fun with this album and I think it pushed me to reach a little outside my comfort zone in a great way.
Maybe my proudest work to this date, or at the very least the most hype. I really wanted to make something special for my Patreon supporters, and I think I really succeeded. I love this song.
The best danceable waltz I've made. Nuff said.
Out of all the irish/celtic style stuff I've made, this one definitely has the others beat.
A lot of people like this one and I actually agree.
I can't believe how much of a club banger I was able to make with this. I don't really do much work with these sorts of tracks so the fact that I was able to have this much fun and awesomeness with these basslines and such was super awesome.
Cleeeaaannn. The mixing and arrangement was way ahead of my time here, and the overall sound is just super crisp. This song was the first dance song that I wrote and it really set the stage for everything else. I kept on using this as a model to follow for creating waltz songs because it was so awesome.
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