For evaluation

[Men Pamansky]

Hi all!
I wanted to share my music with you and hear your comments about the melody, arrangement, mixing.
I will be glad to all comments.
Thank you all in advance!

https://soundcloud.com/m-pamansky/1a-1

[Drew Stephenson]

Just listening now.
Not my genre so take this with a pinch of salt.
For me the piano needs to come up to be on a level with the strings. There's space in the arrangement without it cramping anything else.

[Exalted Wombat]

Yes, the piano could be louder. (Or the strings softer.)

What's it for?

[Men Pamansky]

Yes, the piano could be louder. (Or the strings softer.)

What's it for?

You are absolutely right))) The piano is much better when played louder. I've already fixed everything. I'll upload a new version later
Thanks for the advice!

[Men Pamansky]

Yes, the piano could be louder. (Or the strings softer.)

What's it for?

You are absolutely right))) The piano is much better when played louder. I've already fixed everything. I'll upload a new version later
Thanks for the advice!

I write for myself)) Music is not ordered)
Thank you for your advice too!

[Men Pamansky]

Just listening now.
Not my genre so take this with a pinch of salt.
For me the piano needs to come up to be on a level with the strings. There's space in the arrangement without it cramping anything else.

there is already a corrected version, with a louder piano
https://soundcloud.com/m-pamansky/fligh ... al_sharing

[Drew Stephenson]

For my money it could come up a bit more still, but that's just my preference.
Alternatively, just a smidgeon more high frequency would give it a bit more presence - it feels like it's sitting behind the string quartet at the moment, but it's occupying the centre of the image so my brain is having a bit of cognitive dissonance about how the 'players' would be arranged if this was a performance.

[Arpangel]

My god, I’m listening on my iPad, and that piano still seems way back in the mix, the strings are too strident, and need taming down, the nature of the music isn’t being addressed, don’t brighten the piano, tone down the strings, the whole thing is too urgent, it needs relaxing.

[Men Pamansky]

For my money it could come up a bit more still, but that's just my preference.
Alternatively, just a smidgeon more high frequency would give it a bit more presence - it feels like it's sitting behind the string quartet at the moment, but it's occupying the centre of the image so my brain is having a bit of cognitive dissonance about how the 'players' would be arranged if this was a performance.

Yes thank you! I'll try!

[Men Pamansky]

My god, I’m listening on my iPad, and that piano still seems way back in the mix, the strings are too strident, and need taming down, the nature of the music isn’t being addressed, don’t brighten the piano, tone down the strings, the whole thing is too urgent, it needs relaxing.

Strings you mean probably reduce the velocity, and not the volume itself?

[Arpangel]

My god, I’m listening on my iPad, and that piano still seems way back in the mix, the strings are too strident, and need taming down, the nature of the music isn’t being addressed, don’t brighten the piano, tone down the strings, the whole thing is too urgent, it needs relaxing.

Strings you mean probably reduce the velocity, and not the volume itself?

Maybe, I know it’s sacrilege, but I sometimes refuse the speed of tracks, by a very small amount, it can sometimes calm things down.

[Men Pamansky]

My god, I’m listening on my iPad, and that piano still seems way back in the mix, the strings are too strident, and need taming down, the nature of the music isn’t being addressed, don’t brighten the piano, tone down the strings, the whole thing is too urgent, it needs relaxing.

Strings you mean probably reduce the velocity, and not the volume itself?

Maybe, I know it’s sacrilege, but I sometimes refuse the speed of tracks, by a very small amount, it can sometimes calm things down.

Thank You!

[Arpangel]

My god, I’m listening on my iPad, and that piano still seems way back in the mix, the strings are too strident, and need taming down, the nature of the music isn’t being addressed, don’t brighten the piano, tone down the strings, the whole thing is too urgent, it needs relaxing.

Strings you mean probably reduce the velocity, and not the volume itself?

Maybe, I know it’s sacrilege, but I sometimes refuse the speed of tracks, by a very small amount, it can sometimes calm things down.

Thank You!

Refuse? Reduce!

[OneWorld]

I like the sound you get, the strings and piano sound realistic as can be. What do you use for the strings, a sample library I guess?

I think in the closings bars the volume is a bit too quiet, but hey, what would I know, maybe that's exactly how you want it.

Have you ever seen the film Capernaum? by the Lebanese director Nadine Lebaki, the soundtrack at the end has the same sort of feel to your example here. And apart from the music, the film really is a film worth watching.