Snail wrote:Just went through all of em'.
SSJ 3 THEME (NEW) - It was pretty good; but it didn't feel as exciting or interesting as the original. Nonetheless, I liked the guitar work.
Paikuhan Theme (NEW) - Very funky, especially the beginning. It had a 'hip-hop' ish feel to it. Again, I'd have to say the original that you did was way better.
Vegeta Theme - Really awesome remix of sorts. It totally blows the original away; HARD!
Ginyu Transformation (references only) - Strange, isn't this the Kamehameha piece you did? I guess you've renamed it. Anyways, didn't like this one. It's a bit of a mess with tiny tiny portions that kept me interested.
Garlic Jr - I've always thought that the Garlic Jr pieces were excellent. A creeping, brooding vibe; I like.
Vegeta SSJ and SSJ3 references - I remember listening to this on your YouTube profile. Really enjoyable to listen to.
Overall, judging by these tracks, I feel like you're holding back or something. Most of your songs (the ones that I've listened to anyways..) present a lot of interesting sounds and combinations, but they never go anywhere most of the time. It's like the listener is expecting the song to let go and turn into something epic, but it just most of them just sound a little too 'anti-climatic'?
As always, I'm lookin foreward to whatever you'll bring onto the table next. Almost always a pleasure to listen to a few new pieces from you.
THanks for the honest feedback man!
Honestly...anything DBZ that I do is me holding back. This is a style we were doing back in 1999-2000. As a composer\arranger I've moved on quite a bit. I try to throw in hints of what I'm more about now-a-days.
If you listen to the Shrubbery of Darkness album, that's me fully unleashed. And I'm actually working on a piece for a contest that's way out of the DBZ style. Its more of a full on Hollywood score kinda thing (hopefully better though)
Some notes, the SSJ3 piece was one that didn't start out meaning to be an SSJ3 track. I just laid a groove down and that lead sounded good over it. It's the first time I've ever used that sound.
The new Pikkon track is one of my favs, mainly for the heavy ending, that's just me though ^^ I'm a metal head at heart, though I definitely write in a variety of styles.
(btw, there's a Shrubbery Sampler vid on utube:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zQ4SnvcBvAY)