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Title: Africa News: What would Jesus do?
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Artist: ELECTiC
Genre: Rock/Pop: Pop
Reviewed by: tct1501 on September 18, 2007 (All reviews by tct1501)

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1Overall Description
A nice paced song with rather jolly melodies which are easy on the ears: it has the ability to let your foot tap on the beat. This however never happened to me. I thought it was too much subdued to repetition and lack of change for that. I think you can do much more with this song! And so does Jesus!
 
2Creativity Description
The song is easy on the ears due to the noncomplicated drums and the bass melody. At 28 seconds some sort of vocoder sound kicks in with the drums, bassline and talking. That was nice and combinates good with the other sounds.

However, you should try to play some with arrangements: leave out drums, add some sounds etc to build up some sort of tension and to make the song much more varied.
 
3Arrangement Description
I would lower the xylophone's volume to make it more unobtrusive. Due to the song's repetition the xylophone really asks for your attention at a certain point. It could become annoying.

You could try the same for the overall dynamics.

But, you should be careful with that, b/c i also think that it is the simplicity and linear style that makes this song what it is.
 
4Sound Quality Description
Nothing to bitch about ;)
 
5Vocals Description
It did fit the song, but with a songtitle like "What would Jesus do?", you let the listener create expectations when they read your songtitle. However, what Jesus would do, is not addressed. You could use these expectations to build towards a climax in which you can let multiple vocal samples do the work, with the adding of melody pieces to surprise the listener.

Furthermore you add vocal samples throughout the song. The panning to either left or right is maximized. In combination with these sample being played under a layer of drums and melodies makes it hard to actually hear what they say. Because you almost cant hear it, it doesnt add something really. It *does* blend well with the song's sounds (so without drums). This can be done excellently to work towards somekind of chorus or as one (or multiple) intermezzo's throughout the song.
 
6Does it work as a piece of music Description
I think this song still has some work to it to make it work more. It certainly is not bad. Not bad at all. It could actually work if you invest some more time in it.
 
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