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Title: Still Living Without You
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Artist: Renzo
Genre: Classical/New Age: New Age
Reviewed by: Space Walk on December 17, 2007 (All reviews by Space Walk)

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1Overall Description
Another Dutch piece of music, that leans towards the emotional type of sound. Good music it is too. Mostly based on chords, the strings work just fine to express the feelings that this song carries.

I feel the music is a kind of dedication to a former love, perhaps someone who was once so dear but that is not there now anymore today, instead there's a gap and an emptiness left. I don't feel that the music is sad in its nature, but its telling a story which is about sorrow.

There are some good inputs in this song, which are aimed to reach the heart of the listener and try to be felt instead of heard. In some cases it does, and others not. The sudden end of the music is less good, the chord fades out, the aah's quit at once and just a slight sound of some warm pad is left alone till the end.

The beginning is beautiful, the synth played sounds like drops of icy water, and cold rain. Overall a music worth the listen, the download and is interesting to listen to.
 
2Creativity Description
The piece is not presenting any new limits in terms of creativity. It's however unique in its own way since it plays with several moods under this nearly 3 minutes of it's duration.

The artist has put lots of heart in this one, and has emotionally charged this piece, but uses too few instruments to go all the way. The music begins as if a saga is being told, but you never get to hear the whole saga and instead have to guess how it ends.

While this music is interesting to listen to, it won't last as a hit. everyone will without doubt like this tune, but not everyone will comeback to it for another listen. The music is at no point repetitive, there's always a new mood in this song which is good and makes this tune more or less original.

I strongly recommend that you work more with this one, as this can become one beauty song, that places in everyones playlist. There are good inputs and elements in the song, but don't last. Make them last and this one will become a giant one.
 
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4Arrangement Description
Technically the structure of the music is solid. It offers much emotion and good sets of strings with lots of aah's sounds. I like the way how this music tries to get into the deeper sense of the listener. Good use of samples which are balanced and sound proper.

A little volume adjustments is needed though as some samples are louder than the others. Instead of sound transitions this music attempts transitions between moods which I liked very much. The music starts mystic then becomes somewhat happy and then slowly fades towards dark mystic again.

Very atmospheric kind of a tune that has a great depth and is expressive in it's own way. However this music suffers from the lack of some deep bass. All in all a nice and solid music with good arrangements.
 
5Sound Quality Description
The sound quality needs further work. Some instruments sounded louder than others which doesn't add to the joy that the music is aimed to bring the listener. I feel that there are also too few instruments used in this one.

This music could certainly use a variation of samples and instruments to add to the emotional level of it making it heard and felt deep down. The music has very good potential to become something great, but I feel not much time has been put to it. It's as it is just a simple story from the heart of its creator to the ears of the listener. But the message doesn't get there properly.
 
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