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Title: Bards Song (Extended Tavern Mix)
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Artist: Spectral the Projection
Genre: World: Celtic
Reviewed by: Louigi Verona on July 11, 2007 (All reviews by Louigi Verona)

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1Overall Description
This is a remake (not a remix) of Enya's composition "Bard's dance" which means that the artist remade everything from scratch, at least that's how it sounds. And it sounds very close to the original. In fact, it's almost the original but a couple of sound effects and the panning.
 
2Creativity Description
I do not want to offend the artist, but I find the piece to be very poor. I understand the desire to programm a tune you like, however, I don't understand why the tune should be simplified and moreover - why should it be released under the remaker's credit.

In places where ornamentation is used in the original tune the author puts double notes. Ornamentation is very important in folk music as the melodies are usually one voice and sound too simple without fanciful playing. Also, ornamentation does really add to the flow of the melody and the mood it creates. In the remake there is not a single ornament used and a piece looses, beginning to sound like a roughly made midi file.

As for the remake or for the 'remix' quality of the released tune, I can't find any significant original material here. The artist could've as well put out the original mp3.
 
3Arrangement Description
The arrangement is put together pretty well, though I personally did not understand the idea of the stereo picture. Drums placed anywhere but not in the center sometimes works, but not here.
 
4Sound Quality Description
The production quality is normal, instruments chosen well and veeeery close to the original.
 
5Does it work as a piece of musicDescription
As a remix it doesn't work. As a remake it doesn't add any principal original changes. So, no, I guess it doesn't.
 
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