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Title: The Darkest Thoughts
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Artist: David_Ruzicka
Genre: Electronica: Chillout/Lounge
Reviewed by: Louigi Verona on July 12, 2007 (All reviews by Louigi Verona)

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1Overall Description
An easy listening tune which if sung could've been a ballad song. Melancholic, it follows a simple chord picture and basically has two themes - verse and chorus. I did not like the tune much, for I didn't find much variety in it and the main theme was not as attractive to me so that I would want to listen to it over and over again.
 
2Creativity Description
The melody is original, of course, but the composition, i.e., how the tune is developed is far from originality. The verse-chorus-verse-chorus-chorus-chorus scheme works well only when both the verse and chorus are strong. In this particular case, and of course in my opinion, the melody is rather average and even of a background kind, and to make the tune interesting a more complex scheme should've been applied and - most important - more melodies written!
As for the melody that is there - I find it too simple. The author can use ornamentation to make it more interesting and maybe add some variations on repeating it.
 
3Arrangement Description
Rhodes is nicely panned, gives it a good surround sound.
The arpeggiating sample (marimba or similar) that comes at 1.50 seems out of style and to me spoiled the feel of the piece. Also, during the second chord there seems to be a dischord %)
 
4Sound Quality Description
The production quality is average. It's of a good quality and reminded me of tracked music, which is not bad at all. Quite pleasant to the ears, actually.
 
5Does it work as a piece of music Description
The tune does give the feeling of completeness, however, due to the lack of strong themes and/or the number of themes, the feeling of lacking something is there too. There is just not enough music in this tune and the music that is there is too simple. However, not much is needed to make the tune interesting. I would suggest in every tune the author does always add something special, something that would stand out. Add ornamentation and dynamics (volume changes) to solos, let them be alive. This will not bring good results, but also be really fun to do! Hope my review and advice are of any use ;)
 
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