Red Wings stuff final mixes

[Sam]

Not sure how many of you know about this yet but hey, here they are, these are just some tasters of what we have done. We have, hmm, i think about 11 songs now, we'll release the rest as one album at a later date though, for now; enjoy.
Comments, suggestions for songs etc. are all very welcome :p

www.myspace.com/uktheredwings

[Mig]

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Listened to a couple of songs, they sound damn sweet. Well fecking done.

[Sioux]

The editing is really damn smooth, I must say.

Now to provide a full critique as I have nothing to do at the moment,

1.) The Genius of Doctor Robotnik

I love the guitar lead in for this song and its great that it stays consist throughout. The drumming drives a nice pace but has a small thing where it tries too many beats in such a small amount of time. You can't really hear it unless you really try to but, its more a personal thing I have there than anything as it doesn't take away from the piece at all. The editing on this song is clean and tight I've noticed so kudos to whoever cut it together.

Good work, as always.

2.) Ken's Theme

Man, beautiful guitar lead in once more and really reminds me of a fighting game even without knowing the title. I love the pace of this song especially, it really keeps the rhythm flowing and makes you listen to it which is done in a lot of fighting game music anyways just to keep up the action of the moment. I don't know so much about that abrupt ending, the fade off worked excellently but the end hard ending to the guitar almost seems too much and damn near clipping range. It could just be me though, I went through a Audio classes at school and my instructor would verbally rape us if we got anywhere near the red zone with our music.

My teacher would sexually assualt you people for redoing this song as you have, he hates the current versions for Ken's song and this sounds really close to what he would like. I shall let him know.

3.) Valley of the Fallen Star

Yeah, this being my favorite song out of FF VII aside, this song thus far is my favorite that you guys have done.

The drum quality is fantastic and really drives the Native Aspect in there which just makes me melt, why can't Native American artists use alot more of this in their songs? This just works.

The guitar and the Native American beat on the drums is what makes this work along with the guitar not as choppy as it once was in your original cut of this song. The editing has made this song incredible along with just the feeling of purpose you get from it. This is a better redone version of the Cosmo Canyon theme. Period.

My only suggestion would be maybe not letting that note on the guitar hang off around 2:14 to 2:20, it sounds...I don't know, "funky" to me for some reason like it could be better without such a little nuance. And the drums after 2:20 and near the every end seem a touch slow for the moment as the song seems to be picking up here, but that can all be done with some clever editing.

Everything after 2:20 is golden though, it picks up nicely and really drives home the theme and the ending ends with a nice sharp fall off, it works nicely.

4.) Wilderness

I'm sorry to say I'm one of those rare cases that never played Golden Axe as a young un' so I'm lossed as to what to compare this version to. Its got this awesome pure guitar madness thing to it that reminds me of some of the wild guitar riffs from the 80s almost.

I liked that little bit in the middle with the Base and the lead basically just playing around leading back into the song.

I have some stuff to say. Around 1:10 you can hear one of the guitars almost clipping the ceiling, its painful to hear. I don't know if its just the Myspace player doing that or if it really was that way but, its there. This song could stand for some editing in portions and a speed up the end would help things as well. I'm not too sure about such an abrupt ending here but that could just be a taste thing once more.

A nice piece of work regardless though.

5.) Go KK Rider

I detest the game this song came from so I don't know what to say.

I love the feeling of this small piece though. It sounds really professional to tell you the truth. The guitar, the opening sound effects, the drums and bass are all working beatifully, its almost a shame its so small.

6.) You're Not Alone.

Okay not only is this song fantastic to start with anyways but, I love the way you worked in these new instrumental portions.

I don't know so much about that piano part underneathe the guitar in the beginning up to around 1:11, it kind of is competing for my attention and not in a good way. Its almost sporatic as I can only hear the guitar in parts and the piano kind of just comes out of nowhere in small parts. Maybe if it was pulled from the background and placed along seperate tracks on both left and or right or something but, its just not working for me.

The guitar that comes in after 1:11 is awesome and coasts along nicely through the 1:20 to 1:25-ish area where I really expected a moment where something would clip, kudos to the guitar skills there.

I don't know what happened to that little piano thing I was talking about it kind of gets better after 1:40 but gets sporatic again. It could just be me and my terrible hearing but it definently need some volume adjustments and editing to get it into the game.

I love the cymbal crashed near the end, if there could be more of those and slowly get faster in number it could make this march to the end not as awkward sounding as it does to me. I like the trill of the piano keys and the guitar holding note into the ending but, those random keys and lack of continuing symbol doesn't sound right to me for some reason. I do like the buzzy fade off though, very garage band as its meant to sound that way rather than you not knowing its occuring.

[Roger]

Added. Gotta say, the improvement is immense - You're Not Alone is still my favourite, it sounds like ear sex.

[Shned]

The Genius of Doctor Robotnik. The rhythm guitars felt very chunky for that first part. Granted, it is quite a slow and sluggish tune anyway, but then it does lead into the second part well. I'm pleased with the harmonising, too.

As for Ken's Theme, I've heard countless covers of this, and few have been mixed as well as this. The lead guitar is clear, and the synth adds that certain nostalgic touch.

With Valley of the Fallen Star, it starts off with that beautiful reminder of yesteryear, before kicking in. Couldn't argue with that one.

If I'd have known there was going to be Golden Axe, I would've screamed for Death Adder. Again, feels strange hearing this one so well-produced. I just feel the tempo could've been picked up a bit, because it sounds somewhat slower compared to the original. Despite that, the homage to the Thief's Theme was gold for me.

Go KK Rider has echoes of CarboHydroM's 'Let Me Run Again'. Short, sharp, and cutting-edge.

You're Not Alone. You certainly hit that one with the strength you've got. It has the atmosphere and the power behind it, without jumping ludicrously far from the original itself. Timing is good, and rhythm and lead really fit the mould.

[Aether]

Ditto on what Roger said, it's a big improvement and I'm just loving the mixing.

Mind you, looking at the myspace page reminds me that I need to redo that damnable logo one of these days.

[Mysterious Being]

I've a confession. I haven't commented on any of the previous Red Wings threads because I thought you were rubbish. I wanted to rip my ears off while listening to your music.

This stuff, however, is pretty damn good It sounds really professional, and the musical-ness has really improved. Really enjoyable to listen to. In fact, I forgot I had your myspace page open, and was looking to my media player to find out what this awesome-sounding song was that I didn't know I had.

You're Not Alone is going to get a special mention from me, because it is so, so, so much better than your original recording.

Looking forward to more

[Sam]

New song up; Theme of Love - FFIV

Our first attempt at acoustic, came out so well our "test" turned into recording the song fully :p
Love it myself, certainly my favorite so far.

[Mig]

That song is fucking beautiful. That makes one of my favourite VG remixes ever.

Top notch, man. Top notch.

[Sioux]

A bit twangy for my tastes at the beginning but I love the way the acoustic led that beautiful background music up until the electric took the lead. Very nice indeed. The only thing I hated was, again, its so short. I mean, it sounded like as if things were about to take off...and than it dithers out. You bastards, I want more!

Seriously though, all this is sounding really good. Keep it up.

[AP]

www.redwingsmusic.com
www.myspace.com/uktheredwings
http://youtube.com/user/APZonerunner

Probably lots you haven't heard around these places, and also some at vgmix.com.