First 24 seconds of my original Miriam's theme!

It's a good start and has some nice progression in the melody. I'd give the bass some more oomph. Maybe add some pauses so the main melody doesn't feel like an endless stream of notes. For example I like what you did with the flute in the beginning at about 6 seconds. I think a little less reverb on the main melody could give the arrangement more clarity. Keep it up, this is very good for having no former experience!

What I mean by progression in melody is that it reuses the same basic structure in repetition while progressing through stages of a sort of intensity and resolution. Ok, this might sound like more gibberish so let me give you an example. At 11 seconds you establish the structure of the melody. The first repetition at 14 seconds makes for some strengthened intensity, building up tension. Then there's resolution of the theme from 17 seconds onward. That's what I enjoy about this melody. It makes it interesting while bein easy to get into.

As for reverb... I'm not sure which DAW and plugins you are using. It heavily depends on the VST-Plugin. If it has a strong built in reverb, the only way to reduce the effect might be to change the VST or to change its settings. I pretty much only use Tx16Wx as my main instrument-VST. However that requires you to have your own wav-samples so I'm not sure if that's your cup of tea.

My main DAW is FL Studio as well! I haven't heard of dskmusic before but from listening to the demos I must say that it sounds very good especially for the price. You can probably reduce reverb with directwave's settings though I'm not sure as I haven't used this setup so far. Starting with composition and working on mixing and effects later is a common and "safe" way for music production so I guess that makes sense

I'm looking forward to hear more of it.

Well that's quite ususal, regarding the size. My personal instrument sample Library is currently at 2.9GB and I'm still constantly expanding it. It's also sort of free but that's because I made my virtual instruments myself (recording, editing, assembling them in Tx16Wx) so that's a lot of time and work going into it I guess.

I like it! When you get it completed I'll be sure to add it to The Music Playlist.

Hey thanks for great advice again! Took note of them all. 

This piece should be around 2 minutes max. I already have some ideas for the upcoming part. But yeah it'll be a bit difficult to bring the song back and then loop from beginning smoothly.

About the snare, I use them as-is without any adjustment (for both part of the song). Never touched any EQ before but I'll get there eventually XD.

About "Chapel Hidden in Smoke"! This is actually how I study. I get .midi files from vgmusic.com, open them in FL Studio and I can see all the notes. The percussion from 0:00-0:43 is what I got from  "Chapel Hidden in Smoke". From 0:43 onward I use percussion that resembles later part of Luxurious Overture. I try to make it sounds like "Igavania" song.

It's been some time. I intended to not post any more unfinished version but man, it's taking forever. So here it is. This will be the last time I post an unfinished version. I won't let my teacher see this yet. Any feed back are welcome! XD

!!!!!

First, Thanks!! Then... I'm really surprised that you immediately pointed out my hidden intention of posting yet another un-finished version.

From 1:10 on wards what I need to do is:
1. Bring back the main melody once more (cool feeling XD)
2. End the song, make it loop smoothly from the beginning

I now have several version of the part (1:10-2:xx), many of which I had thrown away. The one I just posted is the one that I challenge myself by "trying to be too complex for my skill level".

I've been listening to this version everyday for like... hundreds times now. To the point that I'm not sure anymore how people will feel about the variation at 1:10+ or the "comeback" at 1:24+

- Will they notice the variation (1:10)?
- Will they notice the comeback of main melody (1:24)?
- If they noticed, will they feel it's "too much/too busy" hearing those 2 melodies playing at the same time(1:24+)?   *** (this point is what i wanted to know the most)

I've seen many cool tracks did this, bringing back the main melody by playing it in the background along with another melody on top. (But unlike me they executed it so well that the end product is soooooooo cooool)

I guess I'll go with the standard way instead, bringing back main melody peacefully without trying to be too flashy/complex/unfocused. (maybe try again later when I'm more experienced XD)

Here's my favorite stage-1 Castle Entrance theme from Aria of Sorrow. The entire song only have 2 main melodies playing at different keys, at different time. Conveying different emotions just by changing keys. This song is masterfully crafted it's so easy to understand/enjoy yet so deep. I think I'm gonna go this way instead for my current song.


P.S. About my song at 0:56, yeah! I also love this part so much. Almost everyone I show the song to said that they like the piano solo at 0:56 (but no one noticed that this is also my attempt to bring back melody that played at the very start of the song XD)

P.S.2 That 1:24+ part sounds like a horn? It's actually a strings ensemble playing with a flute ^^ The end result is the sound I wanted(I want the same sound that plays at 1:07 in the Aria of Sorrow song in the clip above) If horn sounds like that then I'm gonna try playing around with horn next time.

Thanks Yän !! great recommendations as always. You really are a professional music composer. You seems to know the thought process of putting together a music. I mean the "give some more repetition before introducing a variation" and things like that. It's very hard to notice it myself because I've been listening to my own song everyday. (it kinda make me auto-expect the flow of the song while it may sound weird to other listeners)

Sorry for the long post! XD

Wow, it sure has come a long way! Great progress. I'm glad you decided to use Bloodstained for your course. It's fitting with the game very nicely.