JLSC INTRA-FORUM CONTEST #4

CRITIQUES OF MIKE TRICKER'S SONG

LIFETIME OF LOVE

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RATING

COMMENTS

06-Alex Calvo

7

It started out like a Disney hit. But, I didn't like how the song developed. You may want to rework the middle and end of the song a bit...

03-Joe Huettner

7.5

Wonderful piano work. I'd like to hear it sung by a male voice, but that's just personal preference. Excellent key change, the change itself lasted over about two measures...nice

92-Bobbio

9.5

This song is darn near flawless....there's a little bit of confusion in the bridge...but I'll blame that on the vocalist...I'd get this one to Sarah Brightman...

05-David Tallent

7.5

Great piano playing, but the vocals got lost. Also hard for me to make distinction between verses and chorus.

10-Jeremy Haynes

7.75

Fantastic piano playing on this one. Definately "felt" like one of those big ballads from a Disney film, but I kept waiting for the big hook. I'd love to hear the chorus developed a bit more! Good work...

11-Joro

7

This is a marvelous musical piece...the melody is superb...


I hear a full orchestra with this piece...lots of strings....beautiful.
This would be awesome as a Film soundtrack with a full arrangement....

The hook is great but the rest of the lyric sort of left me wishing for more...perhaps it's the vocal performance...
The harmony vox does not compliment the lead vox

Good luck with your music man...it is very good.

91-Christina

4

It shows that lyrics and vocals were added on top of an already complete instrumental piece. The vocal melody follows exactly the main piano melody so it sounds rather like an amateur singing in a church setting. It sounds like there are too many words in the lyrics, as if you were trying to match each piano note with a syllable in the lyrics. Although this doesn't really concern the composition, the singer's voice and style are unpolished. This song would have best been left instrumental. Sorry, Mike.

08-Don Lyman

7

Nice song. Good piano work. I feel the melody/vocal performance could be stronger and more energetic, though. Also, the harmonies seem a bit out of tune with the melody line in places. Also, the echo effect sounds a bit strange, but that may just be the MP3. Overall, though, it's a very pretty love song.

07-Nancy G. Brundrett

7.75

This song of yours is good. I have listened to all of the songs at least 4 times. Your lyrical content is excellent.
Your vocals and total sound are very touching to my heart.
Thank you for sharing your heart with me because I feed on
heart music.

Thank you for blessing me with this song,

Nancy G

12-Hazelglow

5.5

Gorgeous piano, vocals quite nice on the whole (but just ever so slightly sickly in parts, especially the strained and out-of-tune bits towards the end). The mistake in pitch at around 2:18 or so *really* jars on the ears! This might sound weird, but I think I would've liked the whole thing better if you ditched the vocal part completely and left it as an instrumental. Because, the melody doesn't do anything much that the piano isn't already doing, and the lyrics are fairly pedestrian and uninspiring.

01-Lee Alexander

9

I usually hate sweet love songs but I'd be blind not to admit that this is a great song for that genre and has serious commercial potential. The recording is a bit raw in some parts but it suffices for a demo and is worth shoping around to a publisher. I can imagine this being a popular solo piece played during weddings and anniversary parties. I could also imagine some adult-contemporary artist doing a popular version of this if they had the good sense to pick it up and do. The great lyrics and melody are a winning combo. Good job!