Alright, let's go ahead and toss some impressions out there. I figure I'll do these in two batches just to space things out a little.
My goal in writing these has been to try to be more specific. A common complaint I see about roulette impressions is that they're too vague to where they could be talking about half the songs in the round. I obviously don't want to give everything away, but I've been trying to write these so that on at least some of them you can probably be 75% sure it's yours if you think about it enough. Of course, the impressions aren't set in stone in terms of what the final score is going to be—my view of the song might change as I listen to it more.
Really liking how many layers there are to the melodies on this one. I’m only worried that the song might overstay its welcome by just a little bit.
I don’t know. This is a good song for this style, and I enjoy some of the guitar work, but as many times as I give songs like this a try, they don’t really ever seem to click hard with me. I think this just isn’t the type of thing I look for in music.
My first thought on this one is that the guitar sound is pretty poor relative what I feel like the music needs to have. But once I sort of got past that, I think this one has some promise to be a grower.
So, right now, I’m in this position: I really like the vocals on this song, but much of the instrumentation is just not doing anything for me. I think with a different arrangement I would be more inclined to fall for this one.
I really love the build-up on this one. I love a long intro like this that slowly increases in intensity. And the later part of this song just feels huge, with big riffs and an awesome anthemic chorus. I’d call this an early round favorite.
The adjective that comes to mind for this one is “smooth.” From the subtle guitar work to the vocal melodies to the singer’s emotional delivery, the whole thing just feels so smooth. I’m into it.
One of those songs that feels like it covers a lot more ground than it has any business doing considering its runtime. I’m really enamored of that sort of thing when done well, and this one shows a lot of promise.