Original - "Mustle" (Criticism requested)

[seagaia]

Hi all, I made this piece for Project VGM, a collaboration by some folks here and elsewhere. It's the first time I've made something using tracking in a DAW, I used Reaper and some free soundfonts.

Thus I was hoping for some criticism/feedback on my technique, since I'm quite new to mixing and all that. Thanks! You can hear the song here:

http://soundcloud.com/seagaia/project-vgm-77-mustle-seagaia

I was trying to create a calm, mysterious, sleepy feel (I imagined a hazy forest village in the treetops, hidden from time). I thought the piece ended up a little muffled.

[Dissidia]

The composition is nice.

I think a new section should come in at 1:00 instead of adding elements.

I don't mind the soundfonts too much as it adds that old rpg flavor.

The panning string part takes up too big part of the song.

1:28 part could be repeated once more as it feels too short before going to the next part.

[Modus]

This is atmospherically really nice. It sounds oddly familiar too.. similar to some Skies of Arcadia dungeon.

I agree about it being too muffled though. The strings need separated from the rest.

Cool work though. Following you on Soundcloud.