Sometimes I Fail - Deadmau5

Best of the Basics

2006 EDM is vastly different from today’s music, it was still very new to the greater population, the beats and sounds would fall under house and general electronica. Daft Punk had released Human After All a year before and The Prodigy’s song “Omen” was still 3 years away. All this said, Deadmau5 came out with his album Get Scraped in 2006 and is a great showcase of talent and understanding/exploration of EDM music at the time. The song “Sometimes I Fail” doesn’t compare to well to our standards today, it honestly sounds like general background music to a youtube video or video game, but at the time it really was a great piece of work and still is alright for modern listening. The opening “Cool” discussion that continues through a few parts of the song are interesting and nicely used, most songs try this technique but don’t make the cut in the creativity department. The songs fast paced repetitive nature with the organ repeating chords keeps things lively, but lack any variation until the break down it has here and there. The most varied part is the drum section for sure, using a lot of different percussion parts to create a great beat. Joel does use a good number of different synth instruments to make a colorful song, but it reminds me of an omelet, the pieces alone aren’t bad at all, but all put together makes for a great piece to consume. He has come a very long way for sure, making creative leaps and developing a specific style first stemming from this album and songs like this.

Originality:7

Instrument:6

Vocals:7

Longevity:6

Red Score:6.5