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[Ear Party Pt.1]

Addictive

I liked the way that it sounded like a video game at the end - a highly unusual way of finishing off a tune like that.

Still, it's not how it ends that underlines the sound completely. I think that this has got quite an addictive beat, which has drawn me in. I think that you've reused too many beats here and could do with adding something new in, just to keep it in some sort of order (Verse - Chorus - Verse2 - Chorus - Verse3 - Chorus, maybe)

Considering how it evolves into something completely different,from start to finish, you really do need to release a part 2.

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[Vondelpark High]

Great bassline

Set the tone for the whole song with a great layer of bass. I think it's always good to give the audience in a Jazz track the bassline first, so they know what sort of tempo to expect.

A nice counter melody with the high pitched keyboard - the middle part of that lead had a group of notes that seemed to trail down the scale a little too quickly, like a guy walking down a hill, who slips on a wet patch of grass and suddenly find himself at the bottom of said hill.

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JCsoul responds:

Thanks for your review man.

Maybe there are some off tempo notes in the lead that escaped me and Jurian, we´ll make it better next time. ;)

[Unique*]

Good use of Sax

This sounded different to start with with what sounded like a little skatting in the background. When I listened more closely, I realised that it was the sounds of traffic, possibly as somone is coming into the bar from the city streets for a little warmth and comfort. However, when it got properly started, the whole song put together nicely, with great contributions from all the component parts.

The saxaphone was quite dominant when it came on, cutting through the rest of the tune and stealing the spotlight for a few moments, before stepping into the darkness and allowing the rest of the arrangement to carry on the momentum, while the player regains his breath.

Did you put all of this together on a computer, or did you use a keyboard to play each piece and change the instruments accordingly?

One or two duff notes that I heard on the third pass, but they are barely perceptible and nobody's perfect, are they?

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Jurian responds:

I use a keyboard to record all this, then I put different instruments on it. Thanks for your long review.

[~Terrestrial~ FULL]

Nicely formed

Well balanced, nicely put together and a good all round performance. I think this worked quite well with the NG tank visualisation, but that's just me.

Paints a nice picture of the scenery around an almost virgin planet, perhaps with some primitive villages, as we fly past on some sort of observation mission, before returning to base to report our findings.

The high pitched synthesised sounds are a little out of place for my liking - not really 'terrestrial' music in my opinion, more of a spacey thing to me.

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[Acid JazzleFunk]

Nice, but

The real problem I ahve with this song is that the melody didn't keep time with the beat. It made it sound quite messy in places, as the fluctuations in the melody were sporadic and quite abstract.

If you'd performed the melody as a piece without the backing track, it would be great as a random abstract piece. Mixed together, it just sounds like it's been thrown together, while in places, it is quite a nice form of music.

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[Green, Piano(NB Remastered)]

Soothing

This is such a nice song, that I'd decided to add it to my list of favourites. It's just the sort of tune I need to put a smile on my face and it certainly helps me to unwind... that is until I switch back to reality and play some hard rock, while playing my games :P

Quite mellow and well mixed, with the strings in the background, and the subtle backing of the percussion. I'm running out of superlatives to try and describe this piece. A good length piece, with the artist's fingers taking a more than generous walk over the keys in a bit of free-form at the end. Looped round nicely.

1 change I'd make - about three quarters of the way through, why don't you stop the background music and focus the attention on the piano. A solo would blow the mind and be a truly amazing addition.

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Jurian responds:

For me it feels like piano stuff with stuff around it so, maybe that's because I play piano, I understand what you mean, but yeah:p never thought about it like that.

[In teh Dungeon]

Very 8-Bit

Reminds me of retro games which are based in dungeons. I quite like it - the sounds are meant to be creepy, even if they aren't as subtle as is needed for that to sound perfect.

If you're going to go slightly further and make an ambient loop, you need to make it about another 3-4 minutes long, make it more suspenseful and possibly add something like rolling thunder, for the classic horror gambit :P

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[Detonator]

I'm gonna blow!

The tune starts off quietly, which is a good way to go, but surely with a title like Detanator, you're going to finish with a massive crescendo? That's what I was expecting, but you left me to hang :(

Anyway, you've created a nice piece here, with the tune putting me in the mind of some guy planting a bomb and progressing on to try and blow things up.

This says to me that he failed, as it didn't go bang in the end.

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FullyClothedMike responds:

You know what?
You're right.
It DOES need a massive bang to round this off.
I'm gonna work on the ending of this, and I'm gonna make it explode!
Thanks for the suggestion.

[UNCE]

UNCE?

What does that mean? It sounds more like 'Unts', as in Cunts. Maybe that's just me.

A nice beat, but you really need to give us more than one word for the song - gets too repetitive for my liking, even if you repeat it thousands of times.

Still, if it worked for Fatboy Slim, it can probably work for you - he just came up with more imaginative titles though :P

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[Push the button]

What's going to happen if I do?

I quite like the Stephen Hawking remix that you've done here with the computer voice. It's quite creepy and this piece certainly wouldn't be out of place in a nightclub.

Maybe throw in some long low notes, just to give it more of a club feel, but other than that, it's a good tune.

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