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[[LY] Afternoon Blazing [D]]

Tranquil

An interesting track that seems a little repetitive, when it comes to the beat, but it's still soothing and it calms the mind, while allowing for the expression to continue forward, giving a deep sense of relief and bliss.

If you could come up with another bass riff or two, just to break the monotony of this track it would be much appreciated. At 2. 25, it's a good length, improved by the presence of a loop, so you're doing well already. Taking it to that next step is always a plus and I'd hope to see you doing that in the near future.

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la-yinn responds:

Aye, it is a bit repetitive right now, but it is only the fundament of the whole track. I doubt I'll be changing the bass riffs, but there will be more instruments and melodies to keep the listener entertained.

The 'next step' is coming up this week. Full version will be a bit longer, it'll loop with some more flow and it'll have more variation.

Thanks for the review! :-)

[Ominous Theme]

A little creepy

I think that the way it starts is brilliant. The strangled bagpipes that you've got to make a creepy noise in the background is actually quite chilling. With the way that the pieces fall into place here, I was surprised that it didn't carry on for longer.

I was very disappointed with the ending - it sounded like you could keep it going for maybe another minute longer, but then it decided to end with a brick wall stop. Given that it was so promising, I've scored it so high, but please don't leave it like that - go for the jugular!

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Centrist responds:

Alright, I'll fix this monkey up since so many of you want to see it done. ;D

[No Savior v.3]

Quite morbid

Well, that tune is quite a requiem for someone about to die - it's very powerful and it carries with it a deep sense of regret and longing for salvation. I think that the main power source of this tune is from the strings, but the hard hitting power of the drum beat really does cap it off for me.

I can see where you're coming from with the additional kick from the headphones, but what you might need here to make it sound the most epic that you can is an Organ in the background. This is the most grandiose of all instruments and the power that you would hold would be capable of stripping flesh from bone!

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Centrist responds:

Baha, what a review. I see where you're coming from, and I will take that into strong consideration! That would work perfectly for what I was trying to go for, and it would add much more depth, wouldn't it?

Thanks mate!

[Nephelheim]

Interesting introduction

Well, it's certainly a very good tune, but the introduction just feels so out of place, I couldn't even see them as being the same tune. It certainly fits the industrial genre and you've worked a very nice beat and melody into a powerful, robust little tune here.

I think that the melody could give way to the counter-melody slightly in places, or perhaps it's just an indication that you need to calm the counter melody down a little. I'm sure that sitting and puzzling through it will help with this, but I can't personally put my finger on which of the two variables needs changing.

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Centrist responds:

Well, before I got to NG, I used to make songs like every day. I uploaded the best I had, and I forgot to edit them before said upload. The problem I have is when I start a song, I do no pre-planning. I start off with dabbling around and doing something that I think sounds funky or cool, then I just build and build. Everything you hear from me I come up with right on the spot as I make it. Whether or not that's a good thing, I'll never know, but I generally just run with what I have. :]

Thanks for the review!

[Distorted Reality (DjTyph Mix)]

Frantic paced, well executed

I can see images of Marty McFly heading around the town on his hover board to this - just the first image I got when listening to this piece. I think that the hectic pace of this tune is only matched by the way that you've given a great melody to act as a wonderful foil to the beat's sabre.

Not to get too far ahead of the game with metaphor, this is a great tune, that literally grabs the listener's attention and almost has them cheering as madly as some of the crowd sounds that you've added in there - sneaky, but I noticed it ;)

With the way that this track stands for the pace increase at the end, it doesn't really need it, as you've produced a great track with the one speed and cranking it up 10-20 seconds before the finish of the track just seems a little like overkill.

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Prodigal responds:

Haha, Marty McFly. You found my applause sample, and the ending is almost intended for a club set :P

LOOLLLLO

[DjTyph - Let's Do The Mario!]

Sounds quite "X-massy"

Not a bad tune, but the way that it sounds with the bells at the start, it does quite sounds like it's themed for X-mas, which is a little weird for this time of year. Not to worry though, as it sounds pretty good for a techno loop of SMB origin.

I think that you could stand to make this track longer and possibly include some vocal samples from parts of the Super Mario Brothers game collection that is pretty much readily available online anywhere, so have a look around and see what you can come up with from that.

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Prodigal responds:

Will take all your advice into mind, not in the mood for responding to reviews :l

Thanks though :D

[My Workshop]

Hmm.

I've got a mixed view of this particular piece - it sounds pretty good, I'll admit, as all of the music is a lovely way to present the tune in itself, but when it comes to the lyrics, the necessity to swear so much seems to distract me, rather than embrace me. It's possibly a reason that I've never really been the biggest fan of hip hop, to be honest.

I quite like the backing vocals that you've used with the gnomes through the song and the lead vocals really do tend to have quite a Snoop Dogg quality to them and I think you've certainly got a talent for this particular genre.

Perhaps some sort of instrumental would help to break this piece up - possibly throw some sound effects in there, like Eminem does and you'll be onto a winner. With the gnome quality of the song, it's not entirely serious, so you can get away with the comedy element in a tune such as this.

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BAF responds:

The beat isnt mine, it's downloaded from a 3rd party. I don't really have any beat making tools so I usually just go with what I get. As far as the swearing I think hip-hop as a genre has a certain amount of attitude to it, I guess that doesn't have to be expressed with swearing but it works for me and in this case I thought it worked well. The fact that you are not a fan of hip-hop and still manage to give an unbiased review is pretty cool, I really like what you and the RRC do, thanks for listening.

[Froze to the Bone]

Outstanding

A great piece, this has some awesome lyrics, backing vocals and a great beat, that just seems to want to keep pushing itself forward and keep the listener interested.

I've been listening to this tune for a few loops now and I'm losing myself in the music without being distracted from the games that I'm playing, so it's really good in that respect - different, but not invasive, so kudos to you for that.

I'd have calmed down with the profanity - it's not something that needs to be used as punctuation, to be honest. It isn't something that needs to be dwelt upon, so why use it? I'm not being prudish, or anything like that, but the backing vocals don't have any swearing within them, so perhaps keeping the lead vocals clean would mean more to the song itself?

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BAF responds:

generally I don't swear very much in my songs but I wrote this song in about 15 minutes, the words just came out as they were. I could of stopped and figured out ways to reword things but it was a spur of the moment thing and im an ex-sailor so swearing is in my blood! lol, thanks for the review man i'm glad you liked it.

[Saga of the Fallen Warrior]

Deep meaning?

A nice piece, with certainly a lot more good than bad about it, that's for sure. I think that you could certainly have left more between the verses, just to give people more of a feel for the tune, as it is just a little too rap for me. Perhaps gaps between shorter verses would be the key - when you come to post your lyrics, try setting them out like a poem, as opposed to a wall of text, as that can put people off trying to follow your lyrics.

It's not bad - there were a few spelling mistakes in the piece that you've typed, so getting continuity between the two of them would be nice. I think that the sound is very in keeping with a hip-hop version of feudal Japan, so for me, it's a difficult merger of cultures to transcend, but one that you managed nicely.

With the way that the track sounds, I think I could use a kick for pace in the middle, just to stop people from getting bored, as the music sounds rather repetitive and could use that little extra, just to get it back going again.

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BAF responds:

I see what you're saying about the gaps but it didn't seem to me like the beat really left room for them. As for the lyrics honestly I feel like it's something I put out a little extra effort for anyways and taking the to put it into poetry form is a little more work than i'm willing to do. Also breaking that many lyrics down into their own seperate lines would take up damn near a full page...I feel like people would be less likely to read that than a couple paragraphs, maybe im wrong though. as for the beat I liked the fact that it was subtle and repetitive, it lends itself more to telling a long story that way. Thanks for taking the time to review, it's really appreciated.

[-)S(- Bloom and Die]

Certainly interesting

I think that you're onto something here with this sound. Not necessarily the sound in the intro of the track - I'm not really a fan of the stop-starting that the beat goes through to start with, as it feels that the track is really afraid to get going. Once the additional parts are added to this 'stutter', it doesn't actually sound too bad, so almost there.

Perhaps it also needs to be taken into consideration at the end, but that's less of an issue, as you're into the die part, where it feels like the sound does start to fade and sputter, before it actually expires.

With the scratching and the 'DJ sounds' in the middle of the track, I think they could be refined slightly, to give something that flows more than it does at the moment - you're almost there with what it seems that you're after, but not quite.

Still, it's a fine effort.

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Will responds:

Hmm, thanks for that... always nice to have a counter-opinion.