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[+Prologue+]

Nice piece

This piece is quite emotional, with the high pitched piano. It sounds as if someone has died at the start, which isn't neccesarily the best place to begin a song.

However, this seems to have other undertones, which I can't quite pick up on. Using the low chord directly underneath the melody is an interesting choice, as I would have held the notes and let the melody do the talking, rathern than aiming for a harmonic.

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WritersBlock responds:

I kind of approached this piece to have an open, very spacious sound, and I built on that, and developed it, so the song progressed to become more intense, and to bring it closer together. I'm not sure what you mean by undertones, and the held notes, as for the most part of the song, the chords were sustained, and the bass always kept beneath the melody. If I had sustained the chords throughout the piece, it probably would have been too linear, lacking the pace change.

Thanks for your review.

[Flatline?]

Definately

This definately needs to be made longer. It doesn't loop well, so you need to compensate for that by adding an increased track length (Something around the 3 minute mark) which would therefore give way to a much improved variation in the tune itself.

That's the other area where this song lacks, as the variation isn't anything really special until about 50s, where you add that one lone bass beat and something that sounds like bubbles through liquid. Sorting out these two things would make a much better track voerall.

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CineGoryP responds:

I like your suggestions and I wish I could fix the song, but I can't because everything I made it with is gone =/ If I everfind my old coppies of Acid and FL studio I'll try to make a better version of it, though x.x

Thanks for the review and solid advice.

[+BsK+ Or die trying!!]

Very Warcraft

This tune reminds me of certain large battles on the Warcraft setting, or even Total War rts games. It loops very well, so you've got little worries there with the length only being 37s.

I think that this tune could benefit from beiong stretched slightly, that way you could encorporate making the tune less busy and cramped - the way it sounds at the moment could only be confusing in the heat of a game. I like it when the tune might put people off, but not to this extent.

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kaptainkewl responds:

I'm trying to figure out who exactly it would be a confusing song, I always find music in games, no matter what the osund is just set's a mood, and doesn't really confuse...unless it's like a forest and there's some weird techno music going on :P.

Thanks again for the review though!

~~~brad Kubota

[Flaming Airways]

Some good stuff

Just out of interest, why did you call it 'Flaming Airways'? It doesn't conjure up that sort of symbolism to me and I just wondered if you had different opinions on it.

A good beat, but it did lack variation mostly through the track. This isn't all bad, as it does give some scope for flash artists to encorporate it into some sort of game that would require a good looping track. I really can't find the join, so we're doing well with that part at least.

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S3C responds:

well its at a relatively fast BPM and there is a bit of action-oriented elements in here (the drums patterns, heavy phasing, rock organ solos) so I guess my intenions were that it could go with a scene where the main character is riding a motorcycle at an airport that is on fire, and he's trailing behind a plane that has important, stolen equipment and he's trying to somehow get on. Generic storyline, yes, I just thought it up right now. I dont know, I name my stuff after I finish it, not while I'm creating it or beforehand, so that might be the problem. I don't really no what an airway exactly is tho, whether it's just the space that the aviation vehicle flies in or if its the runway track that the vehicle takes off from.

actually it doesnt loop at all :P and i have no idea what you mean in your last sentence :P

thanks for the review!

[Lux Lucis]

Tinged with sadness

This piece is quite evocative, as it brings home certain emotional parts of my recent life closer to home flooding back to me. I'm always looking for tunes that can do it, as they are very helpful with the healing process. Thank you for sharing it with us.

On that token, I could have done with a lighter part at the end, just to show us, symbolically, that even though these are dark times in which we live, there will be better things to come if we just stick it out and carry on through the bad.

I think that you could have used some strings to liven this piece up, but I like the way that this piece is a raw, unedited tune, that you have given us. Now I've given you the suggestion of how to take it further for the next incarnation :)

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S3C responds:

hey, glad both parts worked for you. I thought it was the downfal off this piece actually, but glad someone could enjoy it.

thanks for the review

[Water Pagoda]

Slightly Oriental

A little low, for my liking, as tunes that tend to sound slightly oriental are quite high pitched and delicate - often replecting the nature of the artist, who is almost certainly female in feudal Japan or China.

I think the basic rhythm could do with a tweak, as it's really all I can hear for the whole track and it drowns out the main melody a little and it does get rather repetitive, which is a shame, as this piece is a quality track.

I'd suggest that you work on your looping as well, as it's almost there, but about half a note out. Making that work would make all the difference.

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S3C responds:

good point about the high pitched instruments- i never even thought of that.

the backing rhythm could sure use a tweak, but really nothing drastic is needed as its just a minimal background. dont quite see how it drowns out the other parts tho, as making it more complex might be too distracting for the lead voicings of the violin and erhu.

and the track really isn't supposed to loop, but I guess I can revise it again to see what you mean.

Thanks for the review!

[_The Escape_]

Good sound

This tune has the basics well set for Techno - a good bass beat, a decent rhythm and a good balance of melody and counter melody.

The one part that I wasn't entirely happy with was the middle part, when it went really quiet and then added the drums. If you could do something without having to get the listener to have to mess with the volume control all the time, it would be better, as I like listening to music while I'm driving and all the time that I'm messing with the stereo, I can't concentrate properly on the driving.

Still, it's not all bad :P

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Assios responds:

Thanks!

You're right, I realised that the drums was too loud for the quiet background music too, after submitting it, on the middle part :P

[People Die - Knights of 21 Oak]

Crisp

A good song, that maybe could have done with a shorter introduction, as I thought it was an instrumental track, until the vocals came in.

When you have those pauses in the middle of the tune, maybe consider keeping the drum beat going, as it just keeps the listener in the mood that the song does actually still exist.

The whole thing sounds like it's been studio cut, which is awesome. Did you record it in a studio, or just put it together on a computer yourselves?

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SwashieB responds:

it's studio through and through. all real instruments.

[The Magician - Purple]

Quite pacy

I think this might end up giving me a headache after a while, but I'm willing to listen to it once over.

You've thrown in decent scales with the bass beat and for some reasons, you've added lazers to the tune as well...

Have you ever considered adding a part of the tune where the beat isn't as fast as this? It might help out in the long run.

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eXTasCie responds:

Hope you didnt get a too big headache XD. For the tempo thing, the program I use atm doesnt allow me to change the bpm of each loop and/or section of the song. But im getting Acid and SoundForge pretty soon, thus I will make some ''Peak and Valley'' type of songs.

[I dont know what it is]

Misplaced Hope

You've got little sense of what makes a beat, as in places the tune does actually carry the beat. Unfortunately, there are large swathes of this tune where these actually conflict with each other, making the whole tune sound like a giant mess.

I'm not sure why you think that this is a Video Game tune - try submitting things like this to the Miscelaneous genre.

Study tunes like Trance, because that's what you're looking for in a beat. From there you can try to add other elements of the Rhythm, which you are sadly lacking in at the moment.

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sistem69 responds:

ok ill try doing better.