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[Last Days of Summer =WB]

Nice

A little on the repetitive side, but i do really like the crowd sounds that you added at the start - almost Ibiza in it's simplicity, but I feel that it's not quite got enough bass to take care of that particular island paradise for sexually transmitted disease trading :P

The melody was quite nice, with some sort of wierd effect over the notes, which tended to affect my enjoyment of the track in a negative way. After about 3 plays, I'm beginning to see why I'm not exactly a fan of this type of music. It's difficult to concentrate on, so would be ideal as a concentration breaking track on some sort of puzzle game.

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WritersBlock responds:

Thanks for the review, you made some good points. They've been noted, and hopefully, when I can be bothered to get off my fat lazy ass (lol stereotype, I'm not really fat =P) I'll be able to make this a bit better.
Cheers.

[.:As Time Passes By:.]

Quite a range of speeds.

This piece certainly exemplifies the wide range of tempos available on your music composing programme. I'm impressed.

I think that you would have been better occupied keeping the range of tempos shorter and concentrating more on the range of notes that you've used instead. That would have made for a much more consistent track, which doesn't get lost with the almost constantly changing speed.

With regards to the drum beat, I would not have increased the beat of the bass drum - try working with that, to keep the origin of the track as a marker for the beat and see how that one plays out.

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GronmonSE responds:

You can do wonders with FL if you know how to do it. It's a very dynamic program :D

There are only two speed changes throughout the song >_>; Granted, the song's very short, so maybe it's too much.

Drums were never my forte :P

Thanks for the review!

[.:Descent Into Hell WIP:.]

Evanescence

This tune takes a while to get going from the piano intorduction, but when the guitars came in, you didn't dissapoint. What I felt that was missing here was the length of the guitar piece and maybe some vocals.

The guitar seems to be the dominant force of the track, when it starts, taking over nicely from the piano. After the guitar and drums stop, the piano sets in again, but it feels like you've dominated the track with the piano, which is essentially overkill.

Still, a very nice track, if only for more guitar playing.

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GronmonSE responds:

Can't the guitar, the drums, and the piano just all get along? *shot for bad joke*

I didn't intend to have one instrument dominate the track, rather, set a mood with the piano and finish it off with the guitar.

Thanks for the review!

[RGH: Badass Showdown(Film)]

Doesn't say Boss fight to me...

Not that it's not a good track, The track is good and you can feel the importance of the tune, maybe with some good plotline before the fight itself. I'd say that the boss fight needed to have more urgency about it, so this crucial tune could be used to build up towards that climactic conflict.

I have heard tunes like this used for boss fights before, but nothing exactly major, in the terms of the boss themself.

What I do like about this tune is the excellent drumbeat. That does convey a sense of urgency and forboding, which is always useful in something like this. If you're gunning for a video gmae, you need to get the player's pulse elevated and give them something that they won't neccessarily be able to fight against so easily. This is one of the sneaky methods of doing that.

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RyeGuyHead responds:

exactly

[KR- Hidden Palace (Sonic 2)]

Sonds more Sonic this time ;)

A slow tune that I can think of as Sonic? I know it's almost a contradiction in terms, but it is still believeable to be a Sonic tune.

Did you write this yourself for your Sonic flash? I'm looking forward to seeing how that plays out in the flash if that is the case.

I think that the piece is nice on entry to some sort of deserted looking building that may or may not contain an evil genius, complete with sub-plot and nasty fiends to fight, for example.

Try slowing down the tempo, it makes it sound more creepy. Trust me.

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knuxrouge responds:

Thanks!

[KR- Sonic 2 Mystic Cave]

Let me get this straight

Is this tune actually from one of the Sonic games? If it is, you've adapted it well, as it doesn't seem like a tune that should really be in Sonic the hedgehog

At 1:54, there is an issue with the volume of the track - it suddenly jumps up in volume, so I'd be sure to address that and listen to the track all the way through, before submitting your next work. It's like proof reading in writing - it's not done just to waste time in the music lessons :P

A nice tune and some good work on the piano has given us some sort of up-tempo borderline Jazz track, where someone appears to be looking through some sort of Haunted House, possibly in a silent movie.

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knuxrouge responds:

Okay, thanks for your review!

[(FMC) -=Soaring=-]

So we take flight.

I liked this tune right from the off - you've given me the great prod in the dirtection of feeling that I am flying on the back of some giant bird. The pauses only seem to be some sort of glide in this interpretation that I've got running through my head, so it works nicely.

Having listened to it now, I think it might be something that would suit a Final Fantasy style game, as the characters travel from place to place, preferably during flight, but not neccesarily flying, as it's that good.

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FunkmasterCatking responds:

I've never played any Final Fantasy games, I hear so much good stuff about them I probably should try it...

Thanks for the review!

[The Grass Can Be Greener]

Interesting...

Aside from the vocals being difficult to understand, this is a nice tune. Aside from posting them in your comments, what else could you do to make them easier to understand? I don't want a different vocal style, as it's good as it stands at the moment.

A good piece, with some interesting instruments thrown into the mixing pot here. I might consider adding more bass, just to give more emphasis to the vocals.

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MusicIsBliss responds:

there were a couple things i was thinking about to make the vocals clearer, but i didnt really want people to know the lyrics at the time

one thing was to layer a another copy of my singing, eq up in the high end, and down everywhere around 1.5k and 320 Hz, and then add alot of reverb, prettyy much as backgroubnd vocals

the other idea i had was to edit the sytrus instruments so the pitch is a little higher at the beggining of the note, and slides in, cause it adds more human like aspects (in my oppinion)

maybe next time i make a song like this i will make better lyrics and then make them easy to understand

maybe ill make a song about newgrounds...

[Eternal Train]

I'd alter the backgorund...

Not the worst tune I've ever heard. Not even close to that.

I'm quite impressed with the melody over the top of the tune, as that's certainly the strongest point of this tune. Where you come unstuck is the backing tune, which sounds out of key in places and it tends to make the edges of the tune seem frayed and ungaimley. Working on this aspect would certainly assist your progress with this tune to no end!

Seeing your edit in your notes, Vocals might work, but you'd have to think long and hard about what you'd get the singer to sing and what key they'd be in.

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WritersBlock responds:

Thanks for the review. I think I notice the part that sounds out of key, but I think it's only just out of the chord, and the rest of it's in key though... Thanks for the comments, they're helpful.

Cheers.

[I Like to Hit Things]

A couple of duff notes, but...

I think this is a good song, but that main thing you had going against you was "1, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 1, 2, 3, 4, % ^!" Those last two notes sounded a bit flat to my ears. Consider knocking them around a little, just to get it sounding a little better.

Yeah, I liked the tempo shift, as you played it nicely, giving the whole tune a well balanced feel. I wouldn't reccomend it as a loop though, because ti can be quite a shock hearing the slower tempo replaced by the fast stuff.

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WritersBlock responds:

Thanks for the review. I'm not quite sure I understand the number thing, you've got there ^_^
But, the two notes that sound dissonant, they were meant to be that way. The dissonance was a device I used to break up the constant happy vibe, a few accidentals here and there adds cheek and makes the song much more colourful, without the accidentals, it would be the same as any old upbeat happy piano tune. Thanks for the review, I understand your issues with it, but if you listen to some ragtime music, there'll be a whole lot more dissonance and accidentals to what I used.
Thanks.