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[Solus- She]

Good use of piano

This tune does seem to have a lot of things going for it - it's quietly epic in the set up. I think you've gone and used most of the instruments available to you, haven't you? The only thing I didn't hear seems to be the gong :P

I'd consider adding a part in the middle that is considerably louder, just to add emphasis to the entire project. This one seems to progress well, but it seems quite morbid, with the piano.

Other than that, I'm struggling to find the metaphors for the tune...

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SolusLunes responds:

Yeah, someone mentioned a gong in an earlier review... I didn't use one, either. They probably heard the tubular bells :p

And yeah, I used a lot of the instruments barring synths :D

[Bearded Gentlemen from Texas]

Great Tune

I like this piece - the guitar is well played and the drums work alongside nicely. penning the lyrics on the comments is a nice touch, so you can have the users singing along with it. Certainly a candidate for a music video in this piece.

Could have done with a drum solo / bridge, but other than that there isn't really much else I can add.

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[Wicked Spiral]

My brain is melting.

This loop is just too repetitive for my liking. The whole effect that has been conveyed to me is about 10 seconds looped pretty constantly for 3 minutes, which doesn't endear me to the tune much at all. You've given us a few modulations, which helps, but it doesn't give me the impression that you've poured yourself into this with any great conviction.

At least the track loops well, but it's a small mercy, as now the repetitiveness carries on ad infinitum. Why not give us other parts of the tune instead?

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CineGoryP responds:

Sorry about melting your brain...

thanks for the review though

[The Street Life {sample}]

Good, but needs more

Okay, while I might have set the bar a little on the high side this morning, I can see that this tune is a very good one. I'd have considered adding more vocals, because that sample is great near the start, but it could go further and actually have lyrics.

A good beat, nice piano work and a decent length have given this song the best possible start - I'd suggest that you work on it, as you've laid good foundations.

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[Speedy Bass (Dubstep)]

Needs more

So you've given us a good sample of your abilities with manipulating bass. What i think that you'd be better doing is adding the element of Rhythm, to compliment the bass lines. Without the Rhythm, it does sound all the same after a while and I tended to hear the tune as noise by the end of it and I was starting to ignore it, sadly.

This wouldn't be allowed to happen if you gave some more variation, keeping the listener's attention firmly on the tune.

It's good bass, but there really is so much more you could do with it.

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Jimbobsthebest responds:

Thanks for the review. Yeah the percussion does need improvement. I'm going to work on that as well as varying the bass to keep it interesting.

Thanks again for the review, James

[Three Little Words by Id of Oz]

Not my thing

The first thing I'd suggest is that you get a female voice artist for the woman's parts, as it sounds off, when you are doing a falsetto for her parts.

I think that the run into the start of the rap was a little off time, as the first time you hear it, the whole thing sounds very messy. You've given yourself quite a quick beat, which means that you're making a rod for your own back, as it's difficult to go from standing to the 90-120 beats per minute that you seem to have.

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[Grand Chase]

Doesn't loop too well...

This isn't the worst trance tune I've heard, but the main problem exists in the fact that it's only 33 seconds and that the looping sounds a little off.

What I'd reccomend that you try is getting the looping right and it would sound a whole lot better. It could be used in certain games on NG, where they require some sort of backing track to try and distract a little from the task at hand (Devious people, game designers)

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Seriana responds:

I can't upload .wavs to NG, it's impossible to get it to loop perfectly, but thanks.

[Red Sunday]

Takes a while to get going...

Not a bad tune, per se, but it has a few rough edges. Your timing is just a little off, in my opinion. It's hard to describe exactly how, but some of your cues seem to come in just about half a tick late.

The whole tune seems to take a run up, which unfortunately takes up most of the run time, which I found dissappointing. When I looked at the time to start, it looked like a nice spread, but when it takes such a wind up, you need to consider bringing the components together faster, or lengthening the piece.

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[==(Melting Snow)==]

Ah, glacial spring water.

What an amazing tune. I'm really in the mind of the beginnings of a mighty river with this piece, as if the tiniest drops of water will somehow form one of the world's major waterways, tracing a patch through the countryside into the vast oceans.

The length is truly epic, possibly reminiscent of how slowly snow actually melts, unless you are an 8 year old boy, because let's face it, the snow is always gone far too quickly when you're 8 :P

How can this be improved upon? That's always a tough question when I'm leaving critiques for you, as there really isn't much you can do, save maybe putting in some sort of phase of calm in the middle - possibly the watter coming to rest in an inland lake, before being rained down to continue its journey?

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[Time*]

Very Soft Rock

Not what I'd classify as rock, but everybody has their own tastes, don't they?

It loops well, so you've got the first part of the track sorted. I'm really not sure of how to describe this track, other than suggesting that you add more emphasis to the piano, which is certainly a new angle with your own pieces :P

We've spent ages telling you that you don't put enough emphasis on the other instruments, but now it's almost drowned out the piano, which is sad, since it's such a strong instrument.

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