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[Toxic Snake]

Is Toxic a style?

I'm just asking because I've never heard of it before... perhaps I'm getting old :$

Anyway, is the snake reference in connection with the animal or the computer game? It could be either way - the computer game version being a nice backing tune for said game, I'm sure.

I'm not entirely sure by how the song ends with the massive Bass Crescendo, as the bass tends really to drown out the rest of the tune, sadly. Working on toning down the bass might help, unless you tried to tone up the rest of the song, to compensate, that is.

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Assios responds:

No, Toxic isn't a style ;P The snake was originally referenced in connection with the animal, but maybe it fits in the comuter game ;) Thanks for your review!

[p4c-Revenge]

Good tune

This tune is certainly a well rounded tune. It's got a few parts that I don't neccesarily agree with, but you can't please everyone. I'd have made it into a proper loop for one, so you can just leave it to run as the background track for a game, as it's just that quality that you're after - not too repetitive, but not so changing that it's going to distract you easily.

I'd add a part in the middle where the rest of the tune stopped and went on a long solo with the deep bass, just to detract from the strings. You've got a few lines of this bass alone, but it could be so much more.

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p4c responds:

i dont think ill make it loopable--if someone wants that they can jst pm me--but i do see where ur coming from with the bass solo--i just imagined a tune for that and it seemed so badass in my mind!! if i come back to this ill definately consider ur advice, thanx for the constructive rev :)

[.:When I Come Back:.]

Nice work

So you've given us maybe 7 or 8 different notes on the piano in this repeating loop? I don't really care that it's that simple, because it sounds so damn effective. The melody that you've played over the top just makes it sound so complete and the extra sounds you've added really do the whole thing some kind of justice.

What I'd suggest is that you stretch it out a little more, as it's a little on the short side at 1 1/2 minutes long. If you could reach 3 minutes, you'd be able to fit so much more variation in, taking the listener for a journey around their own mind. Most of the track is already there, so the variation is only the real work that you'd need to put in ;)

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[Move On*]

Flute sounded off.

Aside from the slightly out-of key sounding flute, this piece was great. The piano is very emotive and dominant, as usual with your pieces. Youv'e used the drum beat sparingly, but well.

I'd suggest that you listen to the flute part of this tune again and maybe tweak it slightly, as it tended to take the sheen off an otherwise very impressive (even by the high expectations I have for you) song.

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[midnight party]

Nice, but a little short.

A decent start to your Trance journey.

The beat is good and the addition of various counter-beats works quite well. I liked the fade out in the middle, as it brought everything back down to earth before starting with the second wave of sonic assault :P

It loops quite well, which does detract slightly from the fact that it is an overall quite short piece.

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aldlv responds:

a decent start..
sound good...
I think you are right
thanx

[RofLmaOmfGtfOrly Mix#79;Blue42]

Interesting

This song is off the wall, but it certainly has it's own wide range of elements. It sounds great as an 8-bit piece until you get as far as the vocal sampling.

After that, it gets a little weird, so we have to maybe stop and look at the positive points of the previous. The samples were good, but I'm just not entirely sure that they fit in this particular piece, unless you're gunning for the obscure end of the market.

I'd add to the length of the 8-bit sounding part, allowing you to expand upon it, adding more variation and getting it sorted towards a piece that could be used as a near-endless loop in a video game.

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MusicIsBliss responds:

sorry, but i am definately going for obscure in this song

what, you couldnt imagine those vocals playing over and over in a video game?

[Stages of Death]

So it does not loop...

An interesting piece, which thankfully I haven't had to review when I've been around at my girlfriend's

The extremes of the sides of this metaphorical coin aren't apparent here. I would not have guessed that you were aiming for Purgatory, Heaven and Hell with this piece at all. Heaven doesn't sound happy enough, and Hell does not sound as if it is that bad... Might have to take a holiday there next year.

As things go, I would consider adding more harps and woodwind to the ballad of Heaven and much more bass and percussion to Hell - these tend to signify strongly the divide.

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TheReno responds:

Well, I was going for a more passive feel to it. Not strong, just mellow. Thats why its not all that strong.

[Beyond the Coast]

Hypnotic

A beautiful piece, very much like what you would get in a relaxation or meditation mix. I can see the connection to the title and the story; the slight mournfulness at the start, tentativeness and growing energy as things progress, and later, the high strings putting me in mind of dancing waves, the harp is like the sunlight on the water, while the low strings remind me of the sweeping vastness of the ocean. Majestic.

The only point I can think of in terms of possible future improvement, is that if this (or indeed, any future piece in this style) were to be used in meditation or relaxation, for which it seems so well fitted, then it could be longer. Many relaxation or meditation pieces that I have come across, even old classical ones that are used for that purpose, can be anything from 4 minutes to 20 minutes long. At least on Newgrounds, having it on a loop helps to remedy that somewhat. ;)

Lovely.

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Suspended-3rd-Chord responds:

cheers for the review :D I'm glad you like this one and I like your imagery that ties along with the track and story. I completely agree with you that relaxtion pieces could be longer- one of my main struggles is length. I try to make my stuff adequately lengthy and put out my ideas thoroughly without trying to ruin the feel of the track, and try not to stray into two many different themes. So I'll continue to work on that.

Thanks for the 9 and another good review Coop!

[.:LoZ: Dark World Remix:.]

Zelda!

You've given us a nice remix here - I've not heard any Legend of Zelda tracks of this like before and you've pretty much nailled it with the guitar.

The drums were spot on, with the tempo and setup - the only thing I felt was wrong was their volume. If you made them slightly quieter, you'd be able to hear the tune itself better. Some of the instruments in the background are only quiet, so the volume of the drums drowns them out.

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