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[[song of the lost]]

Doesn't sound so lost...

Hmm, with this piece, you've probably got the wrong instrument - I'd say sad needs to be more strings, rather than synthesised keyboard. Also, I'd suggest that you go just a little slower, to make the difference seem more obvious.

You hit a couple of stray notes in there, which certainly need to be ironed out as well. If they made me cringe, they probably made others do the same.

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glubgluby responds:

hmm strings? most of mine sound creepy, o what the hell, sure

[TheReno-[Mortal Kombat Remix]]

Quick Tempo

Much like this review!

I think that the tune is good with the beat, but i'm not exactly a fan of the keyboard piece you've done - do you have any other instruments you can synthesise with this piece of kit?

A good use of the MK tune and applied additions of the Bass, means that it's a good tune. Any chance of looping it better?

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[TheReno-[Caribbean Delight]]

Two crossed melodies

Man, I'm sorry. I've listened to this and it was certainly not one of your best. There are three parts to this tune - the beat, melody 1 and melody 2. To my ear, neither of the two melodies kept to the beat and the melodies were that much different from each other, that they seemed to trip over themselves frequently.

I thought that when I heard the beat and melody 1 start, they worked together quite well and the whole thing was progressing well, but about 10-20 seconds in, the melody changes and loses the beat, so I'm not really sure what happened there.

I know you can do better than this, I seriously hope that it's my computer that's playing up.

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[=Snowboard Kids: Hidden Track=]

Very apt

This tune really does remind me of some of the wintery games I used to play on various platforms during my childhood. Not exactly the sort of tune I'd expect for an 'SSX' style game, but really simple and well performed.

Was this done by a keyboard plugged into your computer, or by digital music generator? If it was performed by hand, I'd even more impressed by this, as while the tune is relatively simple and repeats frequently, it certainly takes some skill to play.

I can certainly imagine someone out there in NG grabbing this tune and adding it to a wintery Snowboarding game for the children (arond age 5-8), it's perfect for just that purpose, so long as there aren't any jumps with massive tricks, or nasty things like the Yeti to come and eat them.

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WritersBlock responds:

Hehe, thanks for the review.
Sorry to disappoint you, but it was all done digitally. I'm glad you find it fitting for that kids winter game genre (it means I got that right =P).
Cheers.

WB

[==(Morning Sun)==]

Wakes me up

What this really does for me is what it says on the tin, like most of your tracks, to be honest.

This particular track conjures up images of the sun rising over the hills, burning off the last vestiges of morning mist and the wildlife slowly waking up and getting on with life. The trickle of water makes me think of some sort of tranquil lake, which might attract an early mornign fisherman, for example.

To be honest, there could be a little more 'whistling', as that would tend to indicate birdsong, but other than that, you're spot on as usual.

[Nav- Kirby's Mirror (idnb rmx)]

Nicely mixed

I can feel the real tune underneath the Drum and Bass, which is what would be ultimately required of a remix - without it, the sound is that of a completely different tune would be the result and not what you were after.

Maybe at some point in the tune, you need to take a complete break from the original sample track and give us a completely original bridge from yourself, for example.

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Nav responds:

Dude... the whole track is like a bridge from the original. The source tune only really appears in the slowdown, as it is 3/4, and the song is 4/4. If you want to see what I had to work with, click the link below to the midi.

http://www.vgmusic.com/music/console/
nintendo/gba/mirror_opening.mid

[The KNomadz Eternal Play-06]

A little messy

The number of rappers in here crossing over makes this track sound messy. Plus, they also seem to be busting the rhymes from quite some distance from the mic - there's a little echo in the track.

It really sounds messed up at the end, as there were about 4 different guys all yelling stuff at the same time - I expect this from Reel Big Fish music, not from this kind of Rap track.

Take a step back, listen to it and edit it better - maybe get the guys to record their parts seperately and then splice them all together. Editing is difficult, but worth it.

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[The KNomadz Eternal Play-05]

Improvement

This track seems to contain less emphasis on the swearing and more on the beat (which shows great variation) and there also seems to be a message in there, though I'm not sure exactly what that is.

The pace of the song is pretty good as well - I'm glad to see that the vocals could keep up with the tune. I liked the ending as well, as the scratching definately fits in with the whole theme.

Still not Indie :P

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[The KNomadz Eternal Play-03]

Indie?

I'm not the worlds biggest Indie fan, but this isn't Indie :P Try Rap or Hip Hop as your genre for this submission.

I'm not overly impressed with this song, as it seems that the emphasis from the MC is on the swearing. It's not big and it's not clever (It's an Italian Midget :P) The beat is just too simple to really carry the track - you need to try adding at least different notes, because you've got all of 4 available to us here.

At least the quality of the sound is good. I can't fault that at all.

[The Human Genome]

Not sure about this...

Not that I'm saying it's a bad tune, but I have absolutely no idea where you found the idea to call it "The Human Genome".

Personally, I thought that the opening and ending reminded me of a wildlife program about cuttlefish (Don't mind me, I'm just musing here :P) but when the drums kick in, it really takes off to more of a night club piece, as that's what clubs tend to have these days.

A nice short tune and the single handedness of the keyboard all the way through sounds so great, that it's simply the best part of the track. Was this entirely done by computer, or did you actually wire up a keyboard for it?

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