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[Stride (Mans0n)]

Gets repetitive

The recycling beat and melody do get very repetitive after a time and for a House track, I find this unusual. I would have expected more of a driving beat, complete with some much more variation and drive to it, but I found this track to be quite quiet and reserved. It was more like Ambient, than House...

I think that you could throw more variation in with the beat, because that's the most boring part. Take it out, have it come back with a change, add more instruments, whatever - just do something. With the melody, at least it does change, but it wasn't quite enough to satisfy, in all honesty.

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Mans0n responds:

This isnt anywhere close to ambient... This is PROGRESSIVE HOUSE. and my beat being repetitive is not unusual for a house song lmao. Every house has a repetitive beat in some way. This song has like 8 synths and leads going.. IM quite sure it needs no more instruments.

Overall im sorry your so picky about how a song should sound..

[Solar Epoch]

Not really metal

More like General Rock, but this piece does seem to be a little on the repetitive side - the loops of the guitar are repeated over and over too many times, without enough variation in them, while it is quite obvious to the casual listener that this is a CG solo, as opposed to a "real deal", when it comes to the sounds that are being created.

With this as you have it, you need to get some more work in the rest of the tune and give us more of a composed piece. Lyrics would help, but this piece goes a long way to prove that a proper sound from a band cannot be recreated by computers.

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Sawdust responds:

Yeah, pretty obviously artificial.

But thanks anyway.

[Pi-Dar]

Good sounds

Very futuristic sounding with the synths making some sort of "helicopter sound" at the start, then slowing down as you bring in the second set. It was about here that I counsidered wanting some bass to really hear it properly.

I think that you've got a good beat to it, but the lack of bass is the real issue. Perhaps mess about with other instruments as well, but you're nearly there with the setup, so keep working at it.

I liked the flutes addition, because it sounded right, especially as it seemed that you increased the tempo subtly again.

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jxl180 responds:

Thank you for your review and insight. Much appreciated.

[[dj-Jo] Degenerate Savage]

Nice beat

I think that this piece can easily be separated down to three constituent parts - the beat, the melody and the counter melody.

With the beat, you've got a nice drum beat and lower synths, which compliment each other nicely. This works very well.

The melody comes along and gives the song a good direction, which keeps the interest going and the writer moving along to the pace of the tune, which keeps the whole review going :P

Finally, the counter melody is somewhat tangental, taking the song away on a different direction, despite the fact that the beat and melody are still there. That's where you've excelled. Perhaps having some sort of counter melody solo, where you take the melody away completely would be the natural progression from this, but whatever you think should work, as you've proven here.

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[SN | Felix^3 | SN]

Good beat, decent melody

You should know by now that since you put the bar up so high yourself, I expect higher standards from you than most. You've worked a great beat into this piece, but I felt that your piano didn't quite do enough for this piece. It is a great foundation for something, but I fell that there could have been more there, especially in the piano's part.

I like how you played the tempo on two stages, with the early beat being slow, then speeding up and the final slow down at the end. It seems that it wants to work nicely. With this, I might suggest that you put a longer piece in the beginning with this slower tempo, as it helps the piece loop better, with the slow down at the end.

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SessileNomad responds:

i agree i could have done more, and i would if not for these daqmn deadline in the contest, comes with the job i suppose...

[Destiny_Eletric [Box-Killa]]

Nice transfers

I love the way that you've got the transitions working on this song, moving from one area to the next and adding some real action to the whole piece. I seriously thought that a 5 minute track was going to drag on, but it didn't, which was a very pleasant surprise.

With how you've got the whole piece set up, it's got a good pace and beat to set the track off, followed by a decent melody, which drives the track through. With how your works have gone in the past, I was surpirsed not to get it looping by the end, but you've still come up with the goods of a well finished piece, so excellent on that part.

Perhaps different instruments will give you more to work with next time, so have a think about that?

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[Western geisha (cl+orient)]

Nice loop

I am quite impressed with this - the soft, subtle tones of the piano, intertwined with a lovely taste of the Orient from the strings, which gives a lovely combination to the piece.

A shame this wasn't longer - I kind of thought that you could have given us something along the lines of another minute or two, with the strings mixing in nicely. From my speakers, I didn't really hear too much percussion, so I'll say that it sounded right as you've got it presently.

Perhaps a title for it could have been something like "Western Geisha", as that's the sort of imagery in my head upon hearing it.

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Calamaistr responds:

hm for some reason that does sound like a good title, ill put it up.

Also, sorry for it not being longer, at the time i was out of ideas and wanted it to loop back see.

thanks for the review again :) will add a new 3 in the topic soon.

[[S_Rock] Hemp Root]

A little repetitive, but not bad at all.

I think that while this track seems to loop too much and not have enough variation, you've got a decent progression with it, so that you can still feel quite relaxed by the whole piece.

When you brought that bridge in at around 3 minutes, it was a nicer addition to the song, but I still feel it was too little, too late.

The beat and pace was good, despite me feeling a little uneasy with the start of the introduction, since it's quite eerie with the hum of what could be bagpipes ready to launch into something a little more Gaelic at any moment. While there is room for improvement, you've certainly got a great base for this piece. Good work.

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[Hyperactive (WIP)]

Pacey and a little frantic

I think that this isn't really my type of music - it just seems to be a little too repetitive, plus as the tempo seems to increase later in the piece, it doesn't really seem to do anything for it.

I'd encourage you to do something a little more favourable with the piano / synths, as just hitting a few notes like that doesn't do anything for the track itself. With the way that the piece comes together, you have got yourself a decent base, especially with the solo / bridge adding some much needed variation, but it wasn't enough. More experimenting is needed, doctor!

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Dj-GST responds:

The tempo is 180 BPM and stays that way throughout.

I'll be trying a lot of variation and will be experimenting a lot in the full version. This was just thrown together.

Thanks for the review man.

[Dinner in a dream]

A toast - to friendship

A very evocative piece, though it could use a little mastering, just to remove some of the rougher edges in places. I think that it goes a long way to show the feelings that you have for this person and the impact that they have had on your life.

Perhaps you need to work a little more on the more technical parts, as they do seem a little off key in places, where you've got the ability to play the piano quite well. Practice makes perfect.

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