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[Cobra]

Nice - needs more drums!

I think that there's some epic qualities to this, with the brass that you've thrown into this piece, but for me, the drums don't quite have the imposing thud that you expect from the bass. They are there and I can hear them, but for me, they just don't project well enough.

I can understand what you mean by it being too loud. Perhaps it just needed some work in reducing the brass and propelling the drums forward. I loved the way that you had the understated notes of the strings in there as a nice foil to the brass, it really does bring on the track nicely.

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Step responds:

Thanks for the review! I agree with you that the drums don't have that powerful 'boom' that you expect after hearing the brass this song has. It could be because of their volume, and I admit that some parts cover up the drums quite a bit, but maybe it's because of the samples I used, which aren't as striking as what I was going for. Anyway, more powerful drums, got it ^^. I'm glad you noticed the blend I tried to achieve with the strings and brass. Thanks again for the review!

[Relaxtion_With_A_Bass_Lin]

Not bad at all

Not that I'd particularly call this piece relaxing, but I'm trying to think outside the box here - there is a good amount of play to this tune, with the whole piece sounding as if it has got a little too much urgency to be relaxed.

That said, there is a very good beat to this track, with some knockout punches from the melody, though with the beat being as hard as you made it, it could have been a little stronger to counter it - the exact reason I didn't find it very relaxing. There was good use of the piano later on, but as it stands, there was something about this track that didn't quite sit well with me.

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Box-Killa responds:

haha its not suposed to be relaxing

its relaxing with a base line.

[Once like twins]

Excellent start

I think that this is a nice sounding piece in the early going, until you get to the tricky parts of the later stages, where you weren't quite duelling, but it seemed like you occasionally missed notes, or hit one note too many, for example. It just kind of took the gloss off the piece for me.

With how it sounded as a piece of music, it was great, using the piano as such a wonderful instrument for this piece, but it just seemed to be a little wrong in places with too many sharp or flat notes, that really didn't work well with the low chords towards the end. Perhaps this means that you need to think about making this piece sound like two separate pianos, as opposed to a duet on a single piano.

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Calamaistr responds:

Actually ill consider that (two seperates) if i ever learn how to 'write music' i probably will.

thanks for the review anyway :)

[Tranc(E)Pheonix]

Controlled, but a little repetitive.

It's not bad - this piece is a little repetitive, as the beat rarely changes. You've done some decent work with the melody and got it all sorted to make a nice sound, but I feel that it needs something else done to the beat. Perhaps take the beat out in places for a few seconds, to allow the rest of the track to shine through, perhaps.

With how it all sounds together, this isn't something I'd expect to hear in a club, there needs to be more in the way of in your face beat, melody and perhaps even vocals. That might be what you're missing as an inspiration to the piece as a whole.

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Mans0n responds:

Yeah this isn't one of my best but it's decent

[[G] Mainstream]

Strange and a little sad

I think that sadly, from the start that you presented to the piece, it was a little too big of a buildup and when it dropped to this sadly slightly one dimensional piece, it didn't sound as good as I had hoped.

With the way that the "1990s ringtone" sound got rather irritating pretty quickly, even with the beat behind it, I feel that you were on a hiding to nothing. The beat wasn't exactly anything out of the ordinary, so you really need to consider what you're aiming for and really go for it, since this tune isn't quite right at present.

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Jirohbomb responds:

Yeah. Thanks for the advice. Looking back, I don't think it was worth doing this song. I even admitted that this is my least favorite song.

[Fast as a Whistle]

I agree with your comments

I wouldn't necessarily say that it's a questionable instrumental selection, but you've certainly gone a long way toward fulfilling the "awesome melodies". As it sounds, you've got a great base for the track with the beat and the primary melody, which has been nicely complimented by the various alternative instruments that you've thrown into the mixing pot.

With the pace being so quickfire, it's a very challenging piece to keep up with, but there are certainly areas that you can improve on. Perhaps consider draining the tempo for a short while, adding some sort of a bass solo, which just cuts down on the frantic energy of the track, before building back up to what you've produced for the rest of it.

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Sawdust responds:

Sounds like a plan.

Thanks for that, then.

[Galaxies]

A little repetitive

It's not a bad little piece, but I wouldn't listen to it by choice, necessarily. I think that you've got a decent few seconds of loop, but you've overused it and by making a long loop of it, it doesn't seem to want to go away, which is frustrating.

You've done well with the variation, but as I can hear, it needs some more finesse to it, to get a better finished product across to your target market. Keep working at it and you'll be able to put across something that had more staying power and something that could keep people guessing for a few loops of the track.

You did really well with the looping though, as it was seamless.

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eatmeatleet responds:

ok, that was helpful

[Fisherman Of The Cliff]

Lovely picking

What instrument was that? A fiddle? I know there is some sort of Oriental instrument that lies flat and the player just picks the strings in the same sort of way as a harp, but the sound is shorter and not quite as orchestral as a harp, though for this piece, it works.

I think that the bell tolling could have been done away with - it just gave the wrong sort of sound for the piece, in my opinion. Where the sounds of the locale came into the piece, these were just perfect, so keep that part up.

I thought that you went a little along the line of "Tubular Bells" in the middle, where your melody started to sound as if it was one of those pieces, but you recovered it and it was only a passing phase.

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Espiongold responds:

The instrument was indeed a Harp. I added an 2 phasers. One of an Acoustic and the other Classic Piano both through a Synth pad. and so it in a way turned the classic harp into its own beautiful sounding piece. By the time I put the bells in i had re listened to the song many times, so it all started to sound the same to me, If i had waited a week or so and edited it more I would have picked up on the bits I did not need. the middle was actually a mistake. I really effd it up, so I just cut it out and put in the orchestra church theme to cover up my horrific butcher job at that part

[[S_Rock] Carol of the Bells]

Very good remix

I think that this piece is a very accomplished piece of work, taking a classic that has been used is so many ways over the years and then giving it a new lease of life. Perhaps it would have been beneficial to add some lyrics to it, but as it stands at present, you've got a damn fine sound as we are.

The piano was brilliant and it made the tune instantly recognisable, since a change of the instrument would have taken away from it so much, like playing a brass piece on a guitar, for example.

With how the beat comes in, it doesn't really drown out the piano and it goes so far as to actually compliment it, which is a fantastic step. Perhaps you could have gone for a modern solo and cut the piano out for a while, to let the hip hop show through and then bring the piano back in to place.

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S-Rock responds:

Thanks :) Thats a good review :)

[chicken humpin']

Funny Hick Rock

I like the writing of the lyrics here, but I think that the music did let it down just a little, as you could have done with a more aggressive solo, particularly on the drums. Throw some moves in there from someone like Animal, for example, and see how it pan s out, since the guitars get the idea, when they play the chorus, but the drummer seems to ignore this and carries on at his own pace.

A good song, but a little more work will make it even better.

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TheBardOfBlasphemy responds:

cheers man... yeah i did have plans to layer some drum fills over the heavy "incest section" (i'm assuming this is the part you meant by chorus) it really was a shame i couldn't get it to work.

if i redo this song that would be one of the top priorities... that, and to just play better overall!

thanks for the review and positive feedback, you rock!