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[Alive and Awake]

A little repetitive

If it's best from 2m to 2m 55, why not expand upon that and give us a track that is mostly "best bits" and less of the buildup?

I think that the beat was a nice piece, but it needed something else just to carry the track forward, as the melody was a little too simple for a track like this. Perhaps a solo is the way to go forward, then it would certainly start to sound more like the WipEout tracks that tend to come with these games. It's getting there, but it needs more of a tweak in my ears.

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TheSongSalad responds:

Thanks for the review man.

[<EagleGuard> Frozen Forests]

Soothing

Someone sits in the boughs of a tree and stares out over the forest canopy, watching the early morning mist dissipate. They are one with the forest and their mind wanders slightly away from their earthy body, allowing them a chance to feel the life within the forest itself.

I'm not a fan of the tambourine here, but the woodwind instrument that yu are leading with just seems magnificent, and I'd have gone for a more natural sounding "wooden" or "hide" drum, that would have given a much more fitting percussion accompaniment here. Just to keep with the nautural feeling of the piece.

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EagleGuard responds:

Nice introduction you've written down there :P

About the drums, I guess tastes differ. I think the tambourine sounds good enough, but I'll think about putting in other, more "natural" drum effects in other songs in the future.

Thanks for the review :)

[-[ Flight One ]-]

Surprisingly annoying

Okay, I had some browser problems and I kept hearing the first 8-9 seconds in a loop, but I think this might be the reasoning behind my above comment, so I'm willing to give it a chance.

You've got a good rhythm here that really does translate well with other part in the music, like the buildup, which I thought was a little slow. You get the sound like climbing, but it seems like it takes too long to accomplish here - after all, most flying transport climbs pretty fast.

I think with the way that you've developed this track, you could have some sort of a synth solo, as it just seems to want to go that little further.

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FlamingFirebolt responds:

Oh shit browser problems.. Iexplorer?
Anyhow, intro's and builds are still my weakest parts. And yet they are so very vital in every track. But i can understand your point.
There is some kind of synth solo in there! In the third chorus if im correct around 3.00 ish there's that long sweeping synth ( sidechained ) that functions as a solo synth. But i geuss it should have a more distinctive melo.
Thanks for your input. Nice review keep it up :).

[Boom, War]

Decemnt abience, but a little quiet

I think that the way you seem to be projecting a feeling of death, foreboding and other feelings associated with war, you've made this a little quiet. Perhaps make the explosions closer to home, to increase the fear factor - don't lose the ones in the background, but they need to be built up - perhaps some sort of air raid siren would help in the early going.

I do get images conjured up of WWI trenches and then again of Stalingrad, in WWII, where the Russians were fighting as partisans in their own city to defend what they had left.

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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_Line]

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.