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[Strangled - clarity burie]

Interesting ambience

The piece can be said to be slightly creepy (Resident Evil?) and yet have some calmness about it, a la games like Final Fantasy. The start seems quite tense, but it pans out as if it wants to go industrial.

I'm not entirely sure what you're gunning for here, so I'll just stick for the creepy "I've done something bad, I'll try to cover it up" line for the protagonist of this piece, especially where it refers to a buried cat.

I think that it could use more of a beat and a little more in the way of pace, but other than that, it's not an awful piece, but not the best I've ever listened to.

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Calamaistr responds:

Its meant as a step further on 'curiosity killed the cat'
In this case knowing oneself thus clarity, to let worry rest.. thus buried the cat.

And this is not a dance track so the last thing it would need is a 'beat.

[Jazzy, Funky Zombies]

Slow and steady

Not a bad piece, but I'm unsure about the name - Zombies have never really been associated with Jazz. I think that this might be something that could be worked over pretty easily though.

The pace is good and the sentiments of the track are certainly there for a nice, mellow, easy going track, but perhaps it's a little slow. With this as it is, you could certainly stand a little increase in pace, because Jazz being laid back isn't just about making it sound slow and borderline boring.

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Birdinator99 responds:

Thanks for the review -- I appreciate your honesty! I really don't have an explanation for the zombie thing lol. Also, slow music is where I tend to lean to (when creating, at least). I probably should make faster pieces once and while for sure.

[[herd] Uprising Trek]

Loops well

Not that looping a track makes for a good piece, but in this case, it doesn't really make that much of a difference.

I think that with the way that you break the track up with the interludes of the higher pitched synths. The problem is that the track seems a little repetitive, which is where the looping for me fails. What I would suggest is more variation, in additional instruments or bigger differences in the parts of the tune that you concentrate on. Verse, Chorus, Verse etc.

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Herdunculus responds:

Yes thanks. I have been getting a lot of the "more variation" advice. I will try to do exactly that on my next songs. Oh, and I didn't realize it is a good loop. I didn't try to do that! LOL. Thanks for the review.

[musicmachine - cover]

Not bad

I think this is a nice piece - I'm not in the mood for listening to the piece that this is a cover of. With how it sounds, I'm sure that I don't have to. I like the guitar that this piece has acting as a backing tune, but you bring it out nicely. It could do with a full-blown solo, but other than that, it's got a very nice feel to it.

There are some good vocals here - I'm not sure if you've just sampled them from the original, but if you have, it's a very good job with editing them into the rest of the tune, so good stuff.

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loansindi responds:

I'm glad you enjoyed it. The original piece is a high-energy electro-pop piece that's a bit of fun.

I was pretty happy with the way the instrumentals turned out. Like I stated in the description the vocals are from the original band. They were released in a pack for a remix contest, and I obtained their permission to upload my submission here.

[SN | No Purpose Flour | SN]

Nice sound

This piece has a very good pace and rhythm to it, with a nice listener dynamic, where you can keep it as a very easy piece of Drum & Bass to listen to. I particularly like the melody that you've constructed here. Perhaps it could have used a little more on the bass line, but that's down to your own feelings, as the artist ;)

With the way that it pans out, you've got a good dynamic, especially when it seems like a spinning coin coming to a stop. It's a nice way to picture the image that goes along with the piece, so as it develops, there is this wonderful image of a spaceship flying along and this spinning sound seems to be something like a drive engine, or something that we keep cutting back to this force that seems to be driving everything. At the end, I can just picture it coming to a standstill and the lights fading around the engine, as the song fades out.

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SessileNomad responds:

i love the spinning coin image, idk why that struck me, but it did, i like the lights fading as well

im glad you liked it enough lol

more bass, i always get told to do that xD

[Watch It Burn (WIP)]

Very Oasis

A nicely written tune that really does have an easy listening quality to it. I think that you could do with taking that first few seconds of silence off the track, because no-one wants to think that their player might be broken, but that's only a minor niggle as things go.

The modulation was a little outlandish, so it could have been handled a little better, since the transition was quite rough and sudden, so perhaps making it a little smoother would have been the answer to this issue. I'm still thinking that the whole song is a good sounding piece, even though it's not really my type of music, so keep at it and I'll be interested to hear more of this stuff.

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[Devotion do_ob]

Interesting tempo

Hmm, this track has certainly got some strange dynamics to it. The way that the tempo builds up and gets the whole track moving from mild and ambient to fast and active is strange, but I love the way that you finish it like a loop.

It's serene and pleasant to the ears, then when the speed changes, the backing still retains that serene quality and it gives a nice change to the piece as a whole. I think that it could have done with a little more of a change, perhaps with a different instrument and just change the dynamic more completely.

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eatmeatleet responds:

Yea I guess I should have worked more since I couldn't come up with good changes

[Void (Mist Covered Realm)]

Sounds like a forest

I like this piece - it sounds tranquil, yet slightly mournful, as if something large from within has been taken away, which is a shame (Thus the Void, I guess). With how it all pans out, it possibly could have had a piano solo, sort of in a requiem, if that was what you were gunning for, with the loss. Perhaps the addition of a lone violin, just to exacerbate the feelings of grief as well.

For a void, the flute just didn't sound right - it sounds too light and airy, so I'd have suggested something that sounded a little lower key and perhaps more reserved.

Good length, good pace and I can certainly feel the mist curling around my arms as I walk through this once beautiful place.

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[Melody of the Wind]

Calming and spacey

I like the way that this sounds with the impression it gives of travelling without moving. There is possibly a little indication of some sort of forest or jungle themes creeping in here, but you need to work on the 'punctuation note', where it seems as if there is a little too loud of a sound, as it gives ever so slight amounts of static feedback at the top of the note.

There is certainly a very nice and calm presence in this track, that is carried by the beat consisting of the high-hat cymbals, which is a really nice sound, coupled with the drums that aren't overdone, which would be very easy to do.

Certainly worth perhaps adding some sort of a solo with the drums, but other than that, it's a very nice piece.

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[Peaceful_Adventure [Box-Killa]]

Not bad

I think that you could do with speeding the tempo up a little on this, or at least evening it out. Perhaps a metronome will assist you here, just to be able to keep the beat going, where you might just be falling off the pace or going too fast for it in places.

It's a nice little tune, possibly akin to something that someone might play on their front porch during a summer's rain shower. Sad, but somehow slightly upbeat.

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