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[Gunnin' For a Knife Fight]

A little repetitive.

This isn't a bad track, with the way that you've set out the beat and the melody, it's reasonable for the sounds that appear, driving the track on, but it does get rather repetitive quite quickly afterwards, which is a shame. Perhaps try phasing out the beat for a while and adding something different to take the piece to the next level - it's almost there, but there's something in it that really irks me about the lack of variation.

Otherwise, if perhaps you toned down the beat slightly, you'd have a very mellow tune that can keep people listening for a good long while. Not quite my cup of tea, but you're certainly getting there.

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[(CHS) Do Not Resist!!!]

Good pace

I'm a little unsure about the lack of variation in this piece, but you've certainly got a flair for putting up a good pace and sticking to it. Even when that pace relents, you've got a good knack of bringing in a well developed piece of sound in a heavenly chorus that accompanies the whole piece as it fits together so well.

I think that it's a nice sound, but after three runs through, it does get very repetitive, so perhaps a menu tune for a game would be the best place for this to reside within other productions.

I'm sure that additional instruments, or just a change of pace would certainly help in the variation stakes here - just something to add a little difference to the track would be what you were looking for.

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ChaosDragon004 responds:

Yeah I can see what your saying. In the future I will strive to give you massive variation so that you find the song much more enjoyable. Altogether thanks for the feedback bro.

[Piano_Force [Box Killa]]

Quite elaborate

Certainly something that I could see used as a main menu track, or even as something to accompany part of the start of a game - particularly something of the like of Final Fantasy, or Chrono Trigger, for example.

There's some great projection here and the depth added by the lower notes on the spectrum here really give you something that can be used to great effect.

I'm not sure about fading it out - this really does limit the tune and as a result, you've got a short track that's good for one run through. Change that slightly and you've got a very effective loop that can run for a few turns around before the scene has to finish.

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[Piano_Force 2 [Box-Killa]]

Great range!

Wow, this really does go to show just how massive a range and how much power the piano itself contains and how a talented musician such as yourself can unlock this potential.

I love the way that you go through various feelings with this game, from suspenseful, to fast paced drama, all with the strength of the piano alone. You've given us such a wonderful piece, that words are starting to fail me for ways to describe this.

I think that you could have gotten closer to the pace for the finish to the start, thus enabling you to progress with a more integrated loop.

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[Giga La Nora]

Great loop.

What a lovely little forest-based loop this is. I like the way that this piece seems to give the impression of country life, particularly in some forest-based backwater, where life only moves at a crawl and the locals all know one another by name and have done for years.

I think that you've got a good combination of instruments here and while some of the backing instruments are a little on the quiet side, this makes little overall difference to the track itself.

I'd have perhaps considered having some other instruments here that would occur in the same setting, for example, a lute, or other stringed instrument, that would add so much veriation to the piece. It's a great loop, so perhaps you need to consider adding slightly more to the track in length, perhaps up to a minute, or so.

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sarias responds:

arn't game loops typically 30-90 seconds they can be longer but this is usually what I see :) I'm planning on doing a longer version of it same instruments though I like the combination.

[Planet Caravan (Spacewarp Mix)]

Great remix, change the vocals

I think that this is a pretty good tune that really does express itself, with the way that you've made good the track itself. However, when it comes to your own vocals, you're no Ozzy Osbourne, so don't get giving up your day job :P

I think that they way that the track pans out, it's not a bad piece of music and I'd certainly like to see you take it further, with perhaps a change of the vocals and then perhaps even the tempo of the track being increased.

Not a bad track, but it's just not one of the best ones on the site.

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[Icewalkers ( Naked )]

Sounds good

You got the bassline just right, but it seems that more could be done - the bassline itself seems a little bare and when you come along and add additional piano to it, it just feels to me like you didn't really add enough 'oomf' to the piano, when you added the up tempo part of the track in - there could have been an additional line of piano track that had the drive and excitement from the sensations of walking on the ice, experiencing the rush of cold air, the feelings of being so close to nature and the like.

It's a good piece, but still a work in progress, if I'm brutally honest with you.

Perhaps adding additional instruments would be the key here?

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Sawdust responds:

Maybe. Probably a string section here and a guitar solo there. THanks man.

[My Heart Is For You }{Alix1}{]

Mournful

I think that this track shows a feeling of sorrow, loss and mourning. The one thing that I hear from it is that you haven't gone down into the deepest part of the bass chords and started to try to give us something that backs up the higher pitched quick melody that you constructed. I'm certain that it would have given and additional dynamic to the tune itself, no doubt.

The lyrics seem to be in good shape, but I would certainly recommend that you get someone to perform them for you, so that you can include them in the piece, to see if that gives across any further emotion for the piece that you already have.

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alix1 responds:

I'm gonna have my girlfriend sing them for me. :) I'll add them to the song then it will be perfect! Thanks for the review coop!

[Aleos]

Nice chilling demeanour

I like the way that this makes the hairs on the back of my neck stand on end, as if I am running from something. The sound of the piano is a little rough around the edges, but with a little remastering, you could clear the static off a few notes here and there, just to tidy the piece up.

A great string backing and the accompaniment from the piano just seems to heighten the mood even more. It's not a bad loop and the only real method for improvement I could suggest is that you make the suspense 'tap' and drain at the end of the track. Work up to a crescendo and then hit us with something high pitched and heavy, like in Psycho, or something.

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[[Dr.S] Gmam]

Hmm...

Well, when it starts with the low quality piano, there is a little high-end static generated on the notes. Try turning the output volume down and this should take care of that.

When you add the background, it really does make that lead piano / keyboard sound awful. Sad, but true, I'm afraid. This means that you need a better instrument to lead the piece, but not only that, you need to get it to play a better tune, as the few bars that you've picked just seem like exaggerated scales. I'd like to hear what you're capable of and really give it some emphasis with regards to the lead melody, as the beat and rhythm can carry themselves, by the sound of things.

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