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[LB - Your Beauty Defined]

Good use of strings

I've always liked the sound of strings combined with Pianos - ever since I listened to Queen as a small child. This piece is slightly different from those beginnings, but it stills trikes a powerful chord within.

I think that this is a nicely arranged piece that really gets into the sound and feel of a well laid out piece that sounds tranquil and triumphant. The imagery that floats around my head is such like the farm worker, relaxing on a grassy hill in the middle of summer, with a wheat stalk protruding from his mouth. The whole feeling should be not a care in the world and that's pretty much what you've given us.

A nice sound from the flute solo and the way that it compliments the harp is very nice - some very powerful instruments that you've chosen to use there, which can be unwieldy, but this is a good set up and none of them become too controlling of the piece, working kind of like a relay team to get through. Brilliant.

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Lublub194 responds:

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Thanks for the amazingly spectacular review!

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Thanks for the review :D

[[DX] Haunted Hip-Hop]

Nice sound

I think that it's a little short and lacking in variation to really be up there with the cream of the crop, but you've certainly produced a very nice sounding piece of audio here.

The main place that you could improve is to give more variation - stretch the track out longer and return to just the bass line, then add things like a melody solo to it (just the one instrument, for a change) and do something different with it, that grabs the attention.

Working on making the piece loop better would also be a good benefit to you - the fade out / fade in isn't the best of intro / outro combinations that you could have used. There is a good 'haunted / creepy' sound there, so with a few more bits and pieces added here and there, this will be one that climbs a lot closer to the top of the pile.

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dx5231 responds:

I'm usually bad at making variations... I guess I gotta practice more.

[4:20am]

An interesting concept

Deciding to write a rap because you can't sleep. I'm not really sure why you did it like this, as it seems to be nothing to do with the fact that you can't get any sleep, rather is based around the generic layout of a rap track - chauvinistic, slightly coarse and not really giving a damn about what people think.

I think that there's some good sounds there, with the way that the voices have been altered a little and the way that you're almost rapping in close harmony with yourself, giving people a good sounding track that is carried pretty well, by the rest of the melody and beat, which is certainly a plus point of the track.

Personally, I'd have made better lyrics for this track and perhaps had some sort of duet (kind of like Alicia Keys / Jay-Z for their latest track) and take it from there.

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DumbassDude responds:

Thanks for the review.

I actually improv'd this at like, 4am out of pure boredom, so I wasn't really thinking about the big picture.

[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.