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[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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[-Set In Motion-]

A little repetitve, but good drive

I think that this track can get very repetitive rather quickly and as a result, you get the urge to stop listening to it. Please take steps to combat this, by adding more variation, taking the track away from this standard beat and standard melody.

I think that there is certainly potential here, even with things like the vocal sample. Additional samples would really help the case, as would the introduction in changes of pace, tune, instruments and the like.

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Liam3003 responds:

Variation seems to be my main problem with my songs, I'm not a pro with Fruity Loops but I would say that I have definitely improved vastly within the past coming months. I'm glad you have taken the time to review this and I will be very sure to try adding in more variation in my songs.

Cheers.

[SN |Lost, But on Her Way| SN]

Come, the afterlife awaits

A nice track, but more work would have inevitably been more productive with a more potent, driving beat. I'm not a fan of the stuttering tones that occur in the middle of the track, as it breaks up the flow and I feel it would have gone much better if it had been allowed to continue at the pace that you had going for it.

I'd have suggested more vocal samples and probably extrapolating the track to something around 3 minutes, as we all know you're more than capable of pulling off a quality track of this length. With the additional length, you will certainly be able to give us a great indication of the variation you can conjure up with the range of instruments that you've used.

Puts me in mind of the WipEout series of games, possibly with a little Spore thrown in for good measure as well :) Keep up the good work.

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SessileNomad responds:

never played wipeout, isnt that a racing game, odd you get the feel of a racing game out of this, but meh im not complaining

also i think youve said my songs sond like spore before, never heard the soundtrack to it though, its probly a bit on the ambient side

your the hardest person to please in the RRC, ill figure you out somday...

[FL are you ready?]

Not bad

I think that the way that you've set this tune up, it's not bad at all. You could possibly have used an additional "are you ready" in the middle of the track, shortening the loop, but possibly lengthening it, if you use a slightly different voice for the second question.

I think that you exited the track half a sequence late or early, because it sounded a little off when it looped, but that's an easy thing to deal with, when it comes to editing.

I'd have suggested a better beat for the track, as it can then capitalise on this to give more body to pieces that it were used for.

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[Halloween (Brutal Mix)]

Sounds off

It's not a bad tune, but when you get the metal drums and the guitar going towards the end of the tune, the drums sound out of time with the guitars, making the track more reminiscent of Slayer. That's a real shame, as the start of your tune has some real potential and it's got a very creepy overtone, with the piano blended in with the guitars to give a chilling reposte.

I think that when the heavier part of the track started, it was good, but trying to keep it that way is your main goal in this situation. Thinning out the drums a little would help, as it would compliment the metal guitar sound that works so well.

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[open sound]

Simple and... weird

Well, it's different, I can say that at least. I think that the idea of using one sound to progress the track is a novel idea, with the way that things seem to move forward.

It's almost as if you seem to be working towards making this into a track in it's own right, bringing in other instruments and so forth into the track, but you lacked the confidence to do that. Take that step and make it a part of the tune, as opposed to making this sound the whole tune.

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mikkim responds:

This was no lack of confidence. It was only a surge of awesomeness.
oh and btw this was not supposed to have anything else than the one sound.

[[dj-Jo] Rave Discord {AP}]

Powerful and dynamic

I can see this becoming one of the feature tracks for this forthcoming album of yours. It's a nice tune that utilises the beat well, in order to really change the sound of the track and give it a much better feel over the course of the track.

Personally, I'd have gone for a bass solo, giving the track time to change the image it puts across and allowing a transition to something else, because we know that you're capable of changing these songs in so many ways.

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[Waaaar!]

Drive, but repetitive

While this isn't a bad tune, it's certainly got a lot to be desired, as it doesn't really have much in the way of substance after the initial hit. Very repetitive and I can't tell if it is high end static across the entire tune, or some sound that you actually intended, but the almost hissy overtone seems to sound awful.

It needs more variation - the metal drums in this case don't mix too well with the piano, which wasn't used in the best way possible - it could do with having a little more from the higher scales, utilising the raw power that that particular instrument possesses. The other thing about the drums is that they drown out the piano, which is not what you want from one of the most versatile and dynamic instruments that you're using.

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Centrist responds:

That, my dear friend, would be distorted piano. xD.

I was trying to see how things would work out if it was a guitar playing it, and I suppose the initial idea was faulty, considering guitar and piano are nothing alike. xD.

But! I decided to try messing around with it, to see what I could do. ^^