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[The Metal Rangers Theme]

Too much drums

I think that this particular piece has just too much of the metal drums - not all metal has the frantic pace of the drums. Listen to some Iron Maiden and see how they get the blend right, without drowning out the guitars and the vocals.

While I'm not exactly a fan of this type of vocals, it did work quite well - the timing may have been a little out, but in the sort of Heavy Metal that you've chosen, I don't think anyone really cares about timing, just thrashing as hard as they can and getting the crowd whipped into a frenzy.

Perhaps a little refining work could be done to make the track sound better, but in the end it's down to the author's choice.

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Blackdoom13 responds:

Lol I may go back and redo this song with Addictive drums and cleaned up playing and differnt vocals.
Maybe, if I feel like it lol.
Thanks for the review!

[The End {^}-{Alix1}-{^}]

Very good

I think that this piece will be even beter once the static is cleared up - at the start there is quite a bit and then again around the 3 minute marker, but nothing that a quick tune up wouldn't sort out.

It's got a great variation and the whole tune sounds pretty damned good. I think that the range of instruments that you use for this piece is a real credit to you and that you've got the skills to take this a lot further.

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alix1 responds:

Yay! Alix has skiiiiiiiiiiilllllz! :P Woot! Thanks dude!

[Big Red - The Animator]

Interesting

A decent blend of the poetry and the beats. A god choice of music for your lyrics, or good writing to get the lyrics to fit to the tune?

Still, there's some definite positives to the writing style (possibly an homage to Eminem, a white guy from the ghetto? What would I know, I'm an Englishman, who doesn't have much in the way of a rap collection :P)

If anything, it seemed a little long for a rap song and if anything, this gave me an impression of William Shatner's legendary spoken word songs that he performs from time to time. Perhaps that means that the vocal performance needs to be move lively, in order to make it sound like a song? Perhaps more pauses are required to allow the music to permeate and give a better all around sound?

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[Forest_Density [Box-Killa]

A little static

So the piece needs a little finishing off, as there are a few rough edges with regards to static on some of the notes, but overall a nice theme that reflects a slightly darker side of forest life, particularly with what lives overhead in the canopy.

The piano dances well and the rhythm picked out on the guitar is nice and suspenseful, telling it's own little take of shadows stalking across the forest floor.

I think that you've got a good gift for writing pieces to suit this particular genre. Perhaps an alternative lighter tune would be useful, perhaps encapsulating the forest during the early day, as this feels quite dusky to me.

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Box-Killa responds:

w00t. Yes to everything! I changed the ending woo!

Peace =D

[Musings in Bm -WIP-]

A trifle morbid

While this piece is certainly wreathed in black, draped with a wreath of white lillies, I can certainly say that it sounds well composed and arranged. The feeling of loss is immediately present and it may well be a wake that the piece was originally written for.

A shame that it doesn't quite loop properly - the final note ends too abruptly and it starts again. Perhaps a little remastering work could be used with regards to the louder of the notes that get played through the tune. With the static that occurs there, we need just to trim this down and make it sound more appealing.

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loansindi responds:

I appreciate the review.

This piece is still very much not finished, it's got a ways to go.

[Sugar, Milk and Paisley G]

Needs Lyrics

Not a bad tune - a little repetitive, but that can be remedied by the addition of a solo or two, just to break up the monotony of the piece in general. I think that this shows some good skills with the instruments in question. The one solo that you finished on came in well, but was a little too late for my liking - if you had one in the middle of the tune, it will sound much better.

The addition of vocals could be very productive to the song and a little splash of inspiration from something 'out of left field', with a different instrument (Harpsichord?) will certainly keep it moving and give you something else to talk about.

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Sawdust responds:

Alright, I'll add some stuff then. A couple of melodies to keep it fresh. Thanks!

[Change is in the Air]

Chilled

Quite a nice piece that embodies the idea of relaxing after a hard day - I can certainly see this piece as a menu tune, or even as the sort of tune that people would listen to is certain places like surf shops. I can see the relaxed atmosphere that this conveys, being coupled with the scenery of the sandy beach background, just to get people ready for a nice experience on the water, when we all know it's harder than it looks.

I'd certainly recommend that you put a break in the beat and counter melody, just giving the synth a quick solo, just to put that to the forefront of the piece for a short while.

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Sawdust responds:

Yeah, it's probably the percussive like quality of the main instrument that gives it that relaxing surf shop feel. Thanks!

[Game Over Guitar Theme]

Better for pauses

I'd say that this piece is certainly a good tune for a pause screen jingle, but I think that it's a little too light-hearted and melancholy for being used on a game over screen. Even with Final Fantasy style connotations, you've got a little conflict there, where it could sound slightly more downcast - after all, it's likely to be that the hero has just died.

I think that the rows of tight sounding high pitched notes could be changed as well - it's a little rough sounding and it doesn't seem to fit weel with the rest of the melody that you've got going on the piece.

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sarias responds:

if thats your opinion it doesn't have to be game over thats just what i felt when i heard it but a flash artist could use it for more then that if he/she wanted to

nevertheless thanks for the review

[Asphyxia AAAAA]

Not Bad

Some good music that I can see inspiration from bands such as Metallica - possibly their song Anathesia (Pulling Teeth) along with some of the other metal greats over the years.

I like the way that it loops well - the whole thing comes in, builds up to a mightly crescendo and then suddenly goes quiet, like the eye of a storm passing overhead, before the hurricane tears the town to pieces of matchwood, leaving a devastated wake behind it, for the locals to rebuild. Possibly throwing in some catastrophic lightning sounds would have added to the tune, but that's possibly just playing to my metaphor a little much.

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[-rT- WiP : Digital Extacy]

A little too much static

It's got potential, as through the static at the top of the notes, I can hear a good tune poking its head through.

A good piece of piano and a decent beat encourage this song to take the next step - perhaps introducing a few vocal samples will be the next step that causes the track to blossom. I can certainly see it becoming something a lot better when you spend some time mastering it all.

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ReaperTechno responds:

Theres really no static per say, just a lot of high requencies. For example, the closed hi hat on the beat @ 00:27 has a phaser + reverb wihich seems to give the static sound.
ill work on the higher freqs tho if its too much
thanks for the review