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[An Open Mind is an Open Heart]

A little raw

This isn't a bad piece - it's better than anything I could play, after all. I would suggest that you spend some time working on it, in order to bring the whole piece forward.

I think that it's more like a sad sounding rhythm guitar line, accompanied by a tearaway lead, which needs to be worked at bringing the two pieces together, in order to convey the feelings of this sound better.

It doesn't seem to be a piece that requires the addition of either drums or vocals, and I think it might actually harm the track to add them. If you're going for a ballad, try making it longer and having a solo section, where the lead guitar takes off on its own, allowing the bass to rest, reflect and then join back in with some new ideas.

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[Dawn Light]

Good Ambience

I think this tune can certainly be used as an ambient tune, just to give some atmosphere - it sounds like a very 'spacey' themed tune, that tends to gravitate towards the weightless feeling of performing tasks in outer space and the feeling of being more than just one part of a well oiled machine.

With the way that it pans out, this could make a nice menu tune, although I wouldn't normally suggest that you limit yourself t something just like that, rather than pushing further. If you made it a better loop, it would be able to fill in all sorts of ambient gaps in the market.

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[-'+ Darkside +'- (Final)]

Pumping in the club!

A nice tune, that's got the driving beat to pass it through most club scenes. This piece is powerful and if it weren't for the overtone of static on the melody, I'd have played it a lot louder.

I think that the melody is nice, but could use a little more variation, as could the vocals, since they just repeat whenever you feel like putting in another "On the Dark Side" Not that I'm complaining, but it could use another sample, just to make it more impressive, when the Dark Side comes in.

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Krussi responds:

Thanks for the review :D

Yeah, I looked for vocals fitting the Darkside vocal, but didn't find anything that I liked :/
I don't really know what you mean about "the static on the melody", but I can guess that it has something to do with the lead synth, or the mastering, since I'm not that good at EQing or master my tracks properly.

Well, thanks alot for the review and the pointers :)

Cheers

[Take off every Zig (WiP)]

Zag-Zag

Are we to believe that this is some sort of crescendo, as it only Zags? If so, it's an ingenious way of conveying that sort of theory.

I like the way that the pace conveys a great sense of urgency for the piece and I can certainly see how it would be suited to a racing game, for example, but let's not draw the line there.

You've got quite a scope for variation with this, as it's a pretty basic loop, so this can be stretched out, giving rise to extra bits and pieces of variation to the piece, which is really all you need. Of course, stretching it out a little combats the fact that it does not loop so well, which would be nice.

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Krussi responds:

Thanks for another review :D now when you say (write) it, I feel like it could be used in a F-Zero or Whipe Out racing game, if I were to remove the ambience samples.

I'm not sure if I should continue on it, or if I should leave it as it is :/
Anyway, thanks alot for the review and your time :D

Cheers

[A Grey Sunset]

Ode to Sunset

And so, as the sun slips below the line of the horizon, ushering in the chill caress of the dusk, we bid farewell to yesterday and look forward to tomorrow.

I think this is a remarkable piece, as it puts so much thought and merit into the ending of the day and the promise that will accompany the next day which is yet to come.

I'm not sure about that drum roll sounding piece at the start of the track - it just doesn't seem to serve any purpose, so removing that would only be a boon for the track. I think that you've certainly shown promise with the inception of this piece.

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[Alakazama]

Not bad

I think that this particular piece needs extra work on the backing melodies - the drums aren't loud enough to see this piece through, as the guitar is quite a powerful presence.

It's more of an introduction to a tune than anything else, so I'd recommend that you take it slightly further, by making this into a full blown tune, complete with bass, drums and perhaps keyboards and vocals, just to make it what it yearns to be.

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[Silent Castle]

Only silent to those who don't listen

Not a bad little tune here - this piece brings to life the sounds of a deserted castle, that isn't completely dead yet. There are still things in there that can keep this place sounding like there is someone home.

What you might need is the occasional sound of a creaking floorboard (nothing too major, as it would start to sound too creepy)

It's got quite a lot of feeling in there, as if the place yearns to be inhabited once again. I like that emphasis.

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[Subtle Changes]

Good Drums

I'm really not sure about the sound effect that you've put on the guitar here, as I'm not entirely sure how it is meant to sound, or what, if anything, it is meant to represent.

For me, this tune is symbolic of drug abuse, as people messing with their minds are ending up with this sort of sound accompanying their lives, as they sway almost uncontrollably through the misty haze that is now their surroundings.

I think that you need to work on bringing the drums on more and allowing some creative oompf through them, as the intro was awesome, then the guitars came in and really didn't do the piece any favours.

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JohnnyCellulose responds:

Thanks for all the reviews guys! Thi song seemes like a 'love it or hate ite it' type of thing. I'm glad for all this feedback though!

[Mindframe]

Nice work

Certainly worthy of the title screen, with whatever sort of menu you want to create around the music - it's nothing too dominant over what is contained within the menu, so it can certainly be made to feel like there is something worth looking at, rather than just listening to the song. Though this song can quite easily be sat down and listened to, allowing for maximum enjoyment, as it's quite calming as well.

I'd maybe consider making the track longer, as with the fading, you've lost the ability to loop it - for me, that's a major downside, as you need to be able to take it further than where it is - sometimes menus are sat at for quite a while and making this into a loop would achieve perfection for this piece. You've got a good scope to add more material to it as well, maybe as much as 30s - 1m worth, which would just bring it to a whole new level.

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[Dusted]

Good beats

A nice chilled version of a hip-hop tune, which certainly doesn't convey my usual imagery of hip-hop. This one is nice and relaxed with a nice outlook on life from where the track originates.

I like the beats and they way they blend with the rest of the track, putting across an almost serene picture, that makes me want to visit the place that this piece simulates.

I think that if you added some sort of rap to this, it would not do the song any favours. Stick to the track as it is and add only a little more to the instruments - make the track longer, but leave the vocals alone, as it's not needed at present.

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