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[==(Ice Desert called Eart]

Sweet

I thought this was lovely, the high notes give a really icy sound - bright but not bitter, like ice glittering in a soft light. I haven't decided if some of the more techno sounds put me in mind of insects or some sort of futuristic winter palace, all gleaming metal next to bright snow, but I like it anyway.

I am not sure if the piece matches the slightly more chilling description you gave it (excuse the pun), it just doesn't seem that dark to me, not for a global killing freeze. I suppose from the view of an alien, for whom the past was nothing more then a scientific curiosity, like the dinosaurs are to us now, then the piece might match, but then that doesn't fit the description either. Oh well!

The only thing with thing that doesn't seem to fit for me, not as well as the rest of it anyway, is the base. I am not sure, perhaps it is just a little too low for me, or perhaps it needs something of a middle sound to help it blend with the high notes. Still, it isn't glaring, just that if there were one part I would take a second look at if it were me, it would be that.

All in all, a lovely piece - good length, nice combination of sounds, good pace, loops well... Nice!

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[Carbon Baby (part 2)]

Accomplished Dance

A good, well rounded track that has a wealth of beat and driving rhythm. I think that you've got this style nailed and it's a good enough tune to be added to various submissions, like games which require good reactions and quick thinking, as it tends the resonate with intensity.

It loops well and the only thing that I have against it is that it does get quite repetitive after a few runs around.

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WritersBlock responds:

Thanks.

[- [This Was Meant To Be] -]

Good sounds, but...

I think that you really need to lose the opening where there's some whispering into the mic. That's really not relevant to the track itself, as it's far too quiet. The music makes a big enough statement on its own, to be honest.

Good variations on the theme and a great little handful of extra bits and pieces thrown in there to keep the listeners going.

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[Old School Battle]

Nice 8-bit

I can see where this fits nicely as a boss fight tune for a classic 8-bit game, but I would suggest that you make it a bit longer. You're only up to 285k, so making it about a 30s loop won't put it up to astronomic levels for games makers.

I'd consider adding a similar sounding bass beat to this, as it's got everything else, aside from enough variation for my liking. This piece can get very monotonous over the limited time.

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[Galaga Main Theme]

About 1 minute longer please

I think that a track like this needs to have a lot more in the 'length and variation departments to be judged properly. Suffice to say, my girlfriend denounced it immediately as 'grating' and demanded that I put a stop to it.

It loops well, but at 8 seconds long, it's not really that much in the way of a theme tune. These sort of things need to have some oomph behind them, where they can define a character and possibly give a little background into what they are like.

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[Example I - Dream]

8-bit goes Medevil :P

A nice, quiet loop here. I'm not entirely sure of the exact connotations of a track like this, as it really doesn't wander enough for a dream for my liking. I'd have included a few variations on the theme, as when you start to dream, you mind wanders about until it reaches a comfort zone, so symbolise the thought processes that get you there.

It loops well, but the ending does need to be pepped up a little, as it does tend to give the game away here. If you keep it roughly all the same, you get a better loop, but this does harm the track where I see chance for the variations to kick in. It's a fine line, I know.

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Adam-Beilgard responds:

I'm thinking I should change the name now to Example I - Medieval after reading all of these reviews! You're right, not much variation in 57 seconds (monothematic), this was just an idea I was batting around and I put up to entice someone to commision a work.

Anyway, thanks for the review!

[Improvisation Number One]

Weird

I don't know what it is about this tune, but it sounds very creepy to me. I feel that it's probably down to it being a track of not much backing, but quite a bit of improvised Sax playing.

I think that with the addition of maybe some soft percussion, it would be better for the piece, to prevent it being such an alternative and creepy tune.

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Adam-Beilgard responds:

Creepy is bad in this case. I didn't mean for it to be creepy. As I've told others this is a western adaptation of Togaku. I tried to stay as close as I know how to the character of this genre, hence the choices I made. I can't add anything else without making it something else so hopefully another listen might inspire some new impressions. That's all I can think of.

But thank you for reviewing!

[Whales, Whales, Whales]

Why Whales?

A very nice tune that I think is nice to listen to in the background of whatever you care to be doing. It's busy, but not in an overly distracting way and it has some nice variation in, to keep it from being monotonous.

The other tool of variation that you've used nicely is the different instruments and even tempos that you've used. It brings a whole new level of performance to the tune, as some parts are playing slower, but blending in just a nice with the rest.

I'd have had a part in the middle, where you fade out the main melody and had just the backing beat, for example, as you did it the other way around and that workied nicely. Maybe a minute later, you just stop the melody and the counter melody and leave us with the beat. Everyone needs a solo ;)

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MusicIsBliss responds:

thanks for the awesome reveiw.
first off, have you ever played bubble bobble. There are these whales that fly around, this idea then mixed with the falling whale from hitch hikers guide to the galaxy. Now the idea turned into whales flying around the air, shooting machine guns and missles like a WWII dogfight, and that is what this song made me randomly think about at some point.

I usually try to make my songs not repeditive, but i usually have the issue of not being able to go from a verse to a chorus and so forth, i dont know why, but it is my biggest music problem, I also never change tempo and rarely change key, i really need to work on this. A soft part would have probably been a good idea, but i was pretty power hungry when I made this song, there are about 4 muli-band compressers, 7 regular compessors and limiters, and rediculous amounts of EQ sidechaining. ever since guitar hero In have wanted to make a guitar solo and a drum solo, but lack the skills to write one.

[Smoke On The Water (Demo)]

Not sure about the intro

But other than that, there's a great sound coming out of it. Particularly the industrial sounding parts after about 50s, it's got some real punch to it

It loops well, which does take away a little from the dodgy sounding intro, fortunately. I'd suggest that you concentrate on making it longer and adding in parts that sound like the guitars, rather than just the bass line - some of the solos in SotW are great and I can't believe that you've missed them out.

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ShortMonkey responds:

Thanks for the review but didn't you notice in the name it's a DEMO. xD

[Experimental - Drowning]

Really quiet beginning

Makes me wonder what it is that's lurjking down there in the depths, where there is no light and all sorts of unimaginable creatures lurking...

While the start is quite quiet and slow, it builds up rapidly into something more reminiscent of a horror movie than some sort of natural history project. A shame you couldn't really settle on one theme or the other, really.

A nice piece overall, but I'd have appreciated the start being a little louder.

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