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[x5470]

Good beat

However, when you came to add some sort of strings or keyboards over the top, it started to go a little away, as the bass beat was just too strong for it to be carried off. Maybe phase the bass down a little, as it sounds a little static ridden and then give more power to the feature instrument.

It's a great beat that the tune has - I wouldn't change the tempo or anything other than that slight static issue, but I would say that you need to consider some more variation, as I couldn't cope with listening to this wall-to-wall. It would make me mad, or even more so.

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MadCow responds:

i wanted to make a really beat-driven song. the sound is mostly intentional.

Thanks for the review

[Way Ward One]

El Techno Espanyol

To be honest, I'm not really a fan of these two types of music that you've mixed together here - I don't think it sounds entirely right with them playing alongside each other.

For a 7 minute track, I was expecting a lot of variation, but for the first 2.5 minutes, we got a loop of maybe 10-15s or music before any change happened. Then when it did, I think that went on for too long, before changing to something else.

At least the editing of the track is clean cut and well mixed in. Style and technique are still giving you marks, which bode well for future productions. More variations are needed in things this long, but the real art is not detracting from the main sound that you were after in the first place without sounding boring, which sadly this became.

It loops well, but that shouldn't really be an issue with a track this long.

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[Little Wing Jam]

Mellow

This sounds a little like the sort of instrumental that I'd expect from the Red Hot Chili Peppers in one of their slower numbers... either that, or it's got a little pinch of Dancin in the Moonlight by Thin Lizzie in it.

I like the softness of the keyboard compared with the almost reggae sounding guitar playing. I would suggest that you fade the drums out slightly, as it's just that little bit loud and imposing on the track, which in my opinion needs to be led along by the guitar, which does a great job.

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[Solus- For Schala Remastered]

Moving piece.

This has been well planned out, to keep the softer parts of the tune blended in with a compelling, but tender bassline. I think that this piece is pretty complete in the way it works with the emotions.

I'd suggest that you maybe phase out the piano for the sax solo, as it would sound so much better with just the sax, giving the piece a lift, then bringing the piano back in. Maybe some light drums as well, the kind that are played with the brushes.

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SolusLunes responds:

Hmmm... Two very good ideas.

I will have to experiment.

[(FMC) -=Climax=-]

Great Keyboards

Though there was a patch at around 1.25, where it skipped like a broken record. Other than that, the track was a gem, with well played keyboards, piano and drums / bass throughout.

I'd have made the bass a little deeper, to emphasise the piano more, but maybe that's just me. Keep up the good work.

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[+Prologue+]

Nice piece

This piece is quite emotional, with the high pitched piano. It sounds as if someone has died at the start, which isn't neccesarily the best place to begin a song.

However, this seems to have other undertones, which I can't quite pick up on. Using the low chord directly underneath the melody is an interesting choice, as I would have held the notes and let the melody do the talking, rathern than aiming for a harmonic.

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WritersBlock responds:

I kind of approached this piece to have an open, very spacious sound, and I built on that, and developed it, so the song progressed to become more intense, and to bring it closer together. I'm not sure what you mean by undertones, and the held notes, as for the most part of the song, the chords were sustained, and the bass always kept beneath the melody. If I had sustained the chords throughout the piece, it probably would have been too linear, lacking the pace change.

Thanks for your review.

[Flatline?]

Definately

This definately needs to be made longer. It doesn't loop well, so you need to compensate for that by adding an increased track length (Something around the 3 minute mark) which would therefore give way to a much improved variation in the tune itself.

That's the other area where this song lacks, as the variation isn't anything really special until about 50s, where you add that one lone bass beat and something that sounds like bubbles through liquid. Sorting out these two things would make a much better track voerall.

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CineGoryP responds:

I like your suggestions and I wish I could fix the song, but I can't because everything I made it with is gone =/ If I everfind my old coppies of Acid and FL studio I'll try to make a better version of it, though x.x

Thanks for the review and solid advice.

[Zapher-DigItal Kumbia]

Needs more variation

You've got the basics right here, but I feel that in order to take this song forward, you need to increase the variation. Otherwise the listeners will get bored. People can appreciate a well finished song and this is reflected well enough in your score.

Maybe come out of left field with something a little different. Maybe stop the beat and punctuate a slilence with a different tempo beat for a few seconds, then launch into something altogether different, just to keep people guessing?

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[+BsK+ Or die trying!!]

Very Warcraft

This tune reminds me of certain large battles on the Warcraft setting, or even Total War rts games. It loops very well, so you've got little worries there with the length only being 37s.

I think that this tune could benefit from beiong stretched slightly, that way you could encorporate making the tune less busy and cramped - the way it sounds at the moment could only be confusing in the heat of a game. I like it when the tune might put people off, but not to this extent.

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kaptainkewl responds:

I'm trying to figure out who exactly it would be a confusing song, I always find music in games, no matter what the osund is just set's a mood, and doesn't really confuse...unless it's like a forest and there's some weird techno music going on :P.

Thanks again for the review though!

~~~brad Kubota