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[.:A New Life v2:.]

Good work

While this was a piece that faded away towards the end, I still think you did a great job with it. There's a good sense of purpose to this 'life' in the beat and the way that the melody is quite simple, but rather effective is a good sign.

Perhaps there is a little more scope to expand upon the track and get a little more variation in, but you've got a good start made, nonetheless and this can certainly be viewed as a very sturdy foundation and probably more than that.

I wasn't entirely happy with the counter melody, because it seemed to go against the melody, as opposed to complimenting it. More work is required there, I feel.

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GronmonSE responds:

Leave it to Coop to kill the streak of 10's )':

By counter melody, I imagine you mean the violin detaches. I personally didn't feel it going against the main melody, I thought it added a more dramatic feeling to it. But hey, music's subjective. I could have played a little more with that I guess.

Thanks for the review :D

[Out of My Sight]

Nice vocals

I love how you've built a reasonably sedate sounding piece around the vocals. It sounds like you came up with the basic melody, then got the vocals sorted, before fleshing the whole piece out, much like drawing a complex image - start with the sketch of the background, work out the shape of the main subject and then tidy everything else up, so that it all looks nice as a finished article.

With the way that the music sounds, perhaps you could have provided more background detail, as it does get a little repetitive after a time, but I think that there is a good case for the vocals to stop and give you a good solo, that perhaps has a better beat, but other than that, you've done a good job.

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MusicIsBliss responds:

I had never really even thought of trying vocals before instruments until this song, I do agree that this process makes the song fit together a lot better, and I will probably try it again in the near future. I kind of got bored of working on the song after a while, which is why I don't have much detail, all I really did for that was att delay to the vocals when vocals aren't playing.

[SN | Obscene Amounts of Steam]

Quite enthralling

I like the way that this piece has a great chillout factor to it, allowing the listener to get into a state of mind about relaxing, before the heavier, pacier beat comes along and takes the song onwards.

With the way that it seems to be quiet and calm, I can imagine lying down in a dark room, with only a fibre optic tree for company. You switch the power on and watch as the lights play patterns across your psyche, allowing you to visit places usually reserved for users of hard drugs.

I think that you've worked hard on this piece and I could see it being used as the sort of track for a slightly downmarket brothel or massage parlour in certain flash movies I've seen. The pace could be the sex and the twinkle could be what they're really trying to look like - the 'legitimate front', if you will.

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SessileNomad responds:

chicken strip, you crazy...

[Lighteyed]

Interesting melody

I think that you've set the scene well with the nice beat to the piece and the synth overtones, that get the track ready. I'm not sure about the pauses that you use in order to get the piece some variation in the early going. Scratching is all well and good, but I didn't feel that was the time or the place for it, to be honest.

With the way that it seems to have worked out, you've got some great samples of melody that really do seem to work well, but there is little to integrate them with the rest of the track, in order to progress the piece as a whole.

I can see that you've got the talent to take this further, but the difficult part is what you need to face up to. Get yourself a decent melody to base the track around and be vicious with the editing, so that you've pulled a couple of minutes out, giving us a more detailed piece, that knits together better.

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Sawdust responds:

I might as well trim some segments or add a melody. Probably restructure it, add a solo or something. Thanks so much for the feedback.

[Mans0n- Sound Of My Dream]

Not bad

Good vocal sampling, pretty easy to listen through a number of loops of the track, which is good, but I did find that some of the notes, like the one you put in at around 45 seconds seemed to be a little over the top and overloaded the speakers here. It might just need a little tempering in the mastering phase, but other than that, the track was good.

I think with the way you've developed the piece, you've gone for the more simple approach to the music, so perhaps you needed to add some sort of synth solo in the middle and perhaps a few more vocals, but other than that, you're doing good.

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Mans0n responds:

Thanks for the useful review Coop! Glad i can always count on them :)

[[dj-Jo] Battery Life]

Good pace and melody

I think that there is a nice buildup here that certainly does turn the piece into a very nice sounding tune. Slowly adding new bits and pieces to the track, you get a much more rounded piece, even if it did start a little slow and quiet for my liking.

Once the melody came in, the track came to life and it was as if the lights had been switched on, giving the track a vision of purpose and direction. From there it came forward, to the front, allowing for some relevance to come with the pause in the middle, as opposed to the silence at the start.

With the way that everything seems to fit together from there, I'd have appreciated a little more bass, just to add some more emphasis and be a decent foil to the rapier of the melody

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dj-Jo responds:

ok, I'll keep your suggestion in mind when I submit my next song!

Thanks for reviewing. :D

[O.H.35 - My Dy]

Techno with guitars

I'm not particularly convinced that this is Techno, because the guitars lend more than just a "General Rock" feel to it, so I'm willing to accept the piece goes elsewhere, with that. You've added some nice beats and a decent synth counter melody, so the guitar really does shine.

Perhaps some more realistic sounding drums would help the piece? I think that for a 6 minute track, it does have quite a potential for replaying it, which is nice to hear. Some sort of a drum solo would be nice in there as well, to give the guitars a break and not just holding out for the Techno solo.

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OH35 responds:

It's more of a fast electronic music rather than techno. Techno is usually more heavy than this. This piece is really melodic, something that usually techno music really lacks.

Regarding the realistic drums we're saving them for the live performances. Our main focus was to make electronic music with guitars in it so the drums had to be electronic.

Thank you for your feedback.

[Out Of The Blue (Mans0n RMX)]

*nudges* vocals needed ;)

I'm not sure about the pauses here, where the piece fades down to nothing and stays that way for a while. You need to give it a bit more urgency in getting the sound back to continue with the piece and going from there.

Vocals would always be a bonus for a track like this - something like a sample of Chris de Burgh's "Lady in Red" might help. I don't know why, it just seems that it would fit for me.

There is a good variation to the track and it keeps the listener interested, with good work through the various phases, but you could do with a more dominant beat somewhere in the track, because that is what I feel the real lack is for a House track here.

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Mans0n responds:

Fixed most errors in the track and added some stuff :)

[TwilightREM]

Nice tempo; too much sparkle

I think that this piece bears too much resemblance to the preconceptions about a certain film of a similar name to the piece, hence a sense of trepidation leading into the actual listening to the first piece.

As I think that you've done too much on the "twinkly" side of things, you did do enough in the middle to make it sound a little like it belongs in a video game. With the way that this worked, perhaps just tone down the intro and outtro, so that it all blends in better.

I think you could stand to make the piece a little shorter.

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KeptItHairy responds:

This song is completely original, I might have been influenced by certain songs but not from any films, but I'm curious as to what film you're thinking about. This and the last review make good points that this song may be a bit repetitive and a bit long and I agree entirely. I greatly appreciate the good score and helpful review. Thank you.

[The power of Drum&Bass]

Slow start, powerful finish

Hmm, you've gone for an interesting blend here, with what could be described as a 'spiritual start', with the slow bongo drums and the choir making it sound very tribal. I think it was a shame that you didn't heed your own words with "Ok, now build it up slowly", as I felt that the tempo exploded, thus making the track very different, very quickly, with the choir only audible when the drums faded away.

With how it all comes together, you have done a good job, but perhaps you could add some more variation and extend the song past the 3 minute marker, since there is a great deal of power there, so it would give you more time to stretch the tempo changes.

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jpgregorio responds:

it wasn't bongos it was the drums with a low pass filter, and there wasn't tempo changes it was the same tempo troughout the hole track^^.