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[[S:C] Sum Wobble Rume-demo-]

A little quiet

I'm not going to write this track off completely, but as it stands, it needs a lot of work to make it realise the potential it has.

What I would suggest is that you work with making this piece louder and more imposing. I know that the quiet pieces are there for a reason, but perhaps adding something louder would make them seem more meaningful. Either that, or adding it together with the other parts and not submitting a demo would help us to hear it within the correct context.

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SymbolCymbal responds:

yeah man .. this piecve does need a shit fuck ton of more work in it. this really is a bare bones of what the track is now and what it will be when its finished. im definitely gonna up the balls power on this one.. that seems to be the chief complaint. as always thanks for the sweet review. i really appreciate the constructive criticism. Ill shoot you a PM when the full version is done and being sold on the haiti relief album .. and hopefully you will buy it!

[By the Gods!]

Apocalyptic Dance

Normally, I'd suggest that when your impending doom is on the horizon, now is not the time to get down and dance. However, you've done a very good job, producing a piece that is loaded with high quality transitions, brilliant variation and a good beat that carries the piece along through.

I think that it could have done with a few vocal samples here and there, perhaps of a woman sounding panicked with something like "they've come for us!" and the music comes back in through one of the transitions.

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sumguy720 responds:

Hmm, well that's interesting. I really would have liked to convey all the story with the instruments themselves, but I can see how vocals might fit in.
The short of it is that I don't have anyone to do vocals for me, and I much prefer working alone-- so meh.
Maybe I'll just try to write better music in the future.
Either way, thanks for the review.

[[dB] End of the World]

Hectic pace

I think that if it comes to that, I'll be playing "Dance of Death" by Iron Maiden, because there is no way that I can see myself running from the end of the world, like this.

I think that you've gone a little too long with the piano loop, so something needs to be changed, as it does seem a little repetitive, drawing us away from the actual plot of the piece - some high pitched stings should help as this would symbolise the fear that I think you're trying to conjure up.

Close, but not quite there.

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Decibel responds:

Thanks for Tha Review,
I don't think I agree with you on my part, but hey, everyone has their own opinion.
Personally, I don't like Iron Maiden that Much and I can't come close to that type of music. Yes, I agree the Piano loop is repetitve, but in my edited 2nd version Ive updated it to make it sound better with some new patterns. I used strings later on in the song, Pizzicato, but I think you're referring to those Pad-ish String, an ensemble, yes?
Thanls again for the review,
<Deejay>

[Alive and Awake]

A little repetitive

If it's best from 2m to 2m 55, why not expand upon that and give us a track that is mostly "best bits" and less of the buildup?

I think that the beat was a nice piece, but it needed something else just to carry the track forward, as the melody was a little too simple for a track like this. Perhaps a solo is the way to go forward, then it would certainly start to sound more like the WipEout tracks that tend to come with these games. It's getting there, but it needs more of a tweak in my ears.

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TheSongSalad responds:

Thanks for the review man.

[<EagleGuard> Frozen Forests]

Soothing

Someone sits in the boughs of a tree and stares out over the forest canopy, watching the early morning mist dissipate. They are one with the forest and their mind wanders slightly away from their earthy body, allowing them a chance to feel the life within the forest itself.

I'm not a fan of the tambourine here, but the woodwind instrument that yu are leading with just seems magnificent, and I'd have gone for a more natural sounding "wooden" or "hide" drum, that would have given a much more fitting percussion accompaniment here. Just to keep with the nautural feeling of the piece.

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EagleGuard responds:

Nice introduction you've written down there :P

About the drums, I guess tastes differ. I think the tambourine sounds good enough, but I'll think about putting in other, more "natural" drum effects in other songs in the future.

Thanks for the review :)

[-[ Flight One ]-]

Surprisingly annoying

Okay, I had some browser problems and I kept hearing the first 8-9 seconds in a loop, but I think this might be the reasoning behind my above comment, so I'm willing to give it a chance.

You've got a good rhythm here that really does translate well with other part in the music, like the buildup, which I thought was a little slow. You get the sound like climbing, but it seems like it takes too long to accomplish here - after all, most flying transport climbs pretty fast.

I think with the way that you've developed this track, you could have some sort of a synth solo, as it just seems to want to go that little further.

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FlamingFirebolt responds:

Oh shit browser problems.. Iexplorer?
Anyhow, intro's and builds are still my weakest parts. And yet they are so very vital in every track. But i can understand your point.
There is some kind of synth solo in there! In the third chorus if im correct around 3.00 ish there's that long sweeping synth ( sidechained ) that functions as a solo synth. But i geuss it should have a more distinctive melo.
Thanks for your input. Nice review keep it up :).

[Cobra]

Nice - needs more drums!

I think that there's some epic qualities to this, with the brass that you've thrown into this piece, but for me, the drums don't quite have the imposing thud that you expect from the bass. They are there and I can hear them, but for me, they just don't project well enough.

I can understand what you mean by it being too loud. Perhaps it just needed some work in reducing the brass and propelling the drums forward. I loved the way that you had the understated notes of the strings in there as a nice foil to the brass, it really does bring on the track nicely.

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Step responds:

Thanks for the review! I agree with you that the drums don't have that powerful 'boom' that you expect after hearing the brass this song has. It could be because of their volume, and I admit that some parts cover up the drums quite a bit, but maybe it's because of the samples I used, which aren't as striking as what I was going for. Anyway, more powerful drums, got it ^^. I'm glad you noticed the blend I tried to achieve with the strings and brass. Thanks again for the review!

[Relaxtion_With_A_Bass_Lin]

Not bad at all

Not that I'd particularly call this piece relaxing, but I'm trying to think outside the box here - there is a good amount of play to this tune, with the whole piece sounding as if it has got a little too much urgency to be relaxed.

That said, there is a very good beat to this track, with some knockout punches from the melody, though with the beat being as hard as you made it, it could have been a little stronger to counter it - the exact reason I didn't find it very relaxing. There was good use of the piano later on, but as it stands, there was something about this track that didn't quite sit well with me.

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Box-Killa responds:

haha its not suposed to be relaxing

its relaxing with a base line.

[Once like twins]

Excellent start

I think that this is a nice sounding piece in the early going, until you get to the tricky parts of the later stages, where you weren't quite duelling, but it seemed like you occasionally missed notes, or hit one note too many, for example. It just kind of took the gloss off the piece for me.

With how it sounded as a piece of music, it was great, using the piano as such a wonderful instrument for this piece, but it just seemed to be a little wrong in places with too many sharp or flat notes, that really didn't work well with the low chords towards the end. Perhaps this means that you need to think about making this piece sound like two separate pianos, as opposed to a duet on a single piano.

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Calamaistr responds:

Actually ill consider that (two seperates) if i ever learn how to 'write music' i probably will.

thanks for the review anyway :)