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[Strangled - clarity burie]

Interesting ambience

The piece can be said to be slightly creepy (Resident Evil?) and yet have some calmness about it, a la games like Final Fantasy. The start seems quite tense, but it pans out as if it wants to go industrial.

I'm not entirely sure what you're gunning for here, so I'll just stick for the creepy "I've done something bad, I'll try to cover it up" line for the protagonist of this piece, especially where it refers to a buried cat.

I think that it could use more of a beat and a little more in the way of pace, but other than that, it's not an awful piece, but not the best I've ever listened to.

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Calamaistr responds:

Its meant as a step further on 'curiosity killed the cat'
In this case knowing oneself thus clarity, to let worry rest.. thus buried the cat.

And this is not a dance track so the last thing it would need is a 'beat.

[Jazzy, Funky Zombies]

Slow and steady

Not a bad piece, but I'm unsure about the name - Zombies have never really been associated with Jazz. I think that this might be something that could be worked over pretty easily though.

The pace is good and the sentiments of the track are certainly there for a nice, mellow, easy going track, but perhaps it's a little slow. With this as it is, you could certainly stand a little increase in pace, because Jazz being laid back isn't just about making it sound slow and borderline boring.

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Birdinator99 responds:

Thanks for the review -- I appreciate your honesty! I really don't have an explanation for the zombie thing lol. Also, slow music is where I tend to lean to (when creating, at least). I probably should make faster pieces once and while for sure.

[[herd] Uprising Trek]

Loops well

Not that looping a track makes for a good piece, but in this case, it doesn't really make that much of a difference.

I think that with the way that you break the track up with the interludes of the higher pitched synths. The problem is that the track seems a little repetitive, which is where the looping for me fails. What I would suggest is more variation, in additional instruments or bigger differences in the parts of the tune that you concentrate on. Verse, Chorus, Verse etc.

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Herdunculus responds:

Yes thanks. I have been getting a lot of the "more variation" advice. I will try to do exactly that on my next songs. Oh, and I didn't realize it is a good loop. I didn't try to do that! LOL. Thanks for the review.

[musicmachine - cover]

Not bad

I think this is a nice piece - I'm not in the mood for listening to the piece that this is a cover of. With how it sounds, I'm sure that I don't have to. I like the guitar that this piece has acting as a backing tune, but you bring it out nicely. It could do with a full-blown solo, but other than that, it's got a very nice feel to it.

There are some good vocals here - I'm not sure if you've just sampled them from the original, but if you have, it's a very good job with editing them into the rest of the tune, so good stuff.

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loansindi responds:

I'm glad you enjoyed it. The original piece is a high-energy electro-pop piece that's a bit of fun.

I was pretty happy with the way the instrumentals turned out. Like I stated in the description the vocals are from the original band. They were released in a pack for a remix contest, and I obtained their permission to upload my submission here.

[SN | No Purpose Flour | SN]

Nice sound

This piece has a very good pace and rhythm to it, with a nice listener dynamic, where you can keep it as a very easy piece of Drum & Bass to listen to. I particularly like the melody that you've constructed here. Perhaps it could have used a little more on the bass line, but that's down to your own feelings, as the artist ;)

With the way that it pans out, you've got a good dynamic, especially when it seems like a spinning coin coming to a stop. It's a nice way to picture the image that goes along with the piece, so as it develops, there is this wonderful image of a spaceship flying along and this spinning sound seems to be something like a drive engine, or something that we keep cutting back to this force that seems to be driving everything. At the end, I can just picture it coming to a standstill and the lights fading around the engine, as the song fades out.

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SessileNomad responds:

i love the spinning coin image, idk why that struck me, but it did, i like the lights fading as well

im glad you liked it enough lol

more bass, i always get told to do that xD

[Devotion do_ob]

Interesting tempo

Hmm, this track has certainly got some strange dynamics to it. The way that the tempo builds up and gets the whole track moving from mild and ambient to fast and active is strange, but I love the way that you finish it like a loop.

It's serene and pleasant to the ears, then when the speed changes, the backing still retains that serene quality and it gives a nice change to the piece as a whole. I think that it could have done with a little more of a change, perhaps with a different instrument and just change the dynamic more completely.

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eatmeatleet responds:

Yea I guess I should have worked more since I couldn't come up with good changes

[Golden Mind]

Intro / Outro put me off

Not a bad tune. Nice work with the instruments and the pace was well balanced with the vocals, which were well sung and the lyrics themselves were well written. What let the piece down was the length of the intro and outro, because these strange noises seemed not to have anything to do with the track and they took up over a minute of time on the track, which for me seemed excessive.

I think that trimming this to maybe 10 seconds would be ample and you would still be able to show the desired effect with the music. With the way that everything has panned out on this track, there is certainly many more positives to take out than negatives, so i look forward to your next work. I'd suggest some drums where it's just the claps, as the clapping for the percussion just doesn't seem to be strong enough. I know you're taking a softly softly approach, but losting the drums might be overkill.

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StickyRemnant responds:

I think I will trim the noise parts down. I'll see about trying to make the percussion stand out more. I was planning on eq'ing the claps (and its reverb) some to make them seem abit thicker. I may overlay another clap track over the existing one aswell.

Cheers for the review

[2010Rollers]

Reasonably peaceful

Not really what i was expecting from Drum & Bass, to be honest. I think that there's quite a well laid out piece, with some pleasing sounds to the drums, but too little in the bass department to make it a pure-bred drum & bass tune. I think that this might class as something like either dance or even just as Ambient.

The way that the intro and outro go is a little tranquil - I could certainly see you doing more for the outro, since it's just the one note, really. Taking that a little further and possibly adding something from this soft piano into the middle would certainly help your endeavours, I feel.

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eatmeatleet responds:

tnx

[[dj-Jo] 2 Minute Lunch Break]

Interesting tempo

It is very interesting to see how the tempo of thios piece works. Personally, I viewed the increase and decrease of tempo at the start and finish of the track as a little unnecessary, unless you draw it out longer and slower in the change. This just seemed like it was an exercise performed for the sake of it, as opposed to benefitting the track itself.

I think that there is a little work that can be done on the rest of the track, as variation is a must here. It didn't seem that there was much change through the piece and as a result, there are little bits and pieces that seemed quite repetitive through the track. Throwing in some sort of solo in the middle is usually a good way to break this up with little actual effort being needed. I think this could certainly take your piece forward from here.

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dj-Jo responds:

Yeah, I tried not to make it slow too much down but, i guess i didn't slow it down enough lol.
And I guess it is a little repetattive, but i think it's cathcy lol.
Oh well, I'll see what I can do on the next Techno Song I submit.
Thanks for your time :D and the 8!

[[Assios] - Fireworks]

Upbeat and pleasing

Nice work. possibly a little short, but I think that it compensates reasonably well by looping in a nice fashion. There is a good melody and counter melody to this piece, that is complimented nicely by a well used beat and the sci-fi / fantasy lazer shots at the end. Reminds me of Masters of the Universe and / or Transformers spring immediately to mind there :P

I think that the rest of the tune is rather happy and uplifting, giving the lsitener a good sense of direction and purpose, which can be justthe thing that you need to hear on any day when things are mounting up against you.

Good use of the synths / keyboards to drive the tune. I'd perhaps have added some sort of vocal choir piece to it sparingly, or indeed a little flute to it, to build on the uplifting qualities of the piece.

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Assios responds:

Thanks for a great review^^