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[Summer Solace {durn}]

Relaxing

I'm very tired right now, so this song was just the right thing for me, heh.
It is very relaxing, which is a good thing. I can close my eyes and just listen to the song without having to fear that it suddendly "screams" at me or gets uncomfortable with loud noises or fast drum beats.

Here I can just close my eyes, relax and enjoy the nice melody.
Speaking of the melody: It reminds me of warm (but not too warm) summer days, it just has the same happy feeling to it a kid (or even an adult) would feel while running over a field...

Very nice work!

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durn responds:

you just described the weather that I was working during perfectly. :) it was rainy and kinda chill and I was just praying for a nice sunny day. :)

lol, shoulda called the song sundance. :)

and thanks for the review!

[Random 8 bit]

Sounds familiar

Strange, I think I heard something like this before, but it wasn't your song as I remember reviewing it... but here's no review from me, so it can't be your song I listened to.

Anyway, I think the idea to use 8-bit sfx to create the song is really nice and you did an awesome job of creating a nice beat and an even better melody.

It starts off a bit slow but gets better and better the more sounds you added.

Only the outro needs some more work. It just ends too abruptly.

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fallensoul289 responds:

Yeah it does end to adruptly. But anyways I'm glad you like it.

[We Are Lost (full Vocals)]

Slow start

It sounds really generic at the start, but when finally the voices set in it gets much better.
Too bad it takes over 2 minutes for the vocals to start, an impatient listener might not listen that long.
But it's a good thing that the song goes on for over 6 minutes after the vocals set in, so the patient listener is rewarded with a very nice song after the quite long wait. ;)

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statueofdiveo responds:

Yay

[(SoD) -Together-]

You don't sound male

More like a woman. Sorry. :P

But anyway, it doesn't matter how you sound, the most importan thing is that it fits to the song. And it does fit indeed. I'm not a fan of effects on voices, but here they fit pretty good to the rest of the song.
It's also nice how the vocals don't stand out too much. They go along very nice with the other instruments.

Overall it's a nice and relaxing song, just the right thing if you come home after a long and hard day.

However, I don't like the speed up ending of the song. It destroys the relaxing atmosphere.

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statueofdiveo responds:

cool. Yeah. I agree.

[Jumpstyle (Beat 1)]

Nice

It sounds pretty generic at the beginning, but when suddendly that "jumping noise" popped up it was clear that this isn't your everyday techno song.

I like how you added various parts to the song, this makes it a lot less generic and more interesting to listen to. Also the sound of the main beat is nice and creates quite a happy atmosphere.

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JumpstylezBeatz responds:

Thanks im really proud of this piece. maybe i will be able to make a new one in the near future

[London Brew (One chord Jazz)]

Sounds good

This sounds pretty good. Very minimalstic, but I like what you created. The effect on the voices fits pretty well to the rest of the song and I like how they are "embedded" into the sound of the other instruments.

I especially liked the drums, they offer a nice beat.

Even though the song is relativly short (not even 2 minutes long) it "feels" like a much longer song. Maybe that's because of that little bridge between the verses.

The outro is done nicely as well with the stopping instruments and the voice that slowly gets quieter.

I noticed there's a hughe static sound right at the end, you may try to get rid of that as it is hihgly annoying.

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HolyKonni responds:

Actually, the drums is the only thing I didn't make, they are samples I donwloaded. :) Static is annoying, yup, gotta fix that later maybe. Thanksfor the review!

[You have mail!!!]

Bad quality

Pity that the recording quality is so low. Some of the voices you did in this submission are pretty good. Also you provide a wide range of voices here that I can imagine in a flash submission.
If, yes, if only the sound quality wasn't so low. Sometimes (especially in the beginning) there are quite a few static and "blowing" sounds.

So I guess you should try to find a way to get rid of those sounds.

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NekoMika responds:

I'm going to take Insanimation's advice and use a sock next time to block out static since it seems air is what causes it or my breath.

[Bizarre Spy Theme]

Starts good

Starts pretty good. The deep tones create some sort of mysterious atmosphere which would be perfect for a spy. But the ending is pretty messed up. It doesn't really fit to the start of the theme.

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ForNoReason responds:

Yeah, I get what you are saying. Thanks!

[Billy Mays ;_;]

Good, but repititive

A nice song. You used a lot of different sounds and instruments. It starts off as a mostly electronic song but in between you suddendly come up with a nice guitar solo. The solo fits in pretty well where you put it.

However, the song gets a bit repititve after a while. Quotes would be nice to have, even though I wouldn't even recognize them (I don't live in the US and I wouldn't evene have a clue who Billy Mays was if it wasn't for NG and wikipedia ;) ). But it would bring some more variation into the song.

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Sawdust responds:

Thanks, I'll try to get some quotes then and put them in.

[Word, yo. Funkay.]

Nice, but generic

Well, it's a nice (and funky) song. Reminds me a bit of songs that are played on various radio stations in the GTA games. Not too distracting from the actual game, but gives the player something nice to listen to.

But the overall impression is that it's a pretty generic song without too much changes during the song. A few breaks here and there would be nice.

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statueofdiveo responds:

Yeah I could have worked harder