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[Intensity of the Chase]

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While the main melody is very nice and may indeed be used for some sort of chase scene, the song offers to little varity to keep the listener interested.

The only noticable developements took place at somwhere around 0:30 and 1:40, where you added some other beats. But that alone sure isn't enough. During the song I had a feeling like: "Ok, NOW it has to really start!" but unfortuneatly it didn't "really start", instead the song was suddendly over.

Try adding a few more variations and breaks and also try to speed up and/or slow down the song here and there, to bring in some dynamics and thus indicating different scenes of the chase. Faster parts may indicate people running or cars going faster on the freeway, while slower parts could stand for people hiding to get some rest.

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[+The Broken God+]

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A very good track with lots of variations in it. I especially liked the beginning. The effect you used here does sound as if the whole song would wow and flutter.

Throughout the song you had various breaks and variations from the main beat, which made the song very interesting. It's much more joyful to listen to a song where actually is something happening than to the same boring beat for about 5 minutes. ^^

If you want to extend this over 10 minutes you have to make sure to offer the same variety you offer here in this "short" version, or else it would get boring very quickly.

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WritersBlock responds:

Yeah, I think it's up over 6 minutes now, and the additions are completely different to the already existing material. New synths, some traditional instruments, so I'd like to mess with that a whole bunch and change around with those instruments, and I'm thinking about putting another set of instruments in there after that to get a large variety.
Thanks for the review and 10. I'm glad you like it, I've always been a bit unsure how the end result would be on electronica tracks, but I guess I'm starting to find more of a flow.

[Passionate Playing-UMSL]

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The melody and the rhythm are very nice and quite unique and I like how you have those little breaks during the song, it adds a bit varity to it.

My major concern with the song is that it's too quiet! It sounds the whole time as if I would listen to this from a very distant place, or as if you forgot to fade in properly. The result is a very flat sound without any bass.
So turn up the volume a little bit!

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umsldragon responds:

gotcha chief!

[Waterfall [R1]]

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Sounds very intersting and it shows one more time that musicians shouldn't always go for the "perfectly clean" sound. A few dissonant/atonal tunes here and there can be very nice and can add a lot of depth to a song.

The background theme (that one with the bass notes in it) sounds very relaxing, the higher notes sometimes sound a bit "asian/chinese" (can't describe it in a better way :/ ), but I like that.

All in all, this is a very interesting tune that's definatly worth listening to.

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PS: lol@the alarm clock going off at 3:31 :P

Bezman responds:

Heh. Well spotted.

You know, I once spilt water on my keyboard. I played it immediately afterwards and all the notes were REALLY out of tune. It actually sounded kinda cool, though I realised I'd better turn it off and let it dry so I'd perhaps have a working keyboard once again (it worked) rather than a novelty instrument that could only play highly modulating dissonant notes.

I note you have no criticisms!

I'd better re-record this at some point in the future then, on the keyboard, and see what you think of that.

[Metal (S.C.)*]

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I kinda like this song. I think the vocals are pretty good and fit quite well into the song, but as Coop already mentioned the bass needs to be far more present than it is now to sound like Industrial.

What indeed sounds very much like industrials are the vocals. I really like the effect you added to the voice. This gives this whole piece that "gothic"-feeling that every industrial song needs in my opinion. ;)

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BreakingFaces responds:

I hate to sound like an asshole but, Agh! I'm not trying to be industrial :P

[Swimming]

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ZOMG A STEEL DRUM!!!111one

Normally I hate that instrument, as it has been overused in billions of songs (and the sound of it really isn't that great to be honest), but you used it in a quite good way, I think.
It still sounds like "Jurian", but it also sounds very different from your other songs. So I guess you've done an amazing job with the steel drums. ^^

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[Prelude pour la Gaieté]

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I really like that duet. While the one piano plays a rather sad melody, the other piano seems to float above that sad tune and plays a very happy melody. It also manages to cheer up that little sad piano and together they speed up during the song and mix themselves together to a quite cheerful melody.

Too bad that the ending is so slow and sad again. I would have liked it better it the two pianos would continue to speed up (to an insane speed and even faster!) until suddendly the ending comes with a big "bang!".

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[Thoughts*]

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Great bassline here. It is always present but keeps it self in the background very well, so that also the other instruments could be heard very well.

I especially like the sax in this song. While the bassline is the main ingredient of the song, the sax adds the spice to it and together they create a very delicious meal, that I could eat every day and never be tired of it.

Great!

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[Untitled Orchestral Piece (SC)]

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Sound very nice to me, but somehow I'm missing some part that really stands out. Everything floats along very nicely (and perfectly mixed), but that "little extra" is missing here, I think.
Now don't get me wrong, this still is a very good piece, as there is nothing bad in it either. But I think you still can push it a little further to the "good" side. ;)

The ending is very short and comes very surprisingly, but I liked it.

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BreakingFaces responds:

Thank you.
I'll try and find that little extra :)