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[What is This!]

Hmmm

Hm, I'm not really sure what to make out of this song. So, the title is very fitting. What is this?! I really don't know.
The main beat gets a bit repetitive towards the end, but at least we get to hear a nice piano part (the melody sounds very familiar, but I don't know where I might have heard it before).

Maybe the bass of the main beat could be a bit bassier, deeper. But on the other hand the strange feeling I have while listening to this song might be lost.

The part at around 00:57 isn't really that great. It starts very unexpected and there isn't that much to hear anyway... so yeah, maybe turn up the volume there a bit?

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xxxZigZagxxx responds:

Thanks for your review of this song, Haggard. Your efforts are well appreciated.

I'm glad you felt alienated from the beginning. It was supposed to be that way. I'm also happy that you enjoyed the piano melody. The main beat, I must admit, gets annoying even to my own ears. I don't remember ever hearing the piano melody myself, but perhaps it's buried in my subconscious, I don't know :)

I have had lots of suggestions that things could be bassier. I agree, perhaps I will add more bass. The part at 0:57, I agree, is quite jarring. The purpose was to have people alienated, then broiught back down to Earth with the main beat. But I guess it just put people off a bit from the groove, so I won't do that again... :P

Learning lessons, loving the music-making process. Thank you for your kind criticism.

Benny a.k.a "Silly Boy"

[ECHO - A Little Push [MD]

Good try

I like this track. The atmosphere fits very well to madness and I can imagine this being used in a madness related flash.
This track would fit quite well to one of the typical fight scenes (maybe even the final battle?). I like how you added a short break during the track. At first I thought the track was over, but then it continued playing.
Would be quite interesting to see this in a flash, where the viewer would think the battle is over but then the "defeated" opponent comes back to life again.

I also like the ending of this song. Short, but very well done.

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[Long Story Told Short]

Sounds good

Well, the pianos sound pretty good here. And I like the "story" you are telling with them, it sounds very interesting.

I also like how both pianos have something to "say" in this track. Maybe the darker piano is a bit too loud for the other piano, but that's how life goes. The sad/cruel/evil stories are heard and the happy/cheerful stories are overlooked.

Only thing that bothers me is the long silence at the end. Is there no way to edit it out? Audacity is a good way to edit sound files, for example.

ErlendHL responds:

Hey thanks for the review! Not long time ago, I found out that there is a way. Well it's too late now, if I shouldn't delete this and upload a new version, which I won't.

[Welcome to Zebes]

Good

Lol, why do I always have to think of Final Fantasy whenever I hear a track like this one? ^^

Anyway, I think this is a pretty good track for a video game. I think it could be used in a pretty big range of video game genres, doesn't necessarily have to be a RPG, but could also be an action game like Rambo for the NES (well, the game was horrible, but that's beside the point ^^) as the song gets pretty intense towards the end.

The only problem I have with this one is that it doesn't loop too well. So in order to be used in a game you'd have to "fix" it first.

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MeteorManMike responds:

Haha, the styles of Metroid and FF are quite similar, now that I think of it. Probably the string types I used.

I'd call Metroid sort of a platformer/shooter/RPG. It's kind of its own genre.

Yeah, It's always hard to spice up a classical track and then bring it back down to loop right. I could always work on this one later, I guess.

Thanks for reviewing!

[Voyage pt. I & II]

Relaxing

This is how a voyage should be like. Nice and relaxing. I like the background music here very much. It creates this relaxing atmosphere that I quite like.

However, the drums sound a bit strange to me, some kind of "artificial sound". Maybe you could try out different drum sounds to find one that doesn't stand out so much?

Overall, this is a good song.

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MakerThe responds:

Didn't mix/master the track with my monitors (yeah, don't think I'll do that again), but now that I have them up and running again I can see what you mean. Cheers!

[Waiting For The Madness [WIP]]

Good song

Very good song. Even with the nonsensical lyrics.

The guitar sounds very nice. It plays some simple chords, but "simple" is just what fits best here. Together with the sometimes too quiet vocals it creates a very dense atmosphere.

I also like the various effects you put into this, like the echo on the voice and the backwards-like guitar we can hear after the chorus.

Only thing that bothers me is that the vocals are too quiet. I know, the lyrics are supposed to be nonsensical, but it's quite hard to make them out right now. So yeah, turn up the volume of the voice. ^^

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StickyRemnant responds:

Haha, the song now has proper lyrics ...but they're still quite nonsensical!

I'll make sure to up the vocals when I finish it

Cheers for the review. Glad you liked it.

[Cygnus]

Not bad

This song isn't bad, but it just doesn't work for me, I guess. I mean, the melodies and the rhythm are pretty nice. But overall I find this song a bit boring.

Now, that doesn't mean I can't work for others (an average score of 9.6 from 8 reviews should be enough evidence that it indeed DOES work for other people). But for me there are some things missing. I think a stronger bass would be quite useful, and I think if the song would be played a bit faster (or had some faster parts) it would sound much better and would be more interesting to listen to.

Sorry I had to rain on your parade. :(

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[J@K's Guitar Covers #4]

Good cover

This is a pretty good cover, but it seems a tad bit too slow to me (but on the other hand, I haven't listened to Purple Haze in quite a long time).

The recording does has it's flaws, but it also has a very special "garage recording" charm to it. What kind of setup did you use to record this cover?

It would be great if you could also record the other instruments (drums at least), but I guess it's kind of difficult to do.

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gamejunkie responds:

Thanks for the review Haggard, much appreciated. If you listen to the Original Studio Recording the timing is perfect. The guitar is a 2007 Distressed Fender Stratocaster Vintage S 56 'Relic' Model. Into a Marshall Twin Speaker Cabinet then recorded onto a Zoom midi portable recording studio, (not the greatest device ever made). We are working on some better stuff at the moment.

Cheers gamejunkie.

[Exhausted Bass]

Why so short?

Well, the bass is nice, but the track is only two seconds long. I'm sure you can do better than this...

Including this loop anywhere is almost impossible, since it would get annoying very quickly. The only suggestion I can give you is to make this track a lot longer (about 10 times longer ;) ).

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