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[Yuricharai's plan - TTC CHG]

Great atmosphere

The beginning reminds me a bit of the "Phantom of the Opera" theme, heh.

But luckily this little similarity between your song and the "Phantom" isn't there for too long.

The atmosphere you create with this song is very mysterious and a bit "strange". While I read the story there where many things I coulnd't do anything with. I hope this confusion settles down once I get to read more of the story, heh.
Anyway, what I was trying to say with that is, that the confusion I feel is emphazised by and reflected in the song. Just as if you was trying to express something like: "Yeah, I know it's confusing but don't worry, you'll understand soon."

But I think the song could use some more bass, especailly during the middle part of the song, where the organ plays some higher notes.

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Calamaistr responds:

The track is meant as the character based theme of yuricharai, who is alot like a floating ghoul with a kasa on his head, a bit the japanese style ghost to be accurate.

I havent listened to this album for a long time, have had the strangled album on my mp3 player for a while again now, i roulate em you see :p
So i dont know about the bass thing, then again i wont add anything anymore cause the album is already burned onto cds :P

But thanks for listening and reviewing man. :)
greets -cal.

[The rise of -]

Great

I was hoping to hear some more violins during the song. I was hoping for some "Paganini"-style violin, but... no such luck.

Anyway, the song you created works well even without crazy violins. I really like the atmosphere you create. It is somewhat "majestical" but it also creates great suspense. I had an image in mind of two huge armies preparing for a great battle. Both of them meet on a big field and they are just lining up, about to ride into battle when their commander orders them to do so.

Great song!

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Tomppaah responds:

:O How does a Paganini style violin section sound like? He's a artist right?

Aah, thank you very much Hagri.. erm.. Haggard! It's always a good sign when ppl listening are easily imagining scenes to a piece, right? ;)

Thank you again for your commment!

[In a nutshell - TTC CHG]

Nice

A very good track. Very relaxing and quiet, but on the other hand also very "promising" in terms of the story you wrote in the comments section. I think this track isn't only relaxing, but it also gives a small preview on the things that might happen in the future, when the story continues.

I thought I was really nice listening to the track while reading the story. It is very fitting during the first half of the story. In the second half, when they reached their destination point it isn't so fitting anymore. I think a more mysterious atmosphere would fit better there.

Anyway, overall this is again a very good song!

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Calamaistr responds:

Some tracks are overall themes, some tracks are on the timer.
:)

Glad you too liked it, havent seen you in a while. Welcome back to my musics!
Hope to see you again and thanks :)
-Cal.

[Accented Hope]

Good song

It's a very interesting mix of genres here. It begins like some sort of "orchestral 8 bit" song, then drifts off into a more glitch like song and on top of that you manage to bring some drum and bass into the song. And the best of this is: It sounds pretty good!

I really like the drums and the bass in this song. They create a pretty good atmosphere and the rhythm is... well, almost catchy. Catchy isn't the right word though, but you just have to move some part of the body to the beat.

What I don't like in this song are the "glitchy" sounding parts like at 0:47/0:48 (yes, it's no real "glitch effect", but I can't describe it better). In my opinion they destroy the atmosphere of this song a bit.

Anyway, overall the song is very good!

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[Running (RD2010)]

Amazing

A very good song. With your comments to the song you set just the right mood you have to be in to listen to this song.

I can easily imagine this being used in a flash video for a chasing scene. Listening to this song and imagine a chasing scene reminds me a bit of "Invasion of the Body Snatchers" (for whatever reason. I think the mood I had after watching this movie is the same I have while listening to the final parts of this song) and "Metropolis" (the pounding sounds remind me of the big machineries seen in this movie).

A great song that creates a very dystopian/anti-utopian atmosphere. Great work!

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Craxmilian responds:

And I also find it a bit depressive or dystopian as you say, like nothing good awaits us behind the nearest corner or so... * brain error occured*

I've never had as much visual imagination as some people, even orienting in maps is problematic - but who cares - music works well anytime.

And so I'm really happy that you enjoyed listening to it as much as I enjoyed those long nights spent on this thing :)

[1.Stabbed with a froze........]

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Same thing I said on the review for "Shit Injection" holds true here as well. The instruments and this time even the voice are much too quiet.
If you want to be "hardcore" you could at least do some "hardcore" recording so we can at least hear something.

The only thing that was loud enough was the scream at the end, so maybe you should turn up the recording volume for the rest of the track as well.

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BlackTurds2010 responds:

I can't make it more hardcore than this...

My speakers suck for mixing...

[2.Death By Shit Injection]

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You are not the same ones that did the infamous "Jason" tracks by any chance?

Anyway, this song needs a lot more work. The instruments are too quiet. I mean, this is a fucking metal song and we can't hear the instruments? Something needs to be done about this.

The vocals aren't that good either. If you decide to growl the lyrics you should try a bit harder. Right now it sounds too "noobish", in my opinion.
I know, it's not easy to growl and after some time your vocal cords begin to hurt, but it's all a matter of practice (there are actually videos on youtube that can give you useful tips).

This song is a good start - and the idea of a "shit injection" sure is something new - but there's still a lot of room for improvement.

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BlackTurds2010 responds:

I can't help it dude. My speakers BLOW. I have a decent ear and I can't mix anything correctly with these speakers.

[.: As Your Lies Burn :.]

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Generic metal still sounds great to me. Especially since we don't get too many requests in the RRC that are metal. ^^

The drums need some more work here. Sometimes they sound out of tact and they definitely sound much too weak compared to the heavy guitars.
The main riffs sound very good, I was instantly moving my head to this. ^^

The short stops during the middle of the song sound a bit weird, nearly like you forgot how to continue the song, heh.
Anyway, it's still "WIP" so if you decide to continue working on this song I hope you can fix the stops (ie make them sound better).

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leopapitas responds:

Hahaha thanks! Yeah, originally, this wasn't going to be a song, I just tabbed the riffs on guitarpro and ended up putting some drums and stuff, and turned out to be like this hahaha. I still don't know whether to finish this or not, I haven't gotten many ideas lately :/ But hopefully I'll be able to finish it one of these days. I'll see what I can do with the stops (?) Although I'm not very sure to what pauses you refer to. Would you mind sending me a PM telling me in what minute/second those 'stops' are in? (: Thanks for the review man n.n Stay metal (:

[G. -Force- Trance (Mans0n)]

Generic, all right

Yep, this definitely is generic and it almost represents everything I don't like about trance music, lol.

Seriously though, even though this song is overly generic it has it's good parts as well. The sidechaining makes this song a bit less generic and the effect is really interesting.

I know this is labeled as a Loop, but it doesn't loop too well and there's no clear intro and no real outro for this song/loop, which is a pity. Because right now it's neither fish nor fowl (or rather "neither song nor loop" ;) ).

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Mans0n responds:

thanks i guess

[Pulp Fictionstep(demo)]

Promising

I think this song will be quite good once it is finished. It just needs some touches here and there.

The adding of the quote from Pulp Fiction is a very good idea, but I think you used the sound of the shot a bit too often. It doesn't really fit to the rest of the instruments you used, so it stands out in a very negative way. Maybe you could try to find a different sound (or alter the shooting sound a bit) to make it stand out a bit less.

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