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[Tranc(E)Pheonix]

Good bass, a little repetitive towards the end

Very nice bass. The deep sound is pretty amazing. I also like how it starts off with the bass tuned all the way down in the intro and then it slowly starts to get more and more bassy until the "main kick" sets in.

The melodies you put in every now and then are pretty nice. They keep the song from getting too repetitive, because the main beat gets a little bit boring towards the end.
I hoped you would let a melody play for longer once you introduced them, instead of only letting them play for a few seconds and then stop them again.
I think the song would sound better if there was a main melody in the second part of the song.

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Mans0n responds:

thanks for the review!

[Once like twins]

Great

The intro is amazing. It's very intense, even though you only use the piano here. But the sound of it and the melody is so nice. It creates a very good atmosphere. Makes me think of old times, just like you intended (judging from what you wrote in the comments).

Towards the end it gets a bit "wild". Seems almost as if the piano tries to play all the notes it's capable off in a very short amount of time. Sometimes the notes don't sound too good together (at least in my ears), but overall the piece is very good. I just like the first part with the slow piano better.

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Calamaistr responds:

Thanks, this is one of my best digitally constructed piano piece up till now, its nice you like it and i dont mind you like the latter part less, i was thinking of making my next piano piece alot slower (kindof a trait im getting from my extra piano lessons im getting once every two weeks :) )

This track is loaded with teenage emotions on several days of my life, both my mind back when, the way i was and the way i experienced things, and in some way things i wanted to say in retrospect on it, seeing as then i didnt really treat people with much respect, i was very selfish and rude especially to my niece, so in some way i too said sorry through this track and for the rest.. well to much to explain anyway. Its a good compliment when more people recognice their own oldtimes through it too, thanks for that.

[Relaxtion_With_A_Bass_Lin]

Good song

This track has a very nice progression. The changes are very subtle most of the time, but the changes in the melody are there. At first I didn't really notice them until I restarted the song. Suddendly it sounded completly different to what I heard before I restarted it.

However, the background beat does indeed get a bit repetitive in this song.

But anyway, overall this is a great song. Very relaxing and very nice melodies to listen to. Good work!

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[SN | Bipolar | SN]

Nice atmosphere

I really like the atmosphere this song creates. It makes me feel uncomfortable, but at the same time I think: "Ah, it could be worse. I can work this out if I just try hard enough!"
So I think this song could be used in a scene where the main character goes through a difficult period in his/her life. At first s/he thinks about just giving in, but then decides to buck up and tries to fight the problems.

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SessileNomad responds:

pretty good imagery man, i never really figured it would go in that direction :)

uncomfortable is good i suppose

[80 (WiP)]

Back to the 80s!

Yeah, back to the 80s, that's where this song takes me. The synths in the background just sound so cheesy like they do in most songs from the 80s. ^^

But anyway, it sounds pretty good. Especially the little guitar riff has a nice melody.
The mastering still needs some more work, I think. The guitar riff just stands out too much. It almost seems as if the riff isn't a part of the song, because of the different sound quality. Hard to explain, but the guitar riff sounds as if it was recorded in a small room with a mic while the synths and the drums sound as if they where recorded in a studio (I hope you get what I'm trying to say here ^^).

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SFaPiL2 responds:

I was trying to make the e-guitar stand out less already (without pushing it in the background)!

My "mastering techniques" are trial-and-error-based, so they'll never be perfect. Applying the right reeverb to the e-guitars might solve the problem, but it might cause the echoes to "overlap", making it even more loud (damn it)... hmm... I'll try to solve this problem.

Anyway, thanks Haggard ^__^

[CKC - Avatar]

Slow intro

The intro is a bit long winded. Maybe you can cut out the first few seconds, because all we get to hear there is some silence.

After the intro the song picks up very nicely. I like the tempo of the song. It is fast paced, yet at the same time the melodies create the feeling of a slow song. Very interesting effect. ^^

Towards the end the song gets a bit repetitive, but I think you can easily fix that by chaning around the main beat and the main melody a bit.

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CKC2009 responds:

ok.

[Celestial Palace]

Could be a bit faster

The whole time the song was playing I thought: "It could be a bit faster". So yeah, in my opinion the song should pick up a bit after the intro, in my opinion it would sound better.

But the song has a nice and indeed very spacey atmosphere, which fits nice to your description of the "Space King and his Space Dog", heh.

Also, towards the end the main melody gets a bit repetitive, so I think you should try to add some variations of it into the song.

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Birdinator99 responds:

I hear you on the variation -- my next song should be better with that.

Thanks for your review, and I'm glad you liked the Space Dog lol.

[Life is the Drug - BK]

Nice title

"Life is the drug". Yeah, I think I can agree with this. Why swallow pills or smoke stuff when there's so much to experience in the "real world"?

Anyway, the song starts off a bit slow, but it progresses a lot the longer it plays. I like that a lot. This prevents the song from getting repetitive, as there's always something new coming in.
I also like the deep bass here. The kick could be a bit stronger in my opinion, but you wrote in the comments that you put a lot of effort into the mastering of this song. So I guess a stronger kick would overpower other melodies in the song.

Speaking of the melodies: I like how soft and subtle they are. They create a very nice counter part to the strong and deep bass.

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Bracksta responds:

wow you picked up on all of the little things i did to the song on purpose lol, you are very perceptive :D. I didn't want any harsh sounds until the video game clip and the bass had to be off the hook, breakbeat has to have two things, sick beats and bass. i am working on making my beat samples much stronger, the next song i produce should be an example of this :). thank you so much haggard for the great review and your awesome ear :). peace

[(FMC) -=Bowser Armageddon=-]

Good song for a boss battle

Well, I don't know the original version (never had a N64...), but this song does sound great anyway.

I like the intro. It creates a very good and dark atmosphere. Just the right mood for a battle against Bowser.
The main part of the song has a good tempo, that gets the adrenalin of the player pumping, which again is a very nice thing for a boss battle. The player has to be really involved in the battle. And I think he is if he's listening to this song during the battle.

The outro is a bit of a let down, though. I don't like how it slows down. Also, we are left with some seconds of silence. It would be nice if this song would loop a bit better.

But overall this is a great song.

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FunkmasterCatking responds:

AWESOMENESS.

I agree, it's kind of hard to make sense of the outro the way I did it. I might go back and redo it completely at some point..

Thanks for the review!

[Dead Winter (Trance Remix)]

Nice progression

I like the progression of the song. It starts off a bit generic, but quickly evolves into a quite unique song with a great atmosphere. Maybe the sounds are a bit too loud sometimes (for example around the 2 minute mark), so it's hard to make out the melodies and beat there because they are overpowering each other.

But overall it's a good song with some very good parts (I especially like the transition at 2:37).
However, the high pitched melody is a bit too high for me. It seems as if it doesn't fit too well into the song.

Still, I like this song, even though it has some flaws in my opinion. But it's original and it has a nice progression.

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