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[Cleanse My Heart - BK]

Great song

I like how this song is mixed. Everything can be heard clearly and yet this song is very dynamic. Meanging that there are louder and quieter parts and instruments in it. But yet, everything can be heard just fine. Good job here.

The meldoies are very nice as well, they sound very happy without being "too happy" (I don't know, sometimes the happiness in songs just feels wrong, but here it all seems to be very natural).

I also like how you change the song so often without losing it's structure. It is very interesting to listen to this song as it is very varied. And yet all the changes are done very carefully. No abrupt changes in speed or rhythm, but yet the song constantly changes.

Very nice work!

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Bracksta responds:

thanks haggard :) for all of the compliments and great review! i have a remix coming soon that i hope you will enjoy also. i always appreciate your time because your reviews are so valuable :D!

[wandering in the dark]

Good

Very calm, would also fit nicely into the amibent genre, I think.

However, as this is listed under "Video Games" I could imagine someone using this in an RPG, either as background music to some dream sequence or some scene in a haunted forest.

I really like the background melodies here, they sound very nice and create the vast majority of the good atmosphere.

But I also think that some louder sounds, especially towards the end could spice this song up a little.

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[This Is Rock n Roll]

Too loud

Very good song, but it needs better mixing. The guitars are too loud and the effect on the amp should be turned down a bit as well. The singer's voice is too quiet in contrast to the loudness of the other instruments, so it's hard to make out the lyrics.

The song structure seems to be pretty nice, though. Also the main riff is very catchy.

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StickyRemnant responds:

Thanks, Haggard.

It seems all the reviews are saying the same things so either you're all insane or I need to do as is adviced ;) I'll try the latter before assuming the former ;)

Thanks for your thoughts and compliments. As with the other reviewers I hope you can pop back when I upload the new version.

[The Challenger]

Nice tribute

The atmosphere of this song is very good. It's a fitting atmosphere for a tribute and also the idea of adding parts of Reagan's speech is a good one.

However, the song is a bit too short in my opinion and there isn't happening too much. Also, it all seems to be very quiet, some instruments can hardly be heard, which is a pity.

So I think you should try to mix this a bit better and also try to make the song longer.

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nickbryant responds:

Thanks for the review. It seems I have some trouble actually making a song long enoygh, eh? As for the mix, until 2 weeks ago, I hadn't even figured out how to use the mix, so that will get better with time. Thanks again for the review!

[La Llama el Baile]

Good try

Sounds very interesting and a very good first try, I think.

I'm not an expert when it comes to this genre, but I think you did a very good job with the piano here. It sounds very authentic, and the trumpet (or is this a sax?) sounds nice as well.

I think the percussions could use some more work, though. They are very far in the background and can only be heard very hard in some parts of the song.

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[.:Lost Causes:.]

Nice song

A very nice song, I especially like the intro with the guitar, sounds very nice.

But the drums need some more variations, they basically play the same thing the throughout the whole song.

However, I do like the atmosphere of this song. It's a bit melancholic but also very thoughtful. I wished the song would be a bit longer, though.

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[[Assios] - Euphoria]

Good song

The melodies are very nice and the atmosphere especially in the intro is very "stadium like", as if I was sitting in a stadium and this song is played while the players are running onto the pitch.

The middle part of the song is a bit boring as there isn't happneing too much. The kick doesn't play and we can only hear the melodies. As I've said, the melodies are nice, but they are not enough to carry the song on for such a long time as you did here in my opinion.

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Assios responds:

Thank you! :) And yeah, I should have added more to the middle part, but FL just screewed up (could barely hear the song before I exported it :p)

[Breeze - dj.s]

Nice summer atmosphere

I wished it was still warm outside so I could properly enjoy this song. It creates a very nice summer atmosphere and I really would like to listen to this song while being outside and lying on the grass.

But instead it's very cold and it's snowing, so the songs nice atmosphere is kinda lost right now.

Anyway, the song still is nice, I like the melodies and the beat. :)

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[AF - Final Pulse]

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The slow intro is very nice, even though it takes over 1 minute for the song to "really" start, but the long intro sets the right mood for the song in my opinion.

However, after the nice transition to the main part of the song I was a bit disappointed. The song doesn't seem to develope any further from there. I know, you have some different parts in there and even change around the beat, but somehow it just sounds as if the song doesn't develop. Maybe it's because we can hear the melodies from the intro for so long (that humming sound).

Also, the outro is a bit too abrupt. Just as if you meant to add something more to the song but lost interest in it.

Now, please don't let this review discourage you, I'm not trying to put you down. The song sounds nice, but I think it could sound better with a few extra touches here and there.

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aliaspharow responds:

Yeah im pretty bad with the little things. Developement too is a big probleme. im hopeing these problemes will resolve themselves with experience. thanks for the feedback!

[(-Corrosive-) *not finished*]

Good start

The drums in the intro sound pretty strange, as if I was listening to them standing outside a large hall while the drums are played inside the hall. Maybe take away some of the reverb there.

After the intro the kick gets a lot better and I like the melodies you created here. They sound very catchy and I think you could use those as some kind of leitmotif in the finished song.

Later on, at around 1:18 the song gets very messy with all the stuff going on there at once. Maybe if the song developed longer until it becomes this "messy" it would sound better, but right now it just happens too quickly.

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XTriNovaX responds:

Thanks for the review :), if your interested, I finished it, and fixed up most of the issues.
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/liste n/295166