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[** \ 5 seconds con. - SoK]

Nice

The trumpet sounds really nice. It's an interesting effect you put on there.

The melody is simple but catchy. And I think it's impossible to put something more complex insuch a short amount of time, heh.

Also, the loop works pretty well. I don't know how it was before, but I read in an answer to a review that you fixed the loop. Well, it worked. ;)

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Sonofkirk responds:

Yeah that was really difficult to make an interesting 5 seconds loop, I think the trumpet helps to make it a bit interesting :). Thanks a lot for the review again dude.

[Ihr Lächeln (FLMX)]

Nice

"Spent a while figuring out a catchy melody too." well, it payed off. I really like the melody. It sounds happy and a bit sad at the same time. Just like in an old silent film, like LightKeeper wrote.

Too bad it isn't longer, though.

[Pull The Plug - Cover]

Wow...

My first thought: "Covering Death? What a disgrace!"

But now that I listened to it I changed my mind. This is FUCKING AWESOME! Guitars, drums and vocals are kick ass and nearly sound better than the original!

Now I can't wait to hear some of your own songs. I hope you do have other songs and share them here with us! :)

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Jeffaro responds:

Heh..Thanks man.

But I really wouldn't go as far as saying that my mix is better than the original.I don't think that my guitar solos did the song justice..Hopefully Chuck wont mind XD.

Also..I never really planed on putting my original work on NG.I think I'm just going to do covers for now.

Thanks for the review dude!

[Chaotic Freedom]

Nice

The slow build up is done pretty nicely, but it sounds a bit too generic. The guitar was unexpected and made this song a lot better (even though FL guitars sound pretty awful).

Corky is right, the cymbal at the end doesn't really fit there. You should try to end this song in a different way. Maybe with a hold guitar note or with a good old fade out.

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Insanimation responds:

Thanks for the review! I'll consider this for future music.

[~Cobalt~]

Generic

As other have said before me, this is pretty generic and quite repititve.
I liked the breaks you had every now and then as it takes away from the repititveness of the song a lot, but it's nothing too new. It feels like I had listened to this a dozen times before.

Also, the ending seems to be a bit cut off. Maybe the song was meant to loop. If so, it's not done very good as the difference between the ending and the beginning is too big.
If it wasn't meant to loop, well... then the ending is cut off.

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[MeZoni TriZoni]

Daft Punk-ish

Those robot voices really remind me of Daft Punk. Also, the funky intro seems to be heavily influenced by them.

Anyway, I like this song, it creates a happy atmosphere and sounds pretty unconventional. Sometimes it reminds me of some of the 90s dance tracks, the next second I recognize some 70s rock influence there (you know, those long-winded guitar and keyboard soli à la Deep Purple).

However, the main beat of the song stays almost the same nearly through the whole song. This gets boring after about 3 minutes.

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GlueR responds:

Thanks for the review! You're right about the beat. Nothing does really change throughout the song, but you wouldn't have noticed it if everything else stayed the same throughout the song, as you would see in not so few dance tunes... ;-)
Anyways, I really should have programmed more drums into this, but at the time, I wasn't too proficient with writing realistic drum parts back then and to be totally honest, I didn't even have the patience to do it. You know, as a listener I'm not into beat oriented music, but I do appreciate some bands here and there, like Daft Punk, the Chemical Brothers etc, that put effort and artistic value into what they make, so if I'm influenced by anyone, it would be by them... And you're right about the rock part. But you didn't spot Vanessa Mae influence in the second part of the song... Hehe... This was really a blend of everything....
Cheers!

[OtaQ - Deep One (loop)]

Interesting

This sounds pretty interesting. I like the deep tunes you used here, they create a pretty sinister atmosphere. Also, they make the loop sound as if it was originally played a bit faster, but the tune was slightly decreased in speed. And the result can be heard here. As I've said in the title: It's interesting.

The only downside is, that there isn't much happening here. It's basically the same thing over and over again. You should try to vary this track a bit more, so that the listener doesn't get bored before the song is over.

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[In the news]

Great

Wow, this is really a great song. Everything fits very well together, from the intro to the very last tune. Great song writing!

Only downside is that the voice is a tad bit too quiet and has to compete against the other instruments.

Other than that, this track just blew me away!

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GlueR responds:

Thanks for that! Well, you're right. The vocals are low in the mix, but that depends on your stylistic preferences. I've made songs that are pop, where the vocals sit well above anything else in the mix and others (like this one) that they sit together with the rest of the instruments. It depends on what your goal is for each song. This one isn't about showcasing vocal abilities, solos, too complex instrumentation etc. It's about the message. Everything is built around it and trying not to obstruct it. It's a bit less radio-friendly that way, but I didn't intend for it to be in the first place.

I'm glad you liked this! This is really one of the few songs that really mean a lot for me! Cheers!

[I was made for lovin' you]

Good cover

This acutally a pretty good cover. You managed to bring your own style into the song while at the same time keeping the feelinf of the original intact. This is a very good job you've done here. Most covers are pretty bad and slaughter the original to pieces. The more I appreciate the fact that you didn't do that. :)

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GlueR responds:

Thanks for the review! You're right about that. There are a lot of bands who either reproduce the original song or mock it. We really did do this keeping in mind that we are trying to make a tribute to the original. Thanks for that!

[Let's Fuck - sensual version]

Let's fuck! I'll fuck anything that moves!

Sorry, but the title just reminds me of that quote from "Blue Velvet" ;)

Anyway, the song is really nice and indeed quite "sensual" as the title already suggests. I like the calm atmosphere the song creates.
All instruments here go along very nice together. Especially the drums and the melody in the background.

Also, the song loops very well. Nice job!

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