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[beep song]

Interesting experiment

It's an interesting experiment, but it just doesn't work out. At least for me.

Yet I can imagine hearing this in some very spacey (the Kubrick kind of spacey ;) ) movie where some strange things are happening that no one can understand.

Anyway, the repeated beeps get very annoying after a very short time. I am also not able to see any structure here (and I don't even know if you where aiming for some kind of structure... propably not).

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[Halo Theme {^}-{Alix1}-{^}]

Mezzo piano, not forte

I like the progression of this song, it starts very calm with only a few instruments playing.

More and more is added the longer the song plays, which keeps it from getting boring.

But sometimes you played the notes on the keyboard with too much power (or 'forte'). This overpowers the other melodies and also creates static sounds in my speakers.
So, you should try to play those notes with a bit less power ('mezzo piano' ;) ).

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alix1 responds:

ok. Thanks for the advice. I just thought this song would be played with a force!
Thanks for the review though!

[(NUB)Nowhere to sleep]

Great

This is a really great song. The beginning reminds me a lot of "Rabbit in your headlights" by U.N.C.L.E., which too is a great song.

I like the mixing of the song very much. Everything can be clearly heard, there's nothing there that outpowers any other instrument.
The whole atmosphere of the song is very sad... to the point where you suddendly kick the drums in. I was really surprised to hear this, but it fits very well into the context. It's like the intro is very sad and it has a very "lonely" atmosphere. Later on the song is still sad, but the loneliness isn't that strong anymore.
When the drums set in the amtmosphere changes almost to "angry", as if someone is fed up with all the shit happening to him and he/she just can't take it anymore.

Well, the calm part after that... I don't know how to describe that. On the one hand it may mean that the "fight" was successful, but on the other hand there's still a very sad note to it. So maybe nothing changed.
The latter interpretation is also strengthened by the fact that the song loops, so maybe everything just starts over again...

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[Bridal Creeper]

Great song

This is great! Everything flows really well together here. The melodies, the background beats. And everything is mixed very well, too.

Even though the song is nearly 5 minutes long it doesn't get repititve or boring, not even for one single second! Amazing. :)

I just listened to this, while I was doing other things (like browsing the web) and I came to the conclusion that this can be used perfectly as background music in nearly any kind of game. It is nice to listen to, but it doesn't distract you from what you are doing.

Again: Great song!

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WritersBlock responds:

Thanks haggard. I'm really glad you like this. I feel that the quality of my music has stepped up a notch lately.
:3

[Allegrisimo_ExcerciseNo.1]

Interesting

A good song. I enjoyed listening to it. It's very interesting and never got boring, so you've done a good job here.

I also like this, because you only used a single piano and no other instruments. It's one of the reasons I like the piano. It can be used in a band with other instruments, but it also sounds great if it is the only instrument used. Not much other instruments are so flexible.

Anyway, great song! I hope to hear the second part of this soon. :)

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[Natural Curiosity]

Good groove

"Groovy!" </Earthworm Jim>
Yes, this song is amazingly groovy. I really like the rhythm of it. The deep bass and the drums play very well together and the somewhat higher pitched melodies you added here and there are the icing on the cake. They fit very well to the deep and grooving rhythm.

But some of the things you added aren't that fitting in my opinion. For example that strange noise that can be heard at 2:47 (you also used this earlier in the song). I would advice you to either change it to something else or leave it out completly. In my opinion it disrupts the great feeling of the song.

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svinepels responds:

Lol, thanks! Well, maybe that noise is a little too busy. I have no plans to change it, as I feel very "finished" with this song. Thanks again for the review and the 9!

[Sweet Moves (DjD)]

Move it!

Wow, a remix of Move it! It's one of the very few techno songs I acutally like a lot! :)

I like what you did with the original version, even though I have to say that it has lost some of it's power in your remix. But on the other hand you added quite a few interesting things to it, so that it isn't as repititve as the original.

So, overall I'd say that this is as good as the original version, just in a different way. Which also means that you've done a kick ass job with your remix! :)

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Mad-Muppet responds:

Thanks man ^^

[GO77]

Nice idea

I have to say it's a nice idea to play some video game tune with the word "GO", even though it's hard to recocnize at first.
Also, the repeated "GO"'s get extremly annoying after quite a short time.

Well, after I listened to 3 of your "GO" submissions I have to say, this is getting old. And seeing as you have at least 100 GO-parts it's pretty save to say that you've totally overdone it. :P

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[GO62]

Not as annoying as the last

This isn't so annyoing as the last one I reviewed (GO30), as the very deep bass isn't present here.

I still can't imagine hearing this in any kind of game. Well, maybe for a funny little scene in some RPG like Secret of Mana where some strange little creatuers are celebrating a strange holiday, or something like that.

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[GO30]

Lol indeed

Sounds very funny, but I can't listen to this longer than 40 seconds (which is exactly one play through), so I really hope this ISN'T used in any kind of game, heh.

Well, not much else to say here, except for that the bass is a little bit annoying in this song.

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