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[Fond of Fortresses]

Cracking sound is annoying

This is a good song with some great melodies and a nice beat in the background.

However, I really don't like that cracking sound we can hear almost the entire song. It starts already in the intro and plays for nearly a minute, and later on we can hear it again.
It really started to annoy me when it played for the second time and for me it really destroys an otherwise briliant song.

In my opinion you should let the cracking sound only play in the intro and there for maybe 30 seconds, not longer.

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svinepels responds:

Ok, thanks for the tip. It was an attempt to make it a little glitchy and original, but perhaps it would have been better without it.

Thanks!

[_Balance_]

Good song

This is a good song. It creates a very light atmosphere, which goes together well with what you've written in the comments about the mind fading in and out of sanity.
I think this "fading in and out" could be done in different ways and I quite like your approach to this topic.

The only thing I didn't like was the sound of the cymbals. It just sounds too "crashy" in my opinion.

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Birdinator99 responds:

Lol yeah; sorry about those -- next time I'll pick something more appropriate!

Thanks for listening!

[Movement one: Valience]

Good but short

A good track. It sounds very "epic", which is always good for the prelude to big fighting scenes. Too bad it's so short though. If a flash artist decides to use this song he either has to make a very short prelude or let the song loop, which wouldn't sound too good in my opinion.

So I think you should try to make this song a bit longer by adding some more parts to it.

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Cimba responds:

Well I'm planning on making more movements, so think of this a s the first paragraph of the story.

[[SxHx] Mrng.Aftr (NGcut)]

Nice

Well, the atmosphere the song creates is quite nice. Don't know if it is french-esque (I'm not into house), but it definitely sounds good.

Only thing is that it gets a bit repetitive towards the end, even though the song isn't even 3 minutes long. So maybe you should try to change around the main beat a bit more, to make the song more diversified.

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shesmackshard responds:

Thanks!

As for repitition thats an artifact of House music itself mayne :)

[<MWA> Electric]

Relaxing

A nice song. It's very relaxing, at least for me. I like the melodies in the background as they create a very unstressed atmosphere. Just as if I was lying at a nice beach, which isn't too crowded, I had some cool drinks with me and some of my friends and we all would just enjoy the day.

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mjattie responds:

lol, ya, that sounds very nice :) (I really need some vacation somewhere far away, you know :P)

thanks haggard

[AF+T888 - Lightspeed (DM Edit)]

Good song

This song creates a very dense atmosphere. It "feels" quite cold, but this isn't meant in a negative sense. I just mean that the song manages to create some feelings, which is always a big plus. Music that isn't able to create any atmosphere isn't worth listening to, in my opinion. ^^

Anyway, you have some good melodies in this song, so it's quite a pity that they are most of the time barly noticeable. It almost seems as if they try to hide behind the beat. You should try to put them more to the front!

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aliaspharow responds:

I see your point and my entourage seems to agree but I'm still in the process of trying to hear what you people are hearing... Seems I might need new earphones or something... Thanks for the feedback!

[antiexasperation]

Nice

The beginning is a bit slow, but after the short break the little guitar solo really picks up. I like the melody you play here, it is very catchy and just sounds good in general.

It would be nice if you could add a little drum track to this, to spicen the song up a bit, though. Doesn't have to be anything fancy, just a little backup for the guitar.

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axlisbak responds:

thanks for taking the time to listen and review, as ive said, it was intended as a solo thing as i just loved how fucken awesome the clean sound is. as for a drum track im open to the idea, but im still trying to learn to make songs 'fit' with basic drum tracks, the ones on my digitech multi fx pedal are hardly inspiring

[Moonbow (Mans0n)]

Good song

The rhythm sounds pretty good. Even though it seems to be very minimalistic it creates a very nice atmosphere, especially when the melodies are present as well.

In the parts where the melodies don't play it sounds a bit too minimalistic for me, but the club like atmosphere is still there. However, I think a few more melodies in the song wouldn't hurt.

The vocals are pretty good, they fit to the song in a nice way. I didn't like the muffled vocals in the first part of the song too much, but on the other hand I like that you did vary the vocals as well. Since the lyrics seem to repeat themselvs it would sound boring if the vocals where clear throughout the whole song.

Overall, the song is quite nice, keep up the good work!

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Mans0n responds:

thanks for the good review bro!

[Campion's Brag]

Great!

A very well composed song. It starts off really slow and quite sad. But the longer the song plays the more elements come into it and the atmosphere changes from "sad" to... well, not exactly happy, but to a less sad atmosphere. It makes me feel like I really should get started now (started with what? I don't know, but if I have something that really needs to be done, I should listen to this song to get me started. :) )

Usually I'm not a fan of fade outs, especially not long fade outs. But it fits very well here, I think. It kind has a very nice "to be continued" feeling to it and this feeling fits very well to what you've written in the comments. You graduated, so grade school is now your past. But there's a future, that needs yet to be written. So the "to be continued" fits very well here.

Great song!

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Sawdust responds:

Thanks so much! I'm ecstatic that you enjoyed the song.

Also, the sadness present in me came out and the song basically became a long goodbye to the last 8 years of my life, and seeing how there's more to come, I think that's why there's a to be continued feeling going on.

Anyway, thanks!

[Stargenx - PsyRockin]

Good

I think the sound of the guitars is actually quite good. Sure, they sound artificial, but it sounds better than most artificial guitars I have heard so far.
Also, learning to play the guitar isn't that hard. If I can do it, everybody can. :P

Anyway, I like this song. The intro is very good, I like the riff here.
The little soli in the song sound nice as well, though some more riffs would sound good here as well. They would break the song up a bit and make it longer. Right now the song goes like this: Intro riff, solo, short break, solo 2, end.
I think if you would add another riff part after the break it would sound a bit better.

Anyway, overall the song sounds good, but there's still some room for improvement.

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Stargenx responds:

Thanks for the review!
I kept this one simple. I know it's not my best but I like it. I didn't want to stray off the pattern too much and screw it up.