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[[dj-Jo] Battery Life]

Good song

I like the pace of the song. It's not too fast but fast enough to fit in fighting games and get the adrenaline of the player pumping.

I also like that the melodies and the drums work so well together. Sometimes I think the melodies should stand out a bit more, but overall the mixing is done pretty good.

Then I like the "quieter" part during the middle. It keeps the song from getting boring and also gives the listener a chance to catch some breath, heh.

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dj-Jo responds:

Thanks for the review Haggard!
Always helpful!

And yeah, I've been working on my mastering skills recently
and it really pays off!

[Lighteyed]

Good song

I didn't like the artificial guitar sounds in the intro too much, but luckily the song gets a lot better after the intro.
The drums here are pretty good, they offer a very nice beat plus they go along very well with the other instruments, which is always a big plus.

I also liked the various melodies in the song. Seeing as the song is nearly 7 minutes long I was afraid at first that it may be too repetitive. But I'm glad that you managed to keep any repetitions out of the song by various melodies and changes to the main beat.
The break you added is also a nice thing, it cuts the song into halves, which sounds very interesting.
It's nice that you used some elements from the first half of the song in the second half.

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Sawdust responds:

Thank you so much! I'm so glad you enjoyed it. As for the synth guitar sounds, well it's very intentionally artificial, this is an electronic piece after all, so a "real" guitar would be out of place. There needs to be a level of like, artificiality there. I'm so happy you liked the piece though, thanks!

[SN | Obscene Amounts of Steam]

Nice track

The finger drums are amazing. ^^ It's always nice to see artists come up with quite unusual ideas and then turn those ideas into something so awesome.

I like the atmosphere of this track. The melodies sound pretty good with that echo like effect. I also like the faster paced part later in the song and I think maybe you should have introduced that part earlier, maybe after you slowed down the song at 1:30.

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SessileNomad responds:

finger drums were cool imo as well

i have another "kit" lined up to use in my next track using recorded tracks like that :)

[Out of My Sight]

Nice vocals

You don't hear too many songs that have vocals in the audio portal, so it's always a big plus if a song offers some vocals.

The voice sounds very nice. The effects on the voice are good too, but for my liking they are a tad bit too much. I like it better if there are as little effects as possible on a voice.

Anyway, the song is really nice. I like how the voice blends in with the background music. Sometimes when you can hear vocals in a song it sounds as if the voice isn't really a part of the music, but this isn't the case here.

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MusicIsBliss responds:

The instruments were actually added one at a time with the vocals all layed out and mixed already, so what you says makes perfect sense. I felt like I had to overproduce the vocals because she sang, well, not so great. She was off key frequently and tremoloed many notes that she shouldn't have. It was a new approach for me and I quite enjoyed it.

[The Jungle Rituals]

Nice

I like the melodies in here. They create a very "jungle like" atmosphere (so the title is very fitting).

I also like how the drums and the melodies work together in this song. Every instrument leaves just enough room for the other instruments so they can unfold their effects, but at the same time they are strong enough to unfold their own effect on the listener.

Nice work!

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Birdinator99 responds:

Looks like I'm getting the hang of balancing too! Thanks a lot :).

[.:A New Life v2:.]

Very nice rhythm

I like the build up of the song. It slowly increases in intensity and while it does so we can hear a very nice rhythm. I found myself tapping my foot to it the very first time I heard it.

The melodies used in the song are also pretty cool. They sound unique (at least I haven't heard anything like it in the audio portal) and create quite a good atmosphere.

The outro is also done nicely. It's different from what you can usually hear in many songs, so you've done a great job composing this song. Too bad it's so short though.

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GronmonSE responds:

I think it's the first time I decide to use pizzicatos and harps in my pieces. I always wanted to do the whole transition from a low octave to a high octave with a harp glissando and it was actually quite fun writing it. It gives it a very dramatic feel.

I'm glad you liked it. Thanks for favoriting it and thanks for the review :D

[O.H.35 - Rocket]

Good song, repetitive drums

It's a bit repetitive at the beginning, but it gets better during the song. I really like the mix between rock and techno here, even though the guitars sound awfully artificial (especially when they play riffs, during the solo the guitar sounds pretty good).

But I think the drums need some more variations, they don't seem to change that much during the song and they get almost boring towards the end of the song.

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OH35 responds:

Thanks for your review. Yes perhaps the drums are a bit repetitive. This was our very first attempt to mix the genres and for that we were extremely cautious while using the drums, perhaps too much :-) We will take your suggestions without a doubt in consideration while making our future tracks.

Thanks again.

[Katlean prime redo 2010]

I really like this song

For some strange reason this song reminds me of "Beetlejuice". The piano sounds a lot like it would come straight from that theme song.
Maybe it's the atmosphere that this song creates that reminds me of that cartoon series... it's just as creepy as the cartoon.

I like this song very much, but it takes some time to get used to it. When I listened to it the first time I wasn't too happy about the constant "stopping" of the melodies. Now I am listening to this song the 6th or 7th time in a row and the way the song "stops" the melodies really grew on me. I realized that the atmosphere becomes even more creepy when we can hear the piano only every now and then. It's just as if I was walking through a big house which appears to be haunted and I sometimes can hear some weird noises.
It'd be more creepier if I hear the noises only sometimes, because I would be frightened, just waiting, when will those noises start again?

I really like this song.

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Calamaistr responds:

Theres no piano in this track but i think you mean the synth tonals, they sound a bit like extremely lowfi piano but i personally they sound a bit more like a dot effect guitar.

I personally like the jazzy organ in this piece. :)

And yea its creepy, afterall its based on a undead' hermitage. ;)

[Walking in the Desert]

Very nice

This song is very nice, I like the composition very much.
It starts off really quite, but gets a bit louder during the intro until it reaches a level where it is just loud enough so I can hear everything, but it isn't too loud, so I have to be quiet to listen to this piece. Already the sounds my keyboard makes when I type are too loud and they distract me from the song. And that's what I like about it: I have to keep quiet to listen to it, it "forces" me to sit back and do nothing while it plays.

Great work!

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Jabicho responds:

Thanks for listening!It's cool to know the volume plays an important part for the piece, thanks again!