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[[Dr.S] Gmam]

Relaxing

Well, there isn't happening too much in this song, but the chords do sound pretty relaxing. Only thing is that the piano(?) is too far in the background. It's overpowered by the chords, which is a pitty as the melody seems to sound pretty nice.

I like the little pause you added around the middle of the song, it takes away a bit from the repetitiveness.
Because while the chords do sound nice and relaxing, they are also repititve as - as I've stated earlier - there isn't happening too much during the song.

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Dr-Slump responds:

Yeah ^^' I chose it to be kinda minimalist... that's why I chose ambient. And the piano with delay in the background... yeah, I've chose to put it with a small volume because it was rather dissonant. Dissonancy can be nice in special occasions. In this case, to feature it with small emphasis would be a choice. Maybe I went too far.

Thanks for the review! My new song is out. And it's not repetitive, I guarantee you that.

Until then.

[Aleos]

Nice build up

I think there's no one here who isn't reminded of either: The Undertaker's entrance theme or "For Whom The Bell Tolls" by Metallica. ^^
Anyway, the bell at the beginning is still a nice way to start a song. You even made use of it throughout the song which was a pretty good move as it adds a lot to the atmosphere.

Sometimes some tones sound a bit dissonant, but on the other hand this just intensifies the "haunted house" atmosphere this song has and the melodies are pretty nice.

However, the loop isn't that great as the end is too distinguishable from the beginning, as suddendly all instruments stop when the loop starts over.
Instead looping this you should try to build up on what you already have and turn this into a full song rather than a loop.

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Kirbyfemur responds:

Yeah i've realized this, but i've got a more recent version of the song now. I didn't want to mess with this one since people where still reviewing it and it would have gotten confusing. Thanks for the review though! =3

[My Heart Is For You }{Alix1}{]

Touching

Very touchy. The music AND the lyrics. Yeah, you should add the lyrics to the song. :)

It's a very slow song and it keeps itself nicely in the background so that a singer with a strong voice would stand out pretty well here. Without the vocals the song sounds kind of unfinished. There's just the feeling that something is missing there. Maybe I shoulnd't have read the lyrics before listening to the song at least once. :/

Anyway, it's still a touching song, even without vocals. :)

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alix1 responds:

Yay! Thankies haggard!

[Icewalkers ( Naked )]

Nice, but needs some work

The bassline is pretty nice and so are the melodies you present in this song. Everything fits together nicely and it's a very relaxing song.

But it needs more power in the middle part and towards the end. The build up is pretty slow, which isn't a bad sing per se, but there isn't happening too much in the song for a pretty long time. At around the 2 minute mark the song picks up a bit, but this doesn't last for too long, unfortunately.

While I'm not too fond of the outro - it kinda just ends there - I appreciate that you tried something different. No hold note, no fade out... just let the song end. Nice in a way, but I still don't like it too much. ^^

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Sawdust responds:

Thanks, too bad I can't really do anything to this anymore. Maybe I can add some strings here and there.

[Giga La Nora]

Nice melody

Well, it's a bit quiet and midi sounds always pretty bad. But it's a nice song anyway. The melody is nice (but doesn't sound very piratey at all :P ).

I would like to hear this in a better, non-midi version, with some more instruments. Well, or louder instruments. I can faintly hear some instruments in the background, but as the song is so quiet it's hard to make them out.

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sarias responds:

I got an A on it :) (just found out today) she mentioned that she would love to see me now expand it, and have it performed at the next concert, so it will happen sometime in the next few months.

[Piano_Force 2 [Box-Killa]]

Very nice

I like this song. There's always something happening, either you vary the volume of the notes or you change the speed or you change the melodies entirely. It never gets boring listening to this song.

I especially like the fast part that starts at around 1:36 very much.
I also like that you added some sort of "background beat" with the deep piano notes during this fast part, it sounds very fitting.

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Box-Killa responds:

Yeah all 10's from the review boyz :D Koodos

[(CHS) Do Not Resist!!!]

Nice

A pretty good fighting tune in my opinion. A very driving beat in the background and some good melodies. You even have some breaks in it here and there, where the listener (and the fighters as well ^^) can catch some breath.

Only the fade out at the end isn't so good in my opinion. A little "cliff hanger" - so to speak - would work better I guess (because you wrote "find out next time" in the comments). Maybe end on a single hold note and start the next song with that note. That would connect both songs pretty well, I think.

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ChaosDragon004 responds:

Thanks for the review once again bro. Oh, and In just write "find out next time" just because. Its really nothing to be taken seriously. I was just giving it that anime feel you know lol. Other than that I'll try to end my songs better next time. Thanks again bro.

[The Essence of Time V2]

Good improvements

I knew I reviewed "Essence of Time" before, but couldn't really remember what it was like. But as soon as the intro started I remembered the melody, so you've done a good job with that. The melody sticks in ones mind and has a high recognition value.

I had a quick listen to V1 again and I like the improved intro better. Now there aren't so many quiet moments anymore, the delayed piano works very well.

The solo in the middle is quite nice and gives this song a special touch. Also the new outro is better than the old one. You found a pretty good way to end the song. In my opinion good outros are even harder to create than good intros. ^^

However, sometimes it sounds as if the song is too loud, when more instruments play at once. Maybe that's just me, but I think a little tweaking to mix this a bit better is necessary.

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Step responds:

Thanks a lot for reviewing, Haggard :D. I added loads of things to the intro, to make sure nobody would complain, lol :P. I'm glad you liked the solo, it was fun to make. I did add a lot of stuff at the end of the song too to make sure nobody would complain either XD. Anyway, about that loud thing, I think that'll be easy to fix. I just make a main automation pattern, or make a huge automation clip where the main volume goes lower when there are more instruments playing. That is, when I manage to convince my lazy self to go on FL Studio and fix it :\. Anyway, thanks again for the great review!

[PureX (Final State)]

Good build up

I like those kind of build ups. They mislead people to think the song is something completly different and then suddendly... *BAM* the "real" song starts.

It's also nice how you did the build up. It starts off very slow and then slowly more and more effects are added. Maybe it's dragged out a bit too long, because it takes nearly 2 minutes until the dance track starts.

But when it starts it offers some very nice beats and an amazing rhythm. The added vocals are a nice addition as well.

However, sometimes it seems as if the bass is a bit overpowered and that some statics can be heard here and there.

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DavidRx responds:

yup i think to thut the intro is totaly to LONG...but the track aint finishd yet...i wanted to know whut i cud add n whut i cud improve...n im totaly trying to discover other ways to pump up the music n give FX :D

thx for ure opinion dude =D thx

drX

[(CHS) Death Match!!!]

Nice

This is a nice song in general with some great melodies. But I think it needs more "epicness" in it, as this is supposed to be a major boss fight. Maybe work towards a climax that happens to be towards the end of the song. You indicate in your author comments that the battle isn't decided in this song and we have to find out in the next song. So that's why I would put a possible climax at the end of the song. I know it's quite hard to achieve, but I think it would pay off in the end.
I imageine something like the battle goes back and forth with no one getting the upper hand, then both prepare for a winning strike at the end and they both clash... and when slowly the dust settles, we can only see one character standing. But who it is we can only find out next time. ^^

Also, like some reviewers mentioned before, the overall "loudness" of this track is, well, too loud. I suggest tuning down the louder instruments of this song a bit so that we can have a better look (or rather listen) at what's going on in the background.

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ChaosDragon004 responds:

Yeah I know, the guitar is a difficult one to work with but normaly I can blend it pretty well. If you listen to my other songs you see what im saying. It was just something about this song that I couldnt get right. All n all I still loved this song so much that I had to put it on. Thanks for the feedback.