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[A Journey of Friendship]

Nice song

It's a pretty nice song. I like how it creates some sort of fair atmosphere. After all, a friendship should be as fun and entertaining as a fair, right? :)

I also like that this song is over 7 minutes long, without repeating itself too much. It's nice to listen to this song and I didn't get bored the whole 7 minutes, so that's something you can be proud of.

However, I think the song is too quiet during some parts of the first half. I think you should power up the instruments a bit.

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TheBellmaker responds:

Yes, this is true. Generally my classical song have been really quiet compared to my electro ones. I'm not sure how to fix that though...

Thanks for appreciating my work! I'm actually quite surprised at the length too :)

[~SW~ The Fire Temple]

Good song

The song starts off a bit slow, but after about 30 seconds, when the drums set it, the song gets better. With the guitar effect the song creates some kind of eastern atmosphere, and yes, it would be fitting for a fire temple.

However, the fire wouldn't be huge and burning bright, but it would be only a small glimmering fire, hardly enough to enligh a room.

Now, I'm not saying this song is bad. It's just that I would expect something more... "lively" for a fire temple theme.
On the other hand, I can imagine it's quite hard to get something "lively" done with only three instruments.

I still rate this song 8/10, because I like it, even though the theme "fire temple" doesn't really fit in my opinion.

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SkyeWint responds:

Hello! Thanks for the review!

I can see how this isn't quite enough for a true "FIRE EVERYWHERE" temple. I was looking for this to be a bit more ambient than other songs.

I'm sorry that you didn't like the slow opening. As I said, I was trying to have it be a bit more ambient.

The limit of 3 instruments was a MAJOR setback, as you can imagine. It is possible to do something lively, just really, really difficult.

Thank you again for the review!

[FS: Look I'm Running]

Nice song

Pretty good song you have here. The melodies are pretty cool and swinging and they create a nice atmopshere. I especially like the wind section that comes in towards the end of the song.

I also like the drumming. It sounds pretty unique, not just the standard "hihat on 1, bass drum on 3" drum loop you get to hear so often.

Lastly, I like the way the song starts and how it ends. Most of the time people have problems with the intro and the outro. Here, everything fits pretty good into the song. Nice work!

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FairSquare responds:

Yeah, i did my best on the drums :)
And thanks for all the compliments, 'specially on the intro and outro.
Thanks for reviewing! :D

[Shadow of Fate [collab]]

Great

This is really a great track you two have created here. It sounds pretty good from the start to the end, there's really no favorite part I could point out (even thought the middle part is indeed pretty nice, but that doesn't mean the intro and outro aren't nice as well).

The only thing I can criticize here is the changeover at 1:23. It seems to be very out of place and abrupt. A smoother transition between those two parts would make the song even better!

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samulis responds:

Glad you like it, thanks for the suggestion. If we have more time, I am sure we can work something out for that little transition.

Thanks for the review

[Out In The Cold]

Good song

This is a really nice song. It creates a sad and thoughtful atmosphere without being overly cheesy. This is pretty hard to achieve, so you've done a really good job here (or maybe the creators of the music from Chrono Trigger did the good job ;) ).

I especialyl like the part towards the ending, where the string instrument sounds as if it was played backwards. Creates the image of a character who desperatly wants to turn back the time in my mind. Maybe because he is responsible for a great tragedy or because if he could turn back the time he might be able to prevent it.

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bearskin responds:

I'm glad you enjoyed it! It's all original, I just drew a lot of inspiration from Chrono Trigger. Thanks for the review!

[House above the clouds]

I love 8 bit tunes

I like the into a lot, the bass line sounds pretty good here and I also like how you add more and more instruments during the intro.

The song itself is very enjoyable to listen to, the melodies are nice and the background music is appealing as well. Maybe you've overdone the "vibrato" of the main melody a bit, as it starts to get a bit annoying towards the end.
I also think you should try to make the background music a bit louder, so we can hear the good bass line a bit more clearly.

The ending is really abrupt, as if you suddendly lost interest in this song. Try to find a better outro, maybe do it similar to the intro, just the other way round: Take away the instruments one after another and then end on a single tone.
Or just do a quick fade out.

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ErlendHL responds:

Thank you very much for the review and the tips!

[Kipling - If]

Good poem

I like the poem a lot. I'm not quite sure if I fully understand it's meaning, but it is indeed very powerful.

I also like the way you read the poem. Very set back, almost careful as if you don't want to hurt your listeners with the power of the poem.

Adding music to it would be a good idea. The best way to add some tune I can think of is with the help of Audacity. You can import various tracks into the program and edit the music or the voice track as you see fit.

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Coop responds:

So by the sound of things, I really don't know my own strength with this program yet. Alright, I'll see if I can find the appropriate pieces and get cracking on the next one.

[Turn it]

Turns out to be pretty good

Starts off really slow. At first I thought "this is going to be the longest minute of my live if the song contiunes like this...), but after only 6 seconds I could hear the first vibrato in this song and I thought: "Oh, so there IS more to it!"

As it turns out, yes, there is A LOT more to this song than my very first impression. I really like the chirping effects and all those vibratos all over the place. They add a very comical effect to this 8-bit-track and they also make the song very enjoyable.

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ErlendHL responds:

Hey thanks for the review! :)

[[NLC] The Great Sea]

Nice melodies

This song starts off really slow and almost a bit boring. Everything seems to be so set back that I almost forgot I was listening to this track while I was doing other things.

However, the song really picks up at around 1:41, where that nice melody sets in. This melody creates a very happy and somewhat relaxing atmosphere. Or maybe the relaxing atmosphere is created by the instruments in the background, who continue to play the set back tune they where playing before.

I'm glad we can hear this nice melody later on in the song as well.

Anyway, I think this song could use some more variation, as it tends to be very repetitve.

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KrisKrosNL responds:

Okay. I was supposed to add some non-repetitive third part of the song, but I couldn't do that since it was too hard. :P

Thanks for the review, though.

[It Wants My Soul]

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Oh man, it's been a long time since a Heavy Metal song has been requested in the RRC. Do you plan on submitting more? If so, please request those songs in the Review Club, haha!

Ok, on with the review: This is a rather short, yet enjoyable song. This could work as an intro to a song (or an album) or could be used as a solo part during a song.

I really like the drum work here, especially in the beginning the drums play some good stuff.

Of course, the guitars are the main instrument here as they play a very nice solo. However, I think you should mix the guitars a bit louder so they stand out a bit more.

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Ultramartyr responds:

=] Thank you sir. Actually, you're right, this was intended to be an intro for an album. We plan on re-recording it to match the tone of the rest of the album... Thanks to Murph for the drums, they turned out wonderful, and Kris for the solo.

And yeah, we're definitely requesting reviews for the rest of our songs as well. Thanks again for the awesome review!