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[SN |Rebirth| SN]

Wow...

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Score: 10 / 10
Summary: Wow...
Review: This was just... amazing.

Fast paced rhythm with a nice melody, combined with a relaxing background tune playing throughout the whole song.

There's a great intro, but the outro wasn't as good. Too sudden ending.

Great choice of instruments, both drums and piano, as well as the ambient background. The rain SFX in the beginning was also great, really relaxing. Could wish for a little more variation in the drums, but that's not really too important.

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SessileNomad responds:

yeah im wishing i had ended it with some mroe notes, but i was really eager to submit this one, i was really proud of it at the time

waaat?!?! drums are VERY important

[Don't Lead Me Astray]

Nice melody

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Score: 8 / 10
Summary: Nice melody
Review: It seems like a lot of your songs are a little overpowered. Might wanna do something about that.

On to the actual review: A nice melody, I like the combination of guitar and piano. The rhythm isn't bland and generic, it's pretty cool, absolutely. Not too repetitive either.

The biggest problem with the song is the mixing. Sounds overpowered, and the melody needs to be underlined. It should be more prominent than it is already. I don't think you have to change the instrument, but just make it clearer.

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DJ-Chilvan responds:

The melody is my favorite of mine yet!
yes, i am fully aware of the melody problems. I'm just waiting to buy the Premium edition of my DAW to really remaster everything. But, i'll think about remastering early...
Thanx for the review.

[Street Epic]

Cool, but slightly overpowered

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Score: 8 / 10
Summary: Cool, but slightly overpowered
Review: A really cool track, but overpowered bass, and there is some static.

I love the melody in the track. I really do. Even with the static, which must be the mixing, it's still really cool. Repetitive, yes, but catchy, something that'll be stuck in my head for some time.

Also, there's no need for making these kind of songs so long. They easily get repetitive, so I think you should set the standard length of your songs at least one minute lower. That way you'll easily avoid making them so repetitive.

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DJ-Chilvan responds:

wow, shortening my songs is very true. I never really thought about it that way. Maybe its because i'm used to freestylin and all that stuff (a two minute track aint good for freestyling). But your advice is A+. Thanx. I'm pretty sure that 'static' is actually the rain effects I put in.
Thanx.

[Terracrypha]

Bongo? AWESOME!

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Score: 9 / 10
Summary: Bongo? AWESOME!
Review: Seriously, the usage of bongo drums themselves give you an extra point!

Which makes this a solid 9/10. Trance is supposed to be repetitive, and it's supposed to make people move, but I'd still wish for some more variation at least in the drums. The rhythm got really repetitive after a while, and same really goes for the melody.

Melody was really great, though. I'm pretty much sure it'll be stuck in my head for quite some time. Especially considering it's been on repeat the last fifteen minutes.

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DJ-Chilvan responds:

haha, its like the bongos were the attractive feature in this track along with the melody. I liked the bongos too. Actually, it was supposed to be some shakers but after exporting the track, the shakers would fuck up the production for some odd reason =/. So, i switched over to bongos and now everyone is lovin it. That's why I say for every disappointment, there's a blessing.
Thanx for the review yo!

[Sleep When You're Dead {696}]

Well-done trance

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Score: 8 / 10
Summary: Well-done trance
Review: I keep hearing "Trance is supposed to be repetitive", but is that necessary?

Some of the parts were repeated over and over, to the point where it wasn't something I could even "dig". I'm biased, though.

The rhythms are good, absolutely, but really repetitive, except for in transitions (which are great), but the melody is pretty much all the same all over. You should cut at least one minute off the song, as it's not necessary. Try some moer effects (sound effects), other instruments and a few other rhythms.

A quality track, absolutely good. At least, I think so.

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EoD696 responds:

Well, my friend, I imagine the reason you don't dig it is because you're looking at it the wrong way. You want to see trance as though it were any other pop genre, built with a certain construction that makes it recognizable. But trance is, as are many electronica styles, more...free form, so to speak. Mainly it depends upon progression throughout the song, however, just about any sort of organizational pattern is game, even the overtly used pop ones. I can't speak for all who listen to trance, but one the of the reasons I dig it so much is because I like taking it apart; analyzing each sound on its own with its own progression, one by one, and hearing them all alone, as well as all together at the same time. Sounds trippy, but if you give it a shot, it's pretty frkin cool. Infected Mushroom is insane man...I'm tellin you.

[The Metal Rangers Theme]

Not what I expected - at all

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Score: 5 / 10
Summary: Not what I expected - at all
Review: Great instruments, but a horrible voice.

Honestly, the guitar is great, and the drums sound fine, even though everything is off-beat at times, but the vocals are absolutely horrible. I'm not sure if that's what you were going for, but it's VERY unflattering. Comedic relief, sure.

You should work on your voice. I see that you tried to "make it lower". I suggest you just go with what is easier to you, as it'll probably sound better then. And, better recording tools.

A great song, needs some work on mixing and some work on vocals, and we'll see great results.

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Blackdoom13 responds:

Thanks for the cool review! I'll redo these vocals sometime.

[The End {^}-{Alix1}-{^}]

Neat!

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Score: 9 / 10
Summary: Neat
Review: The rythm sounds kinda overpowered, but overall a great song

I love variety in songs, and that's absolutely something you're good at. Great intro, might be a little abrupt ending, but it's not too shabby.

The rythm is weird, but not necessary in a bad way. Some quickly-finished mixing at minor parts, but the overall awesomeness of your song makes up for it. Love it!

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alix1 responds:

Yay for bad mixing but an awesome song! :P lol. thanks. i think im gonna go try to fix the static now.

[Forest_Density [Box-Killa]]

Amazing

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Score: 10 / 10
Summary: Amazing
Review: Amazing. This must be one of the best ambient songs I've heard.

I don't really listen to ambient, even though I really like it. I'm not sure why. Either way, this was a great track. Great use of instruments, which makes the song sound really relaxing and peaceful, yet there seems to be something wrong, something bad going on.

Only complaint I have is the sudden ending, which you should try to fix. Other than that, this gave me all I could ask for in an ambient track!

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Box-Killa responds:

Hehe, now that's 18 reviews. Wow that is more then some top 5 submissions. Well anyway, thanks for the "Amazing" :D Yeah Many people have said it sort of has a sinister feel through the peacefullness. Oh boy, that ending. Some people like the snare, some people like the ending piano, others dont like them. Also the very ending, outro (i think what you were talking about). Yes that ends suddenly, I tried to keep that of ambient pad at the end, going for a while to keep the song from just suddenly ending. Perhaps I didnt leave it going on long enough, or it wasn't as effective as I thought. Anywho, i am shit scared to touch this song because of its success so far. But, if I get time, I will look at how i could improve the ending. Peaceout, thanks for the review :D

[Musings in Bm -WIP-]

Sad, beautiful.

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Score: 9 / 10
Summary: Sad, beautiful
Review: This is a great piece, beautiful and sad at once.

I can hear that it's not complete yet, and I'm really looking forward to the 100 % finished version. I'm not sure what's missing, but there's something.

I love how you made use of only a few different instruments, and made something this great. It sounds absolutely fantastic! If only all musicians had the quality that this piece shows.

Great melodies, great structure, great use of only a few instruments, I love it. Favorited.

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loansindi responds:

Thanks for the review.

Orchestration is something i really wanted to explore in this piece, as i had previously only played ideas on the piano.

I really hope to get this finished one day.

[Sugar, Milk and Paisley G]

Simple, and great

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Score: 8 / 10
Summary: Simple, and great
Review: The intro might be a little repetitive and long, but other than that, this is a great song.

Except for the solo towards the end, the song is really repetitive, so you might want to do something about that. Also, add something behind the guitar solo. Bassline or drums.

A lot of simple song sounds horrible, but this sounds pretty good. What would make this song great, is the addition of vocals. Simple vocals with simple lyrics would make it less repetitive.

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Sawdust responds:

Thanks, simplicity is ever present in my songs; I can't help it.

I'll probably make it less repetitive when my wifi router gets fixed, I can't fix my songs from the computer I'm on ATM.