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[Summer Horizon]

Don't worry about that last guy

I think he enjoys penis.

Hahaha =P

This song jumps into the basic mainframe of trance. The Acid synths still show you you love hardcore... I'll say that it works VERY nice! The bassline in the backround adds such a nice backround.

When you bring in the arp you do this weird filter thing. I would have no problem if you did a huge beat break down and you chose a more effective filter frequency to use... that one is rather 'dull', you know? Its not bad, but it distracts.

The breakdown you had before the cheese melody with the saw I thought was pretty randomly arranged and I was 'oh man where could he be going with this...' then BAM. Awesome melody. Sweet ass work man.

Good theory, good samples, excellent technique, and a rather different and unique way of arranging things. Make more hardcore stuff though! I LOVE that shit =D

Keep it up man! You've always got my support!

dj-padman1 responds:

Let's just assume that initial reviewer is high on ecstasy and leave it at that :)

You'll have to excuse me for this rather 'family oriented' trance. In my heart, I crave the hardcore like yourself, but sometimes I just get the uncontrollable urge to make something more 'sweet'. I feel so dirty!

Thanks for your comments, and for the record, the low pass filter was put on there to disguise a horrible whiny synth playing way too loud. The filter doesn't do the track any favours, but if I didn't disguise that sound you would hire a hitman to take me out.

Point taken though...hardcore is coming :)

And you have my support also, I loved your last track!

[Battle DnB Loop]

Unique

When the beginning kicked in, I thought that the song was going to be very low quality... you should have thrown in a phone effect on the master channel instead, for more of a dramatc 'boom' into the main part. It would be also if you had synths playing in the beginning.

The drums sound good, but the bass is pretty awkward... it moves too much. Drum n bass is all about being phat and rythymic. Try coming up with a groovy bass pattern, and keep that pattern going.

Good work, but could be improved on quite a bit =)

Keep it up! Check out my music sometime?

OH-Y34H responds:

lol what is a phone effect? i know i still suck at basses hehe i made this one in half an hour :P
glad u liked it :)

[Firsti - Hardcore Project Full]

Woah, you weernt joking when you said...

...hardcore.

This is the most hardcore, distorted, demented, destroyed music I have ever listened to.

Lovin' it.

I do have a few somplaints though. As much as I LOVE hardcore music (but fail at creating it) I would like to hear more of a phat kick drum, and less of a 'drowning' bassline.
A hard melody couldn't hurt either.

Good work, keep it up! Check out my music later?

ZehPhantom responds:

Thanks alot man!
ill check ur music out now =)

[P_P - Shadow of Heaven]

Hey.

The beginning is very powerful and attractive, so no complaints. Thats the prpose of trance songs, it so get your attention in the first few seconds of the song so you want to hear the rest. You have executed that perfectly.

I would have liked to hear a big synth/drum drop when the bass synth comes in. And, to be honest, I hear that bass synth EVERYWHERE, its not very original. Try making your own, maybe?

The song just finished, and I noticed that there was no real finishing of the percussion? There was no special drum stabs, no special anything, really. Just, a kick, with a heavy ride(?). You need open hi hats, claps, drum/snare rolls, big fancy things. Not just kick drops for 4 beats.

When you brought in the bass synth, I liked the backing that the main lead provides when it stutters. But the notes don't finish. It goes 'high-high-high' (not quite in that pattern, but you get it) but it just keeps... playing that over and over? =/ It would sound so awesome if you made this song more diverse, like, after 12 beats, on the 12 to the 16th beats, you could have had the drums do a break and have the synth do a huge finish-off. Like, instead of 'high high high' it could go 'high low medium' (thats refering to the pitch of the notes).

So, in all reality, this song is very professional sounding, and I like it. It just needs to be more diverse, with MUCH more effort. Not saying there wasn't lots put it in initially.

Good work, keep it up! Check out my music sometime?

Para-Noid responds:

Well congads you just becam one of my NG friends.your welcome!!!

P_P

[Frozen_TIme_]

Its good to see actual effort in songs

is this a remix? If it is, thats still cool, if it isn't, I like the vocals. A lot. Good work there.

The beginning is pretty much generic trance, and thats a good thing. When you bring in that chopped sounding roll, its a bit loud. It makes me think that your going to break RIGHT into the first verse of the melody. You are building up drama that, well, doesn't happen. Think of it like a hill, when you build it up, it has to keep going until the hill goes down. If you have the hill going up, and then theres a big cliff instead of the hill continuing, the ride is going to be very bumpy, and unpleasent. Keep that illustration in mind =)

Good work, I can see the obvious effort put inot this. Keep it up! =D Check out my music sometime?

[Can you see me now (Slow)]

I like the chords

when I first turned on the song, I found it very unnatracitve. An actual beginning would be great, man. If I was listening to a CD with this on it, chances are that I'd just skip through it. Make the beginning sexy, and this song would be a winner.

The snare drum also sounds a little bit flat... maybe it would be cool if you like, made it higher tuned or something?

Good work though, the song is actually very nice. Keep it up! Maybe you can check out my music also?

olivergreen responds:

Thanks, I will check out your audio! :)

[Khuskan - Tombstone]

"Poopypants"

is what I'd like on my tombstone. I expect it now >:(

I thought this was going to be a spoken comedy song. But the comediec (SP?) feel was excellent =)
If you did the singing as well, you get a kudos from me =)

Other than my comment of 'try not to make it sound so cheap', this song is awesome.

Khuskan responds:

Oh no, thats not me. Thats speakonia set to the 'ultra realistic' preset.

I lie, yes it is me ;-)

It was pretty damned hard to make it not sound cheap. To be honest it was a bit of a rushed project, I managed to finish in 5 hours non-stop work, over a single day which for me is pretty damned fast.

[TJS-Latino Casino]

Damn, too much FL.

I don't mean that FL is a crappy music maker, but all you used was FL presets. I'm sick of those smaples, I've heard them too much... other than that, the son is alright. I'll strart ripping it to shreds and commenting on it now :)

The beginning was a little cliche, with the very basic drums. When it broke in, it was nothing like I was expecting. With the slight semitone changes you made in the bassline in the beginning, I was expecting something really dirty. All I got was this happy thing? :(

Now that I read your comments, you say this is happy hardcore? Naw man, this is just like very europhoric trance... if you want this to be like happy hardcore, make the tempo around 150 +, then make sure the entire song has a happy feel, no dark, no real dramatic break downs, just plain happy. And fast. I won't judge from what you said, though :)

As for drums, I'd like to hear a solid 4 quarter note kick drum, with open hi hats on the offbeat, and a big solid clap, you know? So it has more sustenance.

The song is good, but it has much more potential than this. Grab some samples, make the sound your own! Not FLs sound, make it yours.

Good work, I see good things for you in the future :)

Oh, and thanks for the review you dropped me on my song 'veangence'! I really appreciated it :)

itsameyayo responds:

Well, okay, I won't call it happy hardcore then, I'll call it my style, lol.

-As for samples/presets, I still have yet to actually get the full version of FL Studios, so I'll get a load of drum samples later. Presets, well, I've been experimenting with that as well, and the next song I release with show you what I can do with just a demo, you'll see.

-Nah, I'm not trying to be mean, I'm just saying I'm pretty sure I'll surprise you with this next song I submit sometime soon, this week, or next, whichever, lol.

-I'll work on my sounds then, that's all that's holding me back, but I've got a couple of tricks up my sleeve with the presets, so i'll see if I could eventually get Rapture, or something I could make my own synths with. That would be nice.

-Thanks!

-SuperDrummer146

[DJ South Pole-Time From A Rock]

Good to see new guys.

This song is actually very good, but the one thing I can't get out of my head is how un-original this song is, no offense. The bassline, and the drum work is so cliche... its good, but its cliche.

When the melody comes in, it sounds good, but the bass synth doesn't seem to fit the song. Its too 'wah', when the rest of the song is very high ended. You need a big bass that goes like, 'zz'. You know?

Try throwing this stuff under 'dance' next time =)

Excellent work, you would have my 10/10 if this was more original. Keep it up! You have serious potential. Check out my music sometime?