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[Certain Defeat]

I write classical/orchaestral in my spare time

The song is very nice, very well thought out =) gives me the image in my head of someone being dragged to the chopping block, with him screaming, fighting, only to hope to stay alive. The music gest stronger, they get closer, he fights even harder. The people dragging him are heartless though... heartless machines. They then drag him into the arena, with the block in the middle. A snare begins to roll, and then... its over.

Damn good song. As nice and creepy as it was, it wasn't very wel structured? Or at least it felt like it. It didn't feel like there was a definate pattern? Maybe it was intentional, meh, whatever. You 10s across the board, you REALLY deserve it this time =)

dj-padman1 responds:

Great story! thats what I like to hear when I try some classical :)
Structure..yeah....I really need to get up to speed on that, I was going for some transitions in mood but it didn't quite come off.
Next time should be better if I can spare 7 minutes for my fancy string samples to lod up :)

[Sonic 2 Boss Theme-Metaljonus]

Very nice!

I'm actually a metalhead, even though I make a lot of electronic music =P

The guitar riffs that you did are great. Very 'whiney'. Lovin' it! The drum work is also superb... are you a percussionist also? =O

This is great! You did an awesome job =) Keep it up!

Metaljonus responds:

Haha an electrometalhead eh? I am no percussionist lol thanks for listening.

-Jon

[~|Oh my Hero|~]

Very nice sounds!

Really, thats all to comment on, other than the rest of the song =D I notice that the song has a very stuttery feel to it? Its like the time between the notes aren't very even. You might wanna work on that.

The song, later on, gets even nicer sounds with the strings, but they are LOUD!!!Turn them down a bit =(

Small little things, but they need to be fixed =) You are doing really good, keep it up! Could you drop by my audio page and leave a review or two? I'd appreciate it =)

Klace responds:

Thanks for the Good Review!
Sadly the program I use gives the song the "Stuttery" Feel your talking about.
In the Program it's always perfect, but outside of the program, it's Bleh.
I'll definately pop down to your audio page and download/review when I can!

[The Pants of Eternal Darkness]

Distorted leads rock

The lead sounds like a 303 lead. Magnificent.

The melody is very well written, and you've got some Streamline influenced basslines goin' on here =D Awesome!

This song is very diverse, with some very nice drum work! I am personally very impressed with this piece of music, even though I have one very small complaint, but fixing it would make a world of difference.

When the main beat breaks in, I was like, 'daaaammmnnn' but the drums ruined the mood, man. Not the whole kit, just the offbeat hi hat. Its closed! =O Use as OPEN hi hat sample instead of a closed one, and you'll get much better results =D

You are doing an awesome job! Keep it up! Could you drop by my audio page and review a song or two? I'd appreciate it =)

cornandbeans responds:

oh man! i tried out what you said, and the song sounded much better! thanks for the advice! I'll check out some more of your work, I really liked what I have heard so far!

~cornandbeans

[Trunked]

This song is as sexy as

a model lying on her side on your freezer. Hot.

The drums are awesome, even though I would have liked more less chaos in the beginning, and more chaos at the end >=D

As for the bassline, I honest to god don't really like it. I would like a chill bassline. Just instead of '16th note 8th note 16th16t16th note etc etc' you could have just had a chilled offbeat bassling. 'm not talking about techno bassline offbeat like, I'm talkin offbeat. Like, make it slow, but offbeat. So it gets yo' head movin' =D

You did a nice job, creating this chaos for my humble mind and ears to frolick in.

I made a new song... already =P Could ya check it out?

dj-padman1 responds:

I broke into the neighbours medicine cabinet before I made this one, so the results speak for themselves!
Thanks for the review...it was mainly meant to be an experiment with drums. The bass was designed to be uncomfortable!
If you have new material out, I'm there! :P

[Aqua Zone]

I like the melodies a lot!

Seriously, this song is very catchy. You should consider using the slide tool more often xD

I have two small complants with this song though (Don't worry, I can always pick out ONE flaw in a song with my amazing powers of perception lol) and they are the drums and the bassline.

The drums are 'kick kick kcik ki-kick'. It can just be 'kcik kick kick kick', so that it adds a good amount of groove to the song. A clap at every second beat scound't hurt, same with adding a crash at every 8th beat or so.

And the bassline... there was none? =( A bassline would not only make the song more solid, it would add more groove to the drums.

Keep it up! Your doing a really good job!

k-m-g responds:

Thank you so much for the critique!

[Into The Sky]

very trancey beginning

I like the syth. When you bring in the snare roll, it is about 10X too loud... turn it down a bit =(

Other than that the rest of the song is good. You just need to expand on the drums and the synthwork a bit, and you'll be a winner =)

Keep it up the good work! Could you drop by my audio page and drop me a review or two? I'd appreciate it =D

k-m-g responds:

Okay, gotcha! Thanks for the comments.

[RetroDance]

Alright.

This review has nothing to do with this song.

But I have left your 8 bit loop looping for quite a while now, and it is seriously catchy!

Now, I am asking your permission if I can remix it. I would credit you and everything.

Are you cool with this?

orange-peel responds:

yeah, no problem mate, knock yerself out! make sure you do credit me though:)
Orange

[8-Bit Loop]

Awesome!

This got my head bobbin' just like-
*snaps fingers*
-that.

The melody is catchy. Sounds like something that I'd hear in like, Kirby or something xD
Very nice! I can't really critize it, since its PERFECT for its genre.

Awesome work! You should make a full 1 or 2 minute loop outta this song =)

Keep it up! ould you drop by my audio page and review a song or two? I'd appreciate it =D

orange-peel responds:

I will, thanks for the review.