Score: 10

"Grr..."

submission: °°Yeah Yeah Yeah°°

date: August 28, 2008

Finish this song. It has a lot of potential. You've got 3 sections here, it shouldn't be too hard to flesh it out a bit.
Have an introduction, bring in the yeah yeah yeahs, go into the synth part, go back to the yeah yeah yeah's, build on that, some more variation, build up the drums more, get the drums to drop out for the vocoded yeah yeah yeah's and just have clapping, no synth either. Add in the synth a bit later, reintroduce the drums, have a short build up to a very busy yeah yeah yeah's chorus, and maybe just drop everything out at the end except for the yeah yeah yeah's, and have them fade into nothing, maybe speed them up as well, and gradually switch the normal yeah yeah yeah's with the vocoded ones.

That's what I think you should try doing. That should bring the song out to 2-3 minutes, easy, I reckon.
Oh, and maybe if you switched the normal synth instrument up the octave once or twice, maybe after they have their part on their own, up the octave when the yeah yeah yeah's come along. That'd sound frickin' awesome.

Yeah yeah yeah. :D

Score: 10

"I've got a real nice pair of headphones"

submission: -Rucklo Rave- |[Glou]|

date: August 25, 2008

And this sound awesome. It sounds like you put a lot of effort into this song, it's so damn fun and catchy. This battle has definitely got some great songs, this one needs to be front paged for sure!
I don't really know what further to add, the melody is awesome, the mix is awesome, the person that made this is awesome. Very elating song, man!
Gotta 5 it 10 it fav it.
Two thumbs up.
Oh wait, these aren't MY thumbs...
*drops thumbs and runs*

Score: 10

"Effortless"

submission: Appropriately Strange--_--

date: August 24, 2008

You make this music so goddamn awesome, yet you make it sound so effortlessly easy to make. I remember you mentioning only taking a few hours to make "I Thank You", and now you've got this one shortly after. I know when I'm working on a song, several hours work will either be pretty mediochre quality or unfinished. I spend days trying to make a high quality song, and you can pull it out of your ass without second guessing. Yes, that's a compliment, I'm just jealous, you sonofabitch.
What else can I say, the music is awesome. Very catchy, easy to listen to, the dynamic fluctuations kick ass. The score is a huge injustice to how good this song really is. 5'd, 10'd, fav'd. :D
Happy lounge free weekend! (although my legs are getting sore from all this standing, har har)

Score: 10

"Brilliant"

submission: Grand Naivety

date: August 24, 2008

Wasn't sure which direction it would go from the start, but man! It's damn awesome. That sax is so fine. I'd like to see a longer version of this with the theme built upon. You left me wanting more. ='(
Great work, really, top stuff. 5'd, fav'd and 10'd (That's rule 10'd by the way ;D)

Score: 10

"WritersClock approves"

submission: Rig - I Love Clock Day

date: August 15, 2008

of this submission. Clever editing thar Rig-the-audio-clock. The novelty vocals held true, and I'm sure the muffins won't mind. CyriltheClock FTW!!!
I Love Clock day.

Actually, I don't really watch much flash movies clock day or no clock day but it's still nice to see you getting in the spirit of things. ;D

FffFFffffFFFFfFFFFfffFFfFFiiiIIiIIiiI IiiIIivVVvVVVV-zerobomblol.

Have a nice Clockday RigAudio.

Score: 9

"Yeah"

submission: Nav - Lightwalk

date: August 1, 2008

I'm always jealous when I listen to one of your DnB tracks. You make this sort of thing sound so neat and easy. This song isn't overly complex in terms of composition, but it's got a great high quality sound and it's got a nice background aura to it.
Great work, this song kicks ass!
5'd

Score: 9

"I was thinking of bitcrushers"

submission: Rig - Best Intro Ever

date: July 31, 2008

when I was listening to this, and then I saw your response to Darkside's comment. I ARE TEH PSYKIK!
I'd have to say that the delay might be a bit too much, it was kinda ridiculous, tone it down and it should be pretty good.
Overall, it's pretty darn awesome epic. Quite cinematic.
This song got me thinking, wouldn't it be cool to have a MAC themed as a continuation off an introduction, smaller than this, of course, but enough to give some direction. Continue teh intro game? Anyone up for that?
Anyway, top stuff, rig. Keep it up, or else. >:(
Fifened (oh noes!)

Score: 8

"Sounds more full and alive than the other"

submission: /|\Piano Medley 2/|\

date: July 16, 2008

But there's still the dynamic issues. When a whole section is f (for those who don't know, f stands for forte, which means "loud") it doesn't mean that every note is the same velocity. The note that falls on the first beat is loudest, then the third beat, the second and fourth beats are the weaker beats, and the space between are even more so, and that's additional to the dynamic appropriateness to the shape of the melody. I'm sure you'd make a killer piano solo if you applied this theory of performance technique to your composition.
Keep 'em coming, Maestro, it's great to see new and different things coming from you.

Score: 7

"Here's what I think"

submission: /|\Buried and Forgotten/|\

date: July 16, 2008

Seeing as this is a song you made to be more minimal than your usual works, I'll give some more criticisms than usual. Oh, to hell with it, brace yourself for a bastard review! Insulting (kind of)

First things first, the piano sounds like a dead cat. If a dead cat played the piano, this is what it would sound like, because dead cats are dead, and they don't care what people think. I'm a bit of a hypocrite saying this, as I've only taken the effort to achieve realism in my piano only a few times. If I played this song, I'd add some more drastic dynamics, make the pauses more dramatic. The pauses in the melody lack presence, it's like the silence before a fart, in which you try to cover the fart up with another one, and all meaning to your polite dinner party conversation is lost. Pianists have emotion. Their fingers are the most sensitive, the most well controlled part of their body. The dynamics in this piece sound as if you cut off the pianists fingers and replaced them with hammers, and then you replaced the pianist with a machine. Sure, it hits all the notes perfectly, perfect timing, and some dynamics applied, but it's the pianists interpretation of the song that makes the music so good. The pause on a chord as it fades into nothing, and the decision to return strong and loud, or fade in gently, it's all about the extremes. Rubato is a term that I have acquired over my last couple of years of piano lessons, and now I can't imagine how I could perform not knowing what this wonderful little word is. It breathes life into any emotional piece. It pushes the melody slightly faster at the right moment, and counteracts it wish a slight pulling back slower to even out. Listen to some Chopin and you should hear it. Composers from the romantic era are full of life and robato. You're writing a romantic piece, and performing it in a classical/baroque style.

Then, I noticed that your piece lacked backbone, it's very thin. Sure, there's the melody, and a rolling bassline, and even a pretty lady singing in harmony, but it's like conducting an orchestra, where half of the orchestra is missing, and your baton is actually a rubber chicken. Sure, this piece is pretty minimalistic, but it wants to be more than that, the melody shows desire to be grand and triumphant. The bass is depended on too much in the second half, which is disappointing, because it's not really outstanding. It's mediochre, and it doesn't diversify itself enough. It's also quite high, and doesn't really move around much. There are 88 notes on a piano, you should use more of them!

The melody. While it would be good in your normal maestro composition, it's not really one to hold its own on such a light piece as this. Should you ditch it for something else? Hell no! You need to work your accompaniment more, maybe bring some more flair to the tune. The jumps in pitch between phrases sound quite "off". You should bring them closer together to give it a better flow. Don't be afraid to delve out of key and throw in some accidentals. When you run between two notes in the same key with an accidental, you'll sound incredibly awesome. There's nothing like an intended accidental on a piano solo.

Overall, you should try and imagine that the song is actually being played by a real person. In all honesty, I think this piece has a lot of potential, really quite good, and I figure you probably know a lot of what I've said here, bit I figure that some "your music is like..." and some thorough talking to and reitertaion of things you may already know will be a good thing for you. Maestro, you are an amazing, amazing man, and I hold you in highest regard. I give you this review because I have this respect for you, and I would like to request this; Would you like to collaborate on a classical piano solo with me? Maybe something for the MAC8 Sorrowed Tears theme? I look at the calendar and see that there isn't a lot of time, and I look at my work roster, and there isn't a lot of time, but if you're interested, I will make time.

Full length review, just for you Maestro, just for you.

Score: 9

"I am Jungleman"

submission: I am Jungleman

date: July 16, 2008

Swinging from vine to vine, eating bats for breakfast and sleeping on the forest floor.

I think this song is great. You've got a great atmosphere, SBB. Drums: Good. That riff: Sexy. The Song: Thumbs up. Great work, Mr SBB's Alt.
gtg jungle is calling me.