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[{Ceb} The Cosmos [DnB NG Cut]]

Nice

The pitch bending stuff at the start is a bit random, but pretty good for where it goes later on in the track. The drums were good, there were a lot of patterns in here that worked well with each other, but I think it was a bit on the counter-productive side that there was a lot of different things going on, particularly near the start. There was quite a few short contrasting sections in there that might have suited better if they were longer and more relevant to the flow of the song. The last half (or so) of the song was awesome, I just think if you could keep it relatively level near the start of the song and mix it up a bit later, the development and flow of the song would work wonders for this piece. As it is now, it's really enjoyable to listen to, but I think a few small things would make it just that bit more awesome. I'm quite all over the place here, I hope you get what I'm trying to point at.

Cebster responds:

Im going to have to review it a couple times to fully understand what you mean. thanks i really appreciate the review :} OK yeah i see what your saying. yeah my first version sounded nothing like this. to me this version has absolutely no intro it cuts right to the build up. with the intro it sounds (to me) like a more developed professional song, its just i know that it would stand a chance on ng. so when you say keeping it level near the start and mixing it up later" thats relative to the flow of the song correct?

[Quarl- Broken Melody]

Sweet

The muddy piano with the ton of reverb sounds really awesome blending with the drums. The melody was nice, very soothing. The drums were very well done. The strings added a nice charm to the piece. Very calm. Kind of pretty in a sorrowful way.

Overall great tune quarl.

Quarl responds:

thanks sir. I love you.

[KR- S3&K Act 2 boss]

The start was pretty good

And the part around 2:15. I still think the guitar sounds out of place in this song.
The harp and guitar at the end sound out of key. The ambient tone at around 1:25 was quite nice, but the part before it sounded like a completely different cover of the same song. The extra instrument at around 1:35 sounds out of tune, and doesn't mix well with the ambience you had just built up. It was too fast and too loud and harsh by comparison. THe drums sound very dry and empty, too punchy for a song of this style. Add a bit of reverb and turn the volume down a bit should fix this. The chords with the main melody at the start doesn't sound like the best thing to harmonise with, it sounds like it should have more direction, but doesn't.

As a whole, I think it sounds more like two songs than one, and again, you've got some mixing/blending issues, but I thought the part at 2:15 was very good, and had a lot of potential to be a great track in its own right. I think you just need to get a good group of instruments to work with, fine tune the mixing, make sure the drums and bass and harmonies don't drown out the lead, work on getting a more even flow between different sections of the song, and, like I said in the previous review, just keep working at it, you're a hell of a lot better than when you started, but the work doesn't stop here, it never stops, so I think it best to keep the criticism up, just to keep the pressure on ya ;D
I'll PM you with some instruments you could use in the future, but keep the piano and harp and various other keyboard instruments.
Fo' Sho!
Keep it up, knux.

knuxrouge responds:

Ah, okay, thanks.
I know I messed up the guitar part.
But after trying so hard, you take what you got. I'll be improving.
Great advice.

[KR- S3&K Act1 Boss]

It's good, but it needs work

The brass/harp are out of tune with echother at the start. The quick brass notes sound cut off, those sorts of samples are meant for more sustained notes. After that it gets better. Then, the guitar like sound, it doesn't really blend well with the other instruments. The pan flutes are nice, except for a few pitch (I'm thinking the pitch discrepancies were intentional here?) and timing issues, and when they go too low. THe pan flute is a high pitched instrument, and only really sounds good within those higher frequencies. The best part, I would have to say was when the pian came in. You get some good pace there, and the tune really powers through. It was probably the part with the best mix too, most of the time the lead didn't stand out enough, as it was drowned out by the parts that should have been supporting it.

If I were you, I'd probably use the guitar a lot less, bring the melody out some more and balance the mix of instruments better. Keep using that piano though, if you were to have the piano as the harmony throughout your songs, and maybe give the flute or harp the lead, or maybe try using a violin every now and then, that would be damned awesome. The drums were great, too, not overpowering, but they gave out a good forward momentum for the track.

Sorry to sound so negative, but there are fundamentals that are missing from your music, such as a more cohesive blend of instruments. There are flashes of great work here, there really is, and I'd love to see you turn those short passages of great work into full songs.

Keep it up, man! Let me know when you get some more music out, and I'll review them for sure. Keep on working at it, and keep on improving. I look forward to the rest of the album.

knuxrouge responds:

You're not sounding negative at all.
I appreciate and will respond to all of your advice.
Thanks.
And yes, the pitch dissapearances were intentional in the pan flute, you could tell that in the end when its done right.

[Usain Bolt]

Hehe, nice

The adult male african albino leopard bides its time, waiting, ever so still, for the opportune moment to strike.
This is a nice rhytmic ambint piece. It's not overly outstanding, and the bending of the wind instrument was a bit too odd for me to handle, but the percussion is great, handled really well.

Keep it up. It'd be cool if you built up a whole song like this, and added more elements to it to have a colourful and energetic melody to go with the drum work.

Nice title too. ;D

S3C responds:

yeah i was just testing out my new drum packs nothing great

thanks for the review WB ^_^

[°°Yeah Yeah Yeah°°]

Grr...

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

Whirlguy responds:

Haha awesome.
I'm picky when it comes to build ups, aswell as feeling a little disorganized, and my laptop isn't that great, making it even harder for me. Help with buildups is awesome =D

Glad you like it so much, I'll slap myself in teh face 3 times(and I'll really do this) if I won't get to finish atleast one song this year.

[-Rucklo Rave- |[Glou]|]

I've got a real nice pair of headphones

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*

Gloudas responds:

haha, what, you don't care around a spare pair of thumbs with you?
Seriously, I'm glad to hear you like it, I appreciate you think it ought to be front paged as it scored one of the worst songs in the little weekend contest lol. Anyways, thanks for the review and fav :D

[Appropriately Strange--_--]

Effortless

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)

PERVOK responds:

I keep a lot of songs in my asshole, man. You'd be surprised D: ...and yeah, it kinda hurts to pull the longer ones out. Thus why they take a few hours ;)

Thanks for the review, and the crazy compliments :D See you around the AF, friend.

[Grand Naivety]

Brilliant

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)

TimeBender responds:

I love this review! :] People like sax apparently, I think. maybe. :D

[Rig - I Love Clock Day]

WritersClock approves

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!!!
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Rig responds:

Will do, WritersClock.