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Awesome

Catchy tune! I would have loved some louder percussion, to get a "dancefloor" beat to go along with it would be awesome. The synths are brilliant. You've convinced me to start messing about with sytrus synths, although I haven't made anything quite as good as this. This song is great, more than your average techno song. Great work, keep it up. <3 your stuff.

ErikMcClure responds:

Thanks! I would have made the drums stronger except I didn't want to drown out the synths :P

Nice melody

The piano could use some extra punchiness in the lower part, it sounds real soft. The drums are quite dominating when they first come in, but when the lead comes in it's better. Enough with that stuff, the tune is really sweet, the beginning is great, although, maybe you could add a string section in there to emphasise the sadness. If the soundfonts you got off suspended-3rd-chord are the ones I got from him, then I think you should try the violin 1 legato sound from the squidfont orchestral sound font.

I think, as a WIP, it's got a lot of promise. The drums could be a great part of the finished song. The lead melody is cool, it has a lot of appeal. I think this song will turn out great once you're finished. You've got a great start, and I'd love to see where you go from here.

Keep it up. =D

GronmonSE responds:

If I ever finish it > >;

Yeah, I love violin 1 legato (copy cat x3). I wasn't sure about adding strings to it yet, but I think I might after all. Great soundfonts, eh?

Thanks for the review!

snow...

You tease me in your snowy climate, the themes in this song are alien to me. D':
From a musical standpoint, you've made quite an original piece. That's one thing I love about your music, I don't really hear anything else quite like it. The background is very good, with all the ambient elements going on there, sounds really wet, so that was really good. I didn't quite expect those instruments for the bass/lead, but they were good. The drums have a great realistic feel about them. The lead is pretty catchy, and the volume rise at the beginning of the phrase is groovy.
I think it's great how the background and the main instrumentation and melody kind of work in their own ways, yet compliment eachother really well.
Great work, SBB.
One for my favs.
=D

Smooth

Nice soft trance, it's very cool. Yeah, it's a real tease. The synths sound really cool, it should make for a great song, once it's finished. Hope that writer's block doesn't hold you back too much (I had nothing to do with it! lol).
Good stuff.

WB

A-New-Decade responds:

Thanks for the review!

Great

Kind of reminds me of Jet Force Gemini for N64.
This is a very professional sounding song, it's awesome. 5'd and 10'd.
Keep up the epicness! =D

Sweet

The plucked strings sound amazing, and the atmosphere is great, very consistent. I half want it to lead into a more epic direction, but it's a great tune, and it sounds fitting for its purpose. Great work. I've been listening to more of your songs since you launched the site, and I must say that you've inspired me to get into orchestral compositions.
Keep it up, it's a pleasure to hear your music/collaborations. And I think I owe a "thank you" to LadyArsenic for her part in this song. I must listen to some of her stuff too, I haven't really looked into her music yet...

MaestroRage responds:

Hey WB! I'm glad you like what you hear, of course both me and LadyArsenic would be only too happy to help you out with your own compositions! I can see what you mean when you say you wanted it to go more epic, however as you mentioned, doing so would make the song grow more tiring quickly.

Thank you for the review, we are glad you liked it!

Worth the wait

Now this is brilliant. The melodies and patterns and everything that's going on, it's unusual. The bass is great, heavily fixed around its chord progressions, the higher frequencies are short, and there's not really a clear lead melody, it all seems to be in the song as a whole, with the drums, strings, bass and all those 270 layers that pull this together. The atmosphere is what makes the piece. It's so easy to just fall into the rhythm because of all the things going on in the background. The beat is so kickass. This song is awesome. Well worth the wait.
Gets my 5.
Keep at it, and try not to burn yourself out =D

Waterflame responds:

Thank yo so much! these reviews is what makes it so worth it. you got the exact things i wanted the listener feel. im glad you think its worth the wait, and thanks again for the long review! :D yay!

Lovely

This some great soft classical/ambient music. It's so delicate, and it's full of emotion. The strings are really dry and natural, and I really enjoyed that. The shorter, bolder notes sounded really great. A tight composition, the rising and falling harp was immaculate. The ending sounded too cut short, I'd love to hear a ringing note of the harp to end the piece, and fade to nothing. But apart from that, it's nice and soothing to listen to. One for my favs.
Keep it up!

Suspended-3rd-Chord responds:

hey thanks for another heartwarming review! I really appreciate those compliments, I worked hard on this one, and I'm glad you thought it came out well. as for the ending, I suppose I could tweak the controls to crank out more sustain-thanks for the tip. Thanks for the favoriteing and review WB!

The bell synth is really good

The drums are too realistic for the genre though, in my opinion. Something more electronic/more basic would be more appropriate. The FL slayer (?) actually doesn't sound too bad here, which is a surprise, as FL slayer usually sounds pretty average. The mix is really good. Great work, keep it up!

-Review Request Club-

Hooked me right away.

Bass is cool. The synth is cool. The construction is well done, the progression is repetitive, but your biuld around the progression is interesting, and that makes this a nice chilled, well-varied song. It could use some more direction, move into another theme, make it into a more well rounded song, but as a simple chilled beat, it's great.
Keep it up. Your music is good to listen to.

-Review Request Club-

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Perth, Australia

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