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[Beach Melo Remake 2008]

Awesome

Congratulations on passing 100 fans. I'll add one more to the tally. ;D
Overall, this song is pretty awesome. The quality of production is pretty high, and your transitions are smooth. The intro was quirky, and I really like the synth used there, I would have loved it to break out into a really high energy beat, but it sounded a bit hollow, maybe putting in a counter melody that uses more sustained notes? Otherwise, top notch, I was really into the beat, the tune was pretty catchy, you've done a great job.
Keep it up man!

FlamingFirebolt responds:

That makes 103 i suspose :D Awesome!
While i was producing this song, i really had a hard time doing those transitions. But in the end, i mixed all transitions together to get that breakdown. And im happy with it :). The intro is quirky ( i love that word ) because i used some weird acid-3o3'ish sound. I should have lowered the volume and eqed it a bit more... I should have eqed this would song a bit more.. ah well.. maybe some other time.
About the melody. Yeah i really didn't know how to make this one sound right. So i started with just placing the melody-line on the kick.. And it kinda stayed there for the rest of the song. Every effort of trying to make it in a 'real' melody, failed miserably! I tried alot of things to keep the chorus intresting but all failed...
well thanks you liked it :)

-firebolt-

[Paradise on E (Karco Remix)]

Holy Shiznit!

An original cover. Nice ambient feel to the song. This song is looong, man, it's loooooooong. Congrats on being so dedicated as to go all the way through with it.
The clashing of the bright happy tune and the sad slow synths in the background worked surprisingly well, it sounded like it shouldn't have worked, but somehow, it did. 5 minutes in and still going strong. It's kind of upbeat, but not rushed, the melody really sinks in. It's quite diverse, changing synths and patterns quite often, the minutes tick by and it's still interesting.
Ok, just finished. Man, great work. Loved it. Gets my 5, 10, fav, download.
Well done.

Would you mind taking a listen to my latest submission?
Keep up the excellent stuff!

Karco responds:

Yep, it's long, I've always wanted to make a song that long too. :D Thanks.

Thanks for the review and all the praise, high ratings, etc. :P

I've actually already listened to it, but I suppose I can go back and tell you what I think this time. :O

[Happy Fun Time Menu Loop]

Happy Fun Time Joy!

For its purpose, I think it's a nice song. The instruments used were good, however I would have loved to have heard that lead hold onto a couple of long notes. Not much, just a couple, to break from all the short static sounds and tie it all together. But that's just a minor thing. Loops well, quality is good, and most important of all, it's fun! =3

Nice work.

nal1200 responds:

lol thanks

[Symphony of the Damned]

Woah

The quality and composition of this track is awesome. It's a huge wall of sound, and the blend of orchestra and DnB isn't too strong, I would have loved a thick reese bass featured prominently in there, but the drums were spot on that in the end, I didn't care, it was that good.

Great work.

Genjo responds:

:D

thankyeeverymuchdude!!!

yeh my friend is giving me the VST for dirty DnB Basslines, so fingers crossed ill have some savage beats up soon :D

thanks for the review, appreciated muchly

[_-={Reaching Dreamers}=-_]

The battle was quite short

The change of pace is quite quick and unexpected, I'm left wanting more, feeling that there should have been more. But again, the quality was great and I could hear the story going on, the orchestration was quite full on, high energy. It'd be great to hear something like this in a live performance.
Great work, Maestro.

MaestroRage responds:

In agreement, this song was intended to be longer. A good deal longer. It started life geared to be an intro menu song. It's high energy and vibe however was not what we were looking for. For this reason the song was dropped from production. I didn't want to bury it in obscurity forever though so I posted it up here after some final additions and modifications and hoped that it would find a home in somebody's heart.

Though i'd love to hear this live as well, i'm afraid it's just not possible. I mean so many effects, so many unrealistic representations of instruments... now my friend i'm afraid this song must always exist as is.

Thank you for the review, i'm glad you enjoyed it!

[Rig - Moving On]

>:(

This song makes me want to kick babies, because it's awesome.
Don't know what to criticise, so I'll just ask, what do you do with the vocals in FL to make them awesome. I've just recently got a mic and I want to get my voice sounding electronic, the best I've got is a bitcrusher and a few effects. Rig, HOW DO YOU DO WHAT YOU DO!? And don't spare on the details.

<3 ^_^ lol good job, gratz on the weekly top 5, lets have a party, agnreh muffins 4 all.

Rig responds:

I'll be posting the .flp this week, so you can check it out for yourself! :D

[Whales, Whales, Whales]

For what it was made for

it sounds really cool. The instruments are an interesting choice, although, I have to say that I'm not a fan of the guitar sound. I'd prefer to hear it made more digital sounding through effects, FL give it to you so that it sounds in between trying to be realistic and digital. But that was a minor issue, it still sounded pretty cool amongst the other instruments. The progression of the piece was nice, the adding on of instruments at the start was good, and the change to the single note for each chord on the guitar was good. I didn't like the main guitar riff, the melody was jumping around too much, and it gave off a bit of a random feel. I'd suggest keeping a couple of those melodic leaps in there, but change some of them so that they move in step sequence, and it flows a lot more evenly, especially considering that it's in the bass, and the melody is playing over top of it. I'd love to see some more variation in this piece, a new melody in the lead, somewhere in the middle, but for that smooth ambient type sound, you did a really good job, I'm just being pretty picky about it.
Keep it up!
-Review request club- (lol first review for the club in a loooooong time)

MusicIsBliss responds:

thanks, and yay for first in a while
and picky is good, i need it
yeah, still got to find the guitar sound that suits me

[»§« Coming Home]

The Lady is a Beast

That was well awesome, your voice sent a shiver down my spine. Whatever happened to the epic metal collab "Authority of Darkness". Anyway, I'd love to see someone like DarKsidE555 add some furious fretwork to this style. Vocals were great, lyrics were a little twisted, a bit like something I'd write. Keep up the awesomeness.
"The Lady is a Beast", you can use that for a song title for free! That's my gift to you, LadyArsenic.
Oh, and Maestro, well done to you too. Epic.

5/5 ^_^

MaestroRage responds:

You know, I continually ask myself the same question! A sad and ridden-down Rage always glumly responds that we have too much on our plates to be fooling with our own work. So I guess that's our answer for ya. =/ I love that song...
Darkside... That name rings a bell for some reason... Did he help with Authorities of Darkness?
Heehee, thank you. I'm not quite the poet I used to be. =/ Very rusty. I needed some help from dear old Ragey.
XD I love that title. I'm going to have to beat it into him until he agrees to it. Thank you for listening, Maestro thanks ye too!
With love,
LadyArsenic <3

[_-={From Darkness, Rise}=-_]

Love

that gritty angry brass. It's so wonderfully realistic, it almost makes me lose control of my sexual organs >;D

The splendour, I think, about this song, and indeed, now that I think about it, with most of your other songs lies within how well woven together the harmonies between instruments are. There's no real memorable tune, it's a sea of sound that's so easy to immerse oneself in. If I were to tell someone about MaestroRage's music I couldn't go "hey, have you heard his last song, it sounds like this *hums melody*", they'd actually have to listen for themselves, and feel for themselves the way that the music affects the listener on a totally different level.
I love it.
Congrats on the tank awards, your music is memorable, and you truly live up to your title of "maestro".

MaestroRage responds:

I intended it to make you lose control of your vital functions, but sexual organs is an equally important part of one`s self :D!

A very important aspect you`ve realized WB. You`re quite right, in most of my tracks I forgo memorable tunes with harmonies. I just, feel like it has a more deeper connection for the listener. I mean, when you have a memorable melody, yes, the listener still see`s an image, feels an emotion, but most of the time it also distracts them. Expecting, and receiving something from the song on a level which cannot be manipulated from the listener`s conscious. Of course, it`s foolish to say that melodies in general are distracting, every song must have some basic form of melody in order to have the harmonies work with each other, to show the piece guidance before you can really get abstract with it.

Thank you for your kind words. and for your review. I am glad you liked it :)!

[KR- Chaos Angel Ultimate]

Nice!

Great energy, the quick passages were slick, and the transitions were some of the best I've seen from you. You put a great spin on the song. The influence is obvious, but your interpreteation and creativity lifted this above the normal remake. I'm not too fond of how you used the choir though... I'd prefer to see it brought into the background, and bring the glittery piano out more. I'd also like to see some orchestral percussion in your music in the future aswell, because I really would have loved to hear some cymbol rolls and crashes, and timpanis in there too. Great work, knux. I love that you went for a more original take on the cover, you've made some great progress with your music. Keep at it, man!

knuxrouge responds:

Thanks for the review.
I will work into percussions, or I will try.
You right about the choir as I had mixed feeling about it being up front. The glittery piano I think you heard was a harp; courtesy of suspended3rdchord.
or were you referring to my second progression.....
I don't know, but I get your advice and it is gladly taken.
I'm glad you enjoyed it.