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[Power Surge (Psil0)]

A little bit too much

I get what you are going for, and although this is a rather powerful submission with a lot of energy; the drums/ bass in this song are way too clippy :(
The melodies are generally good but a bit repetitive, and the drum patterns seem to have wayyy to much kick drum going on epescially @ 1:20 on.

The mixing mastering of this piece is pretty underdone, but with the right changes i'm sure this could be quite a great song

Things to look at:
- The Intro instrument is way too loud, and a bit pitchy
- The drums/ bass seriously need work before this can really be considered a real drum & bass song
- Try to space out your bass melodies a bit more, and make them work with your drums rather than against them

Overall a good effort, but it needs some work
~Dj Sonik

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Psil0 responds:

I agree with you (and anyone) that says the mixing needs to be reworked. That probably will be retooled at a later point

As for the drums, the bass, and the melody. None of that is going to change. I prefer very little movement among my parts rhythmically. Your preference might be that, but I like to have a more ambient and drawn out feel. And in no way can I see how the bass and drums are working against each other, if they were intentionally written that way.

While I respect the first half your review, the rest of it is just compositional preference.

[>>SCOOTER<<]

Good, but has some mixing issues :[

I really liked the melody behind this song, but I would have liked to hear a couple things done way differently :{

I expected the bass-line in this song to be WAYYY more dirty, and hard hitting (it just seems like it would complement the overall ambiance of this piece well). The drums could have used a bit more "umph", and those hats could use a bit more as well. The vocal parts were really confusing, and actually kinda bad sounding imo :(. The melodies were really great, but i would have liked to hear better layering/ compression over the instruments because everything sounds like it needs that little bit more.

I honestly have mixed feelings about this song, but I can definitely hear some good elements in there; Keep at it! :D

Overall, not a bad song at all!
~Dj Sonik

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[Engage.]

Very nice! :D

I really like the overall ambiance to that this song has to it; it really reminds me of a DOT//Hack boss theme or something like that... very epic :P

The orchestral stuff sounded good here, and I really liked how it added that nice fullness to the track. My only real complaint about this song is those kick drum sounding hits with reverb; they really seem to have too much power behind them, and in my headphones it sounded like they were clipping a bit as well :(
That laugh sample thing didn't impress me much either :(
(maybe consider losing it/ re-doing it?)

Not a bad song at all my friend, but it could use a bit of polishing up.
~Dj Sonik

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[Study, Pursuit, Escape]

an interesting start

This song is interesting, but I do feel that it could use some major work;

This song seems to jump from one rhythm to another rather randomly, and doesn't really stay within any specific note scale. You would do really well to start with a strong, driving, definitive bassline/ drum pattern.

I had a pretty hard time following the beat of this song to be honest with you; I didn't really dig any of the major patterns produced here.

My guess is that you are slighty new to the music writing game, and there's nothing wrong with that if you are.

My suggestions for you:
- Tutorials could really help you hone your style; they can also teach you almost anything you want to know about your music creating software
- Learn some note scales that you like the sound of, and try writing your phrases within that scale
- Find a nice groove that you can dig, and work from the ground up with your songs; let the drums/bass guide things a little more often
- Try to make things a bit less repetitive

Overall, good effort just keep at it
~Dj Sonik

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Drony responds:

Thank you very much for your input. Yes I am very new to music writing and I even felt myself doing things at random, and I did. I tried to not make it so repetitive but I guess that didn't work out :/.

Thanks alot for the tips!

[Guardame Las Vacas]

Chill from the start

I really love the chill guitar tone, and overall ambiance of this piece. The orchestral instruments are also a great touch, I really loved the sound of just about all of these; except for some of the percussion instruments.

The classical elements of this composition really showed through, and I really enjoyed the mixing of your instruments as well; very soft and clean. :D

Things to look at:
- I felt like the drums/ percussive instruments in this song could have used a bit more power behind them
- The horn samples used in this song were rather plain, and kind of fake sounding
- Your crash sample in this song really bugged me a lot; I would definitely change that

Overall, not a bad submission by any means.
Actually quite nice :)
~Dj Sonik

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masheenH3ad responds:

I want to thank you for giving some of you time to give my work a very wonderful review. I read all of your suggestions and rest assured that I will take it all into my consideration.

I am glad that you liked it! Thank you so much!

[The Ballad of Longifan (INS)]

This could use some work

The intro was cool; I really enjoyed the guitar work up until the "bass" instrument came in, DESTROYED your mixing, and completely bogged down your drum track.

The piano in the background was kind of hard to hear, and the instruments/ patterns in this song seem to just fall in and out of place; my guess is you are new to writing music. Which is fine, but I would definitely put a bit more song into your song structure, and watch out for using bass samples like that; (the bass stuff really sounds like shit dude :{ )

Overall this isn't horrible, but it could definitely use some major changes
~Sonik

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[Aria (baroque)]

Very old school composition.

This song reminds me of something that you would hear on an ancient vinyl hidden away in your grandmothers attic; At the same time though, this song is oddly beautiful.

The piano dynamics are brilliant, and the composition style is seriously unique. It seems that very few people can write music like this nowadays. You have put together quite an amazing piece here my friend, and I really can't wait to hear your next one; you have some real talent wit the keys :}

Overall; amazing piece of art
~Sonik

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descara responds:

Thanks for the very kind words! Though I dunno if I'd call it unique myself, it's mostly just a hommage to Bach arias, sarabandes etc. ;)

Listening tip if you want to hear something similar: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UKGnIt VVotc :)

[[FR] Creatures]

Interesting :D

The intro has a lot of potential, and honestly just needs a bit of soft eq adjustment.
I like the drum track, and the subtle wub-bassline is cool; I really enjoyed the vocal stuff that came in towards the end accompanied by the piano, really beautiful sound mixture :)

The percussion in this song is a bit weird, but with a bit of adjustment I could really get into this beat! Very different submission, but in a good way!

I would love to hear the full version of this song though, that ending part sounds really great!

Overall; really nice submission :D
~Sonik

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[Night of the Dancing Skeletons]

My favorite Halloween submission so far this year!

I love the instrumentation, and the dynamics of this piece are truly something to be proud of! :D

all of these instruments sound brilliant, and as a whole; I could seriously imagine this backing a hit series for Halloween time! This song is very reminiscent of Danny Elfman's work in both Nightmare Before Christmas/ Batman, and I realllllly dig it!
You've created quite the masterpiece here my friend, and I honestly don't know if there's much I would change about this; Amazing :)

~Sonik

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SilentTakedown responds:

I'm glad you like it. And you're like the fourth or fifth person to mention Elfman and Nightmare Before Christmas and I never really watched it. I was more thinking about John Williams at some point when I made the minor triad parallels with the flutes and glockenspiel at the beginning. Thanks again for the kind words and this review! :)

(Don't hit me but I also have not watched the first Batman movie. But I know the maintheme!)

[W3R3W00F - Awkward]

Well I get what you are going for!

But those bass-lines need wayyy more sub-bass, and that drum track needs to be a bit more complicated then that. This tune sounds like it could be a really club banger, but at the same time; this render sounds like a bare skeleton of the track.

I really liked your dynamic work, and most of your patterns were spot on, but I think you need to take more time to work on your fine tuning

Things I would have done differently:
- Moar sub-bass
- Moar mastering/ mixing
- Moar drum kit work
- A LOT more sidechaining

Overall; Solid Effort!
~Sonik

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W3R3W00F responds:

Thanks, Sonik! :) I'll be sure to take those things into account. Great review! :D