Wrongly categorized, and a bit odd?
First off, this sounds like it was made from completely pre-made loops and that bothers me; This song had lots of parts where the drums/ guitar/ bass just drop out with no notice. The drum loops layered on top of each other are really noticeable, and I can't even tell if you made any of this yourself.
This is not drum and bass, and certainly not a song worth a half-detailed review :/
Try again buddy :/
~Sonik
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Interesting take on a house classic! :]
I really enjoyed this remix, and although it's not the most catchy thing ever I give you mad props for reworking this song in a different way :]
This remix puts a pretty fresh/ driving/ techno feel to an already great song.
If I could change anything:
- The filter automation that you used for the intro was cool, but I felt that this part could have used a bit more x.x
- Your mixing sounds alright, but I think that bassline could use some serious EQ smoothing (The subs are a bit too much)
- The mastering of this sounds a bit cloudy, maybe rework your mastering process a bit?
Not bad at all dude, but it could use some polishing up as well
~Sonik
-Review Request Club-
maybe after i upgrade my pc
have no idea when that will happen x.x
i really want to work on this track but guess ill have to wait
um what do you mean by cloudy XP
anyways Thx for the review ^^
Interesting mixture of styles :o
Loved the intro right away, very nice opening groove :)
The mixture of instruments here is slightly different from what I would expect to hear from an indie band, but I like the touches of Swing/ Progressive that you've incorporated into this :]
The vocals were great and really entertaining, but the quality of the vocal recording was crap (I couldn't really make out a lot of the words :[
Overall, I think you guys have a lot of talent; now go to a better studio :p
~Sonik
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Yeah for some reason this one came out the worst for vocals on the album, but hey what can you do with a very limited amount of money.
Thanks for the review!
Not too shabby
This piece was actually done pretty well, and I really enjoyed many elements of your composition style :] The patterns/ Melodies were all very nice, and I liked the way everything sounded for the most part...
I don't think this piece is bad at all composition-wise, but I do think that this could use some more powerful mastering/ more driving drum samples.
This song has a very retro-techno feel to it, but with that comes the retro-mastering feel as well ( I think these mastering techniques/ samples could be re-invented)
Overall not a bad submission, but I do think this could use some work
~Sonik
-Review Request Club-
Fair enough, another experiment to try and get myself to produce something better. Thanks for your review, I'll see what I can do about getting more advanced with my creativity. :)
Interesting! :D
I was really suprised by the tempo of this song, but it works and I agree with AetherX "No one says that all songs of any genre have to have a certain tempo".
The drums sound good, and have a nice overall power to them. Your leads are pretty nice, but I did feel that they could have used a bit more effort. Your bassline is generic, but good; it all works out. The Mixing/ Mastering could be better, but this does sound pretty clean for the most part.
Take a second look at:
- The vocal sounds are pretty jumbled sounding (At first I thought I had another window open with a video playing or something... cause these sound pretty off)
- A couple Kick samples you used really sounded blatty
Overall not bad, but not my favorite piece either
~Sonik
-Review Request Club-
Ah yes, I was also kinda sketchy of the vocals too, but I think I will come close to making it better next time! Thanks a lot!
I completely disagree, This is WONDERFUL :D
I love the way you organized this track, everything sounds nice and housey!
Your drums are perfect; nice, driving, and deep;
Your leads sound sick, and the mixing is very nice all around.
I think you are off to a great start, and for your first house work; holyshitballs dude! :D
Take a second look at:
- The lead changes notes @ 1:08-1:10, and this seems to clash a bit; maybe change this note to bit better?
- The mastering could be a bit more pure sounding, but for now this isn't bad :]
Great Work HT!
~Sonik
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Thanks for your positive comments again mate! Really appreciate these reviews :)
I did think the mix needed work, but I couldn't fit everything in nicely. I read the beatport article on a guide to progressive house and apparently high passing everything individually is the way to go. I couldn't be bothered though hahaha.
Thanks again for your thoughts ;D
out of order
What you've made here is a loop with no structure, no beat, and no emotion :/
This loop reminds me of an improperly working machine at best :[
Things to change:
- This needs a solid drum pattern
- Your melodies need to be completely re-worked
- Your mixing is completely jumbled :[
overall... sorry dude this is not music :/
~Sonik
-Review Request Club-
Nice... but rather generic :[
This sounds like something I can really Bang mah head owwn :D
The intro is nice and clean, I really enjoyed the general mix here. The mastering also sound pretty good, but it could use a bit more eq I think.
The drop is good, and everything sounds nice... but I do think you might have taken a slightly generic approach on your drop; Like I said it sounds good (quality-wise), but the wubs didn't really make me want to bang mah head and stuff
that's no good :[
Overall dude I think this has a lot of potential, but as it is... it's kinda boring; maybe consider adding vocals, and change up the wubs a bit more?
~Sonik
-Review Request Club-
Hey bro, much thanks for reviewing this. I know what you mean by the lame wubs. I wrote this song about 3+ months ago, so if you check out my newest track, you'll definitely notice the difference. I'm looking into adding vocals and possibly metal guitar into some of my future tracks, so thanks for the confirmation :) Peace out!
Woahhhh there buddy... Mixing needs work x.x
I do really like the intro, and it sounds like you could be on to something with the build-up/ drop that you used here; after the drop though.... your volume levels are out of control, and like Phobotech said... ALL OVER THE PLACE
This sounds like it was an idea that you started building on, and then just kinda dead-ended it towards the end.
If I could suggest anything:
- Put a bit more thought into those wubs man. I know it can be frustrating getting them just right but when you do, people will notice.
- watch your volume levels (the mixing gets trashed by those random sub sweeps)
This could be an alright jam, but it needs a bit more x.x
~Sonik
-Review Request Club-
I appreciate the review! You're right about the wubs. I started this thing with burning inspiration, but got interrupted after the first few phrases and had to pick it up again another day. By then I sort of lost where I was coming from and just couldn't find the muse again. It's very difficult for me to control the mastering with relevance to really good sound systems because I don't have a sub or anything, and I'm using a cheap pair of Wal-Mart headphones. Plus the program I'm using has no such things as compressors or limiters, it's all based on the level of sound at which I set each individual note. I figure that'll sound like an excuse, but there you have it. :P
Based on your club's reviews, I think I'll try to redo this later and just totally abandon the wubs in favor of something that'll be more danceable.
Ohhh man, I really hoped to hear a Spooky Tune :D
You Mr. Bellmaker almost never disappoint with your compositions, and when I saw that you had done a spooky one for halloween I almost jumped out of my chair with excitement :]
Right from the get go, I love the bell samples used. The plucks that come in shortly after really bring that mischievous feeling into the mixture, and the subtle Creepy Piano samples that follow really seal the deal! :D
I love the overall feeling of this piece, You've really captured Halloween within this song... I could honestly imagine this being on TV it's so good :/
I can't really say that I would change a damn thing about this song buddy; looks like you've got this one in the bag :]
Excellent work!
~Sonik
-Review Request Club
Haha I'm glad you enjoyed my latest piece. I'm thinking I'm going to stick to classical music from now on :D
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