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[Moonlight Goddess - BK]

Is it just me?

Or does the kick and snare appear to sound exactly the same as the one from Tiesto's - "Bend It Like You Don't Care"...? I inverted and subtracted it from the original song and the two are a perfect match. :\

Bracksta responds:

very good :) yes i did sample that snare and kick, it fit perfectly :)

[Abridged]

Noice!

For a semi-start, it is super! I really like the contrast between the two "parts" so to speak in the song. The bass, while very well played in both structure and build, was somewhat unsatisfying. Try to layer different types of basses into each other (subs, leads, mids, backing, ect.) in order to create something greater than the collection of parts itself. At times it, between the end of the intro and the beginning of the chorus, I completely lost any sort of tempo or rhythm. Maybe rework that, put some hats or other type of percussion continuing the residual beat to help keep the beat flowing and moving. Speaking of other percussion, the hats and claps/snares were all very very clean and all around awesome, but use some other percussive affects (rim shots, toms, fx, ect.) to help stabilize the overall drive of the song and support the hats claps and kick. Check out my latest song if you want an example of most of the stuff I mentioned.

All in all, great work! I enjoyed every minute of it.

5kyLight responds:

Thanks, your feedback really helps :D
And I will check out your song.

-SL-

[The World On My Shoulders]

It Reminds Me...

Of something I can't quite remember and really wish I could. :/

Its a very suave feel to it, much like a Bach piece down only less mathematical, which is a good thing in this case. Because otherwise it would feel very closed off and boxed in, then lacking the constant movement it provides.

But anyway, glad this account finally got confirmed. Looking forward to new stuff, keep it up!

EmpyrealVis responds:

Ahh . This song represents our past struggles, how our past is never to be forgotten, only accumalating as we grow stronger . Thankyou for the review Bryan ^^ .
EmpyrealVis

[<o> A|A <o> Prison]

SupaFlow

The song overall has many emotions in my mind. It has an easy, lite texture to it, all the way down to dark and subjective.

The vocals paint a grim and vivid image of for which the song is named. Grasping a single part of the song is almost impossible before it slips away to form and evolve into something completely new, yet completely familiar. This song puts you on a roller-coaster and into a tunnel, that of which you can only use the one sense that is not blind in darkness, hearing. Some pieces, like this one, can not be comprehended. You can't see it, or hold it, or move it. You can only hope that nothing foreign of nature to it would dare to scramble and/or alter its course form the path in to eternity.

That is this, for the song that should not be ended.

AphoticAthanasy responds:

Thankyou for such a thorough review Bryan . You have described my song to a T .. I wish other people could do that aswell . My songs could give people a fun test to see if they can make a story out of it . It's possible, I already can make many stories . ^^ . Again, thankyou for your FIRST review . ^_^
- Aphotic Athanasy -

[House: 1st Attempt]

Super Flow

The pads are exceptional. All its needs is a little drum intricacy and more apparent bass. First impressions are everything, and you've definitely made your mark. But the melody in awesome, keep it up!

5'd and Downloaded

thunderboi2 responds:

Thank you very much and I will work on my drums and try to bring out the bass.

[your cat]

Perfect interpretation!

The progression was solid and simple. I really like the overlapping conundrum of it all. Not many bad things to say except maybe the sample choices but that wasn't really all that bad.

Great work again!

superuberinsaneausm responds:

thanks for the review and recommending

[*Rave Beat* / ZeRo BaSs]

Quality indeed

I never get tired of your piano style. I like the new drum sequencing you incorporated. The build up was super solid, the synth at 2:11 was so subtle yet very intricate in my mind and set the main build perfectly.

Another master piece!

ZeRo-BaSs responds:

Thank you DjInTheDark!! :) :) :)

[Summer 2010]

A tad lange...

Wow,

I really liked the styling of the melody and the melodic approach. In this it almost seemed like there were some elements that weren't needed, (crowd clap and snare at the first build up) all you really need for both of those was those wonderful FX sweeps you used.

The synths are perfect and the transitions for the progression were mapped really well. And on the other side of the spectrum, for things like drum elements over all, there wasn't enough to fill, and if you just maybe added some extras in there especially after the big build ups, I think it would really cut down on the repetition while keeping the track length the same.

Also at the were that epic lead comes in at 3:15, you could probably just move the snare to there. And i really thought you should have at least gotten back to the beat drive that you had at the beginning after that last build up, instead of the off beat pattern with the kick. You should definitely try to get everything at that final part were it would kinda bring everything together, and if you were to add those extra elements like I said (maybe some hi hats or other type of rhythm add-on) it would make it sound superb.

Great job over all, just fix a few of those things and it will be even more awesome than it is now!

[Audio Adv.]

Aydin-Jewelz123 responds:

Thanks a bunch mate, will take it into account and make the necessary changes :)

[*Dance Trigger* Zero Bass]

In the now...

I'll try to base all my critique on this alone, cuz otherwise It will be a big long page of how awesome you are rather than about this song. But it will probably turn into that anyway. ^_^

This was simple and elegant. The harmonies and overall drive are outstanding. The kick is very direct well EQ'ed. I also really like the diversity of vocals and vocal range. The grand pause was perfectly timed. Your drums are normally very intricate, but this seems so much more simple, and thats what I love about it. That fact that you can complicate or simplify something and it will shine either way.

80/5, 120/10
Amazing job! He has returned!

ZeRo-BaSs responds:

thanks for the in-depth review!! :D

[Malfunktion [NP]]

Half way there...

I like this, then I have always liked jump notes and spliced vocals. I do feel it could almost use more, like taking the original idea to the next step. Like making it a lot more glitchy. You already have the vocals down as far as glitching goes, but I think this effect should effect throughout the instrumentation to.

Great job, lots of potential in many directions!
DJ_InTheDark

NeonProject responds:

Hmmmmm, sounds interesting.
I'm planning on doing a Trance version sometime too. :3

Thanks for stopping by to review!