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[[ afraid of the dark ]]

WASSUP boney-man!

Nice starting, and then nice big drum hit. Those synths in the beginning sound like an unenthusiastic ghost. Oh but the change in pitch and then explosion of drums compliments it! good job! Nice beat and bass synth! now i see where you are going with the first synths. Nice out of control feel! I enjoy listening to this one! I think you could have done more to the ending than just fade out through.

Awesome slow-starting fast Drum N Bass song!

I really liked listening to this and i downloaded it, so there is 1 point right off the bat. The synths all complimented each other very nicely with teh high pitched synth coming every now and then and changing keys when teh low pitched synth came in. Almost sounded a bit like torture. 4 points for those synths and bass. The beat was very unique and yet still followed the drum N bass style. I'll give 3 points for making all that happen at the right time. The vocals were nice and made me afraid of the dark. I'll give you 2 points for invocate-ing fear. I really didnt like the fade at the end so ill have to take 1 point off there.
Nice song! It's close to sounding professional even!

boney-man responds:

:|
I faded out the end because this is a preview, so if that's your only problem with it, I can send you the full version if you want.
otherwise, thanks a lot!

[Distortion Guitar Loop]

hey Darthfett!

Wow, great guitar distortion, Nice filtering going on. really cool bass and then bass synth to go with the guitar and beat. It loops pretty nice too.

Mean sounding Industrial

The guitars were nicely played and filtered, ill give you 3 points for that. The bass synth in the middle of the song gave a nice sound to it. I'll give you another 2 points for that. and then another 1 point for the beat. It loops very nicely, ill give you 1 point for that. the Feeling of moving in and out of this song's filters is amazing. Ill give you another 1 point for that.
Cool loop! You earned a total score of 8 from me! good job again!

Darthfett responds:

Thanks for the breakdown of the song! :D

To be honest, I dislike the acid-like bass. I don't like the way it fits with the guitar, but it's good to see things like that from other people.

The main reason I uploaded this was for the distortion-y guitar, and because it looped well.

Thanks for the review!
~Darthfett

[<LE>Hole in the Ground]

hey, Cameron Herren (LiquidEcstacy)!!

Interesting start with the slightly creepy guitars sounds, i like the scratch coming in there, the symbols crash new parts in and out of this song, which sounds real nice and throw me off when one crashes but nothing plays. keeps me listening. I think you spent a little to long fading the end there.

Nice haunted feeling to this song!

I like the instruments you use and how they compliment each other. I'll give you 2 points for that. The scratch of the records were nice and the symbols helped too. Ill give you 3 points for both. The build of this song was very much enjoyed with the adding on and then taking away and then replacing of different sounds. I will give you 3 more points for that. The ending was too long of a fade and i think you tried to cop out with it. i have to take back 1 point for it. This song sounded great! you are going places with it!

LiquidEcstacy responds:

Only reason the ending was so simple was because this song was made in a battle between me and a few friends, to who could make the best song in under 5 minutes =)

i really had fun with it though, so thats why I posted it. thanks for the review.

[oh god no not a boogie]

ooooOOOOOHHH!! WHAT UP JACK REES??

Cool riff to start, cool key switch. electric guitar fits in nicely, but im contemplating if it is jazz now =p. Nice beats, and the little bell sounding thing at the end it a nice touch, what do you call that?

That is all i wrote in 1 minute, sorry im not too fast.

BREAK DOWN:
I liked the funk jazz feel of this song, now that i think of it, it is more funk than jazz. I like the bass in the background, it is real smooth. 2 poitns for that. The guitar makes me thing of some sort of boogie, your right about that. it is nicely put, 2 points for melody there. i like the beat and small quiet amount of drums you use and that bellish thing all the way through. 3 points for percussion
You got a nice song here! keep it up!

spamwangler responds:

thanks for reviewing!

this one was just a little ditty i needed to get out of my head, and to get some double bass practice. thats a triangle at the end:)

[~{Struggle}~]

alextheDJ! wassup?

Slow start, liking it though. Piano, that is a nice touch. Everything seems to go together, but it is just taking to long to build. ahh! here is the beat. it is a little generic. Now the ghostly sounds from the beginning are gone, im at 1:46. Nice synth at 1:50, but it is a little generic itself. Now the song is getting a bit repetitivie. The bass is starting to hurt my ears a bit, but my volume might just be too loud. Now it is only piano and it is getting filtered a lot. that doesn't seem necessary. And were back with the same beat, but a new synth. sounds like laughter at 3:48, which sounds nice. this song is just a little to repetitive.

Long song, but it sounds cool.

well here is the break Down:
You got talent, you just need to work on organizing it and not trying to over play it. There is a good song with this idea here, it is just stretched out to 4:37 when it could be a lot better somewhere around 2 minutes. Listen to professional music a bit more, take note of how they use teh same mechanics you have just in ways to compliment each other. 1 point for sounds, 2 points for bass, 1 point for instruments well used, 2 points for beat. and 3 points for synths. but this is deathly repetitive, i have to take off 4 points for that.
Good effort, just needs more structuring. you can do it!

alextheDJ responds:

Now THAT'S constructive criticism! I really appreciate that! Very nice suggestions and criticism. I will admit that this is really repetitive. I got lazy with the drum sound being the same and also the sounds from the beginning being played over and over. This is definitely not my best work. I have this strange idea that my songs need to be long... I don't know why. I did think that this was a cool drum sound. I spent a while on it and that's why I got lazy with it. I brought back the reece because I like it and I just learned how to make one but I think next time I'll leave it out. I thought the piano sound was cool, but, again, I used it waaaay too much. I'll take your advice on listening to pro stuff and gettin a feel for it. I'm still trying to make that perfect drum n bass drum sequence... I really appreciate you believing in me and encouraging me. That's what keeps me goin :)

Anyway, I'm probably getting repeditive in this response! lol

[My Own Pleasure]

hello Laikros!

Cool powerful synth at the beginning! made my ears vibrate! I like the the beat that hits along with the synth in this song. Cool beat. I like the way it got all choppy at the end, nice touch.

Quick loop, now onto make a song! right?

Well it was short, not much to say. Nice synth manipulation. thats 2 points, cool beat and bass overall thats another 2 points. the choppiness at the end made me nearly smile. that's another 2 points. Overall you got a 6, it wasn't to long but what there was of it was good. Make a longer song so i can make a longer review!

Laikros responds:

You'd rather I make a song out of this loop?
I like long reviews!

[Winter Sojourn]

hello! garyevor

Hey garyevor! first song of your's I've heard, but here is my review!

this piano beginning is nice and slow, great sound to it. Is that an acoustic guitar? it goes nicely with the piano. the strings come in slowly and also go nice with the rest. I like how you made every instrument come in like that. the build of this song is really nice. im at 1:46 now. The strings are getting louder and for a good reason! they sound amazing man! now it is getting a little repetitive, now it is slowing down. I'm at 3:36 and it is getting bigger with those strings. That guitar is starting to get louder too. now at 4:00 it is faster! and that makes the song prettier. now it is slow again and simplistic with soft music playing. nice quiet ending, i feel like im putting a baby to sleep now.

Shhhh, don't wake Robby.

This was a nice piece, beautifully composed. The instruments you used and how you made them blend together gets you 3 points. The lack of beat and bass seemed like a good thing in this piece. So you get 1 point for leaving that out. the melody blended nicely into itself and i will have this in my head for a long while. 3 points for that. teh tempo and volume level of this song seemed to change at the greatest times. you get another 3 points for making it sound so pretty. I'm sorry about this last point but i have to take off 1 point because even though it was so pretty, it did get repetitive. -1 there.
Overall a great song! you got a 9!!! you deserve some praise for this song!! relaxing piece i enjoyed writing a review for

garyevor responds:

Thank you so much for such an extensive review!!! Some really nice thoughts are included in them. I enjoy making music, I have for 50 some years (I'm old). Thanks for such refreshing thoughts.
Gary

[Storms of Agony]

His for a 3rd time tonight!

The other 2 were so good, i had to listen to more!

Piano and a ghostly sound, is this song going to be mysterious? low slightly distorted synth for melody, i like this. the beat at 30 secs is a bit generic, the high pitched synth blends nicely and contrasts the low one well. it is starting to echo, nice touch. how many pianos are there? am i hearing 2? or 3? Nice transition between instruments around 1:35. Nice come back for that high pitched synth, this beat is different, i didn't realize till now, nice job! I'm at 2:20 and i like the synth here! cool distortion and clipping at 2:34, I'm serious =) Bass synth is fading in and out, nice job. Im at3:30 and the song went from mystery to "sounds like trouble" i don't know, some sort of foreshadow to the end boss lol.

Well i sensed a little storm, but i was inside the haunted house. =)

I liked the way the synths changed ears in my head phones, this will be a nice thing to listen to on my zune. +3 for those synths, +1 for download. Drums were to generic, sorry but -1 point for that, but the the bass synths brought you up another 2 points. +1 point for beat and bass. The piano was a nice way to keep my listening fro the whole song. +1 for complimentary instruments. The little things in this song gave it a better sense of quality to it. 2 points for Miscellaneous things. you get a total of 8 points of 10 for this song! good job man!

Nice song, and being the 3rd time you've made me happy in a row i'm adding you to favorite artists. =)

Shinrog responds:

2 different piano's, the first one you hear at the beginning can't blend with himself when a lower octave is used so I just put another 1 but different.
Thanks for the review, was interesting to see other people's aspect during the whole track.

[Flying Away [R]]

Hi Again!

this is starting out nice. love the beat at 0:25. the bridge at 0:27 make me imagine space, the distortion is very nicely added. The melody is unique, i can tell you made it yourself. I like the progression of this song. OOH!@ the fire sound effect at 1:33 made my heart sing a little bit to me. I like the synth sounds you are using. Nice piano here. rolling drums into distortion of a bass synth, very nice. getting a little repetitive. nice fire sound effect again. I really like this song I'm at 2:46 now. you Changed pianos on me, that keeps me thinking. slow quiet ending, predictable, but very well done in this case.

You are good at this Genre, this is my 2nd song i've heard of your's

Here is my breakdown:
When things got repetitive you changed it up with some nice sounds. Great composing by the way, the beat and melody were different, but complimented each other. The blends were nicely put together. I know some people say this song is really clipping, but i like the distortion and how it comes in at the right time. you get 3 points for sounds, 2 points for bass-melody style, 3 points for great synths and samples, 1 point because i downloaded it, and 1 point for making it sound really awesome.
You get a 10 for this song, you and deserve it!

Shinrog responds:

lol thats it,gonna find that distortion and remove it xD
but thx for the review.