Score: 10

"VVV When is an asshole ever pleasant? Lol :)"

submission: [C] Mean Music

date: August 20, 2009

Overall I thought it was very well done, technical wise and creative wise;
Technically, it was very well mixed/mastered, and the vocal track was very professional sounding. Even turning up the volume all the way I couldn't hear any distortion or clipping, so that's good, and no imbalance on the EQ.
Creatively, the beat (sans the orchestral sample) is very original, and thankfully not a typical 808 kit XD
The sample.. its good, though I don't know what to say,
If its a full sample, then its a good choice,
but if its something you created yourself, its very, very well done,
lots of detail behind each measure on that,
These guys saying that there was too much n***a this n***a that etc,
are the same kinds of people that threaten to make that word actually offensive.
If we've learned anything from The Boondocks its that a word is only as bad as it's intended to be.
Anywho,
well done all 'round,
5/5 10/10
Peace

Score: 8

"Wow, excellent layer"

submission: Schöne Blumen

date: February 21, 2009

I really loved the texture of the sound, and the progression and everything, only thing is I think its lacking a lot of dynamics and well changes in key, would be a nice layer in a song, but feels uncomplete; add some drum layers and bass and this could be easily one of the best ambient pieces out there (on Newgrounds at least)
Very nice,
5/8

Score: 10

"Such a good part"

submission: The Flood (demo)

date: January 4, 2009

Very nicely composed, reminded me of Pink Martini's Black Swan Song
Nice entry for the collab!!
Peace

5/10d

Score: 9

"Very nice piece."

submission: Contemplative Safari

date: November 28, 2008

Loved the ambient feel of the whole piece in general; in fact i've had it running for about 5 or 6 loops now and it still feels new each time.

At 1:14, the piece basically refreshes and may be the reason for this apparent ambience (note taken) :)

Of course, the synthetic sounds of woodwinds and strings hinder its true ability, but nonetheless a great song; would do nice in a hunting video-game of some sorts, thats what I pictured this whole time was a background song for a video-game.

9/5
Sorry for not getting to this sooner :(

Score: 9

"Nice!"

submission: SNB Momotaro

date: August 24, 2008

Awesome composition, but what really impressed me were the samples,
Are these GPO samples? They sound very realistic.

Good stuff, peace!

Score: 9

"Very nice recording"

submission: Sorrow Had Its Wayv2

date: August 19, 2008

This is a very cool recording, and the improvised style is done pretty flawlessly, the only thing I noticed that held this back from truly being great is during the section where the drums come in, the strumming is going much faster than the drums, and the downbeats are off; but style wise and overall, great track, awesome work on the guitar!

Reminds of the Doors a whole lot

Score: 8

"Review Request"

submission: Flight Of The BumbleBee -Alix1

date: August 3, 2008

Did you personally really play this?
Sorry to be offensive/deuchebag but I don't think so, I think this is a midi or you got a sheet and put the notes into FL Studio somehow. I'll give you an 8 though because either way that is hard.

What gave it away to me was :25, no way humanely possible that can be consistently played PERFECTLY at that speed.

Still, good job on bringing it into FL Studio, and I could be wrong, tell me if I am

3/8

Review Request Club.

Score: 8

"A bit underrated!"

submission: >Welcome to my Haunted House<

date: July 26, 2008

Although it is not a particularly memorable tune, it is a bit underrated!

Technical Aspect: Not much to comment on here, the mixing was pretty average, In other words, nothing wrong with it. Not many effects, but none are really needed in this piece, reverb would have destroyed this piece.

Artistic Aspect: What you pulled off is actually pretty hard to do with the piano, have two almost completely contrasting piano parts come together to form the melody. It's not something easily accomplished. That being said, it doesn't come all that well together here, but the concept is there, which I happen to like.

Overall: An average piece, attempted a pretty difficult "fugue" kind of piece, and almost accomplished! (Another example of this kind of piece would be something like the haunted mansions in Super Mario World)

4/8'd, it's there, but not completely

Score: 7

"A little disappointing.."

submission: Sad²

date: July 25, 2008

Here's why:

Technical Aspect: Well done, nothing to really complain about here, well used samples, effects, the works.

Artistic Aspect: Here's were its a little disappointing, the intro is done so well but the rest of the piece is akward to listen to. Its building up to something great but nothing happens, it is essentially one long introduction. You could expand on this and create something possibly classic, but take off with it. Introduce at least one more instrument and vary out the melody a bit, and it's not too soothing because it sounds like its meant to be a song, not a soft ambience piece.

Overall: Technically pleasing, artistically disappointing; my suggestion, build on the piece, introduce a new instrument, vary it somehow.

3/7

.Review Request Club.

Score: 8

"A little out of control"

submission: {dj-N} Not Alone (RMX)

date: July 25, 2008

This is a pretty ok piece, but I think you can probably do better. I can give a lot of pointers here though that just one change could make a major difference.

Technical Aspect: The song shines in some place and not so much in others, the synths first off are pretty fat sounding, the EQ work is nicely done I wouldn't change much here, the drums could be a little tighter though, some Compression work would help fix this. Here's how:

Bring the ratio on your compressor out to 2:1. lower the input gain, bring the threshold up to about 80% and bring the output gain up a little bit. This is using Reason's MClass compressor, not sure how it works on others.

Effects wise, I liked the use of filters but the fade-outs were not very good. A hint of advice, all the great trance artists use the fade-outs when the song is about to either change key, rythym, melody or add something new. If you fade out in between a phrase though, it will only sound interrupted and amateur. Balance wise it did fine for the most part, just make sure the mid-range instruments don't play over the melody, thats what makes it sound sloppy.

Artistic Aspect: Not much to say here, its just well done. The progression is nice. very trance like, maybe happy hardcore? Nothing really stood out (If you notice, what makes Nate stand out is the "nate" piano in all his pieces. If you find something that makes a song your own, you'll get major points already for your song ;D

Overall: Good attempt at making a trance piece, but not quite. Although I don't have much experince making trance, I have heard plenty of it, if you follow some of the given pointers, it could potentially be very great.

4/8

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