Score: 9

"Excellent vocals"

submission: Zircon-Just Hold On Ext. WiP

date: November 22, 2009

A great piece - this has a nice blend of melody, beat, rhythm and of course those great vocals that you've found / borrowed / created. The use of the piano is spectacular, just giving the piece another dimension, where it needed it.

Makes me feel like I want to fly, to be perfectly honest. I can see that this is a track that is certainly going places. Perhaps you'd do me a favour and put the lyrics up on the comments next time, as these little things are always helpful to reviewers and listeners alike.

I'd have perhaps cranked up the tempo about halfway through, for the instrumental piece and then slowed down for the vocals once more. A subtle blend might just give you something else to work with, that people can use to take the track elsewhere in their minds.

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Score: 8

"An interesting combination"

submission: Lost Entity (Dance Remix)

date: November 22, 2009

I'm not sure about classical crossovers - I've seen them butchered too many times before to be a massive fan of this sort of music, but this one seems to be one of the better ones.

I think where it falls down is that you start off with the piano - one of the most dominant instruments ever created, then you head to keyboards and from there, the piano is drowned out in a sea of artificial sounds, beats, rhythms and synths. What you need is something that the piano can shine through with, while not taking out the synths themselves. Let the piano come through and it will pay its way, giving you a much better sounding track.

The pace is good and the beat is powerful, so these are positive points for your piece. Slightly more work is required on the rest, but you've getting there.

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Score: 8

"Wall-E remixed :P"

submission: Messy robot Repair

date: November 22, 2009

Hmm, it's not bad - there's a few components to this track that don't seem to bear much relevance to the rest of the piece, but other than that, it's a good sounding piece.

The introduction seems to get forgotten, as the second sound that you come along with (synths) doesn't sound anything like them, so kind of falls off the end, without anything to tie it in.

From then, the track seems to gather itself and some momentum, which you use to good effect, making a recovery. It could be a little longer - try something with that intro, then add something else to the end and you'll make some good progress.

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Score: 9

"Surprisingly creepy"

submission: Broken out of a Window

date: November 22, 2009

I've never known suspense and industrial go together well - then again, I think you're the first person I've ever seen try it :P

The first half of the track does indeed deal with the suspense and then there seems to come a sort of release, as whoever was caught up in this old factory (some sort of industrial / horror metaphor here, I think) comes out the morning after and sees the sun rise in a fully working industrial district of town.

I think that it's a good track, but I wasn't sure about the ending - it stuttered too much on the slow down, so that method doesn't really work. An abrupt stop would be a better way to deal with this, I think.

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Score: 9

"Nice work"

submission: -)S(- Live Out Loud!

date: November 22, 2009

I think that this is a pretty good piece, that's got all of the elements of a good song, though I would appreciate hearing a little more bass to carry the track forward. It's a good start with the drums, but it sounds too far away, almost as if they are being played within a cave. A little additional bass is added when the melody cuts in, but it's not enough. Just the occasional pumping beat would have given this track a perfect 10 from me, but it wasn't to be.

Good length, good variation. It was almost a shame that the same equalisation issue happened with the counter melody that you put in at about the 1m 30 marker. still, these two parts should go head to head and see what makes for a better part of the track. Having them face off in the middle is a sneaky way of doing more work, without doing all that much else ;)

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Score: 8

"Heavy, but unrefined"

submission: Swarm Of Scarabs

date: November 22, 2009

I can appreciate this as a metal song - I'd like to see the lyrics that you've written for this piece in your comments, it would help me to follow the song.

I'd recommend that you spend more time working on the equalisation, as sometimes when the cymbals come it, it takes away from the vocals and they interfere with each other. Toning down the percussion ever so slightly will make a more crisp sound (Yes, I know that metal's not really know for being clear cut and crisp sounding, but I still think this piece can be, as doing that will make the track sound better, without taking it away from this particular sub-category of the genre.)

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Score: 7

"An interestingly calm piece"

submission: The Deep Blue

date: November 22, 2009

I'm not sure if I like this or not - it's intriguing with the amount of calm that you put out for the piece, but then there are issues when you give us perhaps a little much of this and not enough "wet sound effects" for a piece that's meant to be for games situated underwater.

I'd suggest that this is designed for children's games, as opposed to any game that has an underwater stage. Still, that's not a bad thing and it can still be improved upon and you've identified the market you're aiming for.

Perhaps the tempo could be increased, as I don't think that an underwater climate would sound this sleepy and relaxed.

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Score: 5

"Strange collection"

submission: :)-smile-Mik W

date: November 22, 2009

I'm not really a fan of 8-bit sounds, so the intro was really lost on me, especially when it sounds like you're trying to replicate a harpsichord. Those two styles really should never have been combined.

Then you make it into some sort of dance track, that's about a beat out of sync with the original piece. From there, we can only get better, right? Yes, but then again, it's not difficult. The beat and the melody gelled nicely and it did give the track an excuse to get away from a poor start. Sadly, this was when the track was winding down, so take that dance part and expand upon that, lose the intro and you'll be closer to a winner here :)

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Score: 8

"Calm... sounds like a start"

submission: Whispers of the Wind (Updated)

date: November 22, 2009

Okay, this is a nice, calm beginning for a track, but I personally think it needs more. Particularly in the way of cutting down the length of this piece by about half, then adding some drums, as per a marching band, perhaps symbolising an army off to war. Then you could come back with the 'whispers', as if the wind was whispering the names of those who did not return.

To me, there is calmness and serenity there, but there is also an undertone of grief, which is a very interesting sound that you've managed to produce. I'd certainly like to see you take this further.

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Score: 8

"Chasing the sunset."

submission: AF - Inner Space

date: November 22, 2009

That's the main image I get from this piece - some sort of small spacecraft that is flying across open countryside with a goal of chasing the sun around the planet. The last red rays of sunlight just bidding farewell for another few hours, as this craft plunges onward, kind of in the style of a craft from WipEout.

The track is a little repetitive for my liking and I can see where you could add something else to your almost basic repertoire of instruments. The pause was a great feature in the middle, but consider something like a bass solo, just giving the track something different from the melody, which has the power to overwhelm the track, which is a shame.

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