Score: 8

"Hard indeed"

submission: [AF] Godfather of Hardstyle

date: October 26, 2008

Certainly a hard, pumping beat, that has beaten the soft, grey matter between my ears into submission.

I think that you could have done with a few more bits and pieces of the tune, when you didn't have the driving beat, as aside from the driving beat, you had some other good tools to drive the tune along. An awesome cracking beat and the melody that came through at about the 2 minute marker. Sadly, when other parts of the tune increased in volume, you couldn't hear it, which was a real shame.

If you focused on these more subtle parts, I think this song would be brought a lot further forward. At least it's something to work on for the next version.

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Score: 3

"Nah..."

submission: Toxic Biohazard V2

date: October 26, 2008

I'm not such a fan of this piece, as I was of the first one. You've made this shorter, less committed with regards to length and although you've made an attempt to loop it, you need to spend more time making sure that it sounds just right.

The concept of a biohazard is seemingly wandering lost in this tune, which is a shame. I can't really relate to anything to do with a biohazard for this one, so maybe I'm missing something along the way.

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Score: 5

"A shame it's so short"

submission: Toxic Biohazard

date: October 26, 2008

The real issue with this tune is that it is only 30 seconds long. Without wanting to sound unfair or anything, it doesn't loop, so you've lost out on both aspects - if it were about 2-3 minutes long, it would be acceptable as a tune. Otherwise, if it was looping well, it wouldn't sound so... off.

I think that the tune that you've presented is nice, with a few bits and pieces that sound like you've thought about a Toxic Biohazard and how people responding to such an alert would be like. I think you've encapsulated that initial panic, but it's the aftermath that you want to take further and expand upon.

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Score: 9

"Nice sounds"

submission: I'm Dreaming(LiveGuitar)=S=

date: October 26, 2008

A nice unplugged session here. The way that you've set out the store seems to be a lead, rhythm, bass and drums, unless I'm mistaken. It works well, the way you get the blend of sounds, though if you are employing bass, I would have appreciated a bass solo as well, just to show what each individual guitar is capable of.

It's a nicely played tune, shoing some nice riffs that wouldn't have been out of place in the early to mid-80s, with the heavy metal bands like Metallica and Iron Maiden.

Of course, the thing I really want to see added to this tune is the vocals, as you could take this foot-tapping tune one step further and make it into something that people want to sing along to.

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Score: 8

"Kind of industrial"

submission: Hell and Chaozz (d-.-b)

date: October 26, 2008

Although this perhaps would be one of the concepts for hell, particularly those of us who work in warm offices and don't know the value of a decent day's work, especially when you can get someone in to do it for them :P

I like the way that you've provided a driving beat, which works so nicely with the melody to bring the tune to life for the first 2 minutes of the song. I love the way that you changed direction completely, taking it to a new level for a few seconds, then getting back towards the original one. A slight nod toward chaos, but sticking around with your own ordered piece, which is good.

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Score: 4

"Too short"

submission: puzzelish

date: October 26, 2008

It's not a brilliant loop, but it does have potential. What I'd suggest is that you work on making the spaces between the notes equal, as there is one in the middle that is off by maybe a quarter of a second, but it makes such a difference, especially if it's on a track that loops over seven seconds.

When you get that sorted, loop it over and over for about 2-3 minutes, then expand upon it. Use this as the base and build up things like a beat, a melody and other bits and pieces to make the tune sound better. Sure, if you'regoing for an 8-Bit sounding loop, you don't have much to work with, but there is a lot more than you've got at present :)

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Score: 9

"Reach for the sun!"

submission: It`s a Dream( Deejay DeeZ RMX)

date: October 26, 2008

A wonderful piece, great vocal sampling, a lovely beat and a nice melody that has all been blended together perfectly. The only thing about this tune is that it doesn't loop. Still, that's just being a little picky.

What you need to do to make it better is to maybe have a 30s solo on the keyboards, possibly with the beat dropping in and out of the context, just to highlight that piece. You've done a little bridge of it, which was great, but I just feel that needs to be taken further.

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Score: 7

"Not bad"

submission: run rabbit junk (S.C.)*

date: October 26, 2008

The main issue that I have with this song is the amount of static over the vocals - I'd suggest that you either turn them down a little or you get your vocalist to stand further from the mic, as it doesn't sound as good as it could to me.

I think that the beat is nice, especially when you mix it up a little, away from the melody, then bring a slightly different melody back in. Sounds like you've gone for a Western sounding rock beat and then added something with an Eastern flavour over the top of it, which is a great contrast.

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Score: 8

"Good drive"

submission: TBBAM Club Mix

date: October 25, 2008

This song certainly goes in for the driving beat and the melody, which blends in nicely with the beat, then grabs the tune and pulls it forward, giving the beat a chance to pace itself - reminds me of competitive team cycling, where one part of the team goes to the front and presses the pace, allowing the team mates to follow and catch a breath, before one takes over for the next push.

I think the use of the vocal samples was well done and not to excess, which is far too easdy to do in a format like this. Good to see the restraint used here.

I think that I might have used a few more different vocal samples, just to keep the variation going, but other than that the tune is technically sound.

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Score: 7

"A little Repetitive"

submission: TBBAM: Ivan's Theme - Redux

date: October 25, 2008

I seem to remember reviewing the original piece for this and I was quite impressed with it. I think this one could have been so much more, but sadly, it is quite repetitive, with the same beat reverberating around the tune almost endlessly.

It is nice to see you throw some variation in there, but it is a case that the tune is crying out for more of this. If you can give us that, the tune would be so much better for it. What variation is there shows your qualities of writing something other than a marching tune, which this seems to be. Kind of reminds me of the soundtracks of documentaries of Cold War Soviet states.

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