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["the attic"]

Interesting.

As far as titles, I came up with "Waiting for a War", "Mid-Space Hero", "The Attic", "End of a Legacy", "Faded Memories". Take your pick. :D
The song itself is kind of haunting, and not so much catchy as..... suspenseful. You want to listen to it almost like your watching a thriller, and you want to see what happens. I get so many different scenes and images in my head when I listen to this song, and I think it's because the instruments change so often. It changes from kind of dark and mysterious to space-age, to oriental, and sometimes war-esque. good work, anyhow. I liked it.

tuxteeshirt responds:

thnx
i think ill take "the attic"
and that is what i was aiming for
anyway thx 4 the review:)
LISTEN TO IT AGEN I TWAKED IT, twoard the end

[p4c-Existentialism]

Excellent work.

I love this one. It's so smooth and, well, awesome. :D

Why can I not has the soundcloud version? :( I went to download it and i couldn't. I can download the one right below it, but that's it. I'd really like to get the higher-quality version, so is it up to you to let people download it from there? Or PM/email me the high quality version. Good work.

p4c responds:

yeah ill send you a link then :) its up to me but im trying to withhold it from giving free hq downloads bc it may get signed. but im glad you liked it :)

[Redwood's Furnace]

haha.

I'm gunna laugh hard if I see this is a Fireplace Store commercial. Some kind of pimped out furnace with spinners on the front gates, gold-plated, multi-colored flames. lol. Good song, it's catchy and very energetic.

SHADOWFOX2 responds:

LMAO no this isn't for any fireplace commercial...yet :]
Who knows these days though, some people take pride in their nice fireplaces
Now you can listen to this while talking about your nice fireplace
Haha just kidding but I'm glad you liked it and thanks for the review B]

[Dreams {durn}]

Very smooth

Very nice. Most people think thatjust because it's the "dance" genre, it needs to be hyper and intense. But i think that musical genres are always a little more lenient than that. This is a nice relaxing track that can still get your feet tapping. I like the chord progressions as well as the melody. I'm diggin the rhythm and effects too. Overall, very good work.

durn responds:

Thanks Robin. Glad you got a chance to listen to this one. :) Tried expanding my trance-funk style a little more so that it didn't make em all sound alike. :D

[Our World {durn}]

You're very good.

But I've noticed that a lot of your songs sound the same. You need to come up with an entirely new beat and rhythm, a new sound. I'm not saying what you're doing is bad by any means, but I'm saying that if an artist can't keep it fresh, then he's gunna get stale. Good work on this though.

durn responds:

Don't you worry, Robin. I'm always trying new things. Just bought Record a few weeks ago and have been familiarizing myself with it so expect something fresh soon. :)

The new song's even in a different key than what I normally use! :O

Thanks for the listen and the honest opinion. :)

[A Glitch in the Frequency]

Nice work.

Before writing this I'd like to let you know I have 0 experience with any sort of music program. I can not help you with that aspect. What I can help you with is how to make it sound better. Now you say you're trying out a plugin for a glitch effect. Glitches can be a very cool effect in a song, but only when used correctly. It shouldn't make it sound like an actual glitch, but more like something that adds to the rhythm. A good example in this song is the effect at about 42 seconds. It sounds like the song is being warped, but it doesn't lose the beat and rhythm. A bad example is at around 50 seconds. It actually sounds like there's something wrong with the recording, and it kind of throws you off of the rhythm.
As for the song itself, good chord progression, I find it relaxing. Good work overall, just keep improving on your technique.

floccari responds:

That's really helpful, thanks for the review!

[It's A Sin (Orchestra Version)]

A bit repetitive...

I'd say this is a classical song, not a new wave. But anyway, it sounds good overall. At some points it sounds a bit mechanical, like the way the trumpets cut out instead of fading out. It doesn't sound like they were supposed to do that, but more like they were suddenly muted. I dunno how to explain it really, but it just needs to sound more natural. The backgrounds were also a bit too quiet. It needs more body to it, more bass instruments like perhaps tubas, trombones, etc. Other than that, it sounds very nice. Good work.

BowserThedestructive responds:

thanks bacon my bacon says this bacon does need more and bacononto i think ill give it a wip and try to do that and ill bacon switch it to kevonbaconclassical right away.. wasnt really sure. yes the trumpets i made it to seem like they are stopped very quickly almost like very proffesional players even though this all virtual.

[DawnLight Sonata]

Very cool.

Great idea reversing the Moonlight Sonata. It's amazing how it worked out so well. I really like it, good job with the added melodies. I would recomend using more of a bassy kick, but it doesn't take anything away from this in my opinion. Great work.

GranPian responds:

your opinion is welcome.

[Landslide- Cayler]

Frickin' Awesome.

I love what you did with this song. I hate people that think the Dixie Chicks did it first. -.- There need to be more Classic Rock classes. lol.

I'm assuming that was you singing, but whoever it was, it was beautiful. It sounded like you used just a bit of tuning with the vocals though, but it was in good taste. Absolutely amazing composition, good choice using a piano instead of guitar, I like it better like that in some ways. Great work.

Cayler responds:

Thank you. Yeah, I generally use strong auto-tune for harmonies so that they don't stick out and cause a bad sound (I noticed that many pros do it that way so I imitated. lol) But as for the lead vocals, I always try to keep the tuning to a minimum because most of my vocals are really cose anyway and making them computer perfect removes some of the quality rather than adds it in.

[C3 - Dusty]

Relaxing.

I may not be an expert in House music, but this doesn't sound like house to me. idk, maybe it's progressive house? No, that doesn't sound right..... I'm not saying your wrong, I'm just saying.......

ANYWHO, good song. I like how it slowly builds up, but still stays simple and relaxing. Nice simple melodies and rhythms. Good work.

C3NTAURI0N responds:

Hey :)

House is a grey area to discuss, hard house borders trance... that's what I've learnt
It's a massive culmination of genres for you to make it your own. I made my style and It's stood up well on here and thus I'm proud of it all.

Thanks for the feedback anyway. much appreciated :)

S. Wood