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[Verdant Plains]

So nice, but..

Please, replace that bass drum. It sounds like a click.
Otherwise, you would have received a 10 from me. That clicking bass drum just ruins the experience for me :(

masheenH3ad responds:

Thanks for your keen observation. I will take it into my consideration. ;)

[-[ Sad Electro ]-]

Awesome Awesome

Yes, double awesome!
You get a 9/10 and a 5/5 from me :)

FlamingFirebolt responds:

Woo! Double awesome review.
You get a 10/10!

-Firebolt-

[[AltS] - Sevenths]

This is really cool

It took me some time to get into this (20 seconds :p), because i didn't hear what i expected to hear. That's really good, because i like to be surprised :)
What surprised me, were the notes on the piano. They sound.. odd, but fitting :)
And the same counts for the drum beat. It's not what you hear everyday, but it's just.. right.
I love the sound of that buzzy synth that comes in at 00:30 :D
The progression is really nice too and the variety in the drums is very nice. Actually, the variety is nice overall :p
I'd like to hear a G on the end though, instead of a C. But that's just my preference, because the song doesn't feel 'finished' to me.
Anyway, i really like this.
Nice melodies, progression, drums, bass, synths and mixing :)
9/10
5/5
Mussirus

alternativesolution responds:

Actually, it's not finished at all XD Or else I would've made it longer and more varied and such. I was working on it and then ACK! Power went out. Sad, yes D:
Whenever I get back to this I will surely finish it properly! :D And thanks so much! :DD (I will keep in mind ending on G)

[-[ Stuff ]-]

Yeah! :D

Oh man, i love this.
*Dances*
Anyway, this is really nice to listen to. And i have no idea what i should criticize.
So instead of criticizing i will make a little story.
I hope you're ok with that. And if you're not then.. i don't know. I think you'll like it.

There's this funny little guy. Everybody loves him and stuff.
He has a boring job, but because he is so awesome he makes a lot of fun with his colleagues.
Anyway, one day he is pretty down, because his wife said to him that he should start with taking things more seriously. But he doesn't agree. He thinks that making fun is the most important thing in his life.
But he loves his wife and he doesn't want to lose her.
So yeah, the awesome little guy is a bit sad now.
A new day has just begun and he's going to his working now.
He walks down the street, thinking about his wife when suddenly..
Music starts playing. It's this song!
The little guy has never felt this before. He.. must.. move!
He starts dancing to the beat and it doesn't take long before a people join him.
Pretty soon the whole street is dancing! To your song! :D
The song is looped and played over and over again.
Then the little guy notices that he's late for his work and the song stops playing.
He runs and doesn't pay attention when he tries to cross the road.. and gets hit by a car. He dies instantly.
Now, the little guy goes to heaven.
He walks through the gates and.. he hears some music playing!
It's the song again!
He goes to where to music comes from and suddenly he sees a field full of people dancing to the song.

Now, he's dancing into eternity.

5/5
10/10
Mussirus

PS: The little guy's wife is crushed and never becomes the same person again. Pretty sad. Yeah.
But at least the little guy is dancing, right? :D

FlamingFirebolt responds:

Right? :D Right?.. Right....
oh god what have i done

[Instrumental Piece 1]

Really, really good.

Man, you keep improving and improving. This is just.. incredible.
There's always so much going on in your songs, which is a good thing.
But from 02:52.. it gets a bit repetitive. Maybe there are some changes in the melody, but the strings demand the most attention and they are just playing the same over and over again. This wouldn't be an issue for me if the strings stayed in the background and the melody (or other things) changed around to keep the listener (me) interested.
To me it seems like you didn't feel like building on the song more (this would be at 02:52), so you just repeated a section and faded it out. I'm not saying that this correct, but that's just how it seems to me. I was constantly waiting for a change, but there never came a change. It faded out.
So yeah, that section was a bit of a disappointment for me, but that doesn't mean that i think this is a bad song. No, far from it actually.
I think this is song is really good.
Seriously, at first i thought that the guitar was recorded live. When i listened a bit better to the guitar i could tell that it wasn't recorded though. It's (almost?) impossible to create a perfect realistic sounding guitar sound with samples and/or synths, so you did a really good job on making it sound very realistic.
I also really like the sound of the piano and the percussion.
Well, that's all i have to say. I hope it's a bit helpful.
Oh, and even though i have some criticism, this song is still worth a big fat 10.
10/10
5/5
Mussirus

Gravey responds:

Much love my friend. Much love indeed. :-)

-Gravey-

[Orchestral Theme 3]

I wish..

that i was good with Flash, so i could make an epic movie with this song.
But i'm not good with Flash, so yeah.. :(
Anyway, i really love this song man. I tried to find something to criticize, but.. nothing. Oh, and i really like how you build the tension with tremolo violins(?). And those chants.. wow.
Well, there's not really anything left for me to say.
Great work man!
10/10
5/5
Mussirus

Gravey responds:

Thanks buddy. Glad you enjoyed the tune.

As for the flash thing, this would be awesome to see someone animate the story behind the piece. I hardly think anyone will though. :-P

Thanks again.

-Gravey-

[-Technical Difficulties-]

I can tell you are just starting

First of all, it wouldn't hurt to learn some music theory. Because the notes sound random and understanding a bit of music theory can really help.
I don't really know what other advice to give you, other than to keep experimenting. Oh, yeah, there isn't really any structure in this song.
If you need any help, just PM me. I have FL Studio 9 too so maybe i can make you some examples or something, i don't know.

Intrapath responds:

Thanks for the review! You are right though, it is quite random, I was experimenting out with FL Studios when I made this. Thanks for your advice with music theory, I learn about that from my guitar teacher at my lessons. The song I have ready to submit next is a bit shorter, but much more structured. :)

[XP Startup Theme]

This is brilliant!

I really like this. It's so creative, because you didn't just take windows sounds and made a remix of them, but you actually told a little story about starting up your computer.
Asides from all that, it just sounds so good. The piano is perfect and the articulation on the strings is too. Seriously, i love it.
But because this is a review, i'll have to say something constructive too. Well, at the end, the shutdown sound comes a bit abrupt. It really cuts of the song.
Maybe it would've been better if you just finished the song and then played the shutdown sound.
But yeah, that's just a detail. This song is getting a fav. from me and i'm going to check out your other music too :)
10/10
5/5
Mussirus

Bas3008 responds:

Thanks! :D
Yea, the shutdown comes abrupt, I actually wanted to make the song 2-3 min long, but as I said in the author comment all my project files were deleted ... it's funny that Windows 7 deleted my Windows XP song :D well, so I'm very glad you like it!

[Heat Ray]

War of the worlds!

I thought of that when i saw the title and when i heard the intro i laughed :p

But about the song.. it sounds really nice! Seriously, nice riffs and nice drumming too. The drums could sound a bit fuller though.
Anyway, this song is really well put together and i enjoyed listening to it :)
10/10
5/5
Mussirus

[Restabilize]

I like it!

First of all, i really like the atmosphere in this song. I think the atmosphere is really important in ambient songs, so good job on that :)
But as you can see, the score i'm giving you is not a 10/10, but a 9/10. The reason for this is that i really don't like that first, bottle(ish) sounding synth that comes in. Later in the song it fits a bit better, but i think it jumps out too much.
However, the next synth that comes in is perfect. It just fits.
The FX (the sound of the sea) that comes in is pretty soothing and fits well with the mood of the song.
The choir/synth that comes in at 02:24 really adds something to the song and is just.. nice sounding :p
When it's all playing together it's really soothing and gives the feeling like.. like you are swimming in an ocean.
Everything around you is clear, blue water. Fishes are shooting past you and they are so pretty! They have all kinds of colours and look! In the distance you can see a whale coming towards you.
This should be a bit scary, but for some reason you trust the whale and you wait for it to come closer.
It's pretty close now and you swim to the side of this gigantic ruler of the ocean.
You're swimming side to side with this amazing creature and it feels incredible. It makes you feel small, but safe. Like a little bird, under the wings of it's mother.

But let's continue with the song :p
I've told you what i think of this song in it's current form. The next thing i'm going to do is to tell you what i would've done. Note: this is based on nothing but personal preference and thus this doesn't affect your score. I don't even know if it's helpful.. but i'll do it anyway :p
So yeah, i would've done the intro the same. The only thing i would've changed is that synth, but you already know. And maybe build it up a bit more, in terms of velocity. The second synth that comes in is perfect, so i wouldn't change anything about that.
At 01:03 i would've put a legato type of synth that plays long, high notes.
After the sea sound, on 01:22 i would bring a snare in. A deep sounding snare, with reverb. And maybe a tiny bit of delay.
I don't have anything to add to the rest of the song, i would just leave that as it is. Maybe add some hi-hats, but i'm not so sure about that.

So yeah, that was my review. I'd make it longer if i could, but now i just ran out of things to say and continuing with writer would just make this part of the review.. nonsense. Or gibberish. It wouldn't add anything.
On the other hand, i don't think you'd mind a little piece of text that actually says nothing. Maybe you'll even like that, yeah, i think you'd like that. No, no, i KNOW you'd like that :p
And look at me, writing, like there's no character limit at all.
Speaking about character limit, i have 1,326 characters remaining at this point. I don't think i can fill all of this space, but i'll do my best.
What to talk about now? Wait, what was i actually talking about before?
Oh yeah, that's right, nothing. I was talking about nothing. I'm pretty good at talking about nothing, but you may have already noticed that by now.
Whoo, less then 1000 characters remaining, i'm good.
But i can't really talk any longer about nothing, so i'll just make a little rant about what ambient music means to me. How i think that ambient music should be.
Well, i think that ambient music should always have atmosphere. It's already in the name too. Ambient. Ambience. A feeling or mood associated with a particular place, person or thing. Atmosphere.
Also, ambient music should make you think. It should make you imagine things. The best thing is if it can transfer you to a whole new world, a whole new universe. That happened to me too when i was listening to this song. I really felt like i was swimming in the ocean and it soothed my mind. It felt relaxing.
You know, i don't know what wrong with me, spending so much time on a single review xD
But i know you'll like it and read it with a smile. That's what counts, right? :)
There are currently 91 characters remaining. And you'll see that i have too little characters remaining to fini

alternativesolution responds:

:D Thanks!! Indeed, I did read it with a smile :)
I absolutely LOVE your images ! I was listening and reading your review at the same time, --I never got the same images, so it was pretty interesting to hear your story & I'm so glad you took so many characters I mean all of them to say it. As always, getting feedback from you is like ...taking a fresh breath of air on the most beautiful day ever xD
And yes, you are helpful =] I don't think I would've added snares, but I like your idea on the dynamics change...although I can't really change it because I made this before my hard drive crashed . Good thing I saved the final render somewhere eh??