Score: 9

"Cool and not immediate."

submission: *Touch the Sky*

date: February 21, 2008

Like the other reviewers, it took me some time to figure out just what was going on in this piece. Eventually, I figured out that it was a really powerful melody chorus buried under a lot of chords, then copied a lot and separated by some rather less interesting segues of piano randomness. I think that it could do with a good polish to make those intermissions more interesting, but the melody itself is excellent and deserves a good 9 stars.

Score: 9

"Whoa!!"

submission: Industria - 3

date: February 19, 2007

I was thinking that this was boring and I was just going to refrain from having to review you at all, cause I didn't want to be mean or anything. The chord progressions were going all in the wrong ways, the arpeggios weren't working for me either. Those weird bells that come in were sounding off tune too. It just wasn't sounding good. But fortunately you turned it all around on a dime and got some awesome melodies and had it speed up to a good tempo and darn if it didn't start rocking out. But then you stopped the cool part short. Oh well, it was still pretty awesome.

10/10 for the second part, 6/10 for the first. Now if you just took that jazzy section out of Industria 1 and put it with the second part of this, that would RULE! Still pretty good though.

Score: 8

"Hmmm"

submission: Industria - 2

date: February 19, 2007

The background noises in my opinion need to be louder, so that you really feel like you're in a steam room. I just realized that when you bring in the loud lead, there's another melody going on in the background, but its too quiet. I think you need to quiet down that lead :P

Other than that, good. The melodies could actually be sped up a little bit here (there's just no pleasing me :P) A little short, but then again, its only a section of a longer song...

Score: 9

"Hahahaha.. Awesome."

submission: Industria - 1

date: February 19, 2007

I was loving this from the beginning. Some of the backing base was a little too fuzzy for me I think (I would have prefered something more clean), and the last lead instrument that comes in before you shift the whole thing to the Laboratory was really strange and contrasted kinda bad with everything else. Also, the synth thing that hits a note, then 1 octave up, then back down to the same note is way too loud in contrast with the rest of the song. That's probably the biggest problem here.

On the other hand, this is freaking awesome!!!! I absolutely love it, especially the jazzy section at the beginning. Great melodies in there, although you may have done a few of them a little too fast. I also loved how you made a beat out of the weirdest sounds, it reminds me of Time by Pink Floyd.

On to the next one!

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Score: 9

"Coolness."

submission: Checkerboard Dalmation

date: February 19, 2007

I haven't dropped by to say Hi in a while...

I'm liking this. I think my favorite part is the drums, because they're so unique. Especially that WOP thing... They definitely bring up the song. I really like the arpeggiating synth that sort of changes too. That's a cool trick cause then you can repeat the chord progression for a while and the listener wont even notice cause they're too busy following the synth.

A really cool song, it reminds me of staring at stars.

Later on in the song you bring in some really muted bells/piano/some other thing. Near the end. I'm not sure if you need to use them that much because the notes end up muddling together and I can't hear a lot of any of them... except like the 3 near the end of the melody line (which are the most important anyways) It might have been better with more accent on the notes most important to the melody, but I dunno. Either way, critiques aside, this was a cool song in all respects. Voted 5! :D

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Score: 8

"I like it."

submission: Infinnion - UpTown

date: February 11, 2007

Simple trance you have here, but good. I like how the melodies and changes are understated. I like the chord progression a lot. This is a lot better then most of those overblown songs on the first page of the list... Keep writing, and tell me if you ever put something new out. I'll there to listen :D

Score: 8

"Sweet."

submission: [Crystal Cavern g-R]

date: February 10, 2007

The beginning of the song shows absolutely nothing to how cool its going to be. It sounds just like generic techno, which is bad, since its not, and it's really repetitive, which bothers me. I don't really like the big thumping beat you've got going at the beginning either, but thats just me.

But enough of the criticism, I really love some of the melodies you pull from who knows where towards the end. They go everywhere I wouldn't expect, they're really awesome. I had no idea what you meant by "crystal caverns" at first, but now I do and I love it, excellent job with the bells, they rule. A lot of excellent touches in this song, and the quality of sound is awesomely good.

PS. Now I'm listening to it on headphones. The very beginning where the sound pans from one side to another is extremely annoying, and some instruments sound a little more fuzzy, synthy I guess, then I thought they should, I would prefer some of the sounds to be more smooth I suppose.

PPS. Don't mind me being overly negative, I really enjoyed the song. :D

Score: 8

"It's alright."

submission: SR - Softened Gaze -Full-

date: November 22, 2006

For me, it doesn't seem to do anything, except for a short part where you bring in the chilly sounding synth. On the other hand, this is pretty good ambient music, and you set the atmosphere very well. I especially like the drum samples that you used - the ones with an echo - because they work well with the rest of the music. I honestly can't think of anything to add without ruining the atmosphere you've created. Maybe some distant samples of seagulls or children or something? They might help add to the lonely feel of the music.

It sounds a little atonal to me, which is different, but surprisingly the notes don't ever seem too abrasive.

Keep writing music!

4/5

PS! Would you mind dropping me a review or vote, or something like that? ^_^

Score: 9

"Not my taste but still appreciated"

submission: _-=[Dancing with Darkness]=-_

date: April 1, 2006

I think that I just don't appreciate classical music, but this is a pretty good piece anyways. I'd have to agree with the guy who said it sounds like death. I'd prefer more oomph in the song, but thats just personal opinion. 5/5 here because a 4 would bring the score down! :P

Score: 8

"Cool, but sounds off tune"

submission: -> VG: Ending Storm [1.0] <-

date: February 21, 2006

You open it up with that one melody, but then bring in a higher one, I suggest watching every other note (starting with the second) that the higher one hits because it just sounds wrong to my ears.

But if you iron that little problem out, I think you could have a nice sad sounding song here! Keep working :D