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[Night Time (Re-Edit)]

Fucking awesome

Sounds like there's too much distortion on the kick in the beginning, but that's about the only bad thing about the beginning. The percussion and effects indeed do kick ass, but I can't help but think it was just a random bounch of samples that you randomly put togeather.
But oh fuck... Am I surprised at 0:52... It's like getting hit in the face with a sledgehammer of awesome! I seriously didn't expect a synth to kick in there, and i must admit it does sound hell of awesome! :D
My only critique about this part is that it sounds a bit confusing somehow...
The bass kicks ass as well, and it gives me gosebumbs when the bassline change at 1:39.

On to the breakdown and the buildup: You have an impact consisting of a kick and a crash at 2:24 and at 2:38 again, and they simply need more reverb. The spheres is nice though, and the vocal at 3:04 suits the song very well. It somehow reminds me of some oldschool dance song, and I like that!:)

Anyway, the melody kicks in, and you did realy well on this part. At 3:56 you spice the melody up a notch, and it adds a nice twist to the song:)
At 4:25 the synth and stuff from the beginning starts again, and this too sounds awesome. It all gets a little confusing at 4:49 though, because of the secondary synth you threw in... It doesn't fit in somehow... and then again it somehow does:S It's hard to explain, but it doesnt matter, since my wories disapear again at 5:16, as the track is nearing its end.

Overall this is an very well made track, and it's clearly above the ng standarts. However, this song is very confusing at some points, and thus I can't give it a perfect score. You should know that I rarely deal out tens, since I think a song should be practily perfect to reciev a perfect ten. Thus 8 is a very high rating in terms of my standarts. I was realy close to giving you a 9 though, but I will stick for with 8 for now. I will definately check out some of your other tracks when i get the time, and I hope to hear more of your music in the future:)

Peace out!

Teck071 responds:

Thanks mate thats the best review I've ever had, I only really did this in 2 hours...so yeah alot of flaws but glad you like it!

[{CC} Nothing Survived {CC}]

You're improving!

The melody is alot better then the ones you made when you started making music, and the synth used for it is clearly better as well.
You're improving without a doubt, and it please me to hear that, as I asume it means that my feedback help:)
ANYWAY. I hear that you've figured out how to make a better beat. Big thumbs up on that:)
I don't know if you can hear it, but it's like the melody disapears a little at 0:24 because of the bass and the kick. That's because there's too much bass, so you might want to turn the volume on that down a notch. Speaking of your bass, you need to give it more treble, and turn the pitch up a little. It simply have a way to low frequenze, and I have a hard time hearing it at all:S
The break at 1:14 is a nice releaf, but you need details, and there is to much reverb. You need to experiment with sound effects and souch, as it'd spice your music up alot.
There's a lagg of percussion as well, but I don't know if that's a part of "the genre" you used for this track, so I won't go into details about that:P

Overall it's an okay track. Clearly one of your better productions:)
voted 3/5 and 6/10

corncamper responds:

Your feedback definetly helps ... You pointed alot of stuff out that i will probably change soon ... meaning when i get time. Thank you for the review =)

Btw .. 6 is usually "Stupid and uninteresting", but i guess you have your own ways of votement. Respect for that.

Haha, well :D Need your feedback! Msn pl0x xD

[Synth remind me (Instrumental)]

Gotta agree with the guys bellow

Shit dude, I'm sorry, but I gotta agree with the gentlemens bellow:S The melody is absolutely horrible, but I guess you somehow made up for it with the beat.
You have alot to learn about harmonies, and about what tones that goes along nicely togeather, and which doesn't.
The song as a whole was very repetive, and the horrible melody kept returning, so it was hard to focus on the otherwise nice beat and percussuion.
I'm sorry, but I cannot give this more then 5:(

TEMPHUiBIS responds:

Hi there, first off, I'm very sorry it's taken me THIS long to respond, I didn't use this site properly as much as I intend to now so I never got ya comments, I wanna respond to everyone who commented before.
Like I said to the others below Sorry about the melody, I think Harmonies and chords were always one of my weak spots, I'm trying to make a comeback and better myself now. I admit this wasn't really one my best tracks.
As I said earlier the reason why the melody repeatative was because I initially had vocals on this track, with verses and a chorus. Although I took out the vocals, the song was still structured to be like a verse, chorus, verse, bridge (you get the point lol) and the melody you all hate was actually the chorus hehe so I suppose that wasn't a good sign for the people who disliked the melody was it lol. I'm glad you all still at least liked the percussion and I wanna thank you for giving it a listen (6 years ago lol) I hope you might like my tracks if you heard them, I'm going to be uploading more that I made in 2009, I'll be uploading those soon. I'm hoping if you listen to them, you'll enjoy them and I could impress you with future work.

[Juggernaut (Remix)]

Love the vocal:P

First of all... FUCK! The intro from 0:00-0:32 kicked ASS! I didn't even get to react before a hard beat takes me to wonderland:D
The beat from 0:32 and onwards is pretty kick ass. You made alot of nice twists and turns, and I realy like the voice clip. It gets a little boring though, since the melody don't start before 1:48, and the kick is about the only thing in part from 0:32 to 1:48 that has variation. You need effects and some more synths to spice it up a notch, because it's more or less 1 minute of the same music as it is now. ANYWAY, on to the melody:P
I'm sorry to say this, but what a let down:( The synth you choosed was simply to soft, and the melody itself was boring. I didn't sense any mayor disharmonies though, so that's a plus:)
The break is boring as well... It's more or less completely the same as in the into and buildup to the theme... You should try'n make a secondary melody to get some variation, because in the current state, it kinda sounds like the song is 2:30 minutes long, and have bean repeated.
ANYWAY, the qlimax was kind of a let down as well... You put in another synth at 4:48 that doesn't fit in eather. It causes disharmonies in my opinion.

The overall impression wasn't as good as the intro made me think it would be, but the sound quality was realy nice (as usual), so i'll give you 7/10:)

DJ-Infinity responds:

If you ask me, I'd say that that is a decent score if the track was such a let down ;)
But at least you aint bullshitting me with the usual "ZOMG ITS FANTASTIC I LISTEN TO EET EVERYDAY!!! 10/10!!!" kinda review that some others give.

One of my problems is making songs which have the intro and outro of a vinyl pressed track so that the kinda same thing goes on for a while.
As for the melody, i do suppose that there could be some sort of added layer to it; if not just a simple lower octave played in unison, then perhaps also an alternate tune to go with the main melody.
As for the disharmonies, i think those were intentional, that is if by disharmonies you mean the -2 semitone notes that are being played with the chords, as I wanted to emphasise it a bit more =P

Anyway, I appreciate your full opinion of my track. I can only improve on the next one (i hope) =)

[Final Summer]

Very confusing...

First hand impression:
You FINALY have a reasonable kick:D And the synth itself is pretty nifty as well, although I dont like how you made the melody with it.

Overall this is VERY confusing, and even though you've figured out how to improve your kick and synth, this track still needs ALOT of work.
It seems like the melody is just a compilation of random notes, and I honestly cant hear where the melody starts, and where it ends. It ruins the track completely for me, which is sad, since you have some good elements in this song:(
I'm sorry, but I cant give you more then 5 for this one:(

Michael425 responds:

Hey man, I'm glad you noticed that i've upgraded my sounds.

I have to disagree with you completely on how you think "the melody is just a compilation of random notes". The only reason I made this song was for the tune/melody. I focused my effort on the melody.

Yes, you may think that the melody is just random notes from 0:28-0:46 but that is because the tune has to fit with the drum variation I added.

Some people like my songs, and some people don't.

Thanks for your Review though.

[.HLS. Russia Privjet (Live)]

Hi-oh:)

Firsthand impression:
The crowd effect is WAAAAAAAY to loud, and it's hard to hear the rest of the song:S

When that's said, lets get on with the review!
Your synth is nice, and you definately did a nice job at recreating the melody, but the song as a whole needs wariation. Especialy the kick. Try making small twists and turns in the kick once in a while. It truly does help alot! Your percuation, and the rest of the beat for that matter, is rather boring as well... It's nearly the same thing all the way through the song. Some breakbeat of some sort would definately help:)
The bass is nearly none-excistant, and it kinda sound around the middle of the song, after the first break, it sounds like the song starts over, and you played the first part again.
You need to make a climax of some sort. Something that'll make people on the dance floor go CRAZY:D
I'd also recomand that you put some more sound effects in there, to spice it up a notch:P

I liked the blade-ish synt that starts around 1 min into the song, but it would've been cooler if it had some sort of specific melody, instead of just being plane monitome:)

You did an ok job overall, but I won't give you more then 6 stars for this one. I'll take a look at your other songs:)

(Btw, I'm trying to help. Please dont look at me as a stupid and negative idiot:)

heartless1298 responds:

Thanks for the review! I really do need the help, as I am just a beginner. The crowd effect, by the way, was supposed to be really loud... giving you the effect of a live performance. And I won't look at you as a stupid and negative idiot. Thanks for the help!

[Crossing the Threshold]

Definately not bad:)

Fist off I can hear your song has a lot of focus on the piano, just as in your previous song:) You're pretty good at making nice piano melodies, but I dont think the piano alone will do it as the base of the track, if you know what I mean:S
Try n' make some breaks or something where you use the piano, instead of letting the piano play practicly all the way through the track.

ANYWAY! As for the synth:
It gets a little boring in the long run, and I almost get tired of it before the song even ends:S

Your kick and your bass is nearly non-excistant. Try n' turn those up a notch. Perhaps you should put som diskant on your kick as well:)
Your hi-hat thingy needs work as well.

When thats said, I can hear you're doing a little progress, even though I gotta admit the theme was better in your previous track.
You deserve 7/10 nonetheless:)

Michael425 responds:

thanks.

[He's going to be the...]

Gotta agree with Nubbinowns

Well... First of all, I'd like to agree with Nubbinowns... There is no climax... At all:S
You should've thrown in a 4/4 kick (I think that is what it's called:P) and a fat bass after the vocal part, that would've been cool^^

When that's said:
I really like the melodies. Doesn't matter if it's the rather clasic one with the piano in the beginning, or the one you made with your synth. They all seem good to me:)
It's a nice detail that you changed your synth melo alot. It keeps the song interesting!
Last but not least... The genre says it's techno, but the only thing in this song that has anything to do with techno is the synth:S

Oh well, can't think of anything else to say without writing too much-.-
Keep on mixin':)

Michael425 responds:

Yeah, it does sound like it is definitely missing something after the audio clip. I might redo this song after I make some more. Thanks though.

[_=Hooligan=_]

Interesting!

Aight... where to start... First off I disagree with Dj Infitiny on the intro part... I fucking LOVE that breakbeat! Although it kinda remind me of 3 the hard way, by showtek:S
The beat kicks in a little to suden at 0:25 though. It's a shame, as it seems out of place:( The bass isn't quite my taste eather, but the "scratch-alike" sounds is rocking my fucking socks man!

It's pretty neat when the bells start at 1:42, and it's getting even better as the melody starts shortly after:) Seriously... That melody sounds kinda pro to me, but the bass at 3:09 does NOT fit it at all.

You add a nice twist with the 8-but break at 3:47, and it's quite a positive surprice, as I fucking LOVE 8-but:D

In general I think a few more twists and turns would be nice, but overall it's a fucking nice track! Keep on practicing, and you'll become even better!:D

Hotplurplegnome responds:

THIS IS HOW REVIEWS SHOULD BE PEOPLE!
makes me want to make another one right NOW!
no kidding
thanks alot!

[(DJI) Popcorn 2008 (DJI)]

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Dude... This is way below your standarts...
Your tracks are usualy quite interesting, but this one was a pain in the ass to listen to, and I'm only giving it 4 stars because the soundquality was pretty nifty (which is a good thing:P).
Your bass line and your melody does NOT go along good. All I can hear is one long disharmony. It is my impression that you are normaly pretty good at finding suitible basslines for your melodies, but you royaly screwed this track with that bassline...

BUT! I gotta admit the kicks and beats was pretty nice! Although you still neat to put a break beat in there somewhere;) Besides that, you should try n make a break with a different melody from the main theme, to spice up your tracks once in a while:)

Btw, check out my new track "Drop It (2008 Remake) if you want to:) You liked my last track, so you might like this one as well:)

Oh, and remember. I'm doing this to help you, not demotivate you;)

DJ-Infinity responds:

Yeah, I know it sucks a bit and I appriciate your honest approach. Guess you could say this is my musical equivalent to the Virtual Boy, which FAILED... although I don't this is QUITE that bad =)

This is just one of those songs that just does work well... especially with Dance 7 eJay -.- Anyway, my next song will be a million times better! =P

And yes, Ill check out your new tune! You should get a review from me very soon. Thanks!