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[.:=| PJ: Madness MAC8 Aug |=:.]

loved

This very well may be in the next Hankness.

Daring submission with the Classical choice, but i think it'll pay off.

[z75 - Deep Waves]

great pads, intro

the initial feel is great! Ambient pads... a really sweet bassy synth also hitting high ranges. The percussion was actually quite decent.

I think the transition just before the minute mark was great and needed, i was about to type how it needed some growth and variation, but you put it in.

I think this is one of your better songs.

Definitely a 5.

Some advice... i would consider making this a 7 minute song... u know, not a radio edit, but like a legit music tracks that get mixed. So think up some ideas to keep changing and growing.... i'm really impressed with this piece.

[:KA: Sight of Forever]

Beautiful.

The ambient was wonderful. - zero complaints

The first trance was a brilliant transition, 100 wins for that.

The classical part was okay... reverb was sexellent!.... though it was boring and uneventful and I wasn't 100% convinced by that.

The Dance was not too different from the Trance, no extra brownie points for that... i would have chosen to then go to DnB and and give some wicked break beats.... then to a dance / trance.

However, as a whole... this song was very enjoyable to listen to... i'm downloading it, and favoriting.

If i were a judge or could help you win I would.

KorpzeAudio responds:

Well, still need practice with DnB, I may have made one w/o knowing, but so far I haven't made one. To me, dance is either music you find at the club and trance focuses most on the melodies and effects, I may or may not be wrong, but thats how I think.
Thx for the great review

[Solus- TD (Jump Drive Mix)]

i really enjoyed this.

The the synth that waves back in and out is perfect... got a lot of depth to it, i really like how full / yet distroted it sounds.

The score was well written.

I honestly don't have criticism for this piece. i even downloaded it.

5-ed

SolusLunes responds:

Whoo more downloads.

I fucking win. :D

[Solus- 92 Seconds]

guitar

I loved the subtlety of everything around the main guitar / then piano.

A lot of talent in this. Not much to comment... i would hope you would make this in to a full ambient, or even trance song! Just would be awesome!

SolusLunes responds:

I can't see how I would trance this one out. :D

[Solus- Lucia]

Bring to my mind?

With the brass instrument (Link from Zelda)

Then the lead piano thought of Last of the Mohicans.

Then at around 1:05 plus i had no one in mind.

Then around 1:45 (voices) it reminded me of Final Fantasy (Don't ask me why)

2:25 bells Tinkerbell / Peterpan.

So i guess overall this reminded me of movies characters,lol.

Very well written piece, good mastering.

Enjoy this 5 from me.

SolusLunes responds:

Brass instrument?

Oh, no no no, my friend, there was no brass involved in this song at all!

There's the piano (two different pianos, actually, but that's a minor technicality)
Then the oboe/bassoon split (which is not brass at all)
An acoustic guitar (which you really have to be listening for to pick out, but it's there, fret noises and all, I spent too much time on it and made it almost a non-entity)
A glockenspiel (which is the high-pitched bell sound)
A tubular bell (well, that's damn unmistakable)
Vocals (of course synthesized)
and finally my favorite,
The Saxophone (which is NOT a brass instrument. It's a woodwind, by virtue of being a reeded instrument. This particular saxophone is a tenor sax.)

But I'm glad you liked it! Forgive my rant please! :D

[SpK*) - in my mind. [MAC8 AUG]]

decent

Well i rated it 9/10, but it was more of a 8.75 / 10

1) Make longer please.
2) Make pads less repetative (progress the chord) please.

I really like the percussion though, and the numerous effects on them... so many effects...lol.

So i'm a little confused why this hasn't been allowed in the competition?
It sounds like it fits the genre and everything.

Oh well, hope everything gets figured out... i thought this would do well in the comp.

oh and enjoy a nice fat 5 from me (respect)

Spikrodd responds:

It wasnt accepted into the comp because of the vocal sample. its not because it was innappropriate and such, rather it was copywritten and it needed like origin and such

I tried to make the song longer, but i juiced my creativeness to the rind after 4 days of work. The pads were just filler really. i thought they fit relatively well. :P

anyways thanks for the review man

[Nav - Lullaby Gone Awry]

i like

This is going to do well.

Sincerely,

Jealous of skills.

PS - no need to respond... just a shout out to a great piece.

Nav responds:

Thanks for the review!

I ALWAYS respond! ALWAYS!!! Even if I don't have anything good to say :P