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[Dark Crystal -Crystal Neon RMX]

Greeeeeaat :3

Buuuuuuut... I think the pluck strings need to be replaced with something on a lower key, (Maybe a saw or bass) they mess with the mix a little. And some heavier bass and pads could do it good as well, but I like it as it is.
I reaaaaally like the main melody; it totally works with the notes in the background and as always, your percussion is great :D
9/10
5/5

-xXSnowBladeXx

Foxtacy responds:

yay! =3!

always a nice constructive review by mr snowblade! i'll look into it on the next mixes! btw feel FREE to remix this too! check out the original one and start from there! (if you want to!)

[Stars - G Hook]

Interesting...

I like this, but its a little out of the ordinary. You're changing the key so often (The arp and bells seem to mix minor keys with major ones frequently in the melody) that it sounds like its... fluctuating... a little too much. At parts it sounds fantastic, the bells and piano give a really nice atmosphere to the piece. It is quite repetitive, it sounds like it could be background music in some kind of point and click mystery game or maybe in a credit sequence.
Anyway, the song itself is very well done. It sounds professional and clean, its just the thing about the keys that I mentioned earlier thats getting to me a bit.
Great song, thiugh! :P
9/10
5/5

-xXSnowBladeXx
Oh and, my 500th music review. Yay :D

ghook responds:

Hmmmmm. I don't think it is changing key. The Sequence is C---/CMaj7---/Bb---/F---/F/A---/F9/A-
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-/Bb---/F--- so it is in F Major starting on C.

FYI the bell sound is a Vibraphone, which is a percussion instrument. I sampled it myself, cause you can't seem to find anything decent on the net (that doesn't have spyware in it).

[Streamline Genesis]

Jesus

Youre too good at this ;D
Percussion was great, that little beepy thing fitted very well into the mix considering.
The bass was awesome.
uh..
:3
10/10
5/5

-xXSnowBladeXx

blackduckie responds:

why thank you good sir

I was worried the beep might get a bit too repetitive; is that what you're "considering"?
Also, the bass was made in Sytrus, loosely based on the PWM Saw preset, except I remade it from scratch.

[Last One Standing (Remasted)]

Damn

If your transitions were just a bit faster, this would be friggen perfect. The melodies are very, very awesome. Love the synths, love the percussion, the bass is good. Its just a bit slow moving if you ask me.
Its not repetitive, really, though. I like it, I like it :3
9/10
5/5

-xXSnowBladeXx

mattuiop responds:

Thanks man!
well if you listen to the loop, its basic this tune downgraded and shortened, you might like it! XD
my futures will be better and all thoughts from the ng community will be put in!
thanks anyway for the support!

[Fully Charged]

Simplicity...

This song is incredibly simple, but sounds rather professional at the same time... to a degree. It is, however, quite repetitive and lacks strong pads or heavier bass to fill in the gaps. It sounds a little empty if you ask me.
The percussion and synths and melodies were quite good though, I congratulate you on that.
If there was one bleedingly obvious point to work on, it would be repetition. Try to change the main melody a little more often and into something a little more complex.
9/10
4/5

-xXSnowBladeXx

mattuiop responds:

Thanks, well ive almost finished my new verson of this tune and I garante, it will have fix all though issues! thanks for the support though!!! :D

[Everbeat]

Not bad, not bad :3

I love that fadey synth, it really melts into those strings. The percussion is a little generic and the song overall lacks a bit of complexity, but I like it.
I quite like it :)
9/10
5/5

-xXSnowBladeXx

Goosebox responds:

i acknowledge and thank you for your criticism and for your rating. the reason i kept the generic percussion and the simplicity of the song, was because sometimes the best sounding music is the simplest.

[[Incomplete] The Light Side]

As I said to you a few days ago..

I think it needs a tad more bass. The beginning til the first build up flows very well, but past there you seem to have lost motivation or something and things dont fit as well. Im not saying it doesnt sound good... It sounds fantastic. One of the most proffessional sounding songs out there, its just a little light compare to your other work... which I think is one of the reasons I like it.
10/10
5/5

-xXSnowBladeXx

HNI responds:

yup, wayy out of my comfort zone here, but i did make a big effort to develop this song for a more mainstream audience. Thankyou

[NS - God Creates: Man destroys]

The first 10 seconds were all it took...

for me to decide: WIN!
I like this, a lot. Its quite simplistic and in some parts could do with slightly heavier bass, but it still sounds great. The title suits it well, as the song itself describes destruction. It gets kind of repetitive in some later parts, but I spose you cant expect much less from a song that is 7 whole minutes long :P
10/10
5/5

-xXSnowBladeXx

netty-swobb responds:

Thanks man! It means a lot :D

[Serbian Elektro Circkus]

Hmm... I'm not sure.

This seems a very confusing genre. The song itself is very glitchy and odd, in my tastes at least. If this genre is an aquired taste, as it sounds very much like it is, then obviously not everyone is going to like it. I shall give you a 7/10, due to the fact that a wierd part of me likes the way it sounds... not in a musical way, but in a sort of... I dont know, really.
7/10
3/5

-xXSnowBladeXx

Oavatos responds:

haha it is a bit of an acquired taste. glitchy oddness is what I'm shooting for here. I have a lot of inspiration from Hardcore, Experimental music, as well as drum and bass and breakcore. it's definitely not a genre everyone will like.

thanks for the higher rating though! shows that you did listen with an open mind.

[Vehement Austerity]

I cant say..

I understand either of the words in the title. But I really like this, especially past 03:00, where it gets kind of heroic and fast :3
The synth you used there was a little piercing in comparison to the rest of the mix, so you might want to tone that down a bit.. somehow. Your transitions between major and minor were flawless, I dont know how you managed that :O
Anyways, this is pretty sweet. Im still not fully into hardcore or gabber really because to me it sounds a little odd, but I thought this was great :D
10/10
5/5

-xXSnowBladeXx

blackduckie responds:

27/11
Austerity means kind of severe, barren, harsh, and Vehement can mean excited, fired up, etc.

I didn't really notice the piercing-ness of the synth until you mentioned it just then, but I can see what you mean. The major/minor thing is pretty simple, but it's probably harder to explain than do. I spent a little while on that last pattern trying to make it sound right, though.

Thanks for reviewing!
:3
:O
:D

Edit 1/12:
Oh, and if you like this, you might like to listen to Hellsystem - Set Me Up if you can find it on YouTube. It's a similar structure to this, but more pro. =P