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[The honor of hura - TTC CHG]

Review

-I really liked the bells in the beginning. They were a great way to break the ice and start off everything nice and slow. Bells really give me a sort of gothic atmosphere for this one though. Probably the deep tones of the bells.

-It's just so relaxing to listen to as a whole. Everything was done so subtly and softly while picking some nice instrument combinations. Your little story in the author comments I can actually see happening with the timings that you put for them. Well done timing and it gives a nice backdrop for a story.

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Calamaistr responds:

I know it was tricky to start off with a ..well.. lets just call it by its name 'terrorist attack' but in another light i wanted to let the reader/listener stand close to it, why the music is so 'praising' on the moment of the explosion is because its in a sense the final act of the story.

What happens at the very end (i thought we were family) has everything to do with it.
And more of it is explained in the text of the epilogue finale (proud denimus family primus)

In this way this is a very strong start of the story, that gives its core;time-travel' its composure.

Youll be hearing alot more bells in the album by the way, its one of the returning instruments that are oh so important in recognicing certain relevant locations, situations or people.

Greets and thanks for your review. :)

[Golden Paradise]

Great Song

-Before I start my review I would like to say congratulations on finishing high school. It's one of those milestones that wherever you are is something to celebrate. You've probably even graduated by now. Today was the last day of school for the high schools in my town.

-The fact of the matter is that just because a song is of great length doesn't mean that it will drag on but it needs to have enough complexity and depth to it. You have done just that though. I could pick two parts of the song and not find fifteen seconds that are exactly the same. It doesn't mean that it didn't seem a tad bit repetitive in areas where the melody cycled but the fact that you have so many layers of sound makes the song sound so different throughout.

-The song is definitely well structured. As I said before it's very dynamic and doesn't spend too much time dwelling on things that have been done before. I noticed several builds in the song as I listened too. Even though there isn't a main buildup to a climax there are several times where it built up to a mini climax while speeding up. This usually followed by a short slowdown which is a great pacer that kept me intersted through the song.

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DJ-Chilvan responds:

Thanks man! Yea, I'm really glad high school's done with. We finished on the 7th and graduated on the 8th. And trust me, I've been celebrating a lot. I didn't want to have my own graduation party but I've been going to A LOT of grad parties (I've been out all day for the past week going to a ton of them).

Thanks for the review! I really like your rationalization on length. I try my best not to get repetitive like I used to. I will continue to learn more and build my future songs off of this concept.

[<TeK> 10 Mins to Midnight]

Review in progress

-After reading the author comments I thought this would be a nasty piece of junk. It's not often that something that is put together in under an hour isn't something that makes you want to leave the page and say what were they thinking. But to my suprise it's pretty good for just a sample. Tons of buildup which makes the slow intro a really good thing. I liked how it's structured in the buildup though. It had a nice little plateau in the middle for instrumental work. It allowed me to relax and just listen to the nice beats for a while without it changing so often. I'd like to hear the finished version of this whenever you get around to it though.

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TeKNeTiC responds:

Thanks for the review! I'm glad you liked how I structured the buildup, I wasn't sure if it was the right way to go.

[Dragon Dance]

Well

-Like the guy below me it does have subtle similarities in the tone and pace of the song to the Ho-oh song that it plays in pokemon. It brings back memories of when I had a gameboy advanced and would play fun little rpgs all the time.

-It's a good listen for the most part. The intro to the song is the best in plain artistry and gets away without having any other instruments. The only problem is when the drums do get introduced they get old fast. The drums are very monotone and the only difference from one beat to the next is how fast they are hit from one another. They stay at about the same volume and sound the entire time.

-While the song does pick up some going into the fourth minute of the song most of the beginning sounds similar. Yes, there is variation in the speed of the drums from time to time and the melody fluctuates slightly it gets boring. Try adding more variation to your songs in different instruments and sounds instead of trying to overdue the same instruments and sounds at different paces.

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[Ashten's Light]

You asked for it

-I'm finally getting around to this song even though it's two months after you submitted it :( Sorry it takes us so long sometimes but it's just a fact of how our system works and the high influx of audio requests that makes it take entirely too long. Like with yours it ended up in the extra audio since there were 30 people before you on that update. This ended up making you get pushed to this two week list. Hope that clears things up a little.

-This song was very electronically based which makes me think you used FL studio or something similar. But the thing is it doesn't sound like it's generic or it has been done over and over. It sounds like it has some industrial roots and influences with the deep sounding flow and the drums that oddly sound like hammer poundings to me. This isn't all that high quality though and it could use some mastering since you have some room to increase it without reaching the size limit.

-I believe that this song would benefit greatly from being shortened into a smaller more compact song. Yes, it has it's high points for being a long song that you can put in the background but it just ends up dragging on way too long since there isn't a ton of variation in the long run. It seems to cycle around the same melody several times and doesn't have too much variation in successive cycles basically.

-I did like how you used the vocals(very simplistic and pretty much the one word over and over) as a sort of pacer though. Every time they came around the song seemed to speed up and get stronger and louder. It seemed to set up the basic structure well as an up and down cruiser.

-But like I said earlier even though it does sound good for the most part it seems to just drag on and on. Including a break somewhere or shortening the song in some way would keep the listener more interested in the song as a whole instead of just in certain times of change in the song. I hope to see some improvements in your work in the future. You have a unique style that just needs a few tweaks here and there to make it go above and beyond the ordinary.

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DXsamurai responds:

thanks for the review. glad you thought it was good. I will keep trying to improve my music.

[]|[ Pearl Seaquence]

Ehh

It's a great idea for many people to create a short work and put them together to see how they sound. This however doesn't work that well overall. Some parts end up conflicting and sound really bad. It would of been a lot better if this was ordered a different way than what place it was scored or had some sort of break.

[ChaozFantasy-Metaljonus]

Great

This is fucking insane man, you are the best, fuck, you should be famous. Wow man you are just fucking awesome. I love how the guitar is at the beginning, it soudns like its fading in and out or some shit. And I love the drums from 0:49 to about 1:30 it just sounds awesome.

[Buzztone Symphony]

It's ok

This song doesn't hook you like Operation: Evolution which lets my brain visualize crazy images. I listened to Buzztone Symphony and Kriotube many times because I hoped that I'd like them more if I knew them better but I just got mad every time and found it a waste of time. They don't sound like O:E, Surface, Twilight Techno etc. In most of your songs, the transitions between the parts fit perfectly and I feel like sitting in a small boat in a majestic, rapidly flowing river of which each meander is different and unique.