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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.

-Review Request Club

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.

-Review request Club

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.

[The Ritual of the Sacred Flame]

Goin' to Kenya

-It's always nice to listen to your songs since they use actual instruments and are recorded instead of doing it all off of a computer program. You use tons of really interesting instruments too. It allows me to just sit back and relax while listening to something that is very hard to find anywhere else.

-Now that you mention it, it does sound like it could be some sort of African Ritual song to get prepared for a celebration. You incorporated tons of building in this song with a dramatic climax which is what most people think of when they hear a traditional song. I think you may have drug out the cymbals? too much at the end though. Just having it dramatically end would of been better in my opinion.

-Review Request Club

Cimba responds:

Thanks for the review =)

[<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.

-Review Request Club

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.

[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.

-Review Request Club

DXsamurai responds:

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

[Pure Carnage -GST Mix-]

Remix

-I think you did a rather swell job of reworking this song from the original. It might still be repetitive but it's not quite as repetitive as the original was. You did a great job of quickening the pace and adding many additional percussion elements and even a piano into the mix. I still felt that the length of the song was a bit much. Even though it does have variety it just wasn't enough to compensate for the length of the song. I'm not going to downgrade for that though since you put a lot of effort into this song and it sounds wonderful. Looking forward to more stuff from you.

-Review Request Club

Dj-GST responds:

Wow thanks man, I'll have more out soon!

[-)S(- Elevator to the Sky]

Review

-Interesting backdrop for this piece. I actually read all of it OMG. I'm sure if Japan can't do it those masterful building technicians in Dubai could.

-The piano melody is rather lovely to the ears. Very bright and yearning to draw you in for the ride. It sounds very jazzy at the beginning and it's upbeat while using a wide variety of keys also. It doesn't come across as the most interesting song but it sounds wonderful. The ending sounded like a movie sendoff which I liked a lot.

-I haven't come across a lot of good jazz lately so after enjoying this piece that you've made(favorited) i'll have to have a look at some of your other stuff some other time.

-Review Request Club

Will responds:

Great to hear that you liked the style! Thanks for the review!

[Make Me Feel (Mans0n)]

Hmmm

-I'm not going to lie. Your bbs signature completely reminded me that I still hadn't reviewed your new work. So as soon as I had a chance today I came by and gave it a listen.

-It does build rather slowly even for my taste but it's well worth the wait. It hearkened me back to the old days when cowbells were a plenty. Mau5 always did find a way to put interesting percussion into his stuff and i'm glad that you used him as a model. But the kick does get rather monotonous. It seems like it's the base for the beat of the song but i'd still like for it to have more variety.

-The lack of a song climax is an interesting choice of structure. It suits how low the song is for the majority of the song but it feels empty towards the end without one. The simple transition back to a build-up stage made it feel rather lacking.

-0:44 "Oh, cowbell, how I have missed you in recent years. You bring so much joy to my heart and soul."

-Review Request Club

Mans0n responds:

thanks for the review! I'll try and work on a a better build-up/climax.

[_Inspiration_]

Congratulations!

-You've won! What is it that i've won? Inspiration silly! Well at least you've drummed up enough inspiration out of me to do my first review off of the lengthy list of requested submission that we have this time around in the Review Request Club. This song is much different from most of the stuff I listen to. It's really slow and a bit ambient but it caught me as something that's working in a different direction.

-The overall melody was very well put together. It was very free flowing and while it didn't change a whole lot throughout the duration of the song it was really fruity and cheerful. This gave it the driving force that I usually look for in a song. Something that really pushes the song forward and keeps you interested. I also found the sound to be of relatively good quality and helped me focus on the song better. It isn't the best i've heard so maybe some mastering might be in need here but it's not a requirement.

-Anywho i'm quite satisfied with the length of the song being over four minutes. It allowed you to have several buildups and incorporate the drums into the song nicely. The beginning stayed very stagnant for too long and could be shortened or brought in more percussion earlier to supplement it. The keyboard is one of the few instruments that can be really interesting by itself but it can always use some help here and there. I will have to say my favorite parts were the buildups into the cymbals(i've come to find out that I love the use of cymbals in instrumental only songs). It always sped up just a little bit and brought the main melody back in a resurgence. Everything, as I said earlier, was very free flowing and it progressed nicely throughout. Bringing you to the suttle ending where you brought everything to a close in a nice timely manner.

-It's not the best work i've seen but it gets it's points for originality. I'd much rather see interesting new music be made than the normal dance and techno that has really been flooding the portal lately. Just keep doing what you're doing and with time you will improve.

-Review Request Club

Birdinator99 responds:

Mmm I like what I hear; thank you!

lol yeah this wasn't mastered very well. I'll probably be taking another look at the bass soon.

[We Run And Fight]

Muskrats

I absolutely loved the intro. It was slower paced than the rest of the song and was really fruity. It quickly sped up but the fact that it was much faster didn't hurt the song too much since it progressed nicely. I just felt it would of been better if it was slower more often.

mooseymaniac responds:

Dude, muskrats. and marmots can't forget marmots.
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