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[Psychedelics]

Props

I can't believe people were giving this bad reviews. This is really pretty good. Especially when compared to the others submitted around the same time with better ratings than this. Kudos!

m0dul4r responds:

Thanks! :)

[North pole]

Holy shit!

I didn't know that you had "classical" in you! I'm very impressed. Nice orchestration and very cool melody and harmonic progression...if that last thing made any sense to you :) Some of the parts sounded a little weird because it sounded like you had too much stuff happening, but it only happened once, so don't worry about it too much. Anyway, great work, I can't wait to hear more from you in the future if you ever submit to the AP again.

f2x1 responds:

Damn , it's 1 july already and i just noticed that you left me a review.
Yeah i know i havet submitted in half a year now but be aware a big and fresh wave
that has been made throught the half a year is going towards NG's AP.
I am glad that you lked it , as it is tha last song i made till now.
See ya !

[Petwoip - Xibes]

I like your music, but...

Now don't take this the wrong way because I am not negatively criticizing, but merely telling you my view on a few things. After listening to 25 Instruments, Vibes, Xibes, Change of Course, and The Sad Ending I have come the the following three conclusions:

1) You are off to a great start as a composer, but your general sound still sounds a little ameture-ish. Just keep working and, of course, you will naturally get better. A lot of your music sounds to much the same the whole way through. I would reccomend that you make another "section" within your compositions. I know that you love to run your ideas until they are dead in the ground, but consider using separate "ideas" in your music to add a little freshness and help prevent them from sounding too redundant.

2) You need to learn about using reverb and delays in your music. The snare and tambourine in vibe sounded a little dead to me. I think that adding some ambience to the sound with a little reverb might add a little life to your percussion. Delay, more often than not (and take this with a grain of salt) will fatten your bass sounds (and other sounds sometimes as well). I sugguest experimenting with the effects to see if/how you like them.

3) Sometimes it soounds like there is simply too much going on in your music at once and makes the song sound confusing or muddy because there is too much going on for me to distinguish between all the ideas swirling around at once.

One great way that I try to improve my music is to listen (really closely) to whatever music I like and try to catch everything that is going on that I like about it and what is going on that makes it sound the way it does and makes me react to it the way I do. Then take these theories/concept that you have learned and apply them to your music.

Thanks again for the review...I know this was probably more than you bargained for, but I hope it helps you nonetheless.

Petwoip responds:

Thank you for the very in depth review!

1. It is true that most of my songs have one part, then another part layered on top, then another one, etc. With the program I used to own, it was simply the easiest way to make my songs, and at the time I thought it sounded pretty good. But now these songs do sound repetitive and I have been getting some reviews explaining this and how i can work on it. Though it is a longer process to make different parts during the song, I am starting to do that more with my new songs (after Harp rock) (Although, I think I could've worked on The Reason more to make it sound better). Right now I'm working on a new song which is different the whole way through, so it is not as redundant as my others.

2. Well, now I know what that delay thing does... hehe. With my old program, there were no reverb or delay functions. As I got Reason 3.0, I started to realize what these things were (but not completely.) I am still bad at mastering, so I'm happy for the tips, its just that my old program had none of these things and thats why the drums and the bass and everything else sounds flat.

3. Sometimes I did get carried away with the layers of the song, especially 25 Instruments and Change of Course. I'm trying to avoid this now.

Thanks for all the advice!!- I really appreciate it :) And thanks for listening to all those songs of mine!

[AznPB - Desire 2005]

Holy shit!

Your music blows my mind! This is song just gets better and better as it goes on. The only thing I might suggest is that I would make the transitions in to the different sections more fluid so it doesn't sound like [Section 1 - Fade out - Section 2 - Fade out - Section 3] and so on. Otherwise this is a badass track.

AznPB responds:

That was a reaction I was hoping for from someone. ;) As for the transitions, you're right on that one. It's just hard for me sometimes. I kinda rush without thinking because some of my tracks eat up hella CPU! So I'm like, "Argh! Must finish fast so slowness stops!!!" ;) THanks for the review.

[Sphere O' Rucklos(3min54secs)]

Oh man!

That was so smooth! I loved how you worked some 8-bit sounds into your beat! That is so original (to me anyway). You are a genious! 5 vote from me homie.

AdmiralConquistador responds:

Hahaha, thanks man! I'm glad that you liked it so much, and that you think I'm a genius! Haha, yea the 8-bit sounds I used in the beat make me smile :)

-ac-

[Dynamite Rave]

I'm sorry but...

I'm sorry but I had to zero vote this. Honestly this is hardly even a song. Granted it has musical value to it, but you used to separate drum loops at once and their tempos didn't even line up. None of your samples were original. This really sounded like you just took a bunch of things and put them together rather than doing something a little more original; you used pieces of other people's imagination rather than mostly using your own. Granted samples are great, but try to find ways to tweak them to make them your own.

However, don't get discouraged by this review...I know that you aren't proficient in FL yet, but keep trying and you will eventually figure it out. This track is just another step in getting there.

danglada responds:

Yeah sorry. I realized a little bit too late that this song actually sounds pretty crappy. That's I why I just uploaded "Lo_oper"

[I Still Hate You]

Meh...so-so

It was pretty good, but there were TONS of things to fix. Everything needs to be equalized better (or you simply need better recording equipment), you guitar frequently sounds out of tune and so do your vocals on occasion. I don't know if you laid down those tracks separately, but you should if you didn't and really listen to what they sound like and make sure that is the best sound you can get (I'm not trying to insult you, so don't feel insulted). What I'm saying is that it wasn't bad, but it definitely could have been better.

Crazy-Train responds:

Ok for starters YOU ARE RIGHT! I know I normally layer it better. Also equalize it to work better. What happened was a girl I once liked kinda screwed me over. She came back and fucked me over even more. In a pissed of rage (and a bottle of jack) I recorded this once. Yes it could be better, but I decided to leave it sounding kind fucked up. Mainly because the relationship was equaly fucked up. Thanks for the constructive review. This is an older song I recorded and when she fucked me over again I decided to post it again. I will not do anything else with this song. My next is going to be much better. Thanks again.

[Smurfs TRANCE!]

Crazy!

OMFG, this is so weird. The only reason why I gave you a 9 on diversity is because I got really sick of the initial smurf theme (the first part after the intro) really quickly. I also have to say that I don't know if I like some of the choises you made on what sounds to use, but that's really just a question of personal taste. So why did you make this?

Demongo666 responds:

well my brother made a funny movie with some of his freinds a comedy and they chose smurfs as a theme for the editing. So he asked me to take smurfs theme and make a Trance style track.

[Hyperventilation pII Hysteria]

Friggin' awesome!

I loved it! Entertaining to the end. My only suggestion is that you add more to your song (which is why I gave you a 6 on diversity). You have part A and part B, but maybe consider adding a part C and maybe even a part D. Simple ABA form works well (part A - part B - part A) works well, but why not expand it a little more? Still, great work!

lennen13 responds:

when
i do get around to it I will deffinetly take that into consideration, little pressed for time but deffinetly some diversity will come up in p III

[Kompactor Seven]

I like it, but...

Score Explanation:
Origninality 10 because it was your own creation.
Diversity 6 because there wasn't more than two "parts" to your song...you need more.
Clarity 10 because there was no problems in the audio output.
Effort 10 because...um...yeah, 10. :)
Overall 7 because it was good, but some things I had trouble with.

It is a good song, but at the second part there is simply too much happening all at once. I heard that there are multiple lines going on, but you should figure out which ones or what parts of those lines are the important ones, otherwise its kind just a brick of sound. Also, you may want to consider adding an ending. Other than those two small things, great job!

Gporev responds:

Hey first of all thanks for writing a detailed review. The diversity deficet was due partly to a time constraint on my part. i'll be sure to adress those other issues in my next track. Cheers
~Gpo R.