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[<R> Icenight]

more Rawrthaas!

mmmm, another good one

+ loved the fade out where it fell out and morphed to that simple beat, then rebuilt.
+ loved the instrument choice throughout it.
- except the distorted piece in the beggining, that could have been better.
+ excelent job with the layering. most of the song was really well accented by the things you built around the main beats.

really great

Rawrthaas responds:

Thanks man :D

[Dimrain47, LOL!--_--]

nice

I listened to all dimrain's stuff again before reviewing this.

And you asked the question as to why his stuff's so popular even with only strait samples?

its because he's a master of beat mixing, all of his songs go through phases. The beat changes are well executed and all the beats are really addictive. thats all he needs.

now a review:
+ the sytrus sounds great, really a Dimrain style.
+ the bassline was great as well
+ like the way the beat kinda evolved over the cource of the song, it didn't change alot, but It was kept new.
- the 3Xosc and sytrus were fighing at points instead of layering. its because of the way you have their patternas and volumes. you might want to adjust them a bit

really nice, even though another 20 or 30 BPM would have made it closer to Dimrains charateristic speed

PERVOK responds:

I dislike you.

[-=LJC=- She fed me the lotus]

uber Randomness

+ nice high trance, high, techno feel to it. very random because of it
- to random at parts, it ripped you away from the song a bit when it got out of hand.
- some of the samples you used really didn't fit
+ the random element did however keep the song fresh. its a big bonus when your audience doesn't get tired of a song they're listening to.
+ alot of the beats you used were really good, and you could probably make standalone songs out of them.

LJCoffee responds:

Thank you for this review - I like your review style - it helps identify both strong and weak points in a very clear way.

I appreciate the time and effort!

[Rucklo - Dratsabgnik]

Wierdname

Wierd song, cool though

+ its a real pure electronica song. with some cool underlayed rhythms.
+ nice and randomness to it, keeps it from being anywhere near repeditive, it feels like a fresh beat throughout the entire thing.
+ instrument choice was nice througout the entire thing.
- some of the instruments were a bit to hidden, or otherwise conquered by something else. which is what background sounds are supposed to take the brunt of, but at times the main beats are kinda obsucured and fighting each other.
+ I loved it in the intro how it really gives you the feel that the song it just going to be random.
+ build effect some time after the intro was good.
- The song really lacks something to make it great. it has alot of really cool beats and transforms itself alot, but it just lacks something

9.5 outa 10 rounds to 10

Rucklo responds:

Thanx alot for GREAT review man! This really got me thinking. The instruments are eq´ed and should be clear, but they DO fight each other since allmost none of them is thought of as background-instruments, like you mentioned. I should have been automating the levels to clear thinngs up!
It lacks "it", and im well aware of it... i couldnt get it to "punch" kindof... dunno why :(

Glad you enjoyed the song though ,and thanx alot for taking the time making a really good review!

[Midsummer Rain]

Simple

+ its a nice soft beat, good for an ambient track.
- that little jingle a few seconds after the beggining where you had the middle one higher then the other two really needs to be changed. its a kind of breaking beat.
+ nice accenting beats nearing the midway point, they do a good job adding ambience to the track
- Track lacks placement. when you make an ambient piece you really need to focus on what setting the piece is in. when you do that it effects what presents and instruments you end up using, and give the listener a place to go to when he hears it.
+ the beat is a complex enough at parts to save it from complete repeditveness. there were some more parts where some more layers would be nice.

pretty good overall

x-kinetiK-x responds:

+Thanks, I was going for a soft, rain-like feel.
-I'm not sure what you're talking about... The bells don't change at all until about a minute into the song.
+Thanks again :)
-Actually this was completely based on a setting, which was the weather earlier that day. It's supposed to show the feeling I get from rain while it's sunny out. But apparently I didn't convey it well enough.
+I was thinking about putting those drums in more of the song... But I decided against it because I wasn't sure if it broke the calm too much. Looking back, it probably would've made it a lot better. Oh well.

I may remake/add to this song in the future. If I do, I'll probably let you know so you can critique the changes.

Thanks for the review! Like you said, you have a very original reviewing style and it's much appreciated.

<-kinetiK->

[Peaceful Crimson]

Nice Ambiance

+ whatever you used to give it that chant sound was well done. they fit well with the ambieace
+ the beat was slow but complex, something ambient songs benefit well from.
- The song lacked a sense of place. excelent ambient songs are made to fit a certain place, or setting. this didn't seem to have one, I didn't get any kind of feel for where your mind was at when you made it.
+ good job with the layering, they faded in and out excelently.

Like I said above, a nice ambient piece, perfect for submissions, even though it lacks setting.

VegetarianMeat responds:

Thanks for the review. I really appreciate the constructive criticism, and the compliments :D

[Each Step]

Pretty nice

Good song, a little slow for a trance beat, but nice.

+ opening up the song builds nicely to the beat you keep throughout most of the song.
- that beat gets a bit stale by the end.
+ you incorperated different beats at parts, and that did a good job breaking up the repeditive nature of it.
+ it was a nice sounding beat at that, so that was good too

seems alot of songs share the same problem of being repeditive, so its really somethng to work on to separtate yourself from the flock

nightvision responds:

Thanks for the response, this helps my future work immensly.

[-Orr-Dancing with the Spirits]

Nice stuff

I'd say its more techno then industrial, but Its really both

+ like the simple intro because of the nice instrument choice.
+ you build it into something good.
- as stated in some of the earlier reviews, its a simple beat chord that was masked up. this isn't always a bad thing though, take dimrain47 for example, all his stuff is simple, he just managed to pull off cool beat variations and incorperated different beats.
+ there were some cool breaks from the main beat.
+ there were times when you had a few cool beats layered into the song.
- If you knew the beat was as simple as it is, you should have made it shorter to lessen the effect of it being repeditive.

Overall its really great though

DavidOrr responds:

This piece has techno elements in it, but I personally feel it's more industrial. Of course, it's all one's opinion, and neither is wrong by any means.

I love your review style, it's very easy to read and pick out the faults and strengths. I'd love to see some of your music!

[Stages of Life & Death--_--]

Beautiful beat

+ nice octave changine intro
+ slides were nice
+ highhats(I think) were nice too
+ it does another good job conveying an ambient place. I get a kind of abandoned urban railline or such feel from this. or maybe its just space.
- like I said about Ill wish, not all ambient tracks have to be slow, or simple for that matter. there are times when you need to either add speed, or content to an ambient song to improve it

Theres not much else in this song to talk about because of its simplicity

good job

PERVOK responds:

Ah, but thats my style. When I think 'ambient', I think 'downtempo'. I really don't wanna add a 180 BPM glitch in the middle of a downtempo track, that would bother me :P

Thanks for the review.

[My Ill Wish--_--(2:54)]

Ambient for once?

Glad to see you experimenting with different styles

+ nice ambient style
+ likes the glass, or whatever you used right off the bat, its a great instrument for ambient music.
+ sounds alot like some of the Half-life 2 ambient soundtrack pieces for a minute, those were great pieces, and good memories gets you a +
+ you had some variation of the beat throughout the entire thing, so it didn't get stale fast.
+ the tweaks around 1:50 were nice, made it seem like technology ambient, and ambient always carries a location if done right. be it abandoned place, technology, space, etc
- ambient isn't just about a slow beat

PERVOK responds:

I don't care if ambient isn't about a slow beat; but this song sure is.