Moar like 10 Bit
cuz u get 10 stars m i riet? and rule 10 LOL AM I RITE
this is incredibly happy-really catchy poppy beat, and super cheerful melody over the top. Brings me memories of playing Atari even though I've never played one. Really good though, sounds totally authentic-dont have much else to say. Maybe a slow lead melody would sound chill in here, cant say much, i dont know a thing about 8bit. But you sure as hell have inspired me to make an 8bit track for this contest, so thanks man!
I'm glad that you found some inspiration here - I'm looking forward to hearing your MAC submission!
another great one
pretty slick opening, different bits of percussion, the vocals were interesting-no melody at all but it works. I especially like that effect you have on your voice around 0:50-and the vocals after are excellent. and gradually inclining melody right off that section. Really Love the instrumental part, nice tremolo guitar riffs, and you open up with a whole new style in the second phase-absolutely brilliant. Is that you on the vocals again?
Really moody, and the instrumental sections are great, and I love when people include long instrumental breaks in a song...thats a real nice clean rhythm guitar riff, the sax sounds really sweet, vocals have a perfect fit...sounds like there some bells or mallet percussion in the outro, beautiful arpeggios really, I think the volume could be raised a bit and maybe add a touch more of reverb- perfect ending reallly...i would love to hear like a guitar versus sax n brass solo duel from you!
from just comparing the intro and the end, they sound completely different, yet its amazing how the different phrases in this song transition so well.
excelenceeeeeeeeeeeee once again ped! put out an album now!!!!
freakin thanks for the review bro
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wow this is quite interesting and something you dont hear a whole lot of on NG. some experimental rhythms in the start, it doesnt sound too much of a clutter. Nice glimmering synths, it becomes really visual, i imagine an old water shed open up to the light. but it starts to get too cluttered when you introduce the dissonant parts...but thats some spooky ass shit dude. It starts getting a little better around 1:10, but then just sounds too sloppy again...I know you said you were using different times, but I was hoping to have a good minute in the end when the time signatures match up and you get a steady base to finish the track. I like it at the same time for the originality, but it would be nice to feel some groove you know?
really unique ideas tho! coolio...all tho this type of music is not generally marketable to most people, I can definetly appreciate these experimental type of tracks because its what inspires fresh, new ideas.
Yeah, the only part I'm truely satisfied with in this song is from 0.49-0.59 really. I like the chords there and the throat singing thing seems perfect there. But yeah, I can't remember for the life of me what chords I played as this was a year or two ago and on an older pc.
I think it needs some imagery to go with it really.
Thanks for the lengthy feedback man I really appreciate it, to take the time out to tell me what you think.
excellent
mmm, very nice and almost professional sound.
sweet crisp acoustic guitar chords. Panned guitar bits are real nice. Also I love the tone, is that a real guitar or some type of technoish synth or a mixture of both? the bassline is really nice as well, and I love the beat, especially the hi hats around the second drums riff.
vocals are pretty nice man, during the verse in the beginning it kinda sounds like you're holding something back, but during the chorus and bridges you sound really good dude. I also like the multiple voice harmonzation and backing vocals. around 2:50 they sounded a bit sloppy, and had too much of a whiney tone for my taste...the conclusion also shows that you're good, as you still sounded pretty sweet without any instruments to back you.
and that solo was great, great effects! I was really anticipating this, I would definetly enjoyed a longer solo that would evolve into something more complex, but I guess a short solo fits the style :)
nice nice nice
Instruments were recorded (or rather programmed) using Reason 3 (yes, ALL of them). Did some tweaking to the sound bytes so they would sound close to the real stuff. Mastering was done using Sonar.
Thanks for the compliment on the vocals. Seems you didn't like that spontaneous thought I had at the 2:50 mark (the "Yeah! They're playing our song!", for me, was a hurrah of sorts).
I like those effects too -- phaser + delay + overdrive. Can't get tired of it. ^_^
Thanks for one of your ever-reliable reviews and high rating!
On fire
sweet joy this one's hot and funkee. great track. love the organs, and jazzyish percussion hits over the hip hop beat. Love how you work in the shakers and those bells(?). sounds authentic and chill yo. perfect for laying over an early 90s type of rap. really cool melodies. I love that synth around 1:30 that slowly slides around. crisp clarity, great flow, and tight man! no real criticism over here, but some scratch FX would be sick as hell.
I wish I could scratch lol Thanks for the advice man, this is good.
an old man
this has a really cool opening, sweet piano riffs. it actually sounds more like an old school sound with the antique piano and opening beat. That synth doesn't lay well over the piano melodies tho, not sure if its off key or whatever, but it doesnt gel together with me. the sub bass hits were nice, I would like to hear more of that. The clearer drum beat that you place on the top of the mix at the end is decent, but it doesnt sound too go over the other beat...the reverse effects came to suddenly, and I think you could have made a smoother finish...
alright ideas, but you just need to combine all the instruments so they make a more fitting harmony.
Thanks for the advice! Your music is a big inspiration for me now.
tighty whitey
the opening guitar parts sound something out of modern alternative rock song, and then when you add the bells and synths it kinda fuses an 80s electro type a sound, so pretty sweet parts. I love the piano ideas, you should expand on this bit a more. (I would've opened up more on this section and added maybe some soft strings after 4 bars or so) drums are pretty nice, could use a little more dynamics, and a more consistent, faster beat in the second half of the track.
really cool melodical work-and interesting use of synths. i dont really like FL slayer, but what you gonna do? the lead fl slayer riffs kinda drowns out the rest of the track, so I'd lower these volume levls 2-3 DB or so. the tone around 2:05 was too screechy for me, so experiment with different presets! i always sucked at making a good slayer tone..
this could use some bass for sure... the second riff you introduce around 0:10, you could copy and lower that an octave and it would be a perfect bassline IMO.
Good stuff once again wyldfyre!
lol there's bass there man! haha. In fact 2 different riffs of bass They are so identical though that its probably easy to miss it. FL slayer is used way to much now adays and i can understand alot of people's problems with it however i've heard it used NICELY in the past and would like to use it nicely myself. LOL can't really play the guitar so i'm gonna emulate it haha. Yeah the piano was something i was originally gonna expand upon also! I may even add more into it in the long run. The Guitar riffs with the actual accustic in the background *(mind my speling) just blows my mind for some reason i think it sounds damn good haha. But i may see what i can do about turning it down some. Thanks for another great review man!
werd
this is definetly a blend of weird/unique sounds...but its pretty cool. nice layer of instruments going on decent flow. Does sound partially Asian, and kinda honorable like the scenes right before a warrior's battle(pretty much like you described). I like the experimental sound effect stuff around 1:00-although its a bit random. some definetly interesting melodies in here. in scenes like this, you need a woodwind of sorts.
one thing that would make this better is tweak the presets a little more and add varying amounts of reverbs and other effects. it sounds like you're using presets straight outta FL sytrus. I don't mean that as an insult at all tho, and it doesnt sound bad, it would just add some personal character to your music and make a more unique sound. The drums could be a bit better, the simple rhythms suit the themes, but you could change the samples and possibly use a taiko or some ethnic based samples in here. I like the wobbly piano tone. the synth strings create a nice atmosphere. you could EQ and adjust volumes levels around the chorus sections like 1:15 too balance all the instruments more equally-love the weird choir/orchestra hit sounds and how you used them.
still good enjoyable stuff, keep at it for sure.
beleive it or not there are alot of tweaks already in this song. It has several FX in it. Some of the sounds are sounds from FL studio because really thats all i have haha i've just recently started searching for new sounds and what not. I may end up adding some windflutes or some sort of pipe sound in there here soon. The actual song was ment to tell a story. You basicly got the idea from what i read here haha. thanks for the review and i'll be sure to add more to this when i'm mused enough to work on it again =).
I dont see whats wrong with it...
first off, I would like someone to explain how this doesnt have any emotion. Personally I do feel that this has a little something lacking compared to the rsst of your tracks TT, like it doesnt have one of those completely remorable melodies that makes me go "Wow thats defintely TT!". dont get me wrong, thats just because I've been spoiled by your other music :P this is still a great track.
I think its serves its purpose, some interesting conga percussive riffs to fit the travel theme, and some subtle, yet interesting tribal sounding melodies. Great use of the pan flute and the twinkle bell sound. I like when you pick up with the acoustic guitar, its adds some more intensity and has a real crips sound. I guess one thing it lacks is an epic build-although in a sense something more active couldp possibly ruin the laid-back atmosphere, but of course if you wanted to go down that track some more faster, "active" drums a lot like the ones that you've implemented into the collab were doing, and some strings would sound tight.
So good stuff once again, this a great track man.
yea, i wanted to keep this one pretty laid back, didn't want to make it too active. I tried putting in some strings but i didn't really do a good job at it so i just left them out.
Im glad you enjoyed the piece though man.
Ima take another crack at that collab. It seems to be the only piece i can work on atm......lol
England 1920
It certainly started off somewhat slow, but until the middle I could really appreciate this track for it was.
I personally think there is some flaws in this track...the improv in the intro seems a bit sloppy. But once the high pitched notes hit every sounds very nice. Varying dynamics and levels of wide reverb sound awesome in here. Great creativity, as the amount of reverb decays as the song progresses. I really love the meat of the song, sounds like one huge delay effect bouncing off two giant, dark walls, in the middle of a once barren desert, under an evil, dark night sky. and you can still pick up some very attractive high pitched melodies. It almost sounds like a pad. (it almost sounds like there's also a clarinet and flute at some points)..
Now the latter half of the track....I too appreciate listening to the beauty of rain. If it ever rained where I live I would sleep like a baby every night. so I listened to it three times now, and noticed the variations(or atleast the ones my mind invoked). I still would say it could use some more stuff over the top to make it interesting add diversity, such as light thunder crackles, maybe an animal sound, some feedback or a atmospheric synth, something exactly like what you have at the end of the track. More ambience wouldn't hurt IMO.
as always, pleasure listening to your music.
Thanks for the in-depth review! As for the critiques, the track is what it is. I recorded rain earlier in the week, and I wanted improv to go with it, so I played that. That's basically it. The intro is sloppy, because it was completely improvised. When I finally hit a nice melody, I was quite surprised, haha. I kept it rolling for as long as I could. I played it back one time and improv'd the reverb fx, and that was it. I did hope for thunder when I was recording the rain, but unfortunately, it didn't happen. I did get a nice effect when the wind swept more rain in. You can hear that near the end. The track isn't so much about a song, but the processes going on. You can hear how I find the melody, you can hear how the rain changes, and like you said - you can imagine what the song sounds like when the reverb is overwhelming. What's in your mind is usually better than what you're precieving anyway. I don't expect people to treat this like a best-effort Gillenium track, so I'm glad you didn't!
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