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Hey Alex.

I'm Alex. lol.

Great track, sounds very pulsating and dark in the beginning, the atmospheric pads there are very good. Then the choirs start.. I like them, but not a lot. They're good, but in my opinion they could have been a bit fuller.. A very slight chorus or a bit of reverb on them might help. The transition from the choirs to the xylophone is nothing really special...

But what comes after that makes more than up for that, the choirs work really good here! Sounds a bit like a cyan monkey with the xylophone still in there, lol.
The bass you put in after that is delicious, really sets a dark mood. I like the ending, even if you're not really satisfied with it.

I really think you did a great job on this one, the only thing I might add is a bit more variation and breaks in the percussion department, but apart from that, you did a mighty fine job on projecting a cyan monkey into sound.

Keep it up, and check out my new track "Rip" if you have the time. Drop me a line.

Swerve.

la-yinn responds:

Sweet review! Thanks Alex. (lol, hehe.)

I wanted some variation in the percussion on this one aswell, especially when the xylophone comes in I wanted a lighter kick but that turned out rather aweful and after a few weeks I thought I would finally submit it.

But cheers for the detailed review, helps a lot. :-D

Quite nice.

Here's a short summary of what I think of the song:

(0.00-0.30) Good, but there's little low end on the kicks.. try processing them using a highpass filter on 'em.. Put the cutoff freq around 50 hz. Voila, they stand out much better. The percussion is a bit on the minimal side for electrohouse.. Try being a bit more original with it, add little bits and pieces here and there. And I don't like the highpassed snare/hatty things. Idk.

(0.30-1.00) The percussion becomes a bit better, but be aware, do not let it get cluttered. I love the sweep.

1.00 and on (I've got to learn for some tests):
-Strings = like
- little effects = ok.
- it is a bit too repetitive. xKore said to me once that should try and add something or progress the song every 8 bars. Try and do that.

All in all, I think that it is a good remix, but to be really honest, I don't really think that this song is good for an electro remix. I'm sure handsup people would dig a remix of this in your usual handsup style.. but I don't know. I'm just not really feeling it.

Alas, sorry if that was a bit harsh, but it is how I feel it. Keep going on it though, blow me away.. if you can ;)

And I'm pretty sure you can;)

Denn-C responds:

Ur not harsh:D Ur honest.. Thanx for liking it, i will try to make it tha best:D
Thnx for ur tips and review! :D
Denn-C

Haha so you're back?

I can recall listening to a lot of your songs a few years back, and then being disappointed when I saw you didn't submit anymore.. So. A new song! :3
Nothing too special, but it's quite ok:) You still got it! I'm looking forward to hearing more songs of you.

DJ-Seri responds:

thx for the review, yeah i know its nothing special, just practicing to get everything in order again :P

Nicolas

Awesome mashup!

Great job! I'm still working on some melodies for our collab, but I don't have anything good yet;( I'm trying though. Do you have anything yet?

Airprogressive responds:

I'm glad you like it!

I don't have anything yet. I'm also working on it :)

Good

Hey, your music is pretty good, I wish I was at your level hahaha.. TEACH ME SOME TRICKS PL0X?:D This song reminds me of Dimrain47's Infernoplex, for some reason (guitar probably). Good job on capturing the energetic feel, I expect to see this in a flash, because it is epic.
Btw, why do you dedicate almost all of your songs (2 of 3) to people?:) Ah well, it doesn't matter a lot though. Add me on msn if you want to, we can have a talk about music. My msn is on my profile page.

Keep it going!

-RES

AndreaDigita responds:

I'll teach give you some tips gladly ^.~

And I dedicated those songs to them cause they inspire me and are a great influence on my musak :D Actually for this one, my inspiration was NemesisTheory and Dimrain47 ^^

Thanks for the review, I'll add you on msn soon ; )

Sounds awesome:)

You might have given the kick more bass tho. But that is just my opinion. See if you can get War-Spawn to rap over this hahaha, would be awesome. :)
Good job on this, keep it going!

-RES

Carf responds:

Well thanks, i shared the message.

Look up the definition of Trance, please.

Because this is Ambient music, atleast that is what it sounds like to me:)
It's a chilled out song, and good to relax to.. I can't really tell you a lot of improvements, well maybe make it less repetitive.. Oh well, maybe thats the strength of the song. Good job on it!

Keep it going,

Review Request Club

-RES

Monkeyharhar responds:

Hah =D I know what trance is and this song actually has a strong trance beat behind it, the song is just slowed down. This would really fall under the depths of the genre Progressive Trance but who knows =P

Thanks for the review mate.

Good.

You've done a great job on this song.. With that said, lets go to the improvement section: I don't think the bassline fits in very well.. That might be just my opinion, but still, it doesn't sound in harmony with the rest to me.

The electric guitar is fantastic! Reverbed a bit too much I suppose, but still, good job on it!:) The drumming part is also good, and fits in with the song good. You could have included a bit more variation, but it sounds ok like this.

I hope you continue this style, and I will definetely check back on your music!

-RES

MrPulsar responds:

Thanks a bunch for the kind words. :)

I'm definitely learning, I have no real background with music, I played Saxophone for a couple years, but never felt like I was really feeling it.

As for the critique, afraid that I am going to have to disagree on the bass line, I personally love it. When I first rendered it, to me it just felt perfect. The reverb also I will defend, as the song was trying to resonate out of deep space. I think I captured the image very well. But then again, I really don't know too much about music. I guess the more I do it, the more I will learn.

Why these low scores?

I really find that this song is put together very well, and I think it is a shame it is voted so low. Of course, there are areas that could be improved on, such as the drumming. The bassline is really well done, only I think that the trumpet shouldn't have been through the whole song. Aside from that, you did a great job on this song, and it is a quality song. Don't let the score discourage you! You have done a great job on this song, and I really think that you're good at what you do:)

Keep it going!

-RES

Nermio responds:

Thanks a lot! it's always fun to hear something like this. I know that it's a kind of song that most people wouldn't listen to anyday, still I like it, for being one of my own it's one of those I'm glad I made. I know there's a lot to improve still.

Thanks!

You told me you would PM me!:O

I like the beginning :D Nice intro! It gets a bit long once the drums come in though.. Good job in it however! Hmm it gets a bit monotonous when you hear it for.. 1:30 hahaha, but that is ok:) I love it how that psytrancy feeling goes through your whole track! Oh dang. :( The melody still overpowers the beat. I told you to change it ! >.<

Lol, don't listen to me rambling. Your song misses a bit of bass though.. Not that anything is wrong with it.. But the bass lacks oomph. If you use FL Studio, try EQ'ing and Bass Boosting it:) The percussion through the whole song is good, around 5:40 the drums sound abit marchy hahaha. The melody is ok, and although it does overpower the beat, it fits nicely to the rest of the song.

Outro is good, and I don't really have anything more to mention on this track, and I guess that concludes my review. All in all, I think you have done a very good job on this track, and I will definetely look forward to hearing tracks from you!

Keep it up;)

-RES

3ndL3ss responds:

thanks for the review, and i completely forgot about the beat until you mentioned it, sorry! haha, yeah i wanted to add a bit of arps and pads to some of the drums when it plays alone.
i might add the bass boost to the bass if i ever go back to it.
i thought i PMed you though =/ cause i PMed everyone who reviewed my song but yeah you got to hear it ;)

im a bit bummed out atm since it just got 0 bombed =( but i guess its not the score =P

thanks agai for the review!

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