Score: 9

"Nice Track!"

submission: Aphasia [N3]

date: November 6, 2009

Hardhitting intro - Awesome. I have to agree w/ the reviewer below me - a tiny boost on the high freq (don't go crazy - then your track will become too tinny). Also the drumtrack to me was a tad boring. I felt like you need something more than just kick, snare, and ride. A high hat pattern would have been perfect. Even some random miscellaneous perc (bongos, or random percussive sounds) would have been cool. In fact, I can hear the bongos in my mind now.

Mixing sounded pretty solid other than a boost in the high freq. However, the pattern became a bit repetitive to me by the end. The pad/lead sound may have been a bit too overbearing for me to tell the difference in portions. So maybe a bridge type part where that's taken out or you bring down the cut off on it. Need a breakdown, I think. I feel like the song would be better if you started it around 0:30 and had your chorus part and used the intro breakdown part as a bridge or sorts. Then you could bring the energy up for last chorus.

All in all, great track. I'm not sure this belongs in hosue, but then again - I have no idea what else to classify it as lol... Keep em coming!

Score: 8

"Piano Melody"

submission: [N3] Without

date: October 28, 2009

When the beat finally comes in, it become very yummy. It could be an R&B song, pop song. It would be great with vocals.

Without the vocals, the piano gets alittle old in the intro, however it is a good composition. You can tell u have your feelings put into this work good job.

Score: 9

"Nice!"

submission: Clayface & Nexus- Rise of Kohc

date: October 19, 2009

Nice intro you have there. I like the piano with tempo changes. I also liked the glitch, but it felt a bit odd when the transition came in. Might wanna smooth the transition by maybe adding something like echos of the glitch parts or maybe a filter and volume automation in under the other piano part. That's just me nitpicking tho.

I like the verse when it gets going. Good composition and melody, but it feels a tad empty. Maybe some good counter melodies would complete the feel. This song also feels like it has space for vocals, so that could be a direction to go as well. With Vox or a counter melody, look into panning the lead R or L and having the counter-melody panned opposite. That could open room for some more synths.

Being nitpicky again, the synths sound a bit generic. Try adding in some sweet FX or using some different waves in your sound generator. It sounds really good, but the synths just sound similar to everything else. Nonetheless, it's still really awesome and enjoyable :P. The bridge/lull sounds awesome but it felt like the buildup/glitch should start sooner or the bridge should be shorter. That being said, I felt like the song should go back into another chorus before ending.

As for the mixing, I can't say too much, because I'm on crap headphones right now, but it sounds good and pretty tight. Nothing too muddy and everything's pretty clear. Only thing I could complain is that the bass doesn't have the same intensity as the. I expected it to be louder, that may just be me (or my crapsauce headphones). It could be mastered a bit better, but that's definitely nitpicking again :D.

All in all, sweet track! Would love to see MOAR of this! Great collab guys!

Laters.

Score: 10

"Nice"

submission: NG Ep #2 Demo

date: September 29, 2009

Nal, we've been waiting to hear this since Lira told us she was working with you on the second EP, she is great to work with, and GJ utilizing her vox. I love the synths u made for this. Look forward to the 2nd EP.

Later friend,

-Sam
Approaching Nirvana

Score: 7

"great intro (piano riff)"

submission: The Rusted Ship Finally Sinks

date: May 27, 2009

Your melody composing is great. We just gotta work on your percussion, structure, and mixing.

Having everything speed up was pretty cool.

Um, the best advice i can give you is to play with your percussion samples ALOT, use every known tool at your disposal, spend alot of time on percussion. Research on youtube and ww.tweakheadz.com on tutorials how to mix. And that will help you tons on your perc. Your other mixing outside of percussion is pretty good.

I'll review one more song. :D

Score: 10

"So soothing"

submission: Solus + SBB- Switchback

date: April 20, 2009

Great job guys!

This was like ambience, break beat, oldschool, newschool, and i could go on.

Good production. Synths are clear, that lead is so beastly, and you still made room for other instruments. The only thing i would do to the mix is try get the perc to get more clear, and sharp. But how it is now, is great, so dont get me wrong.

Great work, this better get good attention.

Thanks for your review on our latest song too. You've always been the man! Errr i mean girl.lol.

Score: 9

"Revolution"

submission: ]}a{[Imagin. Revolution [prev]

date: March 30, 2009

Awesome job on everything here man.

You've got a great catchy lead in the beginning. I love the melody you came up with it and it really flows throughout the song. On the other hand, since there's not much variation, it does tend to get a bit boring after awhile. Take some notes and shift em around. Or even screw around with the timing on it to keep the listener interested in it. Or if you don't want that you can play around with the automation of filter cuts and other parameters of the synth to make it come alive.

The bass is decent but not as driving as I felt it should be when compared to the lead. You can make it pop outta the song more and dirty up the synth for the bass a bit to make it hit harder. It's a decent bassline I just wanted something heavier (might have been personal taste).

The percussion, I felt, was what lacked. The clap sounds a bit cliche and I can't even really hear a snare (if there is one) in there. Try layering claps/snares and playing w/ a bit of reverb and possibly echo to tweak to your personal taste. I also want the kick to hit harder and you'll end up getting that with a whole lot of EQing and Compressing. With something like this, the song should punch me in the face with energy, but it just doesn't get there.

Also, the big transition you have in the middle is AWESOME; however, you need to watch the clipping because the sound gets a bit busy.

Drum compression and EQing will take you a lot of ways. This song is pretty sweet already, I hope I've laid down some good things for you to try.

Score: 9

"Ambient Dreams"

submission: star flight

date: March 21, 2009

Wow, this ambient soundscape you painted is awesome. You have some great riffs going and you've laid a good foundation for this song. Nothing really stands out to me as being annoying to the ears. Although I think that your transition at 1:30ish can use a little work (also your transition back in). It was a sudden stop in sound down to the bridge. This sometimes works, but I think it would be better to let your reverb tails play out a bit as you transition into the bridge. Likewise when you transition back.

I really liked the strings and the bongos. On the other hand, I really think you could had a decent drumkit in there to really get the groove going. Now, this foundation could grow into a great piece. The progression you've going is lovely, but you need something that is the focus of the songs.

Vocals would be nice, but I understand not everyone has the equipment or even likes vocals haha. I would think a decent guitar doing lead or maybe an ambient piano. You need something that isn't as repetitive to sort of carry on the feel of the song throughout.

The song's great on its own, but I definitely think you can add a lot to this one. Awesome song!

(A->N)