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[Broken Wings Part 1]

4th place dude, cool!

Not entirely my taste, it used to be though :)

People change.

Anyway, it's definitely a very interesting song. Great guitar playing, the drums are awesome too, refreshing to hear some LIVE double bass drums for a change.

It's a good composition, although it tends to get a little generic, but you solve a lot of that by inventing special riffs.

The lyrics, as far as I can hear them, don't really do much for me.
The vocals are decent, somewhat nasal but that's not the point - what you should work on is intonation. You have a tendency to intonate too low. This unfortunately causes people to associate it with emo. You have sufficient singing talent to become real good but if you don't already, I'd advise you to take some singing lessons to work on weaknesses.

About the whole coda part ("Broken wings part 2"), it's nice, but goes on a little too long I think, and because it eventually ends with that you risk an anticlimax to on otherwise powerful, lively and diverse song.

Given your tender age of 18 though, it's obvious that you can become a stand-out artist. You remind me of myself when I ran a band and although we sucked a bit, we had a very frivole energy that I hear in your stuff too. That's a great starting point. Do some polishing and you'll amaze even yourself man. Keep it up!

Love-Hate-War responds:

Thank you for the most well thought out review I have recieved thus far. Your kind words mean alot to me, thanks again!!

[_-/|While Heaven Burns]

Whoosh

Good, solid work.

It's not exactly subtle, a little bombastic for my taste, but you deserve a kudos for the energy and structured chaos you bring across.

Still, though it may just be personal taste, I think you could look into a bit more variation. You'd be surprised how effective a quiet interlude will be, it will amplify the overall suspense and make it much more colorful.

So in short, you have a really good insight in techniques and moods, but to make a really epic piece I think it lacks diversity a bit.

Great job though and congrats on 3rd place! Keep it up!

4/5

MaestroSegments responds:

the final piece has a interlude which does exactly what you were thinking about. This song's been pissing me off though, it just never seems to want to finish. I don't want to rush it, but I also don't want to slave away at it while other pieces could be made.

Thanks for the congrats and the review WinTang, much appreciated.

[WC > Cocaine]

We have our WINNAR

Congratulations man.

And well-deserved. This is very very nice indeed! Everything works, the beat and its glitches, the glassy synths, the pads are introduced at exactly the right time. The bass adds a new dimension.

Reminds me a lot of Radiohead in the Kid A era.

It's a good thing to wear a sig that brings this song to people's attention.

Keep up the awesomeness! 5/5!

StrangeEncounters responds:

LAWL.

Thank you. Although it doesn't remind of Radiohead. :)

[The Tankmen Are Coming!]

AWESOME

HAHA! Man, that's superbly done. Very, very funny.
The great thing is that the beginning is really well done too, which makes the surprise even bigger.
I loved the drums in the beginning, tried-and-true ominous snare-drumming, and the lead was very nice, reminded me of Metroid. It bugged me a bit how the brass was sampled here, it should've been more legato IMO.
The Drum and Bass part is very interesting as well, with the bluesy trumpet. I'd have liked a meatier kickdrum, but the rest is very good.
Look forward to seeing this in the flash too!
5/5.

Cerrax responds:

Yours has a lot more to it technically than mine does. Yours is very funny and paints a vivid picture in my head. Thanks for reviewing mine!

[There is Faith in Hope]

Wonderful.

I had a bit of a scare when I heard the intro, it's a synth that I have come to associate with trance, which I kinda loathe.

But it turned out for the best man, seriously, I love what you've done with the drums, the sustaining notes, the delayed syncopating guitar in the back, the water sample, the lead synth, it all blends together. I probably told you before that your stuff reminds me a lot of Mogwai?

There's one note, ONE SINGLE NOTE in the lead that I don't like - it's the note at the start of bar , or something, whatever, it doesn't matter. Everything else is ace.

5/5 definitely.

pitbulljones responds:

haha, you thought i'd make a dance track? Dude thats not the pitbull way. i don't think you'll ever see me make a tune in that genre.

yea the drusm were done in FL,a 16 bar loop i made, theres a tambourine underneath the sanre at the begginin of each bar. i ahd trouble with my hats tho as i accidently deleted one of em, im still not happy with the compromise ive got.

Delayed guiats are what i do best, reversein em and lushing em with fx, pitbull signature. and the mogwai comparision again, cheers mate. I don't think im there just yet though.

theres been acouple of comments about this one note standing out, at least you've picked it out, so i know which one it is. Personally i don't lke the sharp at the end of the bar, oh well/

cheers again wintang.

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

Awesome.

This seems to be the music you most enjoy making, and it really shows. It seems as though you worked very intricately on this, all the glitchiness and sample snippets are very carefully considered where to place. That makes it very relaxing to listen to.
Loved the ambienty interlude, and how the beat keeps struggling for attention there :)
Loved the whole thing, actually.
The only criticism is: make more.

Now check out my new submission, Final Fantasy 3: Narshe. I need the advice of a mastering pro such as yourself.

5/5

LJCoffee responds:

wow - sorry I missed this review! - I'll get over and hear your stuff within 24 hours k?

Really good to hear from you!

[Straw in my mouth]

Rulage

I'll have to give this a 10 man, very inventive with that straw - funny too.
I quite like whole composition as well. It has a nice atmosphere but it could've done with a somewhat heavier bass. It's very nicely mastered, though, neat use of panning and pretty synths.
Awesome! Gets my 5! Check out some of my stuff!

crud responds:

i always liked beatboxing in straws, i got enough funny looks that i made it into a song so that people might hear it in a better atmosphere. thanks for the very well written review, i appreciate it!

[Rise of the Machines {Loop}]

Nice.

Hey man, you finally got a new track up!

It has a nice atmosphere and catchy beat. I do agree on most everything Zenon said though: the intro makes a promise that doesn't really get fulfilled after the break. All FruityLoops specifics aside - I've never used the program - I'd advice you to not be afraid to put loads and loads more machinal noises in, have them make music together. It's better to remove some parts that you consider "overkill", than to keep the feeling that something is missing.

The robots are there. They're just not really doing anything, lol. Be more extreme in your experiments, you'll learn very fast that way! Keep it up!

Care to review some of my new stuff?

itsameyayo responds:

I'll try to review some more of your stuff. I'll keep questing for more machine parts, maybe if I search "moving robot"?

-Alright, I'll keep at the sounds, it's hard, but I'll try anyhow!

-SuperDrummer146

[midnight vylkerie]

What now?

Dude, who the hell do you think you're kidding? Do you think anyone is going to be stupid enough to believe this is a bass guitar? Why do you lie?

It has really started to piss me off now. The truth is that you fuck around for 2 minutes with a crappy sample/synth, I don't know what program you're using but I do know that you have no idea how to actually use it. And then you make up some stuff about how you were somewhere with your "equipment" and started "improvising".

Excuse my French, but fuck that. You have no musicality, therefore your audio isn't music, therefore you are making yourself look more and more stupid everytime you submit something. Stop it. If you really want to, invest time and energy.

rioross responds:

harsh. no, very harsh.
i cant say that i dont like it, but i can say that i do put time and effort into my work.
the last 5 submitions are just little "side servings" they do count for music yet aren't full pieces of work.
this is a base guitar, only i used NGM studios and, i am going to say it, equipment to modify it. and yes the guitar was and still is, my friends.
i will admit that only my first 9 songs didn't take much to make.
beleve me or not, i stick where i stand.
and for a last little note, if it is starting to piss you off, why come here anyway? did i ever ask you specificaly to come and listen to my work?
never the less, thanks for the review, i think.

[-Orr-Dancing with the Spirits]

Industrial though?

Good work. No: solid work.

I'll say this short and sweet - you have used the most generic chord scheme ever. You used a lot of clever tricks to disguise that, but I'm not that easily fooled. ;) It's really quite a cheap way to inflict pathos into a tune - most people will totally love that but it just bugs me because I know you can drag the listener along without resorting to generic harmonization!!

Your production is outstanding, of course. Excellent convincing beat, the kick could have had more body, but people always tell me I make my kicks too loud so disregard that if you will. A wide variety of synths and instruments, even a synthetic choir that you have very modestly mixed to the background. Kudos, kudos.

You're lucky I love modulations, that earns you Diversity and Originality points...

Therefore on the whole, as an exercise in arranging and producing, it's perfect. As a work of art I don't like it at all and I hope you put some of your outstanding compository talents into your future dance tracks. (I'll have to check some of the other ones btw, this may be completely incidental.)

Hope I didn't come over too harsh, but I'm sure you know that I have lots of respect for your work and therefore can take a hit or two :P

Foured.

DavidOrr responds:

First off, no comment from you will ever be too harsh, you put up with a lot of nagging from me :).

As for the chordal scheme, that was definitely a weakness in the original 10 months ago when I original made it. I did as much as I could to mask it as you said, but hey, it's a remix not a new song, so not TOO much I can do about it now, except learn from the big mistake. And I'll certainly not do it again, the wrath of WinTang on one song is enough for now :).

Again, another compliment with the production. Thanks! It makes me wonder why I think it's so bad, I must just be going crazy. I just hear so much going on, and I don't like it, but I can't take anything out or the piece sounds empty. This is one of the hardest pieces I've ever had to produce, but I'm glad I did a good job in that, because that was my main goal of the piece!

Unfortunately, towards the beginning of my electronic journey, I got a lot of influence by artists like BOUNC3 and Chainsaw_09, who tend to use the very catchy chord progressions, so that's what I tried to imitate. The are both excellent artists, so I don't intend on hitting them in any way.

I have a few electronic tracks that are much different, perhaps I'll upload one someday to prove that I can write electronica with a more original chordal structure.

Thanks for all your reviews and support! I'll try to please more next time :)