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[{Dj-L} Inspiration]

Hey

Alright here's my review. Sorry I missed out before but yeah anyway.

Love the melody, it's damn nice and catchy. The leads also pretty nice too :D

There's a fair bit I can go through with this song. First of all I love the piano into, it's good :D But I think the kick should come in later at 0:13 and not the same kick as the melody go for a breakbeat sequence, not the 4/4 so you get more of an introduction. If you want, I'll show you what I mean on msn.

Have the breakbeat up to 0:28 where you that nice scratch effect.

Up to where the melody starts to jump in i think you should do some fading on those long notes so it sounds like it doesn't get cut off as it breaks.

Fade those long notes in each time and I reckon it would sound awesome. Again I'll show you what I mean on msn.

Love the melody. Just keep the piano goin through 1:46-1:59, (A tip don't cut sounds out sharply. Give everything some type of introduction and outro.. fade out/fade in, it keeps the song flowing properly and evenly.)

At 1:59 I think you should have a melody fade-out for 8 bars, say the first 4 bars and then introduce the piano in the second 4 bars. Then bring in the piano break tune of 2:12. And maybe fade in that melody after and add the same type of baseline at the main melody. (That saw)

Maybe increase the volume of the hi hats etc and tone down the claps a bit.

Hope this really helps. Will talk to you later.

Keep it up!

5'd

-Cheers Brando

PS: Pretty long review. :D

Meonly70 responds:

The beginning kick isn't the same as the one during the melody, similar, but softer. I'll love to see what you mean for the breakbeat sequence.

Yeah, your right, it would be a great idea to fade on the long notes, why hadn't I thought of that earlier....

I didn't want to over-repeat the piano so I cut it out through 1:46-1:59, but I guess it would be better if it stayed.

The Melody fade out would make it sound a little cliche. I don't like fading things in and out too much on one song, but some fit better than others, thanks for the tip.

The Hihats and claps may just need to be balanced, I think their in the wrong FX Channel O.o

I got a few things to try with this .flp now. Thanks, talk to you later man :)

[-={DJ-PHX}=- Fiery Apocalypse]

Heyy

Nice, I like the fast tempo, it really gets you moving. The melody is nice, really dancy. The leads also pretty good. Though yeah you can improve this more. There's just problems with the bass cutting out during the effects and such.

At 1:55 the baseline stops for the outro and then it comes back in. It kind of sounds bad. And the baseline at the end isn't on the right note. I know it's just a few lazy pattern samples, i do it all the time. Easy fix.

Late night music making :D

5'd

Keep it up!

-Cheers Brando

unrealdark responds:

Hmm yeah noticed the bass problem just now lol, I just got horible headphones. :D
I'll fix it same as the pointer at 1:55. Anyways I think the bass is on the right note though at the end only it might be a little drowned out by the other sounds. I'll mix it better. I hope I can finish this one soon lol. ^^

[[DJ-G] Freak Express (Full)]

Hmm..

It sounds like you put a lot of effort into this one. It's detailed and in some ways good, but I think it's a bit too fast. It sounds very much like hardcore DnB. I'm a fine fan or good old newgrounds DnB but this is a bit too far for me to like.

You did a good job, and I do agree on that. I also think you should have progressed to something in the song that was practical. I mean you progressed through a bunch of sound effects but I don't think it progressed far enough to gain some structure. Good job. Keep up the good work.

5/5 - because I thought you deserve much more than 1.01/5
6/10 - my serious, honest score.

//Brando

DJ-Galax responds:

Thanks for the review! ^.^

Good you liked it. :P

~DJ Galax

[Sungazer (OM)]

Wooh Kriz!

Nice man. Congratz on the top 5. Keep up the good work.
Your stuff's always great and this is O_O hehe..

5'd

//Brando

Kr1z responds:

;-D Thanks!

[The Benni Loop]

Really nice!

Did you use 3xOsc for this. Really sounds like it. I mean the note bending wouldn't work on much else :S Good work, keep it up!

I thought it didn't sound too good at first, but when it got to the 0:32 it sounded awesome and everything made sense.

I think the kick at the beginning was a bit punchy, but that might be just benassi style, haven't actually had a hard listen to benassi in a while. :D

Keep up the good work!

Meonly70 responds:

Yeah I did use 3x osc. I hate how sliding doesn't work with other VSTs. Glad you liked it. I try posting a longer, and better version, but the score is always below 1.00 before it gets off the front page... Thanks though :D

[{Dj-L} Evolution of Dance]

Nice work!

I saw this song up on you tube, thought I should leave a review here.

Hey man :D Nice work, sounds like a really great song!

Glad you're still up making great music. All the notes here seem fine, actually pretty perfect. Melody's great, nice and catchy. The piano breaks also really nice! It really got me moving to the music. It's great that you're mastering composition, get this right and you should eventually gain an ear for audio. It shouldn't be too far away.

The synths sound pretty good but at first I think the melody comes in too fast. Where you have the cut off at 0:24 up until 0:34. I think that intro was too fast. The kick for the melody comes in too early. Also I think the pitched bass at the start didn't really suit the song, If you were going to change it, I'd say change it to maybe a more softer trance bass like the one you have going through the melody.

The structure was good, no repetitiveness so that was a bigger plus.
Crowd was good in the background, I remember when I used to use crowds to make my music sound good, but then I gave up using crowds because they usually wrecked the moods I was aiming for. However, you used them right and it worked out heavily in your favor. Good work, keep it up!

And you might want to know this is the type of material that really should get into the top 5. Good work. There's always a few adjustments in songs, even in mine :S but yeah.

Keep it up!

-Cheers Brando

Meonly70 responds:

Thanks man, good to see your opinion is full of less things to change, especially the mello, means I am making an improvement. But none the less your help always makes my songs the best, thanks. I will see what I can try to do :D

But the real material that needs to make the top 5 is your work, mine isn't near anywhere as good :)

[(DJ-T) Flying Into Reality]

Very good!

The intro was great, the club kick and bass also sounded good. The awesome pad break and piano solo was very nice. I need to work on getting those into my songs to minimize repetitive-ness.

But yes, very nice. True trance.

And the guitar plucks you used through the middle to end were freaking perfect!

Keep up the good work mate!

5'd

Would you please return the favor and check out my latest piece, Road 2 Dance?
Thanks.

-Cheers Brando

zenodio responds:

Thanks a lot =D

And yeah, i'll check it out and review it as soon as i got the time for it.

Again, thanks for showing interrest in my music.

[Dark Voices]

Nice.

This isn't too bad, actually it's pretty good! It has structure and some nice aspects.
It has the traditional trance feel to it. Can imagine a dj working his ass off on a dj set getting this up.

I mainly liked the section from 1:57 - 2:23 the rest before was different.. It was probably the kick sequence that did it for me, and the acid samples.

But yeah still good work for some first songs.

5'd

Would you mind returning the favor and checking out my latest piece, Road 2 Dance? thanks

-Cheers Brando

Firefreezer responds:

Thanks for this review, all my friends say, it´s a little bit boring^^ Yes I will check out your songs =)

[Busy Tornado]

Nice!

This sounds pretty good! The guitar and the heavy kick is great. Then the piano comes in and it's all O_o Great work.

Keep up the good work!

5'd

Would you mind returning the favor and checking out my latest piece, Road 2 Dance? Thanks.

-Cheers Brando

Firefreezer responds:

I´ve searched a long time for the piano file^^
I like your song, I´ve written a review =)

[-={DJ-PHX}=- Beach Dreams]

Wow!

This is damn good! I love the whole mood to this song, the beach ofcourse. I don't quite like seagulls because they're freaking annoying but in terms of your song they're great.

The piano sounds really nice and the introduction to the main melody is great.

I really can't think of anything to criticize here so you're all good :D

5'd

-Cheers Brando

unrealdark responds:

I actually wanted to create this mood because I miss the beach. It's been 3 years since I've actually seen, or heared the shore and the wind. It's so relaxing, I wanted to put that into this song. I am glad it worked out, but I get your oppinion on hating seagulls lol. You live near the beach, and must see them everyday. xD
Thanks BIG time for reviewing, I always love to read them and response.
So thanks again, it's apreciated. ;)