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[[AMP] Ragha]

Almost made me dance

Composition: The vocoded voice at the beginning is pretty cool I gotta say, really added to the buildup you made. The buildup may have been short but it was really good. At the end of that buildup the pause left me disapointed until the actual song came in (then I was going "there we go"). You got a great beat going on after, something I would actually consider dancing to (I absolutely don't dance unless absolutely needed) The pause after took away from the whole dance concept though, bringing it back similar to the buildup wouldn't really bring people dancing. The part after that though is absolutely great, the melodies and progressions and even the percussions just leave a really strong (sad-type) emotion in the wake of it. The ending seemed kind of abrupt, but many songs do that so I'll let it slide.

Instrumentation/Mastering: I really can't complain about either the instrumentation nor the mastering because it all goes so well together. If it didn't, I wouldn't have felt like dancing.

Great work!

[When the Time Comes {Dj-Abbic}]

Well put together!

Starting with composition: The buildup was great, after reading the commentary I was listening in anticipation for that transition. The buildup kept me hanging in there as any buildup should. The backround percussions during the buildup were greatly effective. Once it got to the transition, I really enjoyed the melodies. The progression was simple, but it worked for the melodies at hand. The part that made me really go "meh" was the percussions. While I was listening I could hear many different drumbeats that could have gone into this and put a great effect on the song. The end of the song was fairly well done, slowly taking parts away to bring it to a nice close, well done!

Instrumentation: The sounds that you used in this went really well into it, especially for the progressions. While the sound used for the melody is good, there may be a better contender for that melody that could have made it better. Other than that, it's good!

Mastering: The only issue I hear in the mastering is the drums. While they're not so underpowered you can't hear them, they just seem a bit quiet for my liking. Perhaps you could bring them out a bit and there you go.

Hope this helps!

DjAbbic responds:

Thanks :). First of, I know percussion work is lacking. Most of my songs lack it, and I've heard many people say so before :P. I read everything else and listened again and I see what you mean by the melody maybe needing a new sound, it IS a bit empty now that I heard it again. Thanks for all the criticism, very appreciated :)

[{dj-N} Electrodynamix]

E for Excellence.

I gotta say, this is an amazingly arranged song! It has it's groove and the trancy parts (I don't know too much about trance) is great!
Yeah I can't say too much, this is just awesome for what it is.
Excellent work!

[.:The Awakening:.]

Good for an intro, The drums to stick out.

SeeD makes a good point here when he says that the drums stick out really bad. I can tell that you try to make it flow with the song, but something about it just throws the entire song off. I would really like to hear this without the drums and see what kind of difference it can make. Aside from the drums, the entire thing sound really epic, it blends nicely, and would make for a great intro.

But seriously, those drums cause an issue, I would look into that. Other than that it's great. Good work!

[==(Let's Get Meditational]

Your imagry is astounding

Yet another song, by you, that massively creates imagry in a song. Although the funky parts of it don't seem meditational, I personally felt that it could show the feeling someone gets when their in full meditation, so it works.

The instruments work with what you're doing in the song as well, although the bass in general doesn't give my headphones a punch (it's probably my headphones) It's noticable that it could if I had the right headphones. Nothing's underpowered, the bass is more noticable than some aspects of the song, but you can still hear the other aspects, which is certainly a good thing.

I might meditate to this later, thanks for a good song.

[Muss: Dalliance]

It's good, but needs more.

Alright I'm going to start with the instrumentation. It's alright, by that it's good, but something seems to be missing from it, but I can't pinpoint what. The flute-sounding synth seemed to be lacking some juice to it, give it more oomph!

Composition: It's very good, and extremely catchy, but due to the instrumentation missing something, the progression of the song has the illusion of going nowhere, when it's obvious that it's certainly going somewhere (if that makes any sense).

For the mastering and EQ, it's alright, the melodies are brought out quite nicely, but that damned flute (or organ) synth seems just to be lurking in the back. bring it out a bit more!

All in all, that flute/organ synth is what gets it for me, put more oomph to it and bring it out more and that might fix the entire song.
Good work!

FairSquare responds:

Thank you :)

[Muss: Memories]

Hooray for imagry!

As soon as the song started playing, I felt a very strongly sad atmosphere in the song. The imagry that pops into my mind is that of a little ophan child being outside in the winter with nowhere to go, just being left to succumb to the cold.
I really enjoy pieces that create imagry in the song, though the imagry that came to mind didn't have much to do with memories, it still created some imagry.
I can't say anything about the levels, everything's hearable and nothing's overpowered.
Great work!

FairSquare responds:

Well, everyone has different memories, if you know what i mean.
But i'm really glad that this song created an image in your head and that you felt the sad atmosphere. I felt really sad when i made this song and i felt lonely too, so i guess that's what you're hearing. I felt better after this song was finished though :)
Thanks for the review, i appreciate it!

[NGDM #1]

Extremely repetitive, but catchy!

One thing I look for in a song that has a lot of repetitiveness in it is that the artist adds a little bit onto the main idea every little bit to keep the listener interested. When I listened to this song, I noticed that you were starting to add onto it, but then you just left it. It was good that you made a transition in the song before the repetitiveness got excessive, but the transition didn't last long, and you went back to the first part, and didn't change much to it or add anything to it.
The only parts that didn't seem to repeat were the drums, which in a DnB song is vital, and the drums were really good for the song.
That being said, the song is still catchy and I still found myself bobbing my head to the beat of the song.

As for the levels, they were good! Nothing was overpowered and everything could be heard.

Good work!

[[dj-Jo] Amatsumi]

Can't complain about anything

Holy crap storyline!
First off, I have to give you props on how well mastered this is. So I can't complain about levels.
For instrumentation, you took what you needed and added more to give the song the desired effect, the song certainly wouldn't be the same without the shamisen, which is very distinct throughout the song.
And for the song itself, well it's about a clan of bloodthirsty warriors, and you can definately hear that in this song.
Great work!