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[In a New Dream]

Cool piano tune

TRACK LISTEN REVIEW:
0:00 Sounds like a regular DnB track, which is nice.
0:20 Interesting orchestral hit sounds... add to the epicness of tone.
0:30 This violin part is extremely well produced, and the snare is poppin'!
0:45 Snap! Things changed in an instant, to a grungy-type police-chase music. Exciting!
1:15 Back to the main theme again. That piano is very nice and dainty.
1:30 There's the orchestral hit sounds. Sounds very retro-80's tv show.
1:45 I just LOVE those violins. They're crisp and beautiful and sweet.
2:00 This transition is very abrupt and doesn't really fit in with the mood. But it is still nicely produced.
2:25 Back to the main theme. This doesn't get old.
2:40 OK, now it's getting kinda old. But it doesn't get repetitive for some reason.
2:55 I'm guessing you're just gonna loop this song three times. Very good economic use of your music material. I usually switch things up everytime it comes around, but this is still good.
3:35 Oh, nice ending. Sounds like "A Thousand Miles" by Vanessa Carlton.

Overall, a very enjoyable listen of a crisply produced track with contrasting themes. It's very retro-80's grunge material, such as some cheesy track played for the TV sitcoms, with punchy drums. Good job!

Production: 8.5/10
Listenability: 8/10
Creativity: 8.5/10
Style: 7/10
Reviewer's Tilt: 7/10

OVERALL: 39/50
GRADE: 78%
VOTE: 4/5

xxxZigZagxxx

JinNJuice responds:

Oh my. I haven't been given an in depth review in a long time. I'll be honest. I was a little frustrated in making this right. Many ideas that I put into this turned out badly. I kept the ones that I liked, which obviously wasn't that much, really.
Anyways, thanks for taking the time to listen AND review! -KN

[Better than I said]

Smooth, relaxing, ultimately chillax material

A moody piece, with great swinging guitars and a light beat that turns dextrous later on in the song. Your lyrics are very professional, reminding me of Tom Waits on Rain Dogs, or something from Oasis, or Pearl Jam. The snare is very "poppy" and nice to listen to, and everything has kind of a lo-fi feel.

The hi-hat is a little loud on the hi-frequencies, you could benefit from turning it down slightly. You could make the lyrics come out a bit more from the mix, somehow, up to 0:30. But from then on, it's good that it remains in the vast plethora of noises.

You remind me of the great alt rock bands. Good job, guys.

ZigZag

Jayson420 responds:

Thank you very much man! Sorry I didn't get around the responding I don't normally expect people too say anything. But I appreciate it man. I've only recently got this drum kit and didn't know how too individually turn down each part until a couple days ago. But the sound i get out of my ghetto setup it pretty much all i'm looking for haha, thanks again man take er easy!

[[TFC] - Mystline]

That's beautiful

Fantastic to lsiten to at 4:30 in the morning. I'm so tired I feel like I'm on drugs gnigh.t

TheFantasyClub responds:

Oh, thanks!

[Evak/gabber!(wip)]

Haardcore as a BAMF.

I like the fact that you're trying new arenas/genres of music. It's a very interesting, almost happy-hardcore mix. There's a lot of noise going on. It's almost industrial.

The glitches at 1:35 are AWESOME. I love how the kicks are just spazzing out. And then the rhythm from 1:45 onwards is very catchy, and the sample is manipulated very nicely and interestingly. At 2:30, the electric-guitar-type-synth comes in, and it starts to sound like a heavy-metal song. Again, the mashing together of song genres proves mind-bending.

It's very dissonant though. There's a lot of noise and randomness, which might be a staple of this genre, but it gets a bit out of hand at about the 3:15 mark. It doesn't really have much of a "groove" from that point on, if that's the word. I like the point from 3:50 on, but there's still too much intensity going on. There needs to be a quiet "epic strings" part, or something. That's what I feel it needs, at about the 3:15 mark.

Anyway, great production. Thanks for sharing!
ZigZag

RandomDanceOfHappy responds:

ahh 3 15 its a break down the grove from the parts before are like 1.2.3.4 thin when you get to it its more like 1...2...3....4....1....2....3...4.12.
.3.4.
as for genres
on a hard kinda scale first you have hard style thin when you want it a bit harder you have hardcore. thin finely you get to a point to where its just hard and heavy distorted thats called gabber
gabber has more distorted kicks and more nasty samples

and what not so this is like a hardcore gabber song
i took alot of infulince from my band that i use to play in (china) guitar (i planed on doing that in person but there was to much feed back on the recording thing)
witch brings me back to the breakdown in my in a generic scremo song theres breakdown like such that have little to no grove but they work and everything as long as you have lots of bass :D
this is a hellstorm of generes being mixed
witch i love cos well lets face it this song stands out a bit more thin normal songs

[(Day1) Evolution]

Almost apocalyptic sounding

I like the jilted feeling of this song. It has an irregular rhythm, that creates some space in between beats. This is good "breather" space for the song.

And the bass is happily humming along there. I like the general feel of this piece. Also, at 1:30 when it changes the beat. That's pretty awesomely fantastic :) I like the growling noise that it makes. It's very scary.

Then, at 2:30, it goes to more hardcore stuff. And then it escalates from there. I like the rhythm change at 3:30. It brings it down a notch. The kicks are pretty booming, and it's awesome. I can see why this is one of your highest rated songs, because it's so balanced and easy to listen to. It rocks hard, too! :D Well done!

Good job
zigZag

RandomDanceOfHappy responds:

im thinking bout redoing the mastering and drums and go sample crazy more thin it already is

this was my atempt to mix hard core and dubstep do to the fact i started hardstyle hardcore thin started lerning dub step well nasty dub step XD
haha im glad you liked ^^

[xKore - Need you day 1 Re]

I can see what the guy below me means.

There's bass there, but it doesn't really hit. It just seems like you're not IN the sound, but you're just watching it from afar. Until about 0:40, and then you're into it. But the drums seem a bit weak and far away. Maybe it's just the way you've EQ'd the sample.

But yeah, I think what Antiskill means is that there's no stereotypical dubstepp-y bass going on there, like the WUBWUBWUB kind. But that doesn't make it good. Your song is good, but it just needs a bit of mastering, because it's not very... engaging at the moment.

I like the moment at 2:00 when you re-EQ the sample. Then at 2:10 you feel right at home again. It just feels like everything is less... present. Lacks presence a bit. But it's very good.

Thanks
ZigZag(Benny)

RandomDanceOfHappy responds:

yeaa i dident know where to put this in genres
the prob with this is i masterd it toooo much
drums yeaaa
bass is so strong that in order to keep the highs i had to drop mid and low bass
witch is where most the drums sat
i have ulternet renderings (less bass) and more drums
if you want a better masterd one that has less bass i can upload it!

[(Day1) all the way down!]

I like the sample very much.

It interests me, and it is done very well. And then at 0:33 that synth comes. It just ROCKS MY SOCKS OFF. There's no way that that bass is from earth. And then MOAR BASS at 0:45. But it doesn't rock my socks off as much. But it's not the total. Then 1:10 comes. And it's FANTASTIC.

MOAR BASS.

Ok, just a pinch of bass.

We would like some more bass.

Just a little shake of bass.

Yep.

Benny(ZigZag)

RandomDanceOfHappy responds:

no no no nooo morreee bass!

first drop is like this has like no bass o.o
second was inted to be a little anti climatic!
and its like oh wtf sad face thin bam :D bass! :3
bigist prob i had is where do i go after that D: cos that bit was maid from complet randomness

[(Day1) LavenderTown *ReMi]

Cool & nostalgic!

The main synth was really well done, and it came in quite nicely, and there were very cool glitches throughout. The hi-hat may be a bit too harsh on the ears, but the rest was fine.

You've remixed the song quite finely my friend, glitches and all. I notice there's some panning thing going on at about the 1:00 mark. I like the glitches that happen at 1:10, because they're quite mellow, but also very pronounced.

I would have liked a change of general melody somewhere, because it was getting quite grating on the ears after a while. I know that repetition is difficult to overcome, but it's worth it in the end.

Overall great glitchy song that may benefit from some mastering and variation. Good on ya!

Benny (ZigZag)

RandomDanceOfHappy responds:

yeaaa it is a a rather rapetative i dident wanna change from the origanal song to much :D
ive spent more time on the bass thin anything in this song . hi hats a little to strong ya XD i dident notice till now thanks :D

[S.U.I.A-The High Life]

Pumpin'.

Upon first impression, this is a very funky song, complete with syncopated guitars and rolling synths, and a pumpin' drum track. When the vocals come in, I am suddenly hit with how awesomely this track is produced. It has the feel of relaxing back on the sofa on a Saturday morning-afternoon, just chillin'.

The synth that rolls over the top is a very nice one, adding a nice touch. The point at 1:15 where it drops, and then comes back in, is executed quite well. I enjoy the overall feel of the song, it's very punchy and groovy at the same time.

The moment at about 2:15 when it switches to a different beat is well-transitioned, as if descending into the underground lab where the mutants are being bred in unsafe conditions. At 2:46 when everything fades out, and comes back in, is pretty sublime, in all truth.

This song encompasses the high life superbly, with soaring synth lines, etc., and funky voice tracks. Did you record that yourself? If so, you have got a good voice. But it's probably sampled, which is good too.

Keep it up!

Benjamin

superuberinsaneausm responds:

thanks for the review im glad you liked it!, i sampled a song for the most part, most of the vocals and guitars are samples.