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[7 and a Half of ROCK]

Great Stuff!

Thought it'd say thanks and give you a review. Good song, especailly considering it's the first time you made a song with that program.

I would recommend letting in the loops for guitar by doing creshendos, i've done that for a while and it makes it seem like it was prepared more.
I'd have said 9/10 but it's the first time you used that program, and anything less than 10 doesn't fit for this song. Great stuff. + (Yeah, the crybaby seems better)
5/5

thecoreman responds:

Thanks mate! I'll try to take the tip into consideration, I'm trying different things with different programs to see what will fit me more, but that's certainly a good way to go about it.

Thanks for the review, hope you enjoyed my song!

[Cracked]

Synth away

The beginning like 5 seconds is good, if you could up the volume on the melody there and take out the synth I think it would sound better.

electroskunk responds:

well see, i synthed nearly everything in this song. could you be more specific? is it the fading ambient noise, or the...semi orchestral organ....or the drum beat that is the problem?

[Fugue of the Apocalypse]

Close to the real guys

This is really close to stuff i've listened to, skill and enjoyability wise. Jethro tull is the band that comes to mind from this song, because it's backing is based on unusual scales and rare chord progressions and cut into sections, 4 to say, (and Thick as a birck part 1 for example which was around 10 songs put into a straight 20 minute track).

Things to work on. The drums are very basic. I understand you arn't a drummer, but it would be good to have some more complex rythyms though. You don't have to do too much more though. For example, you have guys like the drummer from queen whos most challenging thing in his entire career was playing a song in 5/4. Just try to get a little more drumming. I'm not saying it has to sound like "The happiest days of our lives" from Pink Floyd's the wall, but it does need some more.

adompeace responds:

Hey! Haven't seen you in a while.

Anyway, I really don't want to go all out with the drums here because my intention for this piece was to put the focus on the melodies, since this is a fugue. If I started adding complex drum rhythms to this song, that would kill it. The drum beat is kinda catchy here so that's good enough.

[Beat On Classic]

Lots of loops, too many

I think over time, people's music is able to go into a vast assortmant of ways. With synthesizers and recording programs, there are an infimous array of sounds to chose from. So picking only a few and making repeated loops of them isn't taking control of it. Try taking time on your music, that's what I learned, I submitted my first piece and it got owned by voters, simply because it was not well done.

I didn't vote on your submission because I would be making my submissions in this area seem better. Just try, I am not trying to be mean, just trying to give some criticizm.

Drawoh responds:

Its good that at least u did a good criticizm before giving a low score. x3

Well, here is my answer to ur opinion :P
I didnt took my time with this song cuz it was intented to be made by improvising...
u may hear repeated loops cuz it was just improvised and I wanted one melody to be the main on the song [u may hear the melody like 3 times]. [Btw the loops were intented to mix with the main, and give more spice :P].
well, what I did exactly was improvise the whole song on piano and then select some other sounds and give them a melody so they can go on with the song...
The reason why I used just a few sounds its because with more sounds on, it would ruin the way I wanted the song to be.

well, all that said, I'm glad u gave ur opinion :]

[{-^MP^-} To The Future!]

Sounds like santana

Just the style and sound of the guitar, very good work, it's hard to keep up with someone playing like that on guitar with drums. Honestly, I wish my audio submissions to this site could have that much feeling, and that good of tone. For my actual critisizm, tell frank to try keeping with tempo a little better, it seems like he is just playing randomly in some places, not talking about the shredding, because that really doesn't rely on tempo.

Very good song, good job to you and same to frank.

Musical-Pants responds:

Hey, thanks.
Yeah, it was pretty hard synching everything up. In a song that runs over four minutes, a few mishaps are to be expected.
Appreciate your thoughts.

-Pants

[90 funk]

I've heard funk

I don't know why your funk music is like this, or the other funk music on this site, but personally, loops don't sound good to me. I mean, it's not like the end of "Hey Jude", where it keeps being added too and it sounds better, this is just repeated things, and they are so basic. Guitar on plays 2 notes, and the same way the entire time, yes, guitar is a part of funk music. The bassline is also repetative, which is basically the center of funk music. I may seem harsh, but it takes time to create good music, not just half an hour on a computer program.

PS. For those who stroll around and whine about people giving actual critisizm instead of posting "awesome", and "best ever!!!", if you find my review offensive, put an abuse sign on it. If you find my review actually vives critisizm, and you want it to go away, why not making longer reviews yourself.

sorohanro responds:

i hate loop based music too, we might fight on the same side
well, is better before criticize to take a deeper look, that way you could find that my music is not loop based, actually i'm a classical trained musician, working in a Philarmony Orchestra, playing trumpet, guitar and piano, writting music for movies and theatre plays and playing in several bands-from funk to jazz and blues to rock ...
guitar plays a 5 notes groove to:
1-build up tension
2-not to steal attention from the main line
3-keep steady while harmony changes
i like to have same line while harmony changes, give new points of view on same melody...
as for bass, is not repetitive at all, on "chorus" repeats you can hear different tricks, from the funk line, bass is changing to a swing/walking bass line.
also every phrase ending, bass is making different fills...
so, here, listen again and check more before you accuse