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haha fuck yeah dude! I can definitely hear the SOAD with the quick riffin' and sudden clean sections. This is awesome nice work!

Hyenaedon responds:

Ayy thanks dude, glad you dig.

Wow this is fantastic! You NEED to adapt to this style more often, I'd love to see what else you can do with these techniques! Even for an experimental track, this sounds like it would be perfect for some dark castle boss fight. :D

My only issue would probably be repetition. It's like you've gone DeadMau5 style and used the same melodic elements throughout, but kept it alive with the shift in instruments and modulation. However, that's not really a bad thing, I like DeadMau5. I would like to see you try more stuff like this but with more melodic action :D. Maybe some violin fills here and there or perhaps a synth lead solo, anything!

Great work!

AeronMusic responds:

Thank you very much Dutton! It's quite hard for me to stay with one style. Every song I create is different.
Also, I know it's quite repetitive. As I mentioned below, I didn't want to change more.
I shall indeed try to make tracks like this with more melodic action! Hope I will have the time for it.

Thanks again for checking this out! :D

Maaaaaaan I envy that skill! I wish I could play like this. My guitar ability goes as far as 4/4 power chords. xD

The production quality is top notch as well, you really know what you're doing. Honestly, I'm a little intimidated :P. Well done!

JDawg00100 responds:

Haha thanks! I actually don't feel like I know what I'm doing half the time with my music. I don't know if that's a good or bad thing to be honest XD. Thanks for the listen and good luck in the NGADM :D

Hi! This is great! :D

I don't think I've seen anything inspired from my work, so it's really cool to hear this ^^.

I can totally see what you where going for with the whole theme of sky cities, flying high and such. It has a very uplifting feel to it which fits the theme perfectly.

It makes me think of that really chill music you'd hear in the main towns of some MMO's like maple story or ragnorok online. Which is something I've wanted to do recently and I might just down now thanks to this! So I guess your inspired song inspired me xD.

Well done man, keep it up!

Everratic responds:

Thankyou for the review! I'm glad you liked it :D

Dude this is really well done! Very interesting and bizarre in a sense! I really like how how you used the stereo splitting to your advantage to add a nice range of atmosphere. The whole song gives me a sense of 80's nostalgia even though I was born in the 90's xP.

I can't really give any constructive criticism on this since it's so spot on so I'm just gonna gush.

You have such a great range of different synths in this and they're all played out so nicely. Everything is so different yet complements each other making each little thing stand out on it's own.

I also love the percussion you used around 1:36. That whole section is real cool since it has such a unique beat/rythm to it.

Dat 2:12 holy crap that was cool, dat stereo split melody, dat break into the glitchy beat, dat everything.

Just well done man. This track is really well mastered and composed it shows how much control you have over everything. Something like this could easily come off messy but you hit the nail on the head with this one. Keep it up!

Wayv responds:

Thanks a bunch man for the positive feedback! It means a lot to me!

This is pretty cool!

I really like how the song variates from heavy bass segments to atmospheric pad sections. Those kind of changes really help keep the song alive and breathing throughout. I also like the use of sound effects you used with this especially at the slower eerie parts. Combined with the pads they really made for some nice atmosphere.

The mastering is done nicely as well. Everything is where it should be and there is very little clutter with nice clarity, so well done there.

My only issue is the strings man. They're too dry and weak and sound too.... MIDI which is the opposite of what you want for orchestral/classical instruments. That kind of thing would workfor a solo violin or cello maybe but not a string section. I would suggest layering them with more string sounds add a layer of double basses, cellos and violas to give them a little extra thickness. Also a little reverb wouldn't hurt, It would really widen and dampen the strings to help drown that whole MIDI sound out and giving it a much nicer flow.

Aside from that though, this is a solid nicely made dub step track. Nice work 4/5!

ksthultz15 responds:

Hmm...I thought I had more than one instrument on my string bass, but I guess did not. I updated the audio file. The new one features a more rich double bass layer (2 basses and 2 cellos) and also a more rich violin layer (viola ens, violin ens, cello ens, flute, and a trombone). Hope this clears some things up :D Thanks for your review!

Damn dude this is outstanding! I'm literally jealous. Melodies like this are super hard to pull off (for me anyway) and everything is strung together so perfectly and nothing feels disjointed. Well done!

steampianist responds:

hey thanks man

Hey this is pretty good! Especially for what I believe is your first song. You should be sure to set it as a loop because it loops quite nicely and makes for a pretty solid ambient track for some kind of horror game :). Well done!

TabbyLuigi responds:

Thanks for the kind words, man! I'll be sure to set it as a loop. The program I used to make the song doesn't cut well when it loops, but I will be sure to change that!

This is pretty cool! There's some nice composition in here as well as some great drum rolls. It does have that nostalgic boss fight essence that you would hear in a lot of older games (particularly the final fantasy series).

There are a few issues with this track that really hold its potential back.

My main gripe would be that the guitar is extremely underwhelming. It sounds as though you've used some kind of weak pre-set or sound font and left them with very little tweaking. They sound really clean and this makes the chords sounds really light, which is the opposite of what you want in a metal track. I'd suggest adding/using more distortion on the guitars to give them a more vibrant sound. I mean they are mixed correctly so no problems there, they just need a little improvement/replacement.

My next complaint would be the drums.. well only the kick and snare really (Personally I think the toms are kick ass and sound awesome when rolled together. I feel the kick and snare should have more punch and presence. Like the guitars they sound really underwhelming when they shouldn't in something that should sound powerful. Perhaps you could layer them with some other samples that could make them pop a little more.

I mean that's it really.. aside from that and maybe some awkward transitions this is a really cool track that could suit any boss fight :D nice work! keep it up!

LeoMDK responds:

Hey, thanks for the review. :) Always appreciated. Also, thanks for the details thoughts about the sound. Always nice when someone takes the time to give honest feedback. I think my mistake was in using the word "metal" to describe the music, when really what I should have said was more of a "Trans-Siberian Orchestra" or "SNES Castlevania" kind of sound, which isn't really metal, by most peoples' definition. "Metal" has, over the years, become a really vague term ("Born to Be Wild" was, once upon a time, described as "heavy metal", hard as that may be to imagine. In fact, the phrase "heavy metal thunder" is right in one of the verses to that song.) In the context of a true metal song by a modern standard, I would agree that the guitar isn't heavy/distorted enough and the kick/snare should be punchier and more aggressive -- so I think you would be right, looking at it from that POV. Thanks again for the detailed thoughts. :)

Now this is really epic! composition, production and mastering all flawless!

There's a really great sense of tension in this with the ever building progression and slow build up. I especially like the segment around the 1 minute mark with the guitar and horn having a slow moment before returning to the build up.

Though the build up is great, I feel it takes up too much of the song.It's like 75% of the song is and intro an it gets to a point where I'm thinking "where's the climax? the chorus?".

However that really pays off at the 4.16 mark! :D I really love percussive vocals like that! That whole part was definitely sweet spot of the song and really made it work the wait. Though I shouldn't really have to feel like I'm waiting when I'm listening to something as epic as this. If that segment had come in just a little earlier it would have been perfect! but that's my opinion.

I mean there's nothing wrong here It's just a small issue with structure really, just something to take in consideration for future purposes :).

Still amazing work!

Warhector responds:

Well, hello to you too Dutton :)
I totally agree with your critiques, I see most of the commentors do. Thanks for enjoying it! I will strongly consider the advices you give me. Not if I edit this one, I will defenetly use them in the next projects. No one keeps the epic in the corner! Thanks again, see ya later, Cheers!

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