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[~EnV~Believe (Mac 08)]

Hehe, you're not escaping a thorough review!!!

The intro was perfect, but I feel it should have completely kicked off after 8 bars instead of the 12.
The synths are really good, and the filter effects are good too.
From :42 to :52, it feels a little empty with one instrument controlling all of the melody. The addition of high hats alleviates that feeling a little bit after :52, but it still feels a little empty.
That sliding synth that comes in at 1:05 is sick. The melody and it's sound, everything about that synth is nice.
That rapid-hit synth that starts fading in at 1:18 just doesn't feel like it belongs.
At 1:44 when it hits that lull, I like that section alot. Piano sounds good.
Immediately after that section: great choice of synth and melody.
That sonic-sounding section and the high-pass fade in: Great.
The highpass fade out: bad choice. Makes it an abrupt ending in my opinion.
Overall, 9/10. Good work and keep it up kid.

And to solve your synth problem, I would have just replaced it with a synth similar to it, or just remembered the knobs and completely started the synth over. You lost so much of your song just because of that damn synth, that's not good.

Envy responds:

Everything except the low pass the synth has on it for some reason. >8(. The only reason I didn't add a new synth instead was because I'm lazy and unorganized. It was linked to a bunch of automation clips and stuff and I'd have to look through and see which ones it was.

Anyways, thanks for the thorough review!

P.S. The ending i JUST added before uploading because I was like "I just want to upload for the MAC, I don't know what else to do"

XD, lazy, like I said ^^

[[\Never Forgotten - Mac8 Dec/]]

NICE! You did enter!

That pretty much synches it: I lost this constest lol. And just because you're one of my favorite artists doesn't mean you're escaping a thorough critique.

1) I would classify this as rock, sounds pretty rock-ish to me.
2) The sad ambience of the piano is amazing.
3) The jump-in of the guitar was sickening, but the guitar doesn't match the chords of the piano initially.
4) Drumbeat is sick as always.
5) Just a little repetitive, not too much, but just a little bit.
6) From 2:15 to 2:52, you should have added just a little more variety.
7) The finish is nice, but you could have turned the guitar solo up just a tad bit.

All that, and you still get a ten though cuz this song is still amazingly good.

And it looks like the zerobombers got at you too. Been happening to me all week.

paradoxphenomena responds:

Thanks for the review and support. If only I had found out a bit sooner about it and had some more free time I could have attempted at something more 'dynamic'. I appreciate you taking the time to review my submission and I apologize for not extending others the same courtesy. Not that I don't enjoy listening to your tasteful submissions but I find myself severely lacking at critiquing the works of other artists hence I only do it over PM and if only asked lol. I wish you good luck with your entry Unfettered Heroism

As for zerobombers, they will always be around. All we can hope is that those that like it get a chance to hear our respective pieces.

[>-Frozen Marsh-< (WIP)]

First of all:

1) Raise the attack on the synth strings and lower the amount on the release. What you have here is a bunch of blended undiscernable notes. I can't tell anything from anything except the drums which sound crystal clear.
2) You really made a bad choice with the chord sequences.
3) There's practically no bassline.
4) It sounds wayyyyy too muddled.

The drums, honestly, are the only thing in this song that isn't botched. I can't think of what to tell you, honestly. There's a lot I can't even get a sense of because of those strings. I can't pick up the melody so I can't tell you what exactly is wrong with it. I can barely pick out the chords.

Eywind responds:

Until you told me, i didnt realize how much much i had to do with it, so i think i have to start from scratch again.

[I Missed Prom Night]

You show your mastery of chords with this song.

This song is immensly entertaining in my opinion.
Variety=10/10. Not many songs, especially rap and rock, have much variety. I love the fact that you took the time to add so much variety.
Melody=10/10. There's nothing I can say about the melody. It's simply great.
Theme=10/10. It's sad, but hopeful too. It's a beautiful song.
Chords=10/10. Already said that the chord choice was amazing.
Drumbeat=9/10. Just the half hi-hats. I said before, I usually end up with the same problem though, so I'm not worried about that too much.
Bassline=10/10. The piano adds greatly to the bassline.

Overall, this song is sick. Thanks for sharing this song!

[Uncontrollable]

Song is good man

Song is nice. I don't like some of the hats, maybe some of them should have been turned down. The beginning is kinda boring but the end was hot (pretty much the opposite of most of my songs). Definitely sounds completely different though than what you normally make.

Drumbeat was insanely good though except for those hihats as I said.

masterjiji responds:

thankies for the review. this was my first crack at funk, so some stupidity is to be expected.

[It's So Simple]

Nice sounding.

I just don't like that beginning. Chord progression, though simple, was still nice. Drumbeat was very mediocre, but the melody put this song over the top. Samples were good too. Overall, a very good song. You downplay this song so much, when one plays the song, they're surprised to hear such a good song.

Viperodriguez responds:

There are no samples. I wrote every thing in the track. I agree with you on the intro. I intend to revise it in the future. The drum track was inspired by the opening credit sequence to the movie "Born in East L.A." The part where people are ogling this woman in a green dress and the backing music drops out and it's just this "Boom Ba-ba Boom" drum beat. It's very much me fallowing the rules of basic song structure. Thank you very much for your comments-they are appreciated.

[Creative Differences]

muy bien, muy bien

The only thing I don't like is that it doesn't have enough energy. But maybe it was intended to be that way, so I won't factor that into my rating.
Drumbeat was surprising, I was expecting the regular trance drumbeat when I saw the genre, but you whipped out a more hiphop beat. All in all, I don't know whether this constitutes trance, but I know this song is good.
Keychange at 3:40 was unexpected. Nice addition.
Furthermore, I like how you blended the dark theme with the generally more upbeat theme that took over during the rises. Apparently, even you didn't catch that. Good shit though. Keep it up. Good use of unusual synths.

[[\Trials & Tribulations Loop/]]

At first I thought it was a rock song,

But then the ending hit and surprised me. I like how you built up to that staccato finish.
The E guitar makes the beginning real nice. The violin staccatos added to the overall feeling of the song and made it sound legendary. The samples are great. Furthermore, your use of them are amazing.
The drumbeat, what can I say about the drumbeat? It's better than many of mine, and you just made it fit perfectly.
The chord progression is another thing about this song that was great.
I could go on and on, but this loop is perfect. I wish it were a full song, but unfortunately it's not.

paradoxphenomena responds:

Thanks for being not only the first to review but also having done so after listening to the whole thing. I really want to make this into something bigger however as I mentioned above school is sucking up all my free time. On the other hand if you have time listen to my other pieces and let me know what you think of them.

[sf violin dnb loop]

Sickening!

But I think you could have improved that bassline synth. But that begining instrument was nice. whatever instrument that is. I think you should make this a whole song. Also, improve the quality. It sounds like it was recorded at the lowest bitrate possible, sounds like an old recording at the beginning. overall, good song and I look forward to the finished thing.

stevenfostermusic responds:

thank you for review! yeah i agree with the quality and stuff even thouse the bitrate was pretty high, i think i just compressed it to much or something i dont know

[We Believe Ep.4 - F-777]

Well, I may have just lost the Mac8.

This song is hot. A little too hot...

I like the effect you achieved with the synth instruments on the breaks between the drum beat. Sounded almost orchestral. In addition, that background synth is real nice. I don't know what to call it, like a electric guitar sound or something.

I like the chord progression too, and the fact that you varied the song greatly. Most people keep the same chord progression thoughout a whole song without any change (including yours truly when I do a rap beat).

Furthermore, this song effectively captures the theme of the mac8-december. I can imagine myself making vast changes with song playing in the background. I'm seriously gonna need to step up my craft in order to beat this song.

Lastly, if you wouldn't mind, could you review my three newest songs, No Puedes Ganar, Satan's Visage, and Talk some sweet Talk? I would really appreciate it.

Seriously though, this song isn't even in one of my preferred genres and I think this song is sick!

F-777 responds:

Woah...thanks =O...
Im really glad you liked the variety in this =).

I will check out your songs as soon as i can!

Thanks again!