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[For the last time]

DAMN impressive!

Hello madboss.

how can this song not be reviewed!? HOW CAN IT NOT BE USED!?

It started off by giving me crazy chills, the imagery to this was so grand. I would like to share the image I got for this song.

An old seasoned veteran, bloody and wounded from the fight stumbles to the front lines, looking into the young eyes of his fellow warriors. Their eyes were choked with fear, for never in the stories of glory that they heard fully entailed what they would be experiencing.

From the distance a large black carpet of shadows rises from the horizon.

They were here.

The commander raises his blade high into the air and screams for honour. The young ones scream with him until at last their throats are parched, and their spirits flaring.

They begin to run towards their enemy, and potentially their graves.

*Music slows down*

The old warrior laughs into the sky. There was something about today he didn't like, and he was sure that it was his day to leave this life. He places his hand gingerly on the hilt of his sword. For 30 years that blade served him faithfully, and 30 years it claimed the lives of many many people.

He pulls out the sword and gazes into the shimmering desert sands. He watches the backs of the rippling young, including his three sons, blood lust fresh and naive.

He runs after them. He will fight for them, and them for him.

I have yet to decide how the old warrior will die, but trust me, i'm not going to let him die without slaying several dozens.

This I think is your best song yet madboss. It gave me the most vivid of image, and it was incrediblly powerful.

You've put in everything I could think for this song, great work.

easily another 5/5.

madboss responds:

Thanks, really! I had the melodyes in my mind since ages and at last I could put them together.
And the story I imagined is quite the same - altough I did't imagined so detailed, just concentrated on the feelings.
So thanks for your review and the points!

[Beyond the deepest wrath]

Sweet

You have an amazing ability to create tense music. I've decided I want to start trying to make stuff like this, and you are now my ideal artist to try and learn how.

You must tell me what sounds you are using, and where you found these great soundeffects which just sends shivers down my spine.

The random string sounds, actually work very very good, but there were some parts, where it became a tad too random, and lost it's power momentarily.

That whooshing sound with those strings were actually damn scary. Very fine... very fine indeed. And it just built up and up and up, and near the end, when the strings were done building up and you brought in that hard thumping, that really really got to me. Thank GOD it's open daylight, with my window open and a nice wind coming through, or i'd be in some serious sweat like crazy position.

I would say that 70 percent of the fear qualities in this song are derived from it's sound effects.

I liked the way you layered on top of that melody line again and again as it proceeded, but that melody sounds familiar, like from this classical song I hear, not sure what it's called, when I first heard it, it kind of removed the fear quality, because I started comparing that song with this, and seeing as they are both completely different songs, it was strange.

Still, unfriggen believable, 5/5 from me madboss, this is pretty talented stuff. Keep them coming.

madboss responds:

Thanks for the comments! About the samples: I use Reason 3.0 for making these music. The sound samples, effects and everything - is the default Reason samples and effects. I havent use anything else. (Only in "For the Last time" I used some other hits and drums)
About the familiar melody: well I know it sounds familiar, but It's intentional. I've created it when I was experimenting with my synthetiser - but it came out this way.

[Crunk Orchestra]

Neat

Hello Dark-DJ

I've been dwelling into hip hop lately, starting from Cajete (I still don't like the fact he wants to quit, I hope he changes his mind).

I like the sounds you have in here, the reverbed claps were a good idea, added a neat effect, the sound effects however, maybe you might want to reconsider them. Any preset used in FL Studio will generally leave a bad impression in people's minds, especially in those that have used the program themselves, it makes the piece look less effort was put into it, which is of course, never the case.

THe song flows pretty smoothly, did you use any Syntrus in this? I think that melody lead is a Syntrus but I could be wrong.

Loops pretty damn well too.

Good stuff Dark-Dj, keep them coming.

MattBlade responds:

well i cant take the credit ivebeen taking example from 187 he let me and me bro have alot of sounds and i saw he was reverbing his snare so i thought it was a good idea, but i very much appreciate the review.

[r.e.c.k. - ross]

Damn fine

awesome, vocals very crisp, meaningful lyrics, great tonal control. In my opinion a full fledged commercial song.

Anything I say will classify as ranting, so I will stop here, I really liked this song, because it related a fair deal with myself.

Good stuff, keep them coming!

5/5 from me.

royalelevator responds:

Thanks a bunch, I finally feel as though I'm putting out a near-finished-product quality of what I envision my songs to be.

[Something on Guitar]

Neat

awesome guitar skills. There were some brief seconds of hesitation, so I think you still have a ways to go, but i'm not saying nothing, I can't even play the piano, all my music is done through the glorious mouse. Long may she click.

Anyways, nice melody, I enjoyed it a good deal.

Pissomatik responds:

Thanx for the good vibe. Most of my music is done via mouse also.

[Sleep On The Clouds]

Neat

hey Aeterminus (definately not Solus... really)

My first thought concerned that sound effect at the beginning, I remember that sound effect, and it's quite overused i'm afraid. I would advise removing it.

Other then that, this is actually a very dark ambiant track. Those pads are just so damn evil, and the laid back and chilled melody makes it pretty damn scary, like the mind of an insane psychotic murder being the pads, and the smile they give you being the melody.

Damn fine...

Keep them coming Aeterminus.

Aeterminus responds:

Alrighty then, if I make a V.2 of this song, say goodbye to that sound. Next, wasn't really meant to be evil. I see it now though, and that makes me happy.

And thank you for the review! Makes my day.

Regards,
Certainly Not
-Solus

[GreenSkiesForTuesday]

Awesome first try!

Hmm, I hear some good potential in you Exuropennae. The whole percussional aspect was rather mediocore (if you try using Reverb preset 4 (cathedral), I promise that it would give you a pretty damn neat effect)

Also, before the choirs come in, I would think a buildup would be in order.

Try to keep the sounds of synths down, the part where the choir and that synth is going off at the same time, the synth is FAR too loud.

Use the compresser effect in the master mixer, it will keep distortion and volume levels down a good deal.

You have good melodic work, but the song itself is repetitive.

However this sounds like my first song, so i'm not paying attention to the sounds persay, but the melody behind them.

Keep them coming Exuropennae, I see you hitting big, should you take your time and expand.

Exuropennae responds:

Thanks for the review, and the amazing tips. Yeah, i just got this program a few days ago. I was toying around with it and then started writing stuff. I'm a guitarist at heart, so a lot of this stuff may sound like crazy guitar solos and stuff. But as for these technical aspects, I'm just getting started. I have barely even messed with any settings or anything like that. This is just basic stuff right now. Me trying to learn it. But the positive feedback is amazing. Thanks.

[05 - City life]

Neat

Really kicking! I was bobbing my head for most of the time.

Good kick work, and the synths are fast, but still they leave a good effect. My only thought about this piece is, why there was no pad in use. I think a pad would have provided a good foundation for the rest of the song, it feels a tad empty like this.

Thats all I really have to say about this piece, it was pretty neat. Keep them coming!

C3NTAURI0N responds:

pads eh, ye i could do another version of this sometime soon and maybe use a pad. thanks for the tip and revu

05

[{dj-N} Trance-Tastic 2]

Impressive

I really liked it, it was full of energy, and was that a cheering crowd sfx I heard in the background.

I think you also did something a vocal? It sounds like robotised, chopped up voice, and that was amazing. You'll have to pm me and tell me how you did that.

Overall I don't think you're a beginniner at this in any aspect, It was pretty damn fine.

dj-Nate responds:

Just PMed you :). Hope it helped. And yeah, It was a cheering background. I made it a little quieter than normal so it doesn't overpower anything. So thanks for the review man.

[G0RtH - Calm Depths]

Impressive

Hey G0RtH

Thoght i'd drop a visit at your page at 4:30 in the morning... yes, caffeine keeps the body alive so that it can self destruct slowly yes?

Anyways. I really liked this piece, truly it was ambiance. You've improved a LOT in such a short time. I would just say be careful with your sounds, remember to use the compresser effect in your master mixer, i'm hearing a great deal of distortion in the song, on the edges, not huge distortion that overpowers instruments, but distortion that says unmastered.

Other then that, at so late, this song really relaxed me. Take a visit to my new page sometime, and check out my new song, I think you'll like it.

G0RtH responds:

I actually DID use the compressor... I had just forgotten to listen To the mp3 before I submitted it or I would have noticed tha t it was not EQd at all