6th 10 i've ever given!
yay! First to review!
It's finally here, and ready for the awesome debut!
This song is super catchy, super energetic, simple, yet very powerful.
They sound freakin sweet on these bass headphones as well.
I don't have any criticism for you David. But this is one of my favorite tunes ever from you, and having heard it, gives me the energy to give the last 9 days blistering hell! I'll see you on the battle field sir, keep up the good fight and the great work!
Always great to hear from you Maestro! I never tested the piece on headphones (wicked big mistake :X) so it's good to hear that it sounds good on the ol' 'phones.
I'll see you on the battle field as well, and (if I work quickly) may have another quick piece up my sleve >:)
Thanks for the review!
Inspiring!
I was quite pleased to hear that you were going to try your hand at orchestral and I ran on over in hopes i'd get to your one of those classical pieces!
I was NOT disappointed! I love the constant, stable string you have going on throughout the entire piece, those descending strings you have, compliments the constant strings wonderfully.
And roughtly past the minute mark you fill out the song a whole lot more with other instruments, successfully creating a full and intimidating atmosphere.
I can see somebody gazing down on a dry and barren desert from atop a cliff, the burning sands littered with long burnt and deceased bodies. There is sadness, there is anger, but the most dominant feeling in my opinion here is bitterness.
At 2:12, the song breaks out of the chain into another segment entirely, and here I was thinking "was that truly smart?", but as the song progressed I cared less and less.
That steady thumping timpani! I have ALWAYS loved the steady thumping of the timpani, it always gives the mood a driving push.
I would say this piece is actually like 2 songs, linked together. The break out into the second piece was too abrupt, but overall, the piece itself is intensely entertaining!
Keep up the good fight Dj-Rec0il and keep em coming!
Well im glad you enjoyd this oechestral piece of mine :) and yeha i can agree that i maybe should had let the first melody run but hey testing my way through :) and that is what music is all about :) well glad you liked it and reviewd it :) hope 2 see you soon
Very lively, energetic!
I swore once I got my good headphones back i'd bust on down here and give this a listen, so help me god, here I am!
You must be one hell of a teacher Karco, this really is an interesting piece! Filters, automation clips? and a neat phaser/flanger filter on. I personally find the flanger an incredibly difficult tool to use properly, and though I felt at some parts here the flanger didn't serve the song much, it did always give an interesting vibe to the piece.
Around 1:01, was that part an automation clip?
Loads of energy, and though the melody doesn't change that much it WAS an entertaining listen. Tell your friend good job for me! He really pulled together something here, that is quite entertaining. I believe he has talent, and could go as far as he wants to.
Keep up the good fight and keep em coming, both of you!
Hey, Maestro, thanks for stopping by. :)
Eh, I try. :) I definitely did teach a bit more than the basics of FL Studio with this song. I mostly led it, actually, though he did contribute a LOT for someone making their first song. :D I agree the flanger wasn't necessary, it even made the drums a bit hard to hear in my opinion - I put it on just to experiment and before I knew it became one of those things that you feel the song would sound empty without, even though it's not. :\
Yep, it was an automation clip. :)
You're typing like it's a song my friend made after I taught him how to use FL, so I'll clarify just in case - my friend and I collaborated on this while I was teaching him FL Studio. I led it, I did most of the complex stuff - automation clips, filters and stuff - I should have tried a bit harder, I admit, to teach him about those as well, though it's a bit more complicated than the simple playlist and piano roll and I didn't want to teach too much at once. ;)
Thanks for the review, Maestro, glad you liked it. I'm going to show my friend this review right now. :)
:'D Slick... real slick.
hey Kingbastard!
The vocals are not that clear to me, I can't fully understand it, but I understood snippets here and there, and really it was quite emotional.
I LOVED the segment where you went "Those days are gone..." and start whistling. Or the ending pretty much.
I love a good acoustic piece, and this delivers! I have nothing to say to you critique wise, other then perhaps look into equalizing your voice better. The effect you had on it made it sound cool, but definitely made it harder to understand.
keep up the good fight and keep em coming!
no eefect on the voice, just doubled up vocals, this is a demo trk pls remember... thanks for the reveiew.
:') nice...
hey MusicalROcky!
So you've been holding out on me eh!? You BASTARD >:(!!!
This song is brilliant. I love the descending violins, and I really appreciate the ending when the violins go go up and down crazy style.
The perfect loop doesn't hurt you either!
I have no words of critique for you, I loved it, and now I will spend many a sleepless nights trying to create something to withstand it's fearsome wake!
Keep up the good fight and keep em coming!
Can't wait for the other submissions.
Lawl. Well, I wasn't really holding out on you, since I only decided to write other submissions the other day, and you're never online >:(
I'm glad you liked this. The descending violins are fun, aren't they? >: )
Yeah, I tried to make an ending, but also have it loop; seems to have worked. : ) Lol you and your sleepless nights...
Thanks for the review man. I need to go find your submission and review it. Lolz
Rocky
>:O!!!!
such anger! such RAGE!
>:O!!!
I loved it! The percussion really is slick, keeps everything together, but really, the percussion is nothing but a stepping stone for this brilliantly angry guitar! You play it very well I must say!
The riffs were very moving, simple, but powerful. Especially around 1:23, when that higher pitch guitar tramples in. Shortly after which you let us hear the percussion a bit more clearly.
The song is screaming and screeching, and the quality is rather high! The distortion is all from the guitar and not from the hardware. I remember listening to your early work, and hearing mad cruddy recordings. This is far more efficient!
Keep up the good fight, and keep them COMING!!! >:(
I'd give you a 0.75 score, but i'll have to round that up to 9.
Well hello thar! Nice seeing another review from you! You basturd! ;D
Anyways, I'm more than happy that you like it that much. The tune really is a twisted mix of anger and rage - even hope I think. I had much fun playing around with the percussion. It gives the hole thing such a druggy feel. It was about time for me to create something like this, since I FINALLY got everything I need to create my tunes. Even a bass.
I'm very proud of the quality, since I finally reach a point were I like it myself. Haha, good call on teh older works. Simple to say, it's HISTORY my good man. :)
I'll keep on the fight - always with you for sure! ;)
Damn but I wanted a 0.75! :( Anyways, thanks for the kick ass review my friend! :)
Crushing souls?
Hello Bosa...
this song sir, is frightening! It has a pure dark and angry malice to it! It would be PERFECT for a boss theme. I wonder... perhaps you should consider submitting it to the MAC contest?
The only problem I could say if you were considering is that the song doesn't loop all that well. With a perfect loop version I can't see this not being a winner. Really now.
Everything was really loud, which must have been hell to equalize. I had to turn my earphones done, I believe you overdid it a little, but you can't have sky ravaging flames of hell without such a feel I suppose.
All in all, brilliant... pure brilliance. Keep up the good fight and keep em coming!
Ohh... you can count on it. I might just submit this in the MAC contest.
Slick
Hello Zajed.
Some very interesting beats you have going on here, and my hats off to you on that. I felt the percussion was a little on the loud side, and I felt some slight reverb may have done the song some good, but thats all just overall sound, presentation. Structure wise I felt the song was slick.
That distorted guitar and piano duet was an interesting idea. Definitely a very hard combination to tie together, let alone work together.
It doesn't move around much, then again thats not surprising as it is a hip hop track.
In any case, it was a slick track, well done! Keep up the good fight and keep em coming!
meastro your reviews are always helpful you are one of the few persons who listen carefully and review with good advice
the piano and guitar is something new i tried, i think did it pretty good
yeah the drums a bit loud, i had some problems with them so i just left them like that
thank you for the good review
and you, keep doing your thing with the great classical/epic music you doin
Nicely done :D
hey Pulstate!
8 minutes?! Woooh... didn't think it was possible to compress a song this much, yet keep it at the quality you have here... I'm left wondering how exactly this piece would sound full quality!
What impresses me even more besides the low compression/quality, is the fact you've managed to keep you kicks meaty and full of impact! Very nicely done!
My favorite part is around 2:08, where the song begins to pick up. Very nicely done... it almost in my opinion borders above the trance energy levels i'm accustomed to hearing.
That is another point i'd like to make, for a trance song this piece moves around an awful lot, and by NO means do I intend that as a negative. I'm often used to sitting here listening to a very very slow gradual progression with most trance pieces, but this moves around ample, whilst maintaining that trance like state.
I do not have much to say in terms of critique, I don't have anything for you, but I wanted to drop my support! Keep up the good fight and keep em coming!
Maestro! Long time no see man, how are you?
I am being taught how to edit sound and create music by Daniel Kandi, who i must say, is the best producer and editor in the world at the moment. He showed me compression tricks. ;)
'' for a trance song this piece moves around an awful lot '' - Yes, this is my style for the future, trance has been criticised too frequently for repetition in the past. I'm going to keep the long 8 - 10 min tracks, but even more exciting and NEVER repetitive. =)
Thanks for a friendly review.
ah ha! To you sir!
Brilliantly composed my good sir Winter! Very lively, very powerful stuff indeed!
Here are some points i'd like to make though.
I'm not entirely sure which part of the game you were thinking about when you made this. Perhaps the intro? It has a noble command to it, which is incredibly powerful, yet I am left thinking the song demands too much attention. I know i'd constantly die because i'd go "HERE'S MY FAVORITE PART!" *closes eyes, clenches teeth and waves imaginary conductor stick furiously in the air!*
*you have died... again... >:(*
It loops damn flawlessly! Well done, well done indeed!
There is nothing much more to say, this piece is incredible, and I will see you on the battle field! Keep up the genius, for it pushes me onwards!
hey maestro! thanks for taking the time man i really appreciate it
u kno wut, i was htinkg the same thing, wut aspect of the gameplay would i compose for, and how will it fit the interactive-ness of an actual console video game. Then after reading the first post in the mac thread, i realized i could "make my audio about practically anything". so i decided to make both my marches a theme song to the entire game.
haha but yeah thats tru, this is very melody based which a lot of music beds for gameplay dont necissarily have.
thanks again for reviewing me man
glad u could enjoy it
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