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[(SAMPLE) Jazz Piano]

Ok...

Has a pretty good melody but why did you use the fl KEYS lol THAT'S the Worst idea ever. look up for some piano vst's!

Have A great Day!

XenoxX :)

[>|<Moonlight>|<]

Nice work

has a happy feeling to it which i like very much

What I can say to improve is the drums not really much going for them plus you can barely here them.

Maybe add some bass. I think this will add lots to the song make it moar better!

over all nice happy melody!

8/10
4/5

Have A Great Day!

XenoxX :)

RetellaVII responds:

Oh...I might keep that in mind, that is, the idea of adding some bass. Yeah, I think I have a bone to pick with the drums. Their just, eh...weird.

In conclusion, I am happy this little gleam of moonlight pleased you at the least.

Thanks for the review!

-RetellaVII

[Ride the Wind]

Not bad

Not bad but not perfect and I found somethings I think you should improve on!

First the melody at 0:16 I think is too loud hurt my ears a little maybe lower that some so no one bleeds

Second add some bass lol trance needs some bass lol.

Third get some variation going On lol I think this song is way to repetitive and needs some variation.

fourth. Maybe work on the drum beat a little its fairly generic not much going on with it!

5th (last) You need to work a outro into this song It just kinda ends like that!

So yeah I think if you work on this some it could turn out to be great!

7/10
4/5

Have A Great Day

XenoxX :)

[the pink lady & the gold ghost]

Nice work

I think this is ok But For One I think you need a harder beat and second I think you need a way more powerful bass.

I think the song has a pretty good feeling to it just a bit to repetitive for me.

That one note at 2:36 is way off beat. just letting you know!

overall nice work.

8/10
4/5

H a v e A G r e a t D a y ! !

XenoxX :)

oddfellowfloyd responds:

thanks for the review... that 2:36 chord you hear is a Bbmin13#11 (Bb, F, F#, e--with the ambiguity of no 3rd). the tension serves a purpose--the #11 of that chord, E (instead of Eb), is that 'off-tune' note (not 'off-beat'--as in time)--is supposed to be there to grab your attention. it's a piquant harmony sometimes used in jazz.

a harder beat and more aggressive bassline would change the character of the piece entirely; something i could possibly explore, but as of now, i think anything harder would detract from the sparse piano line that's supposed to roll in and out.

anyhow, thank you again for the decent review. :)

[Miztah J - toxic nerve gas]

Humm

Its not bad.

I suggest you turn you turn up the beat some I just feel like there isn't enough going on. maybe also work on the vocals some. they sound fairly crackly

Have A Great Day!

XenoxX

worldsXdeadliestXman responds:

i agree thank you so much for the review i will work on everthing once i get back to a place i call home right now i have a shit mic and shit pc i need to get my homie who is pro at mixin and has a bad ass mic thank you again

[{425} Extreme-G]

Nice work

Nice work in the intro caught my attention.

Now first off I have no idea what so ever for you reason of putting those random notes starting at 0:10 because they do absolutely nothing for your song.

Second I think you did awesome on the drums! except I don't really like the panning because well it fits for some songs but I think you would need to have it pan more jagged ( like instead of slowly going back and fourth just switch )

third I think it kinda get repetitive after awhile. Maybe work on some more variation to the melody!

Fourth I here some clipping which means you need to work some on your mastering. like for example that effect at :57 maybe its suppose to be like that but it sounds unnatural.

And 5th (last) Maybe work on the ending some kinda just stops.

Anyways overall pretty good job!

8/10
5/5

Have A great Day!

XenoxX :)

Michael425 responds:

First off, i'd like to say thanks for the lengthy review xenoxx.

The ""Random"" notes at the beginning are supposed to be the from the countdown before the race begins. That is why I placed the audio clip right after those noises so it sounds like the motorcycles are speeding away.

Next, the panning was really an experiment with this song, because I pan the drums to one speaker as I pan the tune to the opposite speaker to try and make a cool effect.

I know the tune may get a bit repetitive, but this song comes from a high speed racing game, so I don't think a song with a tune that's all over the place would really fit as background music. I was mostly trying to stick to the original feeling so that people would easily recognize this song.

I have fixed the part at 0:57. I realized that the drum sequences did not flow together too well. Thanks for the heads up man.

And for the ending, I probably could have made a longer one, but I really just wanted the song to end suddenly like the end of a race.

Thanks for this review. It helped a lot man. I'm glad you liked it.

[VGO- BT64 - Old King Coal V2]

Nice work

Everything sounds ok except the fact that it sounds like for one all you did was dropped sounds onto a MIDI. But if not Then you should have changed up the instruments some Because I think it get boring after awhile hearing the same sound threw the whole song.

You need to really work on the sound levels because some parts of the song are really low and some very high. This makes it hard to keep the volume of my headphones on one same level threw the whole song.

I think you should work on the mastering of this some more Because I hear some crackling threw out.

Over all not a bad song maybe a bit repetitive.

7/10
5/5

Have A great Day!

XenoxX :)

DjThunderbass responds:

Yeah i know there bad but with the soundfonts that i use it LAGS my computer up too much sooo everything starts to get complicated

[He Loved Her So Much]

Humm

I think this would sound much better with the proper compression. For one the fl slayer sounds suck but If you are going to use them you need to work on maybe making them sound more professional...

I think you did ok on the drums, Maybe work on the bass drum some.

I think some notes in the melody where off beat didn't sound right to the main chord progression

6/10
4/5

Have A Great Day!

XenoxX :)

Nametolong responds:

:D Thank You. I have only been using this FL demo only a month so I will work on improving Slayer sound. I do agree thought that the melody was off. Haha just needed something to keep it going though.

[[OLD] Sunshine Shrine]

humm...

This could use some serious work... I think the biggest problem for me is the repetitiveness of this song. You need more melody change more variation...

I also Hate the weird annoying effects you used. you should really take them out and maybe find some better drums as well...

I think this song has potential if you just work on it some...

6/10
4/5

Have A great Day!

XenoxX :)

[Oath to Order Remix]

Nice

But I would suggest going out and looking for some vst's. I say this because the Fl piano in particular is horrible!. so you should look into that.

Nice melody it has a cool feeling to it, a unique one for sure!

Over all awesome job!

7/10
5/5

Have A great Day!

XenoxX :)

Zorathan responds:

thanks, I did get some new VST's, but my computer acted up and I lost everything!