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[Chilled Ramen (Chillstep)]

Woah. I love the instruments, especially the quirky percussion and effects. It has an excellent mood - the perfect combination of ominous and relaxed. It gets a little repetitive by the end, but also is harmonically well-varied. The only really repetitive part is the guitar-sounding instrument. I think this would make a really good loop, but I think it would be even better if you expanded upon it as it is. Please finish this! It has a ton of potential. Amazing work! ;D Keep at it, Antiskill (what an ironic name!). ^^

YakovlevArt responds:

I get what you mean. It's a sounds that I personally love hearing and is very soothing and a classic Asian sound.
Glad you dig it though.

[From the Depths]

I like the emotion and chord progression a lot. I don't know if there was too much reverb or what, but it sounded a little too full/muddy throughout. It's hard to tell when one note ends and the next one begins. The composition, however, is good. I like the instruments and mood. It could use some structural variations, though, and I think it needed more of a conclusive ending, or at least a loop. Overall, though, nice work, LSD! ;D See you around...

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

"I like the emotion and chord progression a lot"

=> Yeah, I think those are the only strong parts of this song :D

"I don't know if there was too much reverb or what, but it sounded a little too full/muddy throughout"

=> No, it's probably not the reverb :p This is a quite old song, and I'm pretty sure it's so muddy because of the fact that so many instruments are playing on top of eachother. They're also playing very different things, which just makes this a total mess :)

" I like the instruments and mood. It could use some structural variations, though, and I think it needed more of a conclusive ending..."

=> I agree with everything :D

"...or at least a loop."

=> Actually, I'm pretty sure this shouldn't loop, since it has kind of a climax, so you would only listen to it like 2 times before wanting to move on XD

"Overall, though, nice work, LSD! ;D See you around..."

=> Thanks for leaving a review, TheDoor6, and I'll see ya 'round too ;)

[Donald Goes Wheu!]

I loved the melody, although the instrument at :16 was a bit jarring and harsh at times. It's climactic and very catchy, though. I also thought the instrument at :45 was similarly penetrating and loud. The drop was cool, though. It's really funky, yet ominous in a way. It progressed a little slowly at the beginning, but once it gets going it's a really fun and cool piece, man! The structure and transitions were solid. It gets a little repetitive again by the end, but that's okay. It loops well, which can only be a good thing. Overall, nice work! Keep it up, Warriorsmith! ;D

DragoonZwei responds:

Thanks! I always end up uploading my track in a "beta" stage and immediately regret it so A final might be coming up soon and I really do appreciate the input. It helps me pick at the things I need to fix up :)

[Desperation Revised 2014]

I like the ominous mood and effects. You have a good sense of rhythm and all. However, I think it progressed very slowly and needed something more melodic to tie it together a bit. You have to have some notes in there, man; it can't just all be effects. Also, the glitchy effect at the end seemed a bit irrelevant. I think you should have looped it. Overall, though, I liked it. It'd be good for a creepy drama/suspense movie or something. ;)

Corode responds:

Well, like Grinder said, it wasn't designed to be melodic. It was designed to sound like how I felt at the time.

But thank you for the review, it means alot :)

[Bones v2]

I love the melody and instruments, perhaps with the exception of the strings at :20. You're great at harmonizing, though, which makes me jealous! XD It loops pretty well, too. My major complaint is that the first 20 seconds and the last minute or so are very different in their moods and styles. I think you need a more gradual transition between them. Other than that, though, it's pretty good! Keep at it, Daiski! ;D

Daiski responds:

Thanks for review.)

[Perception]

This is really cool! :D I love all the instruments and the energy and the drum samples and the structure and...just wow! :o The heavy breaks at :31 are awesome, and I love the frantic synths and bass there. I think it changes pace a little too fast at 1:03, and it would've been nice to have something else going on after 8 measures or so. I like how it's so climactic at times, but I think you dragged out the build-ups too much at times, like from 1:33 to 2:33. I would've liked to see a longer 2nd drop with a more conclusive outro. Overall, it's really good, and definitely has tons of potential to be a really great track. Keep it up, TeraVex! ;D

TeraVex responds:

I agree with most of what you're saying dude!
I'm polishing it up as we speak so it's ready for release on Bandcamp and stuff!
Great to hear stuff from you!

[One Step at a Time (2014)]

I like the instruments and mood a lot. It's climactic and catchy and melodic. I agree the kick could've used a little more bass. The mixing and mastering is good, though. The harmonies are really good, and I like the structure a lot, even if it does progress a little slowly at times. One thing you might want to try experimenting with is a little more rhythmic variation within a melody, as a lot of your melodies have the same rhythm in every measure for 16 or 32 measures. That said, I love the syncopations at 4:30. I thought the ending was a little lack-luster, but overall I especially like this track over many of your other recent re-mastered ones. Also, I thought "still posting here from time to time" in your last news post meant every 3-4 months or something, but so far you've posted more in 2014 than me! :o Nice work, Matt, and keep it up! :D

Dylnmatrix responds:

Heh...hehehe. Yeeeeeah. Well, at the moment, I'm having a hard time starting new originals. I'm trying to break out of old niches, find a new "style", experiment, whatever you want to call it, but due to my big releases from around Christmas time, I'm burnt out. Due to this, I've been remastering old tracks and if the original was uploaded here, why not upload the better version? Plus the player here is 1,000,000x better in playback quality. But once I start getting back in the habit of writing more originals, posts will become less and less until my next funk. I'm getting better for now as I've made some cool things for a remix Equilibria's working on.

Aaaaaaaaaaaanyways, due to this being my first track ever made, it's got some issues. I really do think Dancing with Death and No Chance of Survival are the songs that pushed me to where I am now in writing, but I do like to look back at the oldies and reminisce at how simple they were. And cringe at some of the bad stuff as well of course.

But yeah, thanks for the review! There may or may not be more remasters in the future but I dunno! Midterms suck! :D

[regrets]

I wasn't a big fan of all the distorted effects in the first thirty seconds, but the piano and string melodies were beautiful. I continue to admire your fusion of electronic and orchestral music genres. I think during the first 2 minutes it progressed a little slowly, and sometimes it felt like the only mobile aspect of the song was the sweep. It goes without saying that 2:09 was a highlight. The emotion and moods are rather impressive, and I think you stayed loyal to your theme of regrets. I liked the ending with the piano a lot, too. I also appreciated how it got glitchy at some parts (i.e. 2:08). Overall, excellent work. The latter 2.5 minutes are rather danceable, btw! :D Keep it up, Johnfn! ;D

johnfn responds:

See this time I was all like "I'm going to put the troll ending at the beginning instead of the end!"

The real rationale for what was going on there was that the first 30 seconds represent something happening, and the rest represents the feelings of regret. So I had to keep it in for the storytelling potential, you see. ;)

It is dancy but it's so moody that I think I would cry if I danced to this. hahah

Thanks for the review :)