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[100% Pure Hatred]

Bad. Ass.

I've been listening to this loop for the past 15ish minutes as I make myself some fucking twisty noodles. Weird combination of activities, I know. But I fucking love twisty noodles.

This was pure badass riffage from start to finish, excellent guitarwork. I understand your frustrations with the bass, mine is like a $30 piece of cock that I borrowed from a friend.

The lead guitar at 4:00 was really... strange. I'm sure you did this intentionally, but it's clawing at the classical musician within me who is screaming "That's not a full fucking harmony! GODDAMNIT ITS WRONG ITS ALL WRONG!!!" but I can appreciate the melodic quality in that part there, I'm guessing it's supposed to be conveying the downfall of society and our eventual decline into chaos that will ensue.

My only true gripe with the song overall would be the drums. I'm sure you get this a lot, and maybe have similar hatred for it, but It's just... GAH! It's such badass guitar riffs but the drums are so... stale, for lack of a better word. I really suggest getting Prodrummer or Addictive Drums or something. AD even has a demo you can download.

And if your PC really just CAN NOT HANDLE it, then if you wanted to, you could send a master my way and I could replace your drums with AD drums. I'm sure it would improve the quality of your song nearly tenfold. Just a suggestion and a friendly extension of my services :D

Alright well my water is probably boiling over the sides of my pot by now. Awesome song, just really wish it had badfuckingass drums. Keep up the metal! Fucking yes!

GoreBastard responds:

Wow thanks man!

Yeah that lead sounded the way it does because of both intention and lack of lead guitar ability! Haha!

I totally agree with you about the drums and you're right, I hate them so much! I've been trying to aquire a copy of Addictive Drums for a while now. I think my computer should run it ok. I'll cross that bridge when I come to it!

I can't believe my shit luck though. For the first time in literally about 5 years I started to do well with my money and actually start saving up for a new PC, then some dick broke into my car and caused irreparable damage, so I had to buy a new bastard car instead!!

The next tune will have better drums, whether it's by taking you up on your offer (cheers for that too) or by getting AD.

Cheers for the awesome words pal!

:)

[SSJ3 - Fairy Fountain]

Badassery.

Okay I'm not sure if that word applies here. But still, this was pretty damned good. Great instrument choice, very welcoming feeling. Sounds like it could be the elevator music on the ride up to Heaven (Not that I believe in that shit)

Although I am curious to know whether or not you used precreated midi or came up with it all yourself. Because if you did it all from scratch I have immense respect for you, because it seems like nobody does that anymore.

Shiverwar responds:

Actually, I transcribed the MID file to a tablature program called Power Tabs and I manually transcribed it, note for note, to the piano roll in FruityLoops, meaning I listened to the sound, and actually recognized the fret the sound was on, set each note on there, and it went from there. It was at 80 bpm, I lowered it to 70, and I had choir aahs in it the whole time to give it more of a holistic sound, and, well, this is what came out. I did not import the MIDI file directly to FruityLoops, 'cause that'd be way too simple. I did the transcription thing for the Goron City theme too, BUT I made my own classic rock-n'-roll remix from it. In short, thank you for this fabulous review.

[EV - Rebirth (Piano Loop)]

Calming, very cool.

This was very nice, calming and entrancing. I only gave you a 9 because I REALLY wish this was a full song. That and it's not a true loop since the verb at the end doesn't carry over to the beginning. But that's just my own audiophilic gripe, just ignore it haha.

Actually, if you don't mind... could I do a softer guitar solo over this? I think it'd sound awesome, as long as I don't mess it up :P

EmpyrealVis responds:

I will think about it XP . Thanks for such an awesome review . I agree, my looping skillz are BAD . XD ! I will PM you, whenever I come up with the answer .Unitl then, goodluck to you ^^ . Cheers ~

-EmpyrealVis (Last day on this account)

[Just a Journey Away *AeX*]

Sweet groove you've got there.

Very cool, I love the beat you've got in there. Also, the following are suggestions, not criticisms. Just different ideas. It's always good to get someone else's insights, ya know?

At 0:48 when everything else comes in, I would lower the volume on the lead so you could get better clarity with the drums. Just let them come in and kick ass.

Also, at 1:29 you could add in a counter melody to change it up a bit.

2:38 is sexxxxxxxy. I love that synth's sustain.

Thinking about it, at the ending you could overlay the intro melody over the piano's and it would be a good melody/counter kinda thing.

Overall I really liked the sound of this. Although it doesn't follow any real recognizable musical form, sometimes that adds to the feel/liveliness of the piece.

We should collab sometime :D

AetherX responds:

Those are all great suggestions. I'll try laying the intro over the end and see how it sounds. And a collab would be awesome.

[Metanoia]

Metalicious

My only complaint in this that the guitars sound really soft in some places and not quite as much in others. It's kind of strange is all. It might be the drums slightly overpowering the guitars.

The song also doesn't seem to have any real pattern to it, which is cool because instrumentals that are random and awesome like this are my favorite kind.

Sweet riffs, sweet solos, sweet everything. Keep the metal alive!

ThermalLaser responds:

Fuck yeah, I appreciate your comments. I do like randomness.

Amen, Keep the Metal alive!

[Trance Lullaby (WIP)]

Dark, and surprisingly awesome.

This was really way cool. When the synths first came in I had my doubts because they kinda sounded detuned and strange, but as the song went on and other parts came in, it all came together really nicely. Digging the bass there. Also when the beat came in I thought it was a little... stale with just the little beat and the bass, but after the other parts came in it worked nicely.

Just a suggestion, you should vary your beat, the same kind of non-linear beat like this gets kind of boring over an extended period of time.

Also I have to say that I don't think this song fits within "Trance". The big thing that defines the different styles of a lot of electronica/techno is the beat. Your beat is not trance, but actually sounds somewhat reminiscent of a marching drumline. I think this would be better suited in just the "Techno" genre. Or if there was an "Electronica" genre, it would be perfect.

Anyway, I'd love to see this finished, maybe with a few different leads and melodies intertwining, that would be sweet. Keep it up dude!

AetherX responds:

Thanks for the great review! I put the weird synths in the beginning because I think they really set the mood I was going for.

The drumline and transitions are two big parts that I want to work on, I agree that more variation would be better. I think I got kind of lazy using the same one for the whole song.

About the genre, I've noticed that most of my songs fit more under "General Electronica" than anything else, but since that's not a choice I have to pick trance, techno, etc. Plus, trance songs seem to get more hits in less time than other songs do.

I'm a huge fan of your work by the way, I did a double take when I saw that you left me a review :D

[Beat Heaven is Above]

No direction.

The beat was cool, and the synths sounded fine but the melodies and harmonies were just... random. It kind of worked sometimes, but for the most part it was really confusing. It seemed almost like you weren't sure where you were going with this.

I would try to stay away from 'accidental' or chromatic scales like this (Consecutive halfsteps/semitones down 3 or more notes). They are very difficult to pull off and make it sound good without being weird. Maybe keep the intro chromatic then go into a different melody or something.

You also don't have a bassline which is something a LOT of people look for in Techno. And if you do then it's not loud enough to be noticed.

Still, it's good to see that you're improving. Keep on it!

PrototypeX-M-4 responds:

Thank you Burn for reviewing, I'll keep your notes in mind!

[10,000 Jiggies]

Wow.

The Audio Portal is an unforgiving bitch to good artists like yourself

Anyway, this was a pretty awesome piece overall. The part at 0:28 clips a bit, but I can live with that. It was very cool but I think there should have been more melodic singing bits. You have a badass voice, and you're fucking lucky that you can use it. It reminds me of Nick Night of Dream Evil, but a little darker.

And no, Rusty Bucket Bay was the gayest thing ever. If there was one map that I couldn't get the goddamn music notes on, it was that one. So FUCK that reference.

DruoxtheShredder responds:

I couldn't think of any other stages that rhymed with way </3

[Legend of Zelda- the REMIX]

Nice. Very random.

Very interesting mix, lets do this review thing then.

The bass in the beginning is cool, but I think you kind of overdid it. I mean like it almost sounds like you got people telling you there wasn't enough bass in your songs and so you said "orly? Now I have TONS OF BASS BWAHAHAHAHAHAAA!"

Key changes are good and break up repetition but when overused kind of become repetitive themselves.

3:44... umm... okay just listen to that little bit and tell me what was happening there. Was that the "weird mess-ups" that occurred with the key changes? And again at 4:12.

Suggestions: Maybe start it off softly the way you do, and build up to the harder crazier parts. Think of your song as an upside down pyramid. Start off very minimalist, then come in with something cooler, then cooler, then eventually just blast shit to hell with a beat of awesomeness.

Using this technique is actually psychologically proven to make things cooler than they are. Because if you start off with something small that's what people get used to. Then you add something in and they're like "oooh, cool." Then add more, and more, and it will get cooler and cooler until eventually... as I stated before, you blast shit to hell with a beat of awesomeness.

I think the words I would use to describe this are as follows: Random. Quirky. Trippin. Non-sequitur.

Good job though!

Dachampster responds:

Yeah, I got lazy and copy-pasted that part at 3:44 but I accidentally used the part where the key change happened. Nobody's ever told me i need more bass except for one of my songs where itunes shotgun-blasted the f**k out of it. I think the bass isnt that heavy here to be honest. The reason why this songs weird is because I used a turkish lute for the melody instead of a synth. The climax of the song was supposed to be around 2:11, but I really just had so much trouble with the key changes and pitch that I just gave up. It might have been better if I hadnt submitted it for a while so I could fix that. You see, the problem with the key change wasnt recognizable because in Garageband, when I got those sour notes I restarted to the measure before and then it sounded fine. Then when I come across it again, I fix it, and then when I restart it, it sound over-compensated.

[Distant Lands []]

Amazing once again

You're going up there on my fav artist list dude. The metal is definitely rocking ass.

Honestly though I thought the mixing was slightly off in the drums, but you're using a VST so I can't complain THAT much. You also said it's one of your older songs, so that is understandable as well. I personally prefer XLN Audio's Addictive Drums for the snare sounds because they are pretty pimp. I've heard that some people use a combination of EZDrummer and Addictive Drums because they both have their strong points.

deathkllr84 responds:

thanks dude, awesome for the fav artist!

Yeah dude, old song. The kicks are too clicky, snare not chunky enough. I tried Addictive Drums once and didn't really like it, maybe I should give it another shot. But recently I have been using my own samples or mixing it in with ezdrummer.

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