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[Vomir]

I Sil Vous Plait.

That's the only bit of French I know. So, after saying that, theres not much I can critique on the lyrics. As I don't have the slightest Idea what it is you guys are saying.

As far as your rhythm with with the vocals, you've definitely got that, and there's nothing wrong with your tone, or mood of the vocals. They all work rather well.

Your beat in this song is really smooth. It flows well, and it transitions quite well. The kick has a really nice vibe to it, and it sets a good strong beat to the whole song. The snare is strong, and stands out rather well. It's got a good balance of treble, and suits the song rather well.

The bass is what impresses me a lot in this song, it's extremely deep, strong and powerful, but at the same time, it doesn't overpower the rest of the song. It's doing it's job damn near perfectly.

The brass sections are amazing. I've tried so often to make something sound good. However you guys just make it sound as easy as twiddling thumbs. The brass is an excellent addition, and accompanies the vocals really well.

Overall this is an excellent song. Thumbs up to you.

~Review Request Club~

Loki responds:

Yeah, I personally love the brass parts :P

[O.H.35 - Child of Liberty]

Whoa.

This threw me for a spin. It's certainly a melodic piece, and very well done.

Your guitar playing is quite impressive, I can't say much bad about it at all. It really makes this piece stand out, and really adds an ambient feel to it.

The percussion is extremely well constructed, it really supplies a solid foundation to the whole song. The transitions were excellently made, and the whole set was really quite nice. However, I have something against that hi-hat. It's the generic hi-hat that has been used so much that it really bothers me to hear it. This time however, some editing was done to it, and it was in the background. So it fit pretty well.

The synths created a great aura to this. They accompany the guitar very nicely and overall set a great background.

At first I wasn't too sure about this, however after listening through several times, this is an excellent piece. My only quarrel with it is the hi-hat. It's like a little splinter to me, nothing to destroy the beauty, but a prick in the side.

Nice submission man.

~Review Request Club~

OH35 responds:

Thanks for the review, glad you liked it.
I'm not the guitarist by the way, I did the synths/pads and the bassline.
I'll refer the guitarist you did like his guitar abilities, don't worry.

About the hihat, did you mean the loop or the hihat sound? personally I don't know if it is a premade loop from a loop cd, since I didn't do the percussions, however I appreciate the criticism you gave regarding the hihat.If you could clarify the matter on pm I would really appreciate it.

Thanks again for your review.

[Hou5Music]

Simplistic Indeed.

Simplistic isn't a bad thing, but it's not always the greatest thing either.

The thing that always stands out in house music: The kick. This was no exception. The kick was rather warm, and subtle, but it still had a nice punch to it. Good choice on the kick. As for the snare, it seemed a lil too much in the background. It sounded more like a sound effect then an actual snare to me. I'm rather new to house music, so it may not be the purpose of the snare to stand out more so, but I think the snare could use a little more presence.

The vocals that come in later in the song, are a good add on, and the panning effect with them, makes it all the better. Interesting stuff you did with them, but they definitely are a bonus addition.

The piano chords are really simplistic, not that there is anything wrong with that, but a little variation never hurt anyone. They could use to vary more then just the 2 notes that they do.

As far as transitions go, they were superb. Not much to say against them.

Overall the song wasn't anything ground-breaking, but it was certainly a good listen.

~ Review Request Club ~

(Might I add, the first review I've ever done for them. You should feel special. =P)

Mans0n responds:

thank you sir for the awesome review! but the snare isn't actually a snare, its a clap lol

[Life (by ReFreezed)]

Half life? I think so.

This totally sounds as though it should be in a half-life game. It's got a super long background upfront feel... It's all around good.

Sounds as though it seriously should be.

I've got nothing against this track man. It's great.

ReFreezed responds:

I don't know about the melodic parts, but I can see (hear?) how the rest could fit there. Glad you like it.

Hehe. Let's contact Valve and demand that they use this! :P

Thanks for reviewing! :D

[Moonlight cathedral (Remix)]

YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YES YE

MOAR YES!

This is absolutely great. I love how you put an amazing, almost drill'n bass effect to an old old classic. It sounds incredible man. You make things sound really good, especially this!

Awesome awesome awesome piece. I love what you added.

As far as the strings, I don't know if they were that bad, but I don't know if I would call them strings either. I think they fit though, the whole "Crazy Trance" feel of an oldie.

I definitely think that you beat Xarnor here though. His was good, but this is beyond the word great.

Epic stuff.

ReFreezed responds:

YES YES YES YES YES YES NO? YES! :D

I'm actually glad you mention DnB, although there isn't much drillin'. Glad you like it.

Awesome!

Maybe I just dislike these strings because I like the ones used in original better. Well, glad you like them as they are. (I'm using the word 'glad' much, yes? )

Heh, thanks. They're pretty different though. His is more classical while this is more... non-classical? (I dunno.)

YOU're epic! :D

[Everyone's the same!!!]

Oh hey look. My samples :D

Just so you know. He got shot several times through the stomach, and the leg, and they were putting a turnacit (sp) on his leg, and were ripping the bullets along with intestine pieces from his stomach. In other words. Extreme pain.

As far as this song goes. I'm actually impressed with it. After hearing the opening, I was expecting earrappage to the extremes. Though it wasn't. Not in the least, it was some soothing classical HARDCORIZED!

Nice work you got here man.

(Did I hear a "Fuck" whispered in the background?)

PizzaBox responds:

No, there were definitely no swear words in this :)

[Lamp - Is This Truth?]

Wow.

Okay.

So... the melody is nice, yes, but by... about 5 minutes I began thinking that that was enough.

When you say repeated, you certainly mean repeating.

Haha. I think that you could use a little variation possibly. Maybe a changeup every 32 measures, and then back, and then back?

I dunno, but 8 minutes of the same riff? *Whistles*

Lamplighter responds:

Yep... that's drone music for ya. I'll try to stick away from stuff this repetitive in the future, because I do agree with you. This needs variation. Eight minutes is going a tad bit overboard.

Thanks for listening, whether it was painful or not!

[Lamp - Idiotproofing]

Ambient? Maybe. Awesome? Yeah.

Your ambiance really is really shown. The moods, expression, but most of all, the calm soothing tones that form into a song.

The drums are great, I'm not sure what was used for them, but they most certainly add to the whole experience.

I've already got the album, and have already listened through several times :3

Excellent work as always, Ben. Excelllennnnt.

- Long live music!

Lamplighter responds:

It appears I have a gift for ambient music :D Even if it's repetitive, I'm always glad when I make music that has as much emotion as I'm trying to share.

The drums were just a loop I chopped up, then put through a tape feedback Combinator that I learned how to make from a maniacal Englishman. I'll send it over if you like.

And thank you very much for getting the album, it makes me feel much less egotistic if I'm not the only one listening to it.

Merci beaucoup, Caleb. Tu es sympathique toujours :3

- Amen to that!

[Hania - No words (Remix)]

Wow.

Sir. This is full of win.

I have nothing. NOTHING bad to say about it.

Bass issss sooo good!

- 1 for remix.

This is sooooo good sir.

ReFreezed responds:

Thank you, very good sir!

The bass was supposed to be a big part of the song, so I'm glad you like it.

Thanks again! :D

[The Dwarven Fortress]

Whoa whoa whoa man.

Hope I'm not too late for you to get this review. Because I've got some nice things to say about this song. Some really nice things.

Hot diggity damn did I enjoy this.

The bass, the brass, everything collided together to make some great harmony. This has got to be the best piece I've heard all night. Mind you, I've only listened to 15 or 16 pieces so far, but this is by far the best classical piece.

It builds great suspense, and has an ominous feeling to it, making it an epic piece.

Sir you've got the beats, you've got the melody, you've got the structure, you've got the mastering. What do you need? Nothing. Except maybe a collab? :O

Anyways good sir, I'd be more then happy to collab with you, you make some great work.

Nice work sir. Nice.

SpoofyTMSGOGF responds:

Hey thanks man! I've listened to some of your stuff, and I promise you I'll tell you what I think of some of it soon!

And as for a collaboration, I'm all for that! But... I see you use Reason and FLStudio, while I've been using GarageBand exclusively until just recently. I'm just starting to get my head around Ableton Live 6. I don't know if that will cause a problem or not, but I'll probably pm you to work out the details and whatnot. Again, thanks for the review!