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[Tomtarnas Julnatt - Piano Variations]

Hey, I'd listen to this over most Christmas music any day. The only Christmas song I've liked here in the US is Greensleeves, and this tops that. :)

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Thanks, dude! There's sooo much Xmas music from different countries out there, but it's probably quite easy to grow tired of the ones that are played a million times, every Christmas :p
I like Greensleeves as well!

[Time Leaper remix]

You got the notes right, that's something a majority of remixes I see don't get. Although your mixing is terrible, and your samples/VSTs probably need to be heavily EQ'd or be different samples/VSTs all together, you've made some progress.

Stardust-Nation responds:

Yay! Progress!

[5hapeshift3r]

You can hear the amount of work put into mastering this, but all the same synth for lead synths? I started listening to this before reading the description and could already tell that they were practically the same thing. :/ On a brighter note (yes note, I like puns) this is probably better than your Slipstream 2.0, in both the variation and the production.

Noisysundae responds:

The trick failed, but you didn't expect happycore after a chill breakbeat intro, right?
Right?

Okay, I'm gonna dig a hole in the ground and pretend I'm a carrot.

[above the sky]

That's pretty good, if a bit repetitive. The percussion doesn't sound like it changes much, besides when it completely fades out. The baseline is similar to the percussion, it doesn't change hardly at all besides that part around the middle.

Musicman122 responds:

thanks for the feedback my friend :) almost all my songs have repetitive melodies and basslines which is why i took a lot of time to make this, it had only around 7 channels so that is why it doesn't sound like my hardest work. but thx, we appreciate your feedback

[Boron]

This sounds like it's clashing and the melodies at the start sound repeatedly off-key, they hardly sound worked-on at all. I hear mostly one beat the first half of the song, and another right after the drop. The hithat/snare (couldn't tell which) later on in the song is too loud.

Summary:The first half sounds like you focused on base and melodies, second half sounds like you focused on the drop and the chords after it, and I don't hear the kind of percussion that sounds like you actually tried to do some variation, unlike Lithium.

SirHadoken responds:

I did have around 8 different drum patterns, but all of them were too similar to one another to even show any real difference.
The clashing has to do with the fact that I applied the Soundgoodizer to everything, which is a huge no-no. No matter what I did with a few of the melodies, there were certain parts that didn't sound like they fit the key at all, no matter what I did with them. I couldn't find sounds that corresponded with one another well enough. I mainly focused on bass this time around, but I need to not forget the lessons I've learned in other songs; frankly, I'm unsure whether or not those things I've learned in the pasts are anything more than lucky mistakes.
I hadn't planned on giving up until I have a little bit more practice; perhaps I really should stick to what I'm good at and move on already, but I need to learn more about FL Studio and how to use it before I can do that.
I appreciate that you've stuck with my releases and carefully reviewed each and every one of my most recent ones; the constructive criticism has redirected me numerous times, and I'm finally realizing all of the different elements you have to put together to make a song that doesn't sound like trash, and it's got a LOT of depth to it. It didn't help that this song was horribly rushed because I wanted to get it out there before my life got devoured by final exams, but in retrospect, it would've been a better idea to wait.

[Lovely Kitten - When You're Gone]

Be careful not to mix a baseline that heavy too loud, it can hurt peoples' ears. The percussion sounds a little dry, and quiet, compared to the baseline. I like those melodies, but it feels like I'm hearing mostly the same thing throughout the song, you need to work on your variation a bit, as well as your mastering.

[Oki Doki (RmX)]

This is pretty good, considering I poured about 70 hours into the game itself. The baseline needs to be raised in volume a little bit, imo. You also could try using something more orchestral for the main melody, I'm sure it'd work out well.

iShadowForcei responds:

i tried to stick with the roots of the game for all of the songs, and this one really captured the feel of battles in bis. i poured many hours into that game too, it was amazing.

[Siege of Valhalla]

Those vocals are smooth as fuck at first, then they go down in quality as they get louder and more distorted, imo. The rest of your instruments don't feel like they're trying to work together as much as support the vocals. The percussion is pretty good, besides that distorted kick imo. :)

Kuma-AKA responds:

Hey man, thanks for the review. Yeah, the vocals were something I sort of played around with for this track. This project I'm working on right now has a lot of vocal distortion, I'm kind of playing with merging a more industrial aesthetic with a more ethereal one. And yeah this track, unlike most of my tracks had more focus on vocals. That wasn't necessarily the plan at first but that's how the mix kinda turned out, for better or worse. Anyways, appreciate the feedback dude :)

[A.I.M. - Voices of the Sea]

I'm speechless at this, and how well-placed it would be in a civilization game.

ForgottenDawn responds:

Thank you! Civilization, that's a nice reference. I loved V :)
//FD

[Helium]

Your baselines sound a bit better varied than your last song in this one, and the melodies have slightly less variation. Unfortunately the percussion is way too sharp, and hurts my ears... besides the weak kick at the end.

SirHadoken responds:

Thank you for taking the time to write these reviews, I really appreciate the feedback. I'm having an issue where a lot of the instruments I use sound louder after being uploaded to NG than when I mixed them in FL Studio; I'm trying to figure out the issue behind this. I focus on a different area in each of these songs, and this one happened to be base lines. Hydrogen was melodies, and Lithium was chord progression, and you accurately pointed that out. I have a lot of things I need to work on in music production, so I figured I'd tackle them each in their element before mixing them. Thank you for acknowledging that, I promise I'll try to have a well-rounded, functioning song by Carbon. ;)