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[Hardcore, thats right]

Ruined by the vocals.

First off, I think the instruments you used were great..The beat you used was just right too..Not too overpowering, but strong enough to keep the song going, so good job there..

The vocals let the song down a bit...I think if you're gonna do vocals, either do them properly, or don't do 'em..A few vocal samples just don't work..It just kinda interrupted the song for no proper reason..

The ending was also ruined by the vocal too..You seemed to have a perfect ending going on, right up until the "That's right!"

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DeejayDeeZ responds:

Heh. Some people likes the vocals, some people don't. You guys from Review Request Club sure have different opinins on things.

Its pretty personal that I put the "That's right" vocal in this song, since I used the exact same vocal in my very first project that I released about 2 years ago.

I do agree a little with you, the "That's right" is not that a good vocal sample and it sure need some work.
However, the "That's right" is not ruining the song in my opinion. It may not be good, but its not ruining anything.

Anyways, thanks for reviewing.

-Deejay DeeZ

[~DT~ 8-Bit Upgraded (Raw)]

Intro <3

The intro was easily the best thing about this song...8-bit usually reminds me of Mario or whatever in some way, but this time it stood on its own perfectly, and would be great for games if you turned it into a full song or a loop.

The main bit of the song wasn't so good...It wasn't bad at all, it just wasn't half as good as the intro..You managed to keep it interesting all the way through, so that was good. It wasn't quite as good for a flash game, but maybe a flash movie, perhaps a fight scene.

Overall, it would have been better if you made a full song out of the intro.

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DeatHTaX responds:

Hmmm...never thought of that either. I think that will be my next project. Thanks for your input! I appreciate it greatly.

~DT~
-RRC-

[Coconut - Original Redux]

Pretty funny..

Well, during the slightly too long intro, I was just thinking what sorta thing I'd write in my review..How the melody was a bit repetitive, etc. , but once the vocals kicked in, I pretty much scrapped it all..Sorry if I'm wrong, but this just feels like it doesn't really care how it sounds, it just wants to put of humour into it..I think that worked...

The vocals were pretty weird, but I guess that just added to the humour..

I enjoyed it, anyway..

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[Parisienne redux]

Quite good.

It was quite nice to listen to..The guitar was nicely composed and there were some lovely solos.

Unlike your previous songs, the tracks worked together quite well. The only exception to this was after 0:38, when it just became mindless sound..Not sure what happened there, but it didn't ruin the rest of the song, luckily.

Whilst it was good, I just felt like there was something missing..It just didn't stand out from the crowd enough, as there are so many songs of a similar genre..

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mistermurfi responds:

guitar isnt composed i always just play improv :D glad you liked it and some of the solo's i quite like it myself think i got the tone right to fit into the backing track nicely :)

yeah the sloppy bit from 38 is one of the side effects of playing on the spot sometimes ya get it right and sometimes(well at my level of abilitys) ya make a bad choice and that was a bad one just off key :s

Any reason or suggestion you could make towards making it stand out of the crowd id love to hear pm me if your bothered :D

thanks for all the good reviews :D

[unnammed riff expanded]

Not bad..

Having heard two of your songs now, there is a recurring problem that just needs serious consideration..Multiple tracks in your pieces never seem to fit together correctly...I'm not sure if this is how you mix the tracks or how they were actually composed..

The acoustic feel of this worked well though..It was really relaxed and listenable..

I usually don't like simple fading in and out, but it worked really well for this..

It's weird, because at first listen, it seems really repetitive and boring, but after the 10th listen, it's not half as boring :/

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mistermurfi responds:

hehe Glad you seem to like it i must say this was a quick 5 min job done just to test out the delay effect on the guitar and if i could make it sound ok and personally i think the same as you reviewed

when i recorded it then listened back i thought meh nothing decent then listened a few times and found the sound relaxing it grew on me a bit :p

thanks for the reviews dude :)

[As of yet unnamed]

Not too good...

The guitar was really shrill, sometimes a bit hard to listen to..But overall, it wasn't too bad..Sometimes, it got pretty sloppy, and most of the time it didn't seem to work properly with the vocals, just sounded like two tracks being played at the same time..

The acoustic rhythm was actually really great, and personally I would have much preferred to hear more of that rather than the electric guitar..

The static on the track is way too much...Surely there must be some way to cut out the static a bit..

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[[G] The Battlefield ft. Gent G]

Really good.

This was an excellent submission.

The melody and drums were great, setting the perfect mood for the vocals. The vocals themselves were quite nice, but didn't seem to be completely timed to the music..You paused for a tiny bit too long at some points, slightly offsetting it.

The ending with the cymbal at the end seemed a bit like an anticlimax..I think a single long note would have been more effective..

The best way to improve it would be to give a bit more structure to it (proper choruses and stuff), and make it longer..

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Jirohbomb responds:

Yes the instrumental did help alot to the feel of the song. The pausing to the music is to be blamed of our amateur rapping skills at the time. As of now I've improved quite alot, and I'm about to post some new stuff to be reviewed lol.

[[G] When Giants Clash (Ins.)]

Bit repetitive.

Well, considering this is your first FL song, it's excellent..

The beat at the start was really nice, kinda reminded me of Fresh Prince of Bel Air sorta thing..The melody was nice, but got repetitive way too quickly...Try to add a bit more variation to it.

Another thing that would have spiced it up would be vocals. It feels perfectly suited for vocals, maybe kinda slow, meaningful, clean rap, sorta something like Fort Minor (aka Mike Shinoda in Linkin Park).

The strings at the end were great, and it would have been nice to see some more of that in the main song.

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Jirohbomb responds:

Funny thing is that those strings were there throughout every section of the song. When I rap I try to have meaningful lyrics, so it will have what you were expecting.

[All Hail Windows! 2]

%uF8FF

This is a really interesting and, to my knowledge, original concept, one that I wouldn't have thought would work very well, but it does.

However, there isn't quite enough Windows in there. Whilst some sounds are recognisable as Windows sounds, most of them just sound like normal drums or whatever..Maybe try not to change the original sounds as much by cutting them up..It just would make it feel more an XP song, not just a normal song with a few XP sounds put in for good measure.

My favourite part was the bit with the starting up screen, as that was the most XP oriented.

The shutting down tone at the end was clever too :D

Also, Macs rule! %uF8FF

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Step responds:

Thanks for the review. I do usually have a bit of a problem when it comes to making songs without drums. I find it a little too boring to make. Every second of this uses XP sounds, apart from the drum buildup, but I have to admit I used the drums a lot. Maybe I'll post another version of it without drums...
Thanks again for the review :).

[Jungle Rythm]

Far too long.

Well, I'm afraid that I'm one of the "smaller minded users" that Fro talked about in his review, and it was a bit too long and repetitive to captivate me for the full six minutes. With this kind of song, three, or even two, minutes would have worked perfectly.

The drums were quite nice though, but did get repetitive far too quickly..Got pretty boring after a while..To be honest, there were no moments that stood out more than any others...It didn't change much whatsoever, really.

I apologise for this short review, considering the length of your song, but there's nothing more I can say..It just didn't hold my attention well enough.

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Step responds:

Repetitive... I don't know about that, but you're right when saying it was long. I guess I did overdo it a little. Thanks anyway for the review.