Score: 7

"Good, but could be better"

submission: -PdG- Yet Another House Demo

date: December 21, 2009

I like the intro, although I think there a couple too many sounds playing at once for an intro. It should be more drawn out in the final version. I think that the bass line should be played longer by it self before the other main synths come in. You could turn up the bass line just a little bit as well. I like the melody when it comes in. Another thing I might change is the amount of sweep like Mystery Moon Pie said. It seems like when the bass beat and snares are played near each other that it plays two beats. I think I might just take out the snares because they conflict with the bass beat. Overall nice song, but improvements could still be made on this part.

Score: 7

"A Little Plain"

submission: [[System-Malfunction]]

date: October 21, 2009

Not much besides your kick, claps, and taps, but put together well. You definitely need some more sounds in there somewhere to make it sound more professional. I realize that it is hardstyle, but it needs more than what it is now. Maybe you could just add in another synth in there like the one that you have, but just have it a key lower. That makes me realize that you don't have many low notes besides the one synth in the background and the kick. I like the deep vocals, as I always do. I like the melody when it comes in. I like the piano and the feel that it gives to the song, although I think that it could be EQed better. The ending seems a bit abrupt; another vocal sample or a reuse of the "rock the Bass" would be good to end it while also leaving it open to adding onto.

I like it, but as I said it is just a little bit too plain for my taste. Keep up the good work. You're one of the reasons I still get on NewGrounds.

Score: 7

"Somewhat of a Let Down"

submission: Brando - Pure WiP

date: August 5, 2009

I like what you did with the piano. This version of the piano sounds better. That pad is a little repetitive to me. Dunno how to fix it, but I still think it is. I like the bass pad at 0:14. The electronic sound at 0:27 sounded almost cheap or bad compared to the quality of the previous sounds. That was a real let down. Maybe its just the effect you put on it, but I don't really like it until it gets louder. Even still I think you could make it better. I think you should add more than just claps at 0:40 after the lull. It was kind of a let down too. The lengthen of the melody at 0:54 is a little awkward. Maybe because it seems short. The part at 1:00 should be added to so its not just that one sound. The sound at 1:29 didn't fit completely well. Is it some effect you put on it to make it sound distorted? I don't like the distortion much. I agree with the others in that the kick needs to be stronger. I think you should change it up more at 1:42 too because it gets repetitive. 1:55 is weird how you took that sound out. You might want to make it longer or just change it completely. The outro needs to be better too.

As it is now, I love the intro until 0:27. I think I like the other classical version better because it has less flaws as of now. I realize this is a WiP, but I still think you need to fix a lot of the distortion to make it sound more normal. Especially the sound at 0:27. This needs work, but as I said in my review on the classical version it could be totally epic.

By the way, have you tried changing the piano on the classical version to this piano? I think it would sound better.

Score: 7

"1:18 is Amazing..."

submission: Tetris Remix [Revamped](v0.6)

date: August 5, 2009

As a lover of your original mix, I leave this review in hopes that it helps you reach the awesomeness level the other one is at. ;)

I liked the sounds at the beginner (0:00 to 0:24) better in your other [Final] Mix. These ones aren't that bad the other ones are just better. The kick is good, I might just put a regular kick like this without the distortion or whatever it is on it. If you keep the distortion, just make it to have more kick so that all I hear isn't just the distortion. I still love the sound at 0:32. I like the change at 0:35 but it doesn't seem to fit as well as the other one did in the [Final] mix. You might could try to fit it in somewhere else. The part at 0:38 sounds crappily mixed and badly EQed. You will have to fix that in the final version. I like the guitar type sound in the background, but I can't hear it enough. You might wanna turn in up. I like how you shortened the other part at 1:04 into on part instead of two (sorry if you don't understand what I'm talking about here. Its hard to explain). The break at 1:16 is a little awkward, although I do like the part that comes after it. That first instrument at 1:18 is amazing. Sounds great. Its my favorite part of the song. It has a great change of melody. 1:31 is completely random. It doesn't transition well, and I would just lengthen the awesome part more instead of changing it so soon. I also like the sound that comes in at 1:45.

Overall I like how you added notes to places and also how you added the melody at 1:18. I realize that this is only about 3/5ths complete, but it still needs a lot of work.

Hope this helps. At this point I still like your [Final] mix better, but I think this has potential to at least be just at good.

Score: 9

"I can see it"

submission: Brando - Pure & Tainted

date: June 18, 2009

being one of your best hard style songs yet. All you would have to do is put sick bass beat in and change the notes from piano to a different hard style song or just ass it onto it. I really like the piano version, but I think the hard style is going to be better.

Wow. I really like the melody and all of the changing. This is so your style. I am surprised that you didn't start out with hard style on this. When you change it to hard style, I would lengthen it some. It is quit short. I might lengthen the intro that stops at 0:13, the song seems to rush forward to fast. You need to have the part at 0:57 layered better, I realize you are toning it down before you add in a new melody, but I think it came in too soon and needs a little better layering there.

Gosh, I have been listening to this over and over for forever it seems like while I am doing other things. Awesome melody, it is such your style. This will be number 1.

Score: 6

"A Little Awkward"

submission: Symphony of Dance

date: June 14, 2009

The intro was a little soon, in that it started with those two sounds immediately are going into what they are through the song. You might want to add in something there to make it not start immediately. I am not sure if I would include the three beats at 0:12. They don't fit perfectly. That swoosh also doesn't seem to fit completely well. You might want to change it to a different sound or something. If you are going to have all of these sounds having the same notes, they need to be spread out more. You should probably change the notes of some of those sounds in the beginning to where they aren't the same, but still complement the rest of the song. What I mean by that is that you have what, 4 or 5 sounds all having the same notes by 0:16. There should either be more space in between them, or just change the notes to complement the other sounds.

At 0:27 I might increase the taps and snare (I think that is what they are) in the background to where you can hear them better. The electronic sounds starting at 0:54 aren't bad, but I don't think they fit completely with the rest of the song. Again, I stress that you need the sounds to have different, complementing notes. You still have them with the same notes with like 5 or 6 instruments now to where it seems boring. I like the vocals. I also think that the part that starts at 1:20 is my favorite part. I like the sounds there the best, although again, you need different notes. The sound that starts at 1:34 is good also. That is what I mean by changing the notes, but still complementing the other sounds. The piano at 1:47 is good, but I think I would continue with it changing the notes instead of adding the same trumpet type sounds.

The rest of the song is repetitive still with the same sounds with the same notes. I can't stress enough how much variance makes a song better. Too much variance is not good, but you definitely need more.

This isn't a bad song. The melody is different, and a little awkward, but it could still become a good song with more work.

Score: 8

"Wow"

submission: Monotonic Love [demo]

date: June 4, 2009

You are so interesting as an artist. Getting better at things that you do. Spreading into different genres and stuff. You are practically making your own genre. You really are becoming a great artist.

To the song, the beginning didn't sound like house at all. but once that synth came in at 0:23 it sounded more like it. The first vocals didn't flow perfectly, try to get that to work better. I think that that synth at 0:23 is at just the right volume, I only think that some of the other sounds should be turned up in the full version. The break at 1:00 is good, but came in too soon and didn't transition too well into it.

I think that after the soft part you should take out the soft part sounds out to where it is back to party. They seem to lessen the experience and not fit completely well.

I think the final version of this song should be somewhere around 5-7 minutes or longer. You could turn this into a great rave or house party song.

As I said, good song man. I would like to hear the versions after this one.

Score: 9

"Interesting"

submission: Nightmare in Summer

date: June 4, 2009

The melody is very strange and changing. Not bad, just different. It shows a dream in it. The semi nice intro then it breaks into something more dark. I like that dark voice. Is it a channel or MP3 files?

More change of melody. All of them good. I think the "bass" at 2:34 could fit better, whether it is a change of word or what, I think it could flow better. I think the harmony at 2:35 should be turned up some. I also think you should add some other sound onto that part. This really makes me want to get up and dance, even though I don't know how to. Those bellish things are ownage. Agh, more of that dark voice. How I want it...

The rest of the song is sort of repetitive until the piano comes back in. I think that the piano should continue on better. Even if you loop it, I still think it should continue some.

Good song. Just fix the repetitiveness before the piano comes back in. You are starting to resemble Bass Piratez more and more, which is a good thing because he is my favorite artist. I don't mean to compare, but I do. You are becoming great. All of this from a nightmare. Makes me wonder what it was about.

Score: 8

"Take out fade ins"

submission: {Para}-PowerOfPleasure-{Nox}

date: June 1, 2009

The first vocals that come in should fade away quicker. I think it should fade out at 3-4 repeats. It is pretty repetitive up to 0:30. You should add more sounds or change it up some. I don't think you should fade in the sound at 0:30ish. You should have the song formatted to where it comes in naturally. Good change of melody. I don't think it builds up enough to have a break at 1:07 like you have. Its not a bad part, just came in at the wrong time. I also think you should have more going in that break. The vocals come in okay, it could fit better. I think you should turn up the volume of the vocals some there though. More fade ins... You should only use them sparsely. You over use them here way too much just because you don't know how to format it right. Not trying to be offensive, it just shows that you need to improve some.

Overall the song drags on a bit and could be formatted better. You still need to take out a lot of those fade ins, but this is a good remix. It introduced some new things to The Power of Pleasure that others had not used. Still a good song though.

Score: 8

"Pretty Good"

submission: Liquitech - KidsGonnaBeFarOut

date: May 15, 2009

First off, nice song. I like the whole thing. Nice intro with the burst. Good melody. The build up is nice. The part at 0:53 came in too soon I think. It is a nice add on, but I think it should come in later around 2:30-3:30ish. Nice vocals. They fit well. The burst is good just after the vocals. The change in tune at 2:09 is good. Good to mix it up some. I don't think the vocals should come in at that next part. Since it is the same vocals as before, it sounds repetitive and comes in too soon. If you are going to repeat the same vocals and it is plain to begin with, it has to be several minutes after. The transition at 3:25 was random and not placed well. You have to end with something better. The next part is very plain. It goes on for too long with relatively the same thing. All the way from 3:25 till the end is repetitive. I might just end it around 3:35 or something.

This is not hardcore trance by the way. Hardcore trance is more like Dj-Brand0's Hardbeat mix. Overall this is a good song, but needs some work in the middle and definitely in the ending. As it is, you are improving and heading towards my favorites list. Keep up the good work. I'm looking forward to more from you.