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[Heavy Metal Attempt]

It's getting there...

I agree with the other reviews that the song could benefit from some type of harmonic progression. You might try to use two different guitar parts, one lower rhythm sound to establish the chord and another higher lead sound to play the melody, kind of like you did in your other song < / Indie >.

For an example of this in action I would look up "The Star Spangled Banner" by Iced Earth on youtube.

GoldbloodedDragon responds:

Ok, I'll try to look up the video as soon as possible.

[-<- Phantasy Star Remix ->-]

Great song

The instrumentation is right on and the harmonic progression gives the piece some variety. I liked how the song doesn't go on forever as many trance songs do.

The only thing that I can say might improve the song would be to reduce the volume on the lead sound just a tad, as it seems to slightly overpower the rest of the mix, especially the drums. A great song overall, though.

CyberPot responds:

Thanks PGegen.

I agree with you that the lead overpowers the drums and everything. I should probadly had turned the volume down on the lead a bit. Anyway thanks for your opinion.

-CyberPot-

[DJ S - Dress Your Heart]

Great Rob D style song

I think the vocals really complement "The Robot" and add a new layer of complexity. The arrangement progresses throughout the piece and never stagnates or becomes boring.

As far as the arrangement goes, I think the piece would benefit from some pad-style sounds for further define the harmonic progression. The counterpoint style is perhaps a bit too subtle for this song.

Overall, though great job on the piece.

[The Final Goodbye_JT]

Great song

This piece reminds me of some of Al di Meola's songs, with a bit less jazz, a bit more rock, and some Satch-style shredding in for good measure.

Great song, 5/5.

TheFunDindongs responds:

is he an arab =p jk

[mclanetest]

Great job

The drums are just slightly too soft, but otherwise there's nothing really worth complaining about. I really enjoyed listening!

[Zona]

Great composition, orchestration

I liked how this piece started out with a strong theme and developed in throughout the first few minutes. The piece always seemed to be going somewhere and didn't get boring or repetitive.

The build-up at 4:15 creates a good sense of anticipation after the interlude, and I think that you might consider revisiting the main theme more thoroughly and triumphantly at the end to complete the journey. I also think that the piece might take on a greater sense of grandeur if you incorporated some of the lower-registered instruments like the contrabass to fill out the sound.

Overall, though, I think you did a great job and I really enjoyed the piece. Your score must have been pretty ugly.

camman007 responds:

Thanks for review. First for the end I tried to incorporate the first part of the main theme into all the instruments for a build up, but maybe i could've done a bit more like you suggested. I agree as well that more lows should be added, I always thought it was missing something, but since I never wrote them into the original midi file and my teacher didn't say anything i figured it was fine, I may try to implement them more when I take on another theme of this size. The score was apparently pretty bad according to the judges, I never did like making it look pretty lol, but that's what kept me out of placing i guess, but honestly my winner in a different category was not much better visually score wise and it was the same judges so idk...lol but thanks for the review and feedback