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[First Musings - v2]

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Lol at the "revenge" review down below. People really do get worked up over silly things. :P As soon as this song started off I just knew that it was going to be very relaxing and enjoyable to listen to. It was a great piece of classical music and sounded really good.

Good variety, good length, etc... Something that would probably very useful for a flash movie of some sort. It almost gives the feeling that something is sneaking around, but also has a sad feeling towards the ending of the song. Probably would get rejected from Disney though. XD

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loansindi responds:

Thanks for the review, I'm glad you liked it!

[The Essence of Time]

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I'll agree with Haggard that it does start off a bit too slow, but you make up with it with the nice middle section of the song. I'll have to disagree with the ending part though as I thought the slower ending with all the instruments and sounds except for the one fading out sounded really good and just seemed to go with the theme of the song.

My first thought of the song was that it was going to be something to do with Zelda just because of the title. :P I do wish it was a tad bit longer. I really liked the mixture of different genres also as they sound very good together.

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Step responds:

Hey thanks :). I fixed the intro by adding delay and reverb on the piano, having some fade-in - fade-out strings in the background and making the tambourines a little less simple. As for the ending, I added an extra chord to the end to give the ending more significance. Lol, I completely forgot about Zelda when I made the title, and never knew it'd be so close :P. Anyway, thanks for the great review, I'll be sure to make it longer with some counter-melodies.

[Dr. M Fever]

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A game that I never played before so I haven't heard the original and I'm too lazy to do a quick search to hear the original online. My girlfriend automatically knew what it was though listening to it so it must sound a lot like the original one. It sounds very professional also so good job if you did this all by yourself. If you just took the original song and remixed it... well.. I'm pretty sure that's against the rules. :P

An all around enjoyable song to listen to though. Very upbeat and fun all around. Would be great for any Mario like flash game (duh), but also many other types of flash games or even movies.

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Cosmos8942 responds:

This tune is...timeless I guess you could say. ANYBODY that has ever played the original Dr. Mario will recognize this piece. Having said that I'll admit I stuck fairly close to the original because, in essence, whats the point of a remix if you completely rip apart what made the original good in the first place? The 8-bit sounds and nostalgia you feel when you listen to this piece (if you have played the game) is what helps keep its flavor. The remix simply capitalizes on that fact and brings in another level, one that they may not have been able to bring about waaaay back in the day.

What I am trying to say is that when I remix something it is always a balancing act between keeping the texture of the original (and its flavor) while sprinkling my own spices onto it to make it something new.

Mix:
3 Cups Original Flavoring [Right outta the box!]
1 Cup Crushed Texture
1/2 Cup Well-mixed samples
2 Teaspoons Originality
2 Teaspoons Secret Spice
1 Teaspoon Sledgehammer to the computer for fking up and not letting me save
1/2 Teaspoon Timing
and a heaping amount of enjoyment.

That, my friend, is what creates a good piece...yes...including the sledgehammer. Creates a nice KICK you see ^^.

Overall I understand what you are saying. As for the "If you just took the original song and remixed it...well...I'm pretty sure that's against the rules. :P" I'll admit I do occasionally rip a track or two that is simply too complicated to easy place down or one I want to keep exactly as is but this is mine. I highly doubt you're going to find percussion like what you hear in this piece...though you might hear similar percussion in the future hehe.

Not exactly a great response I know..but I am tired and I don't like to keep reviews waiting.
-Tony-

Thanks though, I'll give a shout when I get another one on stage.

[~-Chrono Trigger-~]

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I'm highly offended by the last review. I had never played Chrono Trigger either, but I do live in a cave and I don't see what the problem is with that. Also, you can't delete this one now as you have requested a review for it in the Review Request Club and it would be very rude to all of the members if they lost a review. :P

Yes, I've never played this game, but what I can tell from the song is that it would be a great song for anything that has a RPG feel to it. Something like Final Fantasy or other related RPG where there is the happy town or village sound that you here after fighting the random monsters outside.

Great song all around as it sounds great and there really isn't much for me to critique if anything at all so my review is just one of praise. Good job.

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Cosmos8942 responds:

I agree, I lived in a cave and it was quite lovely >:[, DEATH TO SS! Jk jk, but seriously, lets continue :3.

I won't be deleting this one...period. What I meant was that the original remix of this piece was deleted and I had to restart from an older copy I had...might've been a good thing come to think of it o.o.

The original is a very well-done 'can't-get-it-out-of-your-head' type of piece that really flowed with the game and released the mood just a tiny bit more. Quite the classic I should say. Overall I made this song because I wanted a little more of a challenge, take an already great piece and make it better...did I succeed, well who knows? Either way I really enjoyed this one and I might go back and do more from the game to see if I can top it.

Thanks alot for the review :)
-Tony-

P.S. RAWR

[~BH~ Aurora Theory]

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A very good song all around. I really can't think of anything to critique it as I really don't know much about music, but from someone who casually listens to music I can say that it really sounded good.

Right from the beginning of the song it started of really quick and was fun to listen to. It maintained it's fast paced, fun nature, all the way through the entire song, making it fun to listen to the entire way through.

The length of the song was great and it never really got too repetitive or boring. The song itself could be used for many different situations in a flash game or movie whether it be in the introduction, credits, or in the submission itself.

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ErikMcClure responds:

Thanks :D

[Welcome to W0RLD]

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Well I guess I have the same complaints as the other people had. The transitions were a bit rough and that's coming from someone that really doesn't know much about music, which means they were a bit obvious in this submission. :P

The song itself is pretty good though. It really reminds me of something where you would see a character discovering a wonderful world that he has never seen before and there isn't any limits on what he can do. It kind of goes with the title of the song as well.

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PuffballsUnited responds:

Yep, most people have been giving me the same advice, so I know which parts aren't working.

[Race On (WIP) [SFPL]]

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I love the beginning as it sounds like something counting down to the beginning of a race, which goes along perfect with the song title. Hm, what to review though? You've already stated that you knew the ending was a bit abrupt, that the middle of the song gets a bit repetitive, etc...

I think those two were the biggest "problems" of the song and that you should be able to fix them with a few edits here and there. The song itself is rather good though and doesn't exactly have the incomplete feel as it feels much more complete then most songs that people already consider complete.

So I would say just go with the changes that you planned on and you'll have a pretty good song here!

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SFaPiL2 responds:

Gotcha ^__^. It's good to know that all in all it isn't bad.

I'll give it the final touches soon.

Thanks Fro!

[The Ice Queen's Palace]

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Very interesting sound to this! The choir gave it a very interesting sound and you are pretty good with music so the two together ended up in a pretty good result.

I would like to see the actual lyrics in this submission though. I think that's really the only way you could improve the submission at hand other then I also noticed a couple of volume issues. Sometimes the volume seemed good and at other times it sounded too quiet, etc...

Pretty good though.

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sarias responds:

I think it is being performed at the next recital so I will definitely have an actual recording soon. :) thank you for the review though

[Midnight Illusion (DP&KP)]

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I'm going to go right ahead and continue with the trend here and state that it sounds like it could basically be finished. I really don't know what else you could do with this without making it sound too busy and I personally wouldn't want it to get much longer if any longer at all as it could get a bit overdone after awhile.

If anything this could be shortened a bit. I think perhaps in the beginning you could have gotten quite of few seconds out of there. Almost even an entire minute off of the introduction and this song would sound much better already as the beginning was way too drawn out.

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Kalapsia responds:

thanks, taking out the minute would lose the atmosphere that I'm going for, although a few seconds cut wouldn't hurt.

[.:The Final Battle:.]

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It starts off and right away I can tell that it is going to be a pretty good song all around. The drums really helped the song sound good and the song was great throughout almost the entire thing. The odd noise that you used towards the end of the song though... I didn't quite enjoy that. I thought it was very out of place and just too weird for the song at hand.

Where you put it was a great spot, but the sound itself just didn't sound that good in my opinion. Perhaps just a bit of a guitar solo their instead would have been a bit better instead of the sound effect used. :P (Don't know what it was lol)

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GronmonSE responds:

It -was- a guitar solo haha.

Thanks for the review.