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[Hassan - Summer Melody (full)]

Original

I didn't like something about the bassline... the pattern wasn't the best... otherwise it's a very good song. Puts me in a thinking/relaxing mood.

[Thinking about you (DEMO)]

Summary

The main melody instrument is too loud, and the kick needs to be a lot harder.

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Teh Kreepz

Whoa, your voice truly is spinechilling LadyArsenic... in a positive way. Really awesome singing, quite unlike anything I have heard yet, and the music itself is also very good. The pitch change at the end, although a common effect, makes a very good impact here. I only have one problem with this, the drums. The single type of drum makes the song sound unfinished. I just miss the snares or a second kind of kick, at least during the non-chorus parts there should be some. That's the reason for the 8. Sorry but I can be picky about drums :P

MaestroRage responds:

^_^ Thank you very much. This was my first time stepping outside my own lines, and I'm happy to hear that I did relatively well. And yes, I know. > >; Those darned drums... See, I'm not used to working with any kind of percussion, since all of my songs are normally gentle and more ambient. So that obviously was a rookie error. Don't worry though, dearie, I'll work extra-hard on it next time just for the lot of you, alright? =3 Thank you for listening!
With love,
LadyArsenic <3

[_-={The Gift}=-_]

Awesome, as always

And short as almost always =/ I haven't reviewed your work for a while now, but I've been keeping track of it and downloaded quite a few songs recently. Now I felt it's time to write down again how awesome you are, in case you forgot =P
This one sounds totally real and totally kikazz. Lovely melodies in the last 30 secs, and who could say no to such drums? Again you managed to make something quite unlike any of your previous work. You have so much originality you could start selling off some of it. I'd be the first to buy :3 Da fivez n dlz.

[Moonlight Rave -r]

WHOAZ

100 percent AWESOME. The main melody is simple yet one of the most catchy tunes I've ever heard, of the "ment-to-be-like-this" kind. It just sticks in my head so much, I wanna hear it again and again and when I'm not listening to it I find myself humming it. I assume you made this with FL, which makes it even more outstanding, considering the difficulty of making a really professional-sounding song with this program. Some very good groundshaking kicks in some parts, good use of the pads and a simple yet most fitting main melody instrument. So, endless grats. I rarely put songs in my favs, especially after just one day of listening, but I'm going to put this one in now. (I also make such all-positive reviews only for songs that I really love and find no flaw in them, so you can be sure it really is perfect :P XD)

[(DJ Martcore) Explode]

.....eh

The intro is kinda crap, you shouldn't start a song like this with hihats only IMO. After that... well honestly I don't like this genre but I must say it's nicely done, almost sounds like Doomcore. The brainstomping bass is good, but in this one it goes a bit too far; there is absolutely no mastering so the bass is too strong and mutes out all the other instruments. So, eh.

[Jobless Trance]

Interesting melodies

Some very original and quite unusual melodies you got here. The bass and kick is wonderful in this combination, it grabbed my attention instantly. Also like the almost choir-like synths at the end. But it's a bit dull otherwise, could get much further with a little more work. Additionally, the noise intro kinda disembowelled my ears >_< Good job anyway.

DjZombAid responds:

That's a bit generous, it's VERY dull lol.
YUh the intro is kool but ear piercing.. but i'm still quite fond of it =].

-Thanks yet again man =].

[Awesome Is 0verrated [TEST]]

Good to start with

Good bass pattern, instruments and melody.
My recommendations:
- Better quality (achieved by higher bitrate conversion).
- Harder kix.
- It would be better if the bass started right at 0:50.
- When the reverby background stuff comes back you could add a different melody on top, with a less spectacular but well audible instrument, and also some kind of snare roll or other lead-in before this part.
I managed not to write a novel-length review this time :3

DjZombAid responds:

Thanks =]
Lol yet again, i try to keep the filesize low thus lower bitrate because of the upload time =].
Thanks yet again for your shorter and just as informative review =P

-Aidan.

[DJ-Mrtcr & DjZA - Island Life]

Not bad but.........

[As promised, I'm gonna listen to some of your songs now.]
There is one very serious problem: the bass melody of the first part creates a dissonance with the synth melody, and this is likely to ruin the song for a lot of people. I recommend very much that you change it. There is nothing wrong with the bass of the second part, thankfully.
In addition to correcting the bass melody, I think you should move the first part bass in stereo position higher and more backwards, because it stands out a bit too much from the rest, and that's weird when you listen to it with headphones. Adding reverb to the bass would also be nice. Also try converting at a higher quality and/or compressing, because the second part crackles a lot and has a general low quality. The file could get a lot bigger, you don't have to squeeze it in 1,9 mb when there is 6,1 more it could take up.
However, for a start, the iron drum synth thing is simply brilliant, it creates a fantastic atmosphere all by itself. The second part is also pretty nice, and the whole song is a great piece of euphoric trance. But the two parts are quite different, they don't really feel like the same song. Even so I'd give this a 10 or at least a 9, if the bass and quality problems were not present. Until you fix those all I can give is a 7. I know I'm being a little hard on you, especially since you're fairly new at the AP, but there are things like melody dissonance that can kill songs, and result in non-negotiable score loss in my rating. Lol I'm starting to sound like an audio scientist o_O
Ignoring the mistakes, it can be called very good work. For now I'll rather not vote. If you correct at least the bass melody and the quality, you can expect much more reviews and dls in my opinion, and my download and five for sure.

DjZombAid responds:

Well thanks, i always knew their was something wrong with the bass.. but didn't think of it so much as no-one really made any mention though i myself could detect it. I seriously appreciate your review i'm sure it's one of my, if not THE most well thought-out review. I will try to correct the problems you mentioned and perhaps send you a PM when it's done if you'd like. Also i know the 2 parts don't really gel together.. but that's kinda how i wanted it to be, i mean you know day-light being fairly different from night-time. And about the quality.. it's only 96kb/s instead of the normal 128. I did this because my internet was slow at the time and wanted to upload it faster (i'm rather impatient =D).Another thing i meant to fix with this song was the slight pop at the beginning, why it is their i am un-sure. But thanks for your helpful review and i shall try sometime soon hopefully, amidst my work and other such things to get this song completed to a satisfactory standard =].

Thanks again,

-Aidan.