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[{ReF} Minuet (Remix)]

ARGH! Bringing back bad memories!

Do you have any idea how much frustration this song caused me when I was learning it on the piano?!? But I finally got it, and this Minuet stands conquered by Lamp.

Anyway.

This is a very nice rendition of it. I like the synths you used, especially the one that sort of sounded like a cross between a wood block... nevermind. I can't explain it. It comes in around :51. That one. Very nice job on the percussion! It was present, but not overwhelming. I liked that. Keep up the great work!

-Lamp

P.S. - I'd really appreciate it if you reviewed one of my latest songs, I was interested to see what people thought about the one called "The Lone Mourner" but it has no reviews :(

ReFreezed responds:

Haha! This is one of the first songs I learned on the piano, but I got it pretty nicely. :D

Anyway, I think that synth is a nice one too. I'll probably use it at some point again. And I simply love my new headphones. Mastering the songs goes quite well now. (I did some mastering right before I uploaded it, so you don't get confused when I said it was old :] )

Thanks for your review! I'll have a listen to your stuff right away.

[{ReF} The escape]

I like this

This is actually a pretty nice song. The instruments are simple, but it still kept my interest. I like that vocoder... sometimes is was hard to understand it without the lyrics, but it still sounded nice. What's the sound you blended your voice with?

Anyway, I really liked the lyrics, and the progression really helped the lyrics along. Very nice job on this, keep up the good work!

-Lamp

ReFreezed responds:

I used some preset in the plugin Sytrus. Can't remember which. I'm glad you liked it, even though the voice is a bit unclear. :)

[{ReF} Robot]

Uh...

Wow. This really woke me up. :)

This sounds really strange. The themes are all over the place, but still pretty catchy. Trying to imagine a robot dance to this is a very interesting images. I really liked the effects, panning, and harmonies here, good job on those. The drums... wow. I have no doubt that it's humanly impossible to play like that. They sounded so random in a pulsing way... this song blows my mind. While I'm putting my brain back together, keep up the good work!

-Lamp, your faithful reviewer.

ReFreezed responds:

Whoa! Thanks a lot man! I'm quite proud of this one, even though it sounds a bit too much sometimes. :) I included a lot of drums in it so I'm glad it turned out well.

Good luck with putting your brain back together and, once again, thanks! :D

[@ndrea - Candy Dance]

I feel bad about complaining...

...but I hope you'll read this with an open mind.

Okay. You have talent. That much I'm going to say. But there are a lot of things in here I'm sure you could improve on. Number one: the chord progression. It's probably one of the catchiest out there, but the thing that bugs me about it is that I've heard the exact same one in about three hundred other songs. That is no exaggeration. I think you could put some different notes in there, or at least have some complex chords in there.

Second, you've sidechained the notes from the generic chord progression. Thats all fine and dandy to people who don't care, but for the picky people like me, it's just another thing that blends in with all the other dance tracks. I'm sure you could make that into a harmony and simply have the progression play flat in the background.

Three. I don't reallly like that "come on" voice, it doesn't really fit, but it's fine.

I liked the bell part you put in here, that was one thing I liked. :)

All in all, it's a nice song and everything, but nothing really stands out. Sure, it's got some interesting snare rolls and it's catchy, but so does seventy-five percent of the other dance songs on here.

No doubt people are going to scream at me for this like they did at Karco (who did have good points, he just didn't offer any constructive criticism.) I'll even bet people will rate this as abusive just because I voted a seven, but I really think you should use your talent and make something better. Until then, keep up the work!

-Lamp

AndreaDigita responds:

Np I see some of your points and trust me I have a lot more potential than this ;)

[~{(TT)}~ Conflictions]

This is awesome.

I must find the poopskid that 0-bombed this and throw them in the midst of this battle.

The story is simply awesome, even when I didn't have a song to go with it. Now I'm just astounded. This tells the story very well, from the first signs of life from the Ancients to the fear and first attacks of the NDA. I love the synths/sounds you used in here, they have that completely-new-while-still-sticking-t o-the-songs-flow feeling. The weird panning sound and the quiet metal striking sounds really give the impression that this ghost town might not really be deserted after all, among other things. Everything fits, very good job there.

I just got to the part around 3:20 for the second time, that part sounds great when the two synths seem to be competing with each other. Maybe that's where the two are beginning to battle, or when the reinforcements come and the Ancients are faced with a new enemy. Either way, it's cool.

Probably one of your best, if not the best. Catchy, perfect for the story.. I have no complaints! Keep up the awesomeness!

-Lamp

Twistedtechnology responds:

I think i just shed a little tear :*) Thats probably the nicest review i've ever been left on a song that has taken me more than 2 sittings to complete.

3:20 is when the NDA fights alongside their reinforcement, hoping to over power the anchients

Im so glad you enjoyed this track XDD

I put a ton of time and effort into this one!

[{ReF} Clocks (Remix)]

Ooh, a long one!

I don't see why people have to turn their volume to max, because that would probably break my eardrums. Not that this is too loud, just that my speakers go up high enough I can hear them from anywhere in the house. Volume here sounds good on my end. :)

This does sound a lot more structured, probably because it got so much time to progress. Just enough time for this song. The only criticism I have is to maybe make the synth around the 4:20 mark hold on a bit longer. They seemed kind of restrained, and it'd be nice to hear them drawn out.

As for the genre, it just sounds like a more ambient version of pop, so I don't really know where else you could put this. Maybe you could invent a new genre: popient!

Anyway, very nice job on this. It sounds very nice, and I'm glad you made something good and long. :) Keep up the great work!

-Lamp

ReFreezed responds:

Yeah, it's good I made something good, FINALLY... oh well. :P I like that new genre: popient, lol. Anyway, thanks for a great review!

[-+[Nachtmare Waltz]+-]

That was odd

I heard the start of this song and thought, wouldn't that be cool if there was a piccolo that played this phrase? And sure enough, the music box played something so similar to what I thought up I shivered. Maybe that has something to do with the fact that it's 28 degrees here, but...

Anyway, very nice song. Everything sounds perfect as usual. I even got to hear more of Arsenic's lovely voice! Keep up the good work!

-Lamp

MaestroRage responds:

That is very strange indeed! Perhaps it was just that predictable? =)
Anyway, please remember to read the info and signia. MaestroRage had absolutely nothing to do with this piece, other than telling me it was sexy and offering for me to put it on his page along with my other recent pieces. So if you see the plusses and boxes, it's a Lady Arsenic song. Thank you for listening!

With love,
LadyArsenic <3

[Battle of Mount Meggido]

Here I am again!

This is a very nice song! I'm not going to take off very many points for the sound quality because you've explained why that is already. This sounds very epic and suspenseful with the arpeggiating strings and choir. I thought I heard the strings clash a couple of times, but that only made it more suspenseful and full of action. The orchestra hits helped that too. I really liked the hammer sound, don't really know what that is. (Maybe the tubular bells?) And the piano part around 2:06 (where I'm assuming Gabriel falls) really captures the sudden realization that a beautiful soul has just vanished from the world. Very nice part. All in all, this is a very epic track. Fix the sound quality, and this would be awesome!

I'll review some more of your stuff later, but for right now keep up the good work!

LacrimosaMuse responds:

thanks again lol, ya i see wat u mean by the strings clashing, the violin part didnt turn out exactly the way i wanted it to but as i said im trying to rewrite it on a defferent program to help fix some of the mistakes, ha the hammer sound was a tube bells/chimes (theyre basically the same thing, but the chimes ring longer so i doubled the parts and cut their volume in half

[Descent Into Chaos]

Let's see

Well, it is repetitive, but I'm going to ignore that for now. Everything sounds nice, except for the flute/violin instrument. There are some places where that gets a little too shrill for my ears. Otherwise, I thought this was good. The hit at the end could have used some reverb or maybe even an echo, but that's your choice. Very nice for a soundtrack... if the trailer is epic you might want to start the song out with more energy. I don't know what the trailer is like, so some of this might not apply.

Anyway, nice job, keep up the good work!

-Lamp

masterjiji responds:

the instrument you thougt of is a piccolo, and yes it does drill holes in one's head.

[{ReF} Running]

Well...

It is a little repetitive, and I'm not really a fan of that kick, but otherwise this is a good song! It's got a frantic, have-to-be-somewhere-else-right-now type of feeling, which judging by the title is pretty close to what you were going. I really liked the low rumble near the beginning, don't know if that's just my bass-heavy earbuds picking that up. I also liked the frog-sounding thing you used, although I have no idea what that was it sounds cool. Another nice addition is the sixteenth-note plucked sound (or was is eighths because of the tempo?) The only criticism I have is that the kick sounds a lot like the FL default, which a lot of people use. It fits well, but I just hear it so often it doesn't have the same effect.

Anyway, good job. I don't know why this is getting bad scores, someone definitely needs to fix the zero-voting problem. Ah well. Keep up the good work!

-Lamp

ReFreezed responds:

I was kinda stressed when I made it... or maybe I got stressed by making it. Hmm...

The kick is actually two different kicks at the same time, but one of them is the default one... so yeah. :P

I'm guessing the rumble you heard was supposed to be there. It's (kind of) one of the kicks in reverse. I got some new headphones that actually makes me hear the bass of my songs now, lol.

The "frog" sound was something I just had to include. It was too awesome to be left out. :)

Finally, death to zero-voters, and thank you for listening and reviewing!