Score: 10

"Astronomically Good"

submission: Hymn of the Fallen

date: July 20, 2007

....Ever listened to a song and found that it is so good that it sends a chill down your spine? Not many songs do that for me, but "Hymn of The Fallen" did.

This is absolutely amazing, fair play. The melodies and harmonies in this are absolutely spot on, really create and set a mood and atmosphere. Fantastic selection of orchestral instruments, everything seemed to fit together perfectly without it sounding too cluttered. I couldn't really find any faults with this at all, it's just...beautiful.

Nice one :]

Score: 5

"lmao"

submission: Chicken of the World

date: February 6, 2007

w...w...what is this????

you sure don't sound like a 20 year old btw ;)

Score: 9

"Club Slayer minus the crappy rap"

submission: Club Slayer (Instrumental)

date: December 18, 2006

NOW we're talking, you obviously read my review on how good the beat was. This is kick-ass. The beat is powerful and punchy, the choice of instruments is spot on, especially that thing you did with the sine synth, and the riff is simple but catchy!

And your only 13?? Holy moly.

Top marks man, this is quality.

Score: 6

"A nice start, but could do with some adjustment"

submission: RR - Techno Angel

date: December 18, 2006

This is quite a nice tune, i surely would not call it techno - I believe a better subgenre for this would be "Deep House" ;)

When you said "relaxing pad" - you weren't lying, the pad is really really beautiful and dreamy, but the synth "craving for attention" absolutely drowns it out. The synth does actually go leaving the pad and bass at their own devices, but its just the same pad and bass riff looped a fair few times. Now i know techno music is quite reliant on repetition, but perhaps you could've added a little something to freshen it up. The synth does return back at the end, and the same problem still remains - drowning out the pads. The bass actually fills in quite nicely, and i noticed you aren't afraid to use full range of the notes in a bassline which is good! Another slight gripe was the drum pattens, which were awfully basic, kicks every bar and claps every 2 bars and so on. If you don't want to change this arrangement, add some extra hi-hats, percussion instruments or even a loop ontop to give it some flair.

Also if your having trouble with instruments drowning out other instruments, as well as playing with the volume of each instrument, try using Compression and Mastering - it works wonders.

Best of luck, and check out my stuff if you fancy some more trance & techno music.

~FDM.

Score: 5

"Nothing much to say except..."

submission: whyny bitch

date: December 18, 2006

...that this is weird.

It kicks off as a very nice sci-fi effect, but that's it. This would work amazing as the build up in an epic trance tune.

Sounds like a good start though, work on it.

Oh and best title ever.

Score: 7

"I like this!"

submission: bass attack

date: December 18, 2006

When i opened this up, the first thing that grabbed my attention was the beat, rather than it being a basic loop, its very skippy and syncopated - sounds good settled amongst the other instruments. The melody is nice and your choice of synth instruments is very oldskool - sounds like something out of the 80s! ;)

My only gripe is not to mash 2 different bassline riffs together at once because 99% of the time they produce a garbled mess which kills the tune a bit.

Apart from this, it sounds good - probably something i'd use in a DVD menu or some background music. Good job.

Score: 5

"Pfffffft"

submission: Club Slayer

date: December 18, 2006

First thing that made me a bit skeptical was the fact that the quality is pretty poor, the sound is very crackly and tinny, sounds like a microphone jobbie.

With regards to the song itself, You rap like a little boy BUT the beat is pretty wicked, did you produce that?

Score: 8

"A very techy edge on a VG-Classic"

submission: Sonic 1 - Green Hills

date: July 5, 2006

Nice stuff.

Nice how you've propelled the tempo up high - gives it a "happy-hardcore-like" sound.

The instrumental section is very inventive in the middle. Nice choice of sounds. Some sounds are a tad clashy, but apart from that, it's very good.

~FDM

Score: 10

"AWESOME"

submission: -API- Anaconda

date: February 17, 2006

This is wicked man. Reminds me an awful lot of stuff produced by Dillinja ;)

Good luck gettin signed man!

Score: 9

"Nice :D"

submission: Simple Jungle Loop

date: December 10, 2005

The Speed Garage warping bassline in this blew the roof off.

You could really develop this into a full drum & bass track :D.

Drop in some more d&b breakbeats, add some ragga samples, some dreamy pads and your sortedddddd! ;D

Overall, good stuff!