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[Unlikely Mastermind]

Sounds

Where did you get your sounds, and what do you use. I'd love to get those orchestra sounds, they sound amazing. Please tell me :D. However, other then that, I like the song. The orchestration is good in terms of melody and repitition of said melody. Also the second part is awesome sounding. The only problem I have with the modern drum beat is that it just doesn't seem to fit. Make the first drum beat, "bum-ta" more complex, perferably with cymbals, since the hat seems to be the thing that made it fit the best. I personally don't like the hat tamberine in this song, but that's up to you, I'd have rather heard a hi-hat. Also, make it longer, this song is absolutely amazing, and I'd like to hear more of it. Seriously, I love this song man. Now don't forget to tell me where you got those orchestra sounds so I can use them :D. Good song man 5/5 9/10 (-1 for being to short :P)

ValikSparks responds:

Hey! Thanks so much for the review -very encouraging...I'm an amatuer, and have no idea what I'm doing -seriously, I can't even read music..I do what I do by ear, and just make what 'sounds good' to me. I'll definitely keep in mind your suggestions, and I'd love to try implenting them, and making a longer, better version of this as soon as I get some time and inspiration.
The exact instruments I use are from East West Instruments (soundsonline.com I think), specifically East West Symphonic Orchestra Gold, and Stormdrum (don't think I used that one in this piece though). And I edit the sounds into music in FL Studio 9. But...East West Instruments are freaking expensive...you might look into 'Garriton Personal Orchestra', which is cheaper I think, and of comparable quality.

Thanks again!

[Roman Candles (Matt Kim)]

My opinions

I love almost everything. The drums, as you mentioned are bad, I'd rather they not be there rather then be terrible, it took away from the song. I also felt that the distorted guitar was to distorted or something, it needed to be more of an overdrive sound. The piano should be a little bit quieter. However, the balance on the vocals and guitar are perfect, if not a tiny bit over powering on the vocal side. So other then that, I love the song. During the solo, the distortion is perfect though, so if you can overdrive it for everything except that, it would be a lot better. This is my opinion though. Good song man. If you're in middle of the lower penninsula area and playing live gigs PM me, cause I'll come check you out.

[_Apprehension_]

Cool

I like the song, I felt like the Jazz Organ solo was a little out of place, and personally I'm not a fan of the synths you use, they sound too fake and clean for me. However, that's just my style versus your style. I like the song structure and I like the song in general. You should use some more sound separation also, if possible with the program you are using. Over all I liked it though, cool song. Good luck my competitor in the open light competition :D

Birdinator99 responds:

Thanks for reviewing!

I must say, though, that I used only two drum kits, a bass, two guitars, and an organ for this piece -- no synths! Unless you you mean that they are literally being synthesized (AKA virtual instruments), which in this case you would be correct.

Sorry; my musical knowledge is usually pretty limited >_<

[PianoFrenzy - OL]

Chilaxing

It had a cool idea, I feel like some more echo on the piano would have helped, or atleast stop it from cutting off as much as it does. I really like the main melody, just wish there was some variation in it. Finally I found that the lack of bass took away from the intensity later on in the piece, at about 1:17 the higher pitch synth comes in, and I wish a bass line appeared either there or earlier, I feel like that would help the overall feeling of the song and prevent it from feeling so repetitive. Overall though, a good song :)

OpenLight responds:

Haha, thanks. Usually I do that kind of stuff, but I didn't really focus on that since I was too worried I wouldn't be able to make a song that was under 2 minutes.

[Frostbitten Circuit]

Chill

I like it, it's very sharp, which is how I imagine ice, yet it had the slow dragging feeling of trodding through snow. I like it, very good imagery created with sounds. The melody at the beginning was very subtle, I like that. It was hidden behind distrotion and other sounds. It made it more interesting when it started getting louder and it popped out on the high note. Good work Open Light ^_^

OpenLight responds:

Thanks! It's getting a lot of bad votes for some reason, but I'm glad you liked it!

[The Glass House!]

Meth?

Your inspiration or what made you able to write it in a timely fashion? Anyway, this is pretty chill song. I'm enjoying it. Some interesting sounds. Overall, awesome

BlowinMoneyENT responds:

i made it when a friend died on meth. i dont realy know why i made it for that reason. thanks any way tho.

[Wake Up It's Time to Sleep]

Sweet

I love the parts where the bass is on the main beat, and the melody is the off-beat, very opposite to the normal classical composition that usually puts the bass on the off-beat. I also how some times it sounds like a creepy dubstep circus. Overall, I enjoyed the song.

[~Sora]

Relaxing

I love relaxing ambient songs like this. The song really just hit so well together. Plus I love FL Studios because it's what I use, haha. ^_^"

xninja04 responds:

Thx alot man! Glad you liked it! ^^

[The Chase for the Truth]

Brilliant

I love the pan on the hihats, and all of the melodies on this song are fantastic. I really like it. Keep it up man.

rwert responds:

thank you

[Entering a Nightmare [WIP]]

Scales :D

I love it, to be honest, but the scales you use seem to be confusing, like you can't pick a key, I think you should have focused more on being in minor. The nightmare should sound darker and what you have so far is good, but it switchs to an odd key that doesn't really fit with the beginning

OpenLight responds:

Haha yeah this is an old WIP I made and felt better about before I uploaded it. If it was ever finished, there would be a better transition between scales. This was more like just me vomiting up stuff and calling it a song, hahaha. Thanks though!