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[Huh, suh dude?]

Please do the following things for me:

1. Get rid of the stupid 'suh dude' voice clip.
2. Adjust the EQ on the snare because it sounds incredibly dull compared to the kick.
3. Adjust the compression on the guitars because it has a lot of pumping to it, possibly because it's being sidechained with the kick as the source.
4. If you feel like all you are is a joke anymore then right some real lyrics and make me feel your pain.
5. Develop this into a proper song because it has potential but is currently just coming across as a stupid joke and it's not funny. The build up is decent and the riffs are cool. Don't waste them!

Lublub194 responds:

I can't take the rest of your review serious as you said to remove the best part and only reason for this entire post.

This is not serious. This is a joke. Nothing more.

[Nuthin Fer You]

Well, it's certainly got the right punk attitude. Unfortunately it doesn't help the artificially distorted vocals sound any better. I've been there man, I've tried distorting my voice or clipping my microphone on purpose but it has nothing on proper vocal technique. It only even works when the voice is projected sufficiently otherwise you just end up distorting the sound of the reverb picked up by the microphone and it sounds awful.

Also, please tell me you weren't cupping the microphone.

[FBM-Metaljonus]

Badass, man. The shredding was top notch and expertly played. The harmonised sections in particular were fantastic. Are you familiar with guitarist Andy James, because I detect a lot of similarities in style? As for the mix, I would have to agree, a little eh. Could do with a bit more punch and was a little heavy on the reverb for my taste but hey that's old dug up songs for you.

Metaljonus responds:

Thanks for the review dude! And ya you can listen to my more recent mixes lol they have a little more how you say?????? Balls lol. And as far as reverb goes I don't know what you're talking about lol On the lead guitars there's a touch of delay and then for the intro melody there is a saw tooth type synth in the background if that's what you're talking about? Then ya it could use less of that lol. Thanks again for the review dude! \m/

[Erratic Movement]

I quite like this. 'Erratic' sounds like an appropriate title to me as some of those rhythms sound quite erratic indeed. It raises the tension and makes the whole track more interesting. It feels like it could do with a little something more at the more intense parts like around 1:30 right after it went quiet like it was building up to something but unfortunately the payoff was no more exciting than earlier parts of the track. A bit of thickness and energy going towards the end would probably do wonders for the climax and bring the track to a more solid conclusion. Good job, keep at it.

Psyhhoaparaat responds:

Glad you liked it!
I'll try to crank up the intensity next time :)

[Wind Waker Medley]

Simply wonderful. Some of the extra arrangements you did for this medley (like the 'epic' part of the last song) sound great and enhance the mood greatly.

stunkel responds:

Thank you! I really appreciate the comment

[If Only Tomorrow]

Wow man, some of the piano parts could quite well rank up with some of the saddest compositions I ever heard. I love the piano tone you went with, it matches the tone perfectly. I didn't quite like the solo violin tone you used, it seemed a bit too harsh and maybe it's just me but it sounds like it's coming from above my head and didn't gel well with the string section sound that came later. Speaking of that part, it sounded great but the string melody got a bit repetitive. I think it could've developed more and better emphasized the beautiful chord progression. For those reasons I think it just misses out on being perfect.

Hope this helps.

drumdude responds:

Ah, the violin. Completely agree. I'm still a noob at mixing and trying to get the dry sample recording of the violin to blend with the very wet and ambient recording of the ensemble is still quite beyond me. I certainly tried though.

I think regarding the repetition, I never really intended for the violins to vary too much as I wanted to keep the song fairly minimal and stick to the general theme. However I was hoping to add more movement and harmonic variation to the other sections (viola, cello, bass) to compensate. Unfortunately, I am also a newbie to orchestration and couldn't quite find what I was looking for. Seems about 50/50.

I feel like this is one of those songs I'll revisit a couple years down the line and make it into the quality piece it genuinely deserves to be.

Thanks for the review/feedback. Always appreciated

[Olive Juice]

I like, I like. That was pretty darn smooth. Some of the licks in there were pretty cool to listen to and the general tonality of the piece is very appealing. I thought your guitar tone was very creative although (I don't know if it's related to your panning) it sounded a bit too unclear to me. Not sure if I'd quite call it a 'cheek-caresser' but a cool track nonetheless.

MrMaximus responds:

I appreciate the feedback. The guitar gets tough for me sometimes - trying to balance the need to spotlight without overtaking everything else. Still learning. Thank you.

[{Darakish}]

This was pretty cool. I liked the general feel of it. However there was a sound you can hear throughout the track that I found very distracting. I think it's a delay coming of some percussion or something. It seems just out of sync from the track to not belong but not quite 'groovy', y'know? That's all I've got to say really. It was cool though.

DESHIEL responds:

So that one sound completely ruins it all for your?

[Electro ? (W.I.P)]

Hey man, sounds like a good effort to me. I don't have much of a scale to judge electronic music on but I can tell you that I like this. I remember trying my hand at electro way back but it just came out sounding cheesy and generic. While there's not much to comment on here (which may be a critique in and of itself) I think I would enjoy hearing a full length, developed track like this.

Valon129 responds:

Thanks for your review. I agree that there is not much to comment on, this is pretty much one part of a whole song and a not very developped one too. I wanted to have feedbacks mostly on my sounds and the overall music since i don't usually do this kind of stuff.

[Salt, Water, and Iron]

Not too bad. I think this track was at it's strongest when the electronic elements were more prevalent like at 1:54. I thought the atmosphere was especially good at 1:30 and 1:54. Unfortunately I can't get a feel for the piano melody at all and it's slightly 'out-of-time'-ish quality hurts the track a lot. Keep at it though. I think this is one you will look back at later and think 'I could've done that way better.'

geniebmusic responds:

Hi there! Thank you for the constructive criticism. I truly appreciate it :) I will work harder for sure. If you will, could you PM me and describe the "out-of-time" quality for me? That was an issue I had before and I thought I had done a better job here (but I obviously didn't LOL!) Again, thank you!