Score: 4

"too repetitive for my liking and not enough energy"

submission: Brass City

date: August 22, 2008

It's a cool little melody you've got. Simple, but effective. And yet, it almost overwhelms the entire piece, making it feel repetitive.

I liked the drums - specially the way they kicked in at the start - and there were some cool bg noises.

The riff at 1:13 was cool - shame it only lasted a little while.

Also, I felt it could have some more energy - specially in the 40s-1minute part. But just throughout, maybe beef up the volum of the drums, add some more beats, maybe some bass...

I loved some elements, but disliked it as a whole. Sorry if I'm not able to pinpoint exactly why.

Score: 7

"Funny on the first listen."

submission: The Flash 'Reg' Lounge Song

date: August 20, 2008

The rhymes are reasonably well laid out and fairly funny.

I liked the background sounds. The main melody was kinda repetitive, but I loved the variance from the beats, scratching and extra fx like the strings.

There was some noise on the mic, but the whole thing still sounds aweome, in a homegrown way.

Ultimately, technical quality doesn't mean much here. It made me smile. made me chuckle a little when I first listened through.

Well done. Also, the fact that someone even made this... that's funny enough as a concept.

"Since then its grown
more and more
keeping up with it
is almost a chore"

Too true...

Oh, and 0 points docked for me not being in it. ;-)

Score: 6

"Great tune, but pales in comparison to the origina"

submission: What's This? {^}-{Alix1}-{^}

date: August 14, 2008

This was well played and It is a great song to recreate but in the end I just prefer the original.

The slide at 0:59 was cool.

The bg repeated notes could have maybe been lowered slightly in volume to increase the impact of the melody - just now it sounds slightly repetitive because of the 'left hand' part.

And with the absence of the vocals, maybe you could have added another instrument to beef it up slightly and stop it feeling sparse.

Also, the end seemed as if it needed one more chord, to sort 'close off' the tune.

If you worked out the notes for this yourself, I'm seriously impressed with your skill.

Just not as fun as the original though.

Score: 5

"beautiful riff, but sounds unfinished."

submission: Airplane

date: August 14, 2008

I like the riff here. It's got a positive vibe.

You do mess up the rhythm slightly at 0:13 and 0:19, but it generally sounds good.

I just felt like the harder chords don't really suit the mellow, chilled vibe of the riff. Maybe if you kept the riff going on a loop on one track, then added some slow melody on top of that, it could end up beautifully soothing, like one of the tunes for one of Ferry Halim's classic games.

At the minute, it seems just like an unfinished off-the-cuff effort.

keep working on it! This could be wonderful.

Score: 4

"lacking in 'punch'."

submission: Extreme Hardcore

date: August 11, 2008

The opening 'bubbly' sound is a bit odd for this kinda music, but I like it.

I'm not too keen on the screechy sound we hear at 27s and throughout until 47s. The whole 27s-42s bit sounds a bit too sparse and repetitive to be just an instrumental. I'd suggest changing it up a bit more.

I'm not keen on the transition into those parts - I like the drumrolls, but when you change into those repetitive melodies, it sounds kinda jarring to me.

The guitars and drums keep a tight beat.

Some part were fun - I liked the ending and there's a fair bit of energy.

At the moment though, it feels a bit thrown together and doesn't have the punch it could have.

Score: 7

"Fun to listen to - like a space voyage."

submission: Leap of Faith {durn}

date: August 11, 2008

I downloaded this just over a week ago and it seems to have been changed radically - the bass and beats are a lot heavier, the volume louder and there seem to be a few other tweaks...

I actually kinda liked the quietness of the original - that had a soft, chilled aspect - it was kinda something you could play whilst lounging about.

This one has tons more energy and fits better into the genre. Still, I'd have suggested submitting a new version (as an 'edit') rather than overwriting this one...

You still haven't fixed what I consider a notable fault - the ending. It just sounds curtailed - you should wait until the resonance fades away. Or if you were trying to make it loop, just know that it doesn't work. And no-one would use a song this long as a loop.

Opening beats sound great. Love the 'engine noise' synth that pops up around 14s, then plays for about 2s each time it pops in. What is that?

The way you introduce the higher melody at :57ish works well, the transformation to the synth at 1:37 less so imo.

It's not until 1:52 that the beats really start and it starts to get into the groove.

The melody played at 2:25ish is kinda simplistic but works as something to hang the other instruments off of.

Cutting everything out at 2:45seems a bit much - it might have been an idea to keep the beats or something with a harder tempo going.

I love the reinterpretation at 3:47. I think this would've worked well as a focus. If you'd built up to this part then used it as a chilled out 'climax', it might have worked.

I feel like it's a fun piece to listen to. I'll probably keep it. But in terms of being something that we can really groove along to? No. I feel you need to learn to judge better when to let the beats drop, how to keep the tempo going and use the chilled out bits more judiciously if you want it to be a pumping track.

Still fun.

Score: 9

"Desperately poignagnt. Filmic. Loops well enough.."

submission: Tears of Remorse

date: August 11, 2008

All your work seems really filmic!

The song is wonderfully paced, the notes you dropped in from a high octave twisting my emotions round its little finger.

The faster part towards 1:30 provided a lovely contrast and nice respite from the tension of the earlier sections.

The song even loops well enough to be used as a background tune in a section of an RPG or something along those lines.

I don't have any real suggestions for improvement. Er... maybe it could be about 0.2s longer or 2s shorter, to make the loop match the beat perfectly?

Nigh on perfect.

Score: 8

"Filmic military energy."

submission: .:-{The Approaching Storm}-:.

date: August 11, 2008

A positive energy. Kinda poignant with the strings and wind but yet some hopeful, aggressive aspects, maybe because of the drums.

The opening wind/string section is so peaceful and the drums really add that military aggressive feel.

With the instruments you've got going on, it has a real filmic quality.

I think there should be something of a crescendo at 1:57ish - maybe add in one more instrument to pump it up before that ending. As is, the ending is a bit flatter than you intended, judging by the story you wrote.

There's an incredible energy here and a sorta 'hopeful' emotion overriding it all. The end is perfect.

Great work.

Score: 5

"Kinda amusing the first time."

submission: We Love You Jason

date: August 11, 2008

Well, it kinda made me chuckle the first time I heard it, but I doubt I'll be keeping the song - it got old fast.

The first half had a decent guitar riff. You mess up the timing and seem to play a few bum notes, but I guess that sorta adds to the so-bad-it's-funny quality.

I find it really hard to make out what you're singing about, but the accent is hilarious.

I think the part around 2:10-2:40ish could have been cut and maybe cut out 3:30-4:39.

After the initial 'shock', the 2nd part didn't make me chuckle much at all and after around it gets old before you're finished.

There are some decent chords in the bg, but musically, it's really only good as a joke.

Score: 8

"Amazing energy. Tight performance."

submission: SWITCHBLADE

date: August 1, 2008

I thought this was a pro band when I first heard it. Upon hearing this just now, I tried to remember what pro track it sounded exactly like - only after looking to the left did I remember I'd just heard it in PR2.

You capture the Smashmouth/Goldfinger-ish sound really well.

I guess that's 4 of you playing? Bassist/lead/drummer/vox? I can't tell if it's one or two lead guitarists.

You sound really tight together, but maintain an incredible energy.

Apart from literally a couple of words here and there, I can't make out what you're saying, yet I can still enjoy it for the frantic fest it is.

You could have maybe had a bit more instrumental variation - specially at the last 30s, where it becomes a short instrumental.

Remains an awesome listen.