Score: 9

"Very beautiful!"

submission: Will Make a Way

date: January 10, 2008

This is a fantastic mood piece. I really loved your harmonies and how you had the different parts resolving their notes at staggered times. I did the same thing in my piece "Sonata for Strings in C+".

It also sounded just a tiny bit foreign (maybe Middle Eastern) to my ears.

Score: 8

"Imaginative"

submission: River Song

date: January 10, 2008

I could really see the river rushing past. The texture (the feel) of the song was very well-done.

The chords kept things pretty interesting too, though there was one just before 0:50 that seemed to go nowhere, and the ending was a little too repetitive.

A nice and unique piece, overall.

By the way, did you use the GPO to make the instrument sounds? I only own Finale 2007, so I don't know if this applies, but you might be able to select different "playing styles" for the playback. The sound wasn't bad, but it probably could've been a little better too. It sounded like all of the dynamic highs and lows were equalized, for some reason.

Score: 7

"Good composition"

submission: To Battle!

date: December 22, 2007

Very nice change of tempo and pace near the end (1 minute in). Overall, you have some nice melodies and ideas in this, even though it's pretty short. The most easily fixable thing would be to simply exaggerate the dynamics! Especially when the brass instruments first come in - it should be BIG and dramatic, but instead it sounds almost mellow. This might be the fault of whatever Sibelius uses to create its mp3s, though. Still, that's one thing that you should change if you can.

By the way, I would love it if you could review my piece "The Great Gallop" - it's a bit similar to your pieces, and its gotten little love since I released it. :)

Score: 6

"Interesting"

submission: Good Night

date: December 22, 2007

Some sections (particularly when the guitar first starts up 6 seconds in) were a bit too disharmonious for me, but a lot of the time it was pretty interesting. The chromatic sequence or whatever that was was pretty good. I also particularly liked that section 54 seconds in which sounds like the aftermath of an explosion.

Score: 7

"I like it."

submission: Where are you Going

date: December 22, 2007

It reminds me of some of the Star Control II MOD tracks, which I'm a big fan of. I do wish that you developed it a bit more rather than just repeating it halfway through, though.

Still, I wish there was more stuff I like this. I'll keep voting "4" for a while until your score rises (well, I'm going on holiday for a week, so after that).

:)

Score: 9

"A nice little song"

submission: <SK> - Grocers

date: December 22, 2007

This is a very nice little composition, and is pretty different from most stuff on the audio portal (that I've come across, at least). The melody is great, and the instrumentation couldn't be improved.

The only thing I would want to improve is the sound quality - it would be nicer if it was a bit deeper. I don't know why, but it sounds just a little flattened and "tiny", almost like an old record (missing the fullness of sound in the lower register - no tiny echo for the low notes).

Score: 9

"This was hilarious!"

submission: Crazy Voice Trumpet Solo

date: December 11, 2007

Seriously, thank you for bringing some levity to my day. :)

That was just awesome, really funny, and the trumpet imitation particularly was spot-on. The "9" is for some slight scratchiness in the sound, especially in the low register.

Score: 9

"Nice"

submission: Dream Machine (feat. Bamsukka)

date: December 1, 2007

I have no idea how to review an ambient song, to be honest. I've never made one, and I don't listen to ambient music usually (my attention span isn't long enough. I don't really like using music as just background noise, but prefer to give it my full attention). The structure was quite hard to figure out. I vaguely noticed about three different sections, though I'm probably wrong about that.

But in any case, this was quite pleasant to listen to. The overall sound texture throughout the piece was very nice, and I liked the little barely-heard background sounds that you had in places.

Score: 8

"some comments"

submission: The Journey Home

date: November 16, 2007

(+1.12)

Man, the score for this piece was way too low.

I really thought that the melody in the first minute was too repetitive, even though the harmonies were nice. It seemed like it was just repeating over and over again with no end in sight. I'd recommend adding some different notes to the melody (within the harmonic structure).

The second half of the piece was a lot nicer and largely made up for the first half, but I suspect that many of the impatient listeners on this website didn't bother to listen that far.

Score: 8

"Very hypnotizing"

submission: SPACE WALK

date: November 16, 2007

I really like this. Any analysis that I try to give will look really stupid ("I like the bubbly sounds" :p ), so I'll just leave it at that. :)

It really does convey the proper mood!