Score: 10

"5'd"

submission: BeatSource - Rocking Late

date: March 2, 2009

Good song, but there were a couple minor things that bugged me:

Additional panning effects on the "rock the place (bass?)" one shot vox would be a neat addition. The overly right panning got kind of irritating.

The lead is great, but for some reason I kept expecting to hear the melody play a DIFFERENT note on the fourth beat of the first measure in the first half of the chorus. That probably doesn't make too much sense, but it made me cringe for some reason. Of course that's just a personal preference.

This is definitely an original-sounding song in the realm of hands up, so that's good!

Keep it up!

Score: 10

"5'd"

submission: [KgZ] Jazzman (KgZ Vamp) ~SMB~

date: March 1, 2009

Nice!

What a great reviewer I am, eh?

No but really, this is damn legit, son.

Score: 9

"5'd"

submission: Can I Be Your Cure?

date: February 21, 2009

I absolutely love the experimental styles used here. Definitely a trippy song.

Probably my favorite part of the song was the guitar in the "foreground" that sounded as if it were far away. That's a neat trick.

As far as vocals, I think the guy below me nailed it.

At any rate, keep it up!

Score: 8

"4'd"

submission: Fredgy - Moment of Peace

date: February 10, 2009

I like the melodies here, really great.

One thing that bugged me though was the peaking and clipping with the higher piano notes. Try adding a compressor on the piano's master channel so that they never pass -0db.

I like the use of the pad and the piano though, that was a pretty clever combination!

One final thing I would suggest is to use more reeverb and delay. They make a world of difference.

Anyway, thanks for the heads up, and let me know when you submit more!

Score: 6

"I've heard that before.."

submission: Texas Truck Stop

date: February 9, 2009

'Cept it went:

Here I sit, all broken-hearted
Tried to shit, but only farted
Then one day I took a chance,
tried to fart and shit my pants.

Cheers

Score: 7

"Nice start - tips"

submission: Midnight Sensation

date: February 9, 2009

Good melodies and riffs. That's a plus.

I would have to agree with the review below - while it's a good start, I can easily pick out a bunch of FL samples. Don't worry, that's not a bad thing, but keep on messing around with the VSTs and whatnot.

Keep it up.

Score: 8

"4'd"

submission: [Helth & GW] - Gate to Heaven

date: January 24, 2009

Here's my constructive criticism/review:

The piano at the beginning could use some reeverb and delay effects.

There's minor peaking when the saw synth comes in around :50. The melodies and harmonies are pretty good. Could use some more EQing and mastering work, though.

Other than that, it's pretty good. Keep it up!

Score: 10

"Wonderful"

submission: Rucklo - Drunk

date: January 3, 2009

Simply brilliant.

Fantasmical.

Orgasmical.

Score: 10

"Brilliant!"

submission: Claims of New Grounds-DecMAC08

date: December 13, 2008

That was too good. I hope someone makes a flash accompanying this - that would be epic.

Score: 7

"Some good ideas, but needs MAJOR tweaking"

submission: -Something New- [MAC8]

date: December 13, 2008

First off, let me say I cringe at your choice of chord progression. You couldn't have used ANY others? This whole idea of transitioning to the fifth that is constantly used in dance songs is overrated and abused beyond belief.

That being said, while this isn't a dance song in the slightest, I still can't say I enjoy hearing the same musical idea in a different genre.

Secondly, the orchestral voices you are using are painful to listen to. Obviously i'm going to be biased since i'm using a relatively similar VSTi (unless you are using Edirol as well, as I noticed several familiar sample stock sounds like the drumroll, gong, et al) but seriously. They sound shrill and synthetic.

Thirdly, your melodies have NO dynamic range. They do not convey crescendos or decrescendos and anyone with a musical background will notice that these lines sound static and plain when they should sound dynamic and flexible. The tuba hits in the slow section are particularly out of place. They have too hard of an attack and take away from the plucks.

On a final note, you should realize that i'm going to criticize you as harshly as possible, as you are my competition. Please take what i'm saying as a way to improve. That being said, this is a fairly good piece of work, but at the same time needs a great deal of improvement.

Thanks for reading and please feel free to critique my work and the other contestants'! :]