Awesome!!! Your completely right about the neurofunk/liquid funk divide, there is so much use of the neurobass, and we have forgotten the old gems... Couple of years ago i discovered some older DnB songs, and they are so good, so well produced so they dont give you a headache after 30 mins on full bass :D (One of my favourites is Drifter - Deeper Love)
Anyway your song is very nice, remindes of the oldies... Im currently thinking of dropping the strive for the neurobass thingy and create something smoother :)
5/5 10/10
- Minor Light
Recently with the OMG moment of Rebecca Black and the constant shitstorm of new and bad artists and shitty songs stacking onto eachother its a refreshing thing to hear an actually good(i mean awesome) song/track. Its really this great, i havent heard anything this good in a while!
The very beginning had a creepy feeling so i wasnt sure where the song was gonna go but then it turned into soothing track, i was amazed at this point. This song is very solid throughout, it has no so-called "boredom points" etc. where you lose intrest in the song for some time...
Im really digging the choice of the instruments, this should be in a really cool RPG game (something in ancient China or something :P), and back to the instruments, they all fit together very nicely.
One thing i would complain about would be the hats that hit too hard (one at 1:00) and it kinda breaks my listening for second...
Otherwise, im impressed, and im not easily impressed to be honest so good job!
There is future in you!!!!
10/10 5/5 -Minor Light
(PS! Review my song plz :P)
"Recently with the OMG moment of Rebecca Black and the constant shitstorm of new and bad artists and shitty songs stacking onto eachother its a refreshing thing to hear an actually good(i mean awesome) song/track. Its really this great, i havent heard anything this good in a while!"
Wow, thank you!
"The very beginning had a creepy feeling so i wasnt sure where the song was gonna go but then it turned into soothing track, i was amazed at this point."
Yeah I know the intro isn't exactly as uplifting as the rest of the track :P. It was Echo's idea to add the ambiance there at the beginning, and initially we had also thrown in a 'birds-chirping' effect at the beginning, but the person who was making the game didn't like them so we killed the introduction birds :3. But yeah it can be a bit misleading.
"This song is very solid throughout, it has no so-called "boredom points" etc. where you lose intrest in the song for some time..."
That's great to hear! I always try my best to make sure there's enough variety to keep the listener interested.
"Im really digging the choice of the instruments, this should be in a really cool RPG game (something in ancient China or something :P), and back to the instruments, they all fit together very nicely."
Glad you liked the instrumentation! Like I said in the Author's comments, this was actually going to be in an RPG. We lost contact with the game artist for some reason though :S.
"One thing i would complain about would be the hats that hit too hard (one at 1:00) and it kinda breaks my listening for second..."
Oops lol. We tried to make that transition all epic and stuff so we might've made the reverse cymbal/cymbal hit a bit too loud. Can't change it now though - I lost the project file...
"Otherwise, im impressed, and im not easily impressed to be honest so good job!
There is future in you!!!!
10/10 5/5 -Minor Light
(PS! Review my song plz :P)"
Thanks a lot for the supportive and lengthy review! I'll see if I can review back, although it's going to be a bit hard because I'm currently studying for my o-levels which means 11 subjects to study for...
For your first track (in FL Studio, seems like you have some experience ;) this is incredebly well done, the mastering is awesome, the synths are awesome, they fit to one another, overall, its awesome!!! I dont really know much to criticize about other then you should have had some solid melody in there or smth... Otherwise, NICE!
10/10 5/5 -Minor Light
Really liked this track, everything has its own place here and it has very good ambiance to it.
Two things i didnt like: The string samples you have kinda give it away that this wasnt a recording, you should try to tweak them so all your classical instruments samples emit a feeling as they were recorded in a studio etc.
Second, the harmonies the piano played were ok but could have been better. Dont take these too harsh as these are just tips on what to improve on...
8/10 5/5 -Minor Light
Thanks for the critiques. :) I like how you point the rooms for improvements out for me rather than just words of praise. I would take those comments to improve in the upcoming works.
I must say i usually am not a fan of dubstep and dont listen to it usually, but i decided to have a go and i must say, i am not displeased :D
Very nice intro, like the Dirty Harry quotes here, really gives it character etc.
I dig the wobble bass youve got here, i must disagree with the ppl below as too much low-pass would make it really hard to equalize and be shitton of trouble to actually sidechain properly... GJ here
Few dislikes aswell but these are really minor:
The percussion should have the high-pass trimmed abit as its really irritating and causes some ear-rape. Also you could have "legato"d some places to give it more flavor. Other then that, this track is pure gold! 9/10 5/5 -Minor Light
thanks man, i agree with what you said eqing the bass the song is so compressed thats the best i could make it sound without messing everything else up and sorry about the percussion related ear rape lol ill fix that in the vip if i ever make one.
Very chill song imo...
The beginning was abit rough for my taste but it wasnt anything too dislike-able. So 2 minutes into the song i was going "meh" but then at 2:52 that high-pitched comes in and adds the missing layer so for the next 3 minutes this song is awesome :)
The ending is kinda plain but i dont mind that, as it gets calmer n stuff.
Overall i found the beginning to be abit aggressive but it kinda smoothed out throughout the song making this a very enjoyable piece to listen to...
9/10 5/5 High Five :P
read the response to sturm, it explains alot of the song :). thanks for the great review minormaster! thanks for the great feed back also :D! hope to hear from you in the future :)!
Have you actually heard Drum and Bass? (Apex, Unknown Error, Spor, Noisia whatever the artist) This is not Drum and Bass. This is a track with no content what so ever!
Next time please actually get some average drum samples, incorporate a bass, and maybe actually include something in the song other then beeping and some over-tempo beats.
no content what so ever? clearly you haven't heard some of my shorter tracks...
i listen to plenty of dnb, like ak1200, aphrodite, and dj starscream - maybe just not the same stuff you listen to. i wasn't trying to make a song that epitomizes the genre, in fact you'll find that a lot of my music is influenced by jungle, psytrance, ambient, and dub. i wasn't quite going for the kind of dnb your describing because, like always, i was going for something a little bit unconventional. i'm not claiming that this is the best example of dnb in the world, in fact it was really more of a practice for myself. i just wish more people on this website reviewed songs based on their content, not how well they conform to the genre they're under - i believe that musical evolution and originality both die with conformity.
aside from that, i understand that my samples suck, that's just part of having no money and submitting my music for free. and i used two different bass synths in this song as a matter of fact, i just didn't overdrive and whore the fuck out of them (this time). but i do believe that songs with this much effort put into them deserve higher than a 1 vote - after all, there's much, much worse stuff in the portal.
I must say, a very nice musical piece indeed... Though i cant give you and CC since there is not much to say here lol...
There was thing i didnt like so much and it was the ending. It sound kind of too rough to me and could have used some more umm... ending-ness? :)
Anyway nice job on this one...
and your loops.
Make a full song thats this good all the way through... Then i will 5 you :)
As long as that is not done, im going to have to 4 you :S
Its up to you xD
Another nice one. Though i must say i am displeased by your drums... again. (especially the hi-hat whaever) Synths are top notch again, just love the gates in here...
Keep up the good work mate!
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