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Armadillo wrote: Sepheritoh and T-willy: Either you are extremely versatile in your taste of music and really look for something good in every song to encourage people, which is great, or else you are just being a tad too generous. I just find it amazing that you like 95% of all the songs, when I like about 20%.
While I think it's good to encourage people, if you just say "nice, nice, nice" how are people gonna improve?

Maybe it's just me who's not in touch with most of the music. :oops:

if you post in the cafe regularly, i'll write more critisim if i think its needed because you can post multiple changes of the song as you fix it. the contests are limited to reposting (although this month seems to be an exception :hihi: ) so i don't like to write a lot of critism and then have a person wish they would have changed something when they can't for the contest.

i also write all my contest reviews from a musicians point of view and not from the point of view where i relate to a genre. i personally feel if you don't do it that way, its biased. i like rock/metal for instance - right off the bat you can probably tell that most songs "really aren't my style", but again, i look and review from a musicians point of view, not from a rock/metal point of view. that's just my way of doing things.

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t-willy

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ok, some good points here.
I suppose a lot of criticism for a tune might colour the opinions of the voters as well.

I just stroke me funny that I didn't see a "you need some better sounds", "I can hear you have just started" or "don't give up the day job" :hihi:

T-willy: hey, I wasn't the first exception though.

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Thanks a lot Mystahr, guitarcomputer, t-willy, & Sepheritoh (used to be xxxdog, right?) for taking time to write a feedback! I'll write you mine if I find time to do it.

Yes, the piano is a sample called Malmsjö Acoustic Grand by Art Vista played through Kontakt. And the radio effect is the mighty iZotope Vinyl.

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Can someone please check if the download link for my submission works??

Thanks :D :D

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TristezaOrange wrote:Can someone please check if the download link for my submission works??

Thanks :D :D
No tris, it's not working. I got an error:
Could not be found. Check the name and try again. :?

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Ah, thanks Kaji. :D :D I'll try to get it fixed.

Hey, I was watching a japanese film tonight called Twilight Samurai, it was great. :D Thank god for you Japanese people, lately you've been producing my favourite movies. :D :) :)

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i removed all that gubbins after the mp3 bit and got to a page that told me i dont have permission to access that file :?
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Beardedone - Solaz
Very recognisable sound. One one person in the world that can create that sound. Great song again. Great piano playing and great orchestration with the brass. Love the percussion even the most. GREAT
:D :D :D

Thanks Sepheritoh! It is so gratifying to come home and see this review. Typically after the amount of time I spent working on tweaking this track, I totally lose perspective and can't tell if it has any merit at all. I guess I was working in the right direction. That feels so good. Thanks again!

Cheers,
Gordon

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Armadillo wrote:While I think it's good to encourage people, if you just say "nice, nice, nice" how are people gonna improve?
Ha ha! I haven't got to you yet! :x

Look, there's constructive criticism and there's... well, there's something else. I already figured out what I like and what I want to do - and what I'm comfortable attempting here. I don't care about winning and I don't care about impressing anyone. I do care about coming off like a fool and I do care about improving. Maybe someone's song ain't my 'cup of tea' but come on, music is music. It's basically fluctuations in the air pressure as interpreted by amplitude, frequency and interval. If your not prepared to put aside your prejudices (which I guarantee will evolve) and listen to each song as objectively as you can, then what's the point? I'm glad you at least think it's good to encourage people. I encourage all of you to challenge my sensibilities and make me love your song.

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think this month i may do a ballad to youtm :D
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"Tiny Grief" EarthTones
I like the blippy little synth sequence that comes in around 1:00 but I don't like the pads... at all... Ha! Made you look. Actually, I really don't like the pads - they're tres 80s synthpop - which may actually be a good thing if you like that stuff. The mix is a bit muddy and I'd reconsider the vocal approach (maybe not so strained) and drums (less chorus or short delay).

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"Flyaway" Wopelka
I think I already gave you my two cents.You probably wont want to talk to me anymore since I compared you to Terry Jacks! :cry:

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"Nataliya" Kajiki
OK, so what's going on here? Sure it's a pretty song. But it sounds like a real piano played by sequencer recorded with an EV N/D 357A mic to a 4-track cassette with DBX noise reduction. Am I right? No of course I'm not - that's what I did when I tried to record a piano once. I looked up Natasha Shinkazh and all I came up with was that she was in the Boston area and she signed a petition in support of protest at Strap-On.org. If that's her, then I agree, she is beautiful no matter what she looks like. Your composition is quite beautiful too - although a little bit clockwork at times - but maybe it's supposed to be that way. As Winston Churchill said about the Russians, "It is a riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma."

PS: New Metaphysics rocks!

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"KvR" Sason Le Klee
Your track is really slick and funky. It a freakin' kick-ass jam. I'm not sure if you're talking about the same KvR I am though. It's so slick it sounds almost like you're singing over a demo off one of those fancy Yamaha Workstations. Now some may say that is an insult, but I (who can't seem to make a clean mix no matter what I do) think it's excellent.

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I really can't say "not my style", as I couldn't really say what my style *is*! :P

It would be jaded of me to say that "not my style" is codespeak for "I have a limited appreciation for said genre". Not necessarily "outright dislike", mind you, but rather a lack of exposure and basis for comparison.

On the other hand, genre completely aside, I can say "this really doesn't interest me". But I can't blame that on the style!

- m
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