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[-<Blazing Reign>-]

Too long

I think it'd be much better if you condensed it down to about 3:00. I think there's too much repetition and too frequently new sounds seem to be introduced in a solo manner without taking advantage of harmonics.

Also, there is clearly room for a higher pitched melody up to the 2:00 mark.

DarkMInds responds:

Pretty much everything before 2:17 was made a a couple days before the ending, Everything afterwards was made in one night. I get a lot of iffy results when I span a project over several days.. Can't keep my head in the ideal of what I was going for.
All of my music has "Room for imrovement" Not sure what I was going for here, but the sound flows well and things seem to work together. After a while I might go and remake a lot of my older songs, who knows. We'll see ^_^

Thanks for the review.

[Electric Circus]

"gave me a really funny vibe"

It put my mind somewhere else. I like the sharp transition just before the 1:00 mark.

DjDema responds:

Exactly! I got similar feelings. It's very interesting haha, I kind of surprised myself with the way the song moved. I'm glad you liked it and thanks for the comment!

[When The Trains Stop]

New Wave?

Sounds more like trance than new wave to me.

[Strobe (Marble Zone Remix)]

Took a while to enjoy

I found it hard to enjoy until I got to the 1 minute mark. After that it started to sound really good. It definitely deserves more than the 1.88 that it has.

[Dance, yo.]

Metroid

Reminds me of Metroid Prime.

elektrobear responds:

A particular song or just the general sound? I'll take that as a praise, thanks!

[Yoshi's Castle(Revisited)]

Sounds like an orchestra!

It does... well, except for the pizzicato and the harp. They didn't have enough reverb. But other than that, it was great! Too bad I've never really heard the original version of the song.

[Reflections (W.i.P)]

build up with no delivery.

At 0:28, I was expecting something bigger from the drums.

4/5

[In The Stars (Old Mix)]

Hmmm... welll....

Ain't bad. I downloaded. 4/5

I think the beat should have made an intro a bit sooner though. It'd been awesome at 0:48.

DaemosLives responds:

Thanks man!
The early beat was an idea I had tried on earlier revisions of the song, but i felt it detracted from the dreamier section in the latter half of the song. Then again I'm still learning though =) Thanks for your review bro!

[Quick morning trance ditty]

Arg

Definitely not worthy of that 2.31. Much more deserving of something above a 3.75

[And The Beat Goes On *80's*]

Delay

I think the delay effect on the intro vocals lasted too long. I think it'd sound better if it faded a bit faster. Other than that, it sounds professional. The phaser is heavy, but it works really well. Great job!

Bleek989 responds:

thanks man