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[Energy - [viz]]

remember me?

hmm...maybe you don't remember...you gave me a review for that old song of mine, Club Scene.

Now, I got signed to a minor record label as a collab, and am working with a vocalist, and have a song currently in the top scoring list here on NG. What am I getting at? I'm climbing that ladder, and you were one of the people who heard my starting stuff, which I have to say was junk. MC BigBoy is no more, btw. lol. gay name.

anyways, this is a good song. what can make it better? more FX, I guess. I dunno. it's pretty good as a song right now, but if you want some more advice, I'd say

1. More FX
2. Longer breakdowns
3. work with the channel automations more, i guess....
4. have a more complex bass. i'm a culprit of it as well. off-beat basslines...a DJ's best friend, but can get too repetitive at times.
5. maybe an arp? i love my arps, that's why i put it there.

remember, these are suggestions, just to have you experiment more with the song.

I gave my 5 and 10 for you. I'm liking it.

DJ Derrick

btw check my new stuff out sometime. I think you'll notice the improvement :)

DJ-VIZ responds:

Yeah I absolutly remember you lol... dandylions and what not... congrats on the minor record label....... as for your suggestions I somewhat agree with. More fx I agree, I mean I used a few, but I knew this song wasnt "meaty" enough, but honestly I got really tired with it...and once I had a full song down it was hard to go back in and add more fx because it just doesnt seem to fit once u think the songs complete...the bass - yeah couldve been more complex but it was a soundfront bass and offbeat is what they suit best... arps eh cudve been used, really wasnt needed

again thanks for the review, and yeah ill check your stuff out

[{dj-N} Sommaren Är Här Igen]

i agree w/ psywoofers

Professional doesn't mean it involves vocals. "Professional sound" can mean a lot of different things. I mean, what I do admire about this song: you actually made a song that had nothing of Beginning of Time in it. I'm surprised to say this. I was beginning to thing that you'd just make repetitive songs that have catchy melodies with sick intros (that's what ppl on NG like). That's it. I'm kinda tired of the whole NG attitude, honestly. You're song BoT is good, but I'd have to say that its intro is the best part of the song, hence you having a lot of attention 'n junk.

Also, professional means that you have a record label. Do you have one yet? You should if you don't...you'll get nowhere with NG, I'll tell you that. I used to think that it'd take me somewhere. It just got me better to where I'll submit an "ok" song on it, just to see how many ppl can zero it.

Enough with my rant, after all this is a review of your song. But, this all ties into what I was saying. Somehow. Don't ask me if it doesn't make sense. lol

so, to wrap up what I was saying,

1. thanks for straying away from the whole same-song thing making everything sound like an alternative BoT.

2. Vocal electronica != pro;

3. This song is pretty good, but making it more hardcore would do it justice.

4. That's my reivew,

5. and having 5 points is better than 3...

[Electronic Symphony Remixed]

needs mastered again...

I'm used to hearing mastered things on the NG top 5...please do me a favor. Please Master this. It will sound so much better. You took that much away from the song. What does this mean? Level the volumes of the sounds. Not being harsh, but you knew you'd have to do this sometime or another. There's an article in the NG forums of how to properly use the EQ 2 in FL Studio, which is the program that you used, I can definitely tell :)

don't worry, I used it myself. Your stuff sounds pretty good. Just keep making music, but don't think that this top 5 makes you pro...you've got a lot more steps to take. Believe me. I thought I was closer, I wasn't. lol

Peace,

DJ Derrick

[[K]- Small Town [Remixed]]

It could be better

You could have spent a bit more time on it, but it is way more improved than the one you sent me. Are you still using the demo for FL? Man, you need to get the full version ASAP. It really helps, trust me. None of my stuff would be near as good if I just had the demo version.

5/5
8/10

DJ Derrick

Korpze responds:

lol, i have demo.
thx for review (ill pm you about some stuff)

[.X. Fly Away]

hmm...

I like it. Reminds me of old Super NES. Kinda like Zelda or something.

The chord progression is pretty interesting. The bass could be less moogy/distorted and more pure. Try using DX7 in the 3xOSC column in FL.

Like the comments, the ending is a little too sudden. I could definitely see some things you can improve on.

5/5
9/10

Good work. I'd like to see what it'd turn out to be!

XenoxX responds:

Thanks I will be sure to put what you said to use...

XenoxX :)

["Memories" Nintechno]

lol love song

Do you know what a love song is to me?

My song, Internal Beauty. Check that out if you want to cry. lol
jk. It does make me cry though.

But, I do agree that this is a love song, but you could have saved me the tears by making it happy go lucky techno (that's what I usually do). lol

btw could you check out me and DJ DannyNergy's collab, Painted Memories?
(It's right above you in the Trance Portal)

I believe getting several inputs are important, and you, being a more known artist, could see what the rush is. So far, we've had good feedback.

Anyways, me just ranting on and on, I still want to say that your song did the original justice. btw What was your fond memory when you heard this?
Mine just just my childhood, riding my bike.

Keep it in the freezer, man.
MC BigBoy

[DJ Trezy - Lonely Heart V3.0 !]

wow

How come no one reviewed this song?

It's pretty good, but I could make it better :)
jk

What would I do? Change the synths around, they don't match very well, a few notes are wrong/don't sound right (in the wrong key, almost)
And: What program do you use? I think you use FL jsut cause I hear things that I've used in my songs, FX wise.

At least you say how long you've worked on your songs. Ppl ask me, I'm like, "Well, let's see here....since a few days ago. Don't know how long, but I know it was enough lol"

Also, put in some hi hats man. Yeeeeaaah!
MC BigBoy

5/5 (5s always help :) )
8/10

FlashBlack responds:

thanks for the good review ^^

im glad someone still likes my music :P
i already thought that i placed one of the synths an octave to low.
well, now im sure about it :P
thanks again mate, if i am going to make a V4.0, i will think about your hints.

cya, ^^

DJ Trezy

[Superb]

pretty good

First of all, the song is pretty good. I am hearing an improvement with every song I hear from you.

The next step I think you should take is volume adjusting. As the saying goes, "Music is 10% inspiration and 90% persperation." Think about that one.

As an example, you can lower the cymbals a bit, or get the other sounds up a bit. You can also use the Fruity Parameters EQ 2. That helps a lot when you are mastering a song.

As always, keep up the good work.
MC BigBoy

5/5
9/10

[fouronthefloor]

nice

I think it could have been better.

to me, the IV goes to the V, then back to the one, and if you have a song, then the iii always does good for the bridge. So, you have either a I IV V I or a I V I IV V I prgression.
Just an idea for the song.

Keep working on it, and try to spend a few days on a song b4 submitting to NG. Believe me, this makes all the difference.

Hope I helped,
MC BigBoy

5/5
9/10

irush responds:

Yea, I wasnt going for an actual "good" song, I was just demonstrating what I learned, I knew nothing about scales, so this was a big step for me.

[Haters Hate But Don't Relate]

amazing

Yeah. I'm just saying how it is.

10/10
5/5
dl-ed