Score: 10

"This is more like it :)"

submission: {Forever Young} [cnb Remix]

date: May 27, 2008

This one I like. So Im just going to give it a 10, and shut the hell up with the negative "constructive" remarks for once :) It made me smile, and you had of lot in here that I wouldnt have done differently. The beat is quick and hard, and reminds me too much of my favorite artist in this genre: Darren Styles.

So yeah, I favorite this if its okay by you.
Also, 10/10 and a 5/5.

Good job man :)

Score: 8

"Thats more like it!"

submission: *Flying Battery Zone Remix*

date: May 18, 2008

This was way better than the Market Place-remix I just listened to. Nice work on this one. Quite catchy melody, and good old euro-dance beat to go along with it. I listened to it all the way through for once - and I didnt get bored. Reminded me something fierce about the Temple-theme from Zelda. (the pad from .20 til .22). Dont remember this from Sonic, so I dont get the nostalgia-fest going, but it still sounds good.

Good work.

8/10 and a 5/5

Score: 2

"Midi much?"

submission: Zelda 64 Market Remake

date: May 18, 2008

Yes it sounds good. But thats because Koji Kondo is a musical genious, and John Kuzma did a good job creating the midi. And you, you just swapped out the instruments. I could seriously make this in 5minutes. So ... not really impressed. Why not try and do your own remix, instead of just doing this?

No automatic 10 from me because it sounds good.
Get original, and stop just ripping off midi.

Score: 7

"Reminds me of ..."

submission: JumpAround

date: May 8, 2008

Antiloop much? :)
http://youtube.com/watch?v=j3RpnjiTdH A&feature=related

Anyway, I like this kind of sound. So I automatically like this. But it feels a little empty. Except for the kick, where is ther bass to fill all this out? But its an ok track, it just felt a little unfinished. The melody reminds me something sick about norwegian underground electronic music - which is good. But this one needs a little more work before its ready for a download.

Score: 9

"Pretty much great"

submission: /M: Frozen Mind

date: May 1, 2008

I'll give this a 10. A lot of effort put into this, and I feel sorry for your CPU handling all these pads coming from gear-killers like Nexus and Massive. But it was a good all-rounder I think. I liked the intro with the evolving pads and bass-line. But it might have been a wrong decision to go straight into the "intermission" after the take-off. You should have done a quiet break with "Freeze your mind and let the music take control" and just slam into the main-chorus at once. It got a bit tedious. But, the second break is great. No complaints there. And too bad you didnt build up the tune from the beginning with the end bass-line running for the last 10 seconds. It was great.

But all in all great. Just that one thing taking it down from a 10 :)
But I voted a 5 for you - > 4.08 / 5.00 (+ 0.052)

- Eirik
SkyMarshall Arts c",)

Score: 9

"Yes yes!"

submission: Jessica [Club Mix]

date: April 23, 2008

This is a 9, and that is great coming from me. As Im a little over-critical at times! And here is why my friend.

This is simply good :) I like the slow bouncing good old classic beat (what, 125bpm?) and the way my head nods up and down to the beat. I simply like it. Though. I nearly lost interest close to the 2minute mark - BUT then the intermission came and you got my hooked for the rest of the song. For some sick reason, the synth and melody got me thinking of Super Mario 64 and the underwater-theme - god knows why. But thats a good thing. Im a gamer and make a lot of game-music, and find references to games everywhere.

But when things really got good was when you broke out the most classic beat-bounce bass-line in trance ever at 2.37. God knows I love build-ups using that one well. The pads were epic and fluid and you know how to use those knobs in your VST, which is good - presets mostly suck.

So, the take-off. And yes it is great. It doesnt get noisy, it just perfectly continues what you have been building up. And when the open hihat-sequence joins the party at 3:30, my head starts to nod again. Simply great ... not much more to say.

Why its not a 10:
Well, it peaks a little. This is not good for me with expensive studio-monitors. You know what I meen with peaking? It crackles a lot when you use "splashes" for instance. Simply put, it is juuuust a tad to loudly mastered. You should really lower the final mix volume just a bit, as the song would be better when you crank the volume. But other than that it is ok. Also, when you said you used a midi, I got a little: "Ok, here comes some shitty ripped off crap". But nope, you made it your own - and I like it.

5/5 and 10'd.
Also, this is the second song i Favorite here at NG!

- SkyMarshall Arts c"m)

Score: 5

"Weeell ... repetive!"

submission: [TMM43] Hard Sounds

date: April 21, 2008

Im all for honest reviews, thats what reviews are for. So here is one. I didnt like this too much to be honest. The reason for that being it's repetiveness and the lack of imagination and variation when it comes to both instruments and melodies. Hard Sound is not what i would call this, and the vocal-sample you got in there (which is a bit too loud compared to the rest of the sequence) promises a hard take-off, which you dont deliver. From 50sek and all the way to 2.40 - nothing really changes. Sure, you fatten up the main a little bit every now and then - but still, nothing really changes.

However, after 2.40 it gets better, much better. I really like the plucky bell-synth you got going on. And it revives the melody once more. But then it all slides into repetiveness again. Mediocre might be the word.

Anyway, I hope you like honest reviews, and dont let this get you down. Its meant as constructive critsism. People are way to fast on the "10" here on NG for some reason. And I'll only give out a 10 when Im fucking "wow'd". And maybe you'll do that someday. I'll continue to follow your releases :)

3/5 and 5 stars
- SkyMarshall Arts c",)