Battle of the beats 2006 - II: reviews by 822

Lose Control by Shiver: 79 -  its so punk~ing

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Submitted by 822 on Fri, 2006-04-21 05:17.

79 -  its so punk~ing insane that its great.  that sucks that he lost control and he made you take the fall,  im sure he loves you for it, and is sorry.  making songs like this are a great therapy for the soul. they get everything out in the open, like a release valve on a steam pipe.


Unfinished Autumn Symphony by Kondencuotas Pienas: 74 - nice intro, jazzy.

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Submitted by 822 on Fri, 2006-04-21 05:12.

74 - nice intro, jazzy. superb beat. nice how the hats double up and speed the beat up. a james bond theme song. hehe. really good. I enjoyed listening to it twice. umm that hat/cymbal sound in the intro is really reminiscet of the breathing sound i used in my song, neat.  very chill, i loved what you did to bring the beat in it sounded like you slung the beat in, really cool trick. i just ran out of beer, and opened a bootle of champain, wtf im doing? lol.  the song has a bouncy quality, and sounds good on my speakers, and cheap headphones.
   


sexy juice by crank: 88 - i like that sound of

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Submitted by 822 on Fri, 2006-04-21 05:06.

88 - i like that sound of the birds, at least i think its birds, I sampled some birds once and with some tweaking they sounded like that, they are the sound that goes from left to right. the song is very interesting and it keeps my attentive and happy. i like how there are many new sounds that come one at a time that serve to maintain sonic variaty.  All the sounds fit well together. Awesome song I will be listening to this again.  from the sounds of it you will have an album that all flows together before much longer.  One place I can think of sending it to would be good looking records.  In the past they have released cd's with this sound, this is sound i like for dnb, but i like just as much the very very very!! space dark tech, i dont believe in the in-between sound to much any more. sounds good on my speakers, and cheap headphones. 


dark apprentice by synrgy: 78 - umm, ok very good

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Submitted by 822 on Fri, 2006-04-21 05:16.

78 - umm, ok very good production, but could be more to my liking if it did not have these sounds: strings, and blips, and have been substituted with all evil sounds designed out to scare the listener, and make them shit them selves.  its all about a balancing act of dark vocal samples and dark musical sounds, I think these sounds are kind of neutral, they are not up to par in darkenss, they could be way darker, with the purpose of making the listern feal very uneasy.  very easy to achieve by taking the sounds you used and putting them throught fmx modulation/sine amp modulation(flstudio) in other words making them sound metalic, and creating a layer pithcing up one and then down the other, then eqing it into the mix, hence turing a neutral blip into a hellish shadow that comming to get you and take you away. Evil lol drums are good, and the bass sounds the boomiest out of all on my speakers, and cheap headphones.


Winter Sun by Virus: 73 - pretty cool, very

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Submitted by 822 on Fri, 2006-04-21 05:08.

73 - pretty cool, very progressive type sound.  sounds kind of spacey also.  The guitar fits well with the song.  This song is interesting as well and keep my interest. nice melodies and transitions. I enjoyed listeing to it twice.  nice one.  sounds good on my speakers, and cheap headphones.


Hot RidE by DMJ A.K.A Jossi: 80 - i like the piano but

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Submitted by 822 on Fri, 2006-04-21 05:09.

80 - i like the piano but its volume was a bit to loud. ok now that the piano is not playing the rest sounds good, i like the distorted lead, its catchy, very good melody.  umm the midpoint break kind of made me drift away but I anticipated the beat coming back instead of the bassline, nice and kaotic. 


Out of this world by Optimystic: 77 - i like the bass line,

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Submitted by 822 on Fri, 2006-04-21 05:14.

77 - i like the bass line, up then down; very nice.  vocals are good.  drums are good, hats help it skip a long well.  very detaching vibe but overall it does not mean much to me, to clarify the instrumentation does not move me to belive say "that I am clear out of this world", you could have been more depresing concerning instruments.  however it sounds good on my speakers, and cheap headphones.


Deep Deep down by Vex: 86 - wiked bassline i like

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Submitted by 822 on Fri, 2006-04-21 05:10.

86 - wiked bassline i like it a lot. i wanted to hear the sampled drum loop play more, why do you have to tease me? hehe that loop sound like hell and its great.  try chopping it up that would have been nice. It's what I should have done for my track, now that i ponder in hindsight. I thought the drums were pretty standard, maybe you could have used something to make them more interesting, not to discount bringin in the cymbal it was nice. i know you chooped it up some but there are a lot of other things that your could do. like automate the eq.  I have posted about this before, and uploaded a very lame example, but my track is an ok example of this i think.  this is a tip i discoverd that anybody could use:  turn up a narrow frequency range and sweep that one across the spectrum until you find the frequency that suits you then, do some math and divide that frequency by 2 or 3 and find the frequency up or down the spectrum that would add harmonics (go by intervals minor, other chords, etc) to add to the 1st frequency and see which other ones you think sounds good/wicked swithched back and forth. the jack the gains in alternating order for the frequencies in a rhymic order, say bouncing to the bassline, adding in texture to your beat.  sounds ok on my speakers, and cheap headphones.  


Three Seasons by QuiVeR: 84- its different alright. 

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Submitted by 822 on Fri, 2006-04-21 05:14.

84- its different alright.  the beats could use some more groove i think.


cease to amaze by Dj Obscure: 87 -  maybe the idea that

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Submitted by 822 on Fri, 2006-04-21 05:11.

87 -  maybe the idea that less is more could be valid. i read a book called "music the brain and exstacy" which explains that the human brain can only process seven sounds at one time.  it sounded to me like the bongoes were doing their thing and were not playing along with the rest, they kind of stood out in certain places maybe you could have droped them out of the mix.  


Butterball by JL-ion: 75 = err eheh i dunno. i

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Submitted by 822 on Fri, 2006-04-21 05:21.

75 = err eheh i dunno. i like the drumms. mixing needs more work. the melody is ok.   definitly needs better mixing. i learned to listen to a song on different speakers, and headphones in order to make sure it really sounds good, instead of me thinking its good enouf


Not In Love by Mike Native: 81 - umm the music was good,

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Submitted by 822 on Fri, 2006-04-21 05:20.

81 - umm the music was good, but the acappela just was too different from the songs vibe.  i can think of ways to incorporate it but it seemed to be kind of a ying-yang with the two sides there; the beat being dark and the vocals light.  you could maybe chop up the vocals sampling bits a peaces and then procesing them to match the vibe of you track and fitting them in there.