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[No Where Near Remix]

(F) LastEncore Review.

Sadly, I never expect good songs to be in the New Submissions...but I guess they have to be submitted at some time.

Plus---/4/
(+)High Quality Sounds. Very nice.
(+)Intelligent Trance Beeps.
(+)Smooth Chord Changes for Rhodes.
(+)EQ and Balance are great.

Minus---/6/

2x(-)"Tempo."
I like techno as much as the next guy but this tempo is just a little bit to fast for my taste. It almost takes away from the musicality of it. Making it difficult to follow it just feels like the song is rushing itself into oblivion on a train they can't stop. Slow it down a bit so when hear what's happening.

2x(-)"Percussion."
Well the percussion is very techno. Thus, used before. I've probably heard these type of hi-hats and snare/clap a good amount of times over the course of my NG techno listening. They just don't vary enough to generally take the song to another place. It stays foot mounted in one form it's entire duration. It's not bad percussion it's just not original enough for me not to minus it.

2x(-)"Transitional Work."
Now the song does transition well, but only in a since of things dropping off. In essence the song never leads itself. 'It just happens.' Try to work in some cymbals to turn up the spirit feel of the track.

*Additional Comments*
(-.-)'Vary it. Make it Epic!?"
Change it up a bit from time to time. Drop of the drums into a smooth piano riff and bring it up to high Trance Saws or something. The pads need to carry your chords even more so to make everyone feel where the song is going. Overall it's a very nice track that could use some upgrading. It's fine where it is but it seems like even in all it's smoothness it needs to become beastly later on. A song with two sides is always better then one side. Give something to look forward to in your tracks and keep us listening. It's a very calming beat though.

Last Words/Final Score*
"Not what I expected."
Final Score:8
Vote:5
~Encore

Cisetam responds:

yea the tempo is a bit fast now that i look back on it

[Stairway to heaven(rap)]

Nice.

This is pretty hard for me to review music-wise as I can hear it but voices overtake some of the musicality of it for me. Nonetheless it's a nice mix. The only thing I don't like some of the chord changes but that has nothing to do with you. It's a pretty nice rap. The percussion kind of zzzZZZ's me but that's cool. Hayz sounds sexy though. Nice. Track.

xplicitlyricist responds:

haha.
Cheers man.
Glad ya liked.

[MPZ - Sleep (Preview)]

Mellow, Calm, Soothing.

The chord changes at the start are real nice. Well the chords throughout the song in general are real nice. It's actually really good on the Melodic side and there doesn't seem to be anything needed to be added as far as instruments go. If you just wanted to though I would try out Pads in the back, maybe synths to highlight the chords. But mostly I would put pads to fill in although it's pretty full with the piano chords but it would certainly add gloss to it. Like some pads that make ambient sounds in the background.
The drums though, are pretty shallow and you can never have enough percussive instruments. I don't know how this song exactly feels about cymbals but if you added some backward cymbals and things of the light would add a "Epic" feel to it. But it'd be careful with cymbals because those could change the entire mood of not handled gently. Other then that the flow is real nice. I like it man.

MPZ responds:

Pads
More percussive
Backward cymbals

Thanks. ^ ^

Sounds like that would work out good.

- MPZ

[Everything (Wanna Be)]

Nice.

This is actually really fly. The piano is kinda muggy sometimes. And I didn't like the chorus to much it was just weird and sounded nice. But it was original though so you don't lose to many points there. And I liked it in general. So if you looking for a producer check me out man. I'm pretty good at RnB tracks. Nice track. You got that 5 spot. Hell this just even had a bridge which was nice...

kenubo responds:

Thanks dude, especially when it comes from someone with as tight as tracks as yours.

[The Barren Desert (nearly Fin)]

Intrigue

It's odd in it's on way. It has lke a HipHop beat going with some kind of classical intuitive put behind it. I can tell that you use FL Studio simply form the piano and the techno drum. It's not a horrible song but it's very odd. So I don't know exactly what to give it. I do like the chord changes though?

SkatingIsGenetic responds:

Odd, ha ha.

I'll take that as a compliment.

Yeah, my songs consist of very little, I still have to get the full feel of FL 7.

Some day (whenever that is) I'll start to stray from piano cause I use it so much, which isn't entirely bad but not all that good either.

I just have to learn how to expand.

But, what about it is so odd?

Do you mean odd as in...I could improve on or...?

I'm a big fan of constructive criticism so if you could...

But anyway,
Thanks for spending the time to review!

[~Mackity~I thought she knew]

Yo that fucking beat is bumping. Ha Ha.

Yo who made that beat? Oh it was me? Killa. Yo son If you needed two verses I coulda made you one with 2 verses you know...So it woula been 2 verses literally. I think I'll do it anyway.

Track was hot though lyrics was bomb. Can't really review the beat...because it's fucking ridiculous.

Mackity responds:

Haha, I'm glad you liked it my dude. Me and Shensetta gon work on gettin our vocals to sound alittle better, and that extended version would be appreciated highly, thanks again ;)

[(FB) Timelapse]

Well aight.

This one is kind of nice. It's certainly R&B though instead of HipHop. I do like it though. It's get a real nice vibe to it. The drums in my opinion a lil bit crazy at times. I would have liked to see them hold more steady. I can't ever tell if there's sample involved but it kind of sound like there might be. Nice track though. Put it in RNB where it belongs and it's easily a top 20 Rnb track on Newgrounds.

Finess101 responds:

I guess your right it's more R&B than Hip-Hop. I was trying to make a relaxing Hip Hop beat so i guess that's why i made the drums very active, never really went into a beat saying this is going to be R&B even though that's what i listen to more than anything. Well i'm not good at sampling, i mix my notes with ol songs tho. Thanks again for the review.

[All For U]

Kanye!? Your fav?!

Kayne is nice and all but he sample maniac. No true original melodies. Anywhho. This right here is a nice lil reggae/rnb type of thing. It kinda remind of Mario Paint or something along that. I like the chords but you should have highlighted them much more and balanced the track a lil bit better. The piano is really soft and maybe through some Reverb on it. It's pretty nice though. It's getting there. Nice. I could break them chorus chords into a crazy HD beat. You lucky I didn't think of these chords first. Nice though man. Tight. I'd take it out the hiphop section though and move it to RnB or something.

Finess101 responds:

Appreciate the review man. I like Kanye because i love sampled beats. You think it sounds reggae...maybe that's my jamaican side coming out lol. Of course it sounds pretty balanced n highlighted to me since ya kno i'm new maybe you can elaborate more on that in a PM ya know i'm always tryna learn from people who's real good. I thought it sounded hip-hop and you saying it sounds reggae...R&B is very interesting get at me man i could definately learn a thing or two from you.

[Get 2 Know U]

I feel it.

Alright. I can kinda feel it. The track is I can't really tell if it's a sample or what. I can't so I'm not to sure how to review it. But nonetheless it's a nice track. The lyrics is getting there. But the punchlines was a little Ion know. To...in the same pattern.
You gotta mix it up in the pattern. But I like it though. Keep it up.

Finess101 responds:

Thanks fo the review, yea it was a quicky just wrote something up on a topic i love (girls) real fast and laid it down, what about the punchlines now??. The beat is sampled though, dude kajmir made it.

[Blues and the Basset Hound]

Ahh well.

I've got a mad headache so I won't get to in-depth about this. It's cool though. Nice track. Tenspot. Nice Guitar, piano, and all that jazz. Percussion is pretty nice. Well it's good and shit dude.

Peptotrippin responds:

Good shit, son.