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[Quest for Truth]

Hello, again. =)

Thanks again for reviewing my songs. =) Now it's your turn to read a review of mine... you haven't submitted since January? You need to submit a bit more often than that! =D

Wow, I just noticed two of your songs got used in submissions... congratulations! What's your secret? XD Enough off-topic stuff, though... onto the review. =)

This seems to be a very unique song. =) You start out very nicely - it gives off a very nice video game sound. I can see this very easily in a famous video game. And every time you change things up it gets better. That's a 10 for Originality and Diversity, right there. =D

Your sounds are very, very well-chosen and fit your idea perfectly. As do your melodies, and harmonies - at time this is very first-rate and melodic. Your percussion is well-organized, and it sounds, again, first-rate.

Great job with this song... I honestly have no criticism for it, which is rare. You excelled in your atmosphere, melodies, harmonies, percussion, and sound choice. You've got my download, 5, and 10. =D Expect a review for a few of your other songs sometime. =)

Swift-Reason responds:

It's really wonderful to get such an awesome review. Thank you for taking the time to put so much thought into it. These reviews help me focus on my direction with the music I make and it's definitely appreciated.

I actually have another track that I'm working on and I hope it can live up to the level that I set for Quest for Truth. Every day I learn something new about FL6 and I try to use it. I just wish more people could find my music.

Thanks again
Swift-Reason

[dj_padman - Last Stand]

Great song! =)

Gah... I'm a bit late. This song's been playing for a few minutes now and I need to start reviewing it before I forget. XD

It sounds very professional... your synths are well chosen, as are your drums. The strings you introduce partially into the beginning are a pleasant surprise and remain consistent and fitting throughout. Your percussion is well-done, and it's melodic. You do nice things with the melodies and harmonies at times, to build things up a bit more.

I especially like it towards the end of the song (it feels like it, anyway) when you've got what feels like everything playing in a final stretch to the end of the song. I'm not surprised there's piano in there, though I am surprised that you ended with it. Huh. Overall another great song. =) I've voted 5 on it. =)

Last thing: you know, I'm new to your songs - mind giving me a list of your best songs so I can listen to and maybe download them? The more on the list, the better. =P Thanks a lot. =)

dj-padman1 responds:

Thanks very much for reviewing and providing some good detail ;)
Thanks also for taking an interest in my lil' music page. I'll provide a list of tracks which I think aren't too bad...Let see..
4. Flotsam, 10. Klung, 12, 13 a couple of trancers there, 15. Sand Castling, 21. Everlasting, 23, 24, 28 Electroflipper, 32 - 36, maybe 46-49.
Well, feel free to dip into those any time you want. :)
If you like drum and bass I have plenty of those..some of those got popular, some were hated! Its about 50/50 :P

[Heavens dancefloor (light mix)]

11 reviews in 2 days? O_O Wow...

That's a lot of reviews for 2 days of being in the Portal... I've barely achieved that rate of reviews, and then that's with my latest song, Nova. =P You must really want reviews for these two. Here's mine, then. =P

This song does sound like a "light mix" of your previous. And a good one, at that. It's definitely better, and very uplifting. Melodic, too. You've set up a good (though somewhat cliched) attitude with this.

Your introduction is nice, as are your transitions. Your ending is a bit abrupt, but is decent nevertheless.

Your choices in instruments are good, especially the piano. The one exception to this would be the loud, standout, snare-like drum you introduce partially through the song which fits but not to the same degree as everything else. Other than that, it's overall a good submission. Quite the party song, too. =P Keep submitting - PM me if you ever have something you want me to review. =)

Music-story responds:

Yeah I guess I have to work on my sound balance. Clarity well nothing I can do about it. Dang...so close to a 10/10. I blame my speakers for decieving my ears. :) Still I'm glad you think it is a party song. Dance section = dancing. I can't dance to rave. Sorry if you think the song is cliched but I'm all for happy songs and I think I made you too happy your in disbelief lol. Thanks again for the extra long review. I will give your next song a longer review so you can have fun reading it. Bye for now

[oMinouS dancefloor (cool song)]

Wow... 14 reviews?

Looks like you really want reviews for this song. I'll go ahead and review it now. =) (Then I'll review Heavens dancefloor, and maybe Classical Oasis or another song you've submitted before this one. ;)

Hmm... it starts out a bit heavily, and loudly as well. Your choice in synths seems a bit... canned, if you know what I mean. As do your harmonies. Your melody, however, is decent.

Your percussion seems a bit plain... you might want to change things up a bit more often than you do through the song... though the times when you do are very good. Actually, the first drum pattern is the only one you use for too long, but the others are very good.

What the... this doesn't sound like an Ominous Dancefloor! XD I like how the melody seems to not end, but it keeps its quality, attitude, etc. It does seem a bit cliched, though. =P

Overall a decent song. It doesn't seem to end. It's long... how long is it, anyway? XD Tuesday's coming, so instead of a 4 as I'd normally vote on a song like this, I'll 5 it. =) Keep going, don't stop making music. You'll get good at this someday. =)

Music-story responds:

Ahh no! Someone finally understands what ominous means. I was sneaking away with this title cause no one knew what ominous means. :) Okay you know why I named this song as it is? One of the synth I used is called ominous dancefloor. I spent a couple of hours figuring what name would be good but I gave up and just named it after a synth. Yes very uncreative of me. Oh well. The song doesn't go on forever. If you listened to 3 mins of it, you were almost done the song. About a 4 min song but it changes throughout...well the leading synth. Again about the cliched thing..I love happy songs and will do whatever I can to make the happiest songs on earth :) (Down with raves! j/k raves are good once in a while, just too many on NG) We're kinda opposite. You like the dark and I like the light. Oh about the percussion; Garageband 3 probably has the worst percussion support of any music program in the world. I have to make my own percussion build up with my keyboard. That is soo annoying..luckily I have fast fingers and it is quite a workout jamming at the keys like no tomorrow. I'm going to check out joor.com which you suggested and hopefully I can ddl a good percussion section. Bye for now

[Sandstorm Remix [?]]

Hmm. I'd like to see what you did with this.

Sandstorm is one of the first songs I got into electronic music with, so let's see how you remixed it. =)

Whoops, you've got an upload problem. At least, it's not working for me... at this rate, you might want to reupload it. As for now, that's one more download for you.

Hmmm... your introduction doesn't quite sem to be all that good, but it gets better. The synth you start with doesn't seem to fit, but evertying else does.

Hmmm... a tempo change... that's a new one. Oh, wow, the song just exploded on me! Unfortunately, the song still seems a bit empty. You could have added a second bassline or another pad, or some sort or another of harmony to make it better.

The problem with remixing songs like this is that everyone who rates/reviews it will hold it to the same standards as the original, which most of the time results in lower scores. Mind you, there's nothing stopping you from making and submitting these... just submit with that in mind.

Either way, you've got my 5. =) Why don't you visit my audio page sometime? A review for my latest, Nova, would be especially nice. Thanks a lot, and I hope you'll find my advice useful. =)

DJ-DaVinster responds:

Thanks for the review. I'm going to re-upload it asap. It's not working for me, either.

The introduction was supposed to be a sort of peaceful trance mixed with a dance feel to it. The rest was supposed to be sort of happy hardcore or dance trance.

That was only for the ending. I thought it was good, and I was going to use a piano, but I changed my mind, and regret it now. I sould add another p[ad or baseline, but it would sound a little fuzzy.

I thought this was a little better than the original, but not by much. I still like the original better, because I had to listen to this one a lot to get the right sound & it got annoying, lol.

Thanks for the review!

[BassHunter's Tutorial Remix]

Good job with this. =D

Hmm. It sounds pretty good in the beginning. Your percussion is unusually heavy, but in this case it's a good thing - it gets to sounding very professional later on.

This is a remix of B0UNC3's Paradise on E, isn't it? I'm surprised you didn't say so in the description... oh well. =)

It sounds good... your choices in synths and drums are very good. Good job with that. Keep making music - you're good at this. =D You've got my 5.

Any chance you can listen to my songs sometime? Maybe leave a review for my latest, Nova. =P I'd appreciate it.

Dr-Dajova responds:

No, this is NOT a remix of his track, althou i know Bounc3... This is a remix of the track that Basshunter was making in his "tutorial"...

[dj_padman - Flotsam]

Very nice. It definitely is chilled. Mellow, too.

Why not? I'll review this one too. =P

This sounds pretty good... the violins definitely are a nice touch. I don't see why you've put this in Miscellaneous, this would work in more than one genre. Then again, maybe that's why you put it in Miscellaneous. XD

You did a nice job with your percussion - it all fits. As do your sound effects, which really give the song some nice atmosphere.

Your melodies and harmonies are nice... the way this song works, it's like I can't tell which is the melody and the harmony. This song's especially good because it's not something you hum to, but rather something you'd sit back and listen to. =) Great job here. You've earned another 5.

dj-padman1 responds:

thanks for the feedback dude. Good observation about the melody and harmony. With chill out music I like to weave everything together into a big 'ol musical blob.
Thanks again.

[Candyland Heaven]

Good-sounding... I like it. =)

Thanks for reviewing my song... I'll review a few of yours.

You know, I really need to listen to more of your songs... this is something I'd expect to find on my iPod or something. Yeah, it's that good - I'm not trying to butter you up or anything. Seriously. =P

Your melody's catchy, your mixing's done well, and your percussion fits, for one. You build things up nicely - that bass you introduce in the beginning of the song's nice, too. You keep the percussion fresh - you just introduced some hihats, which add a lot to the song. And now you've added a synth which I assume is the melody.

The song's nice through... hey, I see a nice high-pitched synth fading in. It's getting better and better.

Eeewww... you know, it may be something you thought to be a good idea, but what you do with that one sound effect and the panning just gives me a headache... and it brings all the other sounds down, too, which generally isn't something very pleasant.

Past that, it's an overall great song. I like this a lot... you've got a 5/5 from me. Go ahead and PM me whenever you want me to review a song of yours. =)

dj-padman1 responds:

hehe..well IT doesnt bring the other things down..its a low pass filter with panning. :)
Glad you liked it, thanks for the review.

[Infinnion - Aluminium]

Metals, huh?

Let's see how this works out...

You start out a little simply but build things up quite nicely. Your melody's nice. You could try changing things up throughout the song, rather than generally sticking to the same instruments and changing little in the melodies and harmonies. Your sound effects are a nice touch, and your pad, while a bit weird, is pretty good. Your percussion fits the song, though you could have made it a bit louder.

Overall a nice song. Why don't you stop by my audio page sometime and review my latest, Nova? =)

Infinnion responds:

Thanks for reviewing,I'll check it soon! ^^

[Infinnion - Silver]

Good, overall. =)

You start things nicely, though that bass in the beginning does get fairly annoying. Next time, choose something that gives a little less of a headache, please. =P

It continues sounding fairly decent... not much changes in the song, though. Work on that. =)

Your drums are decent - no comments there. You do have a lack of sounds/harmonies/melodies, which is partially why you don't have many changes. I can see you attempted a buildup, but it's not much of one. In your next few songs, try making more harmonies to go with your melody - but make sure they don't overpower it! ;)

Overall pretty good. Mind checking out my audio page sometime? Review my most recent, maybe. =P Thanks, and I hope my advice helped. =)

Infinnion responds:

I know it's a pretty irritating sound, and I only used 2 synths and one kind of drums, with the next one I will use some more instruments. I'll check your audio soon!
Thanks ^^