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[Sixsober]

Normally I wouldn't mind...

I don't really care if one of your songs pop up in the top 5 every now and then, but it's been occuring more and more, and this week you have all the spots. This leads to me to believe one thing: you downvote other songs so you can win. If not, sorry about the accusation, but it really pisses me off. You have very little musical talent. Your genres are all off. Everything is shitty. If you want, I'll teach you some things that I know. If you don't feel like getting better, stop making music. You're really bad at it.

~ DSM

[{Hollow Man} [NG Cut]]

WHAT HAPPENED

You changed it from that preview you sent me the other night! I liked the new lead! It sounded so much cooler than this version. Though the bass is thicker, the other version has a cooler line for it. :(

5/5

~ DSM

[Rollin Controllin]

Lacks greatly

I love how thick the bass is and the drum samples you used, but it lacked greatly in the upper range. It needs more. Maybe a pad or two, some arps, or maybe a lead line.

4/5

~ DSM

Paroxym responds:

Thanx for the tips ill see what i can do.

[beats n vocals]

Cool

I loved everything but the drums. It sounds like you just panned the whole kit to the right. If you're going to add panning to a kit, try to make it more surrounding than what you did.

5/5

~ DSM

Paroxym responds:

thanks for the review but as far as the druns I wanted to keep it simple. peace

[Karco -- Stained Chrome --]

Again, lacking diversity

You really need to figure out what you can do to change up pieces more. Add more instruments, change up the melodies, etc.

Another discrepency is that it's very basic. You could use much more layering. Make the piece thicker.

This piece I didn't really like. It wasn't pleasing. You're much better at other styles.

~ DSM

Karco responds:

Yeah, it is fairly basic... I thought simplicity, for this song, was pretty good. I guess I was wrong. :( Aah well. I'll be sure to be extra careful in this area from now on... thanks for the review, DSMagnum. :)

[Karco -- Troposphere --]

I think what EON said is right

There isn't much diversity. It's pretty much the exact same pad throughout the entire song. Not much change. As you progress, it does sound better with the bells. More atmospheric as you want. However, shortly after you bring another instrument in that causes some peaking. Some mastering couldn't have hurt. Very cool idea, but could use lots of work.

~ DSM

Karco responds:

Again, people are throwing diversity at me time and time again today. So, naturally, I don't have much to add in this response. Yeah, I know about the peaking... I'm working on that, it's annoying. >_<

Thanks again for reviewing my songs, DSMagnum, I'll be sure to keep your advice in mind. :)

[Draze - Immortal Combat]

Very Awesome

I love it. It has a nice Matrix type feel to it. It felt a little empty though. Maybe a little more bass or effects? That would've perfected the song.

5/5

~ DSM

[Draze - The Phaze Way]

Really cool

You're right, this does sound kind of bad with speakers. Sounds great with headphones though. I loved the bells towards the middle. The robot wasn't too clear. I've heard some of your other songs where you used vocals, and those all were much more clear than this. Cool effect though.

5/5

~ DSM

Draze responds:

Haha, yeah if you're actually talking about the chorus vox (melody), you're not supposed to understand it, its just mean't to sounds cool ;)

Thanks for the review dude,
~ Draze

[Hardcore 'Till I Die]

ROAR

Great sound, but very repetative. You ought to switch things up more in your songs and remixes. You had a few sounds that played the exact same way throughout the entire song, and it got old quickly. MOAR DIVERSITY.

5/5

~ DSM

DaGrahamCraka responds:

hmmmmmMmmMMmMmmwell son.

[Draze - Satisfaction [RMX]]

Sweet, but lacking

WHERE IS TEH OMG HEAVY BASS! This song is great, but it can only be Satisfaction if you have the huge ass amounts of bass like in the original. You know, like in your Ashes V2 track. It's really good, but needs that extra bass.

5/5

~ DSM