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[Chill Out with the Rain]

Pretty cool.

Very, very nice drums. Try to work in some more eighth and sixteenth notes on the toms.
The electric guitar lead could use some work. It plays a lot of dissonant notes, and if this song is supposed to be relaxing and soothing, that shouldn't happen. The guitar keeps a clean sound for most of the time, but there's some distortion early in the song, which is doesn't really suit the mood. 2:40 was awkward, but when the second guitar/synth came in, it got really nice. I like the duet.. a lot.
Far too many dissonant notes, however. End your musical/lyrical phrases on consonant notes that agree fully with the chord. The drum fill is kind of odd, because it consists of al the same note values, change it up a bit. :D
Nice, overall.

atmos929NG responds:

Thank you!... this certainly could use more work... this is an old track as I mentioned... it's not really in my plans to re work it (I don't even know If I still have the project file), it would be a complete remake I guess.... but not really in my plans... still, I love the tune and mood of it.. :)

[Bleh!!!112765]

Lol.

I was going through your songs and the title of this one looked funny.
I used to play WoW.. lol. What server were/are you on n stuff?

Rawrthaas responds:

when I posted this I was on Cenarius, but shortly after WOTLK I moved to Dawnbringer. Not playing atm though.

[Maniac's March]

I still like your classic rock better. :p

I can't give this much higher after hearing In Hades and your Fugues.
Are those hi-hat's panning? Lol, that's cool.
Nice effects at 1:40. I really like that melody.
The time signature changes are somewhat obvious, I would try to make them more fluid, unless you want them to be abrupt-ish.
Nice soft section at 2:10ish. Cool FX sounds and hat roll.
I'm really not diggin' the quick changes like for example: 3:16 --> 3:17. It's really awesome; I just feel its overused. To make it more powerful I would use it less, but that's just me.

3:40 and all other instances, maybe make those Open Hats closed? They are too repetitive and loud over the awesome key playing.
Keyboard shredding = O_O;
Pure awesomeness.

Hehe fadeout.

adompeace responds:

lol. There are no time sig changes! It's in 16/8 the entire time hahahaha. Well it may seem like it changes a lot because in every bar, there's a snare on the last 8th note so it does sound abrupt. But there are no weird time sigs. Only 16/8, which is only kinda weird :P

You must really like those tracks lol. It's really hard to outdo those tracks since they're so full of win, but I'll try...

[Dream of Air - F-777]

Really cool.

Awesome stuff, the bass is drowned out a lot, perhaps you should mix it higher or just crank up the volume.

[The Call of Ktulu Orchestra]

Brilliant.

Enough said.

Btw, this is what I was talking about on my other review. The tom-work makes this song SO much more epic.

[The Gate Of Time Trance]

Awesome..

Very relaxing, the quarter note triplet melody makes it very soothing. Nice drumwork and kick drum. The kick roll at 2:00 is a tad long to be a kick-roll, I'd probably move that to a snare roll, that increases in volume slowly.

2:36 is just amazing. The one-note piano melody makes the song 10x better.

Nice ending, I liked. Great stuff man.

akopa responds:

Thanks for the awesome review!

[Divine Comedy I: Inferno]

Wa-BAM!

13/8.. Daaamn, son. Lol.
Nice work, I like the dark feel.

Those bells sound like madness personified, heh.
00:43, I like the rhythms along with the percussive stuff at 0:55. Have you read the Inferno by Dante?

This song oozes that book, lol. I can imagine being ferried across the river Styx from 1:30 to 3:00. You know, looking around as you spiral downwards to the endless abyss, haha.

5:55 is epic. I've said this before, but your keyboard shredding is the SHIT.
Nice creepiness at 6:10. Really, really, really cool. Very eerie sounding. Perfect. Perfect chord changes and instrumentation. Cool lead-in at 6:40. I would have made that grace note/short note a tad longer leading into the ending.

7:14 is really cool. Sounds like lifting your head up slowly as you see Lucifer chained to hell for the first time; fear, shock, awe, ... all that mess, haha (Read the Inferno, haha).

One thing that strikes me about nearly every one of your songs: Although many are long, I never lose interest. That is a talent that many musicians wish they had. You are able to keep the interest of the audience unfailingly!

[F-777 (WF1) - M.O.I Remix]

Amazing!

I can feel the emotion in this song. :D It's really, really nice to listen to. There isn't anything I would change besides tweaking the velocity (dynamics) of the harp and piano to make it sound more human-like. Just a suggestion. Brilliant besides that, though!

wyldfyre1 responds:

hmm I may look into that.

[~- Celebrate the Summer -~]

Catchy.

Good stuff, nice catchy melody.. but you gotta do something about that distortion.. :P. The ping pong'ing delay is sorta odd on the piano in the middle of the song.

The synths sound nice, but I'd tinker em a bit from the preset to match your song's mood. The ending is abrupt, but nice work!

BCCB responds:

Help me with my mixing. =P

[~- I'm There -~]

Excellent!

The build-up to 1:25 is amazing! I really liked it. I would make the lead a tad louder there, to show that you have reached the point you wanted to! Very melodious, it has the same progression as Pachelbel's Canon in D.. which is a very soothing song. Nice melody and cool piano playing. The distortion on the bass drum is really bad at the end though, that's the only thing I would try to fix. Great stuff!

Check out some of my stuff, I like the way you write your music! :D

BCCB responds:

Thanks, man! I'm glad you like it that much.

Yeah, the distortion was pretty bad, but before I tweaked it, it was even worse. I'll try to see what I can do. I'm not good at mixing or mastering at all. Maybe you could help me with that. =P

Thanks for the tips, and I'll look at your music when I'm not too busy.