Score: 9

"The Outsiders"

by: Tokolos

date: September 26, 2009

Pretty Awesome track, I love this kind of music. I don't think it's too repetitive.
The beat just drives the song onwards, and the distortion on the saw / sounds great, esp as the song kicks off. Perhaps on some of the breaks( 2:20 onwards ) you should have the distortion cut away completely, then back in again as that specific section is done. The key change/end comes just at the right time and everything is resolved.
5/5

Score: 8

"Great ambience"

by: Coop83

date: September 13, 2009

Quite an epic cityscape comes to mind when I hear this piece of music - the point of view is from someone walking into a massive city and seeing the towering buildings from below just pass by .

I think that there's a definite issue with static on the louder ends of the notes, which needs to be dealt with slightly in remastering. It's a nice calm track with a good blend of drums, synthesised rhythm and a good sounding melody that keeps the whole piece moving forward nicely.

Perhaps a little more variation could be incorporated rather than just a little bit at the end of the track, as solos tend to work better as a part of the middle of the tune, rather than a fade out piece.

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Score: 8

"Good"

by: Haggard

date: September 12, 2009

When I read "trip-hop" I think of Portishead and Massive Attack. But of course it would be unfair to compare your song to those bands, as this is your first try in this genre.

The song is pretty nice and offers a good atmosphere that lies somewhere in between relaxed, mysterious and creepy.

The song also has a good length, just right for the "trippy" part in trip-hop. ;)

But I think there isn't enough happening here. The build up of the parts sure is nice, but some more melodies that stand out more would be a nice thing.

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Score: 9

"Nice :)"

by: Supersteph54

date: September 11, 2009

Never heard trip-hop before, but now I get an awesome first impression ^^. Nice job :D.

The melodies were what impressed me quite a lot in this track. The instruments sounded very unique as well, but awesome at the same time. The bass was very catchy as well, and I enjoyed it. Nice melody at the beginning too. In general, the melodies and instruments sound like someone infiltrating a building or something, which is fine with me.

The transitions were great, and nothing felt wrong. Every melody flowed really well with the next. Nice song structure as well. I just think that this gets much too repetitive. Still, as you said to Fro, that's what the genre is about, I guess, so it isn't really your fault. Really awesome intro; it started the song up extremely well, and the key change before the end was epic. The fade fit quite well with this song too.

Really amazing drums. They got slightly repetitive in parts, but were just the right loudness, and could be heard clearly without messing up the song. Extremely good samples too, and the drum beats were nice as well. My only complaint was that throughout the song there was a sort of static-like noise which got quite annoying.

Overall, a really nice track, especially since it's your first try at a new genre. Keep up the awesome work, you could make a great trip-hop artist :D.
9/10
5/5

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Score: 9

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by: Fro

date: September 7, 2009

A very nice ambient piece. Good introduction that can be used in anything that has a rising action and then it calms down a bit and sounds like something that you could hear in the background of something. Gets a little repetitive, but then the change up at the end made up for it.

Good strategy with the ending though. I sometimes take that strategy when writing things or making movies. Sometimes I shoot or write the ending before I even know what/how to start the beginning. Also, because of the pause at the end you get the false impression that the song is over and then all of a sudden it picks up again. Very cool effect in my opinion.

Seems like the ending could be used in a movie like that as well. Stuff is happening in the movie and you think it's all over, but all of the sudden the last breathe of the fallen character causes him to rise up and there is continued hope.

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