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An interesting combination

I'm not sure about classical crossovers - I've seen them butchered too many times before to be a massive fan of this sort of music, but this one seems to be one of the better ones.

I think where it falls down is that you start off with the piano - one of the most dominant instruments ever created, then you head to keyboards and from there, the piano is drowned out in a sea of artificial sounds, beats, rhythms and synths. What you need is something that the piano can shine through with, while not taking out the synths themselves. Let the piano come through and it will pay its way, giving you a much better sounding track.

The pace is good and the beat is powerful, so these are positive points for your piece. Slightly more work is required on the rest, but you've getting there.

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Solid, but not something I would dance to.

I think the music was well executed,
but it did not carry enough "pulse" to dance to.

Felt more like an inspired piece from a videogame, in fact segments remind me of
the final fight music from donkey kong on the Super Nintendo...

The finale was downright awesome!

Thanks,
- Celx
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Nice song man

I liked it very much, the drums were awesome, the best part was when the music stopped and only the drums were playin'.
I just didn't like how the music started, i tried 3 times to understand that the music was cutted in the start...But that piano was awesome at the beggining, and the beat really showed me the music feeling, i think that it's very cool.
If u make more, certainly u'll be better and better, u are in the road to sucess...

First you work on a classical song...

...And then you do a dance remix of it? Man, it shows that you're an artist of many genres. Good job!

The melodies are very nice. If I had to complain about them, I'd say that some of them were just a little generic, especially the piano melody at the beginning, and also the chord progression was that same overused dance progression, but other than that, the melodies were catchy, and full of action. I enjoyed the melody at 1:16. What I'd ask for would be more alternate melodies, since as Haggard pointed out, this did get rather repetitive. Background instruments and harmonizing, on the other hand, were fantastic, but I can't expect any less from you.

Something that put the score down a little would be that the song stayed action packed after the piano intro. It was playing the same beat, same background and same rythm for a long time, without any break inbetween. I'd suggest that either you do another piano solo somewhere in the middle, you make an ambient part somewhere in the middle which lasts for around 15 seconds, or you add a buildup in the song, where all the instruments go quiet, and slowly, one by one, they come back in again. Dance isn't all action :\.

The synths were all perfect. I didn't notice any muting (must be the fact that I'm deaf from one ear D:) with the synths, and they all sounded excellent. Piano quality wasn't too good, but the quality of the piano is never really too important in dance songs, especially when the piano only lasts for a few seconds. There was also a very nice variety of synths, which helped a lot in keeping a good variety in the song.

The transitions were very smooth, and the song flowed perfectly, except for (maybe this is just personal taste) the transition at around 1:06. That high note stopped playing a little too early, I think. I'd rather you'd slowly fade away that one note till around 1:10, instead of ending it abruptly at 1:06. Other than that small nitpick, excellent job on the transitions. New synths were introduced very well too, with very good fade-ins here and there. Just one problem; at 0:12, I think it'd be better if the song goes quiet for a bar, and in that bar, a reverse cymbal plays, and then the 0:12 melody starts playing along with a crash cymbal. It's better than starting it abruptly, IMO.

The song is well-structured, especially since this is a remix, and I find it quite hard to make a good song structure in a remix. Variety needs work though, especially concerning the background accompaniment. That ambient/piano part or the buildup which I mentioned earlier would help remove the repetitiveness that this song has. It would also make the song longer, since right now it is a little short.

The intro was fantastic. I always enjoy piano intros, and you performed this one flawlessly. It was a extraordinary way to start the song, and if you just worked on the transition at 0:12, it would've been perfect. Also, this was actually not looped too badly either. I never would've been able to loop it as well as you did, since the beginning was nothing like the ending, and was an entirely different tempo too. The only thing I can say which could improve the loop is to fade in the piano towards the end, so that when the song loops, the piano would come in smoothly, instead of coming out of nowhere, if you get what I mean.

When it comes to the drums, you've got a great beat. It wasn't too complex, and fit really well with the song. I liked how you faded it at the end as well, it helped the loop. What I dislike about the drums was the variety. It made the song quite repetitive, since it was the same beat for the whole song, if I'm not mistaken, or maybe a few subtle changes here and there. You can invent more drum beats, and maybe at times, make it that there's only a kick every beat playing, to give a break from the action-packed drum beats.

Gah, running out of characters O.o. Anyway, It's a great song, but just a few nitpicks here and there made me give you a 9. Still, keep it up, you excel at dance songs!
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Good

A good song. It starts off slow in the intro but quickly builds up to a good dance song. I like the melodies you used here, they are simple but very catchy.

Also, the beat is good as well. Very driving, but not too "hard" either, so that people can just enjoy the song on the dancefloor without having to exhaust themselves too much. ^^

I like how you did the outro. It loops very good with the intro so that it's hardly noticable where the song ends and where it starts over.

Too bad it's so short, though. A few more parts sure would have been nice. It would make the song longer and less repetitive (because it gets repetitive after the 4th or 5th playthrough. ^^)

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