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[dB] Aliens

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Well here it is, A new drum and bass track, I did something like this a while ago and wasn't happy with the output so I decided to revisit the genre to see what I'm capable of.
I didn't really concentrate much on the lead or the melodies, I just wanted it to be original and have good instrumentation.

I'm not really going anywhere with this, I just dumped it here to avoid mass spillage in my projects folder, So enjoy I guess.....

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A song worthy to my ears.

The beginning, middle, and end all were great. How it was all put together was great. I don't really understand why the title is Aliens.

-Likes-
The beginning is a nice classical type style. Putting something classical to open with on this song was a smart in my mind to do cause its warming you up for the good part. Even though it was still kind of classical it wasn't boring like most classical song. The I like the song after around 30 seconds cause it was really fast paced. And the ending wrapped up the song nicely. Great song overall.

-Dislikes-
Nothing I can think of. Maybe the only thing I can think of is it didn't loop together nicely. I like when the song sounds almost exactly like the beginning so you never really know when it ended. But this isn't a loop so nothing wrong with that.

-Improvements-
Just keep doing what your doing. It all sounds great. Sorry I didn't put as much into this review as I could of.

-Review Request Club-

Decibel responds:

It's not a prob, I'm glad you dropped by to review =)

[deciBel]

Not bad

While this isn't bad, it seems to get stale quite fast.

The beginning is fantastic, especially up to :45 I think you nailed it. After that the strange electronic sounding sounds in the background I wasn't really digging that much, or the synth lines after that. They just didn't come off as very catchy to me personally.

The drums aren't bad at all. The snare around 1:55 seemed a bit overkill, but I did like the IDM elements you mixed in after that a lot - but I suppose that's just a personal taste.

Overall, I'd say you absolutely nailed the intro, and the outro, but the whole middle of the song just feels stale to me and not all that moving. Regardless, keep up the good work.

-RRC-

Decibel responds:

Thanks SeeD! I appreciate your review :)

[deciBel]

I usually don't listen to DnB, but...

>Overall Impression
Patrick is an id1ot. But anyway, I must say that I enjoyed this song thoroughly. Very skilled blend of melody and percussion. I especially like the part from 1:07 to 1:18. I was very sad that you didn't extend it.

>Melodies
Great selection of melodies to complement your percussion line. To me, you can very close to creating the perfect balance between introducing new melodies and variations, and repeating the catchy sequences. Good work!

>Percussion/Bass
Best part of the song (well, seeing that it is a DnB song, I guess this isn't surprising). I like your selection of instruments in your construction of the main beat and following variations. Keep doing what you are doing and you'll surely improve

>Instrument selection
Overall, you seem to have this down. Nothing clashing or overriding another instrument. Every seems to fuse into an organic creation that excites and engages the mind (uber corny, but true). I personally like your instrument that comes in around 1:07, and I wish to know what synth/plugin you used.

>Rhythm
Nothing really to criticize here, you pretty much nailed it. Maybe you could have done more with the hi hat, but what you did with the kick and snare already satisfies me greatly.

>Intro/Conclusion
Here's is my main issue with the song. You close out the song very smoothly and nicely. Maybe you could add another sound effect or melody variation, but you have the gist of it down. Now the intro to this song, for me, just doesn't make any sense. It is a very well written intro, make no doubt about that, but it just doesn't lead into the rest of the song. The only connection you make between the intro and the body is the percussion fade in. To me, it's too light and airy for a DnB song intro. I don't know if you wanted it that way, but I'm inclined to review the song "as is"

>Transitions
Besides the transition between intro and the main body, your other transitions are seamless. In fact, I'm extremely jealous of people who are skilled with percussion and can make killer transitions, such as yourself. Keep up the good work

>Miscellaneous
Nothing much else to say. Very well done.

TheBellmaker
Former RRC member, saw your song on the list and decided to review it.

Decibel responds:

Hey Thanks!

The synth, sorta, at 1:07 is a square wave sf2 I'm not sure where I got it, but I'll PM you with a link if I find where :)

and I'm not skilled, I'm just a kid with a DAW, but Ir's reviews like yours which lighten up my day,, and I'm glad I made some DnB you enjoyed listening to, it's not my cup of tea, but I like to please the people who hear it with every genre I make!

thanks again :)

[deciBel]

not bad but

it sounds to me like u did't really have an idea of what kinda main bass or drum line u wanted,... it keep switchin so much.... i mean i see that u still kept the reythem but the beat just keep kinda changeing... i at least heard 2 or 3 diffrent drum lines...

Decibel responds:

Wait, What?
If I kept the same drum beat, you'd say, you kept the same 'drum beat'. And also, It's drum BEAT & NOT drumLINE, and besides, I don't know what you're saying, I kept the same drum beat stucture throughout. I just changed some snares and removed the hatline in some parts.
And I switch to keep it unrepetetive......

And then there's a breakbeat further on and some glitching towards the end , but i Still don't get it, I doubt 3 is too much, whereas people like sessilenomad or sinerider have an ongoing drum beat in their songs.

Lol, EPIC REVIEW FAIL :p

Thanks anyway....

[deciBel]

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Uploaded
Nov 14, 2010
2:21 PM EST
Genre
Drum N Bass
File Info
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6 MB
2 min 39 sec

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