Yeah, it wasn't my best work, but the melodies were in my opinion the song's redeeming quality. ;) Thanks for the review!

Hey, Carbo! I'm not so sure about better synths, (right? or do you mean FX? PM me) I'm pretty satisfied with what I have. I'm fairly confident in the resources I have to make good songs, it's all about experience now. At least, that's what I think. But I could look for more... any suggestions?

Well, thanks for the good ratings anyway. :) Thanks for reviewing, now onto what could be your other review. ;D

Hmm, glad you liked the kick. I didn't think it was as good as it could've been, but glad you think it worked... :)

Yep, strings in this song! :D The composition for them is some of my best, it's one of my favorite parts of the song...

A rave? Somehow I don't think I'm quite good enough for my songs to be played at one of those yet. :P One day, though... >:) Same goes for the whole DJ thing, too. I actually wasn't intending for the ending to work that way, I ended it that way because it's typically how songs of this genre end, and it often works quite well.

All in all: Thanks for stopping by to review, glad you liked it. :P

First impressions don't necessarily do the rest of the song justice. ;) I've had quite a few songs with so-so intros, but quite pwnsome middle-to-ending parts before. :D And that's fine, no need to leave a long review, though if you really feel like you want to, just post a comment at my news post. :P

I'll check it out! :) I'll definitely listen to it and rate it, and if I have the time, I'll try to review it. No guarantees, though. ;)

Hey, Music-story! I'll just go down those points one by one:

- An adventure feel? I suppose all long songs have an adventure feel of some kind or another in some remote sense. I can hear it in this one. :P
- Glad you liked the volume increase, I was trying to bring the song up as much as possible without making the transition too sudden. :)
- The orchestra, and the part that it plays in the song was INCREDIBLY hard to make, believe me. ;) It definitely is new. I was trying out a new style, inspired by Sirene, which I've linked to in my latest news post. ;)
- Glad you liked the drums, not much to add here...
- Hmm, flow isn't one of my stronger points, in my opinion. But glad you thought it worked. :)
- Agreed. ;D

Now for the 'blips' as you call them... :P
- Hmm. Too much reverb? I was trying to get it to be flowing all together, to sound less like a chord progression and more like a chord changing slowly, while still sounding like the basic chord progression... and one of the tools I used to do that was the reverb. It's a bit ironic when comparing this statement to one of the techniques I used, but I don't think I'll give my techniques away so easily... :P
- There were no trance instruments accompanying the orchestra, except for the crash and the hit in the very beginning and very end. When the chord progression is played through for the second time, it's a sawpad playing it.
- Hmmm... I don't know what you're talking about, really. 2:31 is when the climax of the song starts, so it could be anything. XD Maybe it's the lead? That's my best guess... true, it's not very original, but when done right, it's awesome, or at least in my opinion. I'm not going to stop using saws for leads but I will try to make them sound more original. ;)
- The ending is long, but it's a progressive ending, which is normal (and, in my opinion, could even be expected sometimes) in this genre. I'll try to make them more interesting... ;) I let the crash echo out like that because, otherwise, it would cut off, and believe me, it doesn't sound good at all. ;)

Long review, thanks a lot! :) I do need to get out there and review more stuff, but I hardly have time anymore, so my exposure's not too high these days. :( I try. Thanks for stopping by, thanks for the high ratings! Glad you enjoyed it. Look forward to my next. >:)