Pretty good
Nice synths and great quality! Reminds me of Matrix & Futurebound.
Reviews for "Mellow Man"
So... Catchy...
OK, before I start, I'm just going to say that I'm reviewing this as a Review Request Club member, not a DM Judge. Alright, back to the review...
I really liked this song. It has such a cool vibe to it, and it's so fun to listen to, that I wouldn't ever want to press the stop button in any second of the song. Good job, man, this is a really cool submission.
The melodies are definitely the best part of this. I absolutely LOVED all of the melodies, and although I think you could've varied in the chord progressions a little more, the main melody is just so catchy. If that melody wasn't as catchy, I would've probably given you an 8 :P. I also liked the what the pitch bent instrument was playing at 1:33, that was pretty cool. 1:44 was a nice addition too, since it provided a break from the extremely action-packed awesomeness that the main melody has. Maybe you could add a few more alternate melodies, though. There were only around 2 melodies, and TBH I expected the part at 2:17 to be another alternate melody, or at least a different alternate melody at 2:38 instead of repeating 0:49 all over again. Also, I'd suggest a more powerful bass in the background to accompany the synths playing in the foreground.
The instruments are almost all amazing. I loved the main instrument that came in at 0:27 for the first time. It's one of the few things I like about drum'n'bass. The main synth in a DnB song is usually supposed to sound ear-splitting and very annoying, yet it doesn't annoy you at all throughout the song and makes you want to hear more, and that's how your main synth was. I really liked the square wave that first came in at 0:16, it was a really nice touch to the song, and furthermore added to the powerful and fast-paced rhythm of the song. You also used it very creatively around the song, and it never got boring to listen to. The only instrument I don't really like would be the instrument at the beginning which is simply a generic plucked saw synth. If you were so creative and varied with your other synths, I don't see why you shouldn't do the same to the instrument at the beginning. There were a few sound effects in this song which I enjoyed though, so good job there.
Wow, I'm running out of characters O.o... Anyway, the transitions were all very well done and I don't think there were any rough transitions. New instruments were introduced well, and the buildup at the beginning was very well executed. No problem there ^^. When it comes to the song structure, It was a little simple but did the job perfectly in this. The variety needs more work though. As I said, this needs a few more alternate melodies and the calm part in the middle dragged on a bit too much too much, so maybe if you added a few more variations (such as more sound effects, different transition melodies, etc.) in the calm part, it wouldn't sound so repetitive.
Intro wasn't that good. I don't think you should start with that synth. Still, the buildup was amazing and that made up for it. As for the ending, here's a my idea of a somewhat good outro for this song:
http://www.mediafire.com/?zg4g5izwnlj
Where the ending would use the part at around 1:33-1:35 and would have a final reverbed note. You should do that, since drum endings rarely come out too good, and this one was pretty abrupt.
As for the drums, the beats were good, they fit with the song and the samples were awesome, but unfortunately that's all that's good about them. They were really loud, and although DnB does need loud drums, I think they were a bit TOO loud. Also, the main beat needs variety, it started getting boring after some time. Drum transitions were good though ^^.
I enjoyed the song quite a lot, because of the fun, fast-paced rhythm, excellent synths, amazing melodies, good effects, awesome transitions and great variety of synths, and mostly this needs variety in the melodies/drums, quieter drums and better intro/outro. Keep up the extremely good work, and I hope to see more awesome songs like this from you. Great job! XD
10/10
5/5
Download.
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Skela responds:
big friggin review! thanks
uhh....
that was fucking wierd, i gave this submission a 5, and it says (+1.26), but your score dropped lower than when it started....wtf audio glitch?
well anyways, this song kicked ass, mellow is honestly not accurate to describe the mood it has, fucking happy is all i can say about it
good classic dnb drum kit you got goin there
the intro it odd, when it starts building up, it sounds a bit off, but when the drums kick and and th melody is going, it all sounds really good
i picture a futuristic city, and two people just cruisin around havin a good time
idk who your faceing in the deathmatch, but you have a good bar set for yourself
9/10 5/5
Nice sounding, good pace
I like this tune, as it has got good drive forward. A shame that it doesn't loop, but you can't have everything, I suppose. I like that fact that it builds up reasonably slowly, then suddenly hits a crescendo, which gets us to a stable state to work with the rest of the track.
I can see that there is a lot of activity going on there, with about three parts to the melody alone. I would suggest that you take on of those parts and go to town with it, make a solo, then return to the point of origin, so that the track gets back to this good stuff.
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Pretty good
only complaint is that the flow of this song tends to get boring. has good transitions and great melody and great feel to it.
it builds up, but then it kinda dies down a little. perhaps could have used another melody to keep it interesting?
overall though it was really good, but gets boring.