by

Benoit Eagle
(Eagle)

A quite ordinary track-tune with one major flaw: the leads of this song just did not work, sliding was overly used and sounded bad to my ear (expecially in orders 5-6). Otherwise there was nothing wrong with this song, the leads just ruined it (well, maybe the drums were also a little too simple). Sample quality was almost ok.

This song starts with quite a bit promise, but there are some problems with the tune. Most noticeable is that some of the lead melodies sound a but off key. I am not sure if this was done on purpose, as there are samples that have a pitch bend in them. Unforunatly, I think it worked that well. The piece does seems to look direction the middle of the song during the solo. If the noted had been on key this would have been a much better tune.

The intro struck me as effective. The beat doesn't quite live up to expectations. Lead lacks direction and a clear theme. Mixing is good and sample set is better than most. Used quite well, too. The second part is a lot worse than the first, in my opinion. Lacks form. The biggest minus is the obvious lack of song structure and theme. A good try, however.

This tune was murdered by Gxx. Is it me or are some of those porta slides way off tune? I got this tune's main fault out of the way. So.. it has a really nice intro, and the sample in the end 4 patterns gives it a nice atmospheric touch, I wish it were used a little more throughout the song. The siney guitar lead sounds a bit bad in order 8, but gets better in order 9, almost showing a bit of tracking talent.

The beginning is promising. Until the guitar(?)lead kicks in.It's necessary to use bending effects to get a smooth melody,but this is way overdone.Sometimes it does not even hit the right note and that sounds really bad. And the double lead in pattern #6 is just confusing. Pattern #9 should have been left out entirely,it sounds way too strange. The bass buried under all this, sounds like a fretless one and with a little care it could have been great,not just good. The samples are ok,and with less portamento this song could have been something.Like it is now,it makes the listener think there's something wrong with his computer.