by

Maurizio Digital Warrior
(Digital Warrior)

The one thing that hurt this song the most was the quality of it's samples. The artist seemed to have a good sense of how a dance tune goes, but was shaky on the structure of the song. Next time try to add a variety of samples that support a more indepth background to the song and develop an introduction that inspires the mind to wander.

m6i-ftis.it -- rating: 65 hey, i liked this song! it has a cool chord progession which, although not especially original, is very catchy. it has repeating themes which add color and give it style, but it still sounds a little rough due perhaps to the samples. it has a very repetitive/standard drumloop which i don't like. the hihat was too loud. the chords were a little different, and the lead was nice, but it was not original by my standards. you have a nice form/style. it's the commercial techno/house sound so typical in the tracking scene. many people do it, few do it well. you are in between. your tracking technique is very good, in the mid-to-high ranks of intermediate. you used panning correctly and efficiently. however there are places where you could have used instruments more efficiently. you only used one volume pan. i saw a few places where it would have made tracking easier and better sounding had you used the volume pan on a few instruments. your sample selection was appropriate for the song. i liked the lead voice you used around halfway through the song. i have heard much better acid samples, however. your samples (more so, the way you used them) were a little choppy. however, it's hard to get appropriate analog realism with the tracker device. i LOVE the chords (and ripped them, hope you don't mind), where did you get them? overall, i enjoyed this song, but was not impressed by it. it would make a good extended mix. heh..

Effective, but not very original, nor ambitious. Avoid to change note with bass-drum sample, it's very unprofessional. Your chords are good, arranging too. Your song would rank the best places... 10 years earlier :) The samples used are really too old and famous, this gives no particular personnality to your song. Your rythm patterns could be more groovy/punchy. On pat.8 : it's important to sustain your notes till the end of grid. It contributes to create contrast between the progression brought and the explosion, that stops really the music. You repeat twice your song, with exactly the same patterns : be carefull about this. Flange/overdrive sound is interesting, but not exploited enough. Good and clean stereo pannings.

Wow, a techno song. I know these types of songs tend to have trouble in MCs but I'll try to be fair with you here. The first part of this song relies on that octave shifting of sample #4 for a little too long before you really see any change. (that sample sounds awfully familiar, by the way.) Then after the voice, you start a chord progression that changes every measure. I'm not sure whether I like this progression as you've used it in this style of a song. The melody sample sounds different from most leads so you should get a boost in originality there. Now the song has reverted to the octaving again, and again I feel like I'm waiting too long for something to happen. The chord progression is back. One thing I must mention is that the melody and synth pads seem to dominate the beat a little too much, and in techno the beat is probably one of the most important parts of the song. In summary, your song really only has two parts, I would have liked a bit more variety.

I heard the song start up, and I thought, "Hey, this is going to be a kickin' song that is supposed to be turned up loud.", so I did so, even though I'll admit I'm not a person that generally enjoys feeling the bass. Unfortunatly, this song only half delivered. The percussion fit perfectly to the style, but the melodic instruments had a hollow sound, which I believe was caused by the violent left/right panning of instruments when they're spread over two channels. Try keeping the separation, but bringing the channels a little closer to the center, and maybe varying things a bit....Effect usage was good, as the tremor added a lot to certain stretches, and I was impressed by the usage of the sample offset, and I intend to look at this song as an example for my own tracking when I want to use the sample offset....Originality was okay, as it seemed to do some different things with the genre that it's in, but certain parts still reminded me heavily of a few songs on my Urbal Beats CD(a compilation of some major techno acts like Chemical Brothers, Prodigy, etc.)....Samples were good, and added to with tricks like the sample offset...Form was good, as the song changed quite a bit, and kept me interested the entire way, even if I was still trying to reconcile the ethereal qualities of the song with the drum and bass section....The second to last chord in 11-14, and then again in 28-33 was not in tune. The same chords continue for a while after 14, but aren't the lead sound at that point.