by

Douglas lizard
(lizard)

First thing which grabbed my attention with this tune is it's panning was very good and was kept simple. The orchestration is not too bad, though the melody and chords seem to be fighting for supremecy. The chord progression gets a big boring after a while. The intro is good and strong. The tune gets too much into a rut in the second half. There needs to be more variation like in the first two minutes. The drums could have changed as well, they seem to go on and on, perhaps a second drum set, or a change in pace may have helped this tune get a little more. Strong if not repetative melody which is due to the chord progression once again. Even a key change would have helped. I can't see the link between the name of the song and the melody.

Good song. I liked the idea of this song very much. Some minor corrections would have made this song much better. The lead in patterns 16 and 17 was too loud, and you could've used it more. The dancebeat maybe wasn't the best choice for this song, and it annoyed me a bit with it's simpleness. But anyway, a good song, with a good idea.

You have won my respect! Not only did this piece dazzle my ears, it maxed out my awe32 so i had to go with sb16 software mixing... time to go get that 128 SB PCI card =). Excellent choice of samples, good panning, good transitions, good volume control, I found this piece to excell in every way. In a tracking world where the pizzicato sample is way overused (thanks to Skaven :) i found the use of it in this particular track pleasing and essential to the overall feel of the piece. The synthy sample 7 is sweeet, perfectly placed when introducing it into pattern order 7-8, i wish it lasted longer than that! then onwards you pull off some lovely pulsating marcato strings (introduced into the tracking scene first by Vivid's song Swift Exposure) which i wish to see more of in other music artists, so thank you! Order 14, the nylon guitar? is another great addition to the on going melody i love the notes! Again in order 23, the newageish sample is another great addition to the melody. The only part i thought could have been fixed was order 26, where the flute is introduced... it was a bit too choppy and didnt quite fit in with the rest of the ongoing music, i think it may have been just fine without it. Lastly the vocal "whooo" mixes great with this piece it was appealing to the ear, any other sample probably would have made it repetitive and annoying, so werd up on that. To say the least i think this sucker would have done great in the veterans section and i would place your style as a cross between Lloyd Yoon and Mick Rippon =). Please make more music, it's quite enjoyable!

The pizzicato strings (sample 23) didn't fit in here at all. Pattern 23 sounded messy. The song drops in and out of a swing beat without warning. Around order 9, it changes mood altogether for two orders. They seem out of place. I think the song needs to do more than go over the same four chord progression over and over. The changes in melody seem to random and disjointed, it's as if they were made that way to make up for the lack of variety in the chord structure. Sadly, it doesn't work. It sounds more confusing more than anything. The ending is far too sudden - the song just stopped dead without warning.

Busy noisy little bugger, there's so much going on here at times, the audience is almost drowning in noise. Still, I like it in some ways, I just sometimes think there's too much going on. Individually, some of the samples ain't as good as the rest, nor are they looped properly, but in the cacophony, you don't really notice. One thing though, which I keep thinking is missing in the track is more use of voices. I'll admit there's not a lot of the 1mb space left for you do that, but I think it's possible, it sure could use them here and there, and not only in the last part of the track. Quite good track though.