by

Andrew Catspaw
(Catspaw)

*File Specs* [Filename]m6i-libs.xxx [Title]Lithium Bus Stop[Total playing time]*Musical Values* I must say that this song started quite intresting if i should say so myself, it's quite melodical but unfortunately it turned out to become quite repeative in key-progression and that is what i find a pity... abrupt ending. [Creativity] There has been spent a lot of time in the basic concept and there has been watched on details to prevent repeative motives. [Story]An artificial fairy tale [Structure]The breaks are swell, melodic parts are good, there are a lot of changes happening troughout the whole song but there was some kind of main pattern, the base-line solo made the songconcept sound bald at that part.[Harmony] I noticed little harmony on instrumental arrangements but hardly any depth and on places where there was width it was a bit too much balanced towards the outer extends.[Realness/Fantasy factors]The percussion line is reasonable emulated, you could only have balanced out the panning a bit more closer to the center, your funky baseline came over a lot less real but i think you should blame the type of samples for it you used. *Technical Values* [Instruments]That is quite a skinny arrangement you have there... at least you were not too exaggerating with the NNA settings but i hardly can mention any good neither bad point here so the second part you are lucky with :)[Samples]The main quality is fair to good but you have ramped the volume a bit too much on a few samples where they are being notched to the borders of the windowlimit, your lead sounded a little bit out of tune.[Arrangements]You still seem to be capable of using your instruments in a proper way to put up a song getting going, usage of tempo-switching is not extraordinary i am not going to cut down in balancing speed/tempo settings because that's bullshit, they fit the song in any range, though you could have used your pannings a lot better and at more instruments because your song has a very high monaural rate! [Use of...]N/A [Sample Quality]Descent in overall. *Sounding Techniques* [Depth]Hardly.[Width]occasionally, sometimes too wide[Headphones]I can hear samples, so it's not a real band playing afterall [Speakers]Hey... it sounds quite nice here... i have a suspicion in what environment the author composed this art.

The sample set is not very great. Good groove with bass, but the drum samples are too tinny and noisy to build anything constructive. The snare is almost plain white noise and the hihats are lofi and too low. Slaps and pops should be left out of this since your samples ruin them. Very good use of chords, harmony and melody, but those samples just keep annoying me. Ending was a bit disappointing, but the flow in general was smooth and most of the riffs seemed to be coherent and constructive. Good work, despite the sample set (had to say it one more time..)

Nicely done. Perhaps there were too many time signature changes toward the beginning/middle part. The open hihat was a little sharp. The bass in order 20 reminds me of Groo's Oolah but I don't consider it a ripoff. Actually, the piece is fairly original (to me) - it's simple and refreshing. The lead/harmony is pretty good, and there is some skill in the percussion. I think the swing tempo was generally OK except for the middle part where it sounded excessive. I wish the tune had more of an ending, or at least one more refrain.

The sample you used for the chords was not too great, also at times the pitch was too high for the chords. When the pitch range from one section starts to "run over" any of the other sections (in this case, the lead), not only does it make it harder to hear the other section, but it makes a "tonal gap", were there might be too much bass but not enough treble. That might be something you need to look out for in future songs. In your drum solos, be a bit more careful. Try and not use so many tom-toms in your solo. In most drum-solos, the drummer (at least the drummer I know and have worked with), usually hits just about every single snare, hihat, cymble, tom, and any other accessories that just happens to be in reach. A drum solo is how the drummer just "lets loose". He doesn't hit just the toms. Also, I was expecting more from the ending. However, over all the things that I can point out about this song, the LEADs were very well done, and that is important. Good Job.

Another well done chaos :). I don't know why, but this song, and a couple of others I don't wanna name reminds me Necros' synth-lead variations. Your song comes with some groovy rythm, some jazzy instruments, but the main idea remained hidden... maybe because the song's structure. Anyway, a good piece, nice to listen to, but not a straight-forward I like the most.

kinda chessy. Nice jazz, but it really doesn't go anywhere. There's a lack of variety.

Overall a good song, It had a unique beat and rhythm, and mood of the piece drew me in. Many effects were used, and the sample quality was pretty good. The samples could have been a little clearer, but this did not distract from the song itself that I could see. An effective piece as far as I am concerned.

Pretty well done funky track, reminds me of styles popular some years ago on the scene, done nicely here. Samples are of very good quality, well chosen and fit the track just fine. I quite enjoyed this track, it bubbled in a good natured manner to the end, and it's varied enough to keep the interest to the end without any serious hiccups. Overall a quite pleasing track.

Almost a funk/rock style tune. Nice fat full samples here, though some are quite noisy. I liked this tune because of the nice swing feel, and interesting bass work. I feel the rhythm section could have been improved more. Some harsh changes between drum tracks, and lack of good drum breaks to signal end of sections. Also sounded a bit thin in places. Perhaps some more backing percussion would have helped. The whole tune sounds a little raw, and sounds like more time could have been spent cleaning things up. The snare drum sounds a bit weak for this type of style. Something with more snap would have been more appropriate (a tighter feel). Leads were done well, though very mid-rangy. Perhaps try doubling up on the lead with a softer second lead, even an octave higher. More effort needs to be put into the panning. This was virtually non-existant. The ending is too abrupt. You definitely have a good groove in Sequence 22-24. Perhaps expansion in this area, even run up and down the blues/jazz scale would have added a little more to the song.

The style you have attempted is interesting but I think it is also difficult to achieve successfully - this is a good effort. The percussion and syncopation are well done but a little dominant in places. The chord progressions are interesting and the bass is solid and well tracked. The drum solo in orderss 18,19 doesn't quite work for me but again, this is a hard thing to do well (my attempts have not worked!). A generally well tracked song that uses each channel efficiently and makes good use of a very good sample set. However I thought that the song drifted around a bit and could have used a little more structure - for this reason I didn't ever really get into the music. But the music has real potential and I think it needed a more solid theme around which to construct the song and carry interest throughout, to increase the overall appeal.

I really liked some parts of this song, the problems were really in the transitions. Some of your transitions cut out from one piece of music and simply replace it with another. Pattern 8 and 9 are one such example, you don't really expect pattern 8 to end so abruptly. I like pattern 22 - 29 and your bass is pretty cool as well. Not much panning, and effects are sparse, which isn't always bad, but in this case it would have enhanced your song. Your snare sample is original enough, but i don't know whether it goes with the rest of the song. Maybe its too prominent and takes away too much atention from the rest of the song. Watch some of the volumes of hihats.

Some interesting melodies and good basslines. Samples quality isnīt that good and not an overly original song, but not the most ordinary either. Quite enjoyable to listen too, at least during the melodious parts.