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[BellFucker's Lullaby]

What's up with the title?

To start out, I'm gonna keep it short this time ;)
The beginning was quite intriguing, and mysteriously cute-sounding. It's the bells, they do that. o.o
That vocal bit came right on time, however, the synth immediately after that didn't really suit the song until the later arps came in. And when they did, they brought this awesome bass with them.
About the beat? I don't even have to say it. The beats in your songs are LEGENDARY. They own.
Sounds like a decent amount of work was put into this. And you know what else? Random--I love that little airy, industrial bit that you put at the end of your songs--it gives it that not-yet-finished-but-actually-finishe d tone to it, and that cycerin touch :P
[okay..I kept it RELATIVELY short :D]

[.::|Cure of Nature|::.]

I can't believe no one's taken the time to review!

Those stupid bastards.

This is very impressive for your first ambient piece. It's very calming and relaxing, but not enough to make to snooze off right away, which is good.
I have to say, I was amazed right from the start. Relaxing rhythm, easy bass, wonderful small melodies. The waves were a great touch, as well.
A 10 all in itself. Lovely ending, too.
I am thoroughly impressed. No criticism from me! :D
-Vesta J

[But Who Will Save The City]

Lol, nice

An interesting blend of random epic battles in each pattern.. haha
The beat was by far my favorite part of the song, the strings at 1:35 were a little odd, though, but right when it all came back in at 1:41, it was good. I liked your ending, by the way, which I haven't been saying for a while now.
The only main thing I didn't like about the song was sometimes it seemed very off, especially when those little background whistles came in. It was what added to the random mix, though, so it's all good.
I can kind of see this in a hilarious night flash battle :P
-Vesta J

[Delve]

Patrick!

You've got a 10 on this one, buddy! It mostly goes for sheer originality and being absolutely brilliant. I'm telling you, my friend: One day, you will be known as the Great Composer of Classical Awesomeness.
:D
The little piano solo drama part that Homero mentioned doesn't necessarily need anything there. I think it sounds wonderful. It's a nice, strong burst. Very..epicish. :D
You know, I always had disliked the horn for some reason..but in this song you have successfully changed that. Speaking of the horn, when the piece reaches 20 seconds, it seems to get a little too loud. Not much, as this is my 5th or 6th time listening :D So I tend to over-scrutinize. Of course, that happens when I make my own pieces--by the time I submit my piece I'm almost sick of it! :O

I can't give enough praise for this..it's sort of struck something in me, if that doesn't sound weird enough.. \=)
It has a very unique feel to it, yet I know it belongs in some elite Central European classical categorey xD I'm overdoing the tiny details. Haha I did this to cycerin, too. Sorry if my first impressions are too long, but I'm just trying to let you know that I am absolutley amazed :D
-Vesta J

pathock3 responds:

Hey! lol nice review. I think I could get used to a title like that... let's see.... overall I would agree that the soloists overpower the piano. The piano part is pretty well written if I do say so myself, so it should feel more like a duet rather than a solo with an accompaniment. So I would agree with that. For the piano solo part, I'm glad you thought that it was good, but I'll look it over because it definitely needs some tweaking. I'm always happy when people think a song is as good as I think it is... lol thanks Vesta.

[Reasoner- Morning Light]

Ha, cheesy? It does remind of me songs from 99-03.

I always admired those slow fade-outs, I used to get annoyed when songs had very small fadeouts or none :D?
This does have the same feel as Instrumental #4 to me, a nice relaxed vibe, but slowly energy building. Something I'd probably use to wake myself up in the morning if I fell asleep on time.
I loved the guitar and its mellowness; those soft guitar sounds I always fall for :D
For some reason I actually picture myself at a college campus (which for some reason this song causes me to think BACK, not into the future), but one more secluded. Somewhere in the mid-east--maybe North Carolina or Virginia. I don't know. It's the trees-ish, mid-north feeling.
The synths were a little repetitive and I couldn't hear much bass, that's about the only thing I have for constructive criticism. I forgive you, but still I highly doubt anyone will vote unfavorably on this. I mean come on, 85 votes and nearly 4.70 !
All in all though, it's another successful piece bound to be found high on NG's charts ;)
Peace
-Vesta J

Reasoner responds:

Well it was written on a college campus.....so maybe......eh I dont know. Thanks for the great review again friend.

[Break Fairy]

O_O

I think this is definitely one of my favorite tracks from you.
The beginning starts out intriguing, and it goes straight into a great melody. The bass notes are in the lead, letting the rest of the melody follow right along. And the beat is creative and suitable to this very piece.
It's very cute and meaningful in my kind of way, I love what you did with this piece. The only thing I didn't necessarily like was how it ended. Did you wrap it?
Anyway, this lifted my spirits plenty, plus your mini creation story up there made me smile :D
For some reason, straight from the beginning, I suddenly imagined this as a main menu song for my favorite cute comedy, that had every touch of seriousness to it anyway--the DVD that I just bought yesterday and have been dying to watch, so I pull it out and stick it in the DVD player, flop on my couch and hit the button. (I doubt this such movie will ever come out..it's all in my head )
I think my favorite part is when it got nice and simple, but all cute and irresistable :48 - 1:03 or something.
And I swear to you, if I ever get Flash (I'm really hoping :D), I am going to make one hell of a cute little movie (or long), make sure it's the perfectest job ever, make sure the animations are good and everything, and I will use this very loop as my main menu song. I have set my mind on it.
--*I've got my mind set on you*--
Haha that just entered my head.
Sorry for the non-making senseness of some sentences, but this is how I get when I hear an ultimate!! :D:D:D <3
-Vesta J

cycerin responds:

Another wall of text from you, what a FUCKING TRAVESTY ARGH nah kidding I love to read this shit. I'm glad you have the guts to even write so much about your impressions, I wish more people did it.

Yeah, I wrapped the ending. Get flash. Make it. I want to see it. :]

[Reasoner- Champions Green]

Another excellent addition to the ambience section

Dragon down there took the words out of my mouth.
The piano feel to it was soothing, relaxing. The synths in the background were nice and mellow.
This song has pretty much the same feel to it as most of your other songs. I think I like this the best because of its simplicity, yet complicatedness. The strings in the background always serve well to shape up the already perfect piano playing.

Also, I know what you mean with the lot of ideas sitting in some folder or another. My hard drive's getting fuller each day--I have so many ideas so often, I create something almost every other day, haha. Of course, it stays there until several months later when I'm actually done with it and some other stuff..

Again, great job, I am very impressed yet again. I'm glad for your inspiration, too. Interesting title, also.

-Vesta J

Reasoner responds:

My good friend Vesta is back with another stellar review. Thanks for coming back again, and congrats on your one of your own submissions getting up there on the ambient charts.

[~Goddess~ -hania]

*speechless*

This is another true work of art here.
Your voice is simply amazing, and piano played a beautiful melody. The progression of the song was shockingly flawless--it held the qualities of something you just can't stop listening to until it's finished (which would still be impossible until after about 5 times listening). Like the increase in volume right before you hit the chorus (which was genius, by the way) --I don't know, it just sounded really professional.
:O
At first I thought it (the intro) lacked a sort of fullness, but that would take away from the lyrics. Wonderful lyrics, by the way. Brilliantly written and sung, all recorded together into Pure Awesomeness.
I wouldn't be surprised if this had been one of the top 5.
I'm impressed this withstood the 0-bombers *stares in wonder and drops to her knees, bowing*
I AM UNWORTHY, I AM UNWORTHY OF THEE!
-Vesta J

[~Reflection~]

I see what you mean by your love of the piano.

It is a beautiful piece; it follows the same style as your previous songs. It has a gentle flow to it, like it's taking me somewhere. Very sweet, that's what I like about your pieces :)
By the way, I'D love to see you in that little musicbox ;D LOL
-Vesta J

pathock3 responds:

Yeah, I feel really comfortable with this one style, smooth piano stuff. I try to branch out sometimes but it's really just as an exercise; I know where my true talent lies.
Peace.

[Another day, another mistake]

First submission, eh?

Sometimes it seemed they was an error or two, the sound of a couple of pianos coming together horribly. It was only once or twice, though.
Nice short piece. Maybe up the volume a bit? Toward the end, it got a little odd.. and the very few last notes confused me a little at the keys it ended at. Sounded like the story changed a slight, eh?
-Vesta J

pathock3 responds:

Yes. And you know why that is? Because the backgrounds are the same for the entire piece. When things get more intense people fail to notice it, but it really is. A low note is hit on beat 1, then a big chord held for 2, 3, and 4. The result of this is that when I have the melody maybe playing a 1 then M7 (half step apart), they are actually synthesized in the same octave, creating unappealling dissonance that would be less obtrusive if seperated by a 7th.
Nobody likes the end! I like the end! lol complain all you want but im keeping it.