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[MH16: It's Time]

Yes, this does have more of the classic MH sound:)

The beginning, I believe, sounds a little mushed by the piano chords. A little 1/16 of a second between each note in the chord would help a lot, as if... it is really being played out live--> all the keys aren't smushed down at the same time. I don't know, I guess that's petty details :P
After that , though, when the strings came in--especially the drums-- it was pretty amazing. I loved it around 1:00. And the ending was good. It was overall a pretty soft song. Pretty-sounding and softly epic :]

FairSquare responds:

Ah, that's some good advice about the chords. I'll change that :-)
And yay, the MH sound is back :D
Thanks for the review, i appreciate it. And you should upload a new song too ^^

[MH16: For You]

Average...sounds experimental.

I really love the drum sounds, thugh I think they could modified a little. Definitely not your best. You used bright synths but I feel like they were failing to lighten up the room, but that's probably because they lacked this ...thing...the MH16 sound, you know what I mean? It sounded way too lame coming from you. Definitely not your best when it comes to overall sound and feeling. It's like a glum and dull person suddenly trying, unsuccessfully, to cheer up his friends.
The first 15 seconds were my absolute favorite, it was nice and simple but I didn't expect what came afterward much later in the song... it just sounded like it was trying too hard to sound complicated when it would've sounded great much simpler. I'm listening to it again for the 3rd time and it does sound better, so it may just have been a first-impression problem...but what I'm guessing is that your learning of theory and musical composition is messing you up like you said. It does make you more aware and less creative at times but it'll wear off :P

oh man what a wall :P lol

FairSquare responds:

The MH16 sound.. lol :p
But yeah, this is not really one of my best works. I really hope that i'll find my sound back :p
Thanks for the review and i love your comparisons. ''It's like a glum and dull person suddenly trying, unsuccessfully, to cheer up his friends.'' xD

[MH16: One More Time]

This can certainly sustain a happy mood!

The synth that came in the middle of the song was pretty unexpected, but the melody it sang was really cute and fit in. If it's possible, that new synth could be tweaked a little on the dry/wet scale or a different synth might blend better.
I can't say anything about the sound quality or balance because my ear is a little messed up right now and even the A.C. sounds higher pitched ^^'
But yeah this song is just happy and determined and exerts a nothing-can-stop-me-from-doing-what-m akes-me-happy attitude. And the rhythm is very good! I don't know what much else to say, but I like it :D

FairSquare responds:

Hmm, yeah, maybe you're right about that synth. I'll see what i can do about that, but tomorrow. I really don't feel like changing the song now :P
Well, thanks for the review :D

[MH16: Breaking The Barrier]

Wow! I should have a block for for a little while.

A lot better at harmonizing now, I see! A beautiful blend of different sounds--I know you choose your instruments right most of the time, but this one really stands out. Nice! The beginning immediately set the mood out, which is very good. (I almost wrote 'food' xD ..no seriously, I am finding that really funny...I guess your song hyped me up :P)
WEll, I did really only notice one second where it sounded a litle 1:25-- maybe just too many notes there. Flute(?) was good, and it did weirdly seem to fit the brassy sounds.
The drums and bass kicked some ass with those strings, dude.. :D
Oh yeah-- If it's possible, you should reduce the file size--there may be as many downloads as votes for this :D

p.s. You need to donate some music-title-creating talent to me...

FairSquare responds:

Haha, thanks for the awesome review! :-)
And about 1:25.. yeah, too many notes there :P
I really appreciate your review! :D

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P.s. Sorry, but for some reason Paypal has no option to send talent :-(

[Hardships]

Inspiring and other stuff.

I remember listening to this a while ago. I thought left something?

Anyway, I really like the song overall. The song's lyrics gave off a slightly confusing impression in ways that seemed like you were trying to console, explain, and inspire at the same time. And the easy flow you put through the lyrics to get that across is really admirable.
For the most part, you spoke in sync with the song really well, and had a couple of those throw-offs that wowed me. The intro was a little off, though.
The way in which you spoke your lyrics reminds me of me when I got into writing and rapping after listening to Fort Minor, then I found myself making music to it. I never finished, though. So it's really good to hear this song; its chords and words combine to form a sort of deep sentiment. So I definitely hear some of Shinoda-influence here :P
5/5

Burly responds:

Wow, I wish I could say I did all those things on purpose. I don't listen to Fort Minor all that much, but now that I think of it, it might have crept in there without me realizing it. This was a very experimental song for me, I had never rapped or written anything close to that sound and style before.

Thanks for the equally inspiring review.

[Experimentationalism #6 (b)]

Good for you.

Experimenting is fun ! And you're doing a good job of it. You chose good sounds, and I especially like 1:06 to the end. Plus it loops nice enough, I couldn't tell for a second.

rutrider responds:

lol... I still have to figure out what to do to have it NOT cut off the last couple seconds so I can get the REAL songs up... but at least it prevents the plagerism of the jerks who want to use my crap for their own... :P

thnx :)

[MH16: The Big Change]

Umm..eww!! Wtf..!?

Is this song a JOKE? ...

...April Foouuhhhhhlllll's!! XD

[I'm guessing it didn't work? :P] Okay, this is very hard to review. VERY hard. !
At some points you have these great chords...and the effects and stuff..good stuff.
I like that big swooshing wave at 1:10 or so. Gave texture. It nearly made me shiver :P And the filtering sometime around 1:35. Good timing, and the sudden silence after the slurping almost scared me for reason -_^ I don't know...it kind of killed the mood?

But...my major problem with this piece is that I feel like nothing is matching up. The keys and strings... I feel like okay...say some strings are playing "A", okay...and the keys in that particular measure would be playing some pattern/combination of say , B, A, G, and C. With the A being played by the strings, the G and B would highly contradict the A and create some unnecessary tension. I was trying to relax to this piece, dammit! >XO
Basically I heard a lot of non-harmony. You, again, have those nice melodies playing around and a lot of good harmony at some parts, but when they played together my ears were like, aah!! This isn't right. So watch what notes are playing together...
If the notes are indeed compatible, then it's probably like what jazz does...go in and out of key like there isn't one, but it still makes it through. Try to stay in one or a couple of keys at a time or else it's confusing to me o_P (<--as confusing as that xD)
All your sounds and instruments, however, are all well-suited to each other. And although several of your notes sound contradicting, the mood the song never really altered. That's thanks to some of the great chords you placed nicely. :D Progression-->yay!
AND again, your drums were absolutely amazing in my opinion. I think they were by far the best part in creating the mood and just..everything else :D And I think with it, your highest melodies are boss. Example...the flute was really nice at some parts, but I think it was the harmony that ruined it and some of the other synths.. yeah. Okay, I got it!!
[okay..whaaaat? ....It seems that every time I review you, I learn of a new way to express my thoughts of an apparently uncomplicated concept much simpler. xD]

Soo..back to it../
..oh man I think I temporarily forgot... D:<
*takes a minute to remember*
.....
Oh yeahhh...~~!!!! Okay. NOw I remember. Okay, it's like it is lately. You have probably 3-4 synths/instruments playing their own stuff at the same time, and even one contradicting note could ruin the whole measure, depending on the harmony and the background and even tempo sometimes. It's harder to track what is playing at the same time ..but I have to keep checking when I am composing..that I'm matching notes in a way that suits the song and what I want :P
Argh, you know what.? This is getting to complicated to review. And I'm probably making less sense now..I've totally slipped out of review-mode ! Kinda like some internal time-limit. WEll, I hope this was of some use to you.
And by the way, the title does fit :-)

FairSquare responds:

Thanks for this awesome review.
I really don't know what i should say.. you really say some true stuff in your review and i really appreciate that. I really do! But i just don't know how to respond to that :P
Well, i guess saying thanks is the best way so...
Thanks! :D

[Pale Ice]

Soothing...calm...that kind of feeling.

Haha, the length doesn't matter--if you make a longer version, the sound will still sound lovely.
At first I wasn't sure about the kicks, but it keeps the ambient sounds from wandering too far by giving it some time and direction.
And I really, really like the serene mood I feel from this. A calm, beautiful, sound...focused, yet delirious and mesmerizing feel to it.
You know, I've listened to several of your pieces and I really like your style. I just had to blurt that, haha :P
And for the collab, I shall watch.

Winterwind-NS responds:

yeah getting the right sound for the kicks in this track took way longer than it should've. Well I'm glad you like what you've heard so far!
thanks for the review

[Star Filled Skies]

Lovely sounds.

The beauty bumps your score a tad. :) You should have someone sing your lyrics for you. Make it a contest or something: 'Who wants to sing my song!!!" Haha :)
There are always singers looking for something to sing if they don't write or have taken a break and just want to sing..!
Lol I sing, but my problem is putting my music to my lyrics, and my lyrics to my voice.. so that's why I haven't sung anything of mine xD
It does sound warm and sweet. Fuzzy, but fixable. :)
-Izeurel

Defiance09 responds:

Yeah I know, This is one of the songs that My band is putting on our demo Cd... and I just want to know if I should put the vocals on the Cd or not... but if you ever need anyone to play some music for you, I'm up for it... also the fuzzyness is due to it only being a 6 dollar computer mic... and since I'm broke and lazy, I'm not getting a new one anytime soon lol...

[MH16: Playing In The Sand]

*squeal*!

Oh my goodness, it sounds so cute! :D:D:D
^___________________________________^
I love the pizzing arps at the beginning.
It sounds nice and kiddish; it actually reminded me of a TV show's kind of theme tune and having like little 3-8 year olds running around.
The wind instrument gave it a bit of a more exotic sound, but nicely matched anyway.
I think there's one instrument that is just too loud, though. I dunno..I know fuzzy is really bad, but all the instruments sounded like each one was the main melody line--and that's the problem, in a way--or puzzle, I should say. Try to make each lovely melody/harmony fit in right and dynamically master the whole piece. As in, each instrument was very clear and loud, but more clear, anyway, and so it forces you to pay attention to each and every one of the melodies, which gave my brain a headache and wouldn't let me enjoy the song in piece! So half my brain is going, "Yay!! ^^ This is soo cuteee!!! ^^^^^^^^^" and the other is going "okay, analyze this instrument's lines. okay... now the other. hmm..."
I know that's just me, but there was nothing to figure out in this piece. It all just came and squashed in my face whatever was there (in the funnest way possible :P). Basically, make something more subtle. Subtler... (word..?):P YEah.
So basically that absolute clarity sometimes destroys the sound of a song. I really only noticed when that last instrument came in and how everything was happening at the same time.. AH! YEah, I got the word! :D Busy.
It got too busy at some points. THERE!! ..arrTGGHGH!!! That was a much simple way of saying it.. lol :P
But I have noticed that pattern in a lot of your music (I tend to do the exact same thing, but I'm working on it! xD *cough* "Alt..you're a damn hypocrite!!") , though every time you call down, I hear more and more improvements. :D There is no denying your quick composition-learning-ability..thing! :D
Because really everything about your music is so diverse and wonderful. I am glad to keep on hearing more and more from you! :D:D

FairSquare responds:

Man, i'm so happy with this review, but at the same time i'm not. That's not because your review isn't awesome, but it's because i want to respond to your review and that is so hard! My response can never be as awesome as your review.
I mean, look at the lenght and the advices and the.. the AWESOMENESS!
Well, there's only one thing left to say now...
Thanks! Thanks for this and the other incredible reviews that you have given me!
5/5 to this review.

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