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[Rien ne va plus]

incredible :)

lilith93 responds:

took me a while to get this right :) Thanks!

[Spaze - Believe (not_woowoo Remix)]

amazing remix of my favorite spaze song! maybe in some places, like the buildup and breakdown, the glitches have slightly off rhythmic placement or are a bit too loud, but i think everything else about the song makes up for it. the key change in the later half and alternate melody in the second drop are sublime! great work, hopefully this blows up

gdWoowoo responds:

Oh wow! I'm really glad to hear that you liked it, especially since I haven't gotten much feedback since putting this up. Listening to the glitches again, I think they probably could benefit from being quieter or more rhythmic; it's something I can now keep in mind for future tracks.

[Pico vs. the White Cobra]

i really like the egyptian theme here, although some of the acoustic/multisampled instrumentation sounds a bit robotic. also pico's voice is a bit too loud in the mix; the way some of its component samples are distributed sound a bit strange rhythmically. the tempo shift halfway through is really cool though, and so is the sidechained supersaw pad in the beginning of that part. lastly i feel like some sections could be trimmed a little bit in terms of length, i don't think this had to be nearly seven and a half minutes

TheMusicalManiac responds:

Honestly I respect that you want it shorter. Were it anyone else, they'd probably ask it for longer. I originally began with the idea that it was going to be a boss theme remix without the extras but then I went with the extras anyway. The reason why Pico's vocals are a bit on the louder side is due to the volume of everything else so its tricky to manage...trust me I had to deal with the finickiness of the thing...and yeah. It does sound kinda weird hearing it back, but I think it makes it unique. Thank you for the feedback, from one musician to another! Really appreciate it <3

[Funkin' Halloweeniverse - Philly Nice (Halloween Mix)]

cool song! admittedly the harmonies in the beginning and the arp that follows it are a bit hard to follow functional harmony-wise, but the instrumentation sounds pretty neat. at some point in the future you could also work on your mixing as well, this sounds a bit flat atm

TheMusicalManiac responds:

Yeahhh this one I kinda cheaped out on right away lmao. I was in such a hurry to get this out in my excitement that I kinda underlooked the thing. I'll probably come back to this track in the future to fix it up a bit. Thanks for your review, I appreciate it!

[This Is Not Lostwave]

the remaster of "aimless wandering" and the space song are very solid, i like them! had you still had the projects to them i'd say they need more polish, but that's not possible anymore is it?

TheJayJay responds:

thanq yuo and unfortunately not unless I just somehow am able to replicate them from the ground-up. With the Untitled Space Demo I very much plan on remaking it as it's part of someone else's project.

[MSG]

cool idm/dnb! i really like the chiptuney instrumentation and cute but thoughtful melodies. the tempo switchup and spoken word near the end is really cool

you could've titled it "MSEG", then it could refer to the synth envelope standard

good luck in the contest!

2keg responds:

the og project title was "MSG Supplements" but thats not even a thing

[Oklahoma]

my state! ...yeah

the noisy riser is very appropriate for a tornado-themed song! and i like the key change halfway through. of course this song has its flaws, but considering this is three years old now i'm sure you've learned how to minimize them by now :)

50Steaks responds:

Thanks for reviewing! This song is ancient so of course it’s not gonna be up to par for 2024. When I started I was hoping for a lot of my fans to be people who searched their home state on NG and came across me as their top search result, and it looks like that’s what happened lol. But of course, the series is done now, so you’d probably enjoy my newer stuff a lot more
I don’t think this song has a key change, though I can see how it might be confusing

[4KKoRD - "Illusion" (NGUAC 2024)]

i love this melodic bassline in the drop! the timbre of the basses are really cool too; i really like the wavering quality of the melodic bass, kind of like crying like hzboychik said. the interspersed piano and choir are very pretty as well!

i think "illusion" is a very appropriate name for this song; i'm getting a very mystical quality from the melodies and harmonies

4KKoRD responds:

Thank you! Your feedback is really important for me! I glad you loved this track!

[Wasteland]

really cool! my only two real critiques are 1. the short length, and 2. that the timpani-like short noise bursts sound a little lifeless. i'd maybe vary up/humanize their pattern or maybe do faster triplets or some other kind of tuplet. the melodies and timbres of the instrumentation, especially the chip lead and epiano, are really nice!

the mixdown sounds alright as well, a little dulled, but i think that'd be appropriate for the mood the song is conveying. overall, great job!

Dynamic0 responds:

Thanks for feedback! It was hard for me to find some good ideas in the third part, but I understand your point, I'd also prefer if it was longer. The timpani-like noise is a part of noise drums, which I put there only because regular drums were too much energic. The mixing was a challenge, although I could've made it a bit better. Once again, thanks for the review!