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[Tears For The Beloved (Piano)]

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OK. A good, nice, solid piano solo. Very soothing and whatnot. HOWEVER, because it sounds just like all the other Mac 08 July songs, I didnt like it in the contest since. It hink the judges are going to be looking for oringality in the song. And also if it makes you cry. It was very uplifting near the end. That is a bad thing in the contest lol. A very good song aside from the contest though. Good job.

Zero123Music responds:

As I can see, you are very experienced, and I should of created a bit more originality. I had not noticed how many tunes are slow piano, oh well - thanks for the kind words still, I have a long way to go in composing still though.

[Silent Tears (Piano)]

Heh.. cool.

I thought it was freaking awesome how you remixed that song into a piano solo. NICE. However, since all the songs in the Mac 08 contest are either piano solos or pianos with violins and epic sounds in them.. it wasnt considered by me to be very oringal in the contest. I give you like a 20, however, for making a remix :D

*I thnk this was a remix..? lol,...*

Zero123Music responds:

Uh-oh, I knew this sounded like something else, but I don't know what. I was passing this as my original work but obviously someone got there first grr, thanks alot for the review :-)

[Rudy P - For Naught]

uhh..

Yeah.. Ok. Drums.. a little variety in there.. it was alright for a Mac 08 contest. Had some very nice background pads and even a bass in there! Heck, this was a good song. The way you blended everything together kind of sounded odd though.. even so, I give it a solid 9 for the contest and as a song.

Fuiste responds:

Thanks, glad you liked it. Thanks for the critique, and I'll work harder on mixing in the future. Several people have talked to me about the cymbals.

[Sad²]

AHAHAHAH!!

Loogie you always crack me up. X D Sorry dude, this song just sounded awful. It was just one thing looped over and over again. Put more variety in there man!

loogiesquared responds:

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[Moments to remember]

Uhuh.

I am repeating my self way to many times in all these Mac- 08 July contest reviews.. The songs sound all the same with harps, pianos, and the rest of the instruments in them. It just wasnt very original. I liked the beginning tune and the masin song itself.. but didnt like it for the Mac o8 July contest. Sorry. Great song though, and keep it up because you will get tons of fans.

Fuoco responds:

I started composing the song when they announced the contest, but then I ended up composing it for somebody else. I miss her and I did printed that feeling into this song. Did you even listened to the music as a whole? Melody? Harmony?... anything besides what instruments I'm using?

On the other hand, what exactly is original for you?
Do you know what happened back at the children lullaby contest? There were some people claiming their songs were real original and actually standing a chance of winning, but the truth was that none of these songs would fit as a lullaby song, not for anybody's children.

Guess what happened? The songs that weren't "original" at all actually spotted top places (Me in third :D).

What I mean is, this isn't a -let's throw something "original" in there but not totally fitting or barely fitting at all- contest. This is a sad -sorrow contest. Songs are supossed to sound sorrowful and you cannot bash every classical song out there for the mere reason it already is "unoriginal".
In the end, SAD and well written music is the one spotting top places.

Glad you liked it though

[Solus- Rain in Venice]

-for the love of..

ARGH!! I can't take it anymore!! al these songs sound the exact same god dammit!! It wasnt very sad anyway.. Ok thats my review for the Mac o8 contest.. Here is the review for the song:

The sounds got way to overpowering there for a while, but the beginning was terrific. I liked the way you composed it and the good violins and percussion noises. Sometimes, however, the song kind of hurt my ears.

SolusLunes responds:

I doubt they all sound the same, but what the hell.

Anyways, glad you liked the beginning, oboe ftw. :D

[Shallow Grave]

HMM...

The music box was far too loud, make the master volume for that instrument just a little softer. I liked the way you told a story with the song, maybe you should have some vocals in there.

It was a lot more original than the other songs in the MAC 08 contest. But, it didnt sound that great. >:U

The reason why, is because everything was way over the top! You need to tone it down a bit.

nal1200 responds:

I appreciate your constructive feedback, I hope you will reply to this response as well.

I'm not exactly sure what you mean by 'music box.' The instruments used were (in chrono order:) Glockenspiel, Bass Marimba, Cello, Full strings, Viola, Horns, Trombone, and then timpani.

I do agree it is a step aside from the piano ballads that are consuming the MAC, but i'm not sure what you mean when it 'doesn't sound that great.' The quality or subject material? It is, infact, a minimalist piece, just basically the melody repeated with different voices. Maybe that's what you were saying.

Also, and perhaps this is my own fault, it's not supposed to be "cry in a corner" sad, but rather "holy hell i'm about to die TRAGEDY" sad.

Again, thankyou for your honest review!

[Reasoner- I'm Still Here]

*rolls eyes*

WELL, for like the 500th time, it sounds just like the other MAc 08 July contest submissions. Piano here, violin there, you know the drill. Still, I know how hard it is to compose such a great piano song. Keep it up and good luck with your future composing. I give you a ten for the great sounding piano piece. But not a ten in the MAC 08 July contest since it goes into the no variation category. :| Listen to the other songs, you will see what I mean.

Reasoner responds:

I actually think that a single instrument like a piano is able to convey more sadness then any grand stringed arrangement could ever achieve. Part of sadness is the feeling of being alone, and a single instrument playing a somber, minor progression can accomplish this with much greater accuracy then an epic, multi-instrumental arrangement,,,in my opinion. Thanks for the props though.

[The Tears of Old]

ugh,

All of the songs with the pianos and harps and violins and BLAH sound all the same. I am sure they are hard to make.. but the judges are probably going to look for variation in this MAc 08 July contest. I am giving you a ten because it sounds like a fantastic song, but not as a very original song. It sounded more mediveal than sad by the way.

DylanGlow responds:

Why thank you FatKid! I didn't really write the song for the MAC 08 contest, I just wrote it and someone suggested I try for it, so I did. I can't agree that all songs sound the same with "pianos and harps and violins and BLAH". I could say the same for techno, dance, house, jazz. That's what is called a genre my friend. ^_^ If you don't care for the genre, that's fine. I'm sorry to say, that's what they are though. Thank you for the ten and constructive criticism, it's always appreciated!!!

~Dylan ^_^

... it's "medieval" by the way.