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[SODAFA]

Aaahh, Sodafa

Nice! I'm working up on something I want you to hear, also. I'll send you a link to the mp3 I guess.

RetromanOMG responds:

Alright then.

[Friction (Demo)]

Haha nice song!

I like the passion you put into this. The song fits pretty well with the title as well, which isn't necessary, but it's always good!

Again, nice job!

Xarosas responds:

Thx ^-^
i tried to use ur advice in using feeling in the song and it worked >:D
Thx for the help and the review.

~Xarosas

[Energy Pulse !omi]

Wow!

This does have a certain energy to it.

The main reason for the 10/10 is the fact that this is a huge step for you in composing. Nice job!

[Twisted emotions !omi]

Awesome!

I think this is actually really, really good! Most people don't understand the fact that Ambient isn't something flashy, haha. I love this though.

[The Phantasm of Nightmare]

Yeeaaaaaahhh!!!!

Wind Sentinel, Fire Behemoth, both excellent songs, both popular songs, both Monsters tracks.

Phantasm of Nightmare certainly sends chills up my spine. I absolutely FREAKING love the random creepy glitches that make me check to see if my internet is messing up.

I can't possibly ever give this a just review. I'm going to try though.

I'm at 1:40 and it's getting crazy with the drums fading in. The creepiness and professionalism of this remind me so much of BGM in a horror game I just beat. If I had listened to this while playing it, I would have cried. No doubt.

2:33 - Sweeet voc. You are amazing at this whole glitching thing. Once I'm back in town, we have to hang out and either collab on something or share strategies.

7:19 is a perfect link for this song. Much more was pushing it, but I hope you didn't take out any of the awesome stuff at the end!

3:50 - I've been hearing that creepy piano for a while, and it fits perfectly. Piano in your songs is what Electric 3 is in mine; Piano always seems to make your stuff that much more amazing, somehow. You have a knack for it.

I'm kinda sad to see the "Monsters" stuff go, but you'll undoubtedly pull off some other great series if you choose to.

5:40 - I went back to this as soon as I heard it, because it's SO GREAT. I love the effects you put on that little part of it.

I'm now at 6:15 or so, and the harmonic violins or flutes or whatever those are is very great.

6:45 - This solo is amazing, and the glitches still get to me. Excellent!

Hooolllyy crap. Hoooooolllllllyyyyy crap this is great.

RetromanOMG responds:

On the topic of the glitches, I made it work by making a big automation clip running through the whole song that represented a number of distortions and glitches that I prearranged, then just randomly clicked on different parts of of it to make them actually audible.

Because I had no actual structure for where they were placed, I still have them sneaking up on me as I listen to this over and over to find kinks in it.

[|1|]

An hour

I really need to get back to writing music more fluidly haha. Nice job

RetromanOMG responds:

Yeah, I did it in about an hour. Still, it's pretty rough in my opinion, so I'm about to upload an edit of it.

[Solar Prominence]

This piece could win the contest

However, I'm sure you've cooked up something much better!

I'm serious, especially after you edited this, this is amazing.

[Time to Get Serious!]

I like the feeling in this one.

I have no doubt that the reason this is your most popular song is because you put a good amount of feeling in it, and, based on the fact it only took 2 hours, you probably just wrote something off the top of your head, which is a good thing! Now, to make it better, take what you have and add more passionate stuff to it!

Great job, man. You said something about thinking I was great at writing music, and I personally don't like tooting my own horn lol, but if you think I am, then know this: I started out writing crap that is 100x worse that this, haha.

Just keep up writing, and you'll go far.

Xarosas responds:

Sob, truly inspirational
lol but thx alot for the review!
I'll try to add more feel to my songs.
(funny thing is that this is the third time i was told that *aside from ur PM*)
all in all i never really thought about it but i did feel strongly about this piece
oh well i guess u and everyone else is right
-Tangent-

anyway thx again fro the review and u will hear more from me for sure

~Xarosas

[Whoo Song]

Entertaining!

I might suggest adding some low rumbling harmony, but other than that, this is pretty good for an ambient song! Keep it up!

Xarosas responds:

Allright i'll try to put that into action in my newer songs. Thx for the review.

~Xarosas

[Joel Nielsen - Black Mesa Theme (DJ XeMeX Remix)]

The piano is absolutely amazing

I have no clue how you manage to make something awesome with every song you submit, man. Excellent job!

I can't pinpoint a favorite point in this song. The drums are perfect, the piano melody is perfect, the orchestral instruments are perfect, etc. Just nice job all around!

CAK3MAT3 responds:

thx man i sampled the original but it was too short so i had to add mad patterns lol..but thxs man :)