General Music Chat

Title: The Flintlock, the Musket and the Dead Chicken http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8373107
Artist: henwrench
Genre: Alternative

Yup, it is really alternative.

Kind of weird and funny stuff.

It is pleasant, I like it.

The instruments are well record.

The overall sound is good. Perhaps the voice could be a bit louder.

Special mention to the voice at 2:30. Funny stuff.

This one get that kind of english humour.

Nice.

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Title: What do you got (If You don't got love) http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8392264
Artist: Brett Howe
Genre: Acoustic

A new singer/songwriter is borning here.

It appears that the author is in that stage when he is starting to explore the musical world. Making the first songs, recording the first ideas.

There is not much info at the artists page, so I really Do not know muuch about him.

What I know is : he have a nice voice, plays the acoustic guitar well and writes music from the heart.

I think he must be a young fellow by the photo. For a "kid" he is doing preety wel in my opinion.

I liked the song very much, the words wirten have a meaning, this is so rare:

"Well Yesterday I was just sittin, alone lone lone, thinking about life
And aint it funny we throws ourselves like skippin stones, just hoping we did things right
Cause yesterday I thought, what do we ever really got, even if we have lot what do we got if we dont got love, love love love, what do we got if we aint got love

And Everyone seems to be so tentative, scared to make mistakes,
Well Today I thought, im gonna live live live and love you, even if my heart breaks

Well Im gonna give you all of my heart, my dear friend
Just try not to tear it apart, cause I need it forever, and til the end"

This is a really good start.

Of course, the recording is bad. but you can have an idea of the song. Perhaps the author could study a bit more about recording. It will certainly not hurt.

I hope to hear more from MR. Howe soon.

Very nice.

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Title: Inner Sanctum http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8383738
Artist: Necropolis JC
Genre: Metal

Powerfull riffs and raging guitars. Do we need more?

Nop, not really. If you are a guitar head, like me, you will enjy this one.

It is an instrumental piece. You will wait for the voice to come in at some point but it will not happend at all.

I think it is just perfect as it is. If a voice enters it would be another metal song with gutural vocals. Without the vocals the song become an unique genre: Instrumental Metal. This is great!

I hope that Necropolis continues to be a instrumental project.

The song got several different parts, excellent riffs, extremelly well played.

The kind of song that you want to play on the stage.

Solos are terrific. Great guitar work here.

At 2:40 a stop and clean guitars enters in a nice harmony. Very nice composition skills.

A must have metal song...

...without being bored by a vocalist.

Vocalists can be a pian in the ass some times.

The sound is perfect. Very well mixed/mastered.

5 stars!!

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Title: The Wrong Girl http://ubetoo.com/InIsolation/11717
Artist: In Isolation
Genre: Rock

Another great track from In Isolation.

This is a great band, I love this song in all aspects.

Great UK sound, great musicians, great voice, great lyrics, great arrangements.

Tons of feeling and good taste in this piece.

I feel like I can start jumping around my living room while I am listening to this.

Excellent song performed by an excellent band with an excellent sound.

It is unique, easy listening and powerfull.

Very big 5 stars!

Title: Future Past http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8396048
Artist: Colin (Pop)
Genre: Pop

Oh god, sometimes I think if I am being too harsh.

I believe that to be a musician/singer/songwriter you have to study hard. Dedication is the key.

I Do not think I am better or worst than any other artist. I remember when I was a beginer and my songs sounded very bad.

My performances were poor and I noticed that.

I realize it was a gift, because many so called "artists" Do not have a clue about what are they doing.

I Do not want to flame anyone, I am learning how to see the good things first. The good is always there, it is said.

This song is, let me say, horrible.

Vocal performance is horrible. Lyrics are very poor, not much to say here.

Arrangements are boring and overall mix is bad.

It is not working for me in any aspect.

Needs a lot of work.

I am trying but I cannot find anything good in this song, sorry.

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Title: I Will Die 4 You http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8402320
Artist: D Dash Flow
Genre: HipHop

The last review I made here (Colin´s future past) was a tough one for me.

Here with D Dash we have a good example about a song that is not my taste at all but I can see good things on it.

I am not here just to judge what fits to my taste but to provide a honest review in the musical and technical aspect.

Technically it is not bad. It is not particular fantastic but everything is there. The sound is nice, bright and clear. You can hear everything and everything is well put, so to speak. The sounds choice of the instruments are nice. Not spectacular but nice.

The song begins with a nice female voice and an ambiental/orchestral like enviroment.

Soon the beat enters along with the voice.

What to say about the vocal performance?

Well I do not like it. It appears to me that the vocalist is too shy, afraid of the microphone. This is my first impression.

Breeding is also something that I can perceive. It is bad. The vocalist is not breeding properly. First step to be a good singer is to know how to breed properly.

Also the message in the lyrics means nothing to me, makes not much sense.

Anyway, I Do not like death. I will die for noone. Never.

For my luck, the author post the lyrics in the artists page. That´s nice, I appreciate.

Well produced track but need serious improvement on vocal performance.

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Title: The Colours of the Autumn http://www.ubetoo.com/player.aspx?mediaid=23276
Artist: Jerzy Kulik http://jkulik.republika.pl/Project.html
Genre Classical / Soundtrack

It is wonderfull to me to reaçize that there are orchestral composers hiding out there.

I love classical music and I am a big fan of soundtracks.

Mr. Kulik says in one his webpages: "...In my youth I studied the classical guitar, but I prefer to compose an illustrative or film music.

My achievements are at the moment modest - little of the music to documentary films..."

This piece of composition here fits like a glove as background music for a documentary, in my opinion.

The author uses only computer, nothing is really played here but the sound is very nice.

Strings sounds very close to real ones.

Overall sound is great.

I cannot put it under any classical style. It is different than any orchestral pieces I´ve heard before.

For sure an unique style of composing.

Sometimes reminds me Mozart´s pieces, sometimes Mendelssohn. Do not ask me why, no particular reason.

If you like soundtrack orchestral pieces, this is for you.

Very nice

Title: For The Love http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8411098
Artist: LOkal Motif
Genre: HipHop

I really don´t like to repeat myself so often but there is no lyrics posted at the artists page. This is very bad in my opinion.

Said that, I have to say that this kind of song is not the kind I like. I don´t understand why someone would like a song like that.

The music is repetitive, the lyrics got no message or image. I don´t know, perhaps it is just me.

I usually like the tracks from Lokal Motif. Not in this case. It is not working for me.

As usual, I am trying to be honest.

The good aspect here is that is well produced and, why not, well sung.

In fact this song is not working for me.

I like the more agressive tracks from Lokal Motif.

Why bother Do anything else??

Title: Liberation http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8408487
Artist: Bright Midnight
Genre: Rock

This song is a bit unusual with a rock flavour.

It is not bad. It is not good either (to my taste)

It sounds a bit boring to me.

It is kind of well produced. Despite the fact that the track is swiming in reverberation.

Drums are nice, well performed, well composed.

The lyrics are nice, not particularly excellent but nice.

The vocal perfoemance is ok too. Perhaps the key os too low for the singer. A tone or two up could help the song to have more groovy. Maybe also accelerate the BPM. Maybe less reverb could help either.

The voice, as usual, have a good timbre. I like the feeling on it. The key is too low in my opinion.

Not bad.

Title: Bout Mine http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8419159
Artist: Sour E
Genre: HipHop

Guess what? No lyrics again. Bad, bad, bad.

OK, I will say first I did not like this song.

The drum is weak. Sonically and performed.

The organ sound is just horrible. Like those one used in churches. Nothing against churches. It sounds like a yamaha PSR 100.

Also ther are some voices with delays totally out of time.

Lead vocals are too loose for my taste. Of course I can´t understand much of it so, for the luck of the author, I can´t have a honest opinion about it.

Not working for me.

Title: Interficio Humanitus Saeculi http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8420007
Artist: Necropolis JC
Genre: Metal

It is not the first song I review from Necropolis. All other reviews were positive. Now it is not different.

It is excellent again. I love the work from those guys. An excellent instrumental metal work.

Solid compositions, excellent sounding tunes, great guitar riffs, excellent performances and tons of creativity.

Special mention to the bridge at 2:00. It is kinda funny and pleasant.

Good reviews are short like this one.

Perfect job!

5 stars!

Title: On My Grind- Feat. Jaygo and MC Gillis http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8423292
Artist: Twisted Angel
Genre: HipHop

Here is a great hiphop song with some cool synths on it. I like it.

It is simple and the beat is also groovy. Groovy and simple. I like simplicity. It is not poluted.

The song is well produced, I just have some minor critics to make an improvement in my opinion.

The voice that enters at 01:05 is too low in volume. A 3 db boost could do the job nicely.

The voice that enters at 01:34 is, how can I say this in a nice way?, too weird for my taste. I don´t know what to think about it. It makes me laugh but I think the singer is trying to be very serious. It is just not convincing me. Also he is not breeding properly. I like the other voices by the way.

Anyway, a nice song.

I would like to see the lyrics posted at the artists page.

Simple and effective.

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Title: 5th Year Senior http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8383996
Artist: Eddie Smotkin
Genre: HipHop

Hiphop songwriters appears to be on fire. SO many people making hiphop songs. It is difficult to make a difference when everyone seems to be doing the same song.

This song is not different from other hiphop songs.

What I can think is that it remionds me some of the rap songs for the 80´s.

Overall sound is ok.

Drums sound could be better.

Bass sound could be better.

Lyrics could be posted at the artists page (yeah , I don´t get tired to say that)

I like the timbre of the voice and the sing style of the rapper.

The lyrics means nothing to me: "...get drunk, get laid, get pot, get food..." ?? Seriously

Just another hiphop song.

Not bad.

Title: Drop A Jewel On Em http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qFZVntg3fzw
Artist: Saukar / Fat Daddy
Genre: HipHop

This is a video.

This song is cool. It got this repetitive base but it is very well produced.

The singer appears to be very confortable, confident and happy. I like that.

This video and the song have a lot of material in an antropologic view.

The lyrics have a positive message and it says about the perspective of the life of the author and what he expect from life. Very well writen.

The video is obviously made with a low budget and is an example that you can DO good work with not much money.

An example of what to do. Of course, I will say again it is a shame that I can´t read the lyrics. Too bad.

Great vibe from the singer makes this video a must have.

5 stars!

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Title: Mighty Morphin http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8427109
Artist: Kaze(US)
Genre: Experimental

When I pushed the play button, I thought the player were playing 2 songs at the same time.

The author put it under "Instrumentals / Hiphop"

I don´t agree. It is very experimental stuff.

Anyway it is not working for me.

Repetitive, boring and poluted.

It appears to be a mosiac of eletronics sounds with a beat.

It is just too much for me.

Listening to the end I realize it is really 2 songs playing at the same time...on purpose!

Title: Sane Man http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8428352
Artist: Ian Dadon
Genre: Acoustic

Mr. Dadon is definitely a great composer. I like his songs very much.

This song is somewhat sad but beautifull:

"...Push yourself, above the rest
To get pulled down, again
The simple feeling, the strain
The penetrating pain
Begins to slowly scream....

They cant, treat me as I am
Im a sane, sane, sane man..."

Again, Mr Dadon shows that he knows how to sing.

His vocal performance is great. Perhaps he could learn to control a little bit more of his breeding. It could help making him an excellent top singer.

It is amazing what he can do with his voice in a instinctive way ( I am guessing here, I don´t know if he got singing lessons)

I just think that the voice sound is overprocessed. I would prefer a cleaner voice here. It is pointless to screw up the voice like that. People only do that when the singer is horrible. This is not the case. The singer is very good.

Anyway it is a great piece of composition.

Production could be better.

Title: Breaching Darkness http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8347285
Artist: Necropolis JC
Genre: Metal

Another one from Necropolis

This one begins with a piano. Epic and frightening so to speak. Coiuld be easily the soundtrack of a terror movie. Excellent intro!

Soon, raging guitars enters and there you go, another great instrumental metal song, again.

Necropolis have an excellent repertoire of metal songs. compositions are solid and inspiring.

Sound is great, performance is great, riffs are great.

Creativeness is a constant here.

A must have metal piece. Excellent job!

5 stars

Title: Runaway http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8430557
Artist: Fifth-L
Genre: HipHop

In this song I have to say that it could be a great song but the production is not helping.

Drums are too boomy. Also hihats are too shiny, too much on high frequencies.

I like the eletronic raging bass, nice riff and sound but it is too low in volume.

The voices are ok, but not spectacular. COuld be bbetter on performance and sound.

I think the author needs advice from a good experienced producer.

Overall sound is weird.

Anyway I think there are some usefull ideas and it could be a great song.

Not bad.

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Title: Aint Nobody Hot As Me ft. Yung Phresh http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8433200
Artist: VerseIsStyle
Genre: HipHop

I am not going to say, again, that I would like ot see the lyrics posted at the artists page. There, I just said it.

But I think it will not help this time.

Lyrics is about nothing as far I can understand.

The base is repetitive and boring to my taste.

It is just another hiphop songs.

And I am afraid this is not a good one.

I have to be honest. I don´t like it.

Title: If I Got Away http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8436763
Artist: Brett Howe
Genre: Acoustic

Excellent songwriter/singer here.

Brett Howe is just in the begining of his artistic path.

What a begining, I must say.

The guy is a natural born composer.

This is an excellent "from the bedroom" song.

It is very visual and imaginative music.

Simple and beautifull.

The voice is just great and makes you see all the images he is singing:

"...I wanna feel the Oceanside,
I wanna hear the breeze of the trees
I wanna be alright,
I wanna be at ease


I want to be at peace with this crazy world
I want to fall in love with a beautiful girl
And maybe it can all come true
If I got away..."

Mr. Howe, I hope you keep composing like that, from the heart.

Looking forward to hear more from Brett Howe.

5 stars!!

Title: Too Many Mishaps http://ubetoo.com/player.aspx?mediaid=19605
Artist: ashadowman
Genre: Funny

It is a funny slide show with some cool images about what is being sung.

The song itself is nothing special, it is simple. I think I would not like it very much if there is no slideshow, I have to be honest.

Ther lyrics have a message, yes.

Maybe it were not suposed to be funny but with the slideshow it is just hilarious.

A great video too sit, relax and have a good laugh.

Nice one.

Title: I's on the Horizon http://www.4shared.com/file/154761208/5 ... rizon.html
Artist: henwrench
Genre: Pop??

This is a tough one to review.

I don´t know if the author is trying to be funny or too serious.

If he is trying to be too serious, well, he is not reaching his goal.

Anyway, I think he is just trying to be funny.

Yeah, it is funny but not too funny.

It is a strange song as matter of fact.

It is not working for me.

Nothing more to add.

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Title: fighting back ft Larry Ludwick http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8435345
Artist: the dead company
Genre: Experimental

TDC is a costumer here.

I am glad to have such a good artists submiting his songs at my reviews thread.

This piece is another excellent composition from Mr. Bushaway.

Prepare yourself to listen. It is a long one. 13 minutes.

It begins with an nice ambience.

Then Larry voice enters delivering this sad poetry:

"Thats my child they are burying
I wish it was me
I could have taken his place
I wanted to take his place ..."

What can I say?

I just hope it is just in the imagination of Mr. Bushaway.

I cannot imagine how could be such a loss.

Great ambiences, interesting sounds, cool beats.

Special mention to the banjo like loop, weird and effective.

A great piece from a great experimental composer.

Excellent.

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Title: We're Gonna Need A Bigger Gun (DoV) http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8440656
Artist: Artificial Wonders
Genre: Electronic : Games Soundtrack

It appears to me, by what is said in the artist page, that this is the boss theme for a game named "Dove of Valour".

It is epic and tense.

I have the impression that the strings could be better. Sounds too electronici to me. Perhaps it is just the intention of the author. I can understand that.

The theme rolls untill 44 seconds , when I assume something happens in the game. After that it became chaotic and intense. The main theme is played with a lot of detune.

It is dificult to judge a game soundtrack without knowing what the game is about.

Anyway I have to be honest here.

The piece is not fully working for me.

Perhaps it could be less repetitive.

Maybe some modulation (change of key) and some other harmonic fields added (ie. the chords progression)

Overall sound is good, clear and bright.

Nice FX also.

It could have an ending too, the fade out is just too obvious.

Anyway, it is a nice job.

Perhaps it is just a matter of taste.

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Title: Faith http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8443879
Artist: Thomas J Marchant
Genre: Alternative

This one is definitely alternative.

Alternative to what?

The answer is: everything you heard before.

Thomas J. is a unique composer wich delivers deep unique songs with a particular sight of the wourld.

I have some problems when I heard his pieces for the first time. His pieces sounded to me distorded, cliped and with a lot of hiss.

I warn you, it is on purpose. You have to make a great effort in order to listen and understand Thomas J. pieces.

They are not simple pieces. In fact they are very hard to understand intherms of conception.

But achieve in what most try and fail.

He is leting his mind spek freely, you can feel that, and this is great.

This piece here begins with an acoustic guitar totaly distorted. Nop it is not pleasant. It is not suposed to be.

he voice enters singing:

"I lost may faith in humanity in the human race..."

It is only a 1minute and 20 seconds piece.

Obviously something hap´pend to Thomas and he was very angry. You can feel it in the way he plays the guitar.

It is a full of hate and passion song.

Unusual and alternative and real.

Like you never heard before.

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Title: "Git It Started" http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8444844
Artist: E-FLO1
Genre: HipHop

Another hiphop song. What can I do?

This is not a pleasant one.

The synths used here sounds like a yamaha PSR series.

The beats are often out of time.

Lyrics are about nothing

Horrible song.

I hate it

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Title: Alone on the Moon http://soundclick.com/share?songid=8448749
Artist: Ian Dadon
Genre: Acoustic

This piece reminds me a bit of some Pink Floyd songs, I don´t know why.

Perhaps is the chords used, perhaps the sounds, the hammond.

There are some minor issues about productions.

The drum sound is not there. Needs a bit of improvement.

Mr Dadon is in the right path, his songs are getting better in therms of sounding.

There is a long way to run yet, it will never end I must say.

The seek of the perfect sound is infinite.

Also the ending is too abrupt. could have a better cut in the end.

Despite the technical issues, this is, again, a great song.

Excellent lyrics, excellent voice, excellent chords progression.

Ian Dadon just need time to polish the sound of his tracks.

What you are hearing is he in his learning process.

Delightfull when the compositions are good.

Hi Daniel, I see you made it to Audiorefugees. I like your style of doing reviews. As for me, I spent most of the 80's colledting electronic music of all genres. Your music reminds me of a cross between Patrick O' Hearn, Mark Egan and Danny Gottlieb. Did I hear a Yamaha DX7 in a couple of the songs?