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[[The Grimoire of Marisa]]

What carbonlad said. It's really good. Well mastered, pleasing on the ear.

Not my genre of choice for listening, but it's got a great vibe:

Edit: Mastering is half the battle. But 100% worth it and necessary. You have the right idea though.

MeisterMach5 responds:

I'm so glad to hear that it's well mastered. Of all the things I've struggled with over the last 4-5 years, it has been properly mastering the volume of each instrument and the song as a whole so that it isn't obnoxiously loud!

[[Bass House/Complextro] Lockdown]

Love my house music, but this isn't my cup of tea. What is the tempo on this out of interest?

Unbiased as reviews should be though, it's well structured. Sounds are great, saw lead was an interesting choice but you made it work. Mastering is very well done and it's bouncy as house should be!

4:25 drop blows the first one out the water too. Try and swap them in future? Most listeners on NG would leave after the first drop if they weren't keen.

Great track though

[Cabbage Patch]

Great piece of music. 5/5 Can definitely see this in a flash game of some sort here on NG.

Iosun responds:

Thanks, also yeah I'll let people use it free for any demonitized flash games

[Crying in the Rain - Juice WRLD Type Beat]

5/5 This is dope. Really chill track, good vibes. Not too long and repetitive.

Issues: Could have been mastered a bit better, drums stick out like a sore thumb. The main bell/pluck is a little loud in places, could have done with some leveling and EQ.

Excellent piece of music though!

iNiNEPT responds:

Thanks that's actually really helpful. I'm definitely going to try and polish the levels. I didn't even notice until you mentioned it. I guess that just happens when you hear something too many times.

[PlayKncino - Last Dance]

5/5 This is solid man, kicks are good. Fills are good and keeping things interesting, normal break in the middle.

Only issue I would say It doesn't stick in my head like some lyrics from a rock song, or a melody from a trance song.

Great effort mate!

PlayKncino responds:

Thanks :D this track I made more than 3 months ago, it was my first Hardstyle and the last, I have not produced the genre anymore. I'll see if I make another one in the future...
Postscript: I'm sorry if I've written something wrong, I'm not very good at speaking English.

[ParagonX9 - Chaoz Airflow]

PLEASE COME BACK TO US PARAGON

[Rise of The Pharoh]

Great idea and great song, just a bit too muddy.

1:18 the melody is great but the bass lead behind it ruins the buildup. You could have used an offbeat rubber bass here after 16 bars of the melody to really create an awesome buildup and atmosphere if you combined it with a pad.

Effects here, namely the sweep at around 3:12 is amazing. Really seals the end of the piece and is better than your average boring reverse crash. Good addition!

Maybe get rid of more instruments towards the end instead, maybe you could have squeezed it out to over 4 more minutes doing this.

PhatBoiJ responds:

Thanks! Love your reviews as always! Improvement usually comes from them.

[Re-Education Through Trance]

Bassline sold it for me. 0;55 - 1;43 just sounded amazing. However the section i mentioned could have done with some more instruments to make it sound like more of a buildup, not just a break with vocals.

The whole song is just fantastic though, your arps/lead sound complimented the bass really well and makes for an awesome remix.

Only suggestion, bit more instrument variation.

[Welcome To Euphoria]

Much better. Intro has a lot of energy. Uses effects and reverse crashes well to introduce new elements. Build up is a lot longer and actually gets to a point where you're WANTING the track to drop, rather than it just happening. The snare build up is good and well mastered. I love the 1 bar gap before the drop. Big plus!

Finally I love the way the track finishes as it started with that bridge at 2:22.

But I'm afraid there is always flaws...

This one as a whole isn't mastered quite as well, I think you're using a bit too much delay/reverb in places. Especially with the main lead, when it comes in at 1:19 it has far too much reverb and it just sounds muddy. You also could have changed the lead up a lot more between 1:18 and 1:43 maybe having 2 seperate lead melodies to add variation. Unlike your last track there isn't a bridge that really acts seperate from the main drop so although every element of this track is short. It falls into the repetitive catagory I'm afraid.

Progress in places though, good work

PhatBoiJ responds:

Thanks!