Arby

Age/Gender: 19, Male
Location: Canada
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To choose doubt as a philosophy of life is akin to choosing immobility as a means of transportation. -Life of Pi

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Score: 10
Chaotic Cathedral

"Maight not be what you were going for.."

submission: Chaotic Cathedral
date: October 2, 2009

But this reminds me of banjo kazooie mad monster mansion XD

Except, on steroids 0.o

Very good peice.

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Score: 9
-Flight-

"Pretty good"

submission: -Flight-
date: October 1, 2009

I feel like I'm not as impressed with this song as I really should be. It's catchy and sounds great... but theres something I can't put my finger on that makes it seem to fall very much short of perfect =/

Also, that melody around 1:00 very much reminds me of race around the world =O

Now that I think about it.. there are a bunch of places that feel like that =X Just slowed down...

Or I might be crazy and this might be a perfectly awesome song with no relation to aforementioned song XD

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Score: 10
-Give me a break-

"Hey, you're alove =D"

submission: -Give me a break-
date: October 1, 2009

I agree with the old sytle comment. Comparing this to most of your new stuff, this one doesn't quite fit in style-wise.

But, that being said... being old style doesn't mean old quality =D You can quite clearly tell that this is much better made then any of your old songs.

I can't really find any part about this song that I don't like, but I can't find any part that I REALLY like. It feels decently samey all the way through. Which, in it's own right, has some good properties too. The song is dynamic but never leaps out and grabs attention, so it would be well suited for background to a flash game (if there exists agame where background dance music is actually a good idea) XD

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Score: 10
Bricks Can Fly

"whee"

submission: Bricks Can Fly
date: September 2, 2009

The ships hung in the air much the same way bricks don't

;P

For some reason, I think Douglass himkself would love this song as a theme. I remember his one request for the hitchhiker theme was "it must have a banjo"

Very fun song =D

November 5, 2009

Author's Response:

Heh, It's not a Hitchhiker's Guide reference, but I guess it works. :)

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Score: 7
Victory Dance

"Excellent beginning!"

submission: Victory Dance
date: August 12, 2009

I love the atmosphere you set at the start! You really feel like you're in the middle of some crazy crowd shouting like crazy and having fun.

After 1:00 though, you start decomposing it and I feel this is where the the song starts to get bad =/ You had this great feeling and this great momentum. Then you stop short and it's like urk- what? The crowd clip doesn't really sound good stopped short like that either. It sounds un-natural.

I think one big problem was that it was sprung randomly in the middle. If you had something like one of the DJ's clips to separate it, then it would have been a more tolerable transition.

You've hit something potentially epic here though. You can do even better crowd manipulation songs if you keep at it, i'm sure =)

August 12, 2009

Author's Response:

Umm Im lost in this review Arby.

Okay you said something about stopping the crowd clip? Umm I didn't stop anything at that point it kept on playing until 2:40 then I lowered the sample's volume for DJ mixing purposes. But there was nothing sprung out in the middle as you mentioned, its just that (naturally) as you mentioned the crowds don't shout the entire gig :P Its not... natural ;D

Thanks for the criticism though!

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Score: 10
Sunscape

"Sunshine!"

submission: Sunscape
date: July 24, 2009

Yey! The sun is shining! All is bright and glimmery and happy!

You need shades in order to listen to this song ;P

Not too much to complain about this. There were a couple parts where it seemed a bit too much was happening. By far my favorite parts were where there were just the simple melodies.

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Score: 10
-Wake up-

"Summer is here!"

submission: -Wake up-
date: June 7, 2009

Unfortunately it's still sometimes cold around here =/

One of the big ironies is that I think I actually accidentally woke my house mate up by playing this too loud XD

The song itself is good. If I forced myself to get picky I could say that it was really air-y and lacked alot of substance but it fits the mood for the most part so it's okay (although, it means the song can get old fast)

This would be really good as a BGM, tho =D

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Score: 7
Saving Face Machine

"I much prefer the sound and feel of demo"

date: June 3, 2009

This version feels like you're playing from far away, the sound is subdued without much real presence and your singing lacks the same crackly emotion in it.

So, in short, you've gotten rid of everything I liked about the previous one =/

The song is good by itself, but you took a serious step down from your demo in my eyes.

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Score: 5
Breaking Influence EP (A->N)

"Uhm..."

date: May 29, 2009

Is this supposed to be a preview of the songs or something? =/

The transitions were all messy and seemed half-assed and the song had a case of ADD. I see no reason to simply cut and paste sections of other songs together in a way that is un-apealing unless you're trying to advertise... =/

May 29, 2009

Author's Response:

Thanks for taking the time to review! This is actually meant to be a preview for our album, Breaking Influence, which includes the tracks listed above. The reason we posted this preview track was to use it in conjunction with an audio forum post that let everyone know we had an album out.

I understand teh transitions aren't that great, but it was meant to really showcase the parts of each song. The songs fit well together on the album (in full), but not necessarily with 30 second segments as they appear here.

We really appreciate you reviewing tho, since many people just don't take the time to review at all.

Check out our stuff on Myspace and let us know what you think!

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Score: 9
A Walk Beneath the Surface

"Amazing"

date: May 22, 2009

The intro kept my interest and I thought it alright. A so-so back tune, right?

Then at about a minute it picked up and I realized I listening to quite an awesome song. although, it is a bit repetitive to the end.

I like the creepiness of the intro and the power of the rest, but do they really fit together?

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