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[4. Lonely Night Solo Session]

Turned out pretty dope this one! And a little less edgy a theme compared to some of them other ones. Almost relatable. :P Killer solo at the end. Good rhythm; real instruments; adlibs that float in pretty well in back too... still feel the vocal tone/intensity/accentuation could maybe be improved a bit, but seem to recall that might've been a stylistic choice too.

Good stuff man! Looking forward to hearing this for real too, via that solid material counterpart exclusive.

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guyfromKillerRAT responds:

So happy to FINALLY get a review on this one. It's my favourite.

My dad does the guitar parts on this song, but I do the guitars on the rest of the whole album.
My buddy Dan sang this one. I feel like I couldn't sing it that well. My demo version just sucked. But I handed the new one over to him...he took my lyrics, made them better, and sang it in a way that resembles my style but has his own twist to it. And he did it so much better than I. Him and I have our qualities. I feel like I'm better than him when it comes to the attitude parts with all the yelling and screaming, but when it comes to really SINGING shit, he does it best and him and I both know that. Goes without saying.

The "adlib" bits really were not intentional on his part...when he does these songs for me, he does like a million takes for me to choose from (I LOVE IT WHEN PEOPLE DO THAT), and in this particular song he gave me a lot of different styles to choose from as well. I chose the lead vocals to be the softer, lower, more "sad teenager" type take, cause it really fits the song well, but to make it sound even cooler, I had the "hard 90s style" takes in the back to add to it a bit, and I did that for symbolic reasons. Him and I together came up with the "I'm jerkin' off, listenin' to our favourite bands" lyric, which kinda goes with something from my life. When I was sad and remembering my ex, I would listen to music we used to hear together (weezer, mcr, msi), and it would remind me of her a lot. The quiet vocals in the background represent the man listening to music him and his ex liked. You can hear he sings along, but doesn't sing it the way they sing it. He sings it in the wrong timing and notes, because he's too sad to really try to do it right.* But this doesn't matter. His sadness is now breeding creation. And he decides to sing a new song.

Thank you for your review on this one. Really appreciate that.

*Also he's focusing on his dick.

[Adreanaline Sample Pack!]

This packs a punch! Dope showcase.

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ADR3-N responds:

With the right multi FX and a reverb on the japanese perc, it sounds pretty good out of the box. Love to see what you could come up with using it :3

If you send me a full mp3 at -6 dB headroom I can do a quick master for ya. Think I've figured out that I just hate zipping and unzipping a lot of folders. I lose them on my HDD

[World Jazz Collective - Balkano]

This was definitely worth checking out! :D Such a wholesome; good-mood inducing ensemble. Just impossible to sit still with this on. I fear my chair might not withstand repeated listening.

Wish more of you were here on NG, would be interesting to learn more about the people behind each instrument. Seems there are plenty of Scandinavian names there too...

Thanks for brightening up these dark times a bit! Great vibes.

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sorohanro responds:

Thanks for the review. Most of the band members are from Norway, some from USA and I'm originally from Romania. We all live in Norway for the moment.

Hopefully, new material will come out soon, maybe in a week.

[Gentlemen's agreement]

Such a vibrant, smooth and jazzy little tune... and that solo really brings it to another level, unpredictable and lively in the best way. Ends a little abruptly though I feel.

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sorohanro responds:

Thanks for the very nice review. If you like my trumpet soloing, you should check my newest live project; World Jazz Collective (with @LadyAlbatross on alto saxophone).

[Strauss (a trash song)]

Getting some Daft Punk Discovery vibes with this one. :) Feel like it's lacking a little bass and background but you got a good vibe going here...

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meepmeepy responds:

thank you!

[Postcards]

If that traditional seasonal greeting card was to ever receive an audial embodiment of sorts I can see this being about as close as it gets. :) Especially in the beginning it really has a Christmas sounding jingle/sparkle/thing to it, and grows nicely as it goes... uplifting, festive and not too fast...

I could really see this being used in a commercial hmm.

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Jabun responds:

Ah thanks so much CD! I never really thought about it re the Christmas theme, but now that you mention it, I can definitley hear it :) No buyers for commercials yet, but there's always time XD Thanks for listening and reviewing :)

[sHuT uP]

If I listen to this when I'm tryna sleep there's no way I'm a be sleeping though. XD Such hype...

It's fascinating how you can build this so much without ever really going over the top and crazy either, less really is more sometimes hmm, or maybe it's the slightly unpredictable percussion that gives it a bit of that perfect kind of audial insanity. Love that end energy too, though almost feels heavier hype-wise in the beginning somehow. Feels polished overall. Clear sound quality but with wonderful weight.

Is that main melody bit some kind of flute or brass btw? Can't be that euphonium can it...? Can't really tell what it is. Stands out in a subtle kind of way; sets this apart from other stuff easily. Wriggles through your mind and amplifies hype level further further go berserk and merk and murder (words and such, of course)!!!

Dope work.

-cd-

ADR3-N responds:

The lead in the beginning is 3 instances of Egyptian Ney by findasound's Faiyez Saidawi; I think the end is a crunched wav. I'll have to looksie if you want. Findasound is out of business so grab their products anywhere you can. Afaik they weren't just deleted but distributed elsewhere

The secret to builds is honestly keeping things tame in the beginning, and probably overusing delays and transition whooshies, gongs, etc. I don't even think I used a single ride in this song, just weird blaster noises panned around, if you catch those. Then the challenge is leveling before using any compression. I'm my own harshest critic. Maybe there is a sort of charm to that

Mostly I just wanted quiet and this song happened LOL

[Killing Ghosts]

Such crazy energy in this one. :) The creative things it could be a part of hmm... feels like it'd work well with pretty much anything. Atmospheric. Suitable pauses as to not keep that constant intensity either. Unconventional and heavy, and the little atmospheric disturbance in back, almost like screams of some sort, lost souls like... imagine this in DOOM...

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JamesHeart responds:

your feedback is amazing as ever CD thank you!


was really trying for something heavy and i try and stay away from the major pop formulas.
im glad this one works

[The Enigmatic Dozen]

Interesting theme for a jam, and an all but enigmatic title, feels optimal. For a while there after the one minute mark it gets a nostalgic VG kind of tone to it, reminds me of something I can nae place or recall, flows well overall, soft and jazzy, never waning, felt a little messy the first listen but it's like you pick up the pattern the more you play it... soothing stuff.

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S3C responds:

There's 12 keys in music hence the title. The Enigmatic Dozen, like 12 superheros each with their own theme that leads in two each other. I've actually shown you this before. Thanks for the review.