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[Respite in Eb major]

Quiet.

It's quiet, very nice feeling. Nothing fast or loud or flashy, just quiet beauty. I really like that. You have a very unique talent amoung many of the music artists here in that you can successfully navigate a number of styles, genres and tempos and consistently create really great pieces. Keep it up, hope you do well in Uni.
Krayon

[-+[Morning Mist]+-]

Sweet.

Apart from being a bit on the faint side, I couldn't hear it properly the song was great! Much better than many of your others, pity you didn't sing. You should listen to a few of Edgen's songs found here:
http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?
PID=325687&T=2459
http://www.acidplanet.com/artist.asp?
PID=325687&T=2459
Keep it up and do a bit more like this in the future, I found much of your other music to be a bit tinny, and jarring without smooth implementation of instruments... except for the vocal pieces! =)

LadyArsenic responds:

Yes, I know it's not my best. If I had the equipment that I wanted then my songs really would sound so much better. True, I used MaestroRage's library, but I didn't ask him to fiddle too much with it, poor soul. He has more than enough on his plate as it is. I actually was going to sing in this one near the end! But alas... One can't sing unless one would have a microphone, which I no longer have. But worry not! A beautiful studio microphone is on the way, and I can't WAIT... I've never had a studio mic before! <3 Anyway, thanks for listening!

[Lasers and Scimitars]

Well...

It's certainly jolly and whatnot buuut this is heavily electronic, and therefore counts more in the area of electronic genres, not classical. The song itself is actually quite good even if the combination of elements is... a bit strange... That's just my opinion, it's still a good song all the same. Well done.

[=INC= August Calm]

Good but needs improvement.

This is a good idea and can be much improved. Rather than august calm I think this would do much better as a travelling song, think milkman dan Time, and Edgen Crossing time.
My advice is to bring in drums at about 1:06, continue to carry on the string build till about 1:10 then pull out a long call on the brass while carrying the tune with a few flutes up an octave, hopefully creating a harmony between the high flutes and the low brass.
The drums can go something like this in the beggining - dom dom dadun dadun (lower) dadun (higher) dom... dom... dudundun cymbal crash dom dom dom domdom domdom domdom then backing dadundun dundundun.... you get the picture hopefully. Make them echo a bit as if in a large hall.
Perhaps vocals? If you don't have decent vocals, don't try, otherwise they would do really nicely.
Other than that I can only say play from the heart, put feeling into it, and remember to weave each part of the song around its respecitve parts, listen to liberi lunerum to see what I mean.

[Commando (Suite) - part 3 of 6]

Very Good.

You have a very good sense of music and know how to use drums! Drums can really carry a song if used properly, a song isn't the same without drums. You should start trying out vocals. That would sound incredible! The human voice has a power to move that instruments never have. As to this song, a bit slow and repetative, more suitable for a title screen then action etc.

[For the last time]

Good Drums.

Nice to see someone knows how to use those drums. Excellent job, just need to make it a bit clearer.

[This Way]

Excellent!

You know, it is actually really good to finally say well done, you've finally got the clarity and bass, no more treble crud. It makes one hell of a lot of difference. Now finish it. ;)

[Following Your Heart]

Nice.

It's nice, I like it, it's nice and simple, but me being a person who likes a bit of background in a song I had to deduct marks for not adding in extra instruments. All you really need is a keyboard, you have the rest.

Jabicho responds:

Hey thanks! yeah I always wanted to add some more instruments I'm gonna get a keyboard soon =D

Thanks for the review!

[Requiem for the Great Citizen]

Hmmmmm.... there's just..

that it's absolutely brilliant!!!! Love it man, I was wondering whether you would come back, and now you've submitted one of your best. Well done. No crits this time... can't seem to find any. Ha!