Score: 8

"downloaded!"

submission: Alright Now

date: October 12, 2009

i like it.
party atmosphere music, straight rock.
keep it up!

Score: 7

"sounds like a british action show theme song..."

submission: Sour Patch Beatdown

date: October 12, 2009

...but i like it
the tempo is good, the tune itself sounds like it should be fast, but then the guitars sound kinda silly up in the higher registers. maybe i'm just a fan of low guitars...
it cuts off at the end!

Score: 8

"rockin' it: definitely a nirvana influence there"

submission: White Houses

date: October 12, 2009

this is pure grunge, a great callback to the 90s garage grunge sound, which has just as much to do with the equipment used as with the loud recording style and sound... cool stuff. i like the clean guitar part during the verses (there's a little high note in there on the 'lead' guitar that really does it for me), it switches up the perception of grunge needing constant barre chords to really rock. the vocals during the heavy pre-chorus are especially reminiscent of cobain, but you can actually use use vibrato in your voice, which is something cobain never could pull off, so kudos for that!
the sound quality needs work, but duh. there are a couple of times where the drums seem to kind of trip through the fills and rolls, but other than that, the performance and arrangement is solid. since you said this is your simplest song, i'd love to hear some of your more complex songs.
rock on!

Score: 9

"soft spot for stuff like this"

submission: Simplicité - Silent Darkness

date: July 29, 2009

i love the usage of the lead guitar here, even though it probably should have gone off the bass and done it's own thing sooner rather than right near the end... sound was good and grungy - lo-fi excellence!
the simplicity of the tune was complimented by its shortness, and it was good that there were only very few moments where the beat didn't quite keep up the pace. if you're gonna have a short song, it better be a) moody as hell, or b) a beat that won't quit. this was a little of both, and it rocks for that.
favorited.

Score: 9

"wow. holy cow, wow."

submission: + - Cerulean - +

date: June 8, 2009

yeah, this fucking rocks!
the sound is amazing, and the drums sound very in utero-inspired, albeit repetitive. nice soloing near the end there, and excellent grunge-style ending. i liked the electronic elements, the fx on the guitar during the verses. sounds like a preset on an fx amp though, but the fact that you knew enough to shut off that effect during the choruses just made them rock more. great job!

Score: 10

"no, no, no... THIS is sex!"

submission: M.E.A.T.F (Rough copy)

date: April 29, 2009

totally. your use of the ghost chords really makes the sadness of this song perfect. the spears reference so near the beginning works, like even at first you, the writer, don't even know how deep the feeling goes. by the time you sing "i am the cancer," i believe you! :) i love the effects on the vocals, but i'm a big fan of that in general. your voice is so sultry at times, and then so punky and grungy girly or something in other places... it really is sexy!

Score: 7

"u got skills!"

submission: Back Alive

date: April 16, 2009

this a cool kickass song allright... i'm imagining drums there, and man it would be great. i hear sonic youth and smashing pumpkins influences there too. not too bad quality but even if the guitar isn't perfect, it should still be louder. your voice is awesome, but untamed. you should definitely practice with it like any other instrument. your melodies seem like they'd benefit from the practice, but are otherwise interesting and intricate. sweet and brutal tune overall. good job.

Score: 8

"definitely cool"

submission: Apocalyptic Menu Music

date: March 8, 2009

its moody and dark, and yeah perfect for an apoclyptic game menu. like gears or something. i really like this! its like silent hill a little, which is some of my fav music. glad you kept the gavel, even if it is part of this whole other story of how the song came to be. nuts about warner, corprate's clamping down...
the tension of all that comes out in the music. it works really well.
if you remix this at all, i would suggest some reverb on the other drum elements, in addition to the gavel.
and a little more variety with the piano doings would really round out the whole sound. not just that same little five note sample.

Score: 0

"uh so yeah"

submission: Metal Sludge

date: January 6, 2009

i'll weigh in on this one. yeah you stated early on in the review responses that you got these samples from mixcraft, so you're not lying in the reviews. but, legally speaking, this is not original music. true, the samples you re-sampled for this song are not technically copyrighted music. mixcraft (and most other prpgrams) bundle samples like these with its software for you to PRACTICE with, so you can get the hang of the ins and outs of the program. but slapping those together (even though you change the tempo, key, fx, etc.) and calling it "your new song" is not what they intended.
some advice: find some royalty-free sample sounds and use them. they aren't tunes or guitar parts but individual sounds for use in that keyboard program. example: i use fruityloops for my drums, but i use royalty-free drums sound samples of individual drums sounds (cymbal, snare, etc.), and use them to compose the beats. if i used the sample beats that come with fruityloops then i would be guilty just the same way. "hey, that beat's from flp," would be the reviews. in short... practice with samples like this. submit original work.

Score: 4

"potential"

submission: Reckless Youth (demo)

date: October 11, 2008

this has potential. you have potential. this was ok but there was no real rhythm to the chords. the notes all just slid into the next one.
and yeah, laying down bass, drums, and multiple guitar parts is time-consuming in ways that are beyond tediousness!
ok for being in the demo stage. yeah it suffers a lot from the digitized quality of the guitar(s) and vocal. the sining was very grunge, a la mudhoney or sonic youth. but like i said this has potential. keep at it!