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Tunneltrance!

The good old 90's when trance was still just an undiscovered Gem which slowly started to show off what is was/is capable of. The good old Tunnel trance.

Gewoon Ongenuanceerd spelen met geluid ;)

Sorry but that is the best way how I can express myself.
It is far from special but it shows off what you have learned the past couple of years. we all go through periods like this and you even have the guts to upload it.

Why? Just because you can ;).

Keep up the creativity.

Swerve responds:

I never heard of the term tunneltrance, but I guess you know what you are talking about ;) Thanks a lot for your reviewing, I'll review some of your songs in return!

Het Sleutelhout/de hout sleutel?

Hmmz I am not a wood expert so a key wood does not ring any bell to me, but what I can say is that the lead sounds luvely and I love how the bass c.c.comes in ;). Playing around with 8bit is always a +1 from me so...keep up the good work and drop me a PM when its finished ;).

Very interesting WIP

Swerve responds:

Thanks for your review man! Wood = bos, dus sleutelbos, hehe. I'm glad you liked it. I'll drop you a line when I'm done.

Creative, original. I like :)

Take your time, you are not gonna miss a train! Try and focus more on a controlled airflow between your meassures and it will sound way more nice ;).
I like the lines which you play, it got a nice atmosphere but its just not convincing yet. Not enough... try to be ONE with your instrument, dont PUSH it, stroke it gently and have FUN while playing, do not force yourself to play nice cause that only makes you nervous, which I can sense in your way of controlling your keys and finger behavoiour. I haven't played for YEARS now but I now got the urge of picking my accordeon out of his box ;).

Just some friendly advice from somebody who has struggled with exactly the same thing ;0
Hope that it helps.

mename3isme responds:

I think the patience advice will help the most. And yea, you're right. I play better when I get into that cool groove where you're having fun and not paying attention anymore. I guess that's the nature of improvisation.
Thanks for the review.
It makes me want to hit the streets again. I haven't been able to for a while.

The usual Rev ;)

Well there we go!
Warm deep sounds (as usual, and you KNOW I love that quality ;) ).
Especially at the start of the track, very nice start with low and high, immidiatly
makes me curious what will be next.

Starting of with a soft but steady kick to open up with D&B. Nice. From there it gets a bit
into Kosheen style (Phantasmagoria) which is absolutely a +point.
The beat and bass go nicely togheter while the vocal just flows over it, in perfect harmony.
My ONLY con is that I HATE Vocoders but that is a very personal thing, in general it fits
perfectly within the track.
It defenetly got a vibe, got a nice ongoing beat which does not take the overhand at anytime, but
is there just nice and smootly.
It reminds me of Red Dragon, but in a total different package, like you erased all the lines and left
the tones there to start over again with a fresh idea ;).

From a commercial perspective I think Paragon said enough :)

See ya around!
Carfie!

Wonderfull

Makes sense it ended up in the top five.
Love the intro. Very playfull and a very luvely ongoing sound. Keeps me intrested in what will follow.

The sound reminds me to the good old amiga intro's for games. If you do not know what I mean search for it on youtube, you wont be dissepointed ;).

Keep up the creativity!

Michael425 responds:

I'm glad you think my song is worthy of top 5 man.

I'll keep the creativity flowing to newgrounds, dont you worry.

thanks for the great review Carf.

To cheesy...

Start of the song was almost promising, but after that... a kinda boring void filled with claps. The sound of the melody is way to cheesy and does not really create an atmosphere to the whole song. When the bass finally start I was already done with the repeditive lines. No variation in rhytm or lines...
Could be *funny* as a middle part for a track but this is not my style at all.

Please do not feel offended, I just give my opinion on the track, the overall quality is decent, you know how software works. Now create something stunning!

DjSc00p responds:

lol yeah i guess i tried to make the longest out of one rhythym, and i was too lazy to variate lol. I kinda thought i overdid the repetitiveness also, so yeah ill probably try to variate or make this part shorter and go into another melody or lead. Thanks for the review and im not offended i agree with you :D thanks for the review

The idea is wonderfull

But the way it has been worked out is just way to sloppy... you rush trough the music like you have to catch the last train, there is hardly any emotion in the lines itself, its bashed on the keyboard without any velocity. The way you mixed the songs into eachother could be way smoother...

For the rest, a really cool idea.

darphfluffy responds:

actually, they were mixed together very smoothly

Build by the rulez

Good old trance sound which sticks with all basics that are ever written down.
its smootly, all flows while the story goes on, but still... it does not step away from the major mainstream trance which is around for ages already, not that there is anything wrong with that, but it *could* get a bit more by trying a different appoach, maybe a mid-part build up completely out of different tones.
Instead the mid is *once again* the same melody stretched out, bassline and here we go again.

Shortly said: taken the save pad is always the best way to get nice views and revs but I stick with my love for doing things different. All the respect for that cause if we all did the same... who would be original these days.

one more thingie, what a luvely mastered sound! Keep them comming, even this undergrounder loves some *plain music* from time to time.

was it a midi...

for one or another reason it just...does not...fit... its to tightly pushed into those lines of bassdrums... anyway I KNOW that you make rock mostly often and I hope that this is just a little *walk in the park*, its fun, but not to be taken to serious. Then its all good, if you SERIOUSLY want to create more technolikish trance and stuff i would advice to try a different approach then a cover like this.
Still the idea was very intresting ;). now back to the guitar riffs you!

Casualty responds:

Hahaha, you are so right. Obviously it IS a midi file, and this is just for fun.

And okay mister, I'll write some more metaaaaal!

Cheers!

Raw!

and I like that my zuiderbuur ;).
Dont know if the guitar is soft or hardware but it kicks as and if Dark reviews it, then it has to be good ;).
Keep up the good work, it sounds promising.

Casualty responds:

Tis een echte gitaar, ze, wa dachte nu? =P

Thanks for the review, dude! Cheers!

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