Score: 10

"It's well done"

submission: Jazz for James

date: August 8, 2009

It just kinda sounds like it should be used in some mii game though, haha. Whether you take that as a compliment or insult, it's still a nice piece.

Score: 10

"Awesome Job, as always"

submission: Detective Jazz Loop 1

date: July 18, 2009

Loved the trumpet, as always too. Nice lip work, haha. But why does every trumpet player I know use reason? Just kidding, it's a good program, I know, just seems like an odd coincidence. With your recording, are you recording straight into the program, or using another program to do so? Because I've done recordings for personal stuff using audacity, and it's really good at getting past even the worst mic's flaws, and really getting a nice clean sound.

Score: 10

"Quite Well Done"

submission: Toccata

date: July 6, 2009

I commend you for using only 8 players and actually choosing to place an oboe in such a small arrangement. For anyone who reviewed before me or listens to this, and who is not that well oriented in the ensemble world, the oboe is an impossible instrument to tune. There's an old joke: How do you get two oboe players to play in tune? Shoot one. I felt that this had a good sound and balance throughout 99.9% of the piece, but there are a few places where some instruments speak out a little more strongly than others, where personally I would've had them quiet down a little more. Part of it may just be the player, I know, I've done it in large ensembles and quartets, trios, etc. Around...4:54 I believe, there is a crescendo on those strings. The note is played well, but the tricky thing with crescendos is timing. Really, I personally feel as if they rushed a little too much into that crescendo. It should be a little more gradual, and then about a measure, or if you have the luxury, two, measures from the end of that crescendo, bring it up so that it's almost like an instant step up or two steps up in dynamics. They're very little things though, and I had to rack my brain just to think of them, so overall, it's a job well done.

Score: 10

"5 Bombed"

submission: Internal Harmony

date: May 23, 2009

Must resist urge to keep hitting 5.....about the only thing I can say is that it didn't have enough "backbone" for my upper crust taste, I like a little percussion with my melodies. Keeps a beat going, makes you into it.

Score: 10

"Wow!"

submission: Good Morning America

date: May 1, 2009

Once again, what a great sound out of that trumpet! Just imagine if you were using a flugelhorn on that, and how much more you could pull out of it. Nicely done, as always. Looking forward to even more great trumpet pieces on the way. (And I myself am thinking of a Bb trumpet, possibly. I originally wanted to, but at the time when I started learning T-Bone and euphonium, I didn't have any embouchre for it. We'll see though, eh?). 10/10 5/5

Score: 10

"Holy Lord"

submission: Bushido Blade

date: March 19, 2009

This is one of the best asian styled pieces I've yet heard...great style, dynamics, instrumentation, melodies, everything. I gotta say, first thing I think of when hearing this, is probably WW2, the japanese Imperial army swoops down upon a squad of marines and locks them in a deadly half gunfight, half close combat fight. Brilliant.

Score: 10

"Good!"

submission: NS - The One Who Killed Us All

date: March 14, 2009

1:06, I felt that with that however many repetition it was, there could've ben a tad more change up from the first initial riff in that section, but I won't bust your balls over it. It's sufficiently heavy without losing all melody, and it has enough change ups to keep it interesting, as well as enough instruments to fill the ear, without making it overflow and sound bad. This is definitely a great little piece, congratulations!

Score: 7

"I DO like this. Buuut..."

submission: [Fets] Villian vs Hero

date: March 13, 2009

I feel that the transition between the "First" and "Second" part is a little...well, it leaves the listener out to dry, if that makes sense, and it's something everyone hears, except in their own music (I admit that too, and I try not to, but I am nowhere near perfect, or that good), so if you had, instead of just doing a fade, then continuing to the second theme, left a crash or a reverb that stuck for a few seconds and then crescendo up that second part, it would be much more ear pleasing.

Score: 10

"Very Nice!"

submission: You Make Me Feel Like ...

date: January 23, 2009

10/10 5/5 even if the voice sounded a little too deep, haha, almost on the verge of weird. The chorus kinda sounds like a blend of Weird Al and Blue Oyster Cult.

Score: 10

"I still can't figure out"

submission: *+ (KH2: Monochrome Dreams) +*

date: January 15, 2009

How you get these to sound to so close to the original things....It's pretty amazing...gonna try and work on anything from the future kh3?