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[Emphatic Warcry]

Man, I can't even begin to describe how professional this Hardstyle track is. Wouldn't of been at all surprised to hear it on Beatport. It's going to be really to critique, lol.
Literally the absolute best I can come up with is maybe try not as sharp sidechain on certain drops. Notice how much "fuller" sounding the drop at 1:10 is compared to 4:00.
Other than that, it is absolutely everything I would want to hear in a Hardstyle track. I seriously hope you are discovered soon. Maybe hear you at the end of a Hardwell on Air. ;)
I am sorry I wasn't able to offer more. +1 follower

[Bounce!]

Oh man, you did such an awesome job on this!! When I heard the intro, I knew I had found a goody. Happy to find this after giving lengthy reviews to other Big Room tracks that were not good (don't tell anyone). Since you really sound like you know what you're doing, I'm going to give you some complex criticism that kept me from giving you 5/5 stars.

First one's the smallest. Just thought I'd mention that you place bass stabs between the detuned kicks instead of sidechained with the kicks. This, therefore, makes this track "Melbourne," not "Big Room". Like I said, so minor it wouldn't of changed my rating of course. ;)

2nd one's a little nitpicky. This track is super long. 5:32's pretty unusual for a Big Room song. I like the variation of sounds you had altogether but Big Room is a genre that's hard to become professional due to being continually slandered for being "too repetitive". Maybe you should try 2 drops next time instead of 3.

3rd one's pretty major. As we say in the music biz, this track is extremely "muddy" sadly. Rather than having everything in it's proper place doing it's own thing, every sound is getting in the way of each other therefore taking away volume from each other. On the EQ scale, bass takes up a LOT of space, so cutting away unneeded bass is EXTREMELY important!! If you don't, you're going to have times where the overall sound is going to decrease when you add your massive kick when that is the part of the track where you want to really "pop". A very wise producer once told me, "high pass EVERYTHING" and since that day I have never stopped. When you do this, all the excess bass junk you hardly hear on the lead will not diminish the power of the kick and bass. For you, I recommend tighter sidechaining as well. Notice how good the kick sounds on the outro but not the drop you just heard before? This is why. I hope you take heed my advice. ;)

One last thing I'll leave you off with, don't compress the kick so much that it's wide bass will take away volume from the lead. Then the track will go really quiet on the drop! lol!

I hope I didn't seem rude at all. Not my intention at all, just thought I would help you out best I could! The track as a whole is actually extremely catchy and I look forward to hearing your next tracks! :D

ShimaMusic responds:

Thank you so much for all this feedback!! This is what I crave!! Thank you for taking all the time to write this!! I don't take this as mean at all! Thank you!!

[XspoZe - ~Memories~]

Dude, the presets you have are really, really nice but the kick needs some serious help. To be proper Big Room this is what I recommend. Most importantly in fact, MAKE THE KICK 4-ON-THE-FLOOR STYLE. Breakbeat drops just don't generally work for Big Room (sometimes called Big House) unless you're throwing in some variation after awhile. Also, equally important, invented by Martin Garrix: Sidechain a detuned bass to the kick, add distortion to have it really pop. Only then will the "drop hit hard". Like I said, you've obviously got the presets to make a professional track so I really want to help you. Sorry if I come across as harsh, not my intent in the slightest. If you'd like to hear what I'm talking about when I talk about all this stuff about the kick, just listen to the end result of the kick in my track Engage. I hope I was able to be of some assistance. :)

XspoZe responds:

This is a very old track... I didn't know all... Check my latest tracks)

[All of our memories (Album Version)]

Wow, so breathtaking!! Best of luck to you in the contest. ;)

ShikiGamiLD responds:

Thank you for the review.
Best luck to you too (/･ω･)/

[1903]

This was interesting. What DAW did you use out of interest? I like the variation of SFX and piano stabs but I felt that the track as a whole didn't exactly "flow" or "progress," do you know what I mean? Also, the completely right panned drum didn't agree with me. Nice job using so many different sounds though. I do recommend mastering after the track is done so you can get the track as a whole sounding louder. 6/10

[Hinted Wind]

This was really good! :o

[Eternal Sunset]

I recognized the Sytrus (love that synth). This is a really nice track! A little simplicit at times, but this is techno so I guess it's fine. Good job. ;)

EdKempeper responds:

Hi ! Thank you for this review !
Yeah, lot of nice sounds in Sytrus ! I should have add some variety, I'll think about it for my next track ;)

[endK - Shoo-Ree-Na]

This track was simply beautiful. It's variation, diverse sounds and memorable melody were my favourite things about it. I did feel the reverb was too tight on the melodies (the delay was far more noticeable), but this is simply due to my personal preferences. Good use of pan on the FX and mixing of the high end of everything! Keep up the good work. ;)

endKmusic responds:

Thanks a lot. :)