[RELEASED] Humble Wishes: TWLOHA Charity Album

[S.P.P]

IT'S OUT!
https://humblewishes.bandcamp.com/album/humble-wishes

A massive thanks to all those who submitted, and good job to everybody who made it on.
<3

[ExoBassTix]

Thanks for having me <3

EDIT - omfg I gotta contact Xelerassen.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Can't wait to listen to the whole thing when I get home! I'll make my entry public then too, I've been so excited to do that.

Thanks for letting me on the album by the way. This was the first time I've gotten onto an album with quality control, so being able to do that gives me some confidence in my music (something I severely lack).

[Camsy]

Thanks for letting me on the album by the way. This was the first time I've gotten onto an album with quality control, so being able to do that gives me some confidence in my music (something I severely lack).

I'm on the same boat, thanks again so much for organizing everything Pyrelight.

Here's the link to youtube video of my song.

[Xelerassen]

Thanks so much, Pyrelight.
I'm really happy and thankful that I got to contribute to something like this.

[Xelerassen]

Also, the video for my entry is up.

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

This thread is now the Pyre appreciation thread :3

[Xelerassen]

This thread is now the Pyre appreciation thread :3

Yes! All hail the great one! *bows*

[S.P.P]

;3;

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

Y'know what? I'm gonna do a little review of this.

In order:

Assertive - Boohoo (TIF Remix)

I like how this progressed from Orchestral to really fun house. I was kinda surprised by the changes made to melody at first, but honestly it's a good change because using the original melody unaltered woulda been kinda lazy imo. The drums are a little iffy in my opinion, the kick could be a little thumpier, the clap is kinda tinny (but pretty clear, I always have trouble with claps in that respect). Oh, and dat solo. I like it. A lot. Put a good synth solo in something and I'll probably hump your leg think a lot more of a track :3

8/10. It's solid and I liked it, but I have a couple gripes with it.


PropellerEscape - Ascension

I've always really loved your sound design, Propeller. This song isn't an exception, your sound design is pretty damn tight here, and the drums are pretty awesome. The intro is strong and pretty seamless, But everything goes by so fast dude. The drop goes full DnB syncopation after just 20 seconds. And the next part is over almost as fast. If you'd have repeated the first half time section of the drop or something the change of pace would be way less sudden. the second drop is really nicely altered from the first one, but it suffers the same issue with quick pacing as the first one.

I feel like Ascension would have benefited from a little more time for people to get into it, say 5 minutes or more.

7/10. It sounds awesome, but it doesn't give me enough time to really get into it.


SL75 - Feeling Good

I'm not entirely sure what to say. It's not really my cup of tea, I like the percussion and the hooverish synth you start out with. I like the overall feeling of it, reminds me off Ape Escape oddly enough. The mix felt a little average, but I don't tend to judge too heavily when it comes to mixing, because it can be redone at any time anyway. But it does detract from the track as a whole, and it does kinda irk me. Still, you've got a good theme going, and it fits what you've called it for the upbeat nature of it.

5/10. Everything's there, and to someone less picky than I, this would be really awesome.


Luukg2 ft. Kyle - Highjacker (Kleyna Remix)

Promising. The melody makes me thinking a little of Pendulum, and the percussion sits really well (but the snare feels a little louder in the buildup than everywhere else for some reason - probably just me). The basses feel a little too 'roomy' for my liking, like they've been stereo widened. Which isn't to say stereo widening is bad or anything, but personally, I would have used a little less of it. Odd roominess aside, the drop has some killer swing to it and I leerv me sum swing. The piano breakdown is really nice touch too, and going into some Dnb territory before the second drop is pretty fun. I get the feeling that at 2:52 you kinda thought about ending it right there and then looked at how long it was. Because that downsweep really did feel like a classic example of an abrupt ending. Still, overall it was well structured.

7/10. Really fun to listen to, but yea, I must knit pick.


BassCat - CountDown

I feel like I'm listening to a hyped up Rugrats theme. That's not a bad thing, but holy shit the similarities are really there in my ears. The percussion is really nice (are you noticing a pattern?) except for the snare, which I don't really like, kick, hats and everything else is A-ok though. The long count down as the build up felt a little cliched to me, but not out of place in context. When you get to the actual drop though, the Sub bass felt a little lacking. It doesn't need to be hmu cumprsed s00per lowd m8 or anything, but a little more presence woulda been lovely. As a whole it repeats itself a lot, which I start noticing about halfway through, the break between drops is the perfect place to change things up imo.

Also the mastering felt really bright.

6/10. It's solid, and genuinely kinda fun to listen to, but I found the repetition a little bothersome. The melody is really energetic and fun, but repeating an energetic melody constantly doesn't allow any cooldown time (which is a must in my opinion).


Knoeki - Yay

Starting things out the DJ-Friendly way are we? Not bad. The CMC yay sample feels a little odd to me. I dig the synths building up after the drums, has that really nice atmospheric feel to it. The arp initially feels a little off time to me but that sorts itself out pretty fast, and the drop (I really hate calling everything the drop) was pretty well suited to the context, I couldn't see this song going full on big-ass saw wave dancey house. That's not this song's style, so brownie points for keeping things well in context Knoeki c:

6.5/10. At first it felt odd, but to be honest it grew on me. Without the odd 'yay' I'd probably rate this higher.


Exobastix - Hyperactified

Another DJ-friendly intro. I like that, along with the little minimal synths it works really well in my opinion. And the melody. I really like the melody. It has that trancey-europhoric feel that House takes so well to! (Idk if it's some subgenre, but it feels housey). If I were to find something I don't like, it would be how little it builds to the proper 4/4 interesting bit (not saying Drop). It felt like it didn't build enough, however the second interesting not-drop bit builds a little more naturally and pays off a lot more. So for all I know you coulda done that on purpose.

9/10. It feels good and has things I like. Yay.


Xelerassen - Here Comes Tom (Rock This)

This progresses quite nicely. and it also has things that I like and feels good. Like the Exobasstix has.

I really can't say much. I just kinda like it :P

8.8/10.




TIF - Morning

Vocal Slicing <3
You have discovered my weakness. Your percussion is also much better in this one. It kinda jumps into the drop (I give up. Drop4lyfe) a little suddenly though, if it had a little more buildup the drop would have felt a little more gratifying to listen to. The drop makes some pretty good use of Formants and vibrato too, but it felt like there should have been more fill it up. I find that with drops, layering things up thickens things out quite a bit (example, have a vowel, clone it, alter it, make the alteration a supporting vowel, maybe do this 1 or 2 more times if necesary. Boom, super thick vowel. Back on the subject of the vocals, they feel a little dry in the mix. If you were to apply some reverb, delay maybe a really subtle chorusing unit they would sit much more comfortably with everything else.

7/10. Very cool conceptually, and with some further tweaking you'd have something pretty awesome.


Pyrelight - Night Light (ft. Bloo)

Those chords you start out with are sexy as hell. Like wow, good job. The reese feels really smooth and sounds great, the vocal from Bloo ties things together pretty nicely too. I legitimately don't have many negative criticisms other than on top of the drop, the vocals could a little quieter. Great work on this!

9/10. I need no reasons.


Glaze & The Living Tombstone (ft. Rina Chan) - Lost On The Moon (Camsy Remix)

I really can't say much about this. I didn't like the original song nor do I particularly enjoy the sound of Rina-chan's singing.

SomeoneElseShouldRateThis/10


ICHIGO DANSU!! - IT'S BIGGER THAN YOURS

The vocals are really neat, and you are MUCH better with the Amen Break than I ever will be. Again, I can't say much else other than it's fun to listen to. You've kinda left me a bit clueless.

um....7?/10. Someone else would be much better qualified to say stuff about this.


Kleyna - Mouse

...oneyNG? Interesting choice of sampling. The sample kinda takes on a slightly more disturbing context in this song. Like jesus I keep imagining this guy pulled apart a mouse and he's showing his friends or something. That distorted guitar is really great, kind of sets the tone a bit. You seem to have used stereo widening a little more wisely in this one too. The percussion sits well (ARE YOU NOTICING A PATTERN? YOU'RE ALL PRETTY SOLID WITH YOUR PERCUSSION, GOOD JOB). The sound design felt a little 'been-there' though. I dunno, that's probably just me being a little weary of dubstep at this point of the night.

ok seriously. 7/10. Structured well and pretty inventive in regards to the sampling and guitar duunduns. Kinda been-there with the sound design.


Luukg2 - Shy Qualities.

I like the melody this starts out with. The kick and snare feel a little piddley to be perfectly frank. And the overly widened bass is much much MUCH too overbearing, I can barely hear anything else over it. With some more time dedicated to mix and percussion and I would've given it a solid 7. The build up to second drop quite good, and bad mixing aside I rather liked the tempo change.

4.5/10


Luukg2 & Kleyna - Something Like You

The vocals. I love those vocals. And the synth work is very clean in my opinion.
They sit pretty well in the mix, and this time the basses are reasonably thin. I find widening a pretty common pet peeve among dubstep in general. But you guys pulled this one off fairly well. And my god that second drop. Brownie points to anyone who alters the living shit outta the second drop of their track. Seriously, that makes it way better as a whole.

7/10


Jasper Synth - Kind Heart

Some proper Electronica vibes going on here <3
and the vocoding is very well done, and the melody right after the first verse that goes through in the chorus is super sweeeeeet.

I cannot for the life of me fault this. I mean it ain't perfect, but it's pretty damn good.

9/10. Among my favorites from the album.


Pyrelight - The Magical Land of Equestria

This makes me wanna go play an old school nes game. It's so god damn upbeat! I don't have anything to say about it really. I mean, maybe make the crashes and reverse crashes a touch quieter (personal taste if anything, I'm not big on loud crashes).

9.5/10.


Dj Beat MC - Sylvanite

...

10/10. No I am not joking. It's wonderful.


Mr. Bigglesworth - Serene

The very second I started listening to this swagtastic song I felt 16.5 different emotions, and all of them were sexual. I was blown away by the sheer beauty of this song's emotion swag so much that I just really had to take a dump.

a dump of emotions.

It still isn't a metaphor.

I shat.

winnerofalbum/10


PropellerEscape - Winter's Reach

I dig the intro, the pianos really sounds great, and your percussion is really good. The attention to detail on the synths is really good, it really gives it a very ambient feel to it, the vocals in the middle really won me over though. Because vocal splicing is my musical weakness. The pacing is MILES better than your other entry to this album, everything flows really well. Good job c:

9.5/10.


Karoshi-Ya - Stronger

I'm no good with judging Rap. Someone like MYCUTIEMARKISAGuN or ONEHOODASSPONY would be much better off giving feedback on this.

???/10

[simonli2575]

It was when I used to only spend around 6 hours on a project ;_;

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

It was when I used to only spend around 6 hours on a project ;_;

Don't sweat it.

[S.P.P]

Nice little review there from Biggles, cheers mayt. :3

Simon, don't worry about it. The song's good; you got on the album. right? ^^

[IntorrekSound]

Yay to my friend Dj Beat MC for making it on!!

[S.P.P]

Yay to my friend Dj Beat MC for making it on!!

Err'body loved his track, tell him good job! ^^

Also, welcome to MLR!

[Camsy]

Any chance we could get an idea of how much money we've raised for charity?

[S.P.P]

Any chance we could get an idea of how much money we've raised for charity?

Sadly, as it stands, not a great deal. The places I went to for promotion haven't gotten round to it yet - even the charity itself has neglected to post anything so far. I'm working to get it out to other places but I can only work so fast and I'm waiting on replies. I'm determined to make it work though, and progress is inevitable. :3

[DjBeatMC]

Y'know what? I'm gonna do a little review of this.



Dj Beat MC - Sylvanite

...

10/10. No I am not joking. It's wonderful.



???/10

Awww, thank you so much!

[JSynth]

Nice to know I have a 9/10 on the Bigglesworth scale.

Thanks dude.

[Xelerassen]

I got an 8.8.....that's so much higher than I expected xD

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

The Biggles-o-meter never lies.

[Camsy]

The Biggles-o-meter never lies.

SomeoneElseShouldRateThis/10

Well... I guess that's true... :P

[Mr. Bigglesworth]

I really did try, but my bias towards disliking the original as much as I do woulda made it a bit unfair on you tbh.

[S.P.P]

I personally thought it was great. I really liked the tubular bells take on it - sounded slightly edgy and dissonant without sounding 'wrong'. Nice job! ^^

[ExoBassTix]

I kinda didn't reply, what is this?
Bagel, thank you so much for your review on my track! And yes, it was fully intentional to do that, to make the impact of the second build-up greater.

A 9! \ö/