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Good Dance "Trance Anthem" song! I enjoyed this piece, even though this type of music is not my favorite thing. The melody is simple and catchy, and there is a certain pressure created by the tremolo effect on the strings. The samples all sound great, and credit is given for the ripped samples.

The only reason this song doesn't score higher is because of what is missing from it: Originality. This song sounds good, but it needs something to set it apart from all the other songs just like it out there.

Music is communication. It's also information. With it you can transmit emotions, images, etc... The only problem is the listener feels like he already knows what's coming up. When you can predict information it no longer is as interesting. Same applies for music. The more unexpected or surprising, the more interesting. Of course there is a line between information and chaos, just as there is a line between music and noise but there is a great territory between noise and music that can be explored. This song seems to stay on a previously visited path. Not bad in itself, but hardly the way to make interesting discoveries.

TO THE ARTIST:

This song is not bad. It's actually quite good, but it has no distinctive flavor. No unique sound or creative vision. Now you say in the information window for the song that it was "...made in a few hours..." and that could be why this song sounds so generic. Don't take this the wrong way. What you have done is well done and sounds good. Now you need to spend more time on your music and make it yours. There has to be something you want to express through your music that will give your music that unique identity. Don't start trying to find your sound by actually trying to do it. It's a bit more subtle than that. Try to experiment with things you don't ususally do. Try using sounds you wouldn't normaly use.

Also very useful sometimes is to stop doing things you usually do. Decide to make a song in which there isn't a bassdrum on every beat and where the bassline is actually a melody. Try that for a couple of weeks, and then go back to your old tracks and work on them whichever way you feel like. I can garantee you will have a fresh perspective on your music and will be far more creative with your creations. Keep it up! :)