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[DJ Immy & Street Jazzist Zuwer in: Late Night Brake Scratchin' {NGMC 2025}]

For Immy: you've improved a lot, some parts are groovy, interesting synth presets, I suggest lowering the volume of some drum fills
For Zuwer: nice score overall. Creative melodies played by fitting instruments, fast melody with a fast bell, and slow melody with a slow synth. Cool drums as well.
Just in case this goes unsaid: This is not a collab

Quality: 4/10
Race: 7/10
Theme: 5/10

ZuwerWS responds:

thanks for the honest review

[ArikXu & Voytek-Music: Ruminative Flashback]

Great blend of melody with the vocals, the drop has a feel of call and response
You should switch up the vocal chops for a more interesting listening experience
When making a build-up, I suggest the kick have an HP filter, more SFX; these will make the drop "drop" harder

Quality: 5/10
Race: 6/10
Theme: 2/10

Voytek-Music responds:

(I didn't really have time to work on this, so all that stuff goes to ArikXu) these are some little things i would add too (if I could)
EDIT: Np bro, thb you cooked with this 👍

[[NGMC 2025] X3ll3n - Midnight Freeway (w/ Snikio)]

This sounds like a copy/remake of that one synthwave song, not a bad thing, just pointing out

The melody is nice, choice of synths are fitting too.
There are some parts (like 01:51 where too many things are played at the same velocity) that are pretty clustering, you should leave room for focus
The track could benefit a lot with less sidechaining (about 85-90% sidechain mix is fine) as this isn't a heavy EDM genre.

Quality: 6/10
Race: 8/10
Theme: 9/10

X3LL3N responds:

Which synthwave song ?

[GTGP2]

Idk what you rap but it sounds funny
This works as racing music, surprisingly lol
The low end should be cleaned a lot more, and the drums should have more punch

Quality: 6/10
Race: 9/10
Theme: 4/10

CasualBreather responds:

Thanks a lot for the detailed feedback!

[Chrome Frost (ft. 3manon)]

In case it isn't obvious, the car-to-screeching noise is the most creative thing in GP1. The bass designs are like candy to my ears—sweet and addicting. There is good transitioning (especially at 02:08) and punchy kicks. The orchestral nature of the track is very nice, especially the outro. Surprisingly, the sounds work well together composition-wise. The synth leads are quieter in the first drop when combined with the basses. On a macro level, this becomes an issue as well. That is the volume differential between the 1st and the 2nd/3rd drops. I am aware that this is a co-op issue. It's okay that the music has a variety of snares. However, the first drop snare can be more forceful. From personal experience, when making screeching basses, dubstep producers tend to have it as a secondary element, with rhythmic (4th-note) basses serving as the dominant element.s. And I agree with them. Without those pulsing and rhythmic basses, the drop can sound empty and even weak. I haven't been able to make out what the outro was about. Was it a victory theme? It doesn't sound like one to me. Overall, the track works in a race and has some arctic elements such as the bells and LDnB genre.

3manonMusic responds:

The outtro was in fact a victory theme yes! Thanks for the kind feedback!

[Roina - One More]

It is very nice and sweet, the track is dynamic and i love the piano break, i wish that piano part was louder tho
I recommend having some sidechain

Roina responds:

I received your feedback well! I will reflect your opinions when making the next song and come back with a better song :> Thank you for listening to my song!

[Field Day]

kinda groovy, i like the sweet-sounding melody, sometimes there's a contrast between low and high notes which is nice
i'd prefer those instruments have reverb tho

ScottySee responds:

Cheers man, thanks for the feedback.

[In My Head]

AI music?

JaybeeMusic responds:

not quite lol

[Time machine]

i like the riffs
tho if it helps, you should slow down so you don't miss any beat

Dj-Princess responds:

Thanks for recommendation.