Ahoy lads,
I got assigned to a boring remedial task at my job, which allowed me time to listen to this, and as much as I'd love to do a track-by-track review I don't feel I need to, so I'll just say this:
Good times! First off, shame on you Lebon14 for your elitist views on how Eurobeat should sound. Clearly nobody that participated in this compilation has multi-million dollar studios with 20+ years experience. A good, well-written song should stand on its own regardless of production value, especially in a case like this- an "underground" compilation. Top-notch production is certainly deserving of many of these tracks, but failing that it should be appreciated for what it is.
Shinraikan, great job with the megamix. Personally I think it may have been a bit too long, perhaps the songs should have been cut shorter, but the transitions worked well.
Travis, you have a great speaking voice, and a perfect announcer voice. Most of your commentary was pretty hokey but it was cute nonetheless.
I've always liked Odyssey's tracks. You're a great songwriter, your melodies and structure leave little to be desired. Given the sounds you're working with, they are balanced well together. Only thing is your vocals don't always slide into place in the mix, and your kick is always far too quiet. FWIW I will always recognize an Odyssey track when I hear one.
Paradise Last chose some badass songs to redo (I'm a sucker for cheesy American pop music) and you did them well. Some of your riffs aren't the coolest, but you always have an array of euro-friendly sounds happening. Trade that Slayer guitar plugin for a real guitar on occasion, you can always spot that a mile away
I'd also love to hear you crank out some original tunes if you have any desire to do so.
I simutaneously liked and didn't like "Eurobot." Lo-bit square waves are always a plus in my book, so it retains that appeal to me, but I didn't care much for the vocals as a whole. Very cool concept for a song, and I can definitely deal with robot voice where appropriate but they were far too cluttered to be listenable at times. Riff and chorus was cool but I didn't feel they worked with the rest of the song.
"Brainwash" was decent but I didn't really enjoy the progressions, and the vocal melody didn't make much sense to me.
"Burn My Heart" was cool but the vocals sound like they are struggling a little too much and didn't really fit the mix well. Compress/EQ/tune/align them shits and they will sound better. Oh and great job with the artwork, looks pro (that was you right?).
All in all, I hope to see all of you continuing to do this, because there's no reason not to.
I'm thinking of planning something big pretty soon, any interested songwriting parties should ask me about it (email email email)
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