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Po5eidon

Po5eidon

Just a black grain of sand on a white windy beach
Tampa and Orlando, United States
Joined : 10th Mar 2011 - 13 years ago
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Other users have posted 26 comments on tracks by Po5eidon

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JJWeekz
JJWeekz 18th Dec 2012 10:23 - 12 years ago

on Blood in the Water by Po5eidon
This is really cool!
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied 21st Dec 2012 - 12 years ago
You're cool! Thank you very much.
Soundli
Soundli 25th Sep 2012 11:22 - 12 years ago

on Cosmonettes by Po5eidon
Wow,nice work :)
I'm glad you used my house beat :)
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied 21st Dec 2012 - 12 years ago
Thanks for the kind words. And for the upload!
Tumbleweed
Tumbleweed 21st Apr 2012 19:19 - 12 years ago

on Love Letter by Po5eidon
A touch of the cinematic, particularly in the intro & a bit where you pulled the drums out..A lot going on and I hear some thoughtful composing...it might surprise you, but the outro with just the piano and that nice synth pad was the part I liked best...all round well done though....good job....Ed
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied 23rd Apr 2012 - 12 years ago
Hey, if you have any favorite part, that's fine with me. Glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the listen and commenting, too.
Spivkurl
Spivkurl 7th Jan 2012 17:41 - 13 years ago

on Dirty Starshine by Po5eidon
Hey man, just wanted to give you some support, because personally I really like this song! I like the sounds you used, they're kind of old school and fun! Keep trying with FL and I'm sure you'll get to like it!
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied 8th Jan 2012 - 13 years ago
Hey, thanks very much, and sorry I haven't been to your page in awhile. Yeah, FL, I realize there are some good tutorials on YouTube, but there are so many, and it's a bit painstaking when I have to keep pausing and clicking between FL and the video. I'm trying to play around with it, but there's so much to play around with! -lol- Thanks again.
WongKiShoo
WongKiShoo 1st Jan 2012 13:08 - 13 years ago

on Dirty Starshine by Po5eidon
yeah so i'm later than I anticipated with my review.. lol

Initial thoughts - this isn't house music. A house beat is a four to the floor beat.. this follows a different pattern.

To the melodies: They are actually good. It reminds of a song that I can't put a name to right now. Lady Gaga??

The sound choices however, are pretty poor. They don't really complement the beat or the overall tone of the track. They would benefit from some change ups...

The drums as well - they sound like FL studio stock samples... I have a pretty strong dislike for them. You should investigate "vengeance" sample packs.. If you don't have the money, they can be "aquired" if you know where to look.

If I was to give this a rating out of 10.. Right now I would give this track a 6 (10 being professional).. you need to do more work dude :)
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied 1st Jan 2012 - 13 years ago
Lady Gaga. Thanks. :\

Still learning FL. Not my favorite program so far. Drums have been my weak point for awhile now, ever since I stopped throwing premade loops together.

Something different with sound choice was intentional. Was trying to go for something that didn't sound so...generic. My mistake.

It's always been the case that the more I like a track, the worse it's received, and the more I'm not too thrilled about it, the more people like it. I was hoping that wouldn't be the case this time, but oh well.
brentbauer
brentbauer 1st Jan 2012 09:02 - 13 years ago

on Dirty Starshine by Po5eidon
I like the melodies. If i was to give some advice i would say to use a fruity compressor, EQUO, and BASS Boost in fl studio. Also throw in some hi hats and cymbals or percs just to give it a little bounce. Also an important part of any electro house song involves sidechaining which gives your synths a little pumping sound against the kick. you can find a link on youtube for sidechaining in fl i would give you the link but looperman rules wont allow it. so ya, hope that helps!
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied 1st Jan 2012 - 13 years ago
Thanks, I'll look into it. Again, brand new to FL, and I'm so far not a fan.
digitalSKYY
digitalSKYY 2nd Jun 2011 00:28 - 13 years ago

on They Killed My Partner by Po5eidon
God...i am going to download this..
Put it on repeat and longboard to this song for hours.
Im not kidding.

Im gonna check out your other stuff to see if its the same. Make a whole list.

..............just saw a cant download this...
Rude...you got my longboard sesh excited...

Cheers
Kenny Lee
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied 24th Dec 2011 - 13 years ago
Ah sorry man, I didn't see this before the site went down. I'm glad you like it, and yeah, I guess I'll be opening everything for download after I get done typing this reply. Hope you still decide to use it when weather permits going back out.

Cheers.
HaruTune
HaruTune 29th May 2011 11:29 - 13 years ago

on Salty Nights and City Lights by Po5eidon
I liked it probably because of boom bap drums.

That was really some nice work.

regards HaruTune
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied Unknown
Hey, thanks alot!

I actually think the beat is a bit weak, but that's been a problem with most of the stuff I do on this software, so I'm really not going to sweat it right now.
EmergeAndSee
EmergeAndSee 2nd Apr 2011 05:07 - 13 years ago

on Electric Shark by Po5eidon
sick breakdown ar 1:40ish, reminded me of daft punk in Tron. Like Derezzed or something. Maybe go for some drums in the intro or some sampling, maybe some cool vocals. I could probaly help you out if ya need something, or just try and go for a shorter, more fastly progressing intro.
Nice job man, keep it up
-Dan
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied Unknown
I need to make the drums thicker overall, but I purposely went for a more ominous intro. And yeah, I think I was listening to alot of "Tron: Legacy" soundtrack around the time I did this one.
Thanks for the review. Glad you liked it.
toddj
toddj 25th Mar 2011 05:07 - 13 years ago

on Electric Shark by Po5eidon
Techno Jawz! Yeah, I can hear a faint kick in this track. You might try setting your drums at a level of -5 or -6 db and then run it through a limiter. This should prevent the drums from clipping and also give it a bit of punchyness. If your are getting conflicts with the bass and the kick you can change the EQ levels on one or the other to offset the frequencies so that there is not an issue. Over all the composition and arrangement of this track sounds pretty good. The overall track volume level could be turned up some. You could even limit the master volume so that the track plays at a proper volume with out clipping. I know this is a lengthy review, but I hope it helps you to some degree. Good luck with this track. I'm looking forward to hearing a new update to this track.

Keep up the hard work!

Töddj
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied Unknown
This one...just keeps haunting me. I've messed with EQ, and I may again, but it's also messing with volume that screws me up. We'll see...for now, I'm working on new stuff and letting people enjoy the synths from this one.
toddj
toddj 25th Mar 2011 04:56 - 13 years ago

on They Killed My Partner by Po5eidon
I like how you laid out the scene for this track. It helps to understand the mood of the two parts of this song. The first part being sad and retrospective, and then a nice transition into the action part of the track. This reminds me of some music that I use to hear on some of the SuperNES Games. I don't know if I would touch the EQ on this track that much if any. The second half of this track has a victorious sound to it. Nice emotions that you conveyed through this song.

Töddj
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied Unknown
Thanks, man. This was one of two songs that stemmed from an unusual idea. This one has been well-received so far, but I'm not sure the other one would be as liked. This is my "What if I did '80s cop drama?" The other is "How 'bout a song where a kid gets bored in church?" That one even has iPod clicks.
toddj
toddj 25th Mar 2011 04:48 - 13 years ago

on Mermaid Love by Po5eidon
This is definitely a chill out track. I really like the sparkle the lead synth has. The synths have an 80's sound, almost like a Roland Juno Synthesizer. The String pads are quite nice. You could also classify this track maybe as Electro. It is very reminiscent of early Depche Mode.

Töddj
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied Unknown
I guess I could, but "electro" makes me think "robotic" for some reason. I would actually classify it as "ambient groove," but I didn't have that option here. Another one of my favorites, though.
toddj
toddj 25th Mar 2011 04:24 - 13 years ago

on Klub Kraken by Po5eidon
Sweet! I Think its good to remember where you came from. It's great that you are sharing your early creations. It does have a certain grittiness to it. I like the early acid sound that this song has.

Töddj
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied Unknown
Hey, thanks. I really like this one; it's the closest I've adhered to the formula we mentioned, I think.
toddj
toddj 25th Mar 2011 04:08 - 13 years ago

on Black Hole Earth by Po5eidon
That's pretty cool that you did this while in High school. I've used eJay to make music also and have used eJay samples. This track builds up nicely. It has a lot of nice sci-fi sounds to it. All though it doesn't have the normal beat structure for most trance It seems to work nicely for what you were doing. You could call this style Sci-Trance.
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied Unknown
I find most of my stuff doesn't follow usual formulas. Sometimes, it irritates me. Other times, I get cool songs like this.
rfalkenburg
rfalkenburg 17th Mar 2011 01:36 - 13 years ago

on Black Hole Earth by Po5eidon
I don't know how far back high school was, but for a first whack at trance, pretty cool. I like the pace after 'it's earth'. I does have a sci fi feel too it like usdeneens said, and reminded me of the movie Black Hole. The vocal sounded like the little robot that fought Maximillion. I like how it builds intensity, getting closer to the event horizon.
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied Unknown
Thanks very much. Funny about the name of that movie; I've never heard of it.
This song is about a decade old.
JohnBoutilier
JohnBoutilier 15th Mar 2011 02:33 - 13 years ago

on Electric Shark by Po5eidon
The bass drum is coming through, but I think its being perceived as part of the baseline. Just like in my track, the bassline sounded more like a drum sound.

Maybe try panning the bass a bit to one side and the drums to the other.

John
JohnBoutilier
JohnBoutilier 14th Mar 2011 23:04 - 13 years ago

on Electric Shark by Po5eidon
I had a similar problem with a track of mine, but it was with the bass, not the drums. People kept saying how it needed a baseline and I kept replying, but it does.

I feel your pain :-)

John
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied Unknown
Wait wait wait. Is the bass drum coming through? Because I did go minimal with the drums to begin with.
JohnBoutilier
JohnBoutilier 14th Mar 2011 04:48 - 13 years ago

on Electric Shark by Po5eidon
Lots of good stuff going on in this piece, my friend, its great as it is, but, I have to admit, I'm looking forward to the version with drums,

Faved

John
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied Unknown
Aaaggghhh it has drums! I'll figure out how to bring it out. It used to be louder, but I didn't like the way everything else sounded, and now, for some reason, I'm just having a hard time balancing it.
Glad the song itself is good, though, drums notwithstanding.
spunkywacko
spunkywacko 13th Mar 2011 10:46 - 13 years ago

on Electric Shark by Po5eidon
The intro is a bit long to me, and I think it'll sound much better with some drums!

You have allot of synths, which are quite nice but they need something with them, be it drums or erm I don't know. They just sound abit alone haha..

Sorry if it wasn't a too positive review...
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied Unknown
Eh, percussion is my weakness, especially when I'm playing from scratch, so "stronger percussion" really isn't too negative. I noticed the beat was quieter on this new version, but I was halfway into bed; I can tweak that later.

Some of my intros run long, yeah, and then sometimes I just don't really have one. They sometimes do that because not all my songs are about getting people on the floor, but are for just telling a story or creating an experience. (I was also listening to too much "Tron: Legacy" at the time...)

Glad you liked it otherwise.

P.S. I remember now. The kick kept putting the volume in the red, so I kept having to turn it down. What I think I'll do is turn down everything else and bring up the volume of the song in another DAW. Could've sworn I tried that, though, at some point...like I said, I've done multiple edits on this.
JimeVonLoops
JimeVonLoops 13th Mar 2011 02:34 - 13 years ago

on Klub Kraken by Po5eidon
sweet track! the beggining was frightfully amazing and this really does sound nice and old skool and the Saw Synth Lead was used nicely to express the 90s or 80s house kind of sound. nice work man!
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied Unknown
I'm glad you dig it, thank you!
JohnBoutilier
JohnBoutilier 13th Mar 2011 00:05 - 13 years ago

on They Killed My Partner by Po5eidon
Well composed piece, my friend, I like it very much. You definitely possess some skills.

John
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied Unknown
That's very cool, man, thank you!
Spivkurl
Spivkurl 12th Mar 2011 18:56 - 13 years ago

on Black Hole Earth by Po5eidon
This is a cool style of trance! I like the synth sounds a lot! Really good for something done in high school! Nice work!
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied Unknown
Hey, thanks man!
goosemeyer
goosemeyer 12th Mar 2011 16:16 - 13 years ago

on They Killed My Partner by Po5eidon
Great sound.. The bass was shaking the light above my station.
I'm guessing that around 1:40, you go after the Bas*ard that killed your partner.. I agree with cody about the imagery.. I can almost see your angry face popping the trunk on your car, revealing a cache of scary weapons and a Kevlar vest.

cinematic indeed..

Toby
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied Unknown
Heh, I need to get speakers like yours! :)
And I never pictured the weapons in the trunk, but that's very cool. Thanks alot!
VickyDan
VickyDan 11th Mar 2011 16:59 - 13 years ago

on They Killed My Partner by Po5eidon
I'm back again, listen to your track, as something strange and pleasant, is rendered here .... And appreciated ....

Dan
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied Unknown
And I appreciate your liking. I'm glad this one seems to be well-received. Thanks!
codymeiser
codymeiser 11th Mar 2011 06:46 - 13 years ago

on They Killed My Partner by Po5eidon
Awwwwwwwwww SAD!!!!!!!!!! So very emotional. I totally see the imagery. This fantastic. Great job. I think you nailed it.
Po5eidon
Po5eidon replied Unknown
Hey, thanks for the kind words, and I'm glad you dig it.
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