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The riff is alright

But it's very repetitive.

[Touhou Attempt #5]

Not bad

Composition is quite good but tracks could definitely do with some frequency equalizing. It sounds too busy at parts. Strings are overriding the piano too much, one piano track overrides the other too much. There's more to mastering than simply adjusting the volume of each track.

[ZP || True Nature]

Nice

I like the riffs you've got going here. Melodic and energetic. Nice work.

[Acid Paradox - Creepy Mansion]

Pretty damn cool

Pretty sick dub riffs you got going here, mate. The vocals are good, however, the note when you sing "find", I think, would sound way better if it was a higher note, rather than lower.

I remember listening to one of your songs in the past and noticing the same thing with the vocals. When you also hit the lower note, your voice doesn't sound as good - there's like a break between singing and talking you hit, and it is just that bit off-putting.

Also, there were a few parts here where it didn't flow too well, especially at 4:33. But really, not a massive issue. Maybe just a quiet cymbal on the beat would've helped flow?

Anyway, great track! Definitely a great contender for the contest.

Acid-Paradox responds:

Back when i started to make the lyrics for this track , there were some changes:

The lyrics " the evil man is now behind me , with a knife on his hand , he's gonna kill,kill,kill me" were there since the beginning , however instead of the part you mentioned there was another recording of a verse that was like this:

" Gotta be fast ,
run on this path and call 911,
but i can't seem to find the damn exit,
help me"

and it was high pitched notes , but i didn't really like it because it sounded like a kid's movie song; pretty childish because of my voice whenever i sing on high notes. So i scratched that and made the ones that are on the song.

I agree with the transition to the outro you mentioned though , i wanted to make it like a sudden move but i think i over did it a bit , maybe a small impact would make it sound more full but yeah, i was pretty tired of spending so much time on this track and i really wanted to end it that day.

Thanks for the review!

Ruben -Acid Paradox-

[Song V]

Noise more than music

You've just chucked a heap of synth tracks together. It doesn't really work. There were some parts that actually sounded pretty cool though, such as the very beginning.

The harmony just isn't working - this is why this song sounds too busy and noisy. Have you learned any scales? Learning scales will help HEAPS when it comes to writing a melody and harmony.

SpitNeck responds:

Yes, I Know my scales and all that jazz, this was more of an abstract attempt at music. I myself like how the middle part came out, but I know that the sounds might not be appealing to everybody. Anyways, thank you for taking the time to review this.

I enjoy experimenting with my music.

[CartoonyIntro]

Funky

Very funky and cool! However, a few things:

I hate it when the drums are only coming out of one speaker. Hi-hats, acceptable, but keep the bass drum and the snare in the middle!

That chord at 00:23 doesn't really work and the flow around it is disrupted.

A cool bass line would enhance this song.

EoD696 responds:

Well....its a request, like I said. You might say the concept was given to me, and this is my execution. The chord at 0:23 is supposed to be when a dude falls down...so i didnt mean for it to really..."work" so to speak. I meant it for to sound like I was falling down as a performer. Drums...yeah, you're right. I agree they need a bit more attention in the mix, not really a fan of the way they turned out either. Thanks for the review anyhow! :-)

[Sapphire Tears Magnetic Remix]

Great work.

This is a pretty cool song. Different and sort of ambient, but with a good melody. However, I reckon there is a little too much distortion.

As much as I like this, I don't think it is bad-arse enough for a boss level. Definitely good enough to get a spot in Symphonic Tower Defense and its contest, though.

Keep it up!

merlin responds:

I'm already working on a re-mastering to sort of soften the hard parts. Sadly I'm no audio technician, so It's maybe not going to turn out better than this mix, haha. I'm glad you like it, and took the time to review it! What a fun contest to take part of.

Regards,
merlin

[lantaren - ml demo]

Great work

The piano is fantastic. What also makes this song is your good melody. This would be great with vocals.

One thing though, regarding eq'ing, like most Newgrounds music, the bass isn't thick enough. You could probably fix this by applying Parametric EQ 2 (assuming you're using FL Studio), and pump up the bass a bit, as well as tweaking the other freq.

lantaren responds:

the bass isn't up high enough? damn you, shitty while still amazing at the same time bassboosting headphones from pioneer! raagh!

on a serious not though, I would tend to agree with you. this was in fact not made to be a bass-heavy song, but I feel what you meen now that I took of my headphones XD I really got to remember that it isn't the amazing quality that it is on my computer.... yeah..

also, I do have vocals. I am preparing to record them soon, but I need to get all of them written first.

great review! btw I do use Fl studio.. how could you tell? or is that ust an assumption made on NG nowadays?

gonna update this pretty soon though, so if you wanna check that one out, it will have more bass.

[Hope To See You Again (long)]

Fantastic

It's like the guitar version of Kenny G lol. Seriously though, fantastic work. From a compositional point of view, this, to me, is industry standard. The sound/mastering is good too, but it just sounds that small step off from modern industry standard (mastering one of my weak points too).

This song is really emotional and nice, without the need of vocals. The guitar playing is very powerful in the way you played it. The bass is fantastic too, along with everything else. The part where it goes funky goes so well with it too.

This would have to be my favourite submission I have heard on Newgrounds so far.

sorohanro responds:

Thanks :)
The bass at the moment is made with Kontakt but after I will get a real bass player to record (and maybe a real drummer... we'll see if possible) I will mix and master again, hopefully with better results.

[tender decayr]

Not too great

Well, first off, I rarely like ambient music. Most ambient songs have no, or extreme lack of, melody. This song is exactly that.

Not trying to sound pretentious, but this is more noise than music. The drum beat is kind of cool, but very busy and doesn't match the pads you've got going. The pads sound boring (referring to the notation, not the synth sound).

Basically, you've gotta work on melodies. Music is melody, harmony and rhythm. This piece is just rhythm (drum beat) and harmony (your pads). The most important part, the melody, is missing.

Work on melodies, then you'll notice improvement. I don't know if you play an instrument or not, but if you haven't, learning scales will help you write melodies. You can learn scales by googling. That's the first step for any musician.

dontpanic01 responds:

I actually play acoustic guitar and I do know all the chords and I know the basic structure of the blues scale and the indian scale.