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[Wild Yellowness]

You can haz Reviews!

-I really liked how dynamic the song was throughout. It was anything from boring even from the start. It came in really fast and you threw in a little wobble for some good measure. It is quite an original beginning and takes some style from the usual dubstep beginnings but it mixes in an actual melody instead of just a beat.

-What I find quite amusing is how good of a program fruity loops is even though it's not all that expensive(if you get older versions) which is probably why it's so widely used by music makers here on newgrounds. The high pitched melody is quite fruity in itself too. I loved how light it was and how it was good at bringing a delightful atmospheric tone to what was already built up in the beginning. But like most songs it had it's usual ebb and flow to things. Even though I loved how it was progressing in the beginning it started to feel repetitive and positively droning to me(The part i'm talking about is 1:24-about the 2 minute mark). In my opinion this part of the song could of been left out since it slows things down and doesn't quite have that nice fruity feel to the tempo and melody of the song that you built up earlier.

-The song didn't seem to have proper planning and a preset structure since it seemed to go in random directions and never really had a set structure that it was following. Yes, it would go for about thirty seconds here and there on the same song build but they were meshed together with solid transitions. I might of said otherwise but most of the time I was just stimied as to where this was going. I like being spontaneous and seeing stuff come out free flowing but planning is always something that I would like to see a little of in the end. This brings me to the ending of the song. It did take a step back on pace and revisit an earlier sounding melody it took me aback as to how fast it ended. There wasn't any real progressive dropoff in things. It just dropped off the face of the earth and I would of liked to have seen some sort of filtering out of layers instead of the drastic ending.

-The percussion was mixed in like some good pancake batter that's mixed with care so the final result is everything that you wanted in a good breakfast(sans sides). While as far as my ear could tell there wasn't any unique or interesting percussion instruments you did do a swell job of adding some spice here and there into the melody with them. At times, like I mentioned, you tend to overdue the drums and it brings the song down a little since the melody is the real focal point of the song and bringing out too much percussion just tends to bring the song down as a whole since it doesn't need it.

-I can see where you are coming from saying that the audio mods might have thought you were using some material from other areas since at times the song does get a little repetitive and becomes rather familiar. In the whole aspect of things though the song has very few of those things and it probably took the mods a little time to sort things out and get to your submission. Nothing too big but it seems to worry most people when they are first submitting their work to the audio portal.

-Review Request Club

Radidsh responds:

Hiya, Review Request Club, and thankies!

Such a long and professional review slightly startles me, and that just shows that I still have a long way to go regarding understanding music making properly and making some more proper pieces. I am glad that you enjoyed it and did not find it boring!

I believe my weakest point is not finding other instruments, creating new or tweaking them, having a nice ear candy effect and so. Heh, I do not even know what a so-called "VST" is, but I shall do research and try learning some more, as I really do want to make high-quality digital music one day which becomes popular and which many listeners will enjoy and listen to more than once.

I also plan, at a later point, to do a nenewed version of this song and make it sound more professional, the same melodies but with more eye candy perhaps. A sort of remix or so. ;)

Thank you kindly for the awesome review and the effort behind it, I really appreciate it. Good luck further with the reviewing, keep up the awesome work!

[B0UNC3 - Paradise on E]

Great Job

Wow... this song totally blew me away. Its beat its sort of a combination, however, because of it, it becomes a master of its own. Its astonishing really that someone pulled of a professional sounding song such as this. You can probably make a living for clubs and such for works like this. Its incredible work. Great Job

[[CG]-Utopia]

+1 audio review

-Ah, it's quite refreshing to see someone put some serious time and effort into an audio piece that they submit here. While most people spend a couple of days and post stuff up you actually took months which I will applaud you on. In the long run all of that time was well spent in my opinion. This is really a work of art. The sound quality is quite commendable and is some really high quality. It makes all of that mastering time pay off. It's not the easiest thing to do but it can make all the difference between a song that sounds just ok and a song that sounds great. While the overall song may be good a lot of the time people fail to see that fine details are just as big of a part of the song they create.

-While the structure of the song is ok the way it is now it leaves a lot to be desired from a design standpoint. It's very monotonous and very rarely does it live up to the lustrous intricacies of what it could of been. The beginning starts off strong with several bass kicks while slowly mixing in more percussion as the melody flows but it stays at an almost stagnant pace for a whole minute. I felt that the beginning could of been sped up and been progressively faster in the buildup stages of the song.

-When you came up to the first real song transition at about 1:05 I thought you took an odd turn with this by going to a completely electronic fast paced melody. It was in no way a bad choice and it suprised me that you didn't drop the sound completely but intertwined the two sections nicely. It was also that slight of speed that this song needed to pick it up into another level of pace. Supplemented later on with more blended drums and cymbals just increased the enjoyability of this section of the song and finished off the first half nicely. Like I said earlier it definitely could of been sped up more in the very beginning and truncated the song some.

-I loved how you started to bring the percussion to the forefront as the song progressed. It made it more multi-dimensional and had more substance than a lot of songs i've listened to as of late. I like being able to see different instruments show themselves out and not constantly be in the background of the melody. Everything was kept in check nicely and that's what the mastering is all about. Let's check it...Rewind. I honestly was not expecting that at all. It was a nice use of sound effects into the mix of things. It brought back some similar elements to earlier in the song but it didn't make things too repetitive.

-Overall, you ended up putting together something of great quality. While it isn't the best it's still really high up there. It's a big leap considering that you made a great portion of the synths yourself and everything blended together nicely. The biggest part of this that put a smile on my face was the fact that this even provoked emotional atmosphere. It makes everything seem better even though everything around you might not be the best. I'll keep my ears out for you since you have the potential to really start making some outstanding music in the near future.

-Review Request Club

KroweMusic responds:

Thanks a lot for the review! I'm glad that you enjoyed it and that you will be looking out for my other songs in the future!

[3 Britney Spears Remix WGuitar]

Review

-It's always hard for me to judge remixes of songs since I have to go and find the original track and compare how they sound. I'm not entirely sure if it takes more work to remix or build from scratch either. Maybe you can tell me in a response.

-In my opinion it sounds great. It's mixed up just enough that I can tell you put some extensive work into making sure that it didn't sound like the original. I would of liked to see more guitar but like you said you wanted to keep the pop theme of it. A break in the lyrics for more instrumental work would of been cool to hear too.

-Review Request Club

Mushroomhead18nc responds:

appreciate it.. I think it takes way more work to make a song from scratch.. This song is popular and people will listen to it just to see if I made it good or fucked it up.. they have something to reference the song to.. So it draws more listeners.. just like playing cover songs as a rock band.. Thats how I think of writing techno music as a solo artist as well..

[The honor of hura - TTC CHG]

Review

-I really liked the bells in the beginning. They were a great way to break the ice and start off everything nice and slow. Bells really give me a sort of gothic atmosphere for this one though. Probably the deep tones of the bells.

-It's just so relaxing to listen to as a whole. Everything was done so subtly and softly while picking some nice instrument combinations. Your little story in the author comments I can actually see happening with the timings that you put for them. Well done timing and it gives a nice backdrop for a story.

-Review Request Club

Calamaistr responds:

I know it was tricky to start off with a ..well.. lets just call it by its name 'terrorist attack' but in another light i wanted to let the reader/listener stand close to it, why the music is so 'praising' on the moment of the explosion is because its in a sense the final act of the story.

What happens at the very end (i thought we were family) has everything to do with it.
And more of it is explained in the text of the epilogue finale (proud denimus family primus)

In this way this is a very strong start of the story, that gives its core;time-travel' its composure.

Youll be hearing alot more bells in the album by the way, its one of the returning instruments that are oh so important in recognicing certain relevant locations, situations or people.

Greets and thanks for your review. :)

[Golden Paradise]

Great Song

-Before I start my review I would like to say congratulations on finishing high school. It's one of those milestones that wherever you are is something to celebrate. You've probably even graduated by now. Today was the last day of school for the high schools in my town.

-The fact of the matter is that just because a song is of great length doesn't mean that it will drag on but it needs to have enough complexity and depth to it. You have done just that though. I could pick two parts of the song and not find fifteen seconds that are exactly the same. It doesn't mean that it didn't seem a tad bit repetitive in areas where the melody cycled but the fact that you have so many layers of sound makes the song sound so different throughout.

-The song is definitely well structured. As I said before it's very dynamic and doesn't spend too much time dwelling on things that have been done before. I noticed several builds in the song as I listened too. Even though there isn't a main buildup to a climax there are several times where it built up to a mini climax while speeding up. This usually followed by a short slowdown which is a great pacer that kept me intersted through the song.

-Review request Club

DJ-Chilvan responds:

Thanks man! Yea, I'm really glad high school's done with. We finished on the 7th and graduated on the 8th. And trust me, I've been celebrating a lot. I didn't want to have my own graduation party but I've been going to A LOT of grad parties (I've been out all day for the past week going to a ton of them).

Thanks for the review! I really like your rationalization on length. I try my best not to get repetitive like I used to. I will continue to learn more and build my future songs off of this concept.

[The Ritual of the Sacred Flame]

Goin' to Kenya

-It's always nice to listen to your songs since they use actual instruments and are recorded instead of doing it all off of a computer program. You use tons of really interesting instruments too. It allows me to just sit back and relax while listening to something that is very hard to find anywhere else.

-Now that you mention it, it does sound like it could be some sort of African Ritual song to get prepared for a celebration. You incorporated tons of building in this song with a dramatic climax which is what most people think of when they hear a traditional song. I think you may have drug out the cymbals? too much at the end though. Just having it dramatically end would of been better in my opinion.

-Review Request Club

Cimba responds:

Thanks for the review =)

[<TeK> 10 Mins to Midnight]

Review in progress

-After reading the author comments I thought this would be a nasty piece of junk. It's not often that something that is put together in under an hour isn't something that makes you want to leave the page and say what were they thinking. But to my suprise it's pretty good for just a sample. Tons of buildup which makes the slow intro a really good thing. I liked how it's structured in the buildup though. It had a nice little plateau in the middle for instrumental work. It allowed me to relax and just listen to the nice beats for a while without it changing so often. I'd like to hear the finished version of this whenever you get around to it though.

-Review Request Club

TeKNeTiC responds:

Thanks for the review! I'm glad you liked how I structured the buildup, I wasn't sure if it was the right way to go.

[Dragon Dance]

Well

-Like the guy below me it does have subtle similarities in the tone and pace of the song to the Ho-oh song that it plays in pokemon. It brings back memories of when I had a gameboy advanced and would play fun little rpgs all the time.

-It's a good listen for the most part. The intro to the song is the best in plain artistry and gets away without having any other instruments. The only problem is when the drums do get introduced they get old fast. The drums are very monotone and the only difference from one beat to the next is how fast they are hit from one another. They stay at about the same volume and sound the entire time.

-While the song does pick up some going into the fourth minute of the song most of the beginning sounds similar. Yes, there is variation in the speed of the drums from time to time and the melody fluctuates slightly it gets boring. Try adding more variation to your songs in different instruments and sounds instead of trying to overdue the same instruments and sounds at different paces.

-Review Request Club

[Ashten's Light]

You asked for it

-I'm finally getting around to this song even though it's two months after you submitted it :( Sorry it takes us so long sometimes but it's just a fact of how our system works and the high influx of audio requests that makes it take entirely too long. Like with yours it ended up in the extra audio since there were 30 people before you on that update. This ended up making you get pushed to this two week list. Hope that clears things up a little.

-This song was very electronically based which makes me think you used FL studio or something similar. But the thing is it doesn't sound like it's generic or it has been done over and over. It sounds like it has some industrial roots and influences with the deep sounding flow and the drums that oddly sound like hammer poundings to me. This isn't all that high quality though and it could use some mastering since you have some room to increase it without reaching the size limit.

-I believe that this song would benefit greatly from being shortened into a smaller more compact song. Yes, it has it's high points for being a long song that you can put in the background but it just ends up dragging on way too long since there isn't a ton of variation in the long run. It seems to cycle around the same melody several times and doesn't have too much variation in successive cycles basically.

-I did like how you used the vocals(very simplistic and pretty much the one word over and over) as a sort of pacer though. Every time they came around the song seemed to speed up and get stronger and louder. It seemed to set up the basic structure well as an up and down cruiser.

-But like I said earlier even though it does sound good for the most part it seems to just drag on and on. Including a break somewhere or shortening the song in some way would keep the listener more interested in the song as a whole instead of just in certain times of change in the song. I hope to see some improvements in your work in the future. You have a unique style that just needs a few tweaks here and there to make it go above and beyond the ordinary.

-Review Request Club

DXsamurai responds:

thanks for the review. glad you thought it was good. I will keep trying to improve my music.