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[Millennium In The End remix]

Review

Hey, Millennium,

This is a techno loop? Song sounds pretty amazing.

Good:
1) Beginning is just great. Excellent beat and the kick is perfect.
2) I'm enjoying the fx sounds and the unique drums here and there.
3) Filters are modified not too much to bring in a rising feel. Nice touch on the automation.
4) 2:20 the piano sounds so depressing but epic. This is a good change in mood. Like the diversity.
5) I noticed the scratchy like drums or fx that goes with the piano. I loved them.
6) 3:41 Party time......I like that lead fuzzy instrument.
7) 4:39 Nice pattern again. This song should be in dance.
8) I am enjoying the diversity in this song. Rare to find musicians who make a 8 minute song change a lot. Big kudos here.
9) 7:00 Maybe a more distorted instrument, but the detuneing is pretty neat on that instrument.

Hmm:
1)2:58 some really low instrument is clipping a lot. Simple mastering can fix that. I actually didn't like the whole 3:13 to 3:39. Just sounded a bit too cheesy with the pattern speeding up.
2) 4:11 Sounds a bit messy. Maybe this was where you should have toned down the cutoff or white noise, or whatever you did to make the fuzzy sound.
3) A few cheesy instruments here and there took the epic feel away. Not much though so not a big deal.
4) Okay, so the ending section you did not have to drag on for that long. Again not a big deal.

Overall, this is a excellent song. I can tell you put a lot of work into this song. Keep up the good work. 5/5 vote and a rare 10/10 by me...the diversity gave you the 10.

Only one favour. I made a trance song and I'm hoping it turned out correctly. If you got any opinions just tell me.

Bye for now

Bye for now

MillenniumZ responds:

Thanks for the review u basically explained everything i did XD and ur right im glad u love it and im sure to hear your song thanks for your vote

[(DJ-T) Nexus - Next (Club rmx)]

Review

Hey Tuneit,

So I'm not a big fan of hardstyle, but I am interested in how you make the kicks so prevalent. I've been working on how to make a nice hard kick, but not yet able to get it right. Some tip on how to make a kick with more well kick would be nice.

Okay, so I saw the reviews that gave you a 4 and 5. Yes, the repetitiveness is there, but you know that already. This review will be short.

Beginning fx is good. May not be the best fit. Sounds like a vehicle passing by. The lead instrument has a lot of static like reverb. Did you use clip distortion?

There seems to be a lot of stoppages. Interesting, but I'm more for the continual flow of the song. Eg. 0:15,, 0:19, 0:49-1:02, 1:31, 1:40 are where the song stops. Maybe one or two stoppages in the song is good, but not more than that...my opinion of course.

You did a great job with the reving drum and reverb levels. Percussion seems to fit well....makes it dance like. 2: 10 I like that weird sounding instrument. Reminds me of benny benassi. Overall a 5/5 vote and 9/10 review. Maybe make the song more diverse next time.

Bye for now

zenodio responds:

Thanks alot Music-story i enjoy your work aswell. And sorry about that drum but i downloaded it. I could send it to you if you want to. Feel free to ask me anything and i'll see what i can do. I also worked alot on the kicks, but one day i just decided to download one. And i do fully agree with you. I need to practice alot on... Well on everything. But thanks for the vote and score. Thank you alot.

-DJ-tobu-

[Fiddler On The Green [Cover]]

Review

Hi Charmanzer,

Pokemon fan? Sorry, had to ask. This song is pretty calming. This will be a short review since a short song...also won't be my typical review format.

Okay, so maybe its just me but this song sounds like a remix. The instrument is very nice. The pads only add to the emotion of this song. This song could work very well in a medieval themed game.

I like the progression into a more climatic theme, but due to the abrupt cutoff to end this song...it took away the feeling. Is this a demo? You should really expand on it or at least make it a loop. Keep it up with the classicals. 5/5 vote and 9/10 review

Bye for now

Charmanzer responds:

haha indeed i am ;D yeah it's a remix/cover. The thing about this one is that i don't know how to continue or, i know how to continue but i don't know with what :P anyways, thanks for the review! I will keep 'em coming!

[Dance From The Light]

Review

Hey Tuneit,

I was quite impressed with the big explosion. How did you make that sound. Its awesome. Anyway here is my review.

Good:
1) Okay, deja vu again, yes I liked that beginning explosion.
2) Percussion especially the high hats sound very fresh and clear. Good job on the eq and filters if you used them.
3) Hmm,voox in here is always nice. Not a lot of vox which is sometimes a good thing. i just want to hear the beat.
4) Ending fx is sweet. You make some really neat sound fx.

Hmm:
1) Well I notice some off tune lead and pad sound. I'm not a fan of dissonance but just my opinion. Keep your key intact through the song.

2) Hmm a bit repetitive. I can see why you called this dance from the light. However, the beginning was some mean hardcore and the happy stuff just doesn't mesh very well. Happy doesn't go good with evil dark stuff (yes there are exceptions but yours is not)

Okay, so there isn't much going on in this song to really give a long review. Additional comments include the delay used on the vox and the sweeping effects which added to the difficulty of making this song. 5/5 vote and 9/10 review. I need a favor from you too like the past reviewer. I need some feedback on my trance connector song. Still a demo so any ideas would be nice.

Bye for now

zenodio responds:

Oh my god that review stunned me. And thanks for all the kind words, and i will do what you said i could improve. And that with how i made the effect in the start... Well... I didn't make it sorry i downloaded a pack full of WAV files where it was included, and i'm in love with that sound. You don't know how proud i am of that review you just gave me there. And yes i will check yout work out. Thanks alot.
I will keep making music untill i die!

-DJ-tobu-

[DJ Ku --- Imbasic Overdrive]

Review

Hi AntQ,

Hmm, well the sounds are somewhat generic. I am sensing some action or chase scene which is very cool. Here is what I thought of.

Good:
1) Like the beginning instrument. Sounds ethnic.
2) Very unique blend of instruments. Its like happy sounds mixed with dark evilish kind of sounds. Happy and and evil don't really work well together but kudos for the idea anyway.
3) The delay and panning are well done.
4) 2:41 I like that transition instrument. Great job there.

Hmm:
1) The transition at 19 seconds was kinda weird. Didn't connect that good.
2) Drums are decent. I was expecting better high hat patterns to accompany the kicks.
3) Sensing some repetitiveness going on. Add more instruments or patterns. Use that ethnic sound more in the song instead of just the beginning. :)

Overall its a insteresting blend of sounds with a good story behind it. You just need to use more better instruments. I like your composition so I'm sure your future stuff will also be intriguing. 5/5 vote and 9/10 review.

[(-Newgrounds-)]

Hey

Hi Ian,

So umm I'm not a ambient fan so I will review your trance song instead. Here is what I thought.

Good:
1) Haha. Those lyrics are ridiculous. This song is very cheesy which is probably a bad thing to many others, but I'm into cheesy stuff once in a while.
2) 1:41 oh I like this part. Some nice distorted bass and some panning background instrument sounds really neat with the headphones.
3) 2:26 a awesome instrument. Unfortunately that beat is old. Should come up with a more original beat but oh well...still catchy.

Hmm:
1) The song kept on getting cut out by the vocals disrupting the flow of the song. Less vocals and more music please.
2) 1:06 I don't like that high pitch instrument. The other background instrument is really nice, but the high pitch sound is way too skeaky. Needs a high cut filter on it.
3) Well I really appreciate how you made this song really diverse which I am all for (which you probably already knew) however, the risky thing about making diverse music is the flow of the song. That's what makes yours and my style of music much more difficult to make than mainstream music. You need to work on the flow of your song more. For example, 2:22 to 2:26 the transition was abrupt.

Okay, so I'm interested in what your future stuff will be like. I looked for 2 years on NG and only found one other person who made diverse electronic music like me. You are now number two which is really cool. Good luck with your future stuff and your temporary music block. 5/5 vote and 9/10 review. Sned me a PM whenever you have a new song and I'll check it out.

Bye for now

XTriNovaX responds:

:D I have a feeling me and you are going to be doing a lot of collabs....
I didn't like the high pitch either, so that's why i had it back off so abruptly.
I wanted it to be like a old cheesy hacker movie, kinda like the movie hackers, which is very funny (in a bad way) but with a bit of a modern touch. Glad you enjoyed it, im still trying to learn to cut drum beats, and you can see some of that in my ambient piece voyager. Glad you enjoyed it. :D

[Cotton]

Hey

Hi Duke,

Well it took a while for your pablo song to go up the ranks. This song is pretty neat too. It's much different from a lot of the NG dance songs which are all happy hardcore or tons of white noise. No clue where you got cotton as a title. Here is a deeper explanation:

Good:
1) I like the mellow vibes with this song. Once in a while calming dance music can be great
2) The crystal bells and lead only increase the mellow mood of this song with that catchy bass line.
3) Fade outs, delay, panning I like.
4) I hear a lot of songs use a similar kind of whoosh fx sound to transition. I really need to find out how to make one like that.

Hmm:
1) Well you said you didn't put much effort in this project. I find making songs quick is the fun part of music. You must of had fun making this. However, the progression is not overly complex.
2) Nice drums, but you could add some new ones instead of the same one in the entire song. Maybe your love for house didn't make you recognize dance music has more drum variety?

For a 1 day project, I think you did pretty well. Keep making dance music because I hardly ever get to here something unique in this genre. You made my day...but I still have one more exam. :( 5/5 vote and 9/10 review.

Bye for now

DukeLukeProd responds:

Hey man!
There isn't a lot to the title other than the fact that both cotton and my song are soft ;) I'm happy that you dig this calmer approach to dance music. The delay/panning effects are mostly standard settings to get a wide sound with minimal effort. I've propably used 1/4 note left, 1/2 note right for the delay. Those transition-effects are very easy to do, as far as I recall I've just reversed a crash cymbal and applied a phaser along with some reverb. The cool thing is that you can do that with about any sound, even short percussion hits, all you need is a decent reverb.

I agree, the progression is fairly simple, you basically hear the same elements over and over, only in various combinations. The break is especially unexciting. To be honest, the only kind of drum variety I heard in commercial house/dance tracks so far was thus: kick, a low-cut version of it in the intro/outro and maybe another kick if the artist decided to throw in a breakbeat-style break. There are very few who deviate from that, I know 2, on the one hand you and on the other hand Marcus Schössow (Who, according to his statement, is on a mission to re-invent dance music, maybe you should check out his MySpace).

However, thanks for another fantastic review and good luck with your exam!

[Elektronik Sex]

Review

Hi Armagelion,

Did you use samples? That vox sounds very familiar...something Daftpunk would use. I like this style. Reminds me of David Guetta music mixed with daft punk. This is what I thought.

Good:
1) Those bell like sounds are great. Good patterns and good presence.
2) That reving like bass is pretty nice. Dirty house instruments I like.
3) 1:14 Warpy instrument is funny to hear. Some good automation right here.
4) 1:28 David guetta music right here. Love it. You made all these instruments? They sound almost the exact same replica of Guetta's instruments. Great job using your program to make them.

Hmm:
1) Transition at 1:14 was not that smooth. Maybe try a crossfade rather than a complete stoppage of the bass.
2) Umm lyrics were not that good. Too daft punk like too. I'm sure you could have come up with more unique lyrics.
3) I get a bit confused at 2:35. The warpy instrument with the rev bass and bell sounds makes things sound messy.
4) This song seems to have two themes that basically repeat throughout entire song. I think you need to add one more theme as well as make the song only 3-4 minutes.

Overall, sounds like well made house music. The song does draw on similarities to two great music artists (and probably more artists but I like those two). Keep making this house music stuff. You got good taste in music. 5/5 and 9/10 review.

Bye for now

[We Believe Ep.1 - F-777]

My opinion

This won't actually be a review, but some tips which you probably want more of.

I don't know about this song. It has good potential for NG . That does not mean it has potential outside of NG. Your style is no doubt popular on NG as you keep mentioning how many people have you favorited. I think that might be making you keep your same style. Your style is very 90 ish trance. Today's trance by the top artists such as dj tiesto, armin van burren, paul van dyk, dj toxic, oceanlab have a much different style from yours. Nothing wrong with having your own style, but your own style is a past time...in other words it has been done before. Now, don't get me wrong in thinking I'm trying to put you down. I still remember back then when you first started on NG how excited I was to have you make music. I knew you would make NG a much better place (audio portal). You did just that, but i noticed you have remained stagnant for some time now rather than progressing into the more professionally made music. I think NG is a place where we are all a nice big happy family in that we encourage each other and all of us bash whoever the blammer is. Nothing is wrong with that and I hope it stays that way. BUT the negative side to this is that you never really get the review that truly administers to the world view. Sure, we all support each other on NG, but put our songs in high profile clubs for money and the clubs would probably laugh at us. The truth is painful in a way, but that's life. I believe you have potential to follow in the footsteps of pulstate and even become one of the best producers worldwide. I would be disappointed if you kept stagnant in your progress to professionalism. You worked hard to get to where you are. Why stop now.

So finish your megamix because the NG people want you too. After that, take some time off to think how your going to manage the next big step. Your oh so close any your still young. 9/10 review and 5/5 vote.

Bye for now

F-777 responds:

Laugh at our music in clubs?! Haha no the standard music in clubs thats "Professional" as people call it is quite boring. I have gone to clubs with my music and have had people come up to me asking me to buy CD's.

"Professional" music nowadays means quite a boring trance song with a 10 minutes intro of just the same thing over and over...thats my oppinion =).

I don't think you have really followed my songs lately i have covered a lot of different areas but yes this isn't a super new style or anything...

BUT

Its Ep.1 =). I can't release my best episode for number 1 or else as it goes on people will be like "Its getting worse" when i would rather have then warm up and it gets better and better if that makes sense =).

Pulstate was good.
Armin's good.
Tiesto is pretty good.

BUT

Im not going to follow their footsteps. Thats EXACTLY what most people on NG are doing and are making themselves "wannabes". I make music that i like to make not trying to keep up with artists or be like "The big guys".

The thing that really makes me sad about this site too is everyone acts like we are in this box and that we post our music here and we all love each other but we arn't in the REAL world or some stupid shiz...and because almost everyone is like that they automatically assume that i am the same. Well i have made about 250 songs and NG only has about 80 of em =). Im not only on NG in the "Real world" as we call it im quite busy and almost everyone i have met has liked my music =).

Thank you for the encouragement i do appreciate the review i'm just stating my oppinions too =).

Thanks again!
(Don't worry next episodes are WAY more original)

One last thing i want to say:
I don't make my music FOR Ng.

[Pablo'N'Cezanne - Sundance RMX]

Oh yes

Hi Duke,

This pawns a lot of the remixes on NG. This is how dance music should be. None of them cheesy fuzzy instruments with lots of pink noise. Okay, so this is what I thought.

Good:
1) Intro was good. Explosion into some nice oscillating panning lead with some awesome bass. What a way to start the song. Not sure if your idea or the original artist, but either way I like.
2) This is how dance music should be like. NG dance is like some awkward style of dance....generally all happy hardcore. This one sounds way more professional. Of course the strangeness comes in later in the song.

Hmm:
1) Drums at 1:50 are wierd. They seem better for a march or something. The past reviewer mentioned it too...not really fitting for a dance.
2) The composition at 1:50 to 4:50 I didn't like much. The rhythm is like some celtic dance. Weird. I suppose this comment pertains more to the Pablo. Heck. it seems everything after 1:50 I didn't like much. Just me I guess.

Well this song was way more repetitive than I would have enjoyed. The song started really good but slowly progressed to something I didn't find dance like unless I'm in a kilt. Anyway, it is very difficult for me to tell you what good things you did since I never heard of the original. However, I think you put a lot of effort in this song so i'll assume you made all the instruments. Remixes I never give a 10/10 cause well for obvious reasons. 9/10 review and 5/5 vote. You should po
st more in the dance section. Club dance is seriously lacking in that genre.

Bye for now

DukeLukeProd responds:

Hey man
Hahah I'm turning out to be really good at strangeness. The original is my favourite dance tune of all time and noone could reach a result equally as good as the original by a remix. You can listen to a part of it at amazon: http://www.amazon.de/Sun-Dance-Pablo-
Cezanne/dp/B0000669Z1/ref=sr_1_3?ie=U TF8&s=music&qid=1225631311&sr=8-3 The production quality isn't Hi-Fi but the composition is flawless, unfortunately you'd need the whole track to appreciate it. Basically what I did in this remix was transforming it from a 4/4 rhythm into a 3/4 one, at least this was the idea I started out with, it ended up sounding completely different than the original Sun Dance.

Good
1) I think that was one of my own ideas ;)

Hmm
I agree, it's not what one'd expect in dance music, yet I ike to surprise people with something completely out of place. I dunno, that's just me, I hate borders ;)

Thanks for another great review, if everyone practised reviewing like you, artist's skills would develop much faster.

Take care