T-rebel's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Harp and Flutes [WIP]]

It is relaxing.

I did a track a lot like this a while ago called Jubei's Dream about a ninja/mercenary who after a LONG adventure finally gets to rest and let his mind wonder. My dilemma making that track was thinking of where his mind would wonder to. I think you ran into the same wall as I did; you get this relaxing flute part done and you don't know what's next.

Maybe you should try to put yourself in a very relaxed state and see where your mind wonders off to, then transition into something that reminds you of what your mind wondered off to........

I hope that made SOME sense!

SFaPiL2 responds:

Lol. I should be careful. It seems I'm inadvertently copying you (it also happened with Blood, Bullets and Tears ^__^).

What you said made alot of sense. I should give this song a listen at the right moment (when I'm in a good and peaceful mood ^__^) and try to "feel" the song somehow. Kind of like what sculptures say they do: "They're not creating a statue from the rock, but freeing the essence of the statue that was already inside of it". Similarly, the song should have an essence of its own which I should try and grasp. Ugh... I hope MY interpretation made sense ^__^.

Thank you VERY much for the tip. I'll see what I can do (once the creative block vanishes damn it).

Cheers

[Tension Rising Remix.]

Not bad...

I'm not familiar with the original, but as a track of its own this needed more effects to use the kind of haunting tone it's going for. It needed some fading and sweeping, especially on that noisy pad you had going. Anyways, it's not a badly put together track, on the whole. But there's clearly some room for improvement. One more thing: you need to work on the lvl's for your synths, they can't ALL be the loudest part of the loop at the same time. Give each of them their moment to shine and it'll come out a bit longer and bit less crowded.

3/5
7/10

NeoDeadlyRave responds:

Ah sweet! I agree on that. I just ran out of ideas and decided to post it up. Yeah I need to work on the volume and EQ. Thanks a lot!

[Just Chilin']

Nice Work!

I wish this track had a few more transitions, but on the whole it's extremely well mastered and I really like the complementarity of the synths you chose. It just kinda felt though that from beginning to end the track didn't really GO anywhere. Same themes kept popping up over and over again.

I'd suggest adding at least one section that breaks the mold a bit... maybe a hard break beat, maybe a really big chorus somewhere, I can't say for sure. All I know for sure is, at 5:00 in length, this track needed something more to keep me interested for the whole 5 minutes.

Another idea might have been to change the beat up a few times here and there. Otherwise, it was really easy to listen to for about 2 minutes. I say, either shorten it up, or change it up a bit.

AEPfx responds:

very helpful stuff thanks a lot dude

[I: Foreword: Amycus Carrow]

Interesting, but...

...it could have used some variety in the crash cymbal, and I also found that the voice samples you used were kind of inappropriate considering the hard-core-ness of the rest of the track. It kinda made me feel like I was listening to some Dance-Core or something...

Also, I would have considered filling the break in your rhythm guitar with a heavy bass pluck of some kind. It's too much dead air right in the middle of this huge guitar.

Jakisdead responds:

Thanks for the advice, dude!
Yeah about the samples.. I was in a REAL Harry Potter mood at the time (you should download the E.P.)
I'll probably redo this one day, and make it a little more fulfilling.

[Ere We Go Again]

Generic, but well mastered

So I thought you might have overdone it with the "put your hands in the air" voice sample, it was kind of annoying to have her voice going over the "here we go again" sample. Especially since her sample was much louder, even though the NAME of the track is Ere We Go Again...

I gave this one an 8 cuz it's well mastered, the synths are well balanced and the piano's at a pretty good background volume. The sweeps were clean and the FX are well used.

If you were to reduce the number of voice samples going on all the time and maybe put in a more convincing break beat at 2:45, I think this track would have had a solid 10.

VenoMuk responds:

Thank you T-rebel, its always nice to get feedback on what i can improve, i have implemented the changes you have said, and will be updating this track shortly, thank you for your time and your review, its always nice to get constructive critisim :)

[Z-tone - Grendell(ExtendedMix)]

must have been a slow week

Enh, i feel like this was long and used the same synths without any real variation for a whole 6 minutes. A few fades were a nice touch, but really they couldn't hide the fact that this track did very little over a whole 6 minutes. I don't understand why you bothered with those voice samples... they didn't really add anything but a break to the same ol' that you had goin on for 6 minutes. Maybe I'd have liked the NG cut better... also, the clapping synth was WAY overused. I definitely wouldn't have expected this track to make tops of the week.

Z-Tone responds:

i dont agree with everything.
but i guess i$ cant make something everyone likes
but thanks for the review and thanks for being honest i respect that

[Blood, Bullets & Tears [SFPL]]

Definitely improved from the first version

Clearly better mastering, and some interesting bits of melody you added; also, good job on switching up the piano a bit more. The only thing I would say is that your initial riff (the arpeggio you start with) should definitely stop playing at some point before 2 minutes have passed. Believe me, it'll come back to bite you in the ass when more reviewers weigh in. Plus, even though this version's not too repetitive, people will attack it for being repetitive if they can still hear that same riff you started with all the way through the song.

Nice effects and good job on the harmony. Only other comment I would make is that you could use an interlude or a key change at some point to ease the mood in the song. It might make the sort of "anguishy" feel of the song more apparent if there's a lighter bit to contrast it, you dig?

Nice work; 4/5 9/10.

SFaPiL2 responds:

I was trying to follow your advice when improving it and I must say that it was no easy task. Now I know where I should be focusing on with my future creations.

Thank you very much ^__^. Your tips are very useful!

Cheers.

[Beware the Baboons]

Strangely Eerie

Something about the combination of the lead synth and that pad you picked is just off-putting. It's almost uncomfortable to listen to; definitely gets across the whole "beware" feeling. So, if you were trying to freak people out with your music, mission accomplished...

Pezmobile responds:

It was supposed to be a kinda freaky, but not so much that you don't like it.
Well, Thanks for the review!

[Blood, Bullets & Tears (Old)]

Nice job, but could use more variety in the piano

Funny, while I was listening to it I kept thinkin of this track I uploaded a long while ago (Under Control); it's got similar piano, but it's more hip hop than march. Anyways, I thought your track had a great sound, good selection of instruments, but it's also really repetitive on the piano riff (JUST LIKE MY OLD TRACK!). That arpeggio you have running the whole time gets old after about 2 minutes. My suggestion is to come up with a different way of padding the midsection of the track or maybe shortening it to about 2:30 - 3:00, if you feel like I do about it.

Still, I don't mean to be harsh here, it's well done, and it's well mastered. Nice Job. Also, it's not Hands-Up trance (which is starting to annoy me cuz there's just SO FREAKIN MUCH OF IT around here).

4/5

SFaPiL2 responds:

I did notice the repetitiveness and tried to mask it by alternating a similar melody and other piano riffs, but I guess it didn't work. Hmm... I'll try to come up with something new another day.

Thanks alot for the suggestions ^_^.

[8 O' Clock - Mjattie (OM)]

groovy house

Everything about this screams ambient house, so WHY IS THE KICK SOOOO LOUD? Other than that one gripe, the whole thing is really well executed. nice job with the voice sampling btw.

mjattie responds:

hmmm I'm glad you like it but I don't think the kick is too loud, and I have quite a big supwoofer

thanks for reaction though