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Time to get my mace and shield and head out! Good stuff man, I always love the song you make that give a vision of battle. But i feel one thing is missing.... Bells. One loud defining strike on a big ol' bell here and there would have brought this all together. Hell, it's just fine now... i just like bells... Anyway, great stuff as always. Keep up to good work!
Torkelson>
Author's Response:
Why are you always heading out with a mace and shield? In today's fantasy world you have to arm yourself with at least a 5 meter polearm.
As for the one striking bell, I opted against it simply for replayability reasons. It would call too much attention to itself and would make the song much more tiresome to listen to.
Thanks for the review, glad you liked it!
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Good stuff, almost had an Asian feel and sound to it. The only thing i can suggest is to raise the levels on the percussion and bassline a bit.
I felt that the piano on it's own was great and would have done fine by itself with maybe a soft pad underneath. The beat sounded kinda out of place. But that's just my opinion. Still sounds good tho. Good melody and interesting piano sound. Keep it up.
Torkelson>
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Haha, i've heard that my music sounds Asian SO many times xD
And i don't know why, but i felt the need to add a bassline instead of just a soft pad. But i might change that. And the beat.. we'll i think i'll keep that. I'm not sure about that either though. But thanks for your review, it is greatly appreciated :-)
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And yes you should. Sounds good so far... just needs some more variety and it'll be pretty dope. Keep it up.
Torkelson>
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It dose... From the plot description, this style of vocals is just right. If i where to see a beginning title for the cartoon with this song playing, i would probably just accept it and move on. The last thought on my mind would be, "Why where the voices all chipmunky?" I can't quite put my finger on it but... it just works. Great song with a nice fun touch. That's it. Maybe it works for me because it, to me, sounded like the vocals came off a Vocoder... Who knows?
Although, just for contrast reasons... i'd have to hear the non-pitched-up vocals to really make a choice for a favorite. But from what i've heard now, everything seems just fine. As for the beat, good stuff. Chick beat indeed that get's the job done. Good kick and flow as well.
Anyway... That's all my opinion... All YOU need to know is that ya make good music and you should defiantly keep it up.
Torkelson>
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the chipmunky shit is for laughs
this is a chick beat
made for a chick
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Crank those guitars man! They where kinda quiet and therefore it sounded to me like they lost some power and impact. Great organ, bell and vocal use, reminded me of a Deathklok song...
Only real suggestion is to amp up the guitar elements and maybe the volume level as a whole. Good work, keep it up.
Torkelson>
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Good lord... i L.O.V.E the glitch in this man... fantastic work on that. And the beat is pretty damn hardcore as well... a bit distorted though, check ur volume levels a bit. But to honest, i think this level of distortion is almost required in a hard DnB track like this. Gonna need some secondary melody's in there too, it pretty darn repetitive. But the vocals did a good job of "breaking" the repetitiveness... (see wut i did thar) Other then those few little things, great song man.
Here's to this song getting the huge amount of attention like ur front page song. This one totally deserves it. Keep it going man, great stuff.
Torkelson>
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...gonna remaster this. At first i thought this song was gonna be off the hook, mainly because of that fantastic intro. But, about 33 seconds in... i was a bit let down. The secondary melody was not nearly as good as the first one and it was way too quiet. I also think that the main melody was too quiet as well. You gotta crank it up and make it powerful and full of presents.
And i can't really consider this "drum and BASS" without a deep rumbling bass line in there... (if there was one, i just wasn't hearing it) It also be cool to hear some sudden drops and cuts in the song...with some sick filtering or sharp reverb in there. And ya gotta mix it up in the ending. Replaying the first bit was kinda boring... Go crazy, geek it out with some glitch or a powerful sweeping pad element... just something to spruce it up.
All these suggestions are purely aesthetic choices. Stuff that I think would sound cool. Let me tell you, this is a hell of a lot better then anything I've made... I just have a feeling that you could probably pull of my ideas...
Anyway... keep it up, i can't wait to hear what you come up with. And again, that is one SICK intro...
Torkelson>
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I hate that game sooooooo much.... WAY to damn hard. But great job on the song. As soon as i heard the first verse it transported me right back to that hellish level.
Keep it up man, good work.
Torkelson>
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Good beat and patterns. Nice use of vocals as well. It's a pretty simple song, nothing to new to listen too. But that's fine, people tend to like familiar things and i liked this so there you go. Alot of silence at the end there... might wanna look into fixing that. And fuck the 0 voters, the best thing you can do is to just not acknowledge them. Cuz as soon as you say something about them (good or bad) there gonna vote unfairly.
Anyway, good job, don't get discouraged by asshats and keep it up!
Torkelson>
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Yah thanks a lot for the review. I guess I have to get used to it all since people just seem to love to do it. *sigh* anyway thanks for actually rating it fairly.
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This is like nothing i have ever heard you make... Fantastic in other words. The beat is damn catchy and alive and the melody is just plain awesome. This song alone is worth buying a CD. I hope to god that the rest of your songs are as good as this one.
The only thing i can suggest on this, a little more modulation... more left and right distinction out of the speakers. I listened to this on some pretty good headphones and the beat kicked good and the bass was nice but it sounded just a tad... "flat"... if you will. I know this is just a demo, but still, just plain awesome.
A smile Immediately grew on my face when i heard this... I thought to myself... "This is material for a car commercial... It'd be perfect!"
Keep it up man, and best of luck on the album. If i can, i will definatly get myself a copy.
Torkelson>
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