Newgrounds.com — Everything, By Everyone.
Age/Gender: 20, Male
Location: Adelaide
Job: University Student
Book of Anima 16:23 "For the wages of spamming is death, but for the gift of good music is eternal awesome-ness in Anima Theory...The Lord of Newgrounds."
Newgrounds Stats
Whistle Status: Silver
Exp. Points: 6,970 / 7,510
Exp. Rank #: 1,756
Voting Pow.: 6.72 votes
BBS Posts: 4,103 (3.4 per day)
Flash Reviews: 50
Music Reviews: 56
Trophies: 0
Stickers: 0
All Audio Reviews
56 Reviews | 43 w/ Responses
I thought this would have scored higher seeing as its got a great tune and is well composed.
There is nothing really negative I can say about it.
Well done on a great track :D
Anima
Author's Response:
well its good to see you enjoyed it, thx for the review :)
- Rate this review:
- Helpful!
- Useless.
- Flag as abusive.
"I thought this would be more popular"
Not bad my friend :D
I'll list all of the pro's and con's that I can see
Con's
-The drum samples you used I don't like, they do start sounding better though the rest of the song.
-And the only thing else I can see is that it goes for a little it too long
Pro's
-This is mixed fantastically.
-The drum beat sounds cool.
-The general tune of the song is well thought out and the instruments work very well with this song.
I can't think of how you can really improve this, well done my friend :D
Your mate
Anima
Author's Response:
should be more popular...
- Rate this review:
- Helpful!
- Useless.
- Flag as abusive.
Fuck me
This is insane :D
Well done on all of it, nothing wrong with it that I can see.
Bloody good work :D
Anima
- Rate this review:
- Helpful!
- Useless.
- Flag as abusive.
Woah, this is nice :D
The mixing is fantastic, the voice overs are implemented really well and have a nice amount of bass, the drum beat is is not shitty generic trance, I do also like the bass line, its not to obvious which in this song adds a lot of "flavour" to the music.
The only beef I have with this is that it is a little repetitive, and after the vocals come in I think you should put in a string, another string, or another lead line, because it doesn't seem to "powerful" after the build up. This sorta makes it seem like something is missing, this is only my humble opinion though :D
Well done on a nice track, 5/5 and 10/10 from me, you do deserve it my friend :D
Good work
Anima
- Rate this review:
- Helpful!
- Useless.
- Flag as abusive.
Nice concept :D
The vocals are better than the original I think, especially when the killers sing it live, god its sounds like an mouse giving birth to an elephant. But still you need some pitch correction software. Also, the volume of the vocals changes way too much, you should have rectified that before submitting.
Also, some of the instruments get a little bit off time, not a lot but it's noticeable. I know how hard it is to mix, I have written songs with guitar and bass, and it can be very difficult, and frustrating.
Good song though, and the concept you had was well executed :D
Anima
- Rate this review:
- Helpful!
- Useless.
- Flag as abusive.
Nice lead up to the song, I don't like the vocals though and the general percussion I dislike, but I tend to dislike all stock Fruity Loops percussion. The basic tune of this was really good, some instruments though, like the one at 2:07, are much too loud and drown out everything else.
Good song, well done
Anima
Author's Response:
The vocals are just to say it's by me (DeadFlower) and an ad in the song to my homepage. Plus it'll keep people from stealing my work. But other than that thanks for the feedback.
-DJDF
- Rate this review:
- Helpful!
- Useless.
- Flag as abusive.
Not bad :D
You need better percussion samples though.
Honestly, I think that's all you need, listening to the rest, the tune is good and the other instruments sound like good techno.
If you'd like I could send you some better kick samples.
Just PM me if you'd like them :D
Well done though on this track
4/5 and 9/10 from me
Anima
Author's Response:
That is so so funny you say that, the drums are actually temporary and I will be re-doing them when I get some roland samples which I have but are at my other house. I 100% agree with you the drums hurt it a lot but it's all I have to work with right now (using garagebands default techno drums). Really appreciate the comment, and if you want to pass along those drums samples i am very interested.
- Rate this review:
- Helpful!
- Useless.
- Flag as abusive.
This is not my genre but I can appreciate well composed music. My only "beef" with this song is that, if its hip hop, where is the vocals? This track really does need vocals, then it would stand out a lot more.
None the less, nicely mixed, good choice of instruments, overall well done :D
Anima
Author's Response:
GET CRUNK N***A
- Rate this review:
- Helpful!
- Useless.
- Flag as abusive.
Ok, lets play the pro's and cons games
First Cons, they tend to be easier :P
Cons:
-The piano, I think, should have more reverb on it and have less midrange freqs.
-The snare roll should have a bit more bass and mid on it.
-The bass line has a lot to be desired for as well...lack of complexity.
-It does get a little bit repetitive, ONLY A LITTLE THOUGH.
-There isn't much percussion either.
-For a trance song the over bass isn't loud.
Pros:
-The piano has a fucking great tune.
-The bells work very nicely.
-The stringed instruments work very well and sound very professional.
-The snare rolls that you put in fit very well and add a lot of ambiance to the song.
There ARE more cons the pros, but whenever I write a review, there always are. Seriously though, very nice song, it is indeed your best, and I would be proud to submit this song. Very well done, you are a magnificent artist with a lot of potential and talent. Regardless of the above pros and cons, you do deserve a 10/10 and 5/5.
Hope to hear more soon
PM me when you submit again
Your mate
Anima
Author's Response:
Thanks for the levelling/mastering suggestions. I don't really know much about mastering in FL, but I usually don't have too much problem avoiding it. unless I'm doing it without realizing it...
the newer version will have many more "takes" on the main riff, so even if they're not all completely different, I've learned that just the slightest bit of change can make something less monotonous
I hate the way I can't fit myself into one genre, because this really is more of a fusion piece. Classical instrumentation, but more electronic assembly and arrangement.
Thanks for the review, of course. :D
~Qwerty
- Rate this review:
- Helpful!
- Useless.
- Flag as abusive.
Woah, this song is great :D
Those drums you have sound awesome...almost from silent hill. The background distortion which fades out at the beginning of the song, sounds awesome. The noise at 4:34 sound heaps creepy :P
The only downside to this track is the lack of melody, and length, and the worst out of those two is the length. I think it does go for a bit too long.
Regardless, a very nice track, nice experimental piece you have here, well done my friend :D
Your friend,
Anima :D
Author's Response:
Thanks, yeah, I might put more melody in. hmm, maybe some long whiny strings, and some reversed/distorted piano. bwa ha ha...
the drums are just a soundfont called ruckus with fl distortion on them.
huh. didn't want to do anything more with this song, but now that it's mentioned, I do want to. interesting.
well it won't be for a while, but thanks for the review man! Means a lot.
~Qwerty
- Rate this review:
- Helpful!
- Useless.
- Flag as abusive.