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[PPC2 - Forest II]

Great melody

A really nice mellow tune, this one. I like the way that it, in combination with the name of the track just brings to the mind a scene of a guy or two, sitting up in a tree, playing a little tune with one another, slowly enjoying the late summer / early autumn weather.

Perhaps it's a little on the slow side and maybe you could have used some sort or higher pitched solo, just to keep things different, as with the length of the tune, the variation is always something that needs to be concentrated on.

I'd suggest that perhaps you use some sort of drum beat within the track, as it started with the knocking on the guitar, but a simple bass drum beat at points in the song would work well.

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Monkeydelic responds:

Thanks:)

I'll experiment with drums and other stuff when re-recording, personally i think the tempo is perfect, but it doesn't hurt to check it out.

Thanks for the review :)

Namaste.

[PPC2 - Forest I]

Nice accoustic guitars

I like this track - it's got a nice mellow feel to it. A shame that there is a little static on the top of the louder notes, but it still sounds very nice all together.

It gets a little repetitive after about half of the track, which is a shame - I'd like to see more than just a reasonably short loop-sounding track. For me, the background singing came in too late at 3.20. Perhaps a minute or two quicker as a bridge between a verse and chorus? If you moved it forward like that, you'd be able to kill two birds with one stone and move swiftly on with a better sounding track to boot :)

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Monkeydelic responds:

Thanks :)

I'll try that out, and see how it works out.

Thanks for review :)

Namaste.

[=NGA= Pound The Beat]

Stephen Hawking remix!

I love the vocals that you've got going here - it just seems to make me feel that you've got Professor Hawking in the nightclub working the decks with his incredible wheelchair. I love the sound that it's got with those crazy vocal samples there.

Towards the end of the track, it gets very busy and things start to make the whole production tie itself in knots. Try expanding the track, so that people can actually hear the component parts, as they try to bring the track to a close - you're after them reaching some sort of harmony, not a loose, disorganised end, which was a poor way to end the track, sadly.

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[[dj-Jo] Raving Egyptians DEMO]

Stereotypical, but techno.

Ah, the stereotype of the 1980s "Walk like an Egyptian" How far music has come in 20 years.

It's taken this stereotypical edge and has been given additional bells and whistles to take it away from the stereotype, without becoming completely detached from the origins. I like the rising note that comes in there and seems to act as punctuation for the song, breaking it nicely into more manageable pieces. The addition of a few vocals might have been of a great benefit in this piece, as that's about the only thing I can see the piece lacking all told.

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[[dj-Jo] She (Aftermath Mix)]

Another great effort

A lovely piece that certainly sets you up as a prominent soundsmith on Newgrounds. If anything, it does get a little repetitive, but I think that does tend to be the way with techno, as it can drag on with the same recycled sound and throw a few bits and pieces in to try and make it sound different.

Perhaps a few changes here and there could help - the piano is a great instrument, so why try and drown it out with the rest of the track? Bring it forth and make it join in, where it can take the beat to places that other instruments really have not got a hope of reaching.

Perhaps a few additional instruments would help - if you're playing with the same instruments, it's going to sound the same, but if you change the instruments, you change the sound. Try that on for size.

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[Sapphire's '09 Voice Demo]

Hmm... good.

A very wide range of voices supplied in this demo reel - the only female voice I don't think I heard was the little old lady type voice - I think we caught a lot of stereotypes in there, thus making up for it.

Now it's time for the standard line that as a fellow voice actor, I don't feel that these sorts of reels are the best way to go, as the quotes are taken out of context, which can adversely affect the listening experience. Perhaps some notes in the comments could enlighten us more as to the origin of the pieces?

Great effects thrown in there - what software do you use for producing these pieces?

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Sapphire responds:

Thanks for the review!

The lines used in this demo were created by me. I didn't pull them out of any other piece of work. With that said, I fail to understand how knowing the origin of a line will make the listening experience better.

[Deep_Town_Blues [Box-Kill]

Interesting guitar

Sounds like Hendrix playing Jazz - something I'd never have thought I'd ever catch myself writing or saying, but there you go.

It's a good sounding tune, with the backing of the track sounding a little like the music used in War of the Worlds - Musical version, when the Martians take over the planet and the red weed grows everywhere. The guitar lends it an additional quality that sounds beguiling and strange, but in a nice way.

I'd have possibly done something with drums to add an extra dimension here, as it sounds like something very muted going on there, so perhaps making the beat a little more prominent would help?

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Box-Killa responds:

ha i dont belive it sounds like war of the world. YES I SOUND LIKE HENDRIX MWAHAHAHA that is a huuuuge compliment! Thanks man!@

[[Assios] - Midnight]

Well paced tune

I think that this is a reasonably well balanced tune, but it does lack enough variation for my liking, which is a great shame. With that taken into account, you'd be able to create a much more poular track if other things came in and complimented the keyboard melody, which seems to be the dominant sound there.

The beat is a very nice part of the track and as a result, it keeps my interest. Perhaps with a tweak here or there, even just a few different instruments would make a change enough to make this track so much better. Little things can make big differences after all :)

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Assios responds:

Yeah, I agree with you, I should put an alternate melody in there... I'll probably put in an alternate melody in there too, and update the mp3-file, sooner or later ;P

Thanks for the review! :)

[Cast From the Stars (Chill MX)]

Nice sounds

A great piece, this is calming plus it's electronica, which is a rare sound indeed - most of those type of tunes tend to have massively inflated bass beats that really do go against the relaxing persona of a song.

This piece can be a very impressive piece, though I would have done something about that high pitched little solo at around 2.30, as it just seemed too high, which can raise stresses in the song, which I felt you could have done without here.

It's a really well organised piece, the pacing is good and the variation certainly brings forth additional layers of the song, which work well with complimenting the piano of the second half of the tune as well. Nice, but perhaps more could have been done with such an expressive instrument?

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Bracksta responds:

i agree about the piano, i should have done a piano solo in the middle or some where, good review :) as always, thanks bro :D

[Aliens_On_Earth [Box-Kill]

War of the Worlds?

It sounds to me like you drew some of your sounds for this from the War of the Worlds movie that was released a few years back - either that or the musical version which is awesome. You've given it a good bit of pace and plenty of creepy sounds, which I didn't think would work too well together at the start, but I appear to have been proven wrong.

A very evocative piece, sounding like there are some invading aliens and as a result of this, the whole tune sounds quite creepy. I think that perhaps making it a little longer would have assisted, as you'd have been able to make a bigger impression. Perhaps fade out the 'alien sounds' and go for adding something like a quiet solo, where people can think that it's over, then launch back into the piece, giving more sounds and more fear for the people below ;)

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Box-Killa responds:

:D yes to everything.