Ethalyn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[hands in the air and shit]

Funny, no?

Reviewing this, and being completely honest.

The mastering reminds me of the muddy tracks being squeezed out by Splash lately, and the melody is not worthy of anything to be honest. You went with a completely unoriginal bassline, and the melody is heard 100 million times before by various artists like you who think Hands Up is a genre that doesnt take any work, just because you use a pitchbass and a pathetic excuse for a kick, doesnt mean its Hands Up, or at all any good.

A little tip for the unorganized mastering is to slow down on the delay, reeverb and compression. The bass is not giving my subwoofer anything to go on, its simply in the back giving an annoying mid shelf effect for my ears to bleed from... The melody is very basic, and makes the long tag along very slowly, the beat that goes along with it is so distorted i can barely make out the hihat line, and the kick is along with the bass, "just there", no power in it whatsoever in my opinion.

I honestly thought you were a credible musician after seeing the dickhole reviews you left alot of people, now the one you left me was actually nice, you were being constructive and put it into perspective, but with DennC you completely ripped him appart so to speak, that pissed me off and made me want to check out what your all about as an artist...

Nit impressed, a 4/10 for atleast getting all the rythms correct, and for somehow being on the right track.

I would work on originality, and actually making a song, as you told my friend DennC, this is not ready to be released at all... its simply spamming the portal and you know it ;)

4/10
2/5

Normally im not this rough on newbies, but special rules apply when the artist is a complete dick himself, all they seem to understand is ass- talk...

Thank you for your time.

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InvertedScrotum responds:

<3<3<3

[DXM - A Better Place]

Great =)

Wow, nice opening, this piece really shows your talent ;)

For a 4 hour work time on this track, you sure made the best of it, it progresses very well and holds a very intimate touch. Incredibly beat and all the synths just flowed so perfectly with the song.

Awesome work on mixing, mastering and the making of melodies. The vocal slices also gave it a very original touch ;)

10/10
5/5

:] Nice work!

Thank you for your time.

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tijnn responds:

Thanks alot for the kind review again, hehe. (:
I spent more on mastering and mixing on this song than
on any of my other songs... so i'm glad you liked that part!

-DXM

[Sigma Initiative]

I absolutely loved it!

Hey man, thanks for the PM!

I really enjoyed it, great work on the percussions, and the very dark/groovey (thats groovy with an E!!!) feel to the song really sinks... awesome work on keeping the beat tightened and dynamic. The structure fell very into my liking as with all the instruments used, great work ;)

10/10
5/5

An awesome listen, very well produced track :)

Thank you for your time.

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*Just added new RMX btw ^_^ Come check it out if you got the time =D!*

Airprogressive responds:

I'm Glad you liked it!!

Thank you!!

* I'll check it out that, just right now!!

[Resident Evil T-Virus Loop]

Wow :)

Holy shit man, really complex/dynamic video game music. Very nice depth in the piece itself, gives me the sense of playing Resident Evil indeed ;)

You captured the feel you were after quite nicely, and i have to say this has alot of quality, great use of effects and various sounds, nothin' but ace!

10/10
5/5

Awesome work yet again ma' man! =D Keep em comin!

Thank you for your time.

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DjRocALot responds:

Thanks for review dude! Nice to hear that you lied it!

Roc A Lot / The Venice Beachriderss

[Let's Dance]

Awesome :)

Wow, really great man!

But i agree with the guy beneath me really, slightly longer and a more thump to the overall sound would be great :)

To structure a song properly and to have it rise and fall is in my opinion one of the most important things you can add to a song... now if this was INTENDED to be just a short happy tune for like a ringtone or something like that i understand though.

Also an add to the bass in the overall mix would do wonder, at the moment its very high shelf sounding, and doesnt give out much "oomph" for the ear to enjoy, also in my opinion, beats n bass is VERY important ;) Just raise the low end of the eq slightly on your kick in particular, do it with EQ2, it gives the best results when your looking for more bass :)

Nice vocals, they were very fitting!

10/10
5/5

Cool sounding stuff :)))

Thank you for your time.

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syphonmax responds:

Thanks =D

I'll use your ideas ^_^

[z75 - {Eternal Presence}]

Happy birthday =)

Happy birthday m8, really cool song you came with here!

Really just a thriving (not sure about the spelling there) piece... it builds perfectly, adding more and more to the track. Nice job on keeping it dynamic and structurized! -b

I enjoyed the panning you had done with all the instruments, nice trick to make it sound more interesting and to sort out the mastering, if you have everything centered you can get a real muddy sound (if you have alot of sounds this is.)

Great work on it, i enjoyed it =) Harmonic, calming piece.

10/10
5/5

Happy birthday! Thx for the PM!

Thank you for your time.

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*I have a couple new tracks out to, come check em out if you get the time :)*

Xorberax responds:

Thanks, I will check out some of your songs too!
Most of the panning was focused in the center just panned SLIGHTLY at different directions and almost all the instruments have stereo imaging to make them sound more "Surrounding."

[DXM - Befkoets]

Wow, original!

This has really got to be one of the most original pieces i have ever heard...

Sounds really cool man, love your works... this is just a really psyc/cool/wtfkkkkkrawr techno/breakbeat/tektonik (w/e french techno) styled song, i really like it!

I like the vocals, ALOT of delay! Cool kick, cool sounds... nice song all in all!

10/10
5/5

I love you Chuck Norris!

Thank you for your time.

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tijnn responds:

Thanks a lot for the review!

Remember that i'm not really fond of it myself, spent highly 30 minutes on the track and then just used it to practice equalizing and mastering. (:

[DjSc00p - Elysium(Remix) Final]

Nice =)

Wow totally love this, although, did you mute the kick or something? Cause honest to god i do not hear it, i hear some "thumping" in the back, but thats lower than the little thump sound sidechaining gives... i would say either switch off the mute knob or to HIGHLY power up your kick!

Id say just go for a stronger kick layer, and basicly just to turn up the volume on the kick!

This song can be really good, your bass, your leads are really cool :) Cant wait for the full man...

8/10 (If that really is your kick so far though, i would most probably give it a slightly lower score, because kicks and bass are the two most important factors for a dance song.)
4/5
Thank you for your time.

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DjSc00p responds:

Yeah...the kick was filtered lol. I didnt notice that cause of the lag fl gave me lol. Well i cant fix it cause if i try to raise the kick the bass gets distorted...sorry lol. If i had a good computer this wouldnt be a problem >:[. Well glad ya liked it and thans for the review!

p.s you do know there isnt gonna be another version or full version right? this is it >.< lol.

[DjBjra - Military Storm (Rmx)]

Awesome :)

Sweet stuff dude :)

The intro was badass man, i may would want to add something more to the intro mix part though, some vocals, female, with a radio effect giving the essense the name suggests ;)

Great work on transitions, the piano part was very nice, you brought the melo in, and i came, there i said it!

Amazing melody, idk who to give creds u or Bjra but its awesome however ;))) Great work on the lead, you kept it both light and VERY rich! I think the background pads give an amazing effect! The kick rush effect in the chorus makes me know this is a Kr1z track ;) Your developing a nice trademark now man, which to me atleast, is a key element in becoming a musician :)

Great work on structure, although a little short, this mix is badass ;) Dont be afraid to repeat more! I wanted to hear the melody some more =D

10/10
5/5

Amazing work :]

Thank you for your time.

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*LOL at Bjra, Your Dutch right!?!?!?... If im wrong now ill even lol at myself...*

Kr1z responds:

-I find it hard to implement vocals, so yeh
-piano? thx!
-came!? Yess!!
-The melody is not by nor by Bjra, its actually a remix from an unknow song xD
-Lead? Thx!! I worked hard on that one :D
-Trademark? Yeh i'd love to have my own! :D
-Short yeh.. I know. I didnt want it to be too repeative.

Thanks for the review!!

And yeh, I speak dutch. I live in Belgium, West Europe yo.

[Hardstyle Graveyard]

AWESOME!

Whoot, this could like seriously be something awesome! Psyc touched Hardstyle man! =O

I wanna help you finish this man, im seeing this as a rough preview really, boost up the kick and harden up the lead, and you seriously have a bangin hardstyle beat!

I love the "off note" (their not off note) keys, they give the psyc touch, and the kick gives the hardstyle essence i just love ;)

Finish it more up man, i would be glad to help!

10/10
5/5

Great idea :]

Thank you for your time.

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DjRocALot responds:

Yeah dude! Lets make this into a whole song! :D

Roc A Lot