Ethalyn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Monodisc - Northern Lights]

I love it, and grats on the new name!

Love it, the bass is deep and soothing, which i think is the main goal of this whole song. Everything flows, and everything is part of something, thats the genuin, and true feeling i get from this song man. Its peacefull, and you are one of the few artists i know that can blend peace with glitches. I absolutely love the essence that gives away. Just a sick, demented effect in this song man... love it!

The climax is amazing, i told you earlier how i felt the cymbals work so incredibly well, adds so much tension and drama to climax. Together with that REALLY high pitched instrument in the back playing a little harmony. Nice...

The way it builds and elaborates in that short amount of time is just impressive, truly one of your best! ;)

10/10
5/5

Keep it up man, good luck with projects under the new name! ;) Looking forward to our collab!

Thank you for your time.

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tijnn responds:

It really does flow well hmm? haha (:

Anyways! I'm so glad that you like it as well. This is really one of the songs that make me smile even after the 7th i hear it in a row. The climax just really does it for me and gives me such an amazing feeling...

Thank you so much for the kind review!

[Slowly Coming Down - Preview]

I really liked it! :)

Damn good work man, sounds very put together and pro! I enjoyed the feel, and as said it felt pro, but for me that last number of the 10 points is just, the "perfect", and out of this genre, i cant give that. Because ME personally dont like this THAT much. And if i am to be COMPLETELY honest, the vocals may have been slighty off, now, im just being honest!

But as said, i enjoyed it. Your reverse sounds and your immense detail never fails. For me the vocals just didnt quite work, and for me this genre just isnt that "good", im sorry but i do have to be honest!

Its a preview, so ill come with some "tips". work some more on the vocals ;) It sounds like you are holding in, just give it what you got, im sure itl sound 1020410204102 times better! -b Nice guitar playing, your sound is really good there, especially with this particular genre! Nice percussions, your "ace" game is percussions if you ask me.

9/10
5/5

Keep on working man! L0_oking forward to the full!

Thank you for your time.

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tijnn responds:

Well actually it's all about holding back my voice to make it sound as if it's an instrument more than a vocal line. Anyways... I kinda 'checked' it with autotune, to see what notes were corrected... and none were actually, so i'm fine with the tonal position of my voice, but i can imagine you don't like the sound (:

Thanks for the kind review, and i hope you'll like the song eventually, even if im 'holding in' my voice ; )

Thanks! ; D

[DXM - Antihydrogen]

Absolutely love it, really brings out your talent.

You told me you made this while puffing the magic dragon, and wowie believe me it shows. And i ACTUALLY dont mean that in a bad way, i've been told creativity comes with it actually.

And i mean wow, the intro is just fantastic, you really made the piece pop with those very silent kind of filtered bell/sine pads of yours. Magical i guess would be the most appropriate word to describe the intro.

You keep following it up with great perc work that just make this piece very deep and thoughtfull. Your really did well on keeping it within the genre, AMBIENT. Too many people these days think ambient should have a "point", and buildups like hell. WRONG, ambient is AMBIENT, background music, not supposed to drap attention, but enhance an experience.

IMO this piece would go great in a depressive movie, not a bad thing at all. I really picture a movie in style with "Requiem For A Dream", or something simular, displaying life at its lowest.

All in all i love it. From the magic of the sine/bellpads. To the adrupt detail of your percussions... never stop man, im loving what your doing!

10/10
5/5

Could i give it any lower? Would i defy NG laws to give it higher, haha, yeeeeeeeesz... keep it up man, i absolutely love it! :)

Thank you for your time.

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tijnn responds:

Dude i hear you!

Magic dragon puffing makes me go creative and horny. But mostly the last. x]

Anyways, too much details for a public review already, good job DXM! Thanks for the kind, and especially, the long review. Beatsource reviewingat it's best. I totally agree with you that the sine / bell-ish sounds at the beginning totally make this track. I actually made that as a basic to start off with on my keyboard...

Picture me in a dark room with synthesizer display lights and the Kaoss Pad 3 equalizer, a lava lamp, a visualizer on my TV, and playing that riff with red eyes and a big smile...

Suddenly not so magical, no, but still, the essence surely is in there. x]

And yes! Yes!

AMBIENT IS, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, BACKGROUND MUSIC!

Ambient is made for tripping, tripping is made for ambient, ambient is something that is in the background tingling with your senses, giving you thoughts without actually thinking, making you drift off into unexplored waters of the mind and completely manipulating every emotion in your head based on the freaking emotion of the SONG! XD

People cease to realize that it's not nice to listen to one hour of ambient when every 3 minutes you get into a climax and then into an anti-climax. The flow of the songs and emotions that actually keep going is what really got ME into ambient music, and people saying there is a climax of some sort missing..

Then ambient, kind sir, is no music for you.

And last but not least...

The Percussion <3

I got this new VST that links with drum VST's or drum samples and i highly recommend you to get it. I'll talk to msn about that with yew though.

Thanks for the review man!

BLESS YOU, CHUCK NORRIS!

-DXM

[DXM - A Night Like Yesterday]

Nice... :)

I really like it, your on your way to grasping this genre forsure hehe. But there were some elements in here i dont quite feel belong...

The drums, really. I think they are a tad to sudden for this particular genre. The clap is very loud, and i think it may be the wrong sample for this genre. The kick is more like modern heavy hip hop, and the hihat line is really disturbing the flow issued by those lovely and soothing pads and background...

I really like how the opening is, something i see really fit for a scene in a movie. Really just a softer beat more integrated with the background flow would do this song wonders, tbh the 9/10 was heavily influenced by the drums interferring too much.

9/10
4/4

Nice work, work on some softer drums with a tighter kick/hihat/snare to it and filter them down to make them not so big and you will be 1000 steps closer to perfection in yet another genre :)

Thank you for your time, and for trying out something new yet again!

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tijnn responds:

I can clearly see why you'd say the drums should've been turned down, or that i should have chosen different drum-riffs.

Well.. Point is, i kinda like them this way (: i tested it out and the song loses it's power without the strong drums since it's so subtle already. You should listen to some more lounge, the drum sections are always heavily filled with poly-rhythmic stuff, so i'm actually going easy on it compared to them, hehe.

As for the kick being too hiphop-ish, yeah, you are right, it's not typical lounge. But i accidentally happened to pick that one, and after trying out a lot of kicks and mastering changes, i fell back to this one. I like the way it sounds, personally.

Thanks for the hint though!

[She Is Dead]

:)))

I like the reviews crosscountryfan65 is giving out, cool... he describes it just right ;)))

Very well produced, good work!

10/10
5/5 (Stemte 5 på skolen :))

-b

Thank you for your time.

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DjRocALot responds:

Nice! Thanks for review and score dude! :D

Roc A Lot

[[LK] Sound Of My Dream RMX]

Nice :)

Well first off, Charmanizer is probably dumber than his parents, whom judging by his review are brother and sister...

VERY nice piano in the intro, and the melody can turn out real nice, i just think you have to lift the beat a little by adding a more light bass (just raise the 6 and 7 bands of the EQ to lift the overall sound on the bass), cause atm i think its a little to grungy and smudgy for the sound i think your after :)

Very nice so far man, keep it up!

10/10
5/5

Cant wait to hear the full m8 ;)

Thank you for your time.

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LK412 responds:

Thanks man, i just uploaded the changes. I added a high band like you said, and it turned out better.

Thanks for the review man!

[Kazmo - Sinking In]

Nice ;)))

I may be slightly under the influence, and it may be way to late over here to be doing a reivew... but this is cool man! :O

Its trance, and it behaves like trance, and i just think thats adorbale... this is music i wanna party to! Sweeeet -b

10/10
5/5

Yaaaaay

Thank you for your time.

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Kazmo responds:

That's cool man, I'm drinking beer myself :3

You think it's adorable awwwww xD lol that's awesome.

Thanks for the support and time!

[-*Memories From The Stars*-]

Nice :)))

Dude, i heard an earlier version of this earlier today, and you worked on it very well. Really a nice "DjRocalot" beat, inspirational touches with alot of emotions, well done mate ;)))

I love the beat!

10/10
5/5

I loved it man, nice loop!

Thank you for your time.

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DjRocALot responds:

Yeah dude! Thank you very much for review and score! :D

Roc A Lot

[[LC] -Mercury Drop]

Cool ; )

Yup, there it is, your a musician now ; ) Ive seen you go by pretty much every genre out there and you do master them all pretty well, i have to say, nice ; ) This is what i view as real skill!

Great job on keeping it trancy, nice kick, nice effects and most important, nice note progression/song progression and amazing synths! : ) Everything flowed well together in this track, i like it ; )

10/10
575

Great work -b

Thank you for your time.

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ElectricalBypass responds:

Wow, Overwhelming Review

[Dance Like Lady Gaga]

Haha m3tg5ng is such an awesome reviewer!

1st class sarcasm for you right there, that review was real CRAP... idiot!

Now, great dramatic emotion to this, i can imagine the rapping ontop ;) Real aggresive, dramatic and emotional rap. The instruments are really rough, and with the note progression in the song they flow so incredibly well.

The sound is just amazing, the beat just brings that emotion out there, and helps further the synths notes out. Great work on this, REALLY great work!

10/10
5/5

;) -b

Thank you for your time.

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*I can picture the awesome cars on FastLaneDaily driving on through to this already ;)*

TheVeniceBeachriders responds:

Thank you very much bro! Your reviews are always cool to read! :D

Roc A Lot