Ethalyn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dj-T Aquamarine (NG)]

Great work :)

Damn nice intro man, makes me wanna hear the whole song. The climax is STRONG, love the bass and the melody is really uplifting, epic! ^_^

Love the chords, not the same old used up dance chords, original and interesting :)

Structure is awesome, built it up and down with plenty of breaks and original ways of switching part, great work!

10/10
5/5

Awesome song man, fav! ^_^

Thank you for your time.

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Prodigal responds:

Thanks! (I'll finish this reply after abit.)

[Asian Mystery]

Again, spooky...

Spooky, only with a badass industrial beat to it ;) Gotta love this! I mastered this right?

DjRocALot responds:

Yeah dude!, you did! :)

[Graveyard Mansion]

Love it!!! =O

This is some seriously spooky shit, would be perfect for a flash game/movie!

DjRocALot responds:

Thanks dude!

[Wrecked By Deja Vu (A->N)]

Wow, nice! o_O

Love it, i just read your response to my other review, and i just felt like reviewing this to :) I got the impression it wasnt up yet by reading the other author comment so i waited hehe, anywhos, onto the review!

Totally love this, great sounds, the drums are AWESOME, and all the slightly distorted melodies does slightly contribute to making the clear sound alot more clear, love the feel that gives away forsure.

Way to go on structure, dynamics and soundquality. I really liked this, ima fav and dl ^_^ On the ipod it goes! =D Great job ^_^ U guys got talent ;)

10/10
5/5

Great work, fav =D

Thank you for your time.

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ApproachingNirvana responds:

Thanks for the review on this one, Ethalyn! The drums are indeed awesome. You have Renoak to thank for that, he's ridiculous when it comes to that. Also the (guitarish) melodies that you mention are his additions as well. He really takes what I wrote and adds to it tenfold.

I definitely agree with you on this one's structure. The other song was more of a different direction and I think we ended up liking this one better haha. This is really a culmination of both of our skills and we were really surprised at how well they gelled.

Funny story actually, we'd been working on this for about week when we decided to scratch everything and start over; this is the result. We love it.

Thanks for dropping by again and thanks for the download. Hopefully you'll stop by for our upcoming songs (we've got some new stuff up our sleeves!).

[Voice Acting Competition -1-]

NICE!!! Haha lmao xD

Frikkin loved it, great voice acting!!! "Yeah im pretty sure if i said yoyoyo to my dad, he'd get a knife and stab me in the eye, but nice try!". CLASSIC! Love the humor man, keep it going :)

10/10
5/5

Awesome! Gz on the top spots ;)

Thank you for your time.

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FatKidWitAJetPak responds:

Dude i was JUST reviewing one of your songs! You might be the king of dance but Im the king of voice!! WHAT NOW HUH?!1 HAHAHAHA!!...

ok im getting carried away.

[The Heist (A->N)]

Nice one ^_^

Really cool man, i liked the opening, cool effect automations. The only thing i would have to say pulled the intro down is the breakbeat, i really fucking loved the melos and the dark almost industrial feel you had, but i just feel that the beats/drums in this song was incomplete. They didnt really follow an easy pattern, sounded to complex and the sounds could have been better chosen and mastered in my opinion.

I love all the instruments you use for your melody through the song, they at the same time make it interesting and original, like it ;)

The structure i didnt really follow, just an up down pattern that didnt reaaaaally make sense in my head, but dudes, totally love the melody, and the idea! =D And remember, just my personal opinion, maybe you could revisit it or something? I just gotta stress it how much i love the basic idea of this tune :)

8/10
4/5

Nice melodies, and i love the feel. It just could use some more work on the beats and the structure, both of those factors made the song, well confusing...

Thank you for your time.

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ApproachingNirvana responds:

Thanks for the constructive review. I'll admit that the structure on this piece is a bit all over the place. Our more recent submission, "Wrecked by Deja Vu," follows a more generic structure that should ease your pain from this one. The beats were a challenge to get in conjunction with the orchestral parts and we put a lot of work into that. Before progressing on this song, I think we'll give that some more attention in order to fix some of the things you mentioned.

Hopefully our other submissions won't confuse you as much. Thanks again for the review!

[Monsoon (nal1200 Remix)]

Wow, pretty great man! ;)

I liked the intro ALOT, with the breakbeat, really great stuff there. I definatly liked the way you used the vocals to make a stutter feel there :) Although, i think the music may paused to many times in 1 minute, like you first had the breakbeat, then you had the slightly harder/faster feeling part, and THEN you paused it entirely with the vocals... maybe next time you should think about the structure a tiny bit more in the intro? Now dont get me wrong, it sounds great, i just think the breaks/pauses in the intro wore it down slightly :)

Dude, totally love the autotune, funny that you use it now actually, because i am remixing Tell Me Why by Nordic Stars together with an irl friend of mine, and i to am experimenting with autotune for the first time ;) Totally love it, a little hard to get a hang of but it was worth it! Do i also hear some VEC3 samples in there? I just got the pack and i LOVE it!

I would have to say that 03:21 was the greatest moment in this song, and to be honest its the greatest finish i ever heard on Newgrounds i think ;) It was very catchy, and i loved that you just used everything at ones rather than waiting with hihats and claps in that last part!

I like the Rob Mayth feel over it, and how you didnt copy him, alot of people want to sound as good as him, but few just incorporate his ideas and mix some of their own, i respect that man ;)

10/10
5/5

Awesome work, keep it going ;)

Thank you for your time.

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"Btw, keep an eye open for the Tell Me Why Remix dude, theres guitar in it, that's all im going to say! x) It'l be up next week ;)"

nal1200 responds:

Will do, my man!

I don't has VEC3, but I do have the first two collections. I've messed around with those two for so long that I can remember how most of the numbers sound lol.

Yeah, there were originally more pauses, but i've decided to take the majority out. I was originally going for the "silence" feel, but it didn't set well with the pickups for the chorus.

Anyway thanks for the review! Shoot me a PM when your track is out!