Ethalyn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Serenade of Storms]

wow, again a brilliant piece!

I see in your reply to my former review, that this is a software piano, and that you use FL (so do i!) Great job on making it sound great, and i also want to tell you, if you want some help getting the full version of FL Studio 8 XXL Producers Edition, please contact me, and i will help you =]

The beginning i actually picture lots of people rising after this huge storm, and just looking around at the destruction around them, and as you add more, they start to walk around and start working on building things up, then when you break it down to that intro melody (ish) thing again, they look at their city, rebuilt back to it's former glory =]

It is very easy to form a picture in my head to almost all of your songs i've heard so far, they are very touching in so many ways, you have so much talent =]

The melody is very good, the notes in this one also go in harmony with alteast my ears, and i have not heard anything like this on newgrounds before, it really is impressing =]

Current Score
4.30 / 5.00 (+ 0.011)

10/10
5/5

I love it =]

Keep it going dude!

-Beating-Source-

BlazingDragon responds:

I could really use help in getting the real deal, but only if it is legal. :P

I like the story you wrote for the song. It is a very unique interpretation! I couldn't really come up with anything myself as I listened...Maybe my imagination is broken. >_>
Anyway, that was a nice image that you provided.

There are some other great artists in the classical section. Winterwind-NS, SmartPoetic, joshhunsaker, and Simon-F are pretty much amazing. I would highly recommend their music.

Thank you for the review,
~Blaze

[vLm-=Enter the Matrix=-]

wow o_O

Wow man this was awesome, the beginning vocals gave me great expectations, which you managed to deliver, the hihat line is awesome, and the kick is REALLY trance! =D

Nice going with the vocals, i have to say. it is a nice to mix it up with some dramatic vocal from time to time, as Skymarshall and lots of others skilled artists do, your starting to become one of my top artists here on newgrounds man, you have your own style!

The melody that entered around 01:30 really was awesome! i love the fake stutter feel you give me, like you put some triple notes here and there (w/e you know what i mean =P) And i gotta love the fast automations!

After this you bring back the vocals, only with a kick, which was a great idea, it therefor manages to keep the pace up, and does not loose any of it's energy, nice =]
The second melody there, DAMN! i fuckin love the synth sound, and i fuckin love the melody right there =)
The bass is also good, although it is ''BUMOOHBUMOOH'' BASS! XD

Nice going on the construction, and you nail your transitions now, interesting, and works!

Current Score
3.59 / 5.00 (+ 0.54)

10/10
5/5

I added it to fav's as well =]

Infected Mushroom level man, great! =D

Keep it going dude!

-Beating-Source-

vampiricLLAMA responds:

Awesome, glad you like it man! All the parts you liked are the ones that took me the longest (omg that voice sample has more filters on it than a hospital air conditioning system XD) so it's a good thing you noticed em ^ ^. Thanks for the review! (btw i made that lead in 3xOsc :P)

~llama

[[Beautiful Memories]]

Wow, this was very good! =]

I just can not stop thinking about how well composed this piece really is, the melody just pliiiinngs so well and is so in harmony with my ears =]

I love the piano sound (i suppose that this is the real thing, or is it computer piano?) nontheless it sounds great, and has alot of room to breathe, it is neither to closed or to open soundwise, it is great =]

also the length is good, a short little tune (great tune!) that is a easy listen, and really loops well, nice background music just for chilling or doing some homework, or just thinking about things that is to come, and ofcourse memories, both beautiful and bad =]

This so reminded me of the times i had as a 11-12 year old, just having fun with my buddies, playing around and having some fun =) it is a pitty that two of them has moved away, and i am to move away in a year or two as well, so this song is a nice reminder of some memories that i can not afford to forget, thank you for uploading this beautiful piece, i will favorite it, and download it =]

And dude, if you composed this as a 6th grader, you must be some kind of genius, please come check some of my newer songs and give me some melodies (construction) pointers, i could really use some good ones =]

Thank you for your time.

Current Score
4.47 / 5.00 (+ 0.21)

Incredible man, just incredible.

Keep it going dude!

-Beating-Source-

BlazingDragon responds:

Great review! I really appreciate when people take the time to listen and leave a well written comment.

The piano you hear was actually software. It is a very nice Direct Wave sample that I found on Blackhole12's profile and use often. After that, it was simply a matter of tweaking tempo, dynamics, and reverb in my demo of FL Studio.

I wrote this when I was about 12 and had just moved half way across the country. It was a very difficult time for me because I had left all of my friends and family behind. Many of my siblings lived hundreds of miles away, and we were quite close. At that point in time, music was my escape. All of that pent up emotion and turmoil was poured out into song. I believe that to be the reason this song is just as good as my more recent work; I poured my heart out. I was always remembering the good times before I moved, and that saddened me because they were gone. Yet I also had hope for a brighter tomorrow.

That...is what this song represents. Remembering the good times when life gets bad, and holding a hope for better days.

I'll definitely check out your music! It is outside of my genre, but I will do what I can to leave a decent review.

Thank you very much.
~Blaze

[§-Keep Yo Chin Up(Demo)-§]

ima add u to favs! AND THIS! =D

love the bell shit going on in the back there, and nice job on the beat, it has a special feel over it, together with the synths they form ultra mega awesomness!!!!!!

nice! =D

-Beating-Source-

SinZLazTWordZ responds:

Haha thanks man... I mean its only a demo right now but ima finish it someday and it will be hotttt :D

~§in§

[(Dj-NX) Don'tStopTillYouDrop]

i love the melodies!

This kicks so much ass! BEST TRACK EVER! =D

i would love for this to get best of the week, you really deserve it, this is so goooooood! WRAPWFUAW

also the melodies are fucking awesome!

1000000000/10
t34t4424t246246325462626352624624/5 EVERY DAY!

-Beating-Source- N***A!

NX177 responds:

ajdfksah;kdjlh1!!!!!

d00d thanks man i dont even know what to say!!!
im just so happy right now!
XD =>~

[Nightbox]

Dude, you are just so good!

I mean, this will get best of the week, and i have no trouble seeing it move on through to the top 30 list! it is just so epic!

I love the piano in the start, incredibly nice, and the scratching effects are real nice =D!!!!

good job!!! DOWNLOAD!!!

Keep it going dude!

-Beating-Source-

SplatterClock responds:

:) Thanks a whole bunch, man. I always love your reviews. I wish I wasn't such a lazy bastard and took the time to review yours.. >>

[Valley of Death--_--]

Damn! =O SWEET!

Zenon, and the ''--_--'' thingy, neen seeing those allot lately, and finally i checked one of them out, im glad i did! Finally a new sound on Newgrounds (atleast for me it is) I love it, the effects make your speakers go crazy, and the beat i presume is ''Hand made'' so thats really just amazingly done man! i love this song!

I like the intro, where you add one and one thing at a time, and the first note you struck with that REALLY high pitched (violin?) was great, creepy sounding and then adding the more harmonic note after that was good, and then you came to my favorite part of this song, slowly adding the beat, and that fast melody on top that just tops it all, great work =] I like the percussions used, they add an original feel, and really helps the song! i will download this forsure, and favorite both IT and YOU! =D ZENON FTW!!!

As said earlier the effects are great, i have never heard them before, and hearing some new effects instead of those overrused FL presets is really nice, MAYBE they are FL presets (i really really really REALLY doubt they are) but then you did good at making them better thats for sure! Seriously, this song is just so great, the strings you blend in from time to time creates a harmonic feel from time to time, and gives the listener some time to breath...

Great job on the construction, the length is something i should say is positive, making this long songs is hard as hell, but i stayed interested and my foot was tapping all through! that is great!

Awesome transitions, that you automate some cutoff filters (if that is what you do) upwards really fast, to make it into an FX, is a great add to the song, and makes it sound proffesional, to proffesional to still be on newgrounds!

All in all, this is a really really good song, which deserves it plays, and deserves every 10/10 out there, amazing!

Current Score
4.43 / 5.00 (+ 0.0016)

10/10
5/5

Keep it going dude!

-Beating-Source-

PERVOK responds:

Too professional for Newgrounds? Man, no matter how good I ever get, I'll always find time for Newgrounds :) Thanks for the review, and the favorite man!

(Oh, btw, I don't use FL presets. I make nearly every sample I use and definitely every synth)

[vLm-=pH=-]

Damn =]

You know, i absolutely love this song, now i wont leave a long review this time, since i have basicly told you EVERYTHING i like about it, it is great man, good job =]

Current Score
4.38 / 5.00 (+ 0.24)

10/10
5/5

Keep it going dude!

-Beating-Source-

vampiricLLAMA responds:

Hey thanks! if it wasn't for your advice i might never have finished the song, so I'm twice as glad to hear that you like it ^ ^

[in da club remake Dj O-H]

Hm well =/

Well, it is a remake alright, but you didnt quite do anything good, and some of the notes you hit were wrong =/

First up was the vocal volume, it just totally drowned in the synth and bass/drum sounds.
Also, the vocals, after sometime, fell out of rythm =/ which just ruined my ENTIRE impression of the song, really, RYTHM is the most important thing in a song, nothing matters more!

You could've used more time on this, and you could've gotten the rythm right, and you could've raised the volume on the acapella =/

in case you do not know how:

To raise the volume on a vocal, you assign the acapella a mixer track, where you can add basicly anything you want, and, raise or lower the volume =]

To make sure its in rythm - Basicly just set the rythm count to none, and then just addjust the wav to match the beat!

I gave you a 2/10 - atleast you tried, and i want you to try again =)

Current Score
2.27 / 5.00 (- 2.73

2/10
0/5

Keep it going dude!

-Beating-Source-

newrounds1 responds:

well i tried :P it was worth it :)

[Tranquile Disorder]

Great!

You know what, i am going to give this song 10/10...It has great beat, and all the synths are great, it is a complex song which i can really hear the hard work in, great work =]

I really just enjoyed it, it was fast, but calming. I am so picturing this to one of those old SEGA fighting games, or the menu music for a driving game! really cool how you made everything so smooth and fast =)

The transitions and the overall construction + the sound is just fucking ace, this song goes under my list of downloaded songs, which i promise you is not long!

incredible!

Current Score
4.19 / 5.00 (+ 0.013)

10/10
5/5

Keep it up dude!

-Beating-Source-

Cheez-R-Us responds:

Thanks for the effort you put in this review, appreciate it!