SeeD419's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Memories of the Stars Metal!!!]

Nice

I'm adding you as one of my favorite artists because you've just shown me again and again that you have talent. Once again, no real flaws here besides a lack of professional production. It never ceases to amaze me how well you pull of NOT having a producer and making things sound pretty clean. How? lol...

I can't be bothered to listen to the original for these because I have a LOT of songs to review at the moment, but this as a piece by itself sounds great. Not my favorite track by yours, but nonetheless good. I mean, the fact that you played for damn near a whopping 8 minutes is just crazy. Anything less than a 10 is a joke. The drums are badass in this one for sure.

Much respect \m/ Keep up the good work man.

Pure-Metal-UTA responds:

Seriously thank you for reviewing my songs, more thanks for faving me! =D
Although it's not the best composition, I still treat this as my baby; I could still listen to this song for an entire day even though I've listened to it a million times.

My sound is all in my setup, there are times where it sounds scratchy (in other songs) as I haven't perfected my home producing skills, but it works I guess.

Thanks again for the reviews!

[Stickerbrush Symphony (DKC2xM)]

Wow

I'm not sure if it's because I'm listening to these with stereo headphones but this is fucking awesome. You guys are seriously the shit. The melodies and notes you used are so perfect...the only think you're missing is a producer for better recording and mixing, and yet I'm still impressed that you managed to do this good of a job of getting it here without one.

The guitar solos are just amazing. All the notes were just selected perfectly. The drums are fucking badass. The background guitar was also sick. I mean, really guys, all you need is a producer to record this and clean it up with an EQ and whatnot and this is golden. Even the electronic track you added behind the track was just perfect. I mean it sounds just awesome and blends together so well. 5/5 10/10 for effort and music skill alone.

Pure-Metal-UTA responds:

Well thank you very much!
Something to note, I did this all on my own on my computer. Songs like The Guilty, Endless Storm, Death, and the Hollow Men are all the band's, and we're waiting to get funds to use a recording studio to get those top notch. Songs like this one and Memories of the Stars are mine
Perhaps I will re-record this when I get better equipment than I have later down the road, but until then this'll do I guess.
Thanks for the review!

[Jubilante]

lol

Yeah, your author comments are hilarious. Aside from that, the song is pretty good. A bit trendy for my liking, but I suppose it would work pretty well for flash games. I'm glad you at least switched up the melody and didn't leave us listening to the same stale noise for 3 minutes, lol. The instruments are totally overused and that happy hardcore sound makes me want to tear my eyeballs out, but at the same time the notes you picked were probably the only acceptable notes in existence. Nothing really special about the drums here, they sound pretty standard. I like the fact that you put a break in here from the drums and then had them come back in - always a great effect for any electronic track.

Most of the other effects you used were appropriate and placed well, so I can tell you obviously knew what you were doing when you made this. Keep up the good work, but for the love of god don't use that synth again, lol.

thatbennyguy responds:

Thanks SeeD. Will not use synth again haha. Yes. I am very cliche. Changed this with upcoming tune. Thank u very much :3

[Painful_Fantasies [Box-killa]]

Not bad

Not bad at all, it's a pretty catchy beat. The main melody or synth I don't think is all that special, and a few of your bass lines could use a bit of work. Not all of them, because I really like one of the synths, and the bass line while that's playing flows brilliantly. Your drums I think are your strong point. Very creative, and I love them...no drum criticism from me, they're amazing. Gah there's just so many melodies and synths you probably don't even know which ones I'm talking about :/

Well, it's great that you switched it up so many times. Really makes the song interesting and avoids having it sound repetitive. Overall I think it's a great track, regardless of one riff I didn't like in particular. Keep up the good work.

Box-Killa responds:

:P hehe yeah i dont know if it was the sound of the synth I chose or something because now that i listen to it some of it sounds wierd.

[AF - Breath (Alfa Mix)]

Decent

It's a great track. I mean it's obvious that you put a lot of effort into this. It just doesn't really stand out to me as something I'd want to hear again. Everything blends together so smoothly and perfectly. It sounds effortless...erm..the emotion from the song, heh.

All in all it's a great piece. The song itself doesn't really speak to me per se, but I can still realize it's greatness and it's understandable why people like this. The thing for me is, it just doesn't seem to go anywhere interesting. It's like just a long peaceful path...no excitement and no climax. Beautiful yes, but I'm just giving you my overall honest opinion.

Keep up the good work, you've got tons of potential and I can see you're very talented.

[-[ Sad Electro ]-]

Nice

I love this. Such a chill beat here, and it drags on for a full 5 minutes. What a masterpiece. The beat is just so damn catchy. All the different melodies you added on top of the main one are just amazing. I downloaded this after hearing it the first time, and now that it's played like 3 times, I can tell you this is fucking awesome. I have no criticism for you, just keep making music please :D Keep up the good work!

FlamingFirebolt responds:

Thanks you liked it! I geuss the combination of a hard bass + various soft instruments, including a rhodes with delay lulz, worked out after all. When i started the song i had something like this in mind, altough, i wouldn't think it would turn out to be my best song (Imo) i've made so far.

Anyhoo, There will be vocals on this song actually ^__^. Can't wait

-Firebolt-

[The Fear (Rah)]

Well

The beginning sounds very amateur. It sounds like you strummed the guitar with no notes at all. The chords are alright I suppose, but I think you could have cleaned up the guitar a lot. I mean there's nothing wrong with just using two chords but it just doesn't sound very talented it all. Might want to work on strumming technique and making sure the guitar is totally tuned.

Now, the noises you added in were a very nice touch! I didn't expect those at all. The vocals are fantastic! Probably what stood out most to me in this. The lyrics are just awesome and your vocal talent was nothing short of amazing in the entire piece.

Towards the end you added some different guitar parts which were okay, but then it sounded like you layered a couple of them and it just didn't sound right to me at all, again.

Overall I think if you touch up your guitar skills a bit, record them much clearer and precisely, you'd have yourself a gem. The vocals don't need any work they're amazing. Keep up the good work man, and I'm sorry if I sounded harsh I'm just being totally honest with you so I can help as much as I can.

SoulSecure responds:

The guitar is supposed to sound 'like shit' I suppose and yes it was tuned, on the dot, to standard E.

I wanted a raw sound so I record with PC mics instead of instrument mics. Plus it's cheaper that way.

The opening is just something I did for the hell of it. The solo isn't really meant to sound 'right', the whole idea I usually take to my music is that things can and will sound wrong to other people, but I prefer it. The thing is that I use different recording techniques to add a different flavor to my pieces, which, other people hear and are trained to think it's an unprofessional sound and therefore, is not a 'good' sound. Some people like amps that, to others, sound muddy. Where others hear static I hear music.

[(E-E) Exorcist Theme (Remake)]

lol

I've listened to this play like 10 times now in the background, lol. It's a funny mix, but the song really doesn't go anywhere. The main beat is pretty good, and the drums are appropriate sounding, it just doesn't really seem to go anywhere. If you mixed the beat up a bit with some more big changes and transitions it would be much better. It has a lot of potential, it just needs...more, lol. The quotes were a nice touch though for sure. Good work.

Everlasting-Elements responds:

Thanks for the review. I might make this better, I might not. It was fun to work with, but not fun like I hoped.

[Down Low!]

Decent

It's a good beat honestly, but the track like you said is very empty. Listening to this by itself is extremely repetitive and boring. As it stands, it just doesn't have much substance. It's a great hip hop track, but just not very interesting to listen to you know...

If you want it as a standalone track you need to make some serious changes to it, either that or find someone to put some vocals alongside the beat.

Nothing much else to say. I can hear where you changed elements of the beat all the way to the end, but they just aren't very substantial or interesting to listen to by itself. I mean the dubstep wob wob bass is cool, just a little bit late lol. Keep up the good work though, good luck finding someone to fill the gap.