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Eight

Seems fair. It's a great tune, and a bit upbeat at one point, but it doesn't ultimately really go anywhere. I was waiting for you to build upon what you had and it just seemed to end prematurely.

The bass line was sick and the percussion was nice and crisp, real fresh sounding. The electronic synth notes seemed pretty well thought out. It's interesting and different for sure, but like I said I think you could have continued this a little more.

The noises of city life or whatever in the beginning I've heard done in electronic music before, so nothing new really. It usually works okay.

Overall a nice tune, but if I were you I'd keep going with it and see where you can get instead of just fading out. It just seemed to be cut a bit short in my opinion.

-RRC-

meh

Well the concept is good and the song certainly has potential, but it just doesn't seem like there's much effort behind it to make it happen. It sounds like you just said, "okay lets do this" and recorded one take and that's it.

If you want something to sound good you have to practice it and have an idea of how it's going to go. The lyrics seem good, and your signing style I like as well, but you did mess up on pitch a few times.

The few parts where you just strummed the guitar like crazy doesn't sound professional at all. If you're going for a palm mute than do a palm mute but don't just strum insanely like that it sounds awful.

I guess I'm being harsh on this considering it's a rough take, but I'm trying to be helpful. There were a few points in the song where it sounded really good, but you need to clean it up for sure. Taking out the first :20 couldn't hurt either, either that or reworking it.

The mic doesn't sound terrible, but it's not great either. You could probably invest in a better one, either that or do a couple test takes to make sure your mic is positioned in the best place.

Not a bad song overall, it has a lot of potential, you just need to make it happen.

-RRC-

Sawdust responds:

Thanks man! I'll gladly work on this.

Not bad

Well the strings from 30-35 sound totally off beat to me, but other than that it sounds pretty solid. The percussion ticks are interesting and seem to suit the track decently, but I think you could have done more than this.

It's a decent small strings song but it doesn't really go anywhere and doesn't strike me as all that moving. Would work well for an ethnic marketplace like you said though.

Sounds like a decent amount of effort was put into it, but the overall song itself doesn't really do much for me. I think you could have extended this and continued the progression to something more epic. As it stands it's just not that interesting to play by itself to me. It ends to quickly and seems without a climax or any real change of mood or melody. Hate to rain on the parade here but that's just my opinion.

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ShatterTheSky22 responds:

I agree that the mood doesn't really change, and capturing a single mood is what I was going for, so in that sense, I'm glad. As for it ending to quickly, I knew by the end of it that this was going to stay simple and probably be an intro-type of song, so I think it changes enough in the time it's given. And as this was more of a purpose piece than something created for its own existence, not having a climax makes it a bit more useful.
Thank you for your review and opinion!
Don't ever be afraid to "rain on the parade." That's what an opinion is for. ^__^

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lol

The intro is kinda funny. It's like you're pretending that you suck, and then you're like Nope! Just kidding =) The intro sounds awful, and then when the beat kicks in it's like, oh okay this is cool.

It's a great electronic tune, the part at 2:55 was really dreamy sounding. The concept behind it is good too, your wife must have loved this.

The synths change throughout the song, but not so much that it sounds like something totally different. In other words, it blends and flows quite nicely.

I was pressing myself to fit this into a genre, I see that you've labeled this as house? I'm not sure what makes it house, but I do like the song. It's very good and the percussion sounds professional. Keep up the great work.

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Nice

Not a bad tune, actually quite soothing. It's pretty long and I'm glad it changes so it doesn't get stale. The main melody is a tad repetitive, but I see what you were going for and I think you pulled it off. The main synth melody is great. Sounds happy and careless.

The change around 3:15 was warranted, as something needed to happen, and I liked that part quite a bit. I think it picked up the pace of the song quite well while remaining a happy and pleasant beat.

4:07 was the best by far. You timed it perfectly, and it sounded great. Not sure why you cut out the synth from 4:24-4:30 though, that to me just sounded a bit weird and uncalled for. It didn't seem in time with anything else, so I personally would have let it play out for a while longer.

The ending was great...pretty much perfect. Funny song name too, lol. Good work with this, keep it up.

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thatbennyguy responds:

Hey SeeD, thanx muchly for the great review.

Repetition has never been my strong point. So instead of trying to eliminate repetition entirely, I have attempted to use reiteration to my advantage. That's what most people pick up.

The pick up at 3:15 was in actuality a fortunate accident, for when I had realised that I had been more than 3 minutes into a song where no drums had played. It turned out to be a refreshing change, as you said.

I wanted that part at 4:07 to be very effective, so I gave 8 bars of straight drums to bring drama. I was thinking of making a whoosh, but that would seem cheesy and probably ruin the song's vibe. Something else which is curious is that I was using a built-in plugin called HardCore for the main synth, which brings on its unique quality. However, this was only the trial version, so it regularly cut out of the mix (unfortunately). So perhaps when I get more funds I may at least get nicer drums first :3

Thank you for all your constructive criticism. You are really helpful and personally an amazing guy. We should totally hang out sometime. I'm free on Thursday?

Benjamin

(Oh, and thx for the complement on the name. I wasn't sure whether or not it would go with the song, but I went with it.)

Meh

It's okay but I don't think it either worked or was mixed well. The idea is interesting though. The guitar part sounds good, and so does the electronic beat, but I don't think they really blend as well as I'd like them to.

I think it would have went better if the guitar sounded differently or if the guitar was generated electronically, but I've never been a big fan of guitars in electronic music personally. To me it just never seems to sound right. Daft punk pulled it off once, but 90% of the time I hear it, it doesn't work in my opinion. So I commend you on your efforts.

The electronic track is good though...the only think I could think of is maybe to turn down the electronic track a bit so it blends better - but even then...I dunno. A few parts it sounded like it went well...just not my cup of tea really. Keep at it though.

-RRC-

MobiusIII responds:

Thanks for the review! I guess i should have made it clear, but I did nothing to make this track. My friend dl'd Trancejump and played his guitar over it. I agree, the sound can be hit or miss for some - but I wanted to share!

Well

My first impression from only being a minute in the song is that it sounds a bit amateur because the melody doesn't change, only the instruments do. I'm totally guilty of it to, so I won't say that I don't do it, but when you keep the exact same notes and just add a bass playing the same thing it just sounds kinda lame, you know? I'd make it play something slightly different so it sounds better...

I like a lot of the instruments you used, the deep bass sounded pretty dirty, the synth was nice and scratchy, and the higher pitched synth was awesome. Love the melody that it played.

It seemed to end a bit prematurely though. Sounds like you just said "ah fuck it" and stopped with it there. I've done that as well, so coming from me that doesn't mean much, lol.

Overall not a bad tune though, I like the echo on the beginning synth for sure. It sounds like it could use a tad bit of tweaking, and maybe a proper ending, but that's about it. Not bad.

Keep up the good work.

-RRC-

Decent

Well the beat certainly is interesting. It's not your usual hip-hop beat at all. Sounds like an ambient track from a flash game or something, but with some added sub bass. I think it was pretty good though. In my opinion, it worked, and it's pretty damn original.

I honestly can't hear where people think you're messing up in your rap. I'm sure you flowed like that because you wanted it to sound a certain way, and I think it sounded pretty good honestly. It sounded fast paced and the breathing wasn't annoying because it was really fast.

The lyrics were good, and some parts were funny. Not sure what more I could ask for there.

The only real criticism I could give you is that I think later in the song you should have introduced a hard snare or clap somewhere so that the beat actually came together you know? Maybe about halfway into the song, a clap would have 'stabilized' the beat if you know what I mean. I think that would take care of some of the complaints of the beat sounding all over the place.

Oh, and I remembered what it is now, the beat sounds like something from Marble Quest on Xbox Live. If you've played it you'll know what I'm talking about.

Keep up the good work.

-RRC-

Well

Musically it's good and makes sense. I can tell you put in a decent amount of effort into this, but honestly I'm not a big fan of this genre. The verses are actually really good, but the chorus almost sounds like a Hollywood Undead ripoff, and I absolutely cannot stand that group. No clue if that was intentional, but the resemblance is almost uncanny.

The beat is good, I like it a lot, so good work on that. The vocals for the verse are good, and I don't see any obvious mixing issues - I think you did a good job mixing it. The 'screaming' I suppose is a taste thing, and to me...it doesn't even sound like screaming it just sounds like a weird noise. I mean listen to some old avenged sevenfold - that's screaming - that 'scream' is just someone making weird noises really...

I'm trying to be unbiased but give you my opinion without sounding like a prick, so hopefully I did an okay job of that. Musically the song works, and the effort shows - It's just not my taste at all. I will admit though that I liked the sounds of the verses, and the idea behind the song was coherent and well thought out - I did like the concept.

Overall I give it an 8/10. It's decently catchy, and the beat is good - plus the effort was noted.

-RRC-

HardcoreClimax responds:

You have no idea how much I appreciate you trying to be unbiased!

We get compared to HU all the time, and it's really unintentional. We don't really hear it, but there must be some truth to it.

The screams in the chorus were just to fill the empty space between lines.

Thanks for your time!

Not bad

Not a bad listen at all really, I like the higher pitched electronic sounds quite a bit actually, and all the variations of it throughout the song. Seems to mix really well with the guitar melody. The percussion certainly sounds like it could have been beefed up a bit, and the guitar comes off as sounding a bit generic if you ask me...but the mixing isn't overall bad because from the sounds of it if you turned up the percussion too much it would just be obnoxious...so I think it's just missing any real beefy kicks. It sounds like treble overkill to me.

Other than that it's really not a bad tune, I like the ending too, lol. The echo on the higher pitched pluck sounds great and somehow blends really good - keep up the good work.

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