Indigorain's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Left Behind (Prog House)]

Crisp!

Loved the overall sound, prog house isn't really my thing.
But still, your mastering sounds nice, I really like the panned hihats, and the small panned plucks after the last buildup sound great! I like your massive sidechain, give it a lot of feel to it.
The chord progression at the breakdown was ok, but didn't quite sound as catchy or epic as it could be. I did like it, it had great strings/pads and the progression was nice, I really liked the dorian chord, but at 2:43/2:44, there's a Major 5 dominant chord, which sound like it'd resolve in the Minor 1, gewoon het grondakkoord :P, but it switches to that major 6 (I think), it makes things a lot less catchy. Nonetheless, it's a well-thought chord progression, and it sure is better then most progressions you here in electronic music.
Anyway, props, good job, I really liked the smooth and crisp sound of the track.
Keep it up, big 5 from me! :D

Mea-Anima responds:

Hey there,

Thanks for the review, the best one i've had in a while. Yeah as for the break, i totally screwed up the pitch filter when exporting it. It should be an entire octave lower as a whole lol. Well, ill make sure to contact you when the song is done (if i will ever finish this).

Thanks again,
PotencY

[-=Red Skies=-]

Nice!

Fast paced, clear melodies and nice solos! It totally reminds me of dimrain, great work.
I love your strings, strong and fluent.
Your structure is great, not too repetitive, but still not too short in sections. Again, props on the piano solo :D
Great work, keep it up man! 5/5, fav fo sho, for your nice nostalgic dimrain sound :D

viewtifulday responds:

Thanks for the review :D Appreciate the feedback!

[|And You|]

Sweet!

Starts out nice with those plucks, I like those :D
I like your kick and bass, nice and punchy, and your bassline is funkeh :D
I recommend two things, first of all, it's better to use different percussion for the breakbeat then your main kick and snare, choose some percussion different from you main sounds, as if you're making a dnb song for a very small section.
Secondly, I recommend that you could change your second synth melody (not the plucks) a little more along the lines of the chords. Sometimes the notes don't really fit perfectly, you could easily fix that :D
Nonetheless, great song, I loved the mastering, crisp and punchy percussion, those plucks were awesome and the lead really fit in.
5/5, keep it up man, sounds sweet!

kirja100 responds:

hah)
this melody is "hard construction" and mb sounds uncorrect :)
Thank you!!!

[Daydream(RedMoon Deejay Remix)]

WHY DID I NOT REVIEW THIS?

Dude, I love your Happy hardcore works, your mastering is great, I love your song structure, effects, and I loved how the bass stopped when the acid sound kicked in.
Your triplet part is SO AWESOME, THOSE BELLS!
Your hihat could be a little more centered there, it's kinda distracting.
WOOT GLITCHBREAK
Epic breakdown, you didn't make it too long, I love that.
Man, your song structure is awesome, lot's of variety, your melodies are awesome, your mastering is astounding, and your overall feel is happy and euphoric.
Overall, your song is epic, awesome, euphoric and to the point.
10/10, 5/5 and I had this already favourited :P
Please, keep it up!! :D

[summerphresh! - Party Girlz!]

SO GOOD

That's some great hands-up, the small touches are amazing!
It's totally badass, especially because you don't hear much good handsup these days, because it's fairly easy to make when you're just starting, but most people don't stick in that phase and start making dubstep or dnb.
Anyway, it's pretty much perfect, I don't have anything to criticise about :D
5/5, fav, KEEP DAT SHIT UP >:D

[JEBBAL - Never-ending Scale*-*]

WUT? >:O

YOU PLAYIN MINDGAMES WITH ME SON?

Jebbal responds:

I sure am! Has the scale ended for you yet?

Thanks for the review!

[ZP || Lost in Thought]

Sweet!

Awesome atmostphere, loved your overall feel!
I got one thing though, when you get down to the beat at 1:25, you could use something extra in the beginning. Perhaps a pad or subtle submelody. Perhaps some small hits every now and then. Just to keep it more full and thus more interesting.
Don't have any complaints about the rest, I guess, I loved your arps, strings, pads, the piano melodies were nice and smooth, great use of filtering, your kick was crisp, clap could perhaps use some eq'ing, but it was nice nonetheless.
LOVED your pad at 3:47, awesomeawesomeawesome. I like how piano melody smootly kicks in, you really gave it a good trance feel man!
Nice going getting back to the chorus after that buildup, great work placing that piano melody in for variation! I kept being amazed by your sweeps down, they just sound so fitting.
I loved your whole buildoff, you did great how you built off the piano there in the outro, and again, great pads and strings.
Well, hardly any critics at all, I loved it, great trance atmosphere, nice instrumentation, good use of effects, great work man!
5/5, keep it up! Looking forward to hearing some more!

ZachPayne responds:

Thanks for the critique! I appreciate the honesty in there. :)
Looking back I now see that around 1:25 was indeed a bit empty as you said. Thanks for listening.

[Piano Trance]

Nice use of percussion, but it could use some more

I like your hihats, they got nice subtle variation. Your kick is nice and punchy, your snare sounds crisp.
Your could add a lot of things to this song though. Try to give it more structure.
Give it a nice intro, some pads behind the piano, then you can build it up with a sweep up, towards the chorus. You could also give it a nice submelody to improve the atmosphere.
Then you could add a lot of nice things in the chorus. Try messing around with some nice synth lead melodies, a simple offbeat bass and and offbeat hihat. The solo's could really be nice in a mid section or breakdown. After that, you can go back to your chorus, perhaps add a little something extra, pads or arps and then after that you can build off in the outro.
I really like your melodies and solo's and your percussion is fine. Your song could just use some more structure and instrumentation.
Good job man, keep it up!

Longenuity responds:

Perfect. Review. Thanks so much! I will get started on building this up into an actual song.

[Rainbow Airforce]

Nice!

Great man!
Despite the cheesy chord progression in the beginning, you managed to be very original!
First of all, your snare has this weird oldschool 80's 90's feel to it, I loved that!
Then your leads are nice and videogame-ish and I loved your melodies.
The dubsteppy breakdown in the beginning was a nice touch. The bass was not extremely cut out for the thing, but it still sounded really cool.
I totally loved your sidechaining later on in the song. It gave it a totally awesome feel, especially how it sounds without a kick.
Anyway, awesome oldschool sound, loved the feel, awesome melodies. Great to hear amazing music like this from a fellow dutchman! :D
5/5, Fav, keep it up man! Lovin' it!

JackLiddle responds:

I'm not dutch, but thanks a lot! I haven't gotten a review that long in a while. :P
This is the first song I've made using sidechaining as I only just recently learned how to do it. I've never been a huge fan of this generic dancey-ish kick beat, and I can't often think of ways to make it sound good, but I figured with the whole sidechaining thing, this was a good opportunity to give it a go.

Your review is much appreciated ^^

[|Fairy Tale|]

Nice

I really like the concept, but the song could use some improvement.
For example, your vocals sound nice, but they could use some editing, subtle reverb and delay, perhaps something like a vocoder (you shouldn't overdo that). And, not to sound harsh, I really like the vocals, but I think it would catch on more if they were in english. Perhaps a reminder for future projects with vocals. :]

Also, your kick has a snare-feel on top of it. That sounds fine when it's nearing a build-up, but it's a bit too much if you use it everywhere in the song. I recommend taking a kick that has the same nice punch to it (or eq'ing it till it has that punch), because the kick is great, it's just that that snare-ish sound is a bit too much.

One final recommendation is that the song could use a little more to fill it in. A nice pad or (arping) submelody could do wonders.
These are just recommendations to keep in mind for future projects, I'm not trying to be a nitpicking asshole :P
Keep it going man, nice work, keep it up! :D
5/5

kirja100 responds:

WOW
Honestly, i don't very love this track, cause I made it boring.
I'm very glad, that you drew attention to the vocal - it is wonderful part of song, I think too :DD
Hehe...what about language - I created song, cause I'm russian, BUT - I love english song's and i do project with acapella "In My Dreams" , hope it will be nice :D
I very appreciate your wonderful review.
HOT Thank you for the nice tips!
Cheers
-DJYourSmile