DylanGlow's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

["Flood"]

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I really enjoyed this piece, every part of it. Every instrument just flows so well and the vocals are great. Really, it's just a very well done, good sounding song. As SunTzuWoot said, you don't get many full sounding bands on Newgrounds and when you do they usually suck. I very much enjoy this piece! Please, keep playin'. The only few things I noticed that seemed out of place were towards about 3:30 I feel the guitar is a little overpowering, it's nice to get that solo sound but I think it should balance a little more with the rest of the instruments. Other than that it was flawless. Great fret work, vocals, drum patterns and everything. Way to go! ^_^

~Dylan ^_^

DukeAholibamah responds:

Thanks for your review and 10 score! We're glad you like it. I agree the mix isn't perfect, but that's why we call it a demo. For the money we spent recording, I don't think it could've been much better, although I agree that on some speaker systems the guitars do seem a bit much at 3:30 (like my crappy comp speakers).

[[SD] FF8 - Peaceful Balamb]

Impressive.

Not bad my friend. What I like a lot about it is it's pretty loyal to the original song by Uematsu. There are a few things I have to comment on though. At some points the clarinet/bassoon sound you've got going is pretty overpowering to the rest of the piece, maybe a more mezopiano sound would swell better with a forte pizzicato or harp or something like that. It's just a repetetive low to high pitch which tends to irritate the ears a bit so I think in some parts it just needs to be softened. Other than that you've done Uematsu proud. Well done!

~Dylan Glow ^_^

[{^} Omniscient Eye {^}]

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This is perfect ambient sound; ambience at it's best! It's just there in the background so the ears don't get bored! Wonderfully composed! I can picture many multiple scenes that I could apply this to. I'm actually enterin' a film contest due in March and I can see parts that this would fit perfectly in, so I might contact you, if that's alright, to see if we could possibly use this in the film, all credit due of course. Just really though, perfect.
~Dylan

Omninescience responds:

Sounds like a good idea, perhaps we should talk through a PM and discuss it.

[SizzloRox - Air]

Keep at it!

It's not too bad my friend, just keep workin' at it a bit. My suggestions to you would be to veer away from the typical sounding dance/trance sounds, y'know the one that goes, "nnts nnts nnts nnts"? It's also WAY too skinny, it's very random and bland, you just have to have it flow and keep the sound together. Keep at it! ^_^
~Dylan

[[TMM43]Digital Girl [?]]

2 thumbs vertical!!!

Nice job! I'm guessing it's a nice remix, although I've never heard the original! It reminds me a lot of Star Child. I love the sounds you chose, they really go together well. The synths really flow and make you want to move your feet, y'know? Nice work, keep it up!

~Dylan ^_^

[DbX - Winter's Glare]

Hm...

Not bad DBX. I can sense the ambience you went fo but there a few things in there that really take away from the composition you have. The "tick" on every beat you have really works on the nerves and steers away from the song itself. The transition of bells/ride/cymbals/whatever really works well. When you start adding in the, what I'd call bridge, melody it really picks up. Not too bad. Keep workin'! ^_^

~Dylan Glow ^_^

Shamukh responds:

When you say "tick", do you mean the kick? That seems to be the only thing hitting on each beat, but there's a lot of other high-freq ticking going on during. D:

Anyway, thanks for reviewing! :D

[Im Gettin High Tonight]

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My first question is... why? Why do this to music? I'm not sure how long you've been doin' this but maybe, just maybe, you should find a different profession and/or a different style of music at least. The beat wasn't really... "horrible" per se, but it was one of the most repetetive beats I've ever forced my ears to listen to. The "rapping", or whatever that was supposed to be, honestly wasn't the worst I've heard, the chorus, however, was really off tune and made my ears bleed... just a little, don't worry. The concept of the song was one of the dumbest I've ever heard of and didn't even bring it forward in a pressing or even humorous way. I guess all I can say is, keep at it. Hopefully you'll get better. The only reason I gave you a "1" was because you at least put forth some time from your life to make a song that you, obviously, are proud of, due to the fact that you've uploaded it to the public. If this review, to you, was from the perspective of an "ass" I apologize, I'm just trying to let you know what I, personally, think was wrong with this song. Just work harder and focus on your vocals, you're not that bad at actually "rapping" and you have potential. Just keep at it.

~Dylan Glow ^_^

kingj4life3 responds:

you do know this is a rip off of 50 cents "im gonna die tonite"?

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^_^ <- Smiling

I like this one quite a bit. At about 1:07 in the song and and on I think there needs to be a few note correctiongs, there's a few that sort of clash a little. All-in-all not bad, definately needs a little work. Suggestions on my part would be to maybe have a bit more sustained areas. What I mean is that, some of the piano and what-not tend to just kind've hit without the feeling of that sweet melody sounds like when held out with a soft fade. I can definately hear that just make the song great. Keep up the good work and a very merry Christmas to you as well. ^_^

~Dylan Glow ^_^

[Do u Feel the Beat]

Not too bad.

Hey Jurian, it's pretty good. The beat was a little slow and dragging to a repetitive extent and I couldn't understand any of the vocals. It was a pretty relaxed song that has quite a bit of potential, just needs a little work. Not too shabby! ^_^

~Dylan Glow ^_^

[Deadly Nightmare]

Uhh...

There's a few things in here where you can tell you took a nice attempt at the song. The percussion and filler riffs come out every now and then. The title "Deadly Nightmare" just doesn't really seem to fit the piece, I don't really get that feeling of horror or approaching death. Also, if you're going to use Fruity Loops, try to stay away from using the preset voices, it just takes away a lot from the song, I mean, the "148 in progress..." bit just doesn't really fit. Also it's a really repetetive song, try to mix things up a bit, give it a new sounds here and there. For example, the majority of songs are set up as verse, verse, chorus, verse, verse, chorus, bridge... etcetera, and they change but keep the same flow. It was a nice attempt though, keep at it and you'll get much better.

~Dylan Glow ^_^

Joeyjojohn responds:

yeah i usially try n keep away from the preset voices but idk i used em n yeah i cant think of a name so i put a generic 1. Still workin on makin the song into verses n makin a chorus.

thx 4 the actual review... good reviews are rare here on Newgrounds