TheBellmaker's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Improvisation Number One]

A recording?

Nice improvisation. A nice sorta calming feeling to it. It conjures up images of a jazz club right after closing time. I liked how you used only two instruments to create a fantastic song. Nice melodies going on there, too.

Suggestions: There's not really enough going on in the song. You have two intruments and thats it, A hi hat, just one hi hat would have made the song much better. Since this is an improvisation, I can't really say your song lacks structure. And if this was a recording do us all a favor and cut of the first 12 seconds of silence. plz.

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Adam-Beilgard responds:

Curse my western education. Jazz was not meant to be a part of this, though heavy use of pentatonics can make someone hear that. That being said, there are in fact three instruments you hear: saxophone, guitar and flute. The flute carrys the drone in its low register, it's what is playing those first very quiet 12 seconds. If it were jazz, hi-hat would've been great. Since it's not, I stuck with those three.

Thanks for your review!

[{GBD} Driveing 3rd Gear]

loops?

I recognized a lot of loops in there. and a pad.

There was some effort in there, setting the loops to the perfect tempo. But you might want to include more of your oirignal melodies.

But overall a kool song though.

DoobyTimePiece responds:

oh yah i agree. i m just geting the feel of the FL thing but i got the mixing effort down atleast.

[Whales, Whales, Whales]

Interesting, I must review this song

Nice upbeat melody in the main body of the song. The intro was simply smashing. Then you used the gate effect and the guitar starts in. That was pretty kool. Then after the third instrument somes in the songs creates a more mysterious feeling. Overall a very good song.

Suggestiongs: I think some of the instruments are clashing. I'm not entirely sure. But other than that this was a pretty awesome song.

MusicIsBliss responds:

thanks for the review.
I usually make my songs happy, but my main focus with drums is to make them sound less happy because it is always TOO upbeat.
and yeah, the gating was one of my favourite parts.

instruments are clashing a bit, i tried to avoid it as much as i could, but at some point in the song, all 3 instruments are leads, so it was hard to make them all stand out in their own way, the struggle i shall continue fighting forever.

[==(Ice Desert called Eart]

Yes

Nice calm, feeling to it. Nice intro then BAM the drums come in. great panning and sound fx, too. I liked the mixture of synth and orchestral elements in it. Overall, a very good songs. I saw all the effort that went into this pay off.

Suggestions: not really anything to improve on. Maybe you could turn down the frequency on that one instrument. that's probably it.

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[Smoke On The Water (Demo)]

This... is... awesome

Very nice remix of the song. I remember playing this song in band back in middle school. It starts out mysterious, then it gets running with the main theme. Has a nice upbeat feel to it. Overall, a very nice remix of the original songs.

Suggestions: hmmm, I can't really think of one. Maybe at the end you can end with a bit more of a bang. That's all I can really pick out.

P.S. u use FL? I recongnize that snare.

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ShortMonkey responds:

Haha yes I use FL. Good program. Thanks for the review.

[Carbon Baby (part 2)]

Oh yea XD XD XD!!

It has a nice fast tempo. Very good percussion line. It makes me think of eing chased through metal hallways. I can see a lot of effort going into this. The effects are nice too. The melodies flow very nicely, and the transitions are very smooth.

Suggestions: the bass intruments kinda blares out the rest of the song at times. You might want to turn it down a bit. Then it'll be perfect!!

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WritersBlock responds:

The main focus was having most of the energy coming from the drums and the bass. I could have turned it down, but too much and it would have become too weak. True, it might sound better if I bring the main melody out more, but most of it is decoration.

Thanks for the review. Glad you like it!

[Zenad-The Sad and Truth]

unorthodox it is.

It's ok. It has a nice flow to it. But some parts seem rather rough.

Zenad responds:

yes it is like that on purpose hehe

[A Motionless Symphony]

I sense a steel drum

Nice track. very relaxing. good combination of synth and ochestral elements. Nice transitions, too. I like this track

9/10

5/5

[{IDR}-ExoTech]

Nice

Sorry I didn't have time before too look at this (or listen I should say) XD. It has a nice ambient feel but I sense a lot of movement too. Overall very nice feel to it. I think its good as is.

IDReaper responds:

Thanks for coming back to check out my audio. I like your description of what the audio feels like.

[Tetra Eclipse]

1 review coming right up..

Nice beat and melodies. at :31 it gets really awesome. Has a nice dreamy and synthy feeling to it.

Keep up the good work!