Dj-PinkWalrus's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[_-={Crumbling Cathedral}=-_]

Great job!

Dude, your compositional skills are outstanding, and this piece shows that for sure. My one bit of constructive criticism would be that you should master the voice a little better next time so it sounds a bit clearer, but that is assuming that you didn't intend for the voice to sound the way it does. I mean, to be perfectly honest, besides the ever so slight voice difficulty, this piece is practically perfect. I would just work on mastering it a little better next time so it doesn't sound too crowded at certain points. If you don't yet have a mastering program, i would suggest izotope ozone. But anyways, you have done a fantastic job on this piece. It would fit perfectly in a castlevania game.
Now, honestly, i'm really curious about what sort of approach you take when your writing your songs. Meaning, do you start out with the beginning and just improvise from there, or do you lay out some sort of plan and then follow suit. Because, whatever it is that you're doing, it's working 100%.

MaestroRage responds:

Thanks PinkWalrus :D! I'm glad you liked the piece!

The voice was indeed quite difficult to master, but it was great practice for me, and LadyArsenic's voice made it really easy to work with!

Approaches you say eh?

Well I won't lie, I used to make up some simple melody, riff, or chord, and then randomly built off that. Nowadays however I don't will build a somewhat complicated segment, or part of the song. Around 30 seconds in length. I will then listen to that segment for a while to see what ideas I can stem for before and after it.

After that, i'll try to emphasize the feeling with different instruments and counter melodies.

However this too is fast becoming an old tactic, nowadays i'll build the songs bones, and then just flesh it out. Thats not to say from time to time I don't just go with the flow, but it's better to be able to build what you want, rather then what you are feeling at the time.

Thanks for the review again, i'm glad you liked it ^^.

[Nosebleed (update)]

i like... I LIKE!!!!

Dude, you did a nice job on this song, especially on the drumbeat. It just had a very nice fluid feel to it. It sounds as if the song were driving through a city while a bunch of crazy shit was going on around it, but the song doesn't care, it just keeps on plodding. Nice job. I five this bytch.

Envy responds:

The thing about this song was, it was really easy to make... It's good having a good beat to build on cause it just flows out of you, and you dont even have to work... Your mind does it for you! Thanks for the review (I love that first drumfill XD)

[Feel Good Remix - Dj-SlingSh0t]

Nice

This is a pretty interesting remix here. It's nice because it really doesn't sound anything like the original song. That was due to a nice use of sampling there, which was not corny in the least in this song. I've been listening to some of your other stuff here, and i'd have to say that you do a really good job at the composition and mastering of these pieces. Though i do not find this remix nearly as catchy as the original song, it's understandable when you're dealing with such hit track. Now, my criticism would be that the entire song sounded as if it could use a speed jump but it never sped up, it just remained the same pace. But anyways, good job on this and all of your pieces. Keep up the good work.

P.S. to answer your earlier question, i'm using fruity loops plus the plugins Atmosphere, Massive, and FM8, plus the mastering program Ozone. You should be able to google them without much trouble.

zakk123 responds:

Thnx for the review man.

[El Gigante]

kinda cliche, but well done!!!

allright, so here's the breakdown. this song is pretty well written, and well mixed. i would just work on making it sound a little more distinguished from the shit that's already there on the market. but hey, it's still a good piece! keep up the good work, and hit me up some time, i'm curious to see what you'd think of my stuff.

DaGrahamCraka responds:

thx, ill check out your stuff.

[[Crystal Cavern g-R]]

hey, dis shyt is pretty fukqin good!

Now to start this review off, i have to say, this is a pretty good piece, but definitely not your best. If i could change some things, i would probably change that pulsating synth that starts the song off, and try to make the melody a little more diverse and less video game like. Though don't get me wrong, cause i'm definitely not trying to bash this piece. It for sure has some great production value! Keep up the good work! oh, and check my latest piece and tell me what you think of the remastering. Anyways, keep on truckin, you're heading in the right direction with these pieces!

g-r4ve responds:

I like the pulsating synth =[ lol

[_-={The Dead's Witness}=-_]

Wow!

Dude, you're really producing some nice commercial quality music here! The arrangements are amazing in this song! Now, for constructive criticism, I honestly can't find much, but here it goes. If i were to change one thing to this song, it would be to fix those bells in the second half, because they seem a little out of place, and way to prominent for my tastes. Yet, honestly, that's the only thing i can find wrong with this song, whatsoever. Really nice job here!

MaestroRage responds:

Those bells were an area of big debate for me, the image I had was that of a fearless, unkillable sword wielding monster, and when I thought of that, I got the image of a Samurai, and the bells are supposed to emulate the image of standing in a serene snow storm, blade raised to his head, tense, standing there looking at the non-existent opponent. Perhaps I went too far with the sound in hopes it would show too much, I personally kinda like it :D.

Oh well, when the project comes out on release, i'll post the full version, it's a good size longer.

Thanks for the review PinkWalrus, means a good deal to me, i'm glad you enjoyed it!

[_-={These Angels of War}=]

kickass!

dude, this is one masterful piece you have here! I really love the chorus in this song. A very powerful piece! Man, if only I knew more about how to create classical pieces, I would be able to give you some constructive criticism, but man, you've mastered this stuff. I could honestly see you going into symphony composition as a career of sorts, because you're rocking out the classical music like none other.

MaestroRage responds:

Thank you, i'm glad you liked the piece! This one took a while to finish to be honest, but it was worth it. It was also supposed to a be a good deal longer, but constant conflicts with segments and myself resulted in deleting big parts of it.

In any case it served it's purpose and so it was a success!

Thank you for your review, once again i'm glad you liked the piece ^^.

[[Solidifed Water g-R]]

nice job!

This is a pretty nice sounding track. If i were to change one thing, it would be to add a more complex drum beat, but the drum beat you have suits the style nicely anyways. Again, you've got some well done music here. i just don't get how you can pump out so many songs in such a short amount of time.

g-r4ve responds:

I think I hit a groove or something lol. I could release more but im tired

[[Rave Mammoth 2 g-R]]

dude, nice job

well, since this track is very well written and mastered, i will skip to the one bit of constructive criticism I can come up with. If I were you, i might try a little harder to add some form of evolution to the instruments themselves, in the way of fading in and out using a filter, or just by fading the volume over time. Besides that, it is an incredibly well written piece. I like. Try checking out my latest piece, Breaking free, because i'm really looking for some pointers from an experienced artist such as yourself.

g-r4ve responds:

as I said to jermins down below... you really need a profile, but ill do a search. Yeh my next one is gonna be fast and heavily FXed. So it'll blazing and diverse