Redse7en's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Anuwera]

Very beautiful piece all around. Everything was seamless and the melody spoke to me. The highs were high and the lows were well timed. Perfect music to write to :) I'd love to hear how dark you could go on a full track based off the first 15 seconds. It'd be non-stop goosebumps no doubt :) Planning on posting 2015 work?

pftq responds:

Thanks! No words to describe what a surprise it is to hear from you. :D You might want to check out Darkerly Stormy - an older but very fun one to listen to. I definitely like going down the dark/horror route a lot. Really horror-oriented and really blissful stuff is what I feel really comfortable writing for some reason.

2015 is going a bit slow for me. Need to get myself into a creative environment again to get some inspiration. But yes, definitely want to keep going this year.

[in the works]

Nice creativity here making this upbeat melody. Good use of chords on the saw synth to keep that feeling going. You've got a memorable tune :)

Only thing that I notice is at 1:20, your clean chords get muddied by the bass I think. It sounded perfect right before that.

Keep up the good work!
~Red

DJRitzy responds:

thanks for the advice!

[(PM)- Blazing]

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erahhhhhhh yahyahyahyahyahyah dundundundundun wowowowowowowow

That's a healthy bass sound you got there. You definitely know how to sequence parts together and you got an ear for abstract sounds.

My suggestion for you is to compose a hook within the first 20 seconds to tease the listener enough that they don't click fast forward. The song was satisfying but I felt like it needed a personal touch - possibly some one shots that you can call your style. Try to go outside the box and add in some snippets like a trance melody, a sequence of pretty notes or a bunch of sound bytes you smashed together in a fun way.

Keep it up :)

~RedSe7en

Parkerman1700 responds:

Hey thanks for the awesome review man!
Yeah I know exactly what you mean, I'm sure I could definitely add a few melody loops of the sort. And actually this might be the longest build up of any song I've made, so that makes sense too! haha

Thanks for the awesome review and the 10 man.

[DiscoSex(WiP)]

My love is your love and your love is mine!

First off I want to thank you for writing an in-depth review to my song and apologize for not responding to your review request sooner.

Here goes my review on your newest piece:

First off you made good use of the filter right from the start making it transition in cleanly. No problems there.

You made good use of the vocals as mentioned by other reviewers.

I like the deep hitting kicks and bass that follows. I don't know if I would consider 42 seconds a song but this has great potential to be a transition piece for a long club mix or an intro segment. It really all depends on what you are trying to accomplish with this piece.

You also have the electro background in there with the constant fading buzz and then you bring it into the foreground very cleanly. Something I love to hear and wish I had time to do in my songs.

All around nice piece for what I'm thinking about with the intro to a hard hitting song.

Hope my review helped as much as yours helped me!

~RedSe7en

DavidRx responds:

thx for the deep review dude :D

sadly..cnat continue this track D: lost the project... :(

[Lift You Up (Demo Version #1)]

Liked it

...but didn't like what Aisarene said... "Post better stuff on here."

..but meh... you're her producer so I guess it's not how I think she might have said it. Liked the house style swing with the chill feeling. Work on some melodies that are more catchy. Music is all about mind games! When you're done being abstract, find something original and make that your style.

~R7

Xayro responds:

lol It isn't my best song. I didn't want to put my better stuff on newgrounds at first. This is the 2nd track I uploaded. My catchy original stuff generally isn't so much dance as it is avant-garde fusion of multiple styles, usually based in softer stuff.

[Faded (Abstraction) -Mell]

Kinda like a flashback

I love it. Everything is EQ'ed right and nothing seems out of range on my computer (I do not adjust my personal EQ, all stock). One thing I would like to hear from this is more adlib drum beat breaks before the bass cuts in and when they cut out. Watch the volume on some of the higher pitch sound effects and make sure the (res) isn't peaking when it comes in. I don't know how you did the strings / guitar but I would love to hear more rythm and funky drums in the middle like a James Bond meets Solid Snake feel. You got it going but around 47secs but it could definitely be more funky.

One more thing to test. Try giving it a little more swing.

Awesome stuff you got here!
~RedSe7en

TheCon-Sept responds:

As far as the drum beat goes... I haven't figured out what to add to it. However I have changed a few of the sounds to make it more "toned" correctly. I missed it the first go around. I am trying to change the main background to at least add in a new chord or vary it smoothly. been thinking of adding a bit more vox's as well. but nothing fits the mood.

[Karco -- Aurora --]

My 2 cents

First off I just wanted to say thanks for reviewing my song in such detail. I'm going to try to do the same for you so here goes.

I like the big effect in the beginning but later on it seems to be more powerful than the actual main melodie line. Just a heads up on that part.

I love the hard thumping and pumping sound you have generated here. The smooth melodies you made with it definately gave it a type of euro feel to it with your own unique style. I can definately tell you have a unique talent with your music writing. Is that a keyboard you have?

At the end the synths you used were supurb however I felt like it could have gotten harder. Heres my advice which I do on a regular basis. Listen to your synth over and over play your song and copy that melodie to play exactly over on another synth so you have two synths playing at the same time with only one melodie. You can also change the pitch of the second and make it sound different. It gives your song more body and you can do it with anything. Drums, bass, buildups ect. If I had to say I had one secret I've been keeping from other people in Newgrounds hidden it would have been that. You can even change the melodie up some on the second line and the effects and it's very fun to do. Hope this helps out some.

This dosn't sound like Fruity Loops so is this Reason or something? I'd be interested to know. <3 that melodie again and keep up the great work!

~RedSe7en

Karco responds:

Hey, RedSe7en! Thanks for stopping by to review my song, and you're welcome for reviewing yours. :)

You know, while the melody is mostly my work I can't take full credit for it - this used to be a collab between B34T1N and I but it took off on me and turned into a full song. :D See, he suggested a little part while it was still a collab, and that little part inspired me to change the melody quite a bit, making it so much better I didn't even think about dropping it. :D But everything else is fully my composition. (And no, I didn't use a keyboard for this song... or any of my others, for that matter.)

Wow... that tip right there (in the big paragraph, the second-to-last one) I would never have thought of but I'll definitely give it a try! It sounds like a great one.

Reason? Hah, no, this is FruityLoops. :P I used the VST Vanguard for my synths, and an AWESOME bassdrum I found a while ago. All the other drums (the hihat, clap, and snare roll) and the "tsssseeeeeeooooowwww" hit are from a pack I bought a while ago which hasn't yet let me down. :D

Thanks again for the review! Glad you enjoyed the song. :)

[[FG]AreYouReady[FG]]

Kewl!

This song has what I call your "General Euro Feel" which is not much emphasis on snare or hats but more on the kick and bass going with sounds of a crowd roaring or a person singing something. Euro techno in my opinion is almost like how Earnest Hemmingway wrote his books - short, sweet, and to the point. Im going to say that this song sounds like it fits in more with techno but really its up to how you define these music genres as an artist and master of your own work.

I like very few songs out of this genre of music however I find that if I do actually like a song from this genre, I keep it on my immediate playlist. This song I can be safe to say that it will go on my playlist :) I love how the intro and outro played out. One thing I can critique about is how I wanted the main melodie to be longer and more unique but thats just me. I've never tried this genre in its true form so what I just sugguested could also butcher your song. Hope I've helped some!

~Red 7

Flashgigant responds:

wow thanks for this great review!!

hmm i think the genre is HandsUp! but who cares about this ;)

"This song I can be safe to say that it will go on my playlist :)"

YES!! :-)

yea the lead is a lil short, but that's just right for this genre.
this is a review that helps a producer to make his songs better!
thanks again!

[FG]

[dj_padman - Klung]

Amazing!

I have always loved the sound of Nine Inch Nails and you seem to as well or atleast mimic their style to perfection even they could not achieve. Excellent sound track to someone looking for an industrial animation with a setting in the near future with a dystopian theme. This song reminded me of the game "Deus Ex" with suddle yet powerful flow of rythmic and highly distorted samples taking in account the need for people to listen to music now adays in stereo and not mono like some ng users still do. You've inspired me which at this point of my hobby/career of music mixing, was thought to be impossible. Keep up your great work. All I can really say to critique you is that I see alot of songs submitted very close together in reference to time. If true quality of your talent could be reached by taking some more time to tweak a song then I sugguest you try that out and see your full potiential.

~Red 7

dj-padman1 responds:

Thanks for taking the time to listen and share your ideas.
thanks for the NIN comparison! I feel I have a long way to go though. Deus Ex, I was hooked on that game for ages so maybe some of it rubbed off onto me ;)
I'm honoured that you've been inspired, great to hear, anything can set it off if my music can!
You've raised a very good point about the duration that a song takes getting prepared. Some songs I do slave away for a week on, some in one session. I suppse quality over quantity is always the way to go.
Well, thanks once again!

[Feral-Fox - Set Free (DEMO)]

Happy :)

Very nice tune man! I'm loving the melodie! People will download this definately for rave parties and stuff lol. This is a True Happy Rave in my opinion :) I wish it lasted longer though and didnt have such an abrubt ending so that flash peeps can use it easier without tweaking maybe. Other than that you got everything down and I'm very proud of you! I'd really like to remix your melodie sometime and maybe mess with it a little and see what you think. I do like this song because it seems like now instead of listening to mono headphones its all stereo and you got a surround sound going. Very professional to do this type of thing which average people seem to struggle with. All the luck in the world with music man :)

~Red 7

Feral-Fox responds:

Another Awsome Review by Red7!

Thanks, im glade you liked it. It will be longer since this is just a demo obviously. The mono and surround thing is basicly me getting little better eqing I guess huh :p Thanks much for the review.

Feral-Fox