ThisIsAnEmergency's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[[NLC] The Great Sea]

Ugh

Remixes.. are very hard for me to judge.

I can appreciate the work you put into this, and to make it 5 minutes and 39 seconds long, is very respectable.

This sounded ok, but I just usually deduct for unoriginality. The melodies in this were very unoriginal (yes, I know that was because it was a remix).

The mastering could have also been so much better. The horn came in and just startled the heck out of me. It also only played in 1 ear? That got very annoying. I hate it when something overpowers the whole song in 1 of my ears.

Also, some of the instruments used in this, just weren't for my taste, some even sounded kind of annoying to me.

You definitely have potential though.

-Emergency
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KrisKrosNL responds:

This is strange, how come I couldn't feel the one-side pain then? Maybe I should have denied the high-pitched into something softer. You're right about mastering that part.

Thanks for the review, though.

[Tumble Towers2 theme]

Smooth

This is very smooth, but hits hard at the same time. I gotta say, you did real well here.

I really loved how it seemed like you kinda mixed 8-bit and real instruments in there, and it changes up a lot. I love that. I hate when the video game music is a simple loop over and over that I barely even like. I loved this one though.

Not much more I can criticize about this one. It sounded great. The violins or whatever they are near the end, were amazing! Really brought that epicness to it.

I must say though, as far as flaws go, the skipping at 5:03 killed me. Not in a good way though.

I really enjoyed listening, thank you for sharing this!

-Emergency
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eatmeatleet responds:

thanks mate, I might actually fix that part

[Life (Bugg)]

Darn

I really wanted to love this piece. The melody was good, but it was way too long to stay the same throughout. If you had a nice Hip-Hop drum-beat behind it, it would be nearly perfect for me.

I did like the vocal samples a lot.

The drums are the main thing that took me away from this, the pattern you had just didn't sound very pleasing. The instruments for the drums, were ok, but the pattern could have been so much better. I've got to agree with saku, you could have added a bit more percussion between the drums.

I still would've loved a nice Hip-Hop drum beat here.

-Emergency
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BuggMusic responds:

Damn, I really didn't realise this was repetitive while I was making it. I'm a bit confused because other people said they liked the drum beat, not sure what to do..

Hmm....

[[dB] iCandy]

Good

I agree with Big Fish, its good but it isn't great. Nothing in this really stands out to me and hits me in the face like it should.

All the instruments used in this were good and all, just none of them really surprised me enough to say wow, that's a good song!

There was a ton of originality in this, but the main thing I didn't like was the pattern of the kickdrum. That was so unoriginal, and you hear it in almost every piece of DubStep/Dance song. After the main intro, however, the song got a lot more original.

The mastering seemed very professional, that was the best part of this song. You're good as far as you're mastering goes, in my opinion.

This just isn't a piece that stands out to me. I'm sorry, but for me, it just didn't have any OOMPH.

-Emergency
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Decibel responds:

Finally! All I was looking for is an honest, decent review - Thanks man! :)

[[Time]]

Simple

You have a good start here, however, this is very simple for a Classical piece. It was about the same melody almost all the way throughout. Very repetitive, which is good in some genre's, such as Hip-Hop, but not in Classical. Classical should usually tell somewhat of a story.

The mastering was ok, not perfect.

Could have blended this piece better from the intro to the middle.

The sound at about 0:45 or so was the best of the piece. Sounded amazing, a very good instrument and a very good melody. I liked all the instruments used in this, but that was the only one that really stood out to me.

All in all, I think you should really try to expand upon this.

-Emergency
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Xyresic responds:

Thanks for the review! Those are definitely some things I will focus on on should I decide to expand the song.

[Turn it]

Unfinished

Ok, I liked the melodies in this. The instruments, however, I did not. I'm usually a fan of 8-bit, but I just don't think you mastered this one very well, so I'm not able to appreciate it as well.

The chirping instrument, was way too loud. So was the main instrument, but the chirping should've been a background type of deal, but it was trying to take over center stage. To be honest, I wouldn't have even added the chirping unless you were going to blend it in there, it just didn't blend very well and I think this short is better off without it so far.

Also, this is just a loop, you really need to expand upon this before I can call it a song. It leaves so much left to the ear, and that's always a bad thing in my opinion.

It did loop VERY well though.

-Emergency
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ErlendHL responds:

Well it goes under Video Game loop. I used the basic chiptuning instruments - just regular square shapes and triangles etc. so I don't know what I could've changed there.
You're the second one saying I must lower the chirping, so I guess there must be something there. With my headphones it sounds balanced but I know how sounds can differ so much when you change sound output!
Thanks for the review! :)

[Newgrounds T-Shirt Commer]

Haha

Not much I can say about this, other than you seem to need a bit better microphone quality.

The effects made it funny, the lines were funny, and the acting was good. Of course, it could have been better. With your ups and lows and your pauses.

Also, I believe you pronounced Jordache wrong? I'm not an English major though, ha.

Overall, funny but could have been better.

-Emergency
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NeutralObjections responds:

Thanks for the review. :) Yes, I'm afraid I do need better equipment, and also i DID happen to pronounce Jordache wrong, as I was corrected by my Music teacher two days after. -_-

Thanks for the review, hope to have a higher level performance in the future.

[<EagleGuard> Wandering]

You got me.

I loved the way you changed it up almost constantly in this but still managed to keep in on structure. Also, the way you had that goofy background but went serious infront of it, was done surprisingly well.

I loved about every instrument in this, except for the rock-guitar and the drums you used.. The plucking guitar was my favorite though. Along with the bass-ish background. The kickdrum seemed incredibly low, as did the snare, and the guitar. The cymbal even seemed kind of low to me. Its like I could barely notice any of the drums were actually there..

The rock/metal guitar in there was either too low or distorted for me. It just sounded terrible in my opinion and really took me away from the piece. The pattern you used it in, however, sounded great with the song.

Overall, I'd say this may need to be mastered a little bit better.

-Emergency
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EagleGuard responds:

Mastering is still something I'm learning, and hopefully I'll "master" that concept one that. Perhaps a boost in the higher frequencies would fix the drums. I always hate EQ'ing drums, as I always load them as a whole set (not one single track per individual drum, but one single track for the entire thing). This means I need to EQ the drum part as a whole, which can be quite difficult. Still, practice makes perfect, and hopefully I'll be able to perfect that skill as well.

The electric guitar was artificially lowered by one octave, but that was to prevent muddiness in the mix and provide an equal distribution of frequencies. Sorry to hear you didn't like it though. Not sure what I can do to 'fix' that, apart from lowering the distortion.

Anyway, thanks for the review!

[KKS - Parkour Jam]

Unoriginal

I've gotta say, I loved the way you blended all these different elements together into one track. Classical and DnB seem to fit real well when you mix them. The change-ups were also a very pleasant surprise. As well as the instruments sounded great to the ear.

However, while this seems original, it also seems very unoriginal. As in, the melodies you had before the change-ups were brought it, seemed very generic to me. Along with the drum pattern you had all throughout the song was very unoriginal. If I were to get into more details about it, I'd say the violin and classical background melodies I have both noticeably heard before. I'm not trying to just look for an excuse or anything, I promise you that. I'm not trying to be a jerk either. I have to deduct the originality points, as that's a big premise in my judging.

Honestly though, if this is your first serious step into DnB.. then you have a bright future in this genre.

-Emergency
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KKSlider60 responds:

Although I try to understand your points, you seem to be stuck in a narrow vision you label "originality". Everything have already been written around the globe and the fact you might have heard some parts of this track is both undeniable and quite irrelevant, for me. I used generic melodies because it's still a test track, and a starting point for any other possible DnB-like tracks. I made it to give myself an idea on how to structure the tracks according to my imagination and will to carry on what I look for. I thank you for explaining the reasons behind your judgement, but I cannot fully agree with it either because in my eyes, some parts are still imbued by how people generally perceives some aspects of sound. ;) I gotta say though, it's the most honest review I've got in a long while and I greatly appreciate this :D
KKS

[Alto - Stop And Look - ET]

Welcome back

Its about time you've come back. I still don't understand why you took down all your tracks.. In my opinion, a lot of them were better than this one, no offense.

I'll start with the good points. Just about everything was good, most of the lyrics were really great. Although some of them, were stuff I've heard before. Your flow, is amazing. Enough said. You have a great voice for rapping and a good singing voice as well. The beat was great. Nice choice in that one.

Now, with that being said, you could've made the voices at the beginning sound less... dumb... I wasn't sure how serious this track was until you hit the beat and started taking over.

Some of the lyrics through me for a loop. I'd hate to say this, but a few of them seemed to just be there because they rhymed. However, with THAT being said, most of them did fit nonetheless.

I love Hip-Hop, so I am inclined to judge this a lot harder than I would other pieces.

Also, I can really appreciate the message you had in this one, I actually felt it.

-Emergency
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hellbound182 responds:

heyy man! i Appreciate this review no doubt man
this is great because i can only learn from this and become a better artist
as for the tracks that are gone i am busy rewriting them and reproducing the sound
cause i made those in a studio in SXM and i in NL now and i have a studio of my own so i wanted to make them perfect the way i had imagined them, and now it's best to do em cause i can actually take my time with em but keep on the lookout they gunna be dope! and thanks for the support man!