Dj-Brand0's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sungazer (OM)]

Wooh Kriz!

Nice man. Congratz on the top 5. Keep up the good work.
Your stuff's always great and this is O_O hehe..

5'd

//Brando

Kr1z responds:

;-D Thanks!

[[LK] Summer]

Ahah great!!

Wooh! Linerider kid's up for the WIN! Congrats mate, you've earnt it.

Good work getting the high end artists help mastering and getting the song right. That's surely the way to go.

I like the lead it's nice, the effects are nice, same goes with the FX - they aren't too bad :D The melodies nice and yeah, the structures also pretty nice.

One thing I didn't quite like was the bass, but that's everyone's opinion. And that was mine. Maybe with a better kick the bass would sound better because it's just that everything together makes a difference. All the little details count in the end.

But yeah, good work! Keep it up mate.

5'd 10/10
// Brando

[The Benni Loop]

Really nice!

Did you use 3xOsc for this. Really sounds like it. I mean the note bending wouldn't work on much else :S Good work, keep it up!

I thought it didn't sound too good at first, but when it got to the 0:32 it sounded awesome and everything made sense.

I think the kick at the beginning was a bit punchy, but that might be just benassi style, haven't actually had a hard listen to benassi in a while. :D

Keep up the good work!

Meonly70 responds:

Yeah I did use 3x osc. I hate how sliding doesn't work with other VSTs. Glad you liked it. I try posting a longer, and better version, but the score is always below 1.00 before it gets off the front page... Thanks though :D

[{Dj-L} Evolution of Dance]

Nice work!

I saw this song up on you tube, thought I should leave a review here.

Hey man :D Nice work, sounds like a really great song!

Glad you're still up making great music. All the notes here seem fine, actually pretty perfect. Melody's great, nice and catchy. The piano breaks also really nice! It really got me moving to the music. It's great that you're mastering composition, get this right and you should eventually gain an ear for audio. It shouldn't be too far away.

The synths sound pretty good but at first I think the melody comes in too fast. Where you have the cut off at 0:24 up until 0:34. I think that intro was too fast. The kick for the melody comes in too early. Also I think the pitched bass at the start didn't really suit the song, If you were going to change it, I'd say change it to maybe a more softer trance bass like the one you have going through the melody.

The structure was good, no repetitiveness so that was a bigger plus.
Crowd was good in the background, I remember when I used to use crowds to make my music sound good, but then I gave up using crowds because they usually wrecked the moods I was aiming for. However, you used them right and it worked out heavily in your favor. Good work, keep it up!

And you might want to know this is the type of material that really should get into the top 5. Good work. There's always a few adjustments in songs, even in mine :S but yeah.

Keep it up!

-Cheers Brando

Meonly70 responds:

Thanks man, good to see your opinion is full of less things to change, especially the mello, means I am making an improvement. But none the less your help always makes my songs the best, thanks. I will see what I can try to do :D

But the real material that needs to make the top 5 is your work, mine isn't near anywhere as good :)

[(DJ-T) Flying Into Reality]

Very good!

The intro was great, the club kick and bass also sounded good. The awesome pad break and piano solo was very nice. I need to work on getting those into my songs to minimize repetitive-ness.

But yes, very nice. True trance.

And the guitar plucks you used through the middle to end were freaking perfect!

Keep up the good work mate!

5'd

Would you please return the favor and check out my latest piece, Road 2 Dance?
Thanks.

-Cheers Brando

zenodio responds:

Thanks a lot =D

And yeah, i'll check it out and review it as soon as i got the time for it.

Again, thanks for showing interrest in my music.

[Dark Voices]

Nice.

This isn't too bad, actually it's pretty good! It has structure and some nice aspects.
It has the traditional trance feel to it. Can imagine a dj working his ass off on a dj set getting this up.

I mainly liked the section from 1:57 - 2:23 the rest before was different.. It was probably the kick sequence that did it for me, and the acid samples.

But yeah still good work for some first songs.

5'd

Would you mind returning the favor and checking out my latest piece, Road 2 Dance? thanks

-Cheers Brando

Firefreezer responds:

Thanks for this review, all my friends say, it´s a little bit boring^^ Yes I will check out your songs =)

[Busy Tornado]

Nice!

This sounds pretty good! The guitar and the heavy kick is great. Then the piano comes in and it's all O_o Great work.

Keep up the good work!

5'd

Would you mind returning the favor and checking out my latest piece, Road 2 Dance? Thanks.

-Cheers Brando

Firefreezer responds:

I´ve searched a long time for the piano file^^
I like your song, I´ve written a review =)

[View - Breathless]

Great remix

Although this song is really awesome to the melody I can't seem to hear an chorus to the song, like 2:34 is that supposed to be a main tune? I think it would sound great if that baseline wasn't repeated so much because it kind of brings the beat out of the song and makes it sound like another introduction.

But other than that great work, loved the epic pads and awesome synths!

Keep up the good work, good luck with future songs. :D

5'd

-Cheers Brando

[-={DJ-PHX}=- Beach Dreams]

Wow!

This is damn good! I love the whole mood to this song, the beach ofcourse. I don't quite like seagulls because they're freaking annoying but in terms of your song they're great.

The piano sounds really nice and the introduction to the main melody is great.

I really can't think of anything to criticize here so you're all good :D

5'd

-Cheers Brando

unrealdark responds:

I actually wanted to create this mood because I miss the beach. It's been 3 years since I've actually seen, or heared the shore and the wind. It's so relaxing, I wanted to put that into this song. I am glad it worked out, but I get your oppinion on hating seagulls lol. You live near the beach, and must see them everyday. xD
Thanks BIG time for reviewing, I always love to read them and response.
So thanks again, it's apreciated. ;)

[-={DJ-PHX}=- Flutlicht Icarus]

Nice!

I gotta say this song is actually pretty nice XD The vocals are sweet and the melodies great! Would go on about that kick effect but there's no point.

Great song, keep it up!

Loving your work.

5'd

-Cheers Brando

unrealdark responds:

Gracias.
I'll fix that huge bomb for sure lol, it's blasting my other sounds away. :P
Thanks for the input. ;)