Dj-Brand0's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[mateya - Nightlight]

Hey Mateya!

I really like the style you used here! Love the tune, and the thumping beat. Reminds me of Benassi :D The percussion was also good, although the single hi hat stuck out heaps and 0:30 and at 0:55 the new cymbal introduced the sticks out too much as well. Add some amazing effects to it to add to the feeling. I could just think of it :D Nice intro. Overall pretty good song. With some retouching and mastering this could be a true hit. Add some more bass and you'll be on the road :D
10/10 5/5 =D Keeep up the good work Mateya!

-Cheers Brando

[-={dj-phx}=- Rebirth Placedemo]

Good work!

Nice Demo you have there, sure has potential to become a good song. Chuck in some nice kicks/bases and you'd sure get people dancing. Pads and synths with the piano intro/solo would be sound pretty nice. But since it's still a demo, its a demo... Good work! Would like to hear the finished version. :D
5/5 10/10

-Cheers Brando

unrealdark responds:

I wish it was that easy for me... I am still an noob in producing music, I've learned most of the things myself, and I still got to learn MUCH more. It's hard but fun. :)
Thanks for the review, and deff the fat ass 10!! :D
I will see what I can do. ;)

[Lucid Dreaming (WiP 2)]

Great work!

I like this 100x more than the previous one I looked at, Echoes. You did very well making this. Loved the piano intro and the trance intro. Nice melody, slightly repetitive but the background arps slightly make up for the repetitiveness.
Love the percussion and the effects. Has a great atmosphere. Once finished this should surely get you known in newgrounds. Good luck! 10/10 5/5

One thing to fix is yes the repetitiveness. Make some variation in the second sequence of the melody, eg. the melody has 4 bars then the same 4 bars get repeated. I recommend make a change in the 7th and 8th bar, instead of a high note outro to the 4 bars have a low note outro. You'll understand.
Again good luck.

-Cheers Brando

Krussi responds:

Wow, thats a pretty neat review :D Umh, yeah, this song and "Transcendence" are the songs that I've spent most time on. Echoes an the other songs was something I just whipped up rather fast and uploaded it here to get some feedback. But these two songs are the ones that I've put some effort in :P

I know what you mean about the repetitiveness, and I've made some progress in the song, but I guess i'll upload it when its completetly finished :P

Thanks for an awesome review, pointers, the "10" and for taking your time to listen to some of my songs ^^

cheers

[Mike - Echoes (WIP)]

Hmmm

I would have to say it's a different type of melody I'm used to. It's very abrupt and fast. It would be great to hear it finished, but I don't think this would be one of my absolute favorites. I'm used to the hard/trance/dance section of techno. I would find this hard to put into a genre.
I can't really see much that can be improved. Well good luck, finishing it.
Should go good. 4/5 8/10

-Cheers Brando

Krussi responds:

Hey, glad you liked it ^^

Yeah, this song started as an ambient song, but I raised the bmp to 150 istead and turned it into a trance song. I adore Hardtrance and that are one of the things I whould like to make, but I dont know "how" to make it. But I guess I'll stick to "my" type of music atm :P

Thanks for the review and the "8" :D

Cheers

[Colors of the rainbow(rmx pre)]

What to say..

The vocals have too much effects on them. Fire up the parametric EQ and up the mid to high pitch sounds. Also add some proper dance base. This is a epic dance song, and without the pumping base it's really not much more than a vocal and a kick.

Also at 0:31 there is some weird distortion happening with the kick. Possibly an overkill on the reverb. Right there from 0:30 would be a good time to chuck in the club/dance bass. At 1:00 when the lead comes in it's a bit blank and low volume. Up it a bit and add some delay/ slight reverb to it.

Also add some more percussion and experiment a bit because getting the percussion right is pretty important.
Overall 5/10 because there is still HEAPS to be fixed. 3/5
If you need any help with FL give me a pm, I'll be sure to help you.

-Cheers Brando

Krussi responds:

Thanks again for another review ^^
Umh, haven't worked so much on this, I'm not sure if I should finish it eighter xD
Yeah, the vocalist (Chaser), recorded some new vocals but I don't know if I should revive this project.
My first priorities are to finish "Transcendence" and "Lucid Dreaming" :P

Thanks for a very constructive review, the offer of help and the "10" ^^

Cheers

[-Skeletal- {DJ-Sacrafan}]

Hmmmm...

Hey it may be 5:50 but it doesn't mean that it's good. To me it sounds like 5:50 of mostly repetitive tunes that get nowhere. It maybe good to have a large intro but it's never good to leave it at that. I didn't enjoy it because well, it lacked percussion and detail. Also you used a repetitive arp that was fairly annoying throughout the song. To improve it add more leads, pre-plan a layout for the song. Or at least think about it. And yes you might say 'hey it's trance, they're like this' but if it's slow and progressive it has to be detailed and progressive. Work on more percussion and a catchy tune.
Above average work, good job. Keep it up and you'll see what I mean.
3/5 6/10

-Cheers Brando

[Forever - DJ Rif (DEMO)]

Eyy Arif!

Nice song bro. I see you want truthful criticism so here it is.
Good intro, I like it. Nice bass, kick's slightly low in volume. The main leads are too high pitch, I mean it is 'your' style to have massively high pitch leads ^^ and I like it but here, in this song I think at least minus one or add a lead to the melody that's at normal C5 octave. Good work Riffy! ^^ LOLOLOLLOL!11!1!!!1!!!1111!
10/10 5/5

-Brando

[<< Crystal Bass >>]

I don't know what to say...

The bass line doesn't change a tune, sticks to a single note. Change it so it sticks to the melody, as I said in your last song. Something else I noticed. What's with the kick? Did you set the song on a tempo or just chuck ur kick in every second beat on the sequencer?
It's best to stick to a 4/4 beat, if it doesn't sound right, the problem is your melody.
a 4/4 beat is the best and easiest to work with when it comes to techno.
8/10 4/5

-Cheers Brando

IndieDance responds:

thanks =]

and alright.

[Energy - dj-in]

What FlashMXDude said..

Lol wrong account :D soz
Good work keep up the effort, boredom usually gets you far in songs but you have to make sure you know what you're doing :D

-Cheers Brando

InnerMan responds:

lol

[[Dj-U] Dying Angel]

Nice work!

Hard Energy for the win! Love the percussion and the leads. So good, very professional. Will probably fav. Tried to go to your soundstation download but it's not there at the moment, no songs listed under your name. I'll just wait; maybe you're still uploading it :D
Good work, keep it up. If this song was at least 120kbps it would get top 5 easy.
5/5 10/10

-Cheers Brando