Dj-Brand0's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-={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

[<< 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

[][ I Love My Sex ][ {Remix}]

love benassi and his style!

Love the song although would have been nice if you had made a kind of 'ear candy' part at the end where you add a few massive leads and up the pitch. It's great for songs like this, gives a great ending. Overall nice work. Still some things that can be fixed like your rhythm in the percussion.
And yea good work, you did the benassi style well. 4/5 8/10
Keep it up. :D

-Cheers Brando

mybrobilo responds:

thanks! your outro idea sounds interesting.
as for the percussion.. i know it needs work but i dont plan on extending this song much further.

[Xionic]

things you can improve..

Hey. Here are a few things you can improve.
1. The kick is heavily repetitive.
2. Can't really see a main melody.
3. Allow more time for transitions between sounds and tunes
4. Have a trance bass in the background instead of a bass kick because it shows you have more skill...
That's all I can think of right now. Keep it up! 5/5 10/10

-Cheers Brando

breakerboy89 responds:

THANKS MAN!! I will deff try to apply that next time!

[VeXy - Ghost]

Well done!

You made this well, kind of inspires me to try out a dance/electro pop style :D
I loved the end melody but the outro was fairly basic. The intro wasn't too bad, did an alright job on that. But again the main melody was madd. The bass was good but you could have added some extra effects, I didn't hear too many =\.
Anyway gratz on top 5! Keep up the good work. 5/5 9/10
9/10 because it slightly sounded hollow and there could have been more going on. + there could have been more effects running.
-Cheers Brando

VeXillum responds:

yo thanks for the review. the outro is plain cuz its a mixable version.. if ppl wanna mix it on some online radio it can easily transition to the next song.

[Spaze Unofficial - 7 Means Home]

Loved it!

As the title says I loved it! Great music, loved the bass and the melody, really addictive. Although at the end when you kick up the tempo it didn't sound right. It would have been better if you only kicked up the pitch in the melody, because the change it tempo, through the kick doesn't sound natural for the song.
Otherwise, great song: Downloaded. 5/5 10/10
-Cheers Brando

SpazeMusic responds:

haha, thanks!
ok, but fuck that shit man xD
again thanks! :D
/XN