Aydin-Jewelz123's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Bassfly (Mr. Jazzman) - Reveries]

Yeah by far this is the best thing I've heard from the tracks so far. The bass is deep and detailed!! Build ups and breakdowns are solid. Maybe chuck a dash more reeverb or something eerie to carry it around 1:00. The silence is too silent and it came too early into the track in a way. But then the rest of it is SOLID. This sort of music has to have some rhythmic element carrrying it, like that weird industrial sound at 2:00 which drops off at 2:24.

I listen to a lot of this genre funnily enough when I'm monging out completely in a video game for hours on end while out of it and it's all in the repetition. It has to keep the rhythm throughout, even in the breakdowns there is so much sound and colour you can paint, even if it's grey and bleak.

3:20 switch up is INSANE.

Dude this is wicked, absolutely spot on and if you make more let me know man and I will listen!

Dark progressive house is the genre I have in mind. Again, the continuation just needs to be throughout. It's a different audience entirely from the Dubstep genre so you are fine to keep sections relatively tight and similar and just play with the auditory experience. Trip them the f out with the panning, the weird noises, the disturbing percussion etc.

mr-jazzman responds:

Dude thank you so much for the detailed review! It’s good to hear from you too, hope you’re doing good man!

[AIM - sursum=corda.EXFLOW_cls.PANDAEMONIUM::STORMFALL/.]

Oh snap!!!! This has some Avatar ethereal movie vibe going on! Would fit very well into a story focused animation / film / game.

Congrats on the win! Well deserved!

A very refreshing and unique piece with grand landscapes and imagery behind it imo.

Troisnyx responds:

Aaa thank you 💖 I thoroughly enjoyed making it (even if there were moments where I wanted to tear my hair out and scream).

[At the Ends of the Earth]

Yooooo... this cuts deep!!

Troisnyx responds:

Gosh... I'm glad. ;_; 💖

[Bar Music 3]

Very ambient feels dude! Would say it's more fitting for a film set in a post apocalypse style vibe with someone narrating over it.. like the intro of I am Legend or something "my name is Robert Neville, if you get this message..."

Piano + reverb + the melodies you're using are just right in the feels dude!

Did you do the reverb by a plugin or are you using some sort of pedal? I know pianos have a pedal which adds a tail to the keys right? Well, either way, I'd say one thing you could use is a high pass filter on the reverb, so the low end of the reverb isn't really there, and it's just the mid and highs on the reverb. Might make it a tad cleaner on the mixing side, especially when you boost the volumes / normalise the volumes if you're looking to do that.

Nice piano playing by the way dude.

I'm not great at reviewing piano pieces dude, not much to say other than if you want to take this in another direction, you could add some vinyl fx ontop, add some scattered fx here and there, stuff that kinda dips off to the sides and background that makes it fit that post apocalypse vibe which it could go so nicely into.

For a bar piece, it's way too gloomy. But for a movie piece, it's spot on. Although you'd need more structure I guess for it to fit in a movie piece possibly. Depending on the scene I guess.

Good stuff dude.

Have you tried normalising the volumes a bit more?

Actually come to think of it, piano playing is much more about how well you can use the dynamics, how long you hold notes and blend things together. Man, well beyond my comprehension xD

Anyway dude, good work!

One other thing that could help is to have a direction in the piece, like where's it going? What's the story? You could play along as you are, but gradually get more intense, perhaps play more notes, play them with more umph etc. So it gets properly emotional, then back off that vibe and go back to calm and quiet.

Not sure if I'm allowed to post a link but here goes:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MGyaR2sSBkA
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a13CYEcDVkw

The piano in those two, it sits further forward in the mix. So I guess if you wanted one similar to those, which you may not, one thing could be to down the reverb a bit and then chuck a saturator or compressor or maximiser of sorts, whichever works, to bring it a bit closer to the listener.

Yeah, referencing to those two tracks, I realise your melodies drown a bit because of the emphasis on atmosphere. So it actually would sit really nicely in the background of something, and again, to bring it forward, down the atmospheric vibes and the blur feel to it, and it'll sit further forward.

Wow, this has actually been an eye opener for me xD

Hope this helps dude and thanks again for the review earlier!

Belthagor responds:

Thanks for your review! Yes you are allowed to post youtube links, and even mention someone if you want to, like this: @Aydin-Jewelz123. I used a plugin, zreverb, not a pedal. High pass filter *writes mental note*.

[Andrew Huang - Yours (Sub001 Remix)]

Good luck with the contest dude!

Track is fire!!!

Only suggestion would be watch the reverb on the low end, it feels like there is too much reverb.

therealsub001 responds:

Thanks man!

Although, I didn't really put reverb at the low end. Thanks for the heads up though.

[Mercenaries]

Sounds cool dude, your piano off on the left made me realise you could and should pan more elements to the side, especailly given how ambient your pieces are. It will really open it into a landscape.

Send me the stems if you want and I'll show you what I mean.

Other than that, the mix could use a bit more fullness to it. One way to check this is to chuck a Maximus or Soundgoodizer on your master, just temporarily, and see where your track feels more lively. Then remove it and try to go to whatever mixer channels they were and boost frequencies or compress where necessary or add some saturation.

Compositon wise dude, fantastic!

Keep up the good work :)

Stardust-Nation responds:

Thanks for the advice, but unfortunately I'm pretty sure all the tools you mentioned are FL and Logic features, which sadly aren't available on the app I use.

[Space Mirrors]

Spot on dude!

Spline-1337 responds:

Thanks for your feedback! In the near future I will release my first EP album.

[R a i n f o r e s t [Phonk]]

Spot on dude! Love that tiny instrument that kicks in around 1:10! Fits so well into the track. Very chilled vibes dude. Lovely!

One feedback would be your hats are a bit too much on the high end or too loud? Can't tell which one exactly but it's a bit much. Other than that, cool work dude.

DreamEater responds:

Thank you very much for your feedback my friend. I really appreciate you taking the time to listen :)

[Ancient Ruins Of Cathode Ray (remastered)]

Very complex piece!

Great use of space. Very airy spacey feel to it. Love your percussive bits and the way you've mixed so many different sounds!

Will have a listen later on my speakers to feedback the mixing. Sounds good on headphones :)

Midnights-Ocean responds:

Thanks! Glad you like. I really appreciate it!

[Come To Mama (COVER)]

Wait... before I review.. is this yours or not?

Edit: in that case then, it's amazing!! :)

DeeDunnandSoBlue responds:

I am known as Postal268 on NG here but I made this account for uploading these songs for my grandparents, my grandfather was the bassist and my grandmother was the vocalist. It's theirs but as far as they informed me every song was a cover other than their one original song Roller Coaster Blues. Who they covered I have no idea lol but I have been given permission to upload all of their recordings and I can relay any information you want back to them.

Edit: Thanks, I'll let them know people are liking their recordings. They were much better musicians than I am, that's why I was very sad when they retired from music.