Suspended-3rd-Chord's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Young Mind]

Same title as MJTTOMB

I'm sorry I didn't discover your stuff earlier, this is a magnificent work that goes extremely well with a child-esque imagery! The themes sound like a lullaby by the melody, but the fast pace makes it sound like a bit more mature being than an infant/toddler.

The bell ensemble was a great choice for the main themes.

Some of these melodic ideas I havent heard anything remotely like them. I really love the odd string movement, THE NOTE AT 3:07 WAS FANTASTIC AND COMPLETELY UNEXPECTED! haha i didnt like it at first, but listening to it the second time around was really nice.

Your sounds are nice and lush, only complaint would be to make the harp have a bit more noticeable dynamics to go along with the rise and fall of the harp. And since there's no bass in here, the cello sections might make the mix sound a bit fuller if they were centered.

and I agree with MJTTOMB, I think a non-fading out ending would have been more suitable. Maybe pull out one of your magical chords that you're so good at :D and stick it in the end, or have the harp melody loop right back into the intro, which would be great for a flash game.

Everything harmonizes so well..I probably talked to much because this is too complex for me to comment on elaborately...well, i'm gonna check out more of your music right now.

[_-={The Gift}=-_]

Truly Impreesive

this is a great track. did you use RA for the ethnic instruments? It's got a great world sound with many mixed styles and thats what I really like about this piece.. Are thoes tamburas you use for the plucked instrument? It sounds like it, but I doubt it because I dont know where else the Japanese instruments come in. To me, it actually brings out an African vibe. I really think its the melodies and choice of percussion that does it. The track reminds me of a young boy of African descent sitting in his small porch under a scorching desert sun, and he sees a mirage in the distance, and tries to chase after it. He discovers that the mirage was actually reality, and recieves the gift- a chasm of gold to bring back to his friends and family that are in poverty back in Africa.

As for the composition itself- it completely rocks! Love the percussion (what instrument do you use here?) in the start, and the crescendoing tremoloed strings with well constructed melodies, (my favorite part is at 00:33-0:35, those few notes are freakin beautiful) and the flute plays gracefully backed by a relaxing yet adventurous chord progression. I like how the flute bends and has some trills-how do you bend with external VSTs in FL studio btw- I cant figure out how to do that as the slide tool doesnt work. You packed an amazing bout of energy and emotion for it being a short track. The boomy, reverbed bass drum in the more active parts works great to give it a bit of a serious feel, and I dig the shaker velocities to make them sound very authentic.

I do have a suggestion for the track however. While the main percussion rhtyhm works extremely well with the main themes, I think you could have incorporated one more different pattern right after the tribal vocal sample, as it pretty remains the same throughout-or doesnt have an big enough change. not that I find it repetive tho, because it carries such an interesting rhythm. Maybe some crescendoing triplets in transitions, some louder slaps, etc. Just remembering your other song with the log drums (sorry, I cant recall the name :( ) leads me to ask for more variation :D anyways, I hate to give suggestions when youre miles better than me, I do feel like I'm stretching to find fault-the track is truly great as it is!

Also, your instrument spacing is absolutely magnificent, I'm so jealous of your professional mixing skill. I especially like where the percussion you start with is placed, as it sounds as if a drummer was right in front of me. I think my the stringed instrument could use a touch of more decay (or maybe even delay) tho on the reverb to give it a more distant sound like something is far away in reach-but thats just me.

anyways, great song as expected Maestro, you did a great job with this one! sorry if my review was a bit disorganized..

[Nav - Space Sequence]

Goodies

I already talked to you on MSN regarding this track a while ago but I'll review it too.. I first thought it started off kinda slow, but listening the second time around I can really feel a groove with it and easily let it loop without getting tired of it.

Some very good synth production as expected from you Nav! The square (?) ones you open with fits well in the buildup. I really enjoyed the backing chord progression too, as it was my favorite part and element of the track. It was one of the chord progressions that stuck really well with me. and when the snare rims came in, I had to get up and dance a bit. The rest has a real crisp, refreshing trance sound.

as far as it sounding spacey, not a whole lot much IMO- as I'm used to space music having weird, creepy synths and dissonant melodies and such. It does have a sort of a friendly type of farewell feel to it tho, so I guess it could be used in a scene where a spaceship takes off from Earth. It actually reminds me a bit of the old school Streets of Rage series for the Genesis.

nice samples and mixing too, I dont think I can find a complaint with this one. Other than the bassline was pretty simple and repetive, but I didnt find that to be a problem really.

I really do like this track so I think I'm going to reorganize my positions tonight and put this in my top 4. Keep on it, I hope to hear more from you soon.

Nav responds:

Haha, sorry about the title. Rig made it. I thought it fit, but then again: I was thinking of mathematical "Space," and a simple sequence, of numbers (or chords)!

Thanks for the great review! :)

P.S. Yep, that's a square!

[Farewell (Eclipse)]

Voted 5

Well, this is really good. Love the reese work, its sick. That pad is really nice too, and I'm always impressed by your drum programming skills. Maybe I'll leave you a longer review sometime when I can :) well farewell, man :)

[Waste the Day]

wow!

This one's real fresh! I love the dorian scale over the funky beat. I like the FX on the beat too, whatever that is that you use to make it sound kinda glitchy. Then you bring in the piano for the more emotional parts. I like the reverb FX too.

Synths production is always nice coming from you. This could be used in a scene while the main character walks down an alley fighting off creatures....Wish I had more to say, but its goood!

Gillenium responds:

Thanks for the review! Finishing this song was kind've a bittersweet moment, because I ended up combining parts from 3 different projects to make it happen. So, now I have two projects that need new percussion and new hooks. Oh well... The beat has been cooking a loooooong time. It was attached to a Rob Dougan-sounding track that I didn't know what to do with, so I just transfered it over.

I also continued a personal trend of not correcting my piano improv. That's exactly how I played it the first time through. Has a few mistakes, but I think that adds a human element to it.

[(_RGH_) CTSG3(Metal Newscast)]

Haha I agree

I agree with the guy below me, it does sound like a newscast! A rather serious one at that.

I love the guitar sounding thing and the synths. Pad works nicely in the background and progresses well. Beat is well done and thought out nicely, I especially like the triplets on the kick. Cool samples too. synthmetal = win!?!?!?!? even some nice orchestration in here.

Only criticism is I think the kick should be a bit more powerful and boisterous....maybe louder and more mids for a heavy metal kick?

anyways, good job with this one. everything flows and gels together real well, not to mention it loops flawlessly

RyeGuyHead responds:

i can definatly amp up the kick...

[P0W3R]

Very Original

haha, I absolutely love this.

What you used for the sounds is great thinking. I like the telephone sounds in the background, and whatever you used for the lead. Production is real crisp, and I like the distorted drums. Real fresh industrial sound! Its very catchy too, i had it play multiple times :)

[Brotherz ft Matt Blade]

To the left

I like this track. Use of vintage samples is real fresh, nice beat, decent synths. I like the phaser on one of the synths, and the melodies flow real smoothly. everything is sequenced real well too. Excellent beat to lay a rap over.

only suggestion, those vintage snares, to add more variety, try messing with the notes that you place the snares on each hit. It sounds really cool. and maybe put more bass in your kick since you dont have much low end going on anyway. But the mxiing is pretty damn good. Keep up the good work.

[Arpegio Study no 1]

Nice!

Those were some spooky chords in the background, I like the acoustic sound, sweeping sounds nice. I think your lead tone could be brough out more tho with some fancy FX. Let me tell you, I'm pretty jealous cuz I suck at guitar now, and when I was decent, I could only sweep pick downwards (except I could sweep maj7 chords upward, but that doesnt count). Keep up the good playing!

sorohanro responds:

:)) spooky chords ... well, the story is that i wanted to play two different arpegios, but by mistake i played those and sounded good, so i built the tune according to the mistake :)))

anyway, there is also the backing track for recording solos, not only guitar, can be also a kazoo solo
thanx for review

[~:{W}:~Ocean Side Chill(demo)]

Yes!

I like this one a lot. Great choice of chords, and good amount of rests to let the ambience works its way in and do the job. I like how you combined the keys with a synth and added the delay effect, very good sensiblity! Beat is interesting and flows smoothly, its soft to fit the themes, and the ambience background with the waves and chirping adds that extra sparkle that really makes this track a nice one. I also really dig that hollow, swirling texture. Great job. Only problem, its too short! Might want to make a longer version with a bass in here of sorts, like a nice juicy sine pad or somethin. Anyways keep up the good work.

Geigamg responds:

^_^ a bass pad hmmm? Damm that'd sound perfect.. Its a thrilling review you gave me, You heard what i wanted people to hear im still working on this one =S but ill try get it done soon =] thanks alot for your time ^^