I don't really like death metal growling vocals
but 8 for production and overall coolness. Good job! Most of the elements were recorded really quite well (not perfectly, but decent). Creativity and spontaneity are definitely the strong points here...
I'm a terrible vocalist, but none of my friends wanted to do vocals for it so I just threw some over the song, hehe. I guess I should mention this was first written as a joke, but I've grown kind of fond of it as of late. Maybe I'll try to actually form the band.
Thank you for the review, though. :D
this is funky man
okay fine - I wont break the string of 10's you've got going on here.
This is some seriously fresh stuff, man. Something about it is just completely chill. Really easy listening and good for relaxing. It might just be all samples - but the way that you've put them together is what matters. You've got quite the feel for this stuff. I like it. Pretty awesome. I wonder what it would sound like for you to branch out and try some drastically different genres...
Check Out the Blues section. There is some good stuff I've Been engineering lately! Throw out your wallet, Deeper blues, and held down by an anchor! You Are right this is a lot of sampling on this track, good ear! The drums are me however. Thank you for giving some thought into your review, I thank you for the even handed review.
why do your songs not have any reviews??!
a really curious one here. It's definitely experimental and almost minimalist (well, then the beat comes in). I think you've got the whole groove thing down. That's really what counts for these chillout type tracks. It's not necessary to have them be too overly progressive or anything, so good work.
Thanx bud! That's a real nice thing to say! Dude, I know that I don't have a lot of reviews. Trust me I wish I had more, it would help me a lot. But you know I have a lot of silent downloaders for some reason! And that is what makes me truly curious,.,.,.and stoked!
only one review with almost 200 votes?
ok. That makes no sense. But anyway. It's kind of an interesting piece. Not the most incredible thing - but it's solid. I like the buzzing/hum in the background at parts. I don't know if that's intentional - but it works. It does need someone to rap over it. I wish I had more helpful critique.
Hey man, it's all good. You are the king of evan handed reviews! There is lyrics over this song now, thanxs to NG!
rig dude, I love you
ha ha ha sorry. But this is so freaking cool!!!
I love it!! Way way way better than the original! Long live rig!!!
This is beyond good. beyond pretty everything on this site. so rare a talent you have guy. I would be the first to buy the cd you produce.
I LOVES YUO TOO :3
Wow, thanks for all the encouragement (and that donation too!). It's so cool that what started out as a hobby will become my bread and butter. :D
Also, my mom's already in first place. Would you be good with second?
this song = top of my fav list.
It's so damn good. Good night it's good.
People - take mixing lessons from this champ. He knows what's going down.
Vocals are beautiful - soundstage is wonderfully presented and clear. Everything sits so close to perfectly in this beau that it would be hard to talk anything down mix-wise. Absolutely brilliant piece stylistically as well. Everything here is ace. Hands down the best piece on newgrounds.
5/5 (as many as I can give ya)
fascinating
The piece is strange. not for the normal reasons though. It's strange because it reminds me of a extraordinary song reduced to the midi arrangement and played back through a standard gm dls bank (well, maybe an above average one). There's somehow so much potential here. It's like a sleeper piece or something. Hard to describe.
I think if you were to extend on your mixing skills/ability and pick up some very nice payware instruments, you'd be heading somewhere pretty quick.
Listening to it more, it is growing really quickly on me. In fact, by 2:40 - it is really really good. Odd. Didn't expect to like it this much. It's already so "fresh"! LOL. Good job guy!
I know exactly what you're saying. My composition and melodies have always been good, I've known this. but I've also known that my music lacks something.... like it sounds good but not "professional". When I listened to your music, it just fortified that idea in my mind. But I think now I can finally get that tonality that I've been lacking.
funny
Ha ha ha. This is funny. I really like the part at :43! You've got these strokes of genius going on at points...
Haha... yea that's what I was thinking too. I was actually considering scrapping the whole joke idea and using that part at around :40 to make an actual song. But I was sort of hoping Tom would put this song on the front page or something since it had poop in the title.
hey, sounds really full
wonderful breadth to this piece. The "scenery" and placement of everything is spot on. very very good. The initial bouncy lead synth didn't sound like the "right" one necessarily, but later on in the song it fit better, so it must simply have been an issue of timing. Ahh, now however the lead that pops in a 1:52 is just about right, very fitting! I like that. 2:22 ---> Also really cool!!
Yes, another great part @ 2:40. Great experimentation here! This is wonderful!
There might have been the slightest bit too much "weight" to some of the reverbs. Some equalization on the reverb itself might have even'd this out. That's nitpicking though. The chords used were good - I think the initial portion of the song didn't do enough justice to it however. The vibraphone section was a standout.
This would likely be newage/experimental. The boundaries of genres (so to speak) nowadays is all but completely destroyed with the pure wealth of music available out there. It's more of a guideline.
The overall bounciness and freeflowing feeling was very well cemented in by a good song structure. It is in ways very evocative of my own work (interesting to hear such a spin). It's certainly good piece. I think the direction itself is the most positive.
Ah, so "breadth" is the concept I've been missing out on? Keeping separate instruments confined to separate ranges of frequencies? Using the widest range of frequencies possible? That's what I was trying to do with this song. I also picked out the cleanest, purest sounding samples and leads, and added at least a little bit of reverb to everything (more if it sounded better).
The weird timing arises from the fact that I like to challenge myself. Not only did I put this song into 5/4 time signature, but I used a 4/4 beat and just modified it to fit 5/4. I like to do weird stuff like that.
Whether you realize it or not, you have just permanently changed the way I'm going to write music from now on. Thank you very much!
well, you certainly know what you're doing...
Definitely far far above the norm for around here. Great work on this track. I'll pose the same question - which instruments did you use? I'm always interested to hear about how each composer creates a song (instruments/fx choices, mixing style, etc.)
It's got that extremely solid feel to it. I wish it did go a little more deep and full at points but it's satisfying nonetheless.
Thanks! On Logic Express 8 I used a Trance and Techno Kit for the basic beat. I used an instrument called Glowstick which is that 1 note (2 notes later on) that is off beat and obnoxious. I used Shining Fuzz for the bass line in the first half of the song that switches between octaves. For the bass in the second half, I used Fat FM bass. For the soft bells that are an arpeggio , I used the instrument Modulated Bells. For the other bells, I used Dreamy Bells. That's pretty much it. I didn't use that many layers (10), but I did mix it (volumes of instruments) to my liking. I was just bored one night and decided to make this. I wanted to keep it simple and easy. I struggle sometimes with making my songs full and deep. I wasn't trying that hard with this song. I'm glad you think this is far far above the norm!!! :D
Anyway, Check out some of my other songs if you want :)
SuperGoodSound is a composer and sound designer collaborative between Josh Hunsaker and Johnny DeCoste with combined credits spanning some of the largest toy and game releases of the past decade and work with stars like Pete Townshend of The Who.
Age 39, Male
Sound Designer
Working
San Francisco, CA
Joined on 11/14/07
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