ethereal-monk's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dreams {durn}]

Sweet

I really like the beginning and ending portions of the song, simple but interesting enough for progressive type music. The beginning almost reminded me of the song of storms from Zelda.

As for the mid portion of the song, I really feel like it needed a snazzier melody or great new chorus to tie the song together and keep people's ears interested and in awe. Right now the sounds you have would work well for a transition but aren't really strong enough to hold up a large section and be repeated.

Overall you have a very clean sound, so well done and understand I am being really picky and I am listening on pretty bad speakers. I'm excited for all the new sounds you will be making in the future. I appreciated the message about the song and applaud you for making music period. I really want to start actually learning this stuff and hopefully will in the near future. Maybe t that point I could be graced with a review from you haha.

Cheers, EtherealMonk

8/10 to leave room for growth ;)

durn responds:

I can hear how you think the beginning melody's Zelda-esque, have played pretty much all of em and always enjoyed the soundtracks to em. :)

Middle part missing something? hmm, some people've felt the same. I prolly coulda complemented the lead synth with a nice electro pop or something. Definitely somethin' to think about. :)

Thanks for leavin' me room to grow, monk. ;) Get workin' on your own tunes so I can blast em! :D

[<<Sub-Electric>>]

Everyone needs to take a moment and really listen-

I really like it Fly. the simplicity makes you think it isn't good, very inspired or professional but it has all of those things. It's like a minimalist electric bell tune of beauty and simplicity. Hard work went into this and it turned out great. It would be great to this song paired with a great movie containing the same things.
Don't let the ignorant or your score get you down, man/woman(??) haha. You definitely have something here. Keep it up, love it.

FlyMusik responds:

thanks, i was trying to make this sound simple. Believe it or not, it's a lot harder to make something sound minimalistic than it is to just make something sound really hi quality. I'm glad it sounded good C:

[Big Red - Mr Jones]

I like what I'm hearing

First off, good job Big Red. I think this song could use some work but so far I really like what I see. You have the right feeling in your voice and a good pensive rhyme scheme. You could look over the words cleaning things up adding some more canny quirks.
The biggest thing to look at though is getting a chorus in with some good melodies and maybe some sick emotional singing. Because no matter how good the rap is, people's ears can get tired pretty quick so the chorus is your perfect chance to jazz it up.
Right now all you have is harmonies, rap, and a beat. There are those that can lay out some better melodies for you, but like you said you are improving.
It was nice of you to give a shout out to YunVeros and maybe you could ask to collab with him.
Like I said, I like what I'm hearing. So best of luck, and keep it up.
-EtherealMonk
7/10 for improvement
5/5 for effort

BigRed responds:

See, I didn't want to put a chorus in this one, I wanted it to be more of a poem than a cohesive song. And I would love to collab with YunVeroz one of these days, although I'm under the impression that he doesn't do it much. Some day maybe!

[Downtown Strut]

Why are people bombing this?

This song doesn't really have any flaws. None that stand out for sure. It's just a small catchy song. Yeah, it probably shouldn't be on the best of all time list, but lots of others shouldn't either. Everyone needs to vote fairly. If you don't like this type of music then go away. It's pretty simple. I dont understand why everyone has to bomb this song. If you find yourself bombing this song, you should ask yourself "what are You trying to pull?"

SSM-NW cool song. Thats really sweet that your making an indie film and good luck with that. It will probably work perfectly for the scene but as an overall song I would suggest adding some things to make it more exciting, larger climax/'s and make it a bit longer. Good Luck on the film and future projects. Im sorry people are shitting on your work so badly.

SSM-NW responds:

I appreciate that you've come to my defense, and don't worry so much. I decided to submit clips here as a way of getting creative feedback on my work from a larger, more diverse audience, but I guess this wasn't the place to receive such criticism. No big deal, I have other outlets for such endeavors. For these reasons, I am removing my submissions from this site...I'm sure a few of these "critics" will be quite happy about that.

As far as this song clip is concerned, it is for an indie film I'm scoring, not making...I must say, I have no skill whatsoever either in front of or behind the camera. However, I do make my living writing commercial music, I have been doing so sucessfully for about 5 yrs, and it keeps me happy and pays the bills...so while these kids are giving me crap, I'm laughing on the way to the bank.

Thanks for your comments, and I will take your suggestions into consideration. And please, don't feel that it is necessary to appologize for the bad behavior of others--it's just not your fault.

Best to you.

[Ghostwave]

Very Well Done

Congratulations, this is a very well done song, it 's smooth and works well despite being slightly repetitive. One thing I like the most is the undertone of a kind of emotional journey, and thats what I find most important in music. WEll done again and the best of luck in Holland. Sweet name btw

-em

NemesisTheory responds:

Thanks, I appreciate it! :D

[Storm (Loop Ver.)]

Wow

Great Job. I would have to say this is one of my favorites. I hope you think about coming back to it and finishing it. I love music that creates a journey by mixing good music and emotions. In this you brought both sides to the field. I love it. Keep up the great work

-em

A-New-Decade responds:

Thanks, I always try to make the listener feel what I feel.

[As The Sun Rises (Loop Ver.)]

Soothing

Really Nice. Wonderful to just sit back and listen. I recommend the Sauron Visualizer. Wow keep it coming. 5/5 *Joy*

A-New-Decade responds:

Appreciate that! Thanks for taking the time and reviewing =]

[Accelerate 3]

Unique and Interesting

Really cool. There are a lot of good ways this song could go, and you chose one of the best. I think you should experiment with stuff like this more. 5/5

A-New-Decade responds:

Woo, I think so too. Thanks for all the reviews =D

[Traveling Through Time]

Another Job Well Done

Good Job Again. I think that after it hits 2 minutes it could use some work, but I'm just being picky. Keep up the good work 5/5

A-New-Decade responds:

Thanks, I'd rather you be picky lol

[Departure (Club Mix)]

Amazing

Departure is truly one of the best songs I have ever heard on Newgrounds. You deserve a lot more recognition than your getting right now and If you keep creating masterpieces like this your going to be more sucessful than Tiesto. I wish I had to pay you to download this 5/5 =)

A-New-Decade responds:

WOW, thank you so much! Spread the word please! =]