Stalagmite's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Forced Farewell]

ooH!

this sir.... wowza. you have a brilliant concept here. and your instruments merge nicely harmonically as usual. your vocal instruments are nice. and add a real mellow effect. HOWEVER :( the drums let this piece down dude.
the snare taps are to pinchy and not nearly as dramatic as i would have personally prefered. Also the bass drum could be more effective by deepening and empowering it with some reverb.
ASIDE FROM THE MUSIC.....
i understand this piece is not about me. this is about you. and the loss of a friend.
If it is insensitive for me to review it please inform me. i will apologise immediately. I reviewed this as a piece of MUSIC. that is all.
however, i experienced it as an emotional expression of the soul.

and i am sorry your loss. ;(
sorry...R.I.P. + "a better place"

[P1X3L - Piano Flow]

OMG!

it sounds like the theme music to FRINGE on drugz. :D:D:D very nice.
really enjoyable..WTF... it just ended! man... dont get me excited like that! where is the rest of it! submit the full song and i can enjoy it more. i

[The Blasphemous Era]

Gaaaaaaaroovy!

first. i have no technical knowledge of music. sorry! lol. but i can tell you what i do know.
I have used headphones for the maximum extreme surround sound experience lol. right. down to the review.

Okay. it builds excellently, however the starting synth- although it has a movement embedded in it, it seems quite narrow. try adding another little digital pizzicato instrument playing a quiet melody to place some movement in their.
SO! from that point on! it gets me quite excited. and the fade in of the "square?" synth at the start gave me chills! rare man. your melodics develope very nicely. and i like the little twiddly tangeants you go off in. they add a real movement into the piece making it all the more engaging.
The time effects are cool. TIME is your speciality after all lol.
I think your piano solo type thingy sounds lovely . but it has a little to much attack for my liking. and fights with the fading square synth.
your hihats move nice. and the deep booming effect makes your heart drop with it.
The whole thing is musically quite brilliant. I think adding things is propably unnesecary. although it retains a little repetitiveness. just change the melody every now and then. or make a melody that is more defined, instead of a sequences of quickly played arpeggiated notes.

not that this isnt good enough.

By the way.
this is the song i have been looking for.
it is going in my next flash, so long as you dont mind me editting it a little. or perhaps you can send me some samples of individual instruments? well, whateva. this is wicked. well done. you rock. as always.
WELL DONE! 10 stars. earned. 5 vote. EARNED! so dont contradict and say you havent earned them! or i will travel through time, and destroy your grandfather so as you never came to be...... oh yes... you are not the only time traveller! MUHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAWWWWWWWWW!!!!!!!
!!!!!!!

WELL DONE!

SFaPiL2 responds:

Thanks alot for the info! Good to know it didn't suck (I'm quite surprised that "Riding the Setting Sun" got way more recognition than this song considering that I put much less effort into it).

You want to put one of my songs in one of your flashes?! WOOHOO!

Of course I don't mind if you edit it. I'm quite curious to hear what you'll come up with to be quite honest with you. Actually, by doing so, I might learn something...unfortunately I don't have samples of the individual instruments, so I can't help you with that :o(.

Thanks for helping me out Stalagmite. You kick the llama's ass.

[Latin Smash!]

excellent!

jolly good show. the rhythm is superb. but piano is a little weak. also some adventurous string pizzicato and sexy guitar may be beneficial. :D:D:D
good job. it can be improved however. so 8 stars. vote 5 :D:D:D

[~Beautiful Eyes~ by Cayler]

hmm...

okay. you are my fav artist atm. so out of respect i will offer some constructive criticism.
I like the content of this music, well composed VERY well sung. however it seems lacking it excitement.
whether it is the composition or the concept i dont know. it seemed a little bleaque and dull. SO SORRY! i really respect you and think you are so freaking awesome... but this song needs more movement. or susbstance... i am not sure. but i think it is just the pace.
Your harmonics are good as ever, however you may benefit from a little subtlety with the harmonics.

I really hope i do not uspet you with this review. I really do think you are awesome. if i hurt your feelings PM me immediately for an apology. but only about my poor execution of getting the point across. my opinion still stands.

Well take care dude and i really look forward to hearing the big release of your album.
:D:D:D

Cayler responds:

I agree with what you've said here. I think the core of this song is great, but there were several problems mostly due to lack of experience working with higher quality materials, and also slack due to rushing the song at points. One of the biggest issues is the percussion. They start out decent, but evolve into something really pointless. Like the transition into the second chorus doesn't hardly change the percussion at all, what a way to make the chorus sound special... lol There were actually tons creative musical aspects of this that you can't hear anymore because of the bad equalizing. The vocals were mostly good, except that the harmonies needed to be taken down a notch in volume. Even though when I posted this I thought it was so great, I have far advanced my mixing skills and now even this one needs to be remade like the ones that came before it. I don't feel offended at all by your criticism, it's actually the same way I feel about this song. :)

[Comedy Sketch #3 -Misinterpret]

you are very clever.

voice acting... sha... you are a writer mate! your voice in this was not all good. the accent needed more work.
also throughout the entire series i have heard. I can detect you are being quiet. is someone asleep downstairs or something? you can not give effective voice acting without volume control and emotion. i think you really need to consider not caring if your parents hear you downstairs.

last tip too. to VA is to Act. you are not a voice actor. you are an actor. using your voice. it DOES help to express all of the facial expressions your character would on screen. be very clear about the words you say... slurrs and breaks are bad unless intentional.

YOUR MIC quality is absolutely spot on.
if you are confident about giving me a powerful and original performance. you are in my animation. :D:D:D
well done. i am impressed.

[Comedy Sketch #2 - Timing]

excellent.

the Assumed black man OR woman LOL. is good. the other guy is great.
this one is good. that ten and 5 i voted is not out of kindness. you earned that.
this concept is hilarious. brilliant. i actually laughed! this is the first audio file i have laughed at on NG. well done. i think i have one more audio file to check out.

[Comedy Sketch#1 -Interrogation]

LOL.

this is better. much better. this is exactly why i did not judge YOU as a voice actor.
i knew you would have potential. you are talented. i dont need to tell you that.
Problems: EMOTION! lol. seriously.. establish some emotion in your next works. the cop is fine. hilarious. but the foreign man should be more upstanding and patriotic. I should be able to hear his fear. if he is maniacle and sly, he should sound it.
emotion is the only problem in this one. the voices sound different enough. although if they where more emotive. that would be MAX awesomeness. :D:D:D
well done.

[Sketch Comedy #4 -Resturaunt]

LOL.

i think your accent is a little appaling. BUT you have the balls.
also, although stereo types are funny. fish n chips... bread and beer. LOL. they are not portrayed so well as to be amusing.

firstly. for animators to work with. try popping in some amusing material. dont be afraid to add sfx too. some interesting appropriate backing music would be nice.

2nd. your voices are to much the same. try changing pitch... add an impediment perhaps... make it more gravelly, squeaky, deeper, croakier, louder? so many alternative variations to effect the voice. the voices need to be different to establish which character is which. also try adding more emotion. it would be funnier if he got heavily frustrated.

Lastly. just practice. practice makes perfect. try to appeal more to your target audience. i have not checked out your other sketches. but i will now.
tyhanks for this. and please VALUE the advice i give. do not be offended. i am helping. :D:D:D despite not being so appealing to ME, i will give it 10. because it takes Cahonies! lol.
take care.

MattKirby responds:

Thank you very much ! That was not offending at all IMO, any criticism can be constructive criticism, thank you. I didn't try my hardest on this one, and I guess, I haven't been putting the necessary time into this to make it truly great. My next ones are just going to have to be much better ! Thank you very much, it means alot to have feedback, there's always room for improvement.

[Inside Mount Olympus]

georgious

not that i would expect anything less!

It starts off a little to quiet. i would definately appreciate the introduction more if it was a little clearer. i called you a guitar sexer. and you wonder why! LOL.

I am chilling and tired. this jut makes it worse. :D:D:D i think i might fall asleep right here right now! haha.
thanks buddy. :D:D:D

Boux responds:

Yeah, intro starts echo to make it calmer from the rest.
And Thanks much once again, appreciated each time.
Yeah and i'll accept your compliment then :D but to me im
still an average player compared to all the great guitar players.