Stalagmite's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[[oove] Heartbeats]

poetic and soul breaking

your subtle heartbeat effect just brings you to breath with this magical peace. Talented and genius sir. With this peice, you have artfully crafted the most beautiful colours for the listener to paint with.
You have touched me. as you have been touched by god.

broove responds:

Ohh, man! Come on...
Sometimes I don't know how to react to the reviews. Some reviews are sweet, some - very sweet, some - oversweeted(?).

I really appreciate your review, but the phrases like "touched by god".. I don't know... They kind of disturbs me. And I didn't want to be harsh, btw ;)

[Synthetica EP Demo Track]

what is said at the beginning?

it sounds like "distribute milk carton?" lol. no its all great. I love the female singer, third song in. what am i saying? THE WHOLE FREAKING THING IS AWESOME! THANKS FOR THIS GEORGIOUS EAR CANDY!

[One More]

what effect is that?

that spacey delay? maybe. I really enjoying this piece. excluding the bass. overpowering, and slightly annoying. none the less. you sing great! better than me anyhows! you got BALLS. hahahaha. well done. and thank you.

Kanped responds:

On the guitar? That's Waves GTR 3. On the vocals; its me singing with the mic held with both hands over the diaphragm.

The bass isn't a bass- its a guitar with an octaver on it so it cuts through kinda hard but you're losing quite a bit of low end in this mp3 version so its not quite the version I'd like people to hear; it sounds better in the original .wav

Glad you liked it- thanks.

[The Daisy]

without, a recording studio or mics?

for the situation of recording, its great.
your excellent in this song. I really dont understand why your other music isnt as good! my GOD! i am really enjoying this. thanks and seriously well done here.
P.S. give me a version where your mic works better so i can get the best music out of you. :D

Kanped responds:

This is more from my rock-based stuff, obviously. I work completely differently with electronica. I'm going to be working on more blues/rock stuff in the future rather than electonic music, so hopefully you'll get the 'better' side of my stuff soon. I have no intention of re-recording this one, though. The mic sounds crap on purpose; the vocals are diostorted and copmpressed to hell- it actually turns into a sine wave (more or less) on the last line.

Thanks for the kudos.

[Alright?]

this stuff is wack, yo.

this song is a tad annoying. i do like the effects, very good. are they sampled from powerstrike? lol. the bass and melody join up alot though, maybe the bass could play something else. the best thing about this is the beat. well balanced and nice sounding but annoyingly looped.
I like the ending. very weird lol.
thanks. :D

Kanped responds:

Its not sampled; I think I built that synth, actually- or it may have been one of the Darkware VSTs. I don't really remember.

Yeah- I always hated this song. I've given it a 0 3 times.

I have no idea what I was thinking. I may just have been trying to annoy myself.

[<:>Frozen in the Snow<:>]

JANGLES AND BELLS! YAY!

completely unexpected! i thought it was another piano song, but was very surprised and pleased with the new instruments! absolutely brilliant.
and 1:10 into it. MAGIC! my god. i am terrified and inspired. the first song on NG to give me the shivers. and thats not just because its "frozen" lol. thanks

and LOL on the author comments. i will definately survive as i voted 10! :D

MJTTOMB responds:

This was written during the first summer I really composed any. I really like some of my old music.

[Douglas T Cat]

very funny.

very funny. i assume dougie is a cat then. and your english, LOL. you can tell. p.s. the person shouting "DOUGLAS" is annoying. very loud and sounds like hes from jamaica lol. i liked the tuba sound. but other than that, it was the same song all the way through. not really my cup of tea. thanks though.

Tott responds:

It is indeed the same song all the way through. I wonder what it would even mean for that to be untrue!

[that is what´s to say]

Phasers?

phasing takes out your vocal power, and over stimulates the sustained chords in this piece. that phaser cant be intentional surely. just an uploading error with sound quality? its happened to me before. well thanks anyway. its a nice quiet piece relaxing and almost meditative. makes me think. but unfortunately it cant cut me deep because im always pulled out of the illusion by irritation of phaser. Summed up:
1....Great song, and idea.
2....Destroy the phaser. :D

[song for a sunny day]

if thats you on the guitar. WOW.

ten stars for being a musical genius. but if you didnt write it. ill have them back lol. not really. thanks for making me think. :D

mhb responds:

totally me.

[Call it how ever you want!]

um. okay then.

right. sorry to say, but the piece is all over the place, and the drum does not add any extra quality to the piece. and since it has no established rhythm, it appears to be just an annoyance. but your Keyboard is nice. you propably play. at the beggining the synth melody is quite good, but it doesnt really suit the piece. i think you have the makings of a good musician. you just need practice and a basic knowledge of song structures. have a listen around, and try to acknowledge how and where different sounds come in, and whether they sound right to you. Thanks alot my friend. :D

Aschitaka responds:

Hi, thanks for your review and thanks for your suggestions!
You're right, the structure is one of by biggest problems. I'll look by other makers for their structure and I'll try to learn it by listening their music!

I know my english isn't realy good.. well, I hope I hadn't made too many mistakes ^^

Thanks again, You'll hear my new music as soon as possible!