Stalagmite's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Stag's Birthday Song!]

sorry for late review ^ ^

i am here, listening once more, to your fantastic drumming skills! the birthday piano riff is awesome, and very catchy! its only a little out of time, and it makes it all the more natural and fun to listen to, after all i wold listen to synth music if i wanted everything perfect. whats more, your one of the only people who made an effort for me on my birthday, and that is what i really appreciate the most.
i love the thought behind it! you got some great buddies to say happy birthday!
i am pleased with the whole thing.
its a nice length, and now i can download it and show my work buddies that you are better than them , coz you at least did something to celebrate ^ ^
lol, thanks mewzore, Eddache izzard and Wheeler of oz! its awesome of you to be so kind! and another huge thanks to you jack! just goes to show how much effort you make for people! your one of a kind, and so is your music! ^ ^
thanks so much for this :D
you really are a flipping super guy! thanks alot for your awesomeness!!! your really super awesome :

CutTheMustard responds:

Awww now you got me smiling! Cheers for the review really glad you liked it!!

[COTD - Into the Sun]

epic much?

now where i truly admire the spacious feel to this atmospheric masterpiece, i cant quite care for its dismelodine nature. however it may just be something unique and special, intended to be slightly dischordant to suggest the beauty of imperfection :D

the slow damp feel has a cool breeze effect, blowing the minds negativite energies away......then the wonderfully gentle movement into the Xylophone warms up the mind with a sweet tingle of charming harmonics.

this has a lot of space and air to it, leaving it a little too dry for my liking, and some of the bird sound effects feel a little out of place , perhaps if they where pitched to match the transposition of the song? creating a lovely addition to the melody, but also capturing your lovely idea of the birds calling? hehe just a suggestion :D

the beat is lovely, i thought it a little harsh for ambience, but then got used to it, realising its more about movement, flow and the empowerment that entering a new, larger horizon can bring.

i really think this is a very touching piece! i love the effects, although it seems a smidge repetitive... but then ambience isnt so much about intellect, as setting a scene, learning and being at peace, which i most certainly am.

ultimate song to end a bad day, perfectly.

awesome music. i must favourite it and YOU as an artist.
beaver out. :D

DjRin responds:

Dang thank you thank you :) :)
feedback is awesome bro I'm glad you liked it for the most part.

Sadly I'm using a demo of FL 9 to make my music so i can't go back and change things after I export them as mp3 cause i can't save FL files :(

but yeah man, um if ya feel like checkin out my other stuff that'd be totally cool. "Epic" is my highest rated track, the others are all alright too I guess.

Thx again for the feedback, if you got any stuff you want me to check out jus holla :)

-Rin

[Big Red - Mr Jones]

HAI YOU!!!

fantastic work! your voice is unusual... i would not personal have put it in rap but it really does have that unusual durability and clearly can endure the pounding seriousness of this genre. :D very very impressive work! i can completely imagine this being played in peoples cars! AWESOME! your talents are never ending :D ^ ^
beaver out yo :D

BigRed responds:

Peace out beaver!!

[Fear of Change]

I feared....

that with your positive changes you would lose your edge for the emotion in your work... truth is, its better than ever. this is full of fantastic ideas. pure fantasy chillout... so so so good boux. you are eternally talented! realy epic piece here dude. :D good job!

Boux responds:

Thank you very much Stalagmite ^_^ im still the same person after all, so ill keep doing music no mather what, im very glad to hear of you, i will keep you updated

[Jones Family VA Contest Entry]

Some advice :D

your script was very creative, and made me very hungry! it had a ditsy cute feel that could only be given by you! :D a really wonderful feeling of being there was the result of your mixing! where admitedly your performance was a little to quiet at parts, and your low narrator/man voice did sound really forced and unnatural, and assumedly especially uncomfortable to perform! hehe, so it jus shows how hard you where trying! :D your range was impressive as usual, and the general acting performance was quite good :D
only you could pull off a convincing battle between random cute characters VS the vegetable crusade. KEEP IT UP! i loved the grandma voice. well done, thanks so much for submitting! and you are pure awesome :D

Jessismith responds:

Well, my voice is naturally dry and airy, so don't worry, it wasn't so uncomfortable to put on a lower raspier voice. :) This was actually really fun to make....I made it just for fun anyway. You're pure awesome too just for reviewing. I've been awaiting your awesome review for a long time. Thanks so much Stag. *huggles* I'll keep it up, as long as I know someone else likes it. :)

[Keepers Of Hell]

HONESTLY

effort- 9/10. this clearly has some thought put into it. making me appeciate it all the more. :D you have done a good job on your voices, they are all quite different, all suggesting your range is quite colourful, although maybe a few more characters would have made it more clear about how flexibile you really are. the voices displayed are a clear indication of how high and low your voice can go, but all the same they are the voices that everyone can do. the low grumble and high pitched munchkin sound lol. in the future contest i advise really going for some new and unusual voices. also ACCENTS. to make it EVEN MORE impressive try giving the characters different accents. :D
i liked the direction of this piece, and it moving toward the muffin man which i personally have a private joke about with my friends, so it had me Lolling hard. :D also the ending concept where they are going "LALALALALALA" was very funny! in terms of fit, i guess they where pretty spot on, however the ACTING which is a large portion of judging this piece, was lacking to be honest. i think your characters where quite expressionless, and they where WHISPERING. are the characters supposed to be whispering to eachother? if not then you shouldnt be whispering. it is hard gaining the confidence to successfully voice act out huge and loud emotions, but none the less it is a requirement. your charcters where quite fun though. in terms of mixing, you did select some tunage appropriate to the feel of the moment, and it was subtly placed so blended nicely. the mic quality was good enough to hear your voice, so the visual script for me was not neccesary, but in the future practice your diction more, to speak more clearly can only do you good!
Your script was amusing, and the whole performance had a quant little charm behind it. quite a cute performance i think.
you are gifted with the ability to adapt your voice into any shape, whether it be impressions or your own creations. you will be a good voice actor if you want to be. keep up the god work! :D and good luck in the voice acting contest!

Kirbyfemur responds:

Haha THANKS!
Unfortunately i probably was whispering. Since at the time i was actually able to record this, everyone else in the house was sleeping, so i couldn't go full out on this one. And the mic i was using was one of those head set mics built for playing only on the playstation, so the quality is WAY better than i expected from the mic i used lol. Thanks again, can't wait to see who ends up with ze crown

[Beta Unit]

O'HAI!

THE FOLLOWING REVIEW IS INTENDED AS ADVICE! NOT INSULT! to not take it as INSULT, please consider it friendly assistance :D

your mad scientist doesnt sound very mad. it sounds like you made a script that IMPLIES he should have the behaviour and pallette of a MAD scientist... however he held no direct mental ilness qualities that would suggest he was "mad".
may i suggest you give the scientist some kind of obsessive quality, like the jokers lip smacking... maybe he could yell or scream randomly... he should twitter and rant about unneccesary things... he could just generally sound incredibly unusual or unique....something that would differ from the norm instead of sounding a little bit like kermit the frog :D

PERFORMANCE- to increase your vocal energy i suggest keeping out of monotone. it is a little droll in places, and you cant really rely on the script to keep it interesting. try making the voice consistent and fluent, but have inflections and tweaked pitches here and there to emphasise or express yourself more.

your script told a story, and i did not judge this as though it was a comedy, because to be honest it wasnt very funny. writing is a different matter alltogether. i just advise watching lots of comedy to get a feel of its intention and structure.

MICROSOFT SAM UMmmmmmm........microsoft sam is digital voice imitation software... it is not an effect, its a sample. you can use musical samples, but none that simulate or are recognised as someone elses voice.. whether it be robot or alien. all vocals must be your own performance.

i think in terms of being different or unusual, this submission was not really anything unique...

HOWEVER!!!!!
i think this is a blatant display of the talents you can build. you have the ability to become a very good voice actor! it is simply a case of REALLY getting into character, really enjoying and going for it... doing more than saying lines... actually being the character... i personally flail my arms and pull jim carrey rubber faces... most unnatractive lol, but it is much more expressive.

you have so much potential, you will be good, if you keep in practice... if you submit to the future voice acting competitions i can guaruntee you would move higher each time so long as you practiced and thought hard about your work.
keep up your efforts, because they will really go somewhere if you are eager enough! good work, i unerstand it took you a long time to work with, well done for all the effort. i look forward to your future efforts :D GOOD LUCK IN THE COMPETITION!!!!

Bou1der responds:

First off, no insult was taken. I appreciate your input. Thanks for the reminder that I can be very monotone, I know I tend to act like that. I was using Microsoft Sam as a computerized voice, because thats what I wanted, so thats what I used. I wasn't going for funny, I wanted a very serious peice, were a person was mechenized or cyberized or what ever, against his will. I had no luck finding non-commercial music, I would have loved some background dramatic music. My next mad scientist will play a bigger part and will be... well more mad. Please look for more of my work in the future and your advice is much appricated. If I didn't want critisim, I wouldn't submit anything, so many thanks. Please keep it coming.

The big guy, Boulder

[(gaia) va4C 2nd muffin]

stalagmite reviews and listens for first time!

almost perfect.
i think you made mistake occasionally of having similar sounding characers muttering or talking whilst a similar MAIN character was speaking.. causing a little mergance and pulling me out of the illusion a little.
i think personally i would have preferred anoter character in the two way convo, maybe an impatient customer behind the hippy chick....

none the less.........

your composition of this entire thing has an intensely creative mesh of ideas and voices. as i said, where i felt a few of the voices where a little similar..... , i have to admit most of them where completely different. HOWEVER.
TBH i am incredibly impressed. because not only did your characters sound different. they WHERE different.
they had completely diffferent charcteristics; personalities. that is where your creativity as shone through for me. your CHARACTERS where like actual different people... i rarely hear something like that.
additionally your creativity is pulsing with energy and comedy! unique perspective that is both personal and unusually exaggerated... your tv scenes cracked me up hard.
all suggesting you have some quite powerful writing skills to acompany your chipmunk voice! hehe.
also i dont know if anyone else noticed... but you have LOADS of voices in this! TV sounds in the background... people muttering and humming, singing....

and the way this has been mixed has really impressed me aswell! so well done! lots of voices..... and finally the TV section.

just wow. can you actually speak spanish? or was that just gobbledy gook lol. either way i was convinced. :D
perfect diction. perfect idea and i can not wait for the next time you submit for the contests. "bows down"
GOOD LUCK REDNIKETRAINERS

rednikaiaG responds:

Holy Bejeezus, refrigerator STAGnet------>
This is by FAR one of the most detailed reviews I have EVER recieved (despite the one from FatKid/combined judge's scores from the last contest and one from Neo, of course). That ALONE just made my night. Now, add in the fact that it was from YOU and the deal just got a whole lot sweeter. Honestly, the words you left me made my whole week, Man. To see everything, you said about this entry, brought me so much joy. I mean, all this? *points above to your review* Coming from YOU, one of the most talented people I've ever met? And no, don't you go rolling your eyes, or talking shit about the compliments I'm paying you, saying "Oh, old bean, that's just not true. I'm nothing out of the ordinary." Because a multi-talented man like you is so hard to come by. Your music moves me, whether it be silly OR dramatic pieces. Your voices make me laugh and sometimes sad. Your animations are an absolute delight to watch, yes EVERYone of them. Your thoughts are uplifting, goofy, sentimental, emotional, hilarious, personal and big hearted. Well, I know you're sitting there, reading this, feeling a bit uncomfortable and denying all I've just said, so, anyhoo. . .

Great suggestion, about the third party member of the skit. I'll take that into consideration for the next one. I impressed YOU? Wow. 'Nuff said. Glad to have read that what you heard here, was rare, in your opinion. Awesome! I had LOTS of fun doing the T.V. stations too. I just kind of make stuff up as I go (usually the day before the deadline, unfortunately). As for the Spanish segment, yeah I can speak a BIT, but most of it was due to Google Translate. Ha! Although I'm sure NO ONE took the time to actually translate it, to find that it TOO ended in the word MUFFIN (like the other two TV shows did). My diction was even noticed? My, oh my, Sir you have given VA honor to my name with this. I appreciate it.
I can't wait until the next one, either, Stag-film.
*thinks of the candy song, a vulgar nude rabbit, sexy frog, and other random animal voices, all done with your animation skills*
Until we FINISH something together. . . .

............Take care, be good and Trick or Treat, Beaver!exclamation point
<3 always :(Gaia:)