Score: 9

"Enjoyable"

submission: Dr. Claw

date: November 7, 2009

The funny thing is that I used to watch Inspector Gadget when I was a kid... in French obviously, so once again it's cool to see how it does sound in another language.

Nice voice performance, you managed to literally change your voice tone to a dark and deep scary voice, the illusion is perfect - unless it's your regular voice ;P. It was good for a 6 seconds clip, though I expect to hear a bit more material from you next time.

And I won't comment on the equalisation, you know it all.

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Score: 10

"Heavy shit"

submission: Falling to pieces/What's Done

date: October 29, 2009

Man I dig this shit! I was impressed by the guitar tone from the very first second, it was very precise sharp. And the bass tone is sexy as fuck, one of the best tone I have ever heard, honestly. Overall, it seems you worked more on the tones than in your previous songs, even though it's a rough mix.

The vocals were fucking great, the first verse reminded me of Dream Theater, something from the previous album, when the drummer and Labrie sing together, it's great! The chorus was catchy as hell, I think it's stuck in my head for this day :P. I love the melody of it and your prog-ish type of voice on it.

The solo was enjoyable as well, the tapping part was killer. Then you don't play too many notes but you just play the right ones so it sounds better than any other speed guitar solo. You should have the copyrights on that lick at 3:18, I think you use it in all your solos haha.

I can't really help for the vocals but I promise I'll send you a melody played on the guitar ifI come up with something interresting. That's one of your best song, no doubt.

Current Score
4.23 / 5.00 (+ 0.014)

Score: 10

"Lovely"

submission: Nana's Song-Metaljonus

date: September 28, 2009

I usually write 6 paragraphs reviews but even more wouldn't be enough to describe the wonderful emotions you put in this song... Words can hardly describe it, this is simply beautiful.

Just keep going, I'm sorry about your loss she would have loved it, I hope you will be ok soon.

<3

Score: 7

"Nice fusion"

submission: Deep_Town_Blues [Box-Killa]

date: September 23, 2009

I enjoyed how you mixed jazz, electro and blues. Though there are still some details that could be fixed.

Why does it sounded jazz? Probably thanks to the bass line, that's a nice walking you got here. I assume the bass was programmed and I think it took off the groove of the walking, it took off the musicality of it. There was another problem about it, the bass is playing a line that swings a little bit and uses some ternary accent while the percussions play straight 8th note. Therefore it disabled any way for the drums and the bass to groove together.

Pretty good job on the backing track, I see the amount of work you put on it. Nice use of edirol and sytrus. The drums gave the song an interesting feeling, it reminded me of some spying films for a reason that I ignore ^^. The sax background was fine too but as the previous reviewers said, it get boring after a minute of the song. I suggest you to make the chord progression more complex - that standard blues structure is all good but come on :). By the way, after some thoughts, this would fit better in the blues section but oh well, it's just a word.

The guitar now. I'm a guitarist myself and I think the solo could have been better if you jammed a bit more on the backing track before to record the final version, this enable you to get familiar with the progression - as simple as it is - and to found the right notes and licks. This way you could have avoided those hesitations and off notes that I heard throughout the song, though full improvisation add a old fashion feeling to it; there is two schools :).

Oh yeah, also if you want a better recording quality for your guitar experiment, you should have a look to Guitar Rig 3, that's a VST that emulates almost every amps and effects that you can found, that's really usefull and with some practice you get a really professional guitar sound quality. The content of the solo was not bad but you used too much the minor pentatonic scale, the secret of a good solo is to use different scale to enrich your solo. For instance try to play on a A major scale when the bass play the E bars.

Good concept overall with some flows to fix nonetheless. You are almost there :).

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Score: 10

"Loving it!"

submission: PyroSea

date: August 31, 2009

I'm really loving it dude, your voice acting skills really improved since you submitted your first demo on the Iron Maiden song. I noticed you are now able to tell the script with really different voices and tones, that makes you a very diverse and eclectic voice actor which is what flash artists are looking for.

I enjoyed the script, it was very well written, the contrast with the Captain's and 1st Mate's way of talking was tasty. You picked the right vocabulary for both of the characters and that's what made the script humorous. The Spanish part was particularly funny. Though, I must admit I didn't understand what the 1st Mate shouts, those words aren't on my dictionary :P.

Overall, that's pretty kick ass for a bit more of one hour of work and it'll be even better if you get a better microphone. I'm looking forward to seeing you acting for a kick ass flash on NG, good luck with the contest!

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Score: 7

"Humoristical metal?"

submission: I'm Gonna Be (500 Miles) METAL

date: August 25, 2009

This song sounds funny to me for two reasons. The lyrics were quite funny actually even though you made it for your girlfriend, I liked the "I'm gonna be the man who gets drunk next to you" bit, that made me laugh. What's more this sounded funny because of the sharp contrast between brutal metal and love...

The song might not be taken seriously but the whole thing was still very messy. The structure wasn't very organised, I hardly figured out where were the choruses and the verses. The guitars and the drums were off tempo sometimes and the drums patterns seemed almost random. You overused the double bass in my opinion, at 1:31 for instance - what is the drums playing? 64th notes? haha

The vocals now. Well, I liked the begining and the clean voice although the screams were not that good and the mic quality emphased it. I advise you to lower the vocals level in order to avoid distortion on the voice ^^.

Overall, if you tidy up the structure a bit and get a better sound quality for the voice, this could be a really good song to me. Keep working.

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Score: 9

"Hey loansindi"

submission: Invention No. 1

date: August 24, 2009

At first, when I saw the title of this piece, I thought it was Bach's Invention No. 1 that I metalized one year ago but never submited it on Newgrounds. But then, I heard it was in D major and not in C major like Bach's invention ;)

This piece was quite well composed and interesting since you are a guitarist. It was simple harmony-wise but I liked how you arranged the different instruments, it sounded like a canon, if you see what I mean. I remember you told me what software you were using, I guess it was GPO and it sounds good.

Though the piano sound could have been fuller and use a tad more reverb, that would help I think. Also why did you add this fade out in the end? In my opinion it ruined the end, let us hear it until the end :P.

It was good all around exept from one or two things, keep up the good work and next time, make an epic classical song with a symphonic orchestra so I can throw outstanding drums and guitars :P.

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Score: 10

"Awesome!"

submission: Animation Voice Demo Reel 2

date: August 24, 2009

I just love it, you have a great range of different voice. Every single type of voice you shown on this demo was great quality and really convincing, very real. It's good to see you actually get into the character you are portraying with the voice, unlike most voice actors on NG with generic voices.

What's more the background music and effects made it even better, this shows how awesome your voice would sounds on an actual flash. Those backgrounds effects also stimuates the listener's imagination. Good use of the effects on your voice, reverb, delay and stuff. I really can't complain about anything.

Best of luck for the future, I hope some flash artists will contact you soon.

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Score: 8

"It has potential"

submission: No Mercy for the Damned

date: August 24, 2009

Yes this piece has potential, and I can really see it as a menu or background music for a game. The melody and the chord progression were nice and pleasant to listen to, actually I liked the happy ambiance - it made me forget my little real life issues :). The bass line and the tone was good all around.

Though I have some points to complain about. First that drum intro was weird, I wouldn't have used cymbal chokes this way, I think hi-hat pattern would work better. It gets better when the whole drum groove comes in. What's more it doesn't loop very well, the ends is too sudden for my taste and not perfectly synchronized. I advise you to make the drums fading out in the end of the loop so it flows better when it loops.

Basically work on these little things and you'll have a solid loop that may be perfect for a game - such as the Sims.

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Score: 9

"Excellent"

submission: Ode to Shalashaska-1

date: August 24, 2009

Very pleasant voice to listen to without being too common and trivial, it kept me focused on the text throughout the whole piece. I'm glad you provided the script so I was able to understand the whole story, I must confess I would have missed some part if you didn't write them down.

Your voice was clear, and, I reckon very understandable for any English speaker although some sentence were too fast for me. I think some EQing would help making the sounds clearer and fuller - I advise you to increase the high frequencies a little bit (+2.00dB at 3.00kHz). Though working on the equalizer won't do all the job, you'll have to get a better mic if you want a professional quality. Also kill those statics :P

I liked the script, very good write up. There was a lot of funny moments and it made me smile. Thanks for sharing those wonderful moments with us :P.

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