benc98's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Permanent]

Wow! This is really nice! I dig the part where the new melody comes in at around 1:20.
I also love how the chord progressions keeps changing to stop the song from getting repetitive and keeps the track interesting. Good job!

[Squirtle Got a Gun]

You're really talented when it comes to singing!

[Time Traveler]

I really dig the melody that comes in at 1:58
Kind of reminds me of adagio for strings by tiesto lol.
Dem beautiful pads that kick in at 2:55 really do amplify the melody, definitely my favourite part of the song. Took quite a while to get to the awesome part of the track, but i'm glad i stayed for it.

My only criticism would be that at first in the intro the notes at 0:11 and 0:26 in the bass sounded kind of odd to me. After hearing the song for a while they started to sound fine as the other instruments came in though.

Overall this is a solid trance track. Good job FB.

ForeverBound responds:

thanks man and yes The bass in the beginning isn't so good but the pads are there already on there way and to make it more simplistic would be great for the bass ( going so far down doesn't sound good on it's own) but it's hard because when the pads are there then it does sound good and in that little part in the beginning the pads actually gain more volume so it's a hard part in the track because i actually can't change the bass there. ( u understand me :P )

but i'm gald u like it

[PeteG's Character Demo 2]

Your voice is so magical O_O
Bloody amazing voice acting mate.

[MrKittie - SMTM]

it's actually pretty good lol. More lols were produced when i read the title "Shitty music the movie" how do you think of these awesome titles man :P
My favourite part of the track was where it slows down, it's a very nice change to the song.
I also like the piano part at the end, the melody sounds very nice in piano form.

I must add that i really like those drum samples, could you tell me where you got those beautifully clean kicks and snares from?

MrKittie responds:

Hah thank you, Idk about the names, they just come at random hah!
Oh yeah i actually think the glitch hop segment was cool as well.

OH and about those drums sir. If i were to tell you what i used , you would be pretty upset considering that they didn't sound like they did in this song. All the clean magic comes from proper EQ in which i am getting LOTS better at.

Try practicing EQing. Mixing is just as important too. Watch tutorials for help and understand your frequency sprectrum!

Thanks for commenting!
I have big things planned to come !!!

[Spooky Game Tune]

I really enjoy listening to good heavily themed videogame music, and this is definitely a very nice one. Very spooky just like the title suggests which i believe comes from the perfect choice of instruments to give of this vibe. Good job on this little tune.

ChineseBoar1995 responds:

Thanks! I basically stumbled on the chord progression when I was messing around on our school's piano. After watching some Let's Play videos (say "Game Grumps" when they were playing some Castlevania or something like that...), I felt inspired to write something based on the chord progression.

So thank you once more for the awesome review! :D

[Ice Sings]

I actually really like this.
The song definitely does achieve it's goal of having a winter/icey vibe to it and the drums make it very relaxing and easy to chill-out too. However, I personally thought the kick you used was a little unfitting for the theme of the song.
Overall a very nice peaceful tune and i believe this song would perfectely fit in an ice level hub, just like you described.

geniebmusic responds:

Yay! I'm glad you like this song :D

I wondered about that kick a time or two. In the end, I kept it because I thought it added something a little unique? Then again, I see what you mean. Like I said, I was wondering if I was using the right kick or not for this song a few times XD

Thank you for listening and commenting! I will work harder!

[Together]

Very, very nice work. You give off the sad/mournful vibe that you aimed to accomplish in a very efficient manner. The violins that accompany the beautiful piano melodies are truly a very nice touch. I personally found the pauses a bit to long however, i just didn't feel like they were very necessary.

[Dallas Aint Shit!]

Man , the mix is superb, so professional sounding. Chords are rad as well, good job

jbotsd responds:

Thank you. I didn't spend too much time on the mix as its just a demo so when the whole thing gets re tracked legit with a drummer ill be sending it to someone for mixing duties :D excited for that :D Glad you enjoyed it!!

[Another Winter]

Awesome job man!
Cheers for doing my request :D