MaestroRage's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Melodic Solace]

Nicely done!

You know I never thought boss music could be euphoric. I always felt it had to be deep, depressing, angry kind of music, but this makes me think. This makes me wonder how else I could portray such things.

You've really impressed me here Winter. Really you've expanded well on trance and electronic arts so much! I suppose there wasn't very much furthar for you to go classical wise eh ;)?

I personally didn't see much wrong with it, but pulstate knows what he's talking about Winter, check out his works you will see what i'm talking about. The kid's on his way to doing big things.

I would say the quality is a little bad, but thats understandable.

I personally liked the quiet part the best, it just rang the right flavor for me.

To top it all off, another 5 from me Winter. I begin to wonder what those other two songs are going to sound like. Be sure to keep me updated!

Winterwind-NS responds:

the game is a platform shooter thingy, and it really isnt a serious type game. plus i didnt make this specifically for the game, they jus chose it for the level haha
and NO i am NOT moviing away from classical lol there is plenty of things to learn in the classical world. :)
again, sorry about the quality since its sooooo long.
thanks for the review

[Prelude no. 7 Lento Elegante]

Impressive

Hmm... so gentle. I had forgotten you played the piano (I do remember right... right?), and you play it very well here. Did you record your piano? It sounds like a recording, so real, so full of emotion.

There was a few... dissonant notes? I don't know if I heard it right, but I thought i heard something. It could however be how the song is meant to be played, one of the bad things of not having much theory is not knowing how to give somebody who does useful advice :P.

Can I ask for the music sheet for this piece? I would like to learn how to make music like this.

Great stuff Winter, glad to see you submitting again! Keep up the good fight eh?! Keep em coming. 5/5 from me.

Winterwind-NS responds:

HEY thanks for the review!
I think u meant dissonant chords, yes there are always a few of those in my pieces lol
and YES i would LOVE to hear some romantic pieces by u
il send u the score right away
thanks again brosef.

ABOUT THE SONG:

This is a piece composed for solo piano. The piece has 4 different voices at some parts. Quite melancholic but a bit cheery in some parts. Usage of diminished chords used to emphasize feeling of anguish and struggle. Intensifies towards the end, then descrescendos to the final chords.

[For one more time]

Damn inspiring!

I am SO glad I forced myself to drop by your page before doing anything else today! I've started it off just right! You've used those brilliant crushing drums again, and the choir this time around is more brilliant, it conveys a greater spectrum of emotion, and they use vowels?! I am very interested to know where you acquired those choirs.

My personal favorite i'd have to say is when the solo voice comes in, and then is joined by the strings. That vocalist holds insane power, and it's repetition, the reverb you've applied to it, is perfect! It sent chills down my spine! Unlike so many songs out there, I was happy to hear it repeat again and again! Every time just as powerful as the last.

I just wanted to know if these choirs were saying anything, and they sounds so bloody brilliant.

This is just as good as "For the Last time", and it brings me as much joy.

I have to cut this off here madboss, anything else I write here will just be classified as ranting and raving. Easily a 5, and the fourth 10/10 i've ever given anybody! You deserve it, really.

madboss responds:

Well thank you that you visited my page and dropped a review. I worked really long on this one. Firstly I wanted to create that melodies that fulfill my requirements (almost one week front of the keybords editing the themes) than another one week in front of the computer to desing every note and match to it's place that I think it's good.

And at last I got some new refill set for my reson. The choirs are from SoundScan vol28 Acoustic SynthChoir - refill set. It's a brilliant collection after my opinion because the NN-XT samples are only 3-4 megs big but they sound like real one. I used this mixed choir for support and a child choir for the higher solo notes. The choirs not saying anythig - just Ah, Eh, Ih, and in the child choir section Oh sounds.

And I got some new and more banging drums - and I used them. But this time I don't wanted to fell into the mistake I fell in "For The Last Time" - I used less drums. Less is more I think is true for these kind of hard drums.

So I'm happy that you liked it and I couold gain your points. I hope I could inspire you for better work ;)

[Space Is The Life (Pulstated)]

Impressive again

i've been listening to this track for nearly an hour straight (while on AIM, you know why ;)), and I must say during that whole hour this song never once grew old, or abrasive on the ears, which is a great quality, especially with your kick that thumping. Normally in electronic songs when there is a heavy kick it will usually give me a head ache, because they either did not equalize it properly, or it was too loud.

I can safely say this was not the case here.

As usual there is the euphoric kind of feeling, so I assume that is the type of trance you are best familiar with.

As usual your filter works are rather exceptional, i'm not too familiar with filters in Reason (heck I don't use them that much in my own program :P), but I do know that mastering them, using them exactly where they are needed is a big task, and requires a lot of patience, which is why a lot of electronic music here gives me a head ache, because they didn't spend the time for the sounds.

In any case, another 5 from me, keep up the good fight!

Pulstate responds:

Thank you alot. Yes i love prefecting my kicks, and i'm delighted you enjoyed this. :)

[Destination Paradise (RemiX)]

Impressive

You seem to have a great deal of euphoric energy going on in your pieces, and I really appreciate that kind of qualities in trance music.

If I am not mistaken the bass here is similar to the one you used in Unity of Earth (Pulstated), it carries out well that synth. I did not find as much variety in this piece as I did there, but this piece does carry out excellently. I feel it would make a great ambient track

I know Trance songs can last up to several minutes, often in the hour region, I think this song would be perfect to be a part of such a long piece, it gives that feeling of just going on, continuing, constantly giving off this energy.

In any case, this too was a great track.

Pulstate responds:

Thank you for taking your time to review this, i appreciate it mate. :)

[Unity Of Earth (Pulstated)]

Quite inspiring.

I havn't heard the originals so I won't be able to compare these, but I will tell you what I think of this piece in general.

I found this song to be very well produced, it has many overtones of energy, and loads of well co-ordinated synths. It kind of reminds me of Castles in the Sky, but not melody wise, the feel it gives me, this euphoric rush.

I am rather impressed by the filters you've pulled off here, really, I would expect to hear this on an album.

That period in the song where you have that faded out pulse synth, and then it jumps into another energetic segment, that part was in my eyes the most perfect part. The cymbal sounds were maybe a tad too loud and abundant there.

All in all I don't have much more to say, anything else I write would only be classified as ranting, so i'll cut it here and go to the other pieces.

This is a great track, a well deserved 5!

Pulstate responds:

Your my favourite reviewer, this gives me huge confidence mate, thank you so much. :)

[Chinese asylum]

Interesting

What an interesting melody. I felt it was really something interesting, then you have these random spurts of notes. I felt they kind of ruined the song, the song's flow and overall feel was jeapordized by those spurts of notes.

The song's core holds potential, I really liked where it was heading.

In any case it does loop rather exceptionally, so bonus points for that!

I'd like to invite you to check out some of my work sometime DyingFuzi! Keep up the good fight!

DyingFuzi responds:

thanx (= i know there are some random parts. i guess that i liked them because i didn't want the song to be too obvious or classic or something. so maybe i will change\improve this song like i sometimes try to do. thanx for the cooment, i guess i'll go check your work now(= thanx again.

[Wakeup You Mofo!]

Impressive!

A new piece eh! So soon too. Excellent.

I like what you did with your voice in this song at the beginning. It was a little hard to make out what you were saying, and I felt it was a tad loud, but it got the point across, and this time I felt it didn't clash with the song in any way.

The song's melody itself was just great. It was pushing, it was energetic, and it kept going. The panned reversed sounds were interesting, but I felt they were used in too much abundance, especially at the end where they were hitting some pretty high notes.

I'm a little sad to hear this won't be finished. This song really holds a ton of potential in my eyes.

When your voice goes all opera like at the end, that was priceless! I loved it, really gave some good energy.

The instrumentation is also down right, it all sounds like it belongs, it's just those reversed sounds that I think you used in too much.

Overall, great track! Try to get this one done if you can >:(!!! This one easily gets a 5/5 from me.

Dj-PinkWalrus responds:

why thank you! But, ummm, that was my friend singing at the begginning. =(
Anyways, i appreciate your input again!

[A regular day (2:16)]

Simply wonderful

This is so simple, yet so awesome. That background noise REALLY helped. I never would have thought to use such a thing. The song itself is very crisp, and I actually disagree with the earlier review, adding ANYTHING else would have ruined it's simplicity, which I felt all of it's power came from. Though near the end it does have periods of silence that drag on a tad too long.

I don't have much else to say WinTang, but I wanted to drop you my support. Keep up the good work, congrats on 50'th submission!

WinTang responds:

Thanks! As for the drags, I'll need to see how they turn out, I could always edit a bit. I just really wanted to eliminate any sense of 4/4.
Thanks for the support!!

[Rise Your Sword]

Inspiring

I'd have to agree with Winter on this one. I felt the lead up to the fighting scene itself was supurb. Now don't think that means I dislike the battle scene itself (In my mind the battle scene begins the moment the snares start pressing down on the listener more), that part too was in my mind pretty damn impressive, oppressive, and vicious, however there was just this tense energy I liked more in the beginning.

The song also loops wonderfully.

The flutes in my opinion are just as great as the french horns, if not more so. Especially when they play this repetitive riff again and again. it's only five notes, but I personally think they did a lot for the song itself.

I felt the french horns were a little too laid back when the snares and timpini started striking down harder. I could be wrong however, increasing their volume may drown out the subtle strings.

In any case, it was a great experience sorohanro. Keep up the good fight! Keep them coming!

sorohanro responds:

well, your musical intuition and knowlege gave you a preety close image of what i intended to write.glad you liked it, and if you liked it, that means is good...
i didn't noticed the fact that is looping nice... now that you told me...
i had a brake here because i'm workin with a band in Bucharest for the new album,and i have to practice trumpet because i will have a VERY important concert in St.Petersburg.
hope you'r ok, i missed your reviews :)
take care