FlamingFirebolt's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-YRX- Evol MokeyZ]

Drumstep?>

Never heard of drumstep before. Not sure if i like it or not.
Anyhow, I really love the dark atmosphere you got going here. The deep bassy synth. The violins. Weird chords (?).
Altough, i wish it would go a step further. Some more variation on the beat would be awesome. Maybe filter the beat or bass so it sounds cooler. At times it sounds a bit too choatic but i geuss that's drumstep? :p.
All in all, i like what you had going here but, i wish it would do a bit more then a simple repetive tune. Judging from your other works, i know you can do better then this :).

-Firebolt-

(eindelijk weer een andere nederlander gevonden, drop ff een review k? ^^ )

YouriX responds:

Yeah i made it for the lols so dont take to seriously. It is drumstep because of the drum pattren.
(Leuk ik zal mijn best doen )

[Tetris Remix Song B [Fina]

Another tetris remix

Helth does have a point somewhere though,
He said that it was midi ripped, which it is.
And he said that the mastering was crap ( which it kind of is ). But i can't master for shit so i can't really argue with that. However, the tetris remix is been done before. And alot. I'm not entirely sure about the B variant ( It seems music b is less remixed ) But it still is from another game and not your own origenal work. I know you added that beat and it's 'different' then the origenal but imo it's not enough. I would like to see your skill in your own productions and then i can judge if your a good producer or not.
Either way, it's sort of made for the flash move Tetris'd. Since it's about tetris it should be obvious that the music is from tetris. If you think of it that way then yes, this is a good song.
The audio portal is a great thing, but we from the AP ( people like helth and me ) are kind of sick and tired of hearing midi rips that get high in the charts without much effort. Call it jealousness, call it whatever but as i recall we may have different oppinions here :).

Parkerman1700 responds:

This is not midiripped!! What are you all talking about? And please, explain, what is wrong with it?

Back to the midiripping:
1. What the heck is midiripping?
2. If its what I think it is, I actually searched for the song on youtube, and then copied the melody, FROM EAR, to FL studio's piano roll.

You should all stop being so conclusive, and stop making such bold assumptions.

Either way, you at least used logic, so I thank you for that.

I worked for a long time on this, if you need proof, I can send you the flp file, and you can see that it was all done by me, nothing "ripped."

Thank you.

[Dance Fakeout [WIP]]

This is... Intresting

Now first of the 'fake' intro. I'm not so sure what a fake intro is, basically means the intro suggest an entirely different song then the rest is going to be? Well good job on that i suspose.
However the claps are really loud. Try softening that. The down pitch is nice. It's weird that it first goes up and then goes down.
Now the breakcore part. Yet again, i don't know anything about breakcore so it's hard to judge. It's sounds like extreme glitch or something :P. Wacky fast paced drums with stutters, gates and the likes. It doesn't follow a certain ritme like i'm used to from other EDM. To me it sounds too spastic. aaround 1.46 i really liked it and it ended :/. Maybe repeat such a ritme more often with variation each 4th bar? So we know there's a steady ritme going on. Maybe make a giant epic break. I like you had the idea of the bleeps and other misc. sounds. But then the break kind of fade's in. I would expect something more origenal. Maybe lots of reverb and highpass it?
I don't know, keep in mind i don't know anything of breakcore. But i like the xperimental aprouch of it. I can't stop thinking it should go back to it's roots more with using a more basic ritme. A melody would be great too but i doubt it would fit. Goodluck with the song. Keep it origenal =D

-firebolt-

poopr1221 responds:

Thanks for the review! Lots of suggestions in this! Just one thing dude. You said "Reverb and highpass". That's not really original =P That's such a common element of....well...every electronic music genre, including breakcore. Trust me, I do plan on adding synths to this, I just want to do the crazy drum programming without distractions of other elements. And it also seems I achieved goal of having an extremely fucked up breakcore track, with a rhythm that's difficult to follow =P Again, thanks for the review!

[FL core!!!]

Wow amazing

Now i've heard ALOT of music on Newgrounds, but this takes the crown. It just has evrything i always wanted it. Sick beat, awesome bass, VOCALS. the melody is the best of all. You have talent man, pure talent. Please contineu on this idea you must! IT'S TOO AWESOME. So.. eh.. May i remix this piece of awesome? :D

-firebolt-

photosyntesen responds:

i know isnt this amazing and yes you can remix it if you want! xD

[Brave New World]

So let's do thiz

I've been following you lately but mostly avoiding ever to review your songs. Mostly because i don't have something (witty) to say Oo. But i'll try my best to make some sort elaborate review.
Now i must admit, this sounds 'epic'. For some reason the way you change chords remind me of the Danny Elfmann style or Hans zimmer which is a compliment. It has a eerie and mysterious feel to it (That;s why i like Danny Elfmann too ). It also reminds me of a great door opening to a different world with wonders and magic beyond the horison. Geuss that's pretty much what you where going for and you succeeded.
Now, i did hear some synths in there i believe. If im not mistaken a Saw-ish pad but my ears tricked me before. What saddens me that it's actually just one HUGE buildup to absolutely nothing. You could easily extend it make it a proper classical song. ( Have no clue what you thought while making this ).

Your music sounds alot like Film-music, but also more then that. It captures an emotion, a scene or a moment while still doing something else. Geuss that's your magic touch. What i like about classical music is the amount of effort and detail can go in such large pieces. EDM ( Electronic Dance Music ) in general copy paste alot and recycle patterns while simply adding stuff. Classical music tends to make things large, and adds small intruments for small details. It's like chocolate sprinkles on a delicious vanilla icecream .. Sorry i'm drifting off. The immens 'Wall o' Sound' feeling does apply to this song. How you did it i don't know. You also made it really realistic with mostly samples and synths (?). For quality like this i think of going to a show where real intruments play. But above all, it's good orchestrated and it sounds damn nice. Mixing is excellent too. I can't really add anything more then maybe extend it. Maybe add some more percussions like timpani's (?). I don't know the name of those intruments but you catch my drift, those low percussions. I also noticed you used a synthised choir if i'm not mistaken. It blends in really well. You tend to prefer strings above all other things don't you? Maybe try going for some midrange brass.

So in short. Excellent sound and melody. Would like an extended version.
It actually sounds like a movie trailer :/. If you would add a 'Massive' door unlocking sound effect around around 1.02 and some random quotes from the movie itself you would have an instant movie trailer. That's what 'They' do aswell.

I know you from the Unforgotten Realms theme song which is excellent btw. But i was really suprised when you got on Newgrounds. This isn't really the place for music like this. It actually saddens me that all of your songs got Zero-Bombed. You go fairly unoticed aswell. Might give you up for the underdog of NG. Maybe someday, i can also make stuff like that around my 30's :D.
Till then!!

-firebolt-

nathanallenpinard responds:

Much thanks for the extensive review. I wanted to write more, but the time limit in the competition was really short.

Initially, the piece was written for a sci-fi experience, with the discovery of a Brave New World. Almost at the climax of the piece is when the world is scene with the sun peaking over it. A Brave New World that the fleet has been searching for, for ages.

[hoverfast]

Hoverfast

Nice submission to create a genre contest.
Your main idea was classical trance AND breakbeat?
Well obviously the classical part are the strings ( which got a little bit too much reverb in my oppinion ). The strings sound really compressed too. The whole tracks sounds kinda compressed.
BUt alright reviewy time.
Like i said strings makes it classical. It's a nice build towards the breakbeat + synth. In general it's really hard to combine classical stuff with synthesized stuff. But you made it the easy way to keep them apart :P. Nevertheless it's a pretty good song. There's not much trance influence as i would expect. Yes i supose the synth is trance aswell as the plucked synth near the end. but you could rather go for more hard synths like dance or techno. but ohwell. The breakbeat part is obvious, it's just a breakbeat. But nothing more! :(. Which saddens me. I would expect some crazy drumrolls and loads of beat variation but there wasn't much of that. To be fair it did had some but i expected more. The bass is mostly siner or a low pad and that weird synth lol. Maybe, you could transform this in a crazy DNB song with a nice reese.
In overall. Nice idea, im afraid it's been done before but whatnot ey? The mixing leaves some wishes like over compressing and loads of reverb. The main melody didn't really pulled me in but that's excuse-able. Maybe more drums variation and more classical parts. Maybe you could make another one, not for this contest but just to improve your skills in classical + breakbeat. It might turn out in a real breathtaking song.

Goodluck with the contest may the best win >: D

-firebolt-
Why not check out my entry?

EQualed responds:

longest review ever :P
i found this track difficult to mix, and its my first time making a classical part
i will admit your review is pretty much right.
i did put a tad too much reverb on the strings
and i forgot to make a vartation on the drums (STUPID :P)
but still pleased with the outcome.

and when has this been done!?
gota know now

anyways, good luck to you too :D

[German Hard Trance YEHH]

In your face ? Yup

Oh god, f*** smooth intro's that kick gets in your face the moment you start the song. I love hardstyle and harddance in general so you got me there. But you did an amazing job. After the small intro the beat goes af and your greeted by a nice soft plucked (?) synth. I like you change the harder parts with softer breaks. And that way you keep balance in the song. The mixing is good altough sometimes the kick killes the bass and lead and distorts it around parts like a rolling kick.
I like your style. Keeping the lead and kick playing ( around 2.50 ) after the break is an good way to keep energy and actually extend the chorus. Maybe you could have played with the cutoff more at some parts like that but oh well. The song is well structered and it sounds good.

Tips: THe outro is a real let down. You could either just let the kick and bass play and remove something each 8 bar. Or you could have ended with a big bang. BUt you did neither :( you could easily fix that, it makes it a better complete song in my oppinion. And i want more of the arp around 0.30. Maybe you could have a small intro. Like the kick with the bass wihout the lead ( for a few seconds ) before going to the kick bass and lead immediatly. I kinda got suprised when i started this song, good bad? I dunno really depends on the listener.
Overall good song, i like your style. Still rough on some parts but nevertheless good job. Keep it up and í will probably hear more from you :). Goodluck producing.

-firebolt-
Please check out my song ;D

Teck071 responds:

The track was rushed, so no real time put into the structure, thank you though great review!!

[Cheesey Dance Madness!]

Oh god, do i have to review this? :(

I hate what you made me to do xeon >: l Your in my debt.

Anyhow, let's get this overwith.
Let's start with the title, how it's cheesy alright.. Dance? well i suspose it is. Madness? Why certainly. You get 10 points for the right title there.

It's extremely happyness and overly colourfull display (currently have spinart ) makes it sure something special. Why would you attempt such a thing anyways? :p

THe piano sets the mood. It's fast and happy. The beat comes in and it pretty much stays the same trough out the song. You build it with a cut off synth and then let it go again to let the bass and beat do its thing. Works better with trance though :P. I love the synth at 0.43. It adds that extra 'sillyness' if you know what im saying. The melody is generic and nothing special. It doesnt stand out, what it does is that its actually catchy due to it's simplicity. Where it does stand out is in the utterly joyfull dancing around sunny care free world kind of thing. It's weird. It's nothing like anything i make. And for some reason i am aiming for this stuff.
Ugh getting off track. So the melody is catchy and all that, joyfull stuff. BUT
The beat just doesnt cut it for me. It's anoying and it makes me feel it just goes where ever it wants. Maybe try making it a 4/4 or a proper breakbeat. The hihats and snare are weak but i don't know where you are aiming for with this so..
The bass could be better. I think it's too light and not really bassy. But if you would change it then it would destroy the mood. So i'll let that one slip.
Variation is oke. You kinda do what i do, just let the beat and bass play and add random synths on top :). Works pretty well in some ways, it adds variation and it's actually easy to make. 1.19, that trumpet sound fits really good. Im still anoyed by the beat. Maybe add some more effects and fancy stuff to make it more adredeline filled music. I don't know, i geuss you could experiment with it more considering this is nothing like you usually make. I suspose i could give random tips but that would only to make it sound more cheesy and nobody would want that...
For the mixing it sounds pretty decent on my end, considering i have crapspeakers made out of sh.. well you know. And the perception of the quality of these sounds are ceverly low. How does that sound? :p. Well the kick strength is good, though has wished it would be a 4/4 or lighter for more a breakbeatish feel. The pads are nice and warm though only background. The arp steals the show obviously. The extra sounds like the trumpet are a nice add like i said before because they fit so well. But all the sounds, especially the arp, have the urge to drown the bass. But it manages to keep up well maybe because its on average, a fairly easy song. Now i don't want to offend your music nor your skills :P but its just my oppinion. It's actually short too but that can't be helped. I would suggest to make the intro longer, i actually got an idea but im not going to remix it or whatever :P. And ofcourse fix the outro a bit. It just ends. Maybe make a break somewhere, where theres a slight space of sanity and calm. You must mix and combine elements not only use cheese. But if your going this way why not make it more cheesy, detuned saws ahoy!

Bla die bla

So what number should i give this? I don't think my oppinon could be expressed in numbers but i would give it a 7,5. For the total random cheese. BUt this is not much compared to your other music so i dunno. YOu would get minus points for your musical skills :P.
Just make another one, only more cheesy. .. And faster

-firebolt-

ps. Most useless review evah!

DjXeon responds:

Like wow, this is the longest craziest review over the most cheesieest uselessest randomest song ever :)
Congrats on that lol.

Yeah, i didnt write in the title, this was a total muck - around song. Nothing musically to be gained here, just was bored one afternoon and tried to make quite literally the happiest cheesiest crap ever :) and it turned out quite well :)

Probably never again will i make something like this!

My new stuff that im making... well its at a stand still, and like got 6-10 songs that are like about 10% done. jsut a whole load of ideas, and nothing solid is coming through :(

I need inspiration :) wheres that slow trancey cloud song you promised :)
Haha, i might send you a compilation of my 40second demo random songs sometime, ill mediafire them to you :)

[Blue Escape (3rd Demo)]

:) Has a retro feel to it

The first opening hits remind me of a retro game for some unexplaind reason.
The actuall feel is spacy and ambient-ish. The beat mostly ruins it for me and some of the cheap sounds. But considering your not a FLgod ill let it go :).
The beginning synt hand the gated sqaure (?) and that awesome synth at 1.20 makes it all feel spacy. The beat makes it slow and kinda bouncy if you know what i mean. The pad on the background just glues evrything together.

You made some nice choices escpecially how you blended all these together. It's a pretty solid track with a mere basic beat. But that doesnt mean it;s a good thing. You could make it better maybe with some other beat since its more like really slow dance. The 4/4 beat and a gate. It could do much better with a other beat atleast that's what i think. The piano sounded like something out of FLkeys, bit too cheap, i don't know what your resources are for any good sounds or whatever so i'll let that pass. But still it buggs me a bit compared to the other synths. The snare roll is kinda anoying, and it didn't suit the song well. I thiunk you could better make a spacy breakdown with the pad and maybe a sqaurish slidey synth? Even with the chorus (?) going i can't help feeling a slidey synth on top would make it tons better. Since all other synths are 'short' a long one would make up for it i suspose. Maybe add some 'air' sounds FX to it. To top it all off add some extra FX for that extra mood-boost to the whole song. I thought of air sounds, like when air releases from something in space, white noise which fades actually. That might help set the mood.

Overall i got to sum this up. I like the song ideas and where it's going to. But i can't help feeling it feels rushed and uncompleted, atleast it's not completely what you had in mind. But that's only from my eyes and oppinion. You should experiment a bit more with FL. Maybe then you can express your feelings more in a song :D. (Sorry if i offended you in any way)

9/10 for the awesome space mood, and giving me some ideas awell, Kinda inspiring. I usually avoid using sqaure synths and all but meh. Keep going looking forward to your next song.

-firebolt-

Please check out my song :D

Heitoki responds:

Thx for all ur input! ^_^ i kno this song is missing allot of things ~ and i really needed input ~