ChasingPresence's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[SmK - Let Go]

Awesome song! Your melodies are always top notch. :D

SKILLZmakeKILLZ responds:

we try :D

[SmK - Evolve]

If this song was food, I would totally eat it :D

SKILLZmakeKILLZ responds:

its a feast!

[Fore Way [DRad]]

Ok well, I appreciate that you are starting out as a new musician. We've all been there.

First off, I have listened to both of your songs, and just note everything I am about to say is completely honest feedback, I am not trying to discourage you. In fact this should help you.

For starters, you terribly need to work on your song structure. It seems like the song is bouncing through key after key, melody after melody. Nobody wants to hear that. If you are going to change the key or even the BPM, do it once at most, I would suggest to not do that until you become more advanced. The song needs to be consistent and to be honest, I lost my interest after the first minute of this song.

Writing music is like an essay. Intro, body, conclusion. These all need to be sound or the song won't sound right and won't support itself. Most importantly, you need a good hook. Make us want to listen to the rest of your song, because if the first part of your song sounds good, chances are the rest will too. From my speculations I deem you don't know much about music composition or music theory. Just search it up on youtube or google it, learn about it a little bit more.

Work on your melodies. Your melody needs to be unique, catchy, and harmonically sound. This is where music theory/composition comes in. And do not play it for the entire song (you didn't in this one) because you don't want to get repetitive, as that loses peoples' interest. Make sure you have a good baseline, drum beat, and pad. And again, make sure these all are harmonically sound. Take a look at my songs if you want an example. I am not a professional, but I have a grasp on how to make a song sound almost professional.

And last mixing and mastering. For god's sake your technique's are horrid. And I know what this is like because when I first started I didn't know that much about the subject either. When you mix, you need to make sure the percussion and drums are the loudest instruments in the mix. And you need to give them headroom, which can be done through compression. If you are hazy on the topic, again, search it up. And make sure you give the master track a good brickwall limiter, I suggest either Izotope Ozone or Maximus.

And also, forget the zero scores! As your music gets better, the fans and the better scores will come. Make sure you let no one discourage you from making music! As long as you are passionate about it, you should do it to make you happy. Don't care what the haters think, most of the time they are just jealous (except on here it is all about being on the greatest page). Do not give up brother, and here's to your first fan!

DRadDaDanDawg responds:

Thanks for the help :) I did notice that the song jumped around a lot, and that was actually the thing I knew I had a problem with, I hadn't even realized that I was missing out on a hook and was mixing wrong, so thats actually really helpful.

I'll definitely work on all of this in the future, thanks a ton for the advice :)

[The Simple Things]

awesome :D

stunkel responds:

Thanks dude! :D

[The Feast]

Great job! A very scary song, sounds like it is in a movie I have heard before or something! Very professional.

stunkel responds:

Thanks man! :) Means a lot to me! :D

[Serene Fantasy]

great song :D

stunkel responds:

Thanks man! :D

[everCloud]

This is great stuff man. Love the way the drums are stereo separated with the mix, something most producers don't bother to do. Always been a fan of liquid DnB, so I know a good song when I hear one. Only problem is that it gets a little repetitive, but that's usually the genre. Good job, 5 stars from me ;) Maybe check me out, you would find we might like similar DnB songs :D

Alloud responds:

Thanks! o:
Yes, liquid is love, glad you enjoyed. It can get repetitive, but I kept it short to hopefully balance that out.

If I have time I'll browse your stuff. :V