DreamEater's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[LUK4IS- Where it Begins]

Happy Hardcore! :D

This song is great, and reminds me of an older time :)

This tune seems like a perfect throwback to artists like Dj Hixxy, Darren Styles, and Breeze!

I loved the drum track, and the build-up/ fall automation were very well done! I also loved your choice in instruments, very nice. The overall mixing/ mastering was good, and the bass-line; although old-school, still had that nice hard drive to it!

Things to look at:
- The mastering/ mixing COULD have been a tad better imo
- The drums were okay, but seemed to be a tad bit spread out sounding (try for that more Punchy sound)
- The background instruments (White noise rise & fall) were kinda repetitive.

Overall though; awesome work dude!
~Sonik

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LUK4IS responds:

Thank you!

Yeah I still need work with mastering, but I'm gettin better with time =]
and I threw the swoops in at last minute with haste, which I probably shouldn't have done... I'll keep what you said in mind. Anyway, thanks for the reveiw m8!

[HT || Good one WIP]

Dope drop bro!

The build up seemed pretty unique man, something I could definitely get down to. The drop though, almost seemed like something you would hear from Haywire; Not exactly dubstep, not exactly jazz, but something created from both :p

I really dug this tune, and I honestly can't wait to hear more from ya' you've made a fan out of me! :D

Things I would take a second look at:
- That mixing on your bass samples seems a bit odd?
- The drums were good but could have used a bit more "in-between" percussion for the drop imo

Overall though; Pretty sick dude :D
~Sonik

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HyperTrough responds:

Thanks mate! ;D
Your stuff is pretty awesome btw :D

[Worthwhile]

Pretty chill

I really like the drums, atmosphere, and fx right off the bat!
That lead is okay in some spots, but maybe a bit too busy in others?
I really enjoyed the hits with echo/ reverb that made up the background ambiance; really brilliant. The beat is somewhat downtempo-ish, and in some respects even reminds me of a Flying Lotus song (mainly the percussion)

Things to look at:
- That lead lasts a bit too long in my opinion; maybe switch it up, and break the song down to a smooth transition?
- Some instruments seemed to get pulled back by others towards the end of this; maybe take another look at mixing mastering of stuff?

Overall; Not a bad piece of work at all :}
~Sonik

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[The Aviator Tune]

Nice and clean

Reminds me of something that you would hear from Adam K & Soha or even Deadmau5 back in the day :)

I really enjoyed the very progressive-house elements, and soft instrumentation; very smooth on the ears.
The drum track was really impressive, and I loved how full of energy your drop sounds :). I really love a lot of what you did with this song; a lot of these melodies remind me of video game stuff :D

Things to look at:
- The Mixing mastering could use a bit of work/ boosting
- I would have liked to hear more effects/ delay samples in this song

Overall though; really impressive piece! :D
~Sonik

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RetromanOMG responds:

You know, I took that Adam K and Soha thing as a recommendation, and I'm astounded by what I heard. Thanks for exposing me to this.

As for the mixing, I've never been good at that at all. I did have enough sense to go back and fix the low end on the kicks, but on the whole, I've never put much work into EQing my songs completely. I'll definitely put in that extra effort for my next song, whatever it may be.

Thanks for the review.

[BAZ - TranceBastard (upda]

UNfinished :C

although I can see what you are going for, this song is kinda repetitive.
I liked the idea of starting out with a low pass filter, but you ended up bogging the rest of your track down way to much by filtering your master track :(
I really expected more out of this track based off of the intro, but the leads never seemed to rise up into full dominance, and the drum track didn't seem to be very"driving" at all :(

Things to look at:
- Trance/ Dance requires a strong bass-line, and driving beats; be careful when you filter your drums not to hide them from the listener :L
- If you are going to filter things, make sure that they get a chance to rise above everything else.

Overall this track is okay, but needs some work
~Sonik

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BAZmotherfucker responds:

Haha. I didn't actually LIKE this song enough to want to finish it or take it too seriously.

[Berlin (Final Version)]

Very Nice!

Right off the bat I really love the driving trance beat, and bright key samples!
This song has a very retro trance feel, reminds me of early trance music from 2001 like Tiesto :). I love the saw instruments that you brought in, and the bass-line complemented everything pretty nicely; although it is kinda simple.

Things I would take a second look at:
- I think this drum sequence is great, but it could use a little more power behind it (the older drum kits make this sound like it was produced years ago imo)
- The Build-up/ drops were cool, but very generic; make it your own

All in all though...
This song is actually pretty dope, I can dig it :}
~Sonik

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[Call to Arms (descara)]

The intro sounded slightly influenced by music frm

Shaw-shank Redemption (or one of the other suggested movie soundtracks below)

The orchestral elements of this song are wonderful, the strings sound brilliant, and I was most impressed the the melodic annunciation of the strings between 0:58-1:13 (Really awesome dude). By 1:37-1:57 this song has pretty much unfolded into some seriously epic movie soundtrack material.

I really would have liked to hear you continue on with this song though, Most times when you hear tracks like this...They tend to be pretty long, While this song is less then 2:00 long.

overall though; This is a wonderful piece of work!
~Sonik

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descara responds:

Thanks a lot for the detailed feedback! :)

02:00 was as far as I was allowed to go when writing writing this track, otherwise I might've expanded it.

[Ambicorepolka! {696}]

Actually reminds me more of Ambient-Industrial

or Industrient-Experimentstep (lol)

But really this song has some really great elements to it;
The intro sounds very industrial, and the surrounding ambiance is really different!
The drums sound good, and the lead was actually alright (even though it sounds a bit pulled back)

The break @ 1:13 sounded generally right, but the bass-line here seemed really bland compared to everything else in the song. The Bass samples in this part also sounds really unmixed/ mastered :(

Things I would do differently;
- Add a few more FX to make this ambiance really POP out
- Bring that leasd into dominance a bit more
- Remaster the drop
- this could use some stereo separating/ eq

Overall; good effort, keep at it!
~Sonik

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EoD696 responds:

Thank you for the review! I like your suggestions; very constructive and helpful, which seems rare to me for some reason :) Im really glad you think it has some potential, and I'll take to heart what you've told me. Thanks again :D

[Antiskill- State of Absence]

Interesting House jam :p

The drums all sound pretty nice here, and you did an interesting job of building your intro/ buildup here :D. Your instruments all sound generally nice, but nothing really rocked my world about this melody though. I enjoyed where you were going with the vocal chops and everything, but after 3 minutes I pretty much realized that you weren't going to bring in a full vocal part for the chorus. :{

I really enjoyed certain elements of this song, but at the same time others could have used some work.

Things I would take a second look at:
- That bass-line could use something more
- The leads were a tad bit plain, and I felt they could have used some layering.
- The drum dynamics were a bit confusing
- Chorus build-up; but no chorus :[

Overall good effort, but needs a little work
~Sonik

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YakovlevArt responds:

I know what your saying.
This track was different then most in that the structure was less intended.
---there isn't a full vocal chorus, this is just a sample---

There are many things i hear i could have done to bring complexity while clearing things up, but i wasn't sure on how to implement them into the track without restarting.

This definitely not something i usually do, I don't know, I was just exploring with the glitching and beat patterns.

Thanks for the great review =]

[RPG: Town of Dawn]

Relaxing and beautiful

This is really beautiful, and totally reminded me of epic RPG music. :D
The orchestral elements of this song were great, and really sounded incredible.
The soft bell samples and other pluck leads we're very nicely blended during the intro, and I really loved the dynamic build and fall of this song as well.

The overall feel of this song was truly enchanting, and instantly transported me to a field of green under a setting sun. A giant castle stands in the distance, and a hero begins his journey through the mountain pass to get to town; Its getting dark, and creatures are starting to roam the plains. Tensions rise, and as the sun falls over the pass our hero begins to battle for his life...

The creatures fall silent, and the hero continues on towards his goal.

Overall; there's not to much I would change about this
Really great work!
~Sonik

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CheckeredZebra responds:

Thanks! I love the little concept you put into your review. I can really see it happening that way.

Much appreciated :)