IKONiC's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[[LY] ,-- The Cyan Monkey --']

Good job man.

I thought that this track would be slightly boring until around 0:30 the percussion came in. I was very surprised because it came in so powerfully. Then when the bass drops at about 1:00 was great. Everything gets quiet and you wonder what's going to happen. Strings come in and then the song starts building up from there. The only thing I didn't like about that percussion pattern was the snap.

Everything sounds really nice and relaxing except it's repetitive. Even though the melodies move constantly and changing often, the percussion gives it a feeling of repetitiveness. Makes the song slightly duller and boring. But, like I said, it's extremely well written. The only thing I would change would be the percussion. Everything else is great.

la-yinn responds:

Haha, thanks for the review man!

I totally get what you mean. I honestly knew the percussion was repetitive and I tried so many times to change it with the flow of the song, but time after time I failed to bring out the feeling I thought it deserved and I just submitted it the way it was.

I'll try harder next time. :D

[Ascending Angel]

Awesome-o

Nice song man. I really enjoyed alot of the sound choices. They really fit in this song well. The only thing I thought was somewhat dull in this piece though, was the breakdown around 1:30 into the song. Otherwise, everything was really great and the intro really gets you going. It flows really well and you did a great job on making a good song.

Good job man. Keep it up :)

Hellstick responds:

Thanks alot champ:)
Glad you liked it!

[Mid-Night vs Auecs]

Meh...

Did you even get his permission? If you were a friend of his, you'd know he doesn't go under Mid-Night. Anyways, I'm going to let him know on MSN that you're using his stuff without permisssion. =\

Decent track though. Not epic, but decent.

Airprogressive responds:

Let's see.
First: When you upload a track to newgrounds, you're doing it under a common license. You can alter that submission if you use the same license, that is what I did.

Second: I let him know about it. Legally I don't really have to let him know about it, but I did

Third: Before talking about permissions you should get informed first. If you don't know something, the best is to shut up

Thanks

[GameBangers Ep. 1]

I'm the host.

Because we're the coolest.

MC-Q responds:

hell yeah. you know it frankie

[I Love You - (Not A Love Song)]

Killa

That beat is fucking tight. The lyrics just get really personal because I'm sure nearly everyone who listens to this track can relate to it one way or another. It's amazing, especially with those background vocals saying "i love you". Really gives it an emotional feel that gets ya.

Only thing is that i'd work on some of the length of the verses. IMO, just because of the length, it gets a touch out of sync, or seems like it anyways. But you've got a really nice flow and the voice and lyrics are pure awesome.

Keep it up phade. You are a b-b-beast.

Phaded responds:

Yeah. My objective was to actually give it the emotional feel.

But chyeah, I'm glad you said that about the verses. I agree totally.
We discussed this. =P

I appreciate it. Haha. I tried to make the lyrics and voice perfect.

Keep it up, iKonic.
F-Fuckin' C-C-Crazy

Duece Duece, Troop.

-Phade
www.Phade.tk

[WS - Basic Instincts]

Sexy Girl 69 Says:

Congrats on top 5 once again mang. Good stuff. Lovin that ol' skool feel again.

Seriously though, ever since you showed me that FLP recently and I saw the way you sample and shit, I've understood things differently now and I see that hiphop is a really, really hard style to make.

On to the song. Love that hook at 1:19. Epic. Really gets you. The samples for your brass are epic. Love you lots.

This is real hiphop.

[DPulse/IxON - Electro Therapy]

wow

worst song ever?! jokes sarcasm again :) Nice song guys. No time to review, sorry. But I really enjoyed it. Love the bass chopping and alot of the filtering done on this track. Great percussion. Great awesomeness :)

DigitalPulse responds:

Yea, funny. Next time write the longest review you have ever written.

Thanks for the review,

Digital Pulse

[Kazmo - Glazia [NG Edit]]

Alright here goes.

Nice house intro, the fade-in. I like it, it's typical and it works. 30 seconds in, I love the arps and the leads that come in. There's alot going on, but it's not too distracting and really keeps you on a melodic trance feeling. The leads and pads at about 1:00 into the song are mezmerising! Seriously, these are phenomenal man! These pads just blew me away and really make the song what it is. Perfect EQing and amazing synth creation really made this song stand out man. It has a great trance structure, of course and I'm really impressed with the piano breakdown at about 2:00. In fact, I'm kind of jealous since I can't make breakdowns myself. The filtering on the pads in the breakdown is sweet. No peaking, no nothing. Just smooth, clear awesomness. The percussion wasn't the best ever, your crashes for example were very low pitched and I thought they took away a bit from the fact that this is such a happy song. Very euphoric and uplifting. The only other thing that slightly bothered me were your open hihats. But, I'm really, really picky with those. Seriously man, I really enjoyed this track and had lots of fun trying to give you a legendary review. I just reviewed and wrote down what I thought. It's too bad it's finished though; I would've loved to hear a longer, extended version. This song is very short for the amount of potential it has.

Potential:Length
Potential > Length

Great stuff man, keep it up and just get signed for fuck sake!

:)
Frank

Kazmo responds:

Only faded it because I cut out the intro and outro, so I figured I don't want it to be abrupt.

I'm not going to comment on everything you said, since there's really a lot, all I know is that it's really good feedback, because I did read it all, and smiled the whole way. :]

About the crash, ya....I dunno, I like it. same with the open hats. :P

Tanks IKONiC :3

[Battle 2 the end(Z-Tone remix)]

Good job!

It's built up alot from when I first heard it. I really like this and I like the changes you've made to the song. I don't particularly like the choice of kick you made, but other than that, the orchestral beginning to the song really makes it original. Keep it up man. I really like your hardstyle stuff.

Z-Tone responds:

thanks dude!
yeah i know i over did the kick i think
too much messing with it
and thanks man i like your hardstyle stuff too!

[Never forgotten-_-Halo 3]

good job

Amazing. I learned how to play this on the piano this year. I think that you could have added a bit more liveliness to the piano; some reverb, delay, an exciter even.

This is a great song. I'm really happy that you decided to make this track. :)

Alexman159 responds:

i went for cover