IKONiC's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Church of the Darkside (Spaze Unofficial Remix)]

Liked it!

The bass is a little bit weak in the song. I find that if you had a heavier bass, maybe different oscillators and envelope to make it more punchy. The kick was a bit muddy but I loved the remix in general. Great glow and great use of instruments.

Keep it up!

SpazeMusic responds:

thanks for the review and the tips :)
/xN

[WS - It's Only Fair]

Good job Spawnishine

Spawn, you've done it again. A great ol' skool track. I loved it. everything flows really well and the beat is pretty chill. It's just something to mellow out to.

Loved the trumpet around 1:13. That really changed the mood of the song and I thought it was used perfectly. Some great strings going on in the background.

The most impressive IMO was your percussion. It was pretty clear, not too muddy and the samples used were perfect for this style of track. It really gave it a vintage feel with the kind of sampled recording, it sounded like it was all from an old movie.

Good stuff man, really loved it. I'd maybe say to change up the beat a bit, but other than that amazing!

[The 5 Seconds Of Awesome Mix]

Enjoyed :)

Amuzing haha it was interesting to see what everyone did.

[Ws Ft Tomb Dex & IG - This Is]

This is gold.

These verses are really mellow and all of you have a really smooth flow. I've never heard of Breeze but he's definitely made a good first impression on me. As always, Dex, Spawn and InG, you guys are great. Alot of power in your voices and it really drives the song.

You guys really put the emotion in your rhymes and it moves me. I'm really impressed guys, keep it up and don't stop. You're going to make it somewhere.

Peace out :)

-frank

[5SCC - Faster]

Now what you must do...

Is remake this song, and reuse this melody in a 130-150 BPM song, make it epic and have it go on the top 5. :)

Hellstick responds:

Meh, I'd love to, but my attention span is probably not good enough:P I have an odd and very anoing habbit of leaving 7/8 of the tracks i start unfinished:(
Even if i managed to finish the song it wouldn't get on top 5... My audience is simply too small:(
Anyway I apriciate your review and your score and I'll make sure to inform you if i ever make this into a full track;)

[A New Energy - F-777]

Great stuff.

Spent the time to review it. Nice intro. Builds up quite steadily. Nothing too faulty with the sounds however I would point out that finding some new ones and exploring new VSTis wouldn't hurt ;).

Simple buildup. Has that very jesse-esque style to it. It's almost a pattern. The way the song is made. You found certain techniques that people enjoy and it's just about plugging it in.

I really enjoyed the breakdown with the tempo change. Keep up those amazing variations. I can sense a lot of that wild side when you bring out those melodies like the lead throughout the song. Reminds me of the craziness from Speedbreaker.

Again, great stuff. Keep it up man. You're on your way to professionalism at this rate. Don't stop.

[~|| Break your chains! [new]]

meh

3 things.

-Slayer = Fail
- Get better samples
- Get variation.

T-Free responds:

Okay, here are my answeres:
1.) The most other guys like the slayer, why do you not?
2.) I never work with samples, every melody is made by me.
3.) I'll try my best to add some other sounds to it to give the track some more variation.
Thanks for your review, IKONiC.^^

[Yelltek - Last Day [WiP]]

Good stuff.

Great job. Some nice effects and techniques used in the song. Especially the build up. I enjoyed the melody that was playing. Not too hard on the ears. Great choice of instruments and percs. This is really great. Hoping that the full version will have slightly more variation but overall it was great.

Keep it up.

Yelltek responds:

thanks man! :D
yeah, it will :P
/XN

[{Daydream} z75]

Great stuff

I loved it. I was really impressed with some of it. Very different; almost oriental. Keep up the great work.

Xorberax responds:

Thank you, I had just finished v2 of this song which adds a few more things., but im going to upload it separately from this just in case anyone would prefer listening to this version instead.

Thanks for the review.

[Sting - Reflections]

Love you!

I really like the flow for this song. The melodies are very well constructed although the only problem I always have with the songs you make are the lack of professional sounding synths and samples. Your percussion for example sound weak. Your kick drum has an analog sound to it while the snare reverberates.

The song is repetitive which is good for hiphop but there should be a hook or a chorus stuck in somewhere in between. I'll give you a list of free VST's that you should download that will help you get a better sound for your tracks :)

Keep it up :)

Congrats on #1 btw :)

Blasphem-E responds:

Lol thanks man. And ya, I've got a lot more VSTs now. This was made before I even had vanguard or Z3ta lmao