sYrge's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Climate Change? No That's Just Capitalism!]

I perfectly agree with the description, which I read while listening to the beginning of the song (which fits amazingly, by the way). I can imagine Morgan Freeman or something narrating those words along with that background music. nice job :)

zybor responds:

Thank you for your response. :)

[Koraii - Forerunner]

breaks are so clean, melody flows nicely. I honestly have nothing to say about this, amazing work man <3

KORAII responds:

thanks bud <3

[Dead-End Everlasting]

Nice work :)

SynthGoddess responds:

Thank you very much~

[Far Light]

I really like this song, actually. it's not what I would normally listen to, but I don't mind the lack of substantial evolution because I could listen to this in the background while doing other things. But I don't see why you're getting worked up about genre boundaries. Adding melody to a specific genre doesn't take it out of the realm of music or insult the genre. I really wish people would stop getting stuck in their idea of specific, clearly defined genres and just make the music that comes to their head, not try to fit it in a perceived genre. I like the artists that label all of their music as "electronic" because it matters what the music sounds like, not exactly where it's categorized. What are you even trying to get him to accomplish by sending him a youtube video? Trying to get him to "understand the genre?" You don't need to "understand a genre" to know what feels right in music or what would sound good, so I don't know what your idea of "real electronic music' is.

Sequenced responds:

I'm glad you like this, sorry for the really really late reply.
If I wanted to make something more melodic, I wouldn't be making it under techno.
The reason why labeling everything " electronic" would be bad because as a DJ you ABSOLUTELY need everything to be categorized.
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If I'm playing a deep groovy house set for 1hr/30mins, I need all of the songs to blend in together. If someone labeled a track "house" but it actually turns out to be mainstream big room garbage, its going to ruin the vibe instantly and you will lose the rhythm and flow of your mix..

It's like if you were making a Drum n bass mix and you want to put a progressive house track in it, it just wouldn't work.

I love labeled genres. It helps me weed out tracks I do not want to listen to and it helps DJs collect their music for shows.

And yes, a lot of electronic genres require SOME acquired taste. In fact, I even want people to be come more opinionated about the music they want to listen to. Sure it can be elitist but with that passion can spawn a lot of new talent in any sub genre of electronic music.

[I Love You All]

I've never in all my life heard a song with this chord progression. Never!! It's amazing that even the vast majority of your no-music-production-basis fans don't seem to notice the awful high frequencies that, I'm not even kidding, I have a literal headache from. The production, however unendurably generic the arrangement and music is, is kinda decent, with exception of the almost complete lack of sidechain which makes the snare sound like a sine pluck. The melody is annoying and only adds to the mess of high frequencies. Everything else has basically been said in windlux's review

Plus, 12 year old is generally used as a euphemism for a noob or whatever other terms are associated so don't even try with that "technically 8% of my fans are genuine 12 year olds so you are 92% incorrect" it's pretty obvious what he means by the term 12 year old

F-777 responds:

Ye i agree with this review 100% iv improved a lot since tho :D.

And ANYONE who uses the term "12 year old" as an insult its being
extremely ignorant. But the point was he was insulting my fans with the
term.

My point was not to hate on everyone else and especially just for their age.
Keep the hate on me. He should of just called me a n00b then.

No one seems to get that I agree with most bad points on my tracks XD.
I just don't get the hate on my listeners.

Anyways your review was on the music part was fair! Thanks!
its been a few years since this track and people pointed out the highs.

In the next 4 albums I did it was much better. If your interested I would
check out Viking Dance Machine the album!

(Chinese Dance Machine 2 tho i screwed some highs again so im going
through re-mixing them)

[Soulflight]

I completely love this!! It's energetic and chill at the same time and it isn't too powerful. The variation is very excellent and the synths are unique and interesting while still clinging onto your fantastic style :) All I have to say is that the kick and the snare aren't completely balanced making the kick much louder which causes the snare to feel less impactful in comparison to the kick (which is great in it of itself but needs mixing with the other drums). Amazing job on this though :)

Lockyn responds:

Thank you so much! I see what you mean with the percussion, definitely my weak point. Thank you for the feedback <3

[Detious - Unfinished]

These are all so sick, wish all of them would become finished one day. I also recognize the song at 2:25 from the "greatest video of all time" xD

DetiousMusic responds:

lmao you're right!

[SVMMIT - Sun Kissed]

I like this song a lot, but I don't have very much to say on it because it sounds too much like the other one to differentiate between them because they are the same style, same tempo, even the same key, and overall the same vibe, except minus the formant lead, which is a plus in my opinion :D nice job again and keep at it :)

svmmit responds:

lol yeah, I really wanted to keep a similar style on both songs for this short EP. almost kind of wanted to do like a continuous mix across the songs, but I was too short on time to pull it together for that. thanks for the reviews though !

[#YOURLOVE [Melodic EDM]]

This song overall seems pretty generic, meaning it doesn't really have its own unique style to it. The production and technical aspects to it are okay. Everything I think about this song is basically said in that really long review a couple ones down.

Okay, one thing that seriously triggers me - "melodic edm" "hard edm" edm it literally all electronic music, not just mainstream electro somewhere around 128-130 bpm. edm could be dnb, dubstep, ambient, glitch hop, trap, future bass, literally anything.

DJStriden responds:

I call it EDM because that's what it is.

[SVMMIT - Reflections]

nice work! I'm really digging the feel of this track. I love the vocal chops and synths and everything ;) One thing I would change, however. In the main parts with the drums (minus 2:04 because that's kinda dubstepy) there is a kick only on beats 1 and 3, 2 and 4 being the snare/clap thing. I think having the kick under the snare on beats 2 and 4, in other words having it on every beat with a consistent rhythm would drive the song a lot more. Everything else sounds very full and well balanced to me! NW man :)

svmmit responds:

I actually debated doing that to make the snare feel more full. I used to do it all the time.
glad you enjoyed though !