merlin's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[What Do You Think Of Me?]

Very smooth and professional sounding. I hardly ever log in anymore, but I'm inspired to see you're still releasing new music.

merlin

vibe-newgrounds responds:

Thank you. Actually, I still have a lot of unreleased music. :)

[Hope To See You Again (long)]

Very emotional.

I love the 80s feel to it, both with the guitar, and the synth strings and drums. aptly advertised as ballad. I can almost see you on stage, spotlight, with your head down, hair over your face, rocking it like a pro.

I know you're a professional musician and all, but this song is beyond the skill of whats normal for newgrounds. You've had a few tough spots in your life, and I'd be able to tell just from hearing this song, as opposed to if you were never gracious enough to share the harder parts of your life with us.

I'm sorry I don't have any real criticism for the song. I feel like it's beyond what I'm capable of creating. I just wanted to let you know I really enjoy this song. +fav, and I'm putting it on my ipod when I get home.

sorohanro responds:

Thank you for the fantastic review :)
It was a very hard task to get the drums right (with a 80s feel). The trick is a gated reverb (like in Berlin-"Take My Breath Away", Roxette-"It Must Have Been Love"...ok that's more like early 90s).

I'm sure that this is not "beyond what I'm capable of creating" :) You'll have even better stuff :)

[In Dm - STD (Different Master)]

Whoa dude

I like this one a lot more than the other mix. Great job.

The-iMortal responds:

Thanks, mate!

[Hey Babulia! Kw And Timohi Mix]

Dang dude

I was going down the list in the thread, listening to each song, skipping around to get a feel what the competition was putting out, and I stopped to listen to yours in its entirety. Very professional line up of how it happened. I think the mixing is a little helter in a few parts. I'm not saying you need to fix it, but maybe be open to fuck around with the mixer.

Regards!

nightsurfermusic responds:

Yeah the mixing is kinda off, but I'm done with it for now. :)

[Paralyze Me]

Hmm

I wouldn't say this is particularly memorable, or that it has the best transitions, but it's not a bad start by any means. Keep making tracks, keep improving. You get about 1% better each time you make a track. So keep giving it your all, and I'm sure you'll become great!

merlin

MadameLeota responds:

Will Do! Thanks for the comment!

[I walk alone (cover)]

Nice pipes, dude.

I'm almost positive you're not supposed to upload a song that you didn't create. Covers are fine, but I do believe you used the original backing track, which is a big nono. That aside, what country are you from? I hear an accent, and I like it. And I gotta say man, you can sing really well. You should cruise over to the audio portal forum, and I guarantee you'd have no trouble finding someone to let you sing on their original track for.

merlin

Infernov responds:

Much apreciatted, I wasn't sure if it was an OST cause the quality isn't rerally good, yet I hope to change it soon with a diferent melody.

I'm from Mexico, so I guess that's what gives me an accent, lol.
Thanks again!

[Robotic_Foe]

unique track

Not sure what you were going for with this one. I listened to it in it's entirety, and tried to think of many difference scenarios where this could fit, and couldn't come up with a single one. Tell me a bit about what you had in mind when making this.

merlin

supercoolmike responds:

well, the scenario goes like this:

This evil machine(whatever it may be) is being built, and this machine is already aware to destroy everything when he is complete. so the scene I imagined is the viewer seeing some horrific machine being built, but at the same time, seeing the future being destroyed by this machine.

its like a scene by scene thing, u watch the robot being built for a few moments then see the destroyed future, then back to see the robot. U see that over and over, but the video will end once the robot is complete, leaving behind a foreseen cliffhanger.

sorry if u didn't get it at first merlin. i'll try harder next time to make sense.

[ISTW: You can't win]

Loud beat!

I think you may have lost some of the background instruments in your mastering. When the wargy lead kicks in, everything else is much quieter. Nice, simple song. Subtle changes, nice transitions. A bit repetitive, but I'm probably just a stickler for variation. Also, to me, it ended a bit abruptly, and didn't loop well, so I'm not sure what you were going for with the ending. A solid 8, though, and not a bad track at all. Good work, and keep it coming.

merlin

I-Saved-The-World responds:

Thanks for the review :) Good advice for me to work on! <3

[Classical Fusion]

Nice, mang

You didn't say whether this song was original or not. Either way, it's always nice to see people submitting any form of "real" instruments. Good work.

merlin

sabbir002 responds:

thanks dude. yeah its an original song. i put it down on the one liner description but it got deleted or something. anyway. thanks again!

[i've got a top score]

Hot damn.

This song sounds so professional it's retarded. I actually listen to this song often on my ipod when I'm out driving. Seems to fit. Most stuff on NG is very repetitive, this however is constantly changing, adding/subtracting, and making me tap my toes.

merlin

vibe-newgrounds responds:

Thanks! I'd love to continue with dance music someday..