Score: 9

"Ringing"

submission: 7MD - Broken

date: December 19, 2009

You've certainly got a lot going on here. A lot of the work is due to that pleasant ringing noise you have in the background. The drums are also pushing the beat into the listener's ears, pounding in that gothic melody.

Reminds me a fair amount of Clockwork. It must be that ringing ringing ringing aaaaaaaaaaa and it's very nice. I like the rhythm you've chosen here, although I don't think it's the best pattern you have ever come up with.

I don't have too much else I can say either because, unlike your past work, I don't think you mix it up quite as much as you have in the past. However, it is still quite an enjoyable piece, so please keep up the work.

Score: 10

"Glad to hear you're back"

submission: Vibestyler - Bjällerklang

date: November 18, 2009

I've always really loved your work, and I'm glad you chose to bring it back in this style, because this song is jammin'.

Oh yeah, this is a really great melod you've choosen here. It feels somewhat foreign, and adventurous, and your choice of sounds makes it very acidic. This will always be cool to listen to, breaking generations I think.

And keeping the beat going by bringing it down with a classical ensemble is a neat idea. It was a nice flow and it sets the listener up for more with an easy on the ears transition.

As always you choose some great sound effects and mix and max with some really fun four to the floor beats. Thanks for bringing your work to my attention by being the great musician you are.

Keep on with the thing. Internet high five, and all that other crazy lingo the kids use today.

Score: 7

"Nice work thus far"

submission: /Air\

date: November 8, 2009

Although, despite it being good you shouldn't just rely on the middle to save the rest of the song.

You have some very creative ideas going on in your piece here. It is a bit slow but it all meshes together fairly well. The first harmonic loop doesn't bode so well with me, but when you get the main melody up and jumping, I'm up and jumping with it.

So it is going rather well although a bit repetetive. Then near the end the melody settles down and allows the drums to take main control, which isn't bad since I'm digging the acoustic echoes you are using. However, I think you could have done more before handing it all over to the beat. It was a popping melody, pretty good I must say, and it's a shame it ended so early in the song. It just doesn't have the same impact anymore after the middle part.

You make up for that more or less with the drum patterns you use, which are pretty rad. However, the end feels a bit weak, as in it leaves me without wanting more. A great song generally makes you listen to it 30 or 40 times.

Score: 9

"Entering Review"

submission: 7MD - Unfamiliar

date: November 8, 2009

The rev up is a little long, but once you get into the thick of the song it becomes very nice.

I thought I might have been having a sound problem at first with how many quick cuts you have in the melody. Don't get me wrong, I like it. It's like a drug directly to the brain, and I feel like my whole thought process is being forced to restart.

I like the fade out more than the fade in, ironically I think...at least based on the circumstances.

I would give you a more comprehensive review, but Michael Jackson is playing in the background. Just keep in mind I like it. Keep on keeping on.

Score: 9

"A really great piece"

submission: _-={Day of War}=-_

date: October 30, 2009

I don't think I picture the scene you've described in your comment. I thnk I'm getting there, and getting there, and getting there, and then I'm almost there, almost, and...

the voice comes in and my entire perspective of the song is changed to that of a religious atmosphere. I see myself in the presence of preaching. Maybe the war scene is going on in the background and people are repenting for their last chance at life.

Anyway, outside of the vision behind your piece, the overall work is a great composition, with a great main melody and a great accompanyment of instrumental work. No rest in the piece (not counting the start and end), and for that I admire the intense sound you create. Excellent composition in fact. I've always liked your work, so keep at it! Yaaaay!

Score: 7

"Assertive for real"

submission: Assertive Mood _ RR

date: October 30, 2009

all most like this mood is forced upon me. It somewhat is. I can't find it possible to listen to this song and not feel forced into a smile.

However, that force is a bit too forceful, and because of that force I'm not compelled to have any colorful imagination with your piece, especially not by force.

Don't get me wrong though, I really like this song. It has some great beats to it and pushes a great pattern. It's a very good song. It doesn't reach great or fantastic I think, but it's not bad and certainly has a place in my ear.

So Good work! I like your stuff!

Score: 10

"A true work in progress"

submission: Work in Progress-

date: October 30, 2009

My english teacher and I agree on the significance and insight behind this one.

You are not afraid to tell people the truth. So many punk songs, so many, are just complaining. It's a very complain ridden industry of music. But your lyrics, oh man, they don't complain. They acknowledge, accept, and deal with instead of just starring at it like adog being told a pun.

Clearly, you can't analyize the point of forever reaching for our goals without pointing out the grief that exists in the process. But from there you also acknowledge that around all that rain, you can see a way to work out what you've started. You also point out that this meaning reaches beyond looking at the now (despite stating to live in just today) and that looking back is not wrong, and is even good for clarification; to advance on your meaning.

What a good meaning.

So yes you live in today (the process), but because you remember and learn from the past (the work) you don't have to be afraid of the future (the result).

That's the truth I see. But who am I to say what is real and what is fake, right?

Score: 10

"One of the reasons"

submission: Mutiny!

date: October 30, 2009

Yes, this is one of the reasons I follow your band. This song. It's a good reason I think.

I really like your music, Set Your Goals, but I like your lyrics so much more. They have meant so much to me in the short while I have been following your journey through music. They are some what reiteration of what I have felt in the past, and do feel even now.

It's so nice to hear a song about control. Or maybe it's just me, but I think this song goes beyond its literal meaning of simply overthrowing government. To me this song applies to any form of power. It brings out the question of, "What does it mean to have power?" which by itself is a simple question, but at the same time you ask, "why do we allow ourselves to be bound by power" and in this process force the listener to question deeper, not what it is to have power but why it is to have power. From there you get into the age old idea that "just because it is, does not mean it should." Oh yeah, and that's when the minnows take down the sharks.

I like your use of personified characters too. Those sharks man, a representation of pure stregnth but no brain power. Superior, you are inferior! Nice rhyme.

Anyway, I can't get into an intense analysis with just a review, but I would just like to clarify how much time I spend determining the meaning in your work. Thank you for setting your goals.

Score: 10

"Like Acidic Dancing"

submission: Psybot - Heaven cries 2008

date: October 30, 2009

That's how I feel to your song here. It has a great melody, even if just a few notes. That's the real genious I think, not having to write hundreds of notes to make a piece great. It's sort of like writing a really big essay just for the score, only to find out that the shorter essay recieved the better score.

But I'm deffering away from your song too much. It's very good! Very inspiring! I would say one of the best pieces I've heard trance wise.

Score: 10

"Wowwzas"

submission: A Walk Down The Trail

date: October 30, 2009

This is certainly one of the best musical pieces on newgrounds, if not of what I've heard in all my life.

This is what makes me wonder where all this great talent in our world is coming from. It certainly makes me wonder why so much mediocre music exists that you have to pay for to listen to.

Man, this song really got me into visions. I really wanted, and I did, walk down a trail to this song. It was no longer a song at that point but truly just the vision. I could swear at times I was even floating on air.

Have you tried floating on air? It feels really good, even in this darkness right here.

But hey! That's so uplifiting! I can't even stay focused. I really like this music that to me, is so much more than just music, but also a world all its own.