DjXeon's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

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Hmmmm... Potentially this could be good :)

Heyyy Firebolt!
Long time no hear!
How was your half term? You got your exams?

Anyways the song... Haha
Intro is loooong till the main drums come in.
Umm, im not all that keen on the kick, maybe a different kick.
Quiet experimental sounds, that sweeping sound is nice, but you should spare it... after listening to the song quite a few times its getting quite a bit annoying.

Ummm i dont get the 2nd half. With that new synth sound. :S. It just sounds too random for me, and it doenst fit into the song i think. And especially the pattern its playing... just plain annoying/wierd.. i dont know what it is, i dont like it.

What i do like is the background warpy synth. Also the pingy pongy arp and the bass rocks :) If i were making this i'd take it in such a different direction! I'd keep a fair bit of it, maybe even that dodgy 2nd half synth and make the whole thing into an ambient song. Ambient is the way forward with this song :) some mellow strings and piano, but still keeping the tempo and main element of the song, but this brings me to the question of what u trying to aim for and achieve with this.

Its very experimental, and with experiments you either love it/hate it.
And its average atm. Could be awesome though :)

I do like your new wave of songs your making though! EXPERIMENTAL and RANDOM and DIFFERENT and UNIQUE is the way forward, and you seem to have definatley achieved that in all your 2009 songs :)

Bearing in mind all of this and its current state, i want to hear how it finishes!!!
Keep me posted :) Yousendit or mediafire! :)

Xeon out!
Piano Time!

[-[ Clouds ]-]

Another Review From Guess Who?

Heres the review I owe you for the review of mine lol.

So... Your probably thinking OMG 7/10? WTH Dj Xeon what is wrong with you!?

Firstly... Here's what i gotta say. I thought this song was quite retro. For me it had a retro feel to it. The ideas seemed quite simple and plain. First example - Piano. Ok piano is just a simple idea, awesome, catchy, but thats how piano leads were a while ago in some old retro tunes take Children - Robert Miles for an example. Was expecting something more developed like Shipwrecked - Mike Foyle, but i can see the calm soft effect you were going for :).
Also i got the retro feel to it during the middle! Yeah here was what was going on, i was listening, then the middle at end of the main breakdown, and you introduced the new idea at 3:30, it felt like mixing 2 whole different songs together, i really thought it was a diff song, then i saw how it fitted together. But yeah kinda, gave me a retro feel, didnt see much variation as i would have liked, like a new modern touch.

Next to say is that the feel of the song. Love the break with the piano, VERY emotional feelings evoked there... Ummm the lead. This comes under criticism... LOL. Im not sure what it is, i that i wasa expecting somewhat of a different sounding lead from you in this soft song, it kinda didnt hit the x-factor for me :) When you said dreamy soft trance was kinda expecting something like above and beyond, but in a way you made it your own, which is what i like to see!

Personally for me, the tune is a good chillout song, calm and peaceful, but it couldve been made better, i'dve like to have seen a bit more ambient elements to it. You couldve taken it in quite the opposite way though and made this quite a hard dancey song, and i can hear how that version would sound, but i like what you've done with this.

Ahhh... Next. Um.. Oh yes. :)
You're quite new to the trancey scene, so i cant criticise you that much, so yeah. :). Skill wise i think this is quite a turn in your musical style and im liking what i hear, lots of nice sounds that blend really well so kudos for that.

So in conclusion of all of this, good song, reached the desired effect, but not catchy enough for me, and in ways it could have been better.

Oh, and i thought you knew better FireBolt uploading on zerobomber tuesday!! What were you thinking! Shud deduct another star from you for that!

Xeon.

P.S, you wont need to return the favour for a while yet, ive hit music rock bottom lol.

FlamingFirebolt responds:

So ve meet again mr. Xeon >: l
First of all, what's wrong with retro? I understand that's it not origenal or innovative but still :/. I can see your point though.

then what lead where you expecting :/. I think it fitted nicely, it kinda was the overall mood i was trying to get.

In short, i'm trying trance because i simply don't want to make stuff like End of Summer, even if it got popular and people thought it was good. Well i didn't :/.
I think this track and Wings is a milestone for my producing skills and i enjoy making it :). Trance is awesome. What do you think? I really did improve since 'End of summer'. And besides, i finally got some inspiration back =3. You have might hit rock bottom but i just recovered from that. So goodluck xeon hope you will produce soon.

-Firebolt-

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BACK ON FORM!!!!

Firebolt Lives

FlamingFirebolt responds:

:O Like a phoenix rises from the ashes.
Again to submit songs only twice every year ;(
However now it's your turn xeon

-firebolt-

[Airforce Rampage]

wheeeeeeeeej!

Whoa man! Twist the style and mash it up, and thow in something unexpected!
I was totally not expecting your next song to be DNB!!

Great song man, even though not being much of a DNB fan, its quite awesome :) Got a few typical Firebolt leads in there too though - loving the melodies!

Only thing, for me, is that it not that catchy.. :( Dont have a solid melo that will stick like your previous songs.

Nevertheless, glad to see you working on music!
Whats with this name though? Lol
Xeon

FlamingFirebolt responds:

it's always fun to experiment :D And i always liked DnB so why not. It didn't turned half as good as i want to (Pendulum anyone?) but hey first try :P.
Well apperently i have my own little Firebolt Flavour so they sound a bit like me.
:( well i know what you mean with lack being catchy. Altough the last bit comes close it isnt really what it could be! And to be honest, i didn't had anything in mind when starting this. i just made a beat and some bassline and rolled with it. I could probably make better DnB if i would focus on it more ( So that might be next month :D ).
Firebolt back in action , loss of motivation/inspiration was probably due the winter or something i don't know.

-firebolt-

[End of Spring]

Finally! Firebolt is back!

Lush lovely pads,
Catchy jumpy leads,
Hard kick,
Pulsating Bass,
100% Dance madness!
What else did i expect from Firebolt?
Loving the 3rd in sequence to your 'end of' series, and cant wait for end of autumn lol. Great song, only thing is the 2nd lead was not as catchy/dancey as the 1st, but thats no biggie. And 2nd thing is its too short. :)
Otherwise what more can i say other than dance the night away!

Xeon

[Power Of Leads [Trancecore]]

Skillage!

Awesomeness, but something about it didnt grab me..
The kind of song i would listen to about 2/3 times and rave to for a while, then get bored of it. Sorry. Cant pinpoint it. :S
Piano is amazing though!
Overall much better than most crap on here but still quite good.

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Like heartless said - many corrections needed.

Too distortedy.
And too slow :D
Pump up the speed, it doesnt flow in parts. And work on percussion, its very poor.
Xeon

momboom1 responds:

Very Distorted yes! Thanks for the suggestions.

[A Sparkle of Life - Mjattie]

Awesomeness :D

This song starts a bit slow,
But then goes amazing. :)
Good work!
And as always, the piano is amazing!
Xeon

mjattie responds:

hey thanks. I love to put piano's in my music ;)

[Savanna]

Unique!

Love that crazy percussion thing going on at the beggining! :D
Awesome Old school style with new elements to it, ahh brings back memories of the first trance stuff that was out there.
:D
Xeon

ZooSafari responds:

Sure thing! My style is definitely influenced by good old trance and dance, specially 90s stuff! Ahh good ol' days 8D

[ParagonX9 - Chaoz Impact]

WOO!

Got a pedulum feel to this!
Xeon