Kilkila's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[[[=In A Trance=]]]

Wow.

I'm thoroughly impressed. I'm in love with that bassline, and the square melody is entrancing enough to listen to on it's own ;). Would you mind if I did a remix?

Nostrap responds:

Thanks. I would not mind if you did a remix.

[Pulstate - Highway Central.]

NICE.

Thanks for voting, Kilkila! Your experience points gave you a voting power of 5.09 votes.

Pulstate responds:

Thanks.

[Dj Codex - Let The Music]

Dude....

I know it's tempting to use them, but preset scores in FL are not the way to go. Use them for brainstorming maybe?

Trust me on this one- preset scores and loops are not the way to go. Break free and write your own! It's hard at the beginning, but it gets way easier as time goes by.

Johan1993 responds:

Lol

[Rachel's Song [EON Club Remix]]

Damn man!

I have to know how you did the vocals (I'm assuming with a vox pad) at the beginning. That's what got my attention at the very start, and you held onto it for the duration. Kudos!!

The piano was exquisite, as were the synths you chose to use. Gave the whole piece a rather aquatic feel, which I loved. Very well done, overall.

Review the reviewer, if you're so inclined. :)

EON responds:

The vocals were actually taken from the original song, so I can't really take any credit for that.
Thanks for the feedback, and don't forget to vote in the future :)

[~On-yX~ Tension]

Dude........ ummm....

Nice FX, but... use of preset loops? Not kosher for real tunes... Try experimenting more!

On-yX responds:

Uhm.. Its not preset!!!!! Its called 3xOcs and ts404 layers :)

[One Wish (OriginalMix)]

Amazing work.

I fell in love with this piece right at the intro... and even more so when the bass filtered in. :)

I'm sure you've heard this before, but I'm amazed at the professionalism in your mastering. I've downloaded this and your song "Higher Force (ClubMix), and love them both... excellent work.

Keep going, seriously. 5/5

Please take a look at my work, and the work of AscensionTrance (my former side-project). I'd really like to hear your feedback, if any.

Kilkila

Pulstate responds:

Thanks mate, I will check your work soon! :)

[Eggmans theme DR Remix]

Wow.

Wow. I recognized it right away, and yet was blown away... Very nicely done, my friend. Epic and yet retaining that video-game quality.

Very well done.

DistortionResonance responds:

Well that would probably be friends since we are a group and thanks for the review glad you liked it.

[Defied reality (Finished)]

Interesting.

Having now listened to two of your pieces, one thing you need to work on is progression. Making music is one thing- making a song is another thing entirely.

Liken it to this: it's the difference between shouting random words and speaking in sentences. You have a flow of ideas in normal speech- it's the same in music.

You must learn to speak musically. (And I'll be the first to admit that this is something that I too need help with.) Admittedly, trance and other forms of instrumental music are languages that are particularly hard to speak. You've definitely improved your vocabulary, in that you've broadened your use of instruments, and FX... but even so- now use those words to make a sentence.

Kilkila

HiniberusDelius responds:

Hmmm... never thought that I could relate music to english grammer. That's interesting I must say. I'll keep you updated for when my other tracks come up. I'm also trying to ease off the randomness as from what I'm hearing now it's not going to work for me.

[DJ Flatline- Monolithic Filter]

You don't get to steal loops

You can't do this sort of thing. You may be "mixing" it, as you say, but you're really just stealing those loops. Make a real song.

KittenInAStocking responds:

I know
Thats why I said its not the original
Read before you review

-KIAS

PS: Thats what a remix is. If you don't like it, go bother someone else.

[`Neurotica´]

Ummmm.... Ok.

Discord in small doses can be artistic and musically valuable. However, when you're holding it out in multiple patterns for an extended period of time, it can become grating to the ears. Humans crave harmony.

One word of caution- premade drum loops are REALLY obvious. I highly recommend slicing them and re-doing the sequence on your own. It's fun!

Nice mastering on this. The individual instruments sounded professional.

Best of luck.

Dr-Slump responds:

Oh man, you're right, i mean, i used a premade drum loop on this on... i was already getting mad, because i stopped doing that. Now, i use my own drum or sliced drum loops. So yeah... but i'm doing my best to improve, don't worry! Thanks for the review!