Kilkila's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[C13 - Dance Floor]

Great Start.

I like the progressions. They're well developed. I'm not sure exactly how long you've been making music, but I'm quite sure it's shorter than I have, so you're already better than I am in that respect ^_^.

Anyways, I agree with everyone about the progressions being commercial. Great to start with, but experiment! Tweak! Re-do stuff! It's fun.

One thing I would like to point out, and perhaps this is just me and my defective ears, but sometimes I had a hard time distinquishing the sounds... like they ran together. If you look back and decide you hear the same, a little mastering would take that problem away.

I'm looking forward to seeing how you progress as an artist. Good luck.

Crusher13 responds:

Kilkila wrote: One thing I would like to point out, and perhaps this is just me and my defective ears, but sometimes I had a hard time distinquishing the sounds... like they ran together.

Sorry about that! Im just experiment with some synths I found with fl studio, so I dont really care about mastering. But I will considerthat in my future songs.

[Industrial lane]

Reviewing as I listen...

I'm an industrial fan myself. That said, here is my critique.

First- drop the speech generators. -.- Too many people use them and they're really cheesy.

Second- The distorted bass you bring in at the beginning is probably the best part of your song, and the most industrial thing about the piece. It's awesome. KUDOS!

Third- Your song lacks form. Unfortunately, this is one of the cardinal sins of music composition, and is something you NEED to work on. There needs to be a logical flow and progression to each piece, no matter what that actual progression is. Go to your local music store, and pick up a music theory book. It'll cost you $20 but save you YEARS of bad reviews (trust me).

Now- suggestions!

My main suggestion to rectify your problem is to LISTEN TO GOOD INDUSTRIAL MUSIC. Here's a list of songs you should look into.

"Starsign"- Apoptygma Berserk
"Anarchy" - K.M.F.D.M.
"StarF***ers Inc." - Nine Inch Nails (yes, it's industrial)
"Closer"- Nine Inch Nails
"Strata"- VNV Nation (probably closest to the style you're looking for)
"Interceptor"- VNV Nation (companion song to "Strata")
"Entropy"-VNV Nation (good dist. bass for you to study)
Anything off the Praise The Fallen album by VNV Nation
"Forever"- Bruderschaft, Apoptygma Berserk, VNV Nation, Covenant

Hopefully those songs will get you going in a good direction for Industrial stylings. BEST OF LUCK!!!!

Kilkila

HiniberusDelius responds:

Okay thanks for the review, I to don't really like them now so for my next track I'm gonna do my own vocals (The ones of Vocals test are presets).I'll keep on makeing Industrial and I'll get better in time. I'll also be sure to listen to the recomended tracks. "Years of bad reviews" well i only got 1 negative one so far and that's for the pianos one.

[DJ Sash - Hypnotize (HC Remix)]

It was OK.

Pardon the ignorance, but what's the deal with all these 165+ BPM songs you're making? Is that danceable? (Not poking fun, seriously. I'm trying to figure this out.)

Instrumentation was ok, drums were ok, everything was ok. Could be better, but I can't exactly put my finger on what you could do to fix it.

Perhaps you could try a more club-applicable style? Look up Alphazone for a good example of what I'm talking about.

Kilkila

Rave4Yourself responds:

The deal is that this is UK Hardcore dude. I KNOW Alphazone, lol, sorry if i sound mad, but dude im not some noob from NG who only knows NG tracks. I've been through trance, hard trance, hard dance (NOT the same thing!!!!!), even some goa, and finally i discovered Hardcore (UK Hardcore, Happy Hardcore, Gabber, Freeform, Finnish Freeform), and i LOVE it! So im sticking to it! CDanceable? NO. RAVEABLE??? YES!!! You should see what them niggas do in those raves, lol, the music's so fast, and making everyone feel so good they dont even KNOW what to DO they're so happy! I havent even gone to a club/rave/etc, but i experienced that same feeling (with out drugs, cuz i dont do drugs) while listneing to DI.fm Radio (www.di.fm if you dont know it yet.) and sitting in my chair, it was an amazing feeling, and since then i've wanted to make stuff that does that to people. Blows their mind without drugs! I'm not being stuckup saying this is like the best track ever or that it can blow someone's mind, but i think its pretty sweet, and my best thus far.

Its simple i know, but its EFFECTIVE, its a different style, you dont have to like it, but just get used to it, :P k?

sorry to get all crazy on you like that, :P

Thanks for saying "pardon all the ignorance" btw, lol, took alotta steam off of me, lol.

btw Hard dance ownz, i listen to it a fair amount on DI.fm (hard dance station ftw) and it OWWWNZ soooo much more than Hardcore most of the time, cuz its SERIOUS but ya, enough talking, lol.

Thanks for the review.

[Khuskan - Pulsar]

Did you realize?

You start your pieces out with the same chord progression? Not good. No variety.

Best of luck workin on that.

Kilkila

Khuskan responds:

So you base your rating of a track on the quality and contents of other tracks by the same author?

Not good. No variety.

[Snow Drifting]

The beginning caught my interest

Nice! I particularly like the piano... and the vox pad you have later on in the piece. I happen to favor these minor progressions, so that was a definite plus with me! I can hear the snow...

Interesting scratch. Next time, let the scratch flow as if someone's ad-libbing it... scratching is NEVER done in a planned fashion, which makes it really hard to duplicate on software such as FL Studio.

I liked this piece overall! Best of luck with your next piece!

Kilkila

Realmguys responds:

Thanks for the advice and input. I'll put it to use for the next piece! Thanks again.

[Better Of Alone (Trance Remix)]

Overall, so-so.

First of all, I can definitely see that you did not COPY this song, but transcribed it into FL.

The biggest issue I can see with your work falls with your instrumentation. I hear a lot of presets (please correct me if I'm wrong! I don't want to be a bad guy)which are both good and bad. Presets can be good if you take 'em and tweak 'em a bit with FX and different settings. However, when presets are left alone, they tend to ruin a good piece.

Experiment with some more FX in your next piece. Since you're using FL, I highly suggest experienting with the FL Flanger, Delay2, and ReVerb to make some killer synths.

Best of luck in your next piece! And review the reviewer if you don't mind. ^_^

Kilkila

Prins-Valentin responds:

I really don't like to repeat myself, but NO! I haven't copied a midi-file into FL, I heard the accords, then sat it INTO FL! If I really had copied the midi-file, I would never post it on any site! When do y'all understand?

[Work it Harder]

Ummmm...

The Vox got kinda annoying.

choopocobra responds:

yeah i had a feeling they were.

[tF-[Endless Wave] (last of tF)]

DO NOT REVIEW OR DOWNLOAD

~ALERT~
This is not tF's final work. tF is not dead. TranceportationX, whether by his own will or that of another person, mislead you all into believing this.

Please do not condone or support this.

Kilkila.

TranceportationX responds:

NO SHIT I WAS TRICKED, RAV3X GAVE ME THIS SONG UNDER HIS SN AFTER SAYING HE WAS DEAD THEN OUTTA RESPECT I POSTED THIS SONG IN HONOR NOT KNOWING I WAS SET UP IDIOT

[Blake-Nowhere near(SkiLz-remix]

Interesting

You've left me in an interesting places. I'm not sure if this is distinct enough to constitute a remix... or if it's not. Iunno.

Sounds good. Devote those skills to new stuff since this sort of thing is so overplayed on the AP.

DJ-SkiLLz responds:

well thats what i thought cuz i was thinking when i was doing this if it really was a remix but meh i dont really care i guess yew can call it one just hope i dont get in shite for it if its not =P

[.A8- Departure]

I know where it's from

It's a theme from the anime "Rurouni Kenshin."

Aeterminus responds:

Thank you! I knew I heard it somewhere before.