DonnieVyros
Quest to share has begun
Pensacola, United States
Joined : 25th May 2007 - 18 years ago
DonnieVyros comments on tracks
DonnieVyros has posted 953 comments on other peoples tracks.
DonnieVyros has posted 953 comments on other peoples tracks.
on More DEMO by eshar
The drums on this sound vaguely familiar (the way the snares are). Anywho, this is a pretty cool start you've got going on here. My suggestions are A.) To end the song with the voc-sam playing one last time solo'd (possibly with a slight echo added to it), B.) Punch up the levels on the bass so they're more pronounced (also consider maybe having a part of the song with the bass playing without the beat), C.) Consider bringing the lead synths back again (like maybe, 2 more times). D.) Think about polishing that one drum fill part that starts @ around 0:60 (kinda fizzles out after a few times, ya know). Beyond that this is pretty solid. Lates!
thanks for the review :)
It's just a demo which is why I didn't allow it for download, it was more about showcasing the vocal, but still I like your suggestions. If you wanna have a stab at remixing I'll try and get the files to you.
Thanks for the listens.
Elaine
on Made of Stone by eshar
Dunno why, but this kinda reminds me of the Cowboy Bebop theme song mixed with the title theme for the NES game Xexyz. So you've been feeling the bug with this genre too, ay, coolness. Isn't it fun to play with. So is this a WIP or...? Just figure its kinda short to be a whole song is all. Anyways, nicely done. Lates!
it is done...perhaps I'm going through a MrE phase...remember when all his tracks were 2 mins or less lol.
I'm slightly more interested in making loops and trying to write poetry at the moment which might explain why my tracks aren't as long.
Thanks for the listens :)
Elaine
on 21 ideas for an Intro by Phyruis
Tired of D&B you say? Hmm, have you tried your hand @ Trip-hop yet? That's a pretty fun one to play with (and has the same essence of the other IMO). I can feel your pain when it comes to growing tired of a certain sub-genre. Which is why I tend to venture out into messing with other styles so often (usually coming up with a fusion of different things). So if Trip aint yer thing that's another one you could try.
As for the song, I def can see the Cine aspect, though it still carries that darkness of low tones that're a part of D&B (my suggestion there would be to bump up the keys by about 2 levels, C2 to C4, ya know). I would say that this'd make a perfect transitionary piece between yer D&B and other stuff. Breaking it up with a decent sine raise and delving into...??? Anyways, pretty interesting stuff here mate. Lates!
on Major Thom by Phyruis
Dunno what it is, but you can never go wrong with Nasa samples, amirite? Am also diggin the funky way you've got the melody soundin on this (as if heard distorted through the vacuum of space). This makes me think of what it'd be like if Roni Size & Amon Tobin got together on a collab. Pretty crazy mix mate. Lates!
on Forever ft alividlife by eshar
Dunno if I rev'd this one before, but I certainly remember the 'pella. Not only because its so beautiful, but coz of the coaxing I did to get you to record some vox (am glad you rose to the challenge). As for the track, the way it starts sorta reminds me of a fusion of New-wave & old skool (west coast) Hip-hop. Its a really decent fusion of styles. Can't think of a single thing to suggest for it. Lates!
Yep I have you and a couple of other LM "old-timers" to thank for my spoken word "career" hehe.
Glad you liked it.
Elaine
on Come with me into the blue ft Alicia by eshar
Dunno how I feel about the "Twinkle, twinkle" bit (maybe if ya tweaked 'em a lil with effects and then repositioned them to where they played alongside the drums, choppin 'em up too to give it an old House sorta vibe). I think my fav bits of this are the bassline, piano, & LFO synths (?)... The whispered vox are keen too. This is def remix worthy. Lates!
if you want me to send you any files I can. Used to use esnips but haven't for quite a while but would be willing to upload the files if you want to remix.
The reason the nursery rhyme isn't completely in sync is because that's how she sung it...and I did try re-positioning it slightly recently, but felt it lost something...Anyway thanks for the listens and the feedback and the fave. :)
Elaine
on Muyaah by Hirogenium
Add to my list no-money-no-gas-SOL... Haha!
What's really comical is this is the sort of thing that I use to hear all the time at the sports bars up in NC when local bands would play.
The mission? Get wasted, get girl/s (or hang with GF), and get massive neck cramps (or ringing ears with slight hangover) the next day.
(nods triumphantly)
Though their tunes'd be longer (bout 4 mins avg). Nicely done for a lil jam. Twould make for a nice teaser or interlude on an album, ya know. Cheers!
on Blut by Hirogenium
Really diggin the choice of soundfonts ya used on here. Give it a really dark n gritty feel (as if it commands people to get up & move). I'm thinkin my fav bits of this are the spring-string sounding lead synths, the drums, and (most) of the vocal samples (the lower toned ones). The breakdown @around 2:20 is keen too. Interesting stuff going on here. Dunno if I've really got any solid suggestions for this because of how everything works well together. Perhaps, consider dropping out some of the vocal samples (and/or restructuring them) as they seem to be a bit too random in places. Anyways, beyond that nicely done mate. Lates!
on Hello by Music4Life
I totally feel yer pain man. I had that happen a couple of times years ago. Why now days I'll try to save my project somewhere between every 5-15 minutes. Or after each step, if the prog starts getting glitchy on me.
As for the track, really dug the way you intro/outro'd it with the phone theme. The beats on here're great (makin me think of the Bass Bros or somethin). While the E-piano (?) with percs gives it a sort of French House vibe. This is something I could see being played on one of those promo commercials for Adult Swim on Cartoon Network. Just has that smooth & interesting feel to it, ya know. Choice grooves here mate. Keep 'em comin. Lates!
on On The Radio by Music4Life
This reminds me of what it'd be like if Mr.Ozio started doing 8-bit stuff. I like the basic approach to this. If you were wanting ways to possibly improve it I'd suggest throwing on some effects to entire portions of the song (like have it come in super gated & from the left and leave with it on the right and with a lotta decay, for example). You could even do the same thing to individual channels (ie, create a zig-zag pan on the piano bass {?} and mess with its velocity & volume levels throughout). Beyond that, I dunno. Sounds like a pretty solid start to me. Cheers!
on Sincerity by marauder1128
Pretty decent chune mate. Loving the in-and-out, slightly panned synths (give it a great bouncy feel). And the sorta Reggaeton beats, makes for an interesting fusion here. Makes me think of something that woulda been on a Bruce Lee flick if he had lived.
The only thing I could recommend is that ya smooth out the ending to where it doesn't end so abruptly (also consider dropping the vocal tag if/when ya go to put it on an album or sell it). Keep bangin on mate. Lates!
on Moon Storm by lofthouse
Haha, I recognize some parts of this (aren't those samples great?). Which vers do you have (I got 3)? Did a mash-up mini-mix a couple of years ago with one of the songs on there. Love the extra bits of synths n percs goin on here. Pretty cool fusion mate. Lates!
on Everybody loves a woman by lofthouse
The vox on here remind me of a cross between Eiffel 65 and Blur. The tune is the softer/happier side of New-wave (Goth without the gloomy whining, haha). About the only thing I could suggest for this is to have some face paced saw synth or guitar thrown on to make it a lil heavier (or some swooning female choral singing to go softer if ya wanted to go the other way with it). Either way, its a pretty sweet tune. Later on!
on DJ DragoN-All Hallows Eve by DJsDragoN
Did ya do a remix of this or...? Coz I could swear that I heard/reviewed this one before, hmm (shrugs).
Anyways, am gonna say that this does a pretty good job of capturing the eerie vibe of that holiday. Though I'm thinkin it a gets a bit monotone after a couple of minutes. Would be great for background music though! I'm diggin the way this slowly builds and I think my fav bit are the two synth sequences ya used on here & the female laughing voc-sam (dunno how I feel about the male on though, its cool & cheesy at the same time, so 'Shrugs'). Only suggestion I got now is to maybe throw on some more of those *Creepy SFX that ya hear on alotta specialty Halloween tapes/CDs (ie, the creaky door, howling wolf, buzzing flies, blowing wind, loud heart beat, etc.). Ooh, also consider throwing on one of those old sine whistles (like the kind they used in old sci-fi & horror flicks from the 50s/60s). And that's all I got. Lates!
on DJ DtagoN-2 Passions by DJsDragoN
There's a slight silent gap at the beginning FYI. Also, sounds a little low (might wanna bump up your vol levels in the remaster). Nice track name BTW. My 2 passions are Pizza & practitioning (various crafts). Alright, getting back on track now (to pun or not to... aw forget about it)... I know this might sound cliche, but if this were my mix I'd wanna throw on some deep male vox (like from some old sci-fi flick, ie, how Beat/Bass artists use that one voc-sam that says "Circuits Activated", but have it be longer than that... Oh, I got it, mix the above with how The Crystal Method did that one song off of their Vegas album that used the opening monolog to The Dark Crystal movie). And that's all I got. Lates!
on Porn Star by Mrbillionx
I'll be honest, it was the name that dragged me in, haha. The Junglish Fishsticks were what kept me around. Interesting choice of voc-sams here. Can't really make out what she's saying though
(honestly, one part sounded like she was saying "Gawd, you're gonna make me fart!")
To that I say, mess with bumping up their levels so that the beats don't drown them out as much (unless it was your goal to make them sound indistinct). I'm also on the fence about the lull @ around 3 minutes in (taking a breather is cool, just dunno, perhaps its just that we've got different styles of fades/transitions, shrugs). The build-up/back really kicks though. Yeah, so to summarize- this is like Dieselboy meets Lords of Acid. Nicely done!
on Not Over by Mrbillionx
Speed, did someone say speed, where, where (whoa, pump the breaks, kid)? Haha! Def takin me back mate. Pure Rave madness here. Those voc-sams remind me of Prodigy (1st) & Beat Dominator (2nd). While the length reminds me of DJ Funk's stuff (mini-mixes)... Could stand to be longer though. I'd say my fav bits are the classic bassline with the fluty synth (?). Nicely done mate, lates!
on DJ KYLE- CHILLED PIANO by KooLKYLE
All of a sudden I want Ice Cream, hmm. Haha, jp! I'll agree that this def has a chilled vibe to it, but me thinks this is more Down-Tempo than anything else (reason I say that is coz most chill stuff makes me sleepy and this doesn't). Def digging the way the strings & drums play off of each other and interweave with the e-paino keys. Something sort of oriental about that, me thinks (makin me think of the Dragon flying across the water being chased by all of those paper birds in Spirited Away). Cool stuff mate. Lates!
on reggaeton electrico by latinflow
Very retro sounds going on with the beat mate. Makes me think of those Casio Keyboards from the mid-80s (press *Demo & rock out, ya know?). And though I'm diggin the drums, I dunno how I feel about the soundfont ya used for the synths. They're cool for the short stab spots ya got, but for the longer chords, they seem a bit, I dunno, too artificial? Flat? Either way, I'm sure ya know what I mean. I'm thinkin it'd be cool (if it were my mix, that is) if it kept the same notation/progression and just added on some other fonts (say, 2 or 3 channels- 1 for some kind of soft pad & 2 for some kind of horn of wind inst). Other than that, yer good to go here. Later on!
on Strong Like Squirrel by Spivkurl
Don't ask me why, but the name of this song remind me of those Memes that start off with,
"In Soviet Russia..."
And I must ask, with such a name, and with the mechanical vibe of this tune, have you been watching marathons of Dexter's Laboratory again? Haha, I kid, but both sort of lend themselves to that animation style (with a touch of Tim & Eric Awesome Show, Great Job on the side). Question, did ya ever see the episode where they went to the center of the earth and were around the lava people? It was wicked cool!
And now for a comment about the song,
"Needs moar syncopation?"
I dunno man, just being random. Nicely done. Later on!
on SUBSPORT Liquid Damage Spivkurl Mix by Spivkurl
Cool collabo, guys! Def diggin the drums (and really lovin the paced out low bass buzz going on here). Currently shakin da schtuffingz outta my sub, haha. Kinda reminds me of the way TravisHuckins does his D&B stuff (wonder what he'd think of this?). The only thing that I'd recommend ya consider tweakin is the level/intensity of the effects (eg, the laser perc, comes off a lil too hot for my tastes). Otherwise, I'd say you 2 were spot-on with this one. Cheers!
on Do It by TraXnCtrl
Starts off with a real smooth Tribal vibe and then plunges into Electro, parody madness. In a way it reminds me of those aliens on the planet Trash that talk TV in the animated Transformers movie. I think the funniest part of the vox are the deep gasps at the end (like I could see this guy turning purplish-red in the face from all that talkin). And though they're clever, I'd actually kinda like to hear a clean version of this (just the music and no vox). As they're so nice I think they deserve an instrumental cut or somethin. At any rate, interesting stuff mate. Lates!
on The Sign - Ace Of Base (Traxnctrl Remix) by TraXnCtrl
Aww man, this is givin me flashbacks. I mean, there's the classsic song you've got to work with here and then what you've done sorta makes me think of dance stuff from around 96ish.
And in that regard I dig the extra bits of synth and arranging you've done here. Though, for the remix side, I dunno how I feel, because I was kinda wantin to hear more of the original (course, I'm at a disadvantage, since I don't know what you had to work with). If it were me, I would've had some part in the middle be kind of a call-back to the original (if that would've been possible). Not a complete call-back, but enough of one to have, say a full verse going. Otherwise, nice one mate. Lates!
Trax
on Jazz Ting by bobbybooth
Cool gritty, almost down-tempo vibe to this mate. Makes me think of those action-thrillers from the late 70s & early 80s (where free form Sax was emphasized alot). Though the beats on this make me think more Glitch than Breaks (but I'm not gonna turn into a whiny purist on ya here). I'd say that ya did a pretty good job of fusing the styles here (and will pleasant results too). Cheers!
on Ode to Arapaho by Spivkurl
I dunno what it is, but Glitch just seems to grow on ya, ya know? In small doses its like the perfect break from the main. I love the floaty quality to this. Makes my head bob (even when there are lil silent breaks). Which is what I'd say my fav bits of this are, besides maybe the main lead synths you've got going on. And the vox are interesting (though I have no idea what they're saying, haha). Cool stuff indeed! Def save/faved. Lates!