Evisma
Better Than You Since 82
Middle America, United States
Joined : 1st Apr 2013 - 12 years ago
Last Online : 4th Apr 2025 - 6 months ago
Evisma comments on tracks
Evisma has posted 351 comments on other peoples tracks.
on The Italian Job by ZankFrappa
Your music is pretty good! Too bad you're as rude as you are to those who compliment you. Shame and a waste.
Since you did understand and use the ABC method, I will no longer regard you as generic comment person but as a person with a name.
Thanks again, George!
on Coloured Emotions by BCbassist
Sorry, I'm not the best to critique electronic music. What you have sounds pretty good though!
on Big Tyme by MosReQuest
The beat and strings were good, and there were several good quick melodic runs, but there was no key change in almost 3 minutes.
I like what you made here, it just needed a change after about a minute and a half.
Take care.
Evan
Also, what about my contest is shady? When I asked you to ask me questions about that post through PM, that was for a reason. Instead I have your idiot response on my post, taking up space for people who want to partake by posting their tracks.
Good day
on Honey Mango Heaven by StaticNomad
Your intro threatens to put me to sleep, but with it's calming nature, not through boredom. Sounds remind me of that Hundred Waters.
Funky guit-fiddle at 1:53.
2:16 line is very vocal. Makes me think of Reba McEntire for some reason. Sounds twangy and cocky, with a drawl.
Several examples in here of your ability to dramatically change the feeling of a song's movement through drums alone.
5:39 is squishy and springy and very rubbery. It tickles the brain and makes me think of an underwater sunset beach party full of tiny little happy creatures.
After that it's a straight-forward groove with your brand of embellishments of all kind.
8:28 I get a whiff of the 80's.
Bass gets pretty thick at 9:03 and sounded kinda bad in spots, especially around 9:07 and a few spots after where it sounds like the bass peaks a bit. Not a clip, but a hard bass wave. I like the line, it just sounds like it needs a high-pass or something.
After all that, shit hits the fan. Dense laser shootout between a thousand space ninjas. Sweet.
Consider it dug quite fully!
Take it sleazy.
Evan
Yes, sleepytime intro and I then wake you up slowly by easing in some drums. Back to a groovy swing jazz dream sleep in a few mins though you've got to be fully awake for the crazy laser show later.
1:53 guit fiddle is grooving foundation of this track. Thought I'd use much more of it in the track but the spine tingling slide resonator took over and is just much deeper and more stirring.
Not sure I've ever heard Reba McEntire. Does her singing sound like high slide resonator playing? My kinda girl.
3:12 please note switch to bass g. Makes a huge difference.
"dramatically change the feeling of a song's movement through drums alone."
Yes, those drum changes change my playing, sounds, mood and so on. I'm only an adequate player without a good groove. Much more badass with one!
"an underwater sunset beach party full of tiny little happy creatures."
Images like that are partly the reason I like you reviewing my stuff. You have a great imagination and can be excellent with words. Happy creatures there might be contained within my slide playing, which is quite different from before (and later). Almost a bit too pretty. Not really blues playing, though can't say why. Perhaps cos it's over dream swing jazz.
Every good ambient slide trance dream swing jazz track needs a nice space ninja laser show ending. And thus I continue that ancient tradition. Unimaginative but it's what the genre and the paying public demand.
Space ninjas were tricky to record but I sent them up into orbit with the Gravity crew when they shot that Clooney-Bullock movie you might know (great visuals, poor/unnecessary characterisation and dialogue).
:"828 I get a whiff of the 80's."
Yes, maybe a bit 80s. That's quite a classic trance type of synth sound though I hope I use it in a slightly unconventional way (keeping the slide going behind it). Makes it more musical and organic than lots of predictable trance.
Interesting you point out synth bass problem at 9:03 as there were sometimes playback problems with that very line but I'm now not hearing it at all! But you must be right. Funny I can't now hear it.
"Take it sleazy."
Just how I've taken it, as well as a little bit wheezy, breezy, queasy and cheesy.
on Blackwater feat DJ ShemZee by tryanothername
Drumming is probably the highlight for me here. Guitar is good. Some parts predictable, some just bad ass!
The whole lead up to 4:00 was pretty sweet, not to mention the following solo that is very fitting.
I would have screwed this track up by over layering it. Just when I think you're going to, you break off into so Liquid Tension Experiment type stuff.
I do dig.
Evan
on Im Still Here Preview by MOONLYTE
The falsetto thing is mostly you not projecting your voice. Power should be coming from the diaphragm. It sounds like it's coming from your throat.
The pitch thing is just, it doesn't sound like you wrote "notes" to sing in parts. It seems kinda "fast and loose" right now. Like I said, I know this is in the early stages so I shouldn't judge it like it was finished.
I do like where you're going with this. Maybe there's pointers on projecting your voice and whatnot online.
Hope all is well.
Evan
I understand what your saying now. I am still working on projection, sometimes ill do it correctly, other times not. I appreciate all your input. Glad you enjoy where this is going, and i hope when its all done you can come back with even more great feedback. Take care :)
-EYEYDYE
on Im Still Here Preview by MOONLYTE
You sing in a low falsetto sometimes, like a loud whisper. Odd. Pitch seems kinda hard to pin down. Seems like you spent time on the lyrics, but not the delivery. I know you'll make it better and that this is in it's early form.
Take care
Evan
Anyways, Thanks for stopping by :)
-EYEDYE
on Tearing MySelf by samern
All I would like to add is the kick-drum seems a bit fake and out of place in the track. I like how strong it is, it just sounds too muffled. I truly dig all the rest!
this track was my first project on FL studio 10 so i was less knowledge about its abilities
by time i become better (i hope)
Glad to hear notices about my work it support me to improve it
with appreciation
Samer
on Delusion dont you forget what is all about by XmafaX
The vocals are rubbing this track wrong. They seem like they would work, but the timing is off or something. They could also use some reverb.
I would try writing the vocal melody with a keyboard to get the notes, then sing to the keyboard line. Sounds like you're not sure of what notes you're doing, or it was not really "written" or planned, besides the lyrics, which are fine.
This is just my thoughts on it. I like what you have going and I hear what you're going for, but the vocals just need some work.
Looking forward to hearing this when it's further along.
It would be great to add your vocals to this trakcs.
The current vocals are "loops" so its hard to fit them to the track. SO, your are right when you said they are "wrong".
You can contact me at xmafax@gmail.com
Cheers
Paulo
on NEWHOUSE by CavoliAlex
I like what you have recorded, the song anyway. I liked the music and the singing. But there must be something on your interface or recording software or hardware the shows you when you are clipping(maxing out the input).
This will be awesome once it's re-recorded, because you have a really good song here, but right now it's kinda hard to listen to.
on Chicken steps by Dedehache
I like the drum roll intro, and the woodblock percussion is very tasty. From 0:09 to 0:26 is just awesome.
0:26 has a nice droning, low sitar sound, I like this quite a bit. Embellished with higher twang.
1:13 is a nice change,... subtle female vocal there that fits very well.
2:00 we get some wild guitar squalling and making some distortion it's bitch!
Nice pauses around 2:43,... then it ends. Fade out is a bit abrupt.
This is a bit progressive and I really like what you have here! You have gained a fan.
Evan
on miraculous raindrops featuring Jay De Nuit by trickyvega
You have some very awesome textures going on here. The first minute has some great interplay with the delay, awesome. Your lead line at 2:20 sounds like something I would do.
Drums are pretty heavy for a majority of the first half, then disappear at 2:46 for more oceanic bard serenading.
4:42 solo tone is very tasty, though not the best guitar line in the song.
Ending acoustic stuff is not bad at all, seems to have the same delay treatment as earlier guitar lines, mostly on the left.
I really dig this track, and I wonder why nobody has even given a "nice track" comment to it. This one was very refreshing.
Evan
on Opioid by StaticNomad
Guitar tone at 0:59 is shiny, crystalline and delicate sounding. Followed by your brand of riffery, with some slappy-ish poppy bass in there. Very nice.
Whatever you start doing at 3:25 is too friggin neat. Sounds like an exclamation from the coolest frog at the bonfire.
Not too big on the spots where it sounds like a record being manipulated. Personal preference.
6:23 brings on a new beast here. Atmospheric as fuck! Caught in a very slow tornado.
I do like the revisited, resaturated bass line. Sounds new and like more of a progression than a recycled riff.
8:40 - 8:43 is the most awesome sound I've ever heard from you. Eargasmic.
10:20 and it seems to have fit on this site without marring. Intentional or no?
I do like it,(hard to dislike your more active stuff), but like I said, the record sounding stops and starts was the only thing I was not a fan of, but it's like the piano in my last track, only the composer needs to be happy.
Good point abut the cicada sounds. That synth part does indeed sound like that. I have actual cicada recordings from my garden in Kazakhstan from about 2001 that were stuck in a track I never finished. If I could open up the old project files, I'd finish it ( a whole load of old ones are in that same "frozen" state).
Yeah, I used to be well into slap bass as a teenager but don't care so much for it these days* and hardly dare try doing it because it would wreck thumb and fingers (gotta practise that to toughen the slapping hand up).
The Coolest Frog At The Bonfire is a potential track title (though I also have the still unused The Frog Has Landed) and a good description of that 3:25 lead. Notice how it fades into the background as the spacey pads take over.
You no liking record scratches. You will if you become a cool "west-side" baggy pant dubstep DJ.
6:23 new tornado beast is quite powerful. Notice how I use metal drumkits with dance music elements throughout the track to make things more badass.
Yeah, it's surprisingly cool how much of a change adding distortion made to that recycled bassline. I bet most people wouldn't know it was recycled or even a bassline. They'll just hear it as guitar.
Yes, 8:40 the lead crazy synth is rising up to take us out to the transition. Gotta make it big and ballsy. I'm pleased with all that distorted, delayed synth work (7:47-8:50) that sounds kind of like metal shredding.
Yes, this one actually fits on the site! The site has influenced me to make stuff that's under 11 mins as I can fit 10:55 at 128K.
I still might make the final end delayed guitar outro drone on for longer (maybe 15 secs) with some more massive delay.
Regarding sounds you don't like (record scratch): maybe one way to see it is that because I use so many sounds, it's inevitable that some people won't like some though I guess some people will like all of them all. Others may hate all of them. But they can go eat a bowl of dicks.
I'm currently working on a cool electro funk track as well as a triplet/shuffle badass mean motor scooter slide blues grunge one.
* But you've gotta see Stanley Clarke play slap on an acoustic double bass. Badass aggressive shit that I saw live in New Orleans last year.
on Do You Feel by Cestevens1783
Loved the delivery, you don't need vocal training, it might change what you have, which is very special.
I don't understand the "Never hear your voice" comment made before me, but that's ok. I always look forward to your vocals and I find nothing ever wrong with them. You have my favorite voice on this site, by far.
All I heard that could change is the pops when the loop loops. Just crossfades and done.
I've said it before but I'm a bit jealous of your ability to use the same four measure loop for over three minutes and not get boring. It's background. You let the loop establish itself, then it's just framework for your vocals.
Also, the "Fuck Baths" image cracks me up every time I see it.
Take care.
Evan
Hope all is well on your end!
on Black Magic by AxelStPatience
I think a big part of that would be to put more emotion in your vocals. You sing like there is someone in the next room and you don't want them to hear you. Like you're being quiet.
It also sounded like your first vocal line kind of ascends, but the root notes of the piano do not. The word "Are" seems to go up, when it sounds like it shouldn't based on the piano. Same for each starting line of the stanzas.
What I think this track needs is some orchestral strings. Lots. That is what I was hearing more than guitars. The vocals never get hard or even very excited to be there. You have a good lyrical idea, the delivery is just lackadaisical.
"Please excuse the piano in the chorus"
I thought that part sounded good. A tone and key change.
Evan
on you would not believe me by Tonality
Care for yourself.
Evan
on De compras por Jarama by Amperimetre
Your sounds are crystal clear and awesome.
I expected more elements to come in towards the end, but I really like what you have here.
Take care.
Evan
Thanks also to the appreciation of sound, is one of the things i looked, all the instruments well understood.
Sometimes (and this is one of them) wanted a sound and / or atmosphere that a composition.
However, i try to articulate it to have a more global view of what i'm doing (a couple of paterns not give much)
on The Golden Princess by GoldenOokami
A few notes on top of each other that probably shouldn't be. A few dissonant spots.
The quick plucking of the acoustic is neat, though it sounds pretty fake, I still like the line.
Overall I liked it.
By the way, your name backwards is "I'm a kooned log". If this has an meaning to you, good, but I don't get it.
Take care.
Evan
Evan
~Ookami
on Slow Motion-Im Lovin by brillbilly
Vocals give a very U2 feel to this beginning.
I do hear small pops and stuff like that so there may be some spots where you could use crossfades or auto-fades where your tracks touch or begin.
I enjoy the vocals very much. I appreciate unique voices and there is something there that makes it very not U2,... which is good.
Fully dug, this track I have.
Evan
Old School is in my veins,i love it.!
I was just trying to live the great 80's vibes lol
As for crossfades or auto-fades , i'm brillbilly not Oakenfold lol.!
Cheers for your kind comments.!
peace!
***bb***
on Morgana by demostar
The panning of the guitar-ish line that starts 0:30 is a bit too strong for my liking. I like the movement of it, just a bit extreme.
Some nice sludgy stuff after that. Are any of these guitars recorded, or are they loops or samples?
I like the palm-muted ascending plucking. Some good guitar tones and the drums sound pretty clean.
Good to hear some heavy shit!
Evan
on No One Like You by Cestevens1783
Your voice sounds good as always, but seems very "comfort zone", though you do say it's a bit rough.
Ever thought of doing an accompanying track a 5th higher? I do like when you layer vocals.
Thank you for sharing, take care.
Evan
-Charlene
on Saxophone Induced Trauma by smallbots
Quite the meth-head cello solo, followed by some nice bass distortion.
Then Link goes into a warp. Very video game transition. Very odd. Reminds me of some Mars Volta.
A few odd notes around 3:20.
Very original composition.
Evan
on Pigs1 by donel
The speed of the picking is up there and exceptionally clean. Is this programed or played. Description didn't say. Seems very Motorhead. I do like it.
All very nice, some guitar tones could be improved, but it's really impressive if this is played.
Evan
on Wandering Away by MWRatridge
You have a lot of character to your voice. It always strikes me as something that would be good for kids to get into rock music. I mean this with much respect, and it's a good thing. Your voice is animated and capturing. Very professional. You would make it fun.
Evan
on You Cant Get Far by Cestevens1783
Always love the voice and your layering is great.
And yes, Beardyman is awesome.
Evan
-Charlene