pitbulljones's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[bloodline (lung)]

cool tune

very cool track, oozes with confidence and style. Listening on poor speakers atm but the mastering is spot on methinks. Love all the lil touches that add to this track, reminds me a bit of a band that i can't remember the name of right at this moment, damn my stupid brain. Drums are really good, i like the ring you've got on the snare.

The lyrics i feel could be sung a wee bit clearer, as it is a bit hard to decipher em even with the lyrics you've posted. The double tracking works well mind. The simple guitar line is nice, good sound, well recorded. Cool level of verb on the sax too, washes the mix nicely.

Overall, it's another stonker mate. 10/10 and a 5.

pitters

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

haha, cheers daz.
didn't do anything to the mix really, just recorded the 5 tracks in, drums are completely uncompressed or EQ'd, a little reverb here and there, job done but yeh, does sound pretty good mainly down to 1 point - my new mic is awesome, like i said, can finally get on the live drums... even tho my skills are lame here.
the vocals are that way partly coz i'm full of cold, prolly will work on a proper version at some point.
anyways, nice to hear from you
;ped

[Heroe Worship]

Stunning

You now have a certifiable genre of your own mate. Something that has been bandied around me for ages, but you genuinely do have your own intelligable style. A certain vibe, a feeling.

Wow, just wow. I'm struggling here to really give anything of constructive merit. It is THAT good a track. I love that falsetto by the way, thats crazy that be that.

A lot of your tracks generally have a 'latino' vibe to em, not saying that they sound like that, just they have a nice air of familiarity around all the modern soundscapes that you create. This track is no different but pushes it even further, it feels more rounded, more sure of itself, it now has a sense of purpose. A belief that maybe you were lacking say 12 months ago.

The vocals are ace, end of. I love the 'wha, eh, word up????' bit and the 'scat' section.

The musical elements of the track, tho not massively embelished are wondrous, surrounded by support and ambience, licks of guitar and sax. And the Bangra tabla's jeeeeeeeezzzzzzzz. I have no fault whatsoever with this track and i mean no fault. If this was a commercial record, i would buy it. end of.

Take this is me flattering you or take is as i genuinely mean it, i am in awe of this song and how you are coming on in mythical leaps.

10/10
5/5
and a dl

pitters

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

greetings manchester,
i noes you mean it, you'd surely tell me if you didn't like it and besides, why would you flatter me?
...and that oppinion of yours is one that i value greatly.
the point of actually having lyrics (rather than random bollox or made up languages:/) for this, albeit hard to decifer, did give the track a little more direction, it didn't wholly dictate the track nor did the track dictate the lyrics. i think that ushered the 'sense of purpose'.
thanks for your words bro, we are our own worst critics so a bit of reasurrance is well needed, i wasn't sure of this tracks merit.
as i said in the review for one of your tracks, sorry to hear things aren't easy for you at the minute but am glad to see that you're getting a lot of music going on. keep em coming, i always look forward to em.
stay cool
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[MC BigBoy--TranceStorm]

hmmmm trancey

Just so you are aware, I am not a big trance fan. But here goes.

The tune itself ticks the right buttons, meaty kick, buzzy synths etc etc and the reverse cymbal. The Arp could be used more effectively playing a triplet rather than the same note.

Your drum samples are a little 'fruity' especially the snare/clap and hats. It's always hard to find good samples, reverb does help alot on snares tho.

Production wise it sounds extremely compact, overally compressed. It needs some space to breathe, the track. Volumes and panning. Tis one of my early mistakes in music, trying to get everything heard, it's the main synth in this, it's too much too near.

The breakdown is nice. leading back in. It's good don't get me wrong, it can be better tho, in it's current state it's about 7/10 and if they gave 3.5/5 it'd be that, cos i'm nice you get a four.

Good stuff though, it shows a lot of promise keep it up.

pitters

Yodamanjaro responds:

Yeah. thanks for the review. I don't personally think that becuase of some effects difficulties and some volume issues that I receive such a mediocre score. Eh. At least it wasn't any lower. At least you don't vote zeros. :)

[-=LJC=- Syncopata Ritada]

blipitty bloppitty choppitty

Cool track mate, me likes very much.

Tis weird mind, nice underlying ambience synths, just enough to give it some chordal sounds. The 'beat' obviously is taking precedance in the track. Which works for this track, Though i probably would have liked to hear some more 'music' if you know what i mean.

Keep going through on repeat and i'm picking up more and more BG sounds every listen. The sum seems to be a whole of its parts in this track especially.

Production is faultless as usual, good stereo, etc etc.

9/10

and a five.

Pitters

(plenty of new crap up whenever you can be arsed innit)

LJCoffee responds:

DOH!!

Sorry about the really late response - only just noticed there were a few unanswered reviews on this one. Thanks for the listen! Always nice to hear from you.

[bringing saxy back]

hmmmmmmmmmmmm

opening bit is weird, plenty of off beats, once it kicks in though it definately finds it's legs. The delay on the first sax i think should be longer, the decay is fine but the time should be longer.

The movement into the 3rd phrase at 2mins is nice, that was the point i got into the tune. the 4th phrase with the spanish is cool. Very latino in execution. The close is good too, twinkling away.

Overall it's not one of my fav's but it's still exce[tionally good, far better than a lot of stuff we find on here.

One minor gripe, it's lacking some much needed bottom end, a meaty kick as the sqaure isn't doing enough for me.

Production is faultless as always. The guitars and sax are simply awesome. Can't pick up any hiss or hum whatsoever. vocals too, well polished and diction is great.

technically i give it 10/10

as a song of personal taste it would be about a 7.5. but as it's about style and so forth you get full marks kid.

just put up a little loop by all means check it out.

pitters

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

yo bro,
every1 apart from waga is pretty much saying the same, doesn't get going till a bit later on but i'm used to it now and ain't gonna change it:/
I'll def have another look at the bass tho, is quite often a problem, my system is really bassey so ends up lacking on other systems.
anyhoo, thanks, i do so love a bit of constructive critisism
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[Gonzalez (0:46)]

very feederish

reminds me of two tracks of theirs, insomnia and just a day. both awesome tunes. I like very much, some basic riffage and stuff, but it works. sounds like a band not just one player which is really good. obvioulsy, vocals, and development would be great. but it'd suit a jap racing game advert or something haha.
5/5

[-=LJC=- My Toys have teeth]

nice mate

just spotted this is i entered the AP. Proper DNB the way i like my AP, some soft and dark, nice level of 'verb on the opening beat, soft. very good. Mixed extremely well. the second main section, with it's phatness sqeulchy bass and hard hitting, slightly driven drums. works a treat. Delayed support synths are effective, flitting around on the liminal of the track. If anything the kick is missing some 'thud', probably because of the drive.

very deceptive the opening, compared to the rest of the track, was gonna turn me speakers up haha. That synth is sooooo gritty tho really like, need to get meself a proper controller so i can modulate and bend my shit.

Sample choice is spot on, if it is samples or is it loops? i dunno but the sounds are pure and true.

Suits a saturday night very much. It is a welcome addition to your music stable,a dn it's nice to hear new stuff from you.

5/5 without a shadow of a doubt, which makes it a 10/10 too.

pitters

LJCoffee responds:

Hey thanks for the review

You're right, the kick could use a little more beef on it, I probably eq'd out too much of the low end on all of the kicks too make room for that sub.

As for samples or loops... it's a mix of a bunch of this and that. There are samples layered over loops - in fact there was a lot of layering in this one - more so than I usually use.

Next time around I'll pay more attention to my frequencies - fatten up that kick a little and actually monitor things a little more.

Thanks though - I really appreciate it seeing as how I usually don't dabble in DnB - maybe I'll do some more.

[K'nex and the City (1:46)]

Oh my GOD you're ALIVE!!!!

fucking hell man, how the bloody hell are you? haha tune anyways, what the fuck in gods name is going on with this? It's like an amiga game gone horribly wrong. It grates me unfortunately. I understand, i get it, i don't like it tho. It has that thing tho that makes it stick under your skin. That is not good my friend.

I have to say it is one of the weirdest songs i have heard in a loooooooong time, i don't know where i stand on this honestly. It's like you're challenging the listener, something subliminally aggressive.

i'll give you a 4/5 mate, cos i get it, i don't like it tho, sorry.

pitters

WinTang responds:

Hahahaha, no worries mate obviously, I could've known I was straying VERY far from the pitters path there :)
Of course the grating and skin attack is all very much intended - I wonder what made you sit through the entire thing tho, was that just your love for me?

Anyway, I'm fine, I've moved and graduated and am now rehearsing a play five days a week. Three weeks until the premiere. Thus unfortunately I still don't have a lot of time to spend here. Nevertheless I've been listening a bit to your new stuff, you got some very nice things there and you'll be the first to receive a review when I get to writing those again (prolly in a few days).

I'll talk to you soon hopefully.

Love, the Tang

[BFG23!]

very nice

Some nice rhodesy sounds, and the guitar very much RHCP, clean sound, well produce. The drums were good, but didn't seem to totally suit the tune. i dunno just didnt seem as well mixed as the rest of the track. The vocal is really nice. Gets a bit lost once the drums are back in, just needs another db or 2, but it's really good. Nice double track emphasis. Hehe the glitchy bit was good too. Overall it's almost complete. the sum of it's parts make a convincing whole, it's not missing anything, just maybe a few sound choices were not to my liking. the guitar is gorgeous tho.

9/10 and a 5.

Bob by my page whenever you have a chance, latest tune is Finding That Something Special.

Pitters

[children have the right to...]

Seen not heard

haha you know what the opening sounds like? a kids birthday party gone horribly wrong, like it's on ketamin haha. It's a great track, clanging away, has that ethnic feel which you capture really well. The kids voice always gets me, think it's ace.

Your production is brilliant mate, faultless and the dynamics are spot on, peaks and troughs, not all one level like meself. I nearly missed the sax, sneakily put in.

its great mate, fifen, 9/10

pitters

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

ta,
production ain't terrible is far from perfect tho...
there ain't no party like a special k party;/
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