Zajed's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[K-Dm - Never Again (RE)]

one of your best

thats really one of your best tracks, i like the strings(sounds like a cello)
and the flute adding a nice effect
keep it up

let me remake this thing lol

.:Z:.

K-Dm responds:

thx

and u did an awesome job on the remake

K-Dm

[K-Dm - Revelation]

very nice

you did a really good job,
on the drums and on the piano, has a really pushing feel to me, all you need to change is the clap because the clap sounds kinda weird lol

good work
keep it up, another collab sometime?

.:Z:.

K-Dm responds:

haha damnit i must be deaf when it comes to findin the right snares/claps...

but ya im all for another collab i look forward to it

K-Dm

[_-={The Deads Witness}=-_]

hmmm

the intro is calm and slowly building up, but you should have used different strings for it, the drums great as always, pushing the emotion of this piece forward

the bells in the middlepart sounding a bit weird, there is a little cutoff in the bells, or maybe i just hear wrong

i wonder what instrument you used at 2:30 sounds like a pan flute

the vocals sounds like the spartans lol

overall great job maestro, even when it is an older file you surprising me with such a good song

i still dont have the east west orchestra to make you competition lol

MaestroRage responds:

Hello Zajed!

Cut off at bells eh? Very sharp ears you have there. I did in fact just cut them off but I was so sure nobody would catch on as there is other stuff going on in the background to cover up that spurt of lazyness! Well caught indeed.

The time this was made I did not have the variety of strings that I have now. I agree that there are some modifications to the strings that I would have liked to make but they're decent enough. At 2:30 I used something called the Erhu Violin. It's an oriental instrument and one of my all time favorites right beside the Dizi flute :D!

Does the vocals sound like 300 spartans?! Because that would be sweet >:}

When you do get EW, i'm going to have to watch my back eh ;)?!

Thank you for the review, i'm glad you liked it!

[Peacebeat [an instrumenta]

jajajaja

that sounds pretty unigue, i can hear this in some kind of a forestvillage in a videogame
i must say that this isnt my type of music, but when i imagine a village in a forest to it it sound pretty good

keep workin on yourself

::Z::

alternativesolution responds:

really? in a videogame?
cool :P
i guess that forest thing makes sense..i don't even kno what i pictured o_o
haha i make ALL types of music--most of them are incomplete. i do this kind, funky beats, orchestral, blah blah blah.. :D mostly each of my songs sound really different, like that orange juice one i have--it sounds dumb after u listen to it for a while XD
anyway, thanks for the review! :D

[++ The Journey Begins ++]

sweet

thats what i waited for
this is really nice, tht really give you a ''hourney begins'' where you on the world map and have to choose the first location

really nice great job

kelwynshade responds:

Awesome. Glad you liked it.

Thanks for the comments.

[_-={Newgrounds Spectrum}=-_]

really nice

the opening is just great with the brass and how it switches to the different melodys, the marching part

every piece fits really great to the different auras on newgrounds, i love how u used the violin one of my favorite instruments (french horn and church organ and cello and choir are my favorites too choir isnt really and instrument so i just love choir lol )

i especially like the rage and the dark aura most in this piece
i can see the effort in this one, so much diversity and every segment flows nearly perfect, if i could get hand on the east west pack i would do so many things,

im really limited on sounds and its always hard for me to come up with new ideas with always the same instruments

i love your work defintly my favorite piece from you maestro, i can tell your one of the rare giftet persons on newgrounds, i wonder whats going on in your mind
im really impressed

really great job maestro, keep it up

and u should have used ''you spin me right round'' by dead or alive played by an arccordian lol for the pink aura

MaestroRage responds:

The East West Pack is a great and powerful package Zajed. When a time comes that would let you get it, I would highly highly suggest getting it. It's worth every penny, though a bit RAM demanding. Though in comparison to some of the other high end orchestral packages, 2 gigs of RAM is tiny.

Rage and Dark segments were my favorite to make as it fits best with my style I believe :D!

I'd show you whats going on in my head Zajed, but i'm afraid you'd never want to ever see anybody ever again :(. It's filled with enough random energy to kill a small animal. Also if you use soundfonts don't be afraid to dive into sf2midi.com. It's a great website with a lot of really great soundfonts, both ethnic and mainstream. I'm sure you can find a lot of really neat instruments there for you.

I was also considering the Barney "I love you!" song played by an Accordion. It would be... interesting.

Thank you for the review Zajed, i'm glad you liked it!

[_-={Endearing Blaze}=-_]

relaxing

the sudden change of instrument made this piece interesting, when i try to change something so suddenly i screw it up, i can tell its something to relax and to concentrate
the fire in the backround made this piece really calm, i listened to this like 20 times in a row and it loops almost perfect

i can see this in a video game when the ''hero'' sits next to his friends with a fire and trying to get some rest for the long way home

i am wonderwing what vst you use for the most of your music, sounds like east west orchestra im not sure

the woodwond sounds like an oboe, and the tremolo strings( hope i am right lol) adding a real nice effect to it, i think im hearing a choir behind the tremolostrings

keep up your great work
i really like this piece only one thing

if the campfire would sound more far away dunno how to explain, the fire kinda dominates the track, but its just me so ignore that lol

MaestroRage responds:

You're quite right Zajed, the fire is a tad strong, but thats the way I like it :D! See it's quite foolish for me but I always love to imagine that i'm sitting beside a crackling fire pit when i'm writing things down. It gets me into the mood of writing something wonderful and strange. If only I could write music on paper, I wonder what would flow through my hands then.

There are no tremelo strings, but legato cello chords. The oboe and cello's made an excellent introduction. it was first just the oboe to be honest, with the fire. But I felt that made the beginning and ending far too different, and in loop mode *which you must have noticed*, the difference would have ruined it's ambiance. In order to keep the two relatively connected cello chords were introduced.

The VST I use most is in fact East West Symphonic Orchestra Gold PRO, and Symphonic Choirs, though for this one i'm using an older gem from East West called East West Voices of Passion. It is a discontinued product, and I was very lucky to find it online and purchased it right away. It was quite well priced and it provides some very excellent samples.

There is also a choir behind the cello chords at some segments, good ear, I did not think many would catch them.

Thank you for the review Zajed, coming from you it's a real compliment. I'm glad you liked it!

[_-={An Endless Desert}=-_*Ext*]

lets see

this sounds more like he walks through a dark forest without any hope to get out of this forest and he heares strange sounds coming from far away, and fast foot steps

the sitar and the strings added a desert feel,i get the feeling like
the sitar says desert and the twinkle says forest, the flute saying desert but is switching to forest
at 2:50 it sounds like a big scorpion suddenly appears and he tries to run away but then at 3:14 it sounds like hes staying in a forest, and a shadow is moving really fast behind the trees, he turns around but then you see the shadow is behind him, jumping very fast from tree to tree

and the end sounds like the beast/shadow/creature jumping out and kills him

thats what i imagine when i hear this, sorry if i write abit confusing but its always hard for me to explain something in english

keep up your great work i really like your music, i often listen to your music when i dont get ideas

MaestroRage responds:

Coming from you Zajed, to hear you listen to my work for inspiration is a big compliment. Because I often find myself doing the same to your work XD.

Let us both inspire the other, to keep reaching further then!

After reading your analysis I quite agree there is room for multiple visions for the song. One thing says another, and another says something else.

I understood your perfectly, thank you kindly for the review, i'm glad you liked it! I apologize for the late response!

[Illusion+Reality]

bomb shit

this is great man, you got a good flow and good rhymes, i hope to hear more from you
im glad u used my beat

keep it up

::Z::

StealthSteve responds:

I know this is a year late and all, but your beats are ill and I plan to use more in the future. I just hope I do them justice. :D

[- My Life -]

gnah

i told you this could be so much better lol, do it naoooo
you already know what i think about this, the brass is almost perfect

::Z::

Greeksta-69 responds:

Yeah like i said not to much effort
"GET ON THE DROUND AND EAT CHICKEN NUGGETS, DO IT NAO!"