Score: 9
"Heaven Rd. 2"
date: July 4, 2008
What else is there to say? Everyone knows that this song is an amazing work of art. In quick response to the review below mine - there is not enough justification for the zero he gave. The voices in his opinion were bad, but the actual music was perfect. Technically, it has to be a 5 or above to make sense.
Anyway, I'm sure you know that this song is a great accomplishment. The beginning was great. The voice was a nice effect. The change from piano to synthesizer was a really nice effect that sort of crept up on you. That's what I love about this piece. Where most Newgrounds artists fail to make clean sounding transitions between instruments/synthesizers, you succeed. Yeah, so the introduction is great and sets the mood really well.
At 0:30, the song just kicks up and doesn't stop. That's another nice factor to your music, the sheer amount of energy in them. It really makes for a nice dance song. Here I am, praising your song, so you might wonder: "Why the nine?" I know I might be labeled an ass for saying this, but the synthesizer that kicks in at 0:58 just sounds whiny. There's no other way to describe it. However, later in the song it's practically drowned out by other instruments.
Your interludes are also something amazing, they are very different then the main parts of the song, but they are an actual part of the song, whereas other artists just have an unrelated melody that blends as an interlude. Your ending is also perfect.
5/5.
Downloaded.
Keep up the good work, and never let your fire for music burn out. It's a mistake that many make.
July 4, 2008
Author's Response:
Thanks for the long review!
Transitions are one of my key points in my songs that I try and make perfect. I'll revisit the same transition many times adding/taking away things to make it flow better. In my point of view, you can't have a good song without good transitions. It just becomes a long melody otherwise.
I appreciate the honesty in the 9, it's better than giving a 10 and saying everything was great except... Because if you have an except, then it didn't deserve the 10.
Interludes are probably my favorite part. I LOVE piano and any song that can use it nicely has won me over because it's such a powerful instrument if used right. I probably spend more time making piano for my songs than anything else (They're usually how I first make the melody, just playing in the piano roll in FL with a fruity keys plugin XD)
Anyways, thanks for the download and the long review, they're always appreciated and most likely always responded to!