Amazing, Good job!
Great music, vocals were good, loved it!
Reviews for "LR - Dream"
Setu-Firestorm responds:
Thanks. and I'm sure Raegan would say thanks as well.
Holy Crap! In a Good Way!
Whoa-oh-ohhhhh there, man... AMAZING!!!
I mean obviously those aren't your vocals (lol, yeah I've heard your other songs) but the girl who did the vocals, GO PROFFESIONAL ALREADY! And dude, YOU, your way of using software instruments stirrs up everything with every single song I've heard from you.
I mean, alot of your songs get reviews saying "your band is great" or something, when really it's just ONE GUY who is just THE MASTER at putting together QUALITY MUSIC without even having a band behind his back, or ANYTHING LIKE THAT!!!
The lyrics were friggin' uhh... "mesmerizing" I guess, copying what
sh4d0w-3lade said. Like, it's just really deep, it reminds me alot about uhm... what's Amy Lee's band again? Eva-somethin'...? Anyway its just a great track, and it beats out most of the songs I've heard on NG. In fact, MANY of your songs, or songs you've contributed to, have surpassed many musicians on NG.
I'm definitely always going to look forward to your work!
And I hope everyone who hears your music will have the same reaction!
Setu-Firestorm responds:
It's things like your feelings toward my music that makes my music worth making and keeps me making it. Thank you. I really do deeply appreciate it.
As you know, I'm scoring a film where, although it is on an indie basis, I stand to gain much exposure from it that I hope will help me get my foot in the door to go professional. Even though I'm in college preparing my Plan B to get a good steady job, I'm hoping for the best on Plan A.
Thank you again for your support.
(and also, Raegan Quinn, the woman singing in this song, was a professional opera singer when she lived in Scotland)
just...mesmerizing....
great work you've done here!!
the vocals are AMAZING, certainly one of the best i've heard in Newgrounds.
hope to hear more of this "masterpieces" here soon.
Could listen to it all day long and still like it :D
give yourself a pat in the back for this one!!
Setu-Firestorm responds:
Thank you.
Absolutely Sublime
Looking at the current number of listens and downloads this song has really makes me disappointed in Newgrounds. I want to know just how you think the audio portal is going to improve if when some one goes out of their way to write a unique original and cleaver song, and ignorant fuck bags like you just ignore it. This anger is obviously misdirected, cause if your reading this review your probably listening to it right now. Regardless, this is one of the most well written songs that has ever come onto the audio portal.
The first thing this song has going for it, is that their are actually legitimate lyrics. Now that's one thing I think Newgrounds fails to respect in many ways, sure theirs nothing wrong with making a electronic song that's all synthesised as long as it's unique and interesting, and I'll accept the fact that for a flash game music without lyrics is desirable, but this seems to have caused Newgrounds to loose respect for lyrics, which is often the most difficult part of a song to write. But enough about Newgrounds lets talk about the song. Now love is by no means a new topic in music, but that doesn't stop a love song from being original. In this case we hear alot of unique metaphors built around the "Dream" theme, it's actually very cleaver the way it was written. I wouldn't be praising it so much though if the vocals weren't FUCKING PERFECT. All on key, perfectly recorded and mastered, and Raegan Quinn really expresses emotion in her voice, which could easily compete with most pop artists.
But if the lyrics are good than the instrumentals are phenomenal. The composure of the music is incredible, and harmonising with vocals the way this song does is something I think alot of mainstream artists could learn from. Using a wide variety of instrument will always adds adds alot to a song when they complement the melody they do here. And unlike most music on Newgrounds this isn't software produced. Imaging that, actually recording music with real instruments! OK, I said I wouldn't make a big deal of this, but I'd really just like to use this opportunity to say how good a guitarist and pianist George Powell is.
The the guitar solo and the breakdown at 3:40 are like the icing the cake. It's hard for me to criticise a song that does all these things so well. The point I'll make is that I think a little more volume on the guitar would help, but maybe that's just my hard side speaking because their is nothing wrong with this song, it's been perfected and fine tuned to a point of perfection. Absolutely sublime from start to finish, and if you two aren't signed yet than their are alot of labels I need to yell at for being ignorant dolts.
Setu-Firestorm responds:
I appreciate the lengthy and thorough review. There is something I should point out though...
...this song actually is 100% software-based (except for the vocals, obviously). Like many of my other works, both rock and orchestral, I listen to other artists' music and learn how instruments are and aren't played (in order to put together a believable and playable piece) and then when I put the piece together, I try to set the FX and EQs to make the MIDI-based instruments sound as real as I can. I am a pianist, primarily, and much of what I've learned in my years of piano music theory training is what helps me understand the musical mechanics and how to use them in composing, but I'm honestly not a guitarist. I just try to do a good job at mimicking what guitars do.
I will say, though, that I highly agree with you that Raegan is a phenomenal vocalist, and she's even doing vocal parts in the film I'm scoring.
Thanks for the review, although I'm not at all offended that less people download this song than listen to it; the only thing I care about is that people appreciate my work.
Thanks again.
ehh
not my type of song but i wont let that deterieate my score, great job