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_Dancing With Demons_

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So this one has a darker quality to it -- not my original intention, but it seemed to work. I guess demons are hardcore clubbers; who knew?

The second-to-last part is supposed to represent a short visit from some sort of angelic being, who is telling the demons to turn the volume down, but they quickly drown it out with some heavy beats.

Those jerks.

EDIT: Turned down the bass lol.

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Nice

I liked this song, it has a great beat, and a great sound, the whole instruments work perfectly, they're in perfect harmony. the drums worked really well to the main beat, also, the effect the main beat had, worked awesomely with the title... It seems that you're in Hell, it's a great sensation, I can't describe it...

Also, the lenght is pretty nice, sometimes, I didn't see the time pass, the song is so contagiating, that, it hypnotized me sometimes... Also, the song got a bit repetitive in the end, since the main beat was repeating, and repeating, but, it didn't affect the final result, the song was great, I liked it... Keep it up, man, you have a great potential, I wanna listen more songs from you.

(Review Request Club)
Roger

Birdinator99 responds:

Yeah, I definitely could have changed the beat up more hehe...
Glad it went over alright with you -- thanks for listening and reviewing!

Review Request Club

Really nice ambient introduction; it's quite simplistic, but at the same time has that touch of a heavy edge to it, as if it's illustrating the demons just walking into the club, so the beat hasn't quite hit home yet...but they're still demons, and so it's not exactly upbeat and airy-fairy. Heavy ambience; works well. Nice transition between the bassy ambience to the higher-pitched synth and the light drum at 0:35, great automation there to pitch shift it down; the entire transition section from 0:20-0:50 or so is really well done; everything comes in and out quite smoothly.

When the main "melody" came in at 0:50 though, it was a lot lighter than I think it could have been, especially for the title you have. It says in the AC that you turned down the bass, and I can kinda hear that...or rather, not. I'd almost suggest thinking about turning the bass up again, though maybe it's just my crappy headphones not being able to pick them up enough. Also, while the high-pitched synth works well, I don't think it's good enough to work as a lead melody, and so maybe think about adding one in; perhaps something bassy and kind of ominous, just to tie that darker feel back into the track.

There's some nice transitions and harmonic changes, but I think dynamically everything kinda stays generally the same throughout, and that could be something to look at; give it more of a sense of build and suspense, instead of having this buildup into the same section, but in a slightly different key...I think having a different melody would help here, as you could change it up between sections and create a kind of verse/chorus effect.

In general, it's an alright track, but could do with being a lot heavier than it was, given your source of inspiration and given how the introduction sets the track up. The ending, as well, while alright, I think was a tad overdrawn and perhaps needed a little more variety in it just to change it up from being just one long fadeout. You've got some good ideas here, they just need polishing up a bit more.

-Review Request Club

Birdinator99 responds:

Ah, yes, the bass; I hate it so much lol. It sounds so different on every speaker type it's really hard to get it right.

Great comments -- thanks for the good ideas!

Good but...

I agree with stargenx on the clap, if you listen specifically to it it does feel rather weak. Also, the part at the end there with those hollow-sounding synths. I think that that part should've been nearer to the middle, when I heard it the first time I thought it was reall cool... then it just fades right out and I was like 0_0. But the song is good and you have been improving a lot since your beginning. It feels like it would be right at home in a dark computer game from NES days.

Keep up the good work,

Kayorent.

Birdinator99 responds:

Again, good job noticing stuff! Thanks for listening!

I don't know if 8-bit is really my style, but it's something to think about...

Well

-I loved the ambient intro that you had followed by the little spider-tip drum addition at :35. Not only this but you also melded it well with a clap and created a solid beat.

-I was not however turned on by how you messed with the volume and brought it down to a really slow paced light song. It became just a weak version of what it could have been.

-It had some nice overall length to it but it was very repetitive at times and seemed to drag on a little for me. Try mixing things up for best results.

Birdinator99 responds:

Hmmm; good ideas! Thanks for listening :)

Very good!

I thought that the soft drums at about :35 were very well done and the song is pretty rockin' in general.
What I thought could change however was the clap. Perhaps you could add a more punchy clap or replace it with a rock snare drum, I don't know, I just thought it sounded a little weak.
Another thing to consider might be adding more melody to it. A large part of the song sounds like it's the background to a song rather than a completed song.
In the way of sounding like club music, it's not quite club music. It's more like chill music rather than club music. It doesn't pump as much.
The length was fine and didn't seem overly long or too short. It was just a smooth ride the whole way through. This leads me to another issue: it needed some surprises in it. Just a little crescendo or something to mix it up a little. This was a good song in general though. This could be better but it's not bad.
-Stargenx
{Semi-Review Request Club}

Birdinator99 responds:

Pretty sure I've got crescendos in there dude, but good point about the clap -- very true. Melodies are not my forte, so sorry about that!

Thanks for the review!

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