lol, thanks for the review but if you could see my virtual rack, you'd understand that almost everything gets side chained. Not super hard mind you, I don't like when the envelope on my drum kit over powers everything around it. Usually, I'll lightly sidechain a little bit of everything, with a heavier sidechain on the sub.

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Aws, thanks BwE. I was listening to Absent Tree Star earlier today but couldn't finish a proper review because I kept getting to the end like "damn it... what's this awkward ending?" The track was super potent, keep going with it :D

The words you wrote moved me though. My mom commit suicide a number of years ago. I'm still very fortunate that my dad is a huge positive force in my life. I'm sorry it sounded to me like your on your own at the moment? I'm sure you have friends and others that are filling the void. Right? I hope you're ok. Details worry me. Thanks for the feedback Bwe!

edit: wasn't aware you were 32. Regardless, I hope life is treating you well. It's not fair when life takes anyone down a peg. I'm sorry about your dad.

OG audio portal, that's the kind of response that would have got me zero bombed for the next two weeks.

I don't mind friendly "hi-five" reviews like yours. Hell, even low scoring crits are ok. I might come off a little pissy in my response but you gotta deal with the haters eventually and everyone is entitled to an opinion under the circumstance that they have one in the first place. Haters are just misunderstood.

good luck with that thesis you may or may not be working on right now o.O

This kind of post would fit in with the audio advertisements thread:

http://www.newgrounds.com/bbs/topic/253861/998

Asking someone for a review in a spot typically reserved for a review without leaving the review is kind of lame. Usually when you ask someone for a review it helps if you leave them a review too. I try to get back to the people that leave me good reviews. I'm not perfect but I will always try to respond to someone, especially if asked to do so in a private message.

I can't scout you simply because I'm not super comfortable with Soundation. I played with it for a few minutes, seemed like a pretty cool online application for experimenting with introductory level audio production but I can already sense a few limitations within the workstation. I can easily see how this program could be abused much in the same way Garageband was.

Fyi, I'm an ex newgrounds audio moderator. Gave it up after college because I had to focus on the real world for a while. Someone else might scout you, I didn't notice any red flags on the track that made me say "oh this is just a bunch of pre-made loops thrown together with little effort." Truthfully, your track sounded like anything a new audio producer might whip up their first time using a professional studio like FL, Reason, or Protools. I'm just not willing to be the person that waves you into the system.

Good luck Gem. Peg people in the audio forum, check out that advertisement thread I just linked to, and try leaving other people well thought out reviews before just asking for a handout. I can promise you there are some cool people in the audio portal that would love to help you out.