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Reviews for "Cry by Novenda"

Simply... stunning.

Inspiringly beautiful piece. Very light and calm. Relaxing.

I haven't much to say, because this truely IS stunning. But I'll still say this: You sing beautifully.

Wish you luck in reaching your goals and finding a band. I'm totally hoping to see more from you! :)

Woah.

Well you've done it. You've actually managed to make the hairs on my arm stand up. That is somehting to be proud of, they don't go up often :P

Your voice sounds so pure and soft, it fits perfectly with the song. I hope you find that band "family" you are searching for, and if you publish this around enough I am certain you will, and you'll probably get some contract from some band manager, then possibly i'll be seeing you on T.V! (If that does happen you so have to mention my newgrounds name! :P) Absoloutely brilliant, this is so going on my ipod! :D

I bow before you. Thanks!

Good

The backround music to start with here is played very well and flows through very well to the end of the song, the vocals also go with everything here very well, the slowness of this who song adds some depth to the listerning of this as well so good work on that. There is nothing I can hear wrong with this, everything sounds like it flows very well.

I also think the singing is done very well to, the echo effect certainly works in the parts where it is used as well, everything clear most of the way through though there are parts where I can't quite catch the word. The length of this is also good, though the ending I'm not too keen on personally, but good job overall.

5/5

<3

Musicgrl responds:

I had to say thank you for all the time you took to write about the music. Thank you for being honest.

Venda

Faving it!

Loved this song *.*
I really like songs with female vocals =3
^^
you have a wonderful voice
10/10
5/5

Superb!

I have to say, in terms of composition, this is great! The instrumentation is also just right! The vocals are spot on! Your vocal skill is indeed rare!

On a more constructive note, I do have a couple of suggestions:
-The bass kick sounds a bit unnatural. You might want to change to a less metallic kick, even though this might sound strange for what sounds like a metal ballad. It still is a ballad. "Day Dreamer"'s kick sounds a lot more natural, for example.
-Electric guitars, especially the ones that are heavily distorted, have to be on or around the same level as vocals, otherwise they easily tend to sound flat and lo-fi. You might be discouraged to do this as the guitars might sound too high pitched and overshadowing the vocals, the piano and the hi hats (in this case), but you shouldn't be afraid (as I have advised in other submissions as well) to use a low pass setting on a Eq filter about and around 8-10kHz and a plateau for dropping frequencies from 6-7kHz and upwards and don't be shy about it. You can give more body to their sound by raising frequencies that sound good to you in the range of 600Hz and 1kHz, while you can bring the cabinet up by scanning frequencies between 60 and 100Hz (In rare cases up to 120Hz). Scan the frequencies and stop when you find the sweet spot. Then just bring it forward in the mix! It won't cover up the rest of the instruments and at the same time sound more powerful, without sounding too heavy.
-In some places the double tracked electric guitars sound out of sync. You don't always have to rerecord the track in question, but you can warp the original clean samples (if you still have them, otherwise just leave it) into position. You can use various programs for that, including Cubase (versions from sx2 and later) or Alberton Live. The second one has an easier interface and some helpful tools if you want to sync more channels at the same time (I use it for syncing recorded multiple drum tracks to beat. These 10 to 14 tracks have to warped the exact same amount for various reasons). Just slide the notes that are out of sync towards their correct position and pass the channels back to your preferred amplification and you're done...

I really like this song and I'd love to listen to other ones in this style with your voice enriching them!