Age/Gender: 26, Male
Location: Stoney Creek, ON
Job: Cogeco Cable Employe
Hey im Shawn - I live in hamilton now - by the escarpment - on my own - come visit me and say hi! - I am aurrently working for Cogeco Cable - and no I can not give you free cable. I'm an audio fag and I got a shitload of songs. Go check them out!
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Matra stole all his lyrics from Xbrav's geno's forest song which he also made in 2004 - altho admittedly he did add a few more. You can hear his version here:
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/liste n/10377
kewl video though - still rubs me the wrong way though that marta's version gets mass acclaim and xbrav's doesnt even get credited by him..
-shawn-
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Hey man, just wanted to say thanks for using my 8-bit "this is halloween" remix in your submission - a lot of people practically liked it more than the flash itself hehe -
not to sound like a negative nancy or anything though - but in the credits could you actually list who did the music in the song instead of just "audio portal artists"? It almost looks from your reviews like peopel think you just randomly found it somewhere or that they think that you yourself made it..
neways cool submission - wasnt big on the straight jacket part though - much too dragged out :)
keep on truckin'!
-shawn-
Author's Response:
okey dokey sorry about that i would think people would guess the song sinces it's listed on the side with the other songs lol but okey dokey i'll get doing that for you
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Probably the best thing ive ever seen on newgrounds - even better than adam phillips ;)
good job!
-shawn-
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Hey I thought I reviewed this.. guess not.. kickass as usual - I m surprised the mods didnt castrate you for using that sample hahaha...
-shawn-
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you crazy bastard :P
-shawn-
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The piano notes at the beginning needed veloity variety imo - instead of all nbeing sort of at the same velocity and then delayed - give it more dimension!
I could have also done without the high pitched growling not long after that but imo I feel it takes away from the main voice and kind of cheapens it - the low growling at the end was fine though.
also the whole mixdown felt a little.. soft? Almost as if you took a bit of punch out of it - it feels smooth and all but a little too mixed down imo - some of the rawness is gone :) - and the volume has been lowered below.. standard volume so that I had to turn it up to get that same feeling- esay on the compression ;)
your voice is kind of getting lost back there too - you need to bring it out so that it takes more of a center stage instead of - this is how it sounds - it sounds like there is piano ambiance all around - which is good - guitarists on both side - which is fine - but then it sounds like the percussion is in the same stereo range as the guitars - when it should either be right behind them - or closer up and more well defined - atm its being drowned out - and then it sounds like YOU are standing BEHIND everything so that all your instrumentals are actually hindering people's abilitiy to hear your voice.
2:35 actually sounds better - the highly reverbed in the background chorus is a nice touch :)
it's a great song though - and nicely polished - however - there will always be things to improve - you've come a long way my friend but you still have a ways to go! ^^
like a homemade birthday cake its beautiful but some of the designs aren't quite perfect - keep up the good work and keep pumping out those tunes dude!
I hate to ruin your streak with a 9 but I would kinda be cheapening my own voting system if I gave a 10 - although it's close to a ten ;)
the elven ears hath spoken!
-shawn-
Author's Response:
Thanks dudeface~!
Nothing I can do about the music. ;) as that is dimoria's. It could be a lot of personal preference in your normal listened genre, though. I wonder about your settings for listening, as I'm positive I mixed the vocals as far forward and centered as possible. :p If your eq settings on your output are turned on to a high bass yield, then that could be why the vocals faded to the back. I use the classic "V" setting, but not overbearing on the bass end. ;D
That aside, glad for the review, as It was what I wanted to hear. :D Gives me a goal to achieve. haha. And will achieve with a very cool upcoming surprise. Thanks Shawn, you rule.
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