sumguy720's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[~FP~ Transcendent Serenity]

Pssh

Totally a Barbie song.
*scoff scoff*
No, but really, this is good, I like it. It feels like the melody is sort of wandering around haphazardly, but the instrumentation and sound balance are definitely done very well, I'm giving highest marks for that. Get a little more grip on where you want the song to go and where you want to take the listener, and I think you could get something really great out of your music. I'll go ahead and listen to some of your other stuff too, just to see if I can't pinpoint my criticism a little more.
Sweet coordination, excellent sound.

-Phil
(8-10, 5-5)

Funkypotat0 responds:

Thank you for your honest and helpful criticism, as well as the kind ratings.

A problem with the music I write is that it seems to wander a lot, much like what you said. I've written more than just the two pieces I have up here on Newgrounds, but my two are the only ones I'm remotely proud of. All the rest of my stuff seems to have the straying problem...

Wish I could get rid of it =\ curse my lack of focus while writing!

[Somewhere/Else]

Hmm

I think your music, like yourself, has the urge to be moving, but for some reason isn't. Kind of seems like the whole thing is sleeping, waiting to build up, but never getting anywhere. You've got some good bass there, but there's nothing to fill out the sound spectrum or resolve the bass, really repetitive too- but--
It's good that you can express yourself through music. Keep doing that and you'll get a lot of good results. Practice too, because the easier it is for you to transfer what you've got in your head onto the computer, the better it will come out. Sometimes you're even able to resolve your conflicts with the music, which is especially cool to listen to.
In short, keep it up, you're not quite there.

Hotplurplegnome responds:

"I think your music, like yourself, has the urge to be moving"
yeah you got that right..:P
but then i presume you have checked every song of mine?
because this song is reaally chill and deep
as for my my other songs who are much more upbeat and hyper(like my self) and "moving" like you said..
you should really check out the other more techbical songs Fx..Hooligan nustyle demo and Reykjavik Belfast
thanks anyways for a great review!

[Indische Waterlelies Version 3]

sweet mix

This is great, you've got a really really solid theme here. I like the melody, and the synths are just fine. I'm only raising an eyebrow at the varaition-- just near the beginning and certain parts near the end the melody becomes a little overwhelming, in that it feels like I'm listening to the same thing over and over again--- even though you're actually changing the notes being played. I've not run into this before, so it's kind of interesting. I think it seems like its repeating despite your lead because the foundation is insanely constant throughout the piece.
I really like the melody though, you're right it is addicting.
(8/10)
(5/5)

UnrealReno responds:

I forgot to mention, the song is pretty repetitive indeed ^^'
Kinda ran out of idea's.. :P

Thanks for the comment and vote :)

[The Flying Dutchman [Remix]]

Great job

You translated the song very well between genres, this is one of my favorite songs on newgrounds. I think this works so well because one, this was written by Wagner, meaning the melodic progression and variation is right there where it shouuld be and two, it was remixed by someone with adequate skills. I can't think of any way to improve on it!
Great job.

UnrealReno responds:

Wow ^^ Thanks for the compliments there!

If you find a way to improve it in the future, let me know! :D

[qwertyuiop]

Yeaah

I agree with the review below!
Here's a helpful tip: Try not to repeat parts of your song too often. If you have something really cool, build off of it! It's like a lego castle... you can't just keep building doors right next to eachother! Put some traps in there, some walls, maybe some chairs.
Maybe metaphor isn't the best device for advice.
Good stuff, but not enough to fill the 3:55 that you did.
But yeah, write another one and I bet it will be better. You've got a lot of good ideas in here. (except the guy saying 'go', that was silly and awful most of the time)

chubby-chobby responds:

Haha thanks for the review
I felt the go fitted as the part it was in was rediculously cheesey. I agree with the build around the cool idea, i just need to perfect composing and get a full version of fruity loops so i can spend longer on it.
Another problem is i've not liked any form of dance music for long so i don't really have many definate inspirations yet. And this song should have really been two minutes or so tbh.
hopefully i'll have some great stuff one day, but for now my stuffs pretty run of the mill. Thanks for taking the time =)

[<DjT> EoY]

Hmm!

The opening is interesting... It seems like it's not related to the piece at all but somehow it opens the song right up like any other intro-- but still, it keeps throwing me for loops. I'd like to hear more of a presence from the percussion and a little more development of the melody though, maybe some more variation in the rhythms and synths throughout, but what's there is alright by itself. I really like the main instrument's line, the texture is really intense without going overboard. I think the intro is what caught my attention the most.
Cool song.
8/10
4/5

DjTrancite responds:

Hehe Thanks.

Yeah I Know :D

<DjT>

[Love will be shown.]

Alright!

Well this is a great sort of ambient piece, but nothing from the melody really comes out and grabs you-- you know? Everything's there, but it's all squished into the same sound space, so there's not much room for the instrumentation to expand. If you spread the strings out a little more, gave their textures a little more contrast, and deepen that piano, I bet this would be an awesome song.

Overall, this is pretty good, I like it, but it could use a little touch up.
4/5
7/10

Helth responds:

okay thanks alot for the advices!

=D

Helth

[We Believe Ep.6 - F-777]

100% cool

I was going to set the title as 110% percent cool, but I thought it would be more meaningful to stick with the limits of reality.
GREAT engaging opening, I was pulled in right away, the buildup is also really nice, I like how you introduced the melody just before everything started freaking out in awesomeness.
Something that stuck out particularly was that the instrumentation didn't stick out (ironic?). I mean, I tried to discern all the synths and instruments that were put into this and it was sort of difficult, they all mesh really really well.
Very nicely done. Please keep coming out with sweet songs.

F-777 responds:

Wow thanks! Im glad i accomplished mixing this good enough ;).
Thanks again!!!

[We Believe Ep.5 - F-777]

YES!

How many are you making? I'm surprised by this one, my goodness you seem to be spanning some strange new web of sub-genres with each addition to the megamix! I look forward to listening to this in sequence with the other four.

Great work, glad you're happy with it.

F-777 responds:

I am making 7 episodes in total =).
Thanks so much!

[{425} Invincible]

The office?

Hey this is great! Nice job. The bassline reminds me a lot of the office theme song. I like the whole dynamic of the song, how it doesn't go too far into the more intense parts and maintains a nice sort of relaxing undertone throughout.
My only criticism is that it seems a little incoherent at times.
Great stuff my man!

Michael425 responds:

haha, yeah, I kind of based the bassline off of the Office theme song.

I will work on making all the parts of my song fit together more coherently.

Thanks for the advice man. Glad you liked it.