RyeGuyHead's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[new mastering idea]

sounds pretty sick

The third chord of the piano seemed a little off, a different inversion of it might sound better.
As fas as mastering, the guitar was at the right level. Maybe turn up the bass a little more so it could be more audible with the drums. You need some epic strings to go along with the guitar solo. Just so you could melt the song away with an intense piano-string duet.

Good none the less, sounds fine

mhb responds:

ok. so everything sounded right except i need to pump the bass a bit more. cool. thanks man i appreciate the feedback a great deal.

[Lightning in the Desert]

nice effects

The hi-hat sounded very nice in my headphones.
But the chord structure was a little weird, or at least the part the bell synth played was a little strange.
The acoustic guitar sounded great though, with the strumming and melody it played.
You needed a more staedy hi-hat beat to go along with the flanged out one, to give the song more structure.

Twas good though, hope your juices are flowing

attemptedperfection responds:

Thanks for the review!
yeah, the original song description went something like:
"weird chord progressions... weird scales... just weird." so yeah... weird is the perfect word. I'm not sure if it worked musically, but it's something a bit different anyway, and that's all I was really going for. I thought of putting in a steady hi-hat, and ended up just making it a bit more stable around the ending. Actually, there technically isn't any hi-hat at all; originally it was an idea for a drum beat, but I ended up filtering it out to the extent that it sounded like a hi-hat. I liked it that way, so I kinda built the song around it.
Anyway, thanks again for the review!

[Solus- To Zanarkand]

FFX!!!!

Hello featured audio artist, I have not checked your page in a while.

This is a beautiful song, its hard to take the power away from the composition when it is remixed. Still, you had some nice uses of dynamics, creating suspense and making for some nice transitions.
The synth strings were too synthy for my tastes, and is it too much to ask for some drums. Even this song could use a little beat.

Grats on the feature

SolusLunes responds:

Wait, what? Featured Audio Artist? Don't tell me I missed it! Fuck!

Thanks for the review though, and yes, you can have a rework of this. I'm so kind :p

[dj_padman - in the middle]

Ok...

So you got your jazz goin on. But the melody is just drifting and bouncing about the whole time, like you glitch dnb pieces. It makes for an intersting combination.
The guitar synth was timed nicely, and it had a nice bluesy laid back jazz beat. The acoustic bass was subtle, but a nescasarry for the style. Some of its notes sounded a little cut short.

Then the song just melts away....

dj-padman1 responds:

thanks for the helpful feedback, I gotta agree with you about the notes being a little bit cut short.. Probably wanted to loosen 'em up a bit.
Give me time, I'll get this blues thing eventually :)
Once again, thanks.

[dj_padman1 - Crush]

very far back

the drums sort of creeped in through the ambience, twas nice. The glitch synth played all over the place and it got quite annoying, especially when the volume would get louder and chopped up.
All of the background effects and subtetlys were very nice though.
Interesting track, keeot it up

dj-padman1 responds:

Thanks man, you've got some really good points there, and I'll definitely take them on board... Most helpful :)

[Snow Drifting]

i saw that snow storm

on the news...looked intense

This song started off really nice from the start, great pulsing melody with the piano and strings. Always a nice combination. The snare roll got old after the second time it played, but it made for nice transitions.
You should bring out that choir more, its barely audible. The sine lead was a great touch. Drums were too basic, just kicks and crashes, with a random scratch beat over top, where did that come from?

There was a slight pause between some of the transitions which upset me, but whatever.
The song started out great, and kept your intrest. I wish you built on it more and avoided some repetition.

Good stuff anyways.

Realmguys responds:

Awsome feedback. I always appreciate folks that know what they are talking about. :) I hate snare rolls, I tend to use them for these types of songs though because I think they belong in the genre. Maybe I'll just oust them completely from now on. My sequencer is not the best from what you have gathered I'm sure... (pauses, breaks) I'm looking to get something better but want to make sure of what to get first. Thanks for all the advice, I will take it to heart.
-Tyler

[Ethnica]

OH yeah

thats the spot
Finally a techno piece with some melody. The sitar?, i think thats the right name, was pretty wild, especially for some techno like this. But not only did that part sound sick, you backed it up with enough support instruments from the same genre, nice touch. Flutes, strings, syn basses, bells, tech attacks, sounds like a combination i would make. Im glad this song got some exposure

NemesisTheory responds:

Hey man, thanks for the review. I'm glad you think it was a nice track. 8D

I'll be sure to check some of your stuff out! You've got quite a long list. XD

[°°WTHIMI°°]

it got pretty melodic...

Once the bass came in...
I found myself swaying to the beat like a giddly little child. Nice little pad that synced up there, made for a nice transition. Some of the synths were just to strange though, haha. Like the one that came in before the....choir?

A very interesting little piece you got here Whirlguy.

Whirlguy responds:

heheh I liked the sound of the synth really. Btw did you say little? I had to lower the bitrate to 112 cause its erm.. 5:24 lol.

Great review, thanks(:

[Cks - Aep + Ndp Vs. Compl]

Go get you some

Youve come a long ways my friend.
There was something in the background, a short synth sound, it went with the hi-hats, i wished it was louder. The quality of your brass sort of wasnt all there, and it should have been featured more often. With the other sounds you used, especially the Hustlin-esque lead half way through the song, a brass line would have sounded sick.
This song is pretty tight though, keep it up.

Grats on number 4, I wish i was up there with you :(
Go check out "In The Woods" if you get a chance

coMpLekS responds:

RGH my man, you always tell it like it is. those are the best kinds of reviews. I appreciate that man.

- k

[_-{A Warm Wind in Avalon}]

Takes me to avalon

although i dont know wxactly where that is....

I thought the whistle-third flute instrument had too much treble and made the part when it came in sound a little grainy. The harps and choir sounded very nice. The melody is featured throughout the entire song but it doesnt diversify as much as it could. For instance give the brass the lead when it comes in and have the woodwind lead drop off.
A little percussion could have gone a long way

MaestroRage responds:

See I was debating with myself if I should have percussion in here. Timpini would make it too... warlike? Snares... well hell no, snares would definately make it too warlike in my opinion, and the only other percussional aspects I considered were tamborine, shakers, triangle, and other non drum/kick/snare attributes. I could be wrong, but I felt adding those really did kinda bleed the piece from it's intended core.

The brass was not given the lead as the tribe in question is more peaceful then battle oriented, not that they are weak, but they are not out to get anybody either, so the flute, being the messenger of peace in this piece, had to prevail.

The diversity issue, that i'll give to you, it's true, I probably could have spent more time adding more counter melodies, or changing the core melody around some more.

Thank you for the honest review though, it's good to hear some critical views, i'm glad you found the song enjoyable ^^.