RyeGuyHead's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Soothing Melody]

Well...

The sounds in the beginning were kind of annoying. I would have kicked them out after the bells began, it would have taken out some of the repetiveness. The two little hi hats made me laugh, cuz they were a little out of place. Putt ing them on the first beat of every measure would have done this song much more justice. All in all, it was plain, not very original, and a little sloppy. But if you keep up what your doing you will improove greatly in a short matter of time. So dont let reviews like this bring you down, just keep playing around with chords and get your musical structure down, and you can roll with the big boys...not that I have ever done that..

johnfn responds:

Well this shows I definitely need a second opinion.

Yeah listening to the hi-hats right now, they sound terrible, showing me (over and over again, it seems - when I make something I want feedback right away) that I should listen to my songs after I finish with them. And taking out those synths is a great idea...

Anyways don't worry about leaving criticism, I'd rather have a guy say "0/10 and THIS SUCKS" and tell me why then 10/10 with no help at all.

Thanks for the review.

[In Outer Space]

This is some weak shit

I dont know...the whole space concept makes me laugh. You did a really good job capturing the essence of the theme with the sounds you used though. The voice in this is hilarious.

Whirlguy responds:

lol yeah, at first it was a long recorded file of him singing along with it. but because of some parts where he started laughing, i cut his voice in parts, but theres still this part where he sais sky very weirdXD i didnt know how to call this song at first, untill he sang with it heheh, hes a genious! thanks for the review:)

[Symphonic victory]

Bravo

You are good, a lot better than a lot of the techno crap on this site. This one is short....maybe too short, but it flowed well. I would think about maybe extending the last note before hitting that final chord, but oh well. You should check out some of my more recent dtuff as well.

Khuskan responds:

Checking out your stuff now, you seem to be a fan of mine ;)

[Olympic Flame]

Not bad

It started off very odd...like i could pick out the melody, but it was almost too distorted in the beginning. But after that little intro it started to fit better. You had some really nice breaks. One thing though....why did you cut it off? I liked that little mellow part that was builing at the end. Oh well, you should extend it.

Scorpion132 responds:

Thx I agree with you. And I think I might extend it. Anyways thx for the review.

[Abbreviated Chronicle]

another good piece of music

we need more people like you on this site, to wander away from this techno crap that is worshipped sop much. UNlike the last song i reviewed, this one has a lot better drum beat. I doo see the wandering in the rain theme. THe strings gave it that eerie feel and the different orchestral sounds gave it something spacy. The drums built in nicely. I would suggest maybe having more of a walking bass to give it sort of more of the mood you're going for....well i dont know the mood you're going for, but i f could guess, thats waht it would be. Please extend this and keep making more

Narflebeans responds:

Aw, I feel all tingly inside. Thanks man, I really appreciate your reviews. I think I know what you're sayin about the 'walking bass.' I'll give it a try.

[Super Machine Mega Battle Four]

IMpressive

the guitar in the beginning was too growly in contrast to the crisp synth part in my oppinnon. Maybe raise it an octave or change patches and see if that works. The orchestral part after the intro i liked. You did a nice job linking the two parts together/ The drums could use some work. THrown in some hi hats and some snares. The synth part really tied the song together nicely. I was very impressed with this song. It is really my cup of tea when it comes to making songs, the flow and choice of chord progressions was very nice. However, the string parts and all of the overlying melodies basicaly raped all of my works i have ever done. The guitar is desperatly in need of change though/ can tell you worked hard....good job

Narflebeans responds:

Hey, thanks for the review. I definitely agree with the synth guitar thing. It actually went thru two changes before I settled on what it is now. I've been struggling for an understanding of drums ever since I started writing stuff too. Thanks for the criticism, I really appreciate it.

[Outside Domain v3]

i ama fan of cookies

the strings override the piano part a tad bit, but it becomes unoticable after a while. I do like the bass and the drums working together with the rest of the intro. The arpegiator kicks ass. I would have switched up the srums a bit from the beginning after they come back in after their little break. But i think i might have already reviewed this song in another version. This is an overall beautiful song and you should be proud of it. Good job

Khuskan responds:

'arpegiator'... i have no idea what that is. Do you mean arpeggios, or are you talking about somthing in a program i didnt use :|. and by srums you mean strings? i'm confused >.<

[Work with Magic]

you have been busy...

nice little intro. I would have maybe used something else than the sterotypical square sound. I did like the pitch bend down though. THe part after was very nice as i was able to see the main melody unfold. The bass was decent i suppose, maybe needs a little more variation than the simple off beat you did. The drums are some of the best you have done in a whle. The little backround effect you put in their really made the song have some much needed diversity. This song would make a kick ass loop if you were able to link the part at the end with the second sequence in the beginning as opposed to the first. Overall, very well done

Whirlguy responds:

as i said, simple samples, but very addictive. tho its simple samples i felt i just HAD to show this to ng. thanks for the review

[[Dud] Zelda-Piano Dark World]

That left hands seems like a bitch

But you did a good job with it. I was wondering how long you practiced on that song before submitting it. There were some minor mess ups on timing an what not, but overall, you did a very nice job. Id give you a 20 on effort if i could, considering you are on of the only people that actually plays their music

Dudidum responds:

Getting the left and the right hand toghether without a mistake was nearly impossible.
But after looping it over 2 hours I got it right as you can see ;)
It was really hard work without a music sheet so I had to put the song together on my own :D

thx for your review^^

[New Dominion(NDU)]

Im in the middle

alright...i saw what you were going for, but you sort of failed. the drums in the beginning lasted a little too long before throwing in some diversity. The bass was decent i guess, but it wasnt really enough to carry the song, the strings were a little odd, but not as quite as odd as the interlude part where everything breaks and goes back to the bass. I dunno. I guess it wasnt awful, i can tell you worked hard on it, but not quite there

MrIguana responds:

It took my 30 mins. Guess maybe I should of worked on it more, despite not getting paid or caring.