RyeGuyHead's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Fortress]

Diggin the powerful vibe. I really liked the new parts brought in at the 1:45 part.

Drum fills seemed a bit random at times, but did a good job of bringing together the transitions. There's just something about choirs that instantly make a song epic. I think throwing a little choir in with the DnB part would have given it a nice edge. Honestly, the organs felt a little out of place with all of the other elements going on...

Good stuff, though. Dynamics were utilized well and the flow kept the listener interested. Going to have to check out some of your other stuff now.

LOD123 responds:

Thanks a lot for the comment man, I always prefer a meticulous approach to a review ;) I understand about the organ, you're right, it does in some instances sound a bit out of place. I'm just a bit of a sucker for organ, I don't know why but I always have been, that's why a lot of my electronic stuff features the instrument. I was going for a much different dynamic range on this song, I kind of wanted it to be a little all over the place, if you get me. But I'm glad that you appreciated it and that you didn't feel it was a hindrance. Thanks again, and cheers for wanting to check out some more of my stuff!

[Try This.]

It's a little too empty and sporadic for my liking. It's also clipping at the end when the delay is running over itself.

corvett responds:

If you're talking about the very last sound you hear, it's actually vocals that have been extremely comb-filtered and clipped on purpose to make them sound that way.

[MJ1 - China Toys]

Very unique!

The only thing that really stood out at me that would make this song a lot better would be to mix up the bass line a little bit. Instead of always having the pattern always ascending, it would be cool to have it descend on the last two notes of the phrase every other time.

Other than that, I thought you did a good job with the dynamics and it flowed really well.

TheMadWasp responds:

Thanks, I agree about the bass, I reckon I could of changed it at the end, but at the time I didn't really think about it, but looking back I kinda feel that the bass should of been improved.

Thanks for reviewing!
-Madjasper1

[Coyo91 - Fun Is Damn]

That's convenient.

Because Newgrounds doesn't like you either. :P

Coyo91 responds:

Aww is someone upset need a hug?

[The Chupacabra]

I'm usually opposed to all thing loop/samples, but you did a really good job of mixing, splicing, and matching. I like how the song told a story too.

Nicely done.

deadfishfaces responds:

Linda Moulton Howe is a legend.

[The Way To Happiness]

Oi!

I couldn't really tell if you were trying to go for the full orchestral feel or not. I think its the upper plucked part that's throwing me off. Try to use a pizzicato string for that part or find a better sample...I liked your use of the drums, they were sparse but very effective.

I'm not sure if you did this intentionally or not, but the chord progression is a carbon copy of pachelbel's cannon.

This would work well as a loop.

djahmusic responds:

I never heard the ''pachelbel's cannon'' you mentioned... this is simply my first basic instrumental track.
and thanx for the comment!

[*~Begging For Snow~*]

It's a little late in the season to be begging for snow... ;)

During the improv, I would either remove that string/pad or have it played more throughout. It's a little random to have it play those two or three notes and then stop. I guess jazz is a little bit random, by nature though...

Once the actual song started, I struggled to find the lead instrument. That's really the only thing that "Actual Song" part is missing. Find some way to solo over it (maybe a sax)

What's up with the ending?

KittenBeat responds:

I disagree with you in the first part. I think the small bit of flute adds color, but that's just me x)

The idea behind this was a very ambient, relaxed song, like something that would go behind a short flash, so I tried to keep it pretty chill when it comes to leads.
On a side note, I can't play the sax :\
I've never been good at winds.

I ran out of ideas and just wrapped it up at the ending. It's not like I put a whole load of effort into this, it's just some tune I made for newgrounds :P

Thanks for the review c:

[Fairy's Fountain Loop]

Good, but that synth is overpowering...you can barely hear the harp-eggiator.

Nice addition of the drums and the vocals/choir/strings sound superb.

It sounds like if Enya was the fairy of the fountain, haha. Loops pretty well

VGSongbird responds:

Thanks ^_^
I wanted to keep the melody a little louder, but I guess I could've toned it down.

[Shoppingcart Racers]

Too bad about that game...seemed like a cool idea. But I don't know about it being better than mario kart; Double Dash was a great game.

As far as this audio goes, sounds great. Good mix, I liked how hollow the strings sounded, and how the bass was doubled by brass sound. The trumpet solo is pretty awesome too. It really carries the song well throughout the pulsating drums and bass, which I can see fitting really well in a racing type setting. Loops pretty flawlessly too.

Great work on this, I'm sure it will be used by something soon enough :D

Maverlyn responds:

Thank you :)

[You don't wanna]

well

this is pretty damn awesome

At 2:50, it would sound better if the guitar was doing more of a solo. You might consider taking out some of the breaths too. That's my only real critique, though.

Mix is pretty good, the recording is spot on, the lyrics are great.

Excellent work

Lundsfryd responds:

Thanks man. I'm glad you like it man. I have to say I love the solo bit or though it's more noise than techniqe. I think it's uniqe.