tweerock's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Rain pt.1]

A more fitting title...

...would be Cityscape at Night. It's what I think of whilst listening to this. A nice pulltogether of sounds and musical ideas, it really is quite nice. The mixing is well done. Not much to say here, but this is some nice work you've got here.

joshlul responds:

There's actually a reason behind the name.
My friend Rain wanted it named after her, and I thought that was pretty cool anyways, so I went with it.
Thanks though man.

[Final Farewell Piano]

Neat, calming piano piece

Taking classical music down to a bare instrument to show what can do in terms of speaking for the artist. I like that.

To be honest, it isn't difficult to write this kind of music. I've seen it everywhere before. This particular piece is nice, and I really like the soft arpeggio at the end, but there could have been some more variation.

Really exaggerate dynamics and tempo changes. For example, instead of mezzo piano, play piano pianoissimo, and instead of mezz forte, play fortissimo. Do not ever underestimate the bass. Learning these things can help you turn a simple piece like this and improvise it into an awesome, majestic piece.

The feel of the song is nice and tranquil, yet bittersweet. Good work!

Tik115 responds:

Write...? errr I think i should inform you that i Improvised this, no writing i just pressed record and just hit random keys >.>

[Impossible to Convey (Orig)]

Love songs that build up

I do. This is a nice song, but I'm sick to death of hearing a plain old 4/4 kick drum in stuff like trance and house. I mean, I know it's the style of music, but seriously, there could be some variation once in a while.

The melodies and chosen instruments are fantastic. To me, the feel of the song is retrospective.

The mixing is done professionally. This is some quality work right here. Nice, man!

PrEmoEffect responds:

If you dislike the drum patterns, then try dnb or dubstep. They share some similarities with trance and house, but differ in the beats significantly. And yeah, about the feel of the song: you're dead on.

[Infinite Void]

Ambiance

It's called ambiance, the genre. And it's sweet. For classical, it sounds nothing like it. For techno, I see no resemblance to any other techno song I've heard. This is ambient music.

The song needs more dynamics, and that's it. But dynamics is a huge thing in ambient music, which is why I took off 1.5 score. The other 0.5 score was taken off because of the unidentifiable sweeping white noise in the background.

I love the feel of this song, and the shifts are in there, which is awesome.

Good work!

samulis responds:

Thanks for the help with classifying this... I never know what anything is nowadays... XD

The white noise was caused by the background synth, which has it sorta built in. I can run a pass on the file in Soundbooth if you think it really detracts from the song and cut it out.

[Stargenx - Lament]

Well made

The song is well mixed, and is OK for a classical piece.

Piano feels generated, but even if it is, that isn't necessarily a bad thing. It sounds nice, but doesn't have enough movement to it, not helped by the lack of shifts in the song. Also, I believe all classical pieces should be dynamically awesome, and sadly this song doesn't do that.

Bassline was nice. My main problem with the strings was they didn't compliment the piano's sound. Also, it feels like a single instrument (the strings) being played by ten people on the same instrument, clumped up in one space of the room.

There aren't enough movements in the song. In classical, the song needs to progressively take you somewhere, but very progressively. That's what 'movement' means for me, and I don't know if anybody else describes it like that, but I do. The feel can remain the same, just don't leave me in the same place all the time.

Oh well, time to focus on the positive. The instrumentality is nice. In terms of mixing, it's pretty good too. The main feel is a good one, but you need to consider some of the things stated above.

Some room for improvement, but it's the same for everybody.
All in all, good work!

Stargenx responds:

Thanks for the review.
I believe in making music that sounds good, not strictly going by the book.

[Electric Desert]

Nice, overall

It seems the downrater has the exact same level as I do :/

The melody is nice, but I think the rhythm is a bit lacking. Also your instrument choices, are just a little bit off in my opinion, especially with the main melodic instrument. There is hardly any dynamic variation or shifts in feel, which is pretty meh, but I think you could have worked with the melody to create something a little more exciting. I really like the melody here, it's very cool. With that in mind, good luck on any future projects. Good work!

Seltzer responds:

Thanks for the review. When working on this one, I began to feel the same thing. Unfortunately, I was in the whole "just get it done mode."

At any rate, thanks for the feedback, I'll keep it in mind.

[Casualty V2]

Very cool

I've never heard of the Casualty Theme, but it must be pretty insane, listening to this. This is good work; you've mixed it well, and overall it sounds pretty neat. My only problem with it was the beat/drums and bassline, but that's mainly because of the genre I come from. They were a little too simple for me, but that's just a preference. Top notch, son!

Enzer0 responds:

Thanks! Yeah it is pretty simple but to me, achieving a simplistic feel with good quality sound is what I like to hear.

Thanks for your review!

[Peacewalk]

Huh

Feels good, man. I can't help thinking of drugs, especially those of the LSD variety when listening to this, though. Nice little track.

DustyBoozer responds:

why thank you. if i can make at least one person think of a drug then my job here is done.

[NAC: Rage of the Giants]

Dynamics

I like hearing them. And this song actually has some dynamics at all. That's pretty awesome. I think there needs to be a bit more sudden decrescendo and crescendo for enhancement instead of only one at the start and at the end (sort of ).

I would expect a symphonic band to play this sort of stuff. The feel of the tension is amazingly awesome. For an orchestral song on NG, this is excellent. Very well done, I hope you win, or something, the competition. Good work!

blackattackbitch responds:

More sudden dynamics? I can make that happen.

Thanks for the review, I'm hoping I do well in the contest, although there are plenty of artists who, quite frankly, compose better orchestral stuff than I could ever hope to do.

And I'm glad you liked it, I was a bit nervous at first lol

[Tyurru ~ Daylight Mist]

For a first song...

...this is excellent. I can't help thinking you didn't experience the "room for improvement" thought most newbies have, because it is a very valuable tool in shaping your style. "Daylight mist" seems like a name you chose at random. Sorry, but I don't think it fits.

Oh well, musically, this song is pretty nice. The VSTs, or instruments, whatever you used, sound really good together, meaning you probably spent a great deal of time choosing them.

Rhythms (particularly the drum rhythms) were simple but nice. Melodies were even nicer; the song progressed very well.

All in all, a quality track!

Tyurru responds:

I'm not one for naming, when i submitted the song, there was misty outside and its was beautifull, Thank You so much for the postive reveiw, really means alot :D and yes I great deal of time finding the right sounds to use, took about a million and one attemps to get everything to fit nicley in place! I started end of 2009 just taken alot of time to get around to finishing it.

Many Thanks
~Tyurru