mauiboynokaoi's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pineapple Shoot Out]

I like

It's an easy song to jam to and isn't overdone. It gets rather repetitive over time though so shaving it down a few seconds might help a bit.

[Angel Island (Bad Future)]

Difficult to say

The drum beat is all too simple and repetitive. The melody would be alright on a different voice and it wouldn't hurt to change up chord progressions here and there to keep from being stale. The bass was alright but the synth strings seemed kind of pointless to me. You probably could have done without them at all as they're really not doing much. Also adding a bridge/hook would give people something to remember the song by. Also your song is too homophonic. You need to add, at the bare minimum, some harmony to complement the melody as it seems very empty. I often go for a polyphonic feel rather than a harmonic feel, but the decision is entirely up to you.

krazyfro2 responds:

thanks, im still relitively new to this, so i got about half of what you said. but what i did get i will try to fix. you see i taught myself so i dont know many of the terms you mentioned. i do understand that its too repetetive, i'll get right on that.

Edit: Heey, I understand all that stuff now lol. I may actually consider re-doing this. Seems kind of pointless to do it now though.

[LB - Shadows]

Nice simple relaxed feel

Definitely not overdone and definitely not amateurish. A real good track. Probably second best I've heard all day. There is absolutely nothing here that I see could really use improvement :)

Lublub194 responds:

I appreciate this a lot. Thanks :D

[ah oh]

Sounds like you're just starting out

But I can tell you already have a good sense of rhythm. The voices and melody etc. making skills will improve with time, but in the mean time, keep doing what you're doing and try to keep your songs fresh and polyphonic.

[Solus- Desperate Pursuit]

God damn that was sweet

But the wood blocks didn't seem to fit the song all that well. Also the snare sounds too "generic" for a song like this. I'd recommend finding some better samples. But anyway it's great to see something other than the homoophonous dance songs that litter the audio portal and listen to something that has some real musical value.

SolusLunes responds:

To be perfectly honest, the woodblocks were because I couldn't find a tick sample with sufficient force behind it. :p

[Now I Can Think]

Not bad

But the one synth in the beginning was pretty harsh to the ear. Didn't match the rest of the song. I'd either drop the volume or replace it altogether. One thing though. I'd upload an abridged version as this one was pretty long :P

DrAndronicus responds:

I really appreciate the feedback! The synth you are referring to, is it the choral organ or the glissando-y one? I'd like to fix it. As for the abridged version, I dont know if I can do that. I was constantly living in fear of making this too long. I tried ending it at 3 minutes but couldnt manage to make it flow. stuck with the 5 minutes sorry.

Andronicus

[[SP] ~ Overdose (Trance Remix)]

Hmmm...

Increase BPM, drop kick volume, don't overfilter the voice, soften that voice that "pops" at certain parts. It throws off the overall balance of the song. It kicks in first at around 2:28. Best part of the song was 3:42. Sick (if common) drumbeat and it really matched with the ambient instruments IMO.

[Brent Beachy (Newgrounds Cut)]

Overused chord pattern...

And way too long to be a theme song. It's also got no catchy melody. It might make a good skeleton for you to make a new song off of though. Just put more effort into it and think of a better melody. I've already got one in my head that may work if you want me to write one for you :P