alertG's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Colour My World]

it is good

great song. I think the notes could have been a little more clear at a few points. It is nice how it is right now, I think it could be a tiny bit more dynamic, ya know? at certain parts at least. (it is good at most parts)

very nice composition

[Baroquen Break ]D.M.[]

disgusting

very unique. very good use of samples and melody. This is really really really good work. yes it is weird, but it flows amazingly well. worth a download. I think people just think this is a weird kind of song, and which is why it is not ranked as high as it should be. better made than a lot of higher ranked material. ;)

~a

Darren-M responds:

i knew i had to step my game up to place in this comp, so i had to loosen the laces on this one. i usually make weird trance styles, so i tried alot to bring a few trance style composition tactics into a D&B... i think thats what made it.

thanks for the review

[!/Never Forget\!(Halo 3 Remix)]

doesnt sound very energetic

the intro is fine, but keeping those short stabs just seems very anti climatic. It does build to a nice dance beat, but I think the 3:20 part should be first and with harmony. it would make it sound much more intense.

The new instrument is pretty cool to add a new element to the song. I think the rest of it is good, except for the no melody part.

Also, this reminds me of cornandbean's halo 3 remix. :o but his isnt dance.

Blizzaine responds:

There's no such thing as "dance"

It's a genre taken up by newgrounders to describe happy hardcore.

Dance means music you can dance to, and if anything, his is much easier to dance to than something like this at such a fast BPM

But yea, his is more of a hard trance song, This is indeed happy hardcore.

Thanks for the review!

[[White Fang] Piano-y DnB]

pretty good

I think the rough bass sounds really good. The percussion is also done very well. Good samples. The very beginning intro and the outro are amazing(1:30-2).

The issue I have with the song is the piano. It sounds pretty good, and sounds like it is a main part of the song. I think the melody could use some work though, because right now it sounds like it belongs in the background. Melodies like that (at least for me) are pretty hard to make. Like at 1:20, that part the melody needs to be really cathy and rich. I usually tend to redo melodies two or three times or more. It gets annoying to me sometimes, but I replay the song in my head and make up different notes in it. really harmonize it. I think sometimes you had the dynamics in the wrong spots. And finally I would cut the piano from :43 to :56.5 personally. (but sometimes it is good to have a break in the main part). hopefully im helpful lol.

Aside from that, theres only a few occassions where i thought there should add some sort of harmony aspect to it(breif moments). otherwise the song is killer.

and fyi this sounds more professional than any of my work.

SteakJohnson responds:

hey I really appreciate your review, and yea i def need to improve on the melodies in this, the samples i sorta made my self by combining some other samples and i got lucky. I will try doing what your saying with regards to the piano and ill be sure to check out some more of your songs, and yes your review was very much helpful

[-API- Paradise on E [REMIX]]

i agree with hydra590

There was no climax. What you couldve done is simplified the main parts to make it more climatic. raise the offbeat sub bass, loose the background bells which are more for the "down" parts. make the climax more noticable! ;)

[Yun - Daybreaker]

well

i think the overuse of the fader is the interesting thing about this song. its still enjoyable and very relaxing. very interesting. i really like it. :D

[[LC] -Corrupt Contagion]

couldve been better!!!!

great melody to start, great intro, and great voice!

but theres a big problem that prevented this from being a 10/10. The voice was really great, but the background synth gate was very UNIFORM. Same melody for it. If only in the second half, it would keep the same voice, but around 1:55 or even 1:30, the gate would drop to a lower note then rise back up to give it some emphasis and harmony. It would be that much better!

Still pretty good, but to repetative for me because it is so uniform.

ElectricalBypass responds:

Let me see if it works out. Thanks for the review though! I will see if I can do anything about the background synth. I kind of have it the same because I want it to give its sound for the rest of the song (to keep the theme song tune in the head)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vPEOEK 48x78&feature=PlayList&p=643D69207BE2 618B&index=6
This was the song I was thinking of though for some reason when I was making it

Sounds similar and I didn't even know it :P

Thanks for the review. I will take that into consideration.

[.:As_She_Lives_&_Breathes:.]

this has a great feel to it

it really puts me in the mood to be productive and creative. i dont think ive heard much like this that is as good as this track is. great job!

[.:The_Running_Android:.]

i love the atmosphere

truely excellent. i dont see much wrong with this song at all. I love the feeling this song gives!

[.:Genocide:. (ReCalibrated)]

pretty good for background music.

i think this is pretty darn good. more ambient. Anything i didnt quite like is too much of a preference to be considered a problem. So... theres nothing really wrong with it to give this anything less than a 10! nice track