hesopchoie's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Iced Tea Baby! {^}-{alix1}-{^}]

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I felt as if there was no real melody. Just a bunch of bass. Not bad for background. The problem is it doesn't really fit in anywhere. If it were a song then it would have a strong melody. If it were background music it wouldn't be full bass cause that distracts. I am in the middle here. I think you started to get somewhere after 1:30 but it shouldn't take that long to pick up. Also the melodies you did have just repeated too much. Same patterns throughout = lameness. Work on the bass problem and get more variety in your melodies.

alix1 responds:

lol. This is a Drum 'n BASS song. It is supposed to have lots and lots of bass!

[Cult Of Whisperers]

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The bass should be down a bit, it is much to powerful for the soft melody you use. Many people think that the bass makes the song but the melody does. If reduced the drums I might be able to hear the melody. At 1:19 the second bass just distorts EVERYTHING and I cant even hear the drums.

sculpted-cold responds:

lol k

[DJW_Cosmic Desires]

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I would like to start off by saying I am harsh, but correct. My opinions are based of fact and experience. First off, the bass has to be better. It is used in about 80% of techno songs. Change it up if you want to be better than everyone and get in the top 5. Next we get to the melody. It does nice transitions and the voices give a nice touch. Not many can add decent voices. Last would be the transitions/variety. You added some good effects here and there and then some decent transitions, but the ending took away from the transitions. I would say you did decent in the last part.

djwizzkid responds:

thanks man I like the pointers they will help alot

djw//..//

[Wyze - Warning shots]

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Nothing original. Just the same old "gangster" crap. It is good for what it is. Which is not much, the watered down category of modern "rap" which repeats like you. The beat was nice though, was that yours? My advice is try to level your voice and keep on beat. You don't flow very well in some spots, feels rushed. By the way I know music, I am a musician in all categories. I do not make all music but I know what is good and what isn't this is defiantly not great but not horrible. Now this is the part where you reply by saying, "Well, if this came from somebody who showed any musical inclination at all this might mean something."

Blasphem-E responds:

No it isn't where I say that whatsoever. See, you have many reviews and an actual song to your name, so your opinion counts :) . You are right in that this was rushed, and it definitely shows, hence why I've said I need to rerecord this. The beat was not mine though, it was by War-Spawn. Check him out if you haven't, he's got a lot of great beats.

Thanks for the review, and for all future reviewers: I'm only abusive to people who leave dumb reviews (i.e. don't comment on anything to do with the song just say it's shitty for no reason). Show a little respect like hesopchoie here did and it will go a long way.

[Happy Crunk]

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You used a good variety so it wasnt just a plain hip hop beat like everyone likes to do. You made a musical beat. That is good. Next time increase the length and maybe add a few real instruments.

C-Enterprise responds:

Will do ;)

[- Forest of Wonder -]

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Here we go. I am good person to have for your first review by the way.
1. The loop worked well, I couldnt spot it.
2. Congrats on getting your music in a game. I can defiantly feel the forest theme you were speaking of.
3. The medieval you were speaking of was nice but I think a little more baroque would help and make it sound very good.
4. The crashes were timed well and fit in. Maybe you could add a little more bass to the drums for feeling though.

SinJim responds:

Ooh, a constructive review. Oh how rare these are.

Thanks for the review, I really appreciate it. Yes, it is a big move for me to start composing for games. I think, though, that it's time I get this experience under my belt.

I'm glad you couldn't spot the loop gap. Maybe I'm just really nitpicking there as it is rather small.

I'll take a look into some baroque stuff because I know I've listened to it; however, I'm not able to immediately recall the qualities that make that period unique. I'll do the research though and take your comments into account :).

I'll think about adding some more bass in. I tend to overcompensate since my headphones and surround system both respond overly well to lower frequencies haha.

Thanks again!

~SinJim

[Breathing Toy]

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The voices are horrible quality, the beat doesnt sound like it is made right. It reminds me of you recording something over a mic though a VOIP. Good concept though.

pygmyguru responds:

ya don't say. you're very perceptive! :D

[Mega Man ZXA | Soul Ablaze]

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I like the guitar. You did good with a nice background variety as well. It always good to change it up like you did. Overall this is a good song. Maybe you could add in some other instrument the make this more complete. An organ would be great, a set of bells would be a nice solo that could realy be cool and sound metal if you did it right (sort of like drums).

DarKsidE555 responds:

Adding other instruments to make it complete? xD Oh gawd NO! I had to mix over 20 layers already in order to get them sound ok, adding more would kill my brain and my comp. haha. Organ is already in and I gotta say I like the bell solo idea too. Buut, this song stands as it is now! (been too long in the works).

Anyways, thanks for checking it out and thanks for the review! :)

[Falling Far DNB test]

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I like your variety of instruments. It sounds great, make sure you keep one or two things consistant.

ChristianMossuto responds:

Will do, Thank you for the Review

[[DUB] Heaven and Hell]

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By the way this isnt in 3/4 unless he is writing it crazy and wasting time such as writing two bars of 3/4 and then one of 2/4 [which it two 4/4]. ANYWAYS! I like it. The song name is different than what the song turned out to be. It is still nice though. I think that if you wanted to, you could keep this entire song as a background and then put a good drum set with a guitar or bass in there. I think if you just add a bass line it would be really smooth and you could feel the emotion better.

dj-KDUB responds:

thanks. glad you liked it!