WinTang's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Get Funky!]

Made me smile

Hehe... really funny sample, that. The song is nice but tends to rely a bit too much on that stuttery loop, in my opinion.
Really liked the beat and the occasional space gun :)
4/5!

orange-peel responds:

I agree, the stuttery loop is way too overused, but i just had this and didnt know where to take it so I though, may as well submit it to see if anyone can give me some pointers.
Thanks for reviewing.

[Mega Man X2 - Zero's Theme v2]

Good work...

I think MegaMan music fucking sucks, but you did an excellent job on the playing... greatly synced duet, kudos!
The drums annoy me a little though, they sound a bit too keyboardy... I noticed that on your other songs too, might wanna look into some reverb and the overall mix volume. Or not :)
So all in all, 4/5, the highest I'll ever give for any Megaman tune.

DarKsidE555 responds:

Thanks!

Right with the drums, I hate them as well...I used a stupid set there. >__>
Well, errors are there to lern. Hm...overall more reverb? Could try that out. I'm also developing a new sound for my drums so that they sound better and hopefully more realistic!

Thanks for checking man!

[|-| Aggression |-|]

Pitchfork! Pitchfork!

Oh man, I love this kind of stuff. Insane and very energetic. Do finish this, please, I dig it so.

I'll not bitch about the drums, see my review for MegaMan Zero Theme for that :)

Do you listen to Dillinger Escape Plan and Converge at all? A little part in an uneven time signature (7/8, 5/8) might benefit this song a lot...

teh 5 out of teh 5

DarKsidE555 responds:

\m/

[falling leafs]

Very cool!

Nice, very nice! Delay really opens new passageways for composing, doesn't it? :)
Great harmonies, the chorus part is nicely chaotic and dynamic and doesn't get annoying.

Your playing is pretty steady, at some points it gets a tiny bit out of sync, but let's blame the booze!

5/5 man.

Btw if you could be arsed, please check my "Black Samurai waltz" - I suspect it'll be up your alley...

DarKsidE555 responds:

LoL, yeah let's blame the booze for it. XD Great you liked it man! Yes, delay is quite nice if you know how to use it. ^^

It was a bit tricky at the start...damn booze haha. I'll check out teh shit!

[<-Distortion->]

Cool!

Reminds me of Ministry and Probot. It's very mean and dirty, I dig it. Loved the tremolo picks.
You seem to completely have slipped my attention until now... but you've good quality stuff here.
I'll be back to see what you'll do with your new distortion :)
5/5! Check out some of my music!

DarKsidE555 responds:

Thanks man, gonna listen to some of your shit as soon I get the time around! Oh and thanks for teh 5! :D

My new distortion will sound much better and "clearer", thats a promis! ;)

[-=LJC=- Hell if I know ...]

BELLY DANCE!

Agreed with PedroMancuso: Secret Chiefs 3 is an awesome band and totally up your alley. They fuse oriental music with just about any style - from techno to metal.

This was a neat experiment, but you can take it much further, I'd like to be swept between different cultures until I don't know which is which anymore :)

Keep it up! 4/5

LJCoffee responds:

Slamming two or three different styles together is always fun :)

I did something similar with "Those Soulful Chinese" you might dig that track if you liked this one.

[-=LJC=- Something Drummy]

cool

Ahh... after three ambient songs, I was itching for something like this. Drums are kick-ass, but maybe the guitar should have been more prominent, and a little glitched and stuttery perhaps? A more frantic bass would have been nice too. Otherwise perfect. 5/5

LJCoffee responds:

Yeah, that damned guitar... I probably should have glitched up that bit - might be cool - I'll try it and see what happens.

[-=LJC=- Rain]

Mmm, rain.

(I'm sick of having to write summaries)

This one is indeed very pretty, and very cleverly put together. However, I can't shake the feeling that I expected more from it when it started.

I think the problem is that with the delay effects and resigned percussion, the mood is set straight away and it doesn't progress much. In my opinion, you have been a bit too cautious with adding new stuff. Don't get me wrong, I really appreciate the thundery drums and low tremolo synth and whatnot, but what I'm missing is a little more variation in the [let's call it] lead guitar. I hope this is clear, it's always difficult to pinpoint elements of songs, especially when they're all trippy like this. :)

It's still very good, don't get me wrong. I just always write down whatever bugs me because I hope people will do the same to me.

4/5 for this then.

LJCoffee responds:

Very cool of you. Honesty is always appreciated and this is a good example of a review containing constructive criticism that will allow me to step back and more subjectively look at this track as well as others and find ways to improve it.

There is some progression - but only in the addition of new elements. Once they're there, they don't change much - I suppose I could give some pseudo artsy bullshit explanation about how the relentless repetition of each added element is key to the ambience of the piece and how it's a metaphor for the dreary monotony of rain and how aside from the chaos of pink noise that rainstorms create that there really isn't nuch variation which is the soul of this track...

And I could go on to claim that this is, in fact, posted to Ambient and that in general, most ambient tracks don't show a whole lot of variation anyways - not as much as say... techno
(said ljcoffee with sarcasm)

I suppose I could say all of that...

but it would all be bullshit :D

The truth is that you are correct and that I didn't do nearly as much with track as I could have - although I've found that once I start digging around and making little changes - the track inevitable turns into something completely different and often it seems to lose it's magic.

Your review was good and your comments valid. I will add your advice to the stack that I'm currently trying to work through.

Thanks!

[-=LJC=- ²³apples]

It's neatness.

Well dude, this kicks ass. It really flows greatly, and when there was a hint of vocals introduced, that was a great trippy surprise!
The drums are very cool, the only thing that could have been toned down was the volume of the snare, or maybe just remove some treble from it.
Not much more to say, you obviously knew what you were doing and it all turned out great!
5/5

LJCoffee responds:

Thanks! So far I think three people have mentioned the volume of the drums - I'll make sure to watch out for that on future tracks. I think there may have been just a wee bit too much compression on them... not sure... thanks though!

[_-=[The Maestro's Requiem]=-_]

TISSUES

Great piece. I don't feel like pickin' it apart. I'll just play it once in a while and imagine waving you goodbye to it.
Please visit once in a while, post in the BBS to tell us how things are going, leave one of your priceless reviews, and maybe provide us with little ditties that you deem unworthy for expanding your career...
Lots of good luck dude. You will be missed.

MaestroSorrow responds:

For sure WinTang, I will not forever shun Newgrounds.

I'll be doing all of those, in good time ^^.

Thank you for the review, and your words.