WinTang's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-=LJC=- She fed me the lotus]

Awesome.

This seems to be the music you most enjoy making, and it really shows. It seems as though you worked very intricately on this, all the glitchiness and sample snippets are very carefully considered where to place. That makes it very relaxing to listen to.
Loved the ambienty interlude, and how the beat keeps struggling for attention there :)
Loved the whole thing, actually.
The only criticism is: make more.

Now check out my new submission, Final Fantasy 3: Narshe. I need the advice of a mastering pro such as yourself.

5/5

LJCoffee responds:

wow - sorry I missed this review! - I'll get over and hear your stuff within 24 hours k?

Really good to hear from you!

[Straw in my mouth]

Rulage

I'll have to give this a 10 man, very inventive with that straw - funny too.
I quite like whole composition as well. It has a nice atmosphere but it could've done with a somewhat heavier bass. It's very nicely mastered, though, neat use of panning and pretty synths.
Awesome! Gets my 5! Check out some of my stuff!

crud responds:

i always liked beatboxing in straws, i got enough funny looks that i made it into a song so that people might hear it in a better atmosphere. thanks for the very well written review, i appreciate it!

[Forbidden Love-Metaljonus]

Very talented, you are.

I've heard a lot of your songs now, you're (as you probably know) a very, very good guitar player.

I left a lot of stuff unreviewed because it reminds me too much of Dream Theater which I've grown to hate with a passion... nothing you should care about of course, just a major taste difference :)

This started out very different though, very ambienty. The harmonics set a lovely mood, then you introduce some kinda Jeff Beck-style playing, effective string pads, nice resigned piano fills, great work.

I didn't care much for the distorted part with the drums though because I felt the focus there became your virtuosity. Again, this is a taste difference, but I much prefer to hear techniques in functionality toward the composition, rather than on their own.

But hey, it's extremely well-done. Nearly flawless mastering - drums seem undermixed, but that's all - and, just to stress that, awesome playing. You're going to get far someday.

[Rise of the Machines {Loop}]

Nice.

Hey man, you finally got a new track up!

It has a nice atmosphere and catchy beat. I do agree on most everything Zenon said though: the intro makes a promise that doesn't really get fulfilled after the break. All FruityLoops specifics aside - I've never used the program - I'd advice you to not be afraid to put loads and loads more machinal noises in, have them make music together. It's better to remove some parts that you consider "overkill", than to keep the feeling that something is missing.

The robots are there. They're just not really doing anything, lol. Be more extreme in your experiments, you'll learn very fast that way! Keep it up!

Care to review some of my new stuff?

itsameyayo responds:

I'll try to review some more of your stuff. I'll keep questing for more machine parts, maybe if I search "moving robot"?

-Alright, I'll keep at the sounds, it's hard, but I'll try anyhow!

-SuperDrummer146

[midnight vylkerie]

What now?

Dude, who the hell do you think you're kidding? Do you think anyone is going to be stupid enough to believe this is a bass guitar? Why do you lie?

It has really started to piss me off now. The truth is that you fuck around for 2 minutes with a crappy sample/synth, I don't know what program you're using but I do know that you have no idea how to actually use it. And then you make up some stuff about how you were somewhere with your "equipment" and started "improvising".

Excuse my French, but fuck that. You have no musicality, therefore your audio isn't music, therefore you are making yourself look more and more stupid everytime you submit something. Stop it. If you really want to, invest time and energy.

rioross responds:

harsh. no, very harsh.
i cant say that i dont like it, but i can say that i do put time and effort into my work.
the last 5 submitions are just little "side servings" they do count for music yet aren't full pieces of work.
this is a base guitar, only i used NGM studios and, i am going to say it, equipment to modify it. and yes the guitar was and still is, my friends.
i will admit that only my first 9 songs didn't take much to make.
beleve me or not, i stick where i stand.
and for a last little note, if it is starting to piss you off, why come here anyway? did i ever ask you specificaly to come and listen to my work?
never the less, thanks for the review, i think.

[-Orr-Dancing with the Spirits]

Industrial though?

Good work. No: solid work.

I'll say this short and sweet - you have used the most generic chord scheme ever. You used a lot of clever tricks to disguise that, but I'm not that easily fooled. ;) It's really quite a cheap way to inflict pathos into a tune - most people will totally love that but it just bugs me because I know you can drag the listener along without resorting to generic harmonization!!

Your production is outstanding, of course. Excellent convincing beat, the kick could have had more body, but people always tell me I make my kicks too loud so disregard that if you will. A wide variety of synths and instruments, even a synthetic choir that you have very modestly mixed to the background. Kudos, kudos.

You're lucky I love modulations, that earns you Diversity and Originality points...

Therefore on the whole, as an exercise in arranging and producing, it's perfect. As a work of art I don't like it at all and I hope you put some of your outstanding compository talents into your future dance tracks. (I'll have to check some of the other ones btw, this may be completely incidental.)

Hope I didn't come over too harsh, but I'm sure you know that I have lots of respect for your work and therefore can take a hit or two :P

Foured.

DavidOrr responds:

First off, no comment from you will ever be too harsh, you put up with a lot of nagging from me :).

As for the chordal scheme, that was definitely a weakness in the original 10 months ago when I original made it. I did as much as I could to mask it as you said, but hey, it's a remix not a new song, so not TOO much I can do about it now, except learn from the big mistake. And I'll certainly not do it again, the wrath of WinTang on one song is enough for now :).

Again, another compliment with the production. Thanks! It makes me wonder why I think it's so bad, I must just be going crazy. I just hear so much going on, and I don't like it, but I can't take anything out or the piece sounds empty. This is one of the hardest pieces I've ever had to produce, but I'm glad I did a good job in that, because that was my main goal of the piece!

Unfortunately, towards the beginning of my electronic journey, I got a lot of influence by artists like BOUNC3 and Chainsaw_09, who tend to use the very catchy chord progressions, so that's what I tried to imitate. The are both excellent artists, so I don't intend on hitting them in any way.

I have a few electronic tracks that are much different, perhaps I'll upload one someday to prove that I can write electronica with a more original chordal structure.

Thanks for all your reviews and support! I'll try to please more next time :)

[{Event Horizon} fixed]

Liar!

Come on dude, this is DEFINITELY trance, now you've tricked me into reviewing it!

I'll tell you why I don't like trance. First, it seems to always has to have bone-cutting trebly synths playing sentimental melodies, and second it has that hideous low clap so all 4 beats are accentuated, leaving no room for a groove whatsoever.

What you've done with it is classy, crafty, probably even inventive - I recognize a lot of FX but can't really predict them, which is often the case so that is a plus.

Another plus is that you had an at least SOMEWHAT syncopated (my word of the day) half-time beat, where other people would just drop the beat, maybe leave a little hi-hat on,

The part with the tribal-sounding drums was a good find too.

And yes, it's energetic, but still relies too much on its speed for my tastes. Honestly, reconsider the genre, it makes you lazy!

Lol! I crack myself up sometimes.

Sorry bout the Slayer thing in the other review btw, I stand corrected. What I meant with having melodies hostile to each other is indeed well-described as "dueling leads", having them battle for the "main"-prefix so we can enjoy them beating the crap out of each other. Panning/volume swipes can help with that, for example.

k? k. :D

cornandbeans responds:

hahaha

well, I usually don't listen to too much trance, I try to find something a little more melody based. I can see why you don't like trance, so it gives me another view on the genre. At least some things came as a surprise to you, I'm glad. I tried to make it as diverse as I could, with the drums and all.

Ahh... and no reason to be sorry :P I added the blood overdrive thing to it, so that affected the sound a bit. Thanks for the review, I'm glad you checked it out.

~cornandbeans

[{Final Agression}]

Sick.

You make me sick! Lol. I crack myself up sometimes.

("I crack myself up sometimes" is a phrase I have suddenly taken a rather disturbing liking to, and I will strive to use it in as many reviews as possible, the challenge being that I have to come up with something very funny, which doesn't apply to this particular review by the way. There is no reason whatsoever to read this paragraph and that is why it is between brackets)

Great, great beat, if a little undermixed - it tends to get eaten by the synths later on.

So this is the infamous Slayer VST? Hm. It doesn't sound like a guitar, but it sounds too much like a guitar to think it's just a distorted synth. Therefore, I don't like it. Not your fault of course :)

It really builds up well after that though. Lots of different parts to be enjoyed, seamlessly connected and mainting the energy. ZING! cornandbeans level up! You get +3 to your Variety, and gain 10 expression points!

I'd be a little careful with several synths playing the exact same melody (give or take an octave or two), because that can lead to what we happy Dutch people call "painting red roses red", i.e. delivering the exact same message multiple times. Try to make different parts that complement each other, or better yet, are a bit hostile toward each other, it'll make is edgier, which - combined with the edginess you already have at your disposal - will make you AWESOME.

And with that I shall leave you. I'll check Event Horizon, but I must warn you that I generally hate trance, so if it doesn't appeal to me I will have nothing useful to say.

cornandbeans responds:

lol... that's actually not Slayer VST. That's a little ditty I made on sytrus. XD
Anyhow, I can see how you might of mistaken it for something else. The beat.. gah.. I'm listening to it now on speakers and it does sound a bit eaten up by the synths. I'm not sure what you mean by making them hostile toward each other.. dueling leads or something a little more along the lines of shifting the pitches? Hmm. Well, thanks for the very helpful review again, you always give me some great tips to improve.

~cornandbeans

...btw, Event Horizon really isn't trance at all even though I labeled it that :P

[Rucklo - When I Saw 2Pac]

God damn it

The shit they put on Front Page nowadays, first that godawful "The adventures of M'bnoemnoem" and now this. tank,

Whoops.

I just dodged a telepathic ray from Watercolour, trying to turn this review into a forgey!

Okay let's try some reverse psychology. If you had actually handled this like a song that you disliked, it would probably have turned out better. When I saw you say in one of your responses that you couldn't get the mastering right, I thought: yes, that is exactly the problem. You should have purposely mastered it wrong and it probably would've become a totally trippy experience. More of that vocoder would've been welcome too.

It still breathes originality, whether you agree with that or not - it just lacks creative soul. I know as well as you that you can do better but don't just discard this. It definitely has its moments.

Rucklo responds:

hmmm thats a great idea, ill master something really fuckd up on a projce.. mweheheheheehh you´re an evil mastermind you are :D

mwehehehe.
he. >:)