Buoy's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[SpK*) - Laptop]

Holy...shit....

*contributes to self-downloading*

[Jonathan's Song]

^_^ at stuff

LOL another song for me! Thanks dude! Nah, just kidding.

The guitar was great, it's melody is great, one of the better acoustic guitar-only tracks, the tempo was great and all.

I could enjoy seeing a bit more in the track, like a pad or any other background instrument through the whole song, instead of just the guitar.

Really this track isn't big, so there isn't much more to say.

Thanks for the dedication anyways...
>_>
<_<
^_^

Soundshifter responds:

ya man np, and thank you for the wonderful review :)

[RR - Dense]

Dense

I think of this as a quite funny experiment- I try finding out what's up and down on the song and turn it upside down. It's funny asd hell.

After doing this I try getting your song on Audacity and looking at it, and they just look like... blocks of various beats... and then I remove and add stuff to different places... and it sounds really cool.. I try reversing it and having it and the first played together, and it sounds sick as hell. At least you made a good song for great edits.

After some experience I found out this song is better with a 100%+ pitch, and 50% + tempo.

The song itself is what I consider as a building block rather than a whole song. It really doesn't sound that good as a full song, but if you consider it a loop it's a great one.

The beat is OK, could need a lot more complexity though.

The bass is great as most of your other tunes- sounds like a heartbeat.

This is a great loop, but there is a bit work that could be needed when it comes to diversity-as always ...

[New Super Mario Bros - Castle]

Eh...

I don't know if I found the start good... you didn't have the best mic ever, so the laugher seems just plain weird. Also the horns were kinda sick (literally) so it didn't sound that well.

However, after this it got much, much better. The way you used the bass was just stunning, and the arabic style it got made the track really original.

The guitar wasn't that good, sounds also kinda fake, actualy, most instruments sounds flat and fake, I could like to see a better synth and instrument choice in this song.

But the melody and the way you used it was really intuitive and genius. Remixes like this inspire me to compose music, actually I'm gonna try and see if I manage making a remix too... don't know if it will go well, but seriously, this is one good song to remix, and the remix went good. Great job!

PaulyBFromDa303 responds:

Thanx dude. I will try harder to find better instruments. Unfortunately my program is technically 95% synthesized instruments so if there is a way I can adjsut it I have yet to learn how.

Thanx though :D

[Sold Out]

Nice song!

Good song, it definatively gives a new wave feeling. This was much better than your last one due to the fact that you not had the volume too loud.

The drums were fine, a bit too frantic at times, I could like to see more diversity in the drums, also a bit more intensity in them.

The sawtooth was nice, made the song, played a nice melody that's a little too repetative, could use to have more diversity in it, but I think it works out either way.

The end was a bit too based, as it seems like you didn't take much time to figure out a nice ending, I don't think you should have that one there.

The song isn't the most diverse I've heard, but either way it's a good song, keep up te nice work, you'll definatively get great in short time.

joshuaskillsrobles responds:

Thanks, and a the end i jsut decided to add a random effect, which i put in with another program. I will make more rhythm with the drums, because as you can see its the same throughout the song.

[Prepare For The Battle]

Alright I will prepare for the pattle XD

I don't know why you placed it in ambient, but I'm not dissatisfied with the genre it really is either way. I believe it's video Game.

Nice way to use old-school sounds to make them seem like a "before battle" theme. I don't think it's a battle theme, it's more of an intro theme to a game or a "Prepare for it" thing like you said.

The clarity didn't go so well out on this one, there is clipping, and some of the levels and volumes are a bit misplaced, therefore it may be a bit trouble hearing it totally.

The synths are all good, but some of them are a bit too anonymous, so they don't give any special impression or so.

This is good for a battle theme, but I doubt it would be that great for any other theme. There is a bit too much elements that does not fit other places.

Keep it up, but try to use synths that are not this loud, and try searching for them until you find one that sounds really good.

joshuaskillsrobles responds:

Alright thanks. I will try harder next time to get them to sound good with each other.

[_-={The Metal Visage}=-_]

Wow, another damn great masterpiece!

Seriously man, you have more talent in your nails that I will ever have through my whole life. If you begun with music only for the purpose of telling stories through it, this is some serious business. Have you ever considered getting out books or CD's? If you wrote the stories to be more friendly to the kind of literature books are, I'm sure it would be a great success. I mean rewriting into a story introducing the different characters by name and such as usual books do. An idea I thought of about that, possibly including a CD with these works.

Well that's not about the song, so I guess I'll start reviewing it.

It starts out... electronic... when I heard the start I was believing you made an electronic track again, but it continued as usual with strings and all that orchestral stuff >:D

I read your story, some parts are not really fitting, but the basic skeleton of the story does indeed fit the music. I could like to see a bit more detailed description of the story within the track, like hearing the guy asking "Who are you", before hearing the guy laughing. I believe just this little detail would give the piece a lot more sense.
So could you have done with the end words.

When this evil laugher comes it starts going seriously upbeat compared to what it did before, I can imagine a scene with him being followed by huge hammers, very dramatic, the part gives a good feeling about how it would be being followed by mental (Mental? I have no idea why they should be mental, if he was just folllowed by normal hammers it would give sense too, but I guess that's just a part following the fact that he is a psychic) hammers, still in this part a little touch of electronica would have been a really good addition, since the fact that the evil guy *sends out* the hammers, which is more of a machinical action.

Wow. Long paragraph.

The drums were good in this, could like to see an even more intense beat in it though, which would make some serious *dramaticalliness*

And I suppose you are truly a master composing melodies with strings and all similar instruments, which is probably why you mainly make classical music.

I loved everything about this track, but I have a suggestion of what might have been added to it if you decide making a remake of this song.

Since the last part is obviously made out of sorrow there could be a slow, sad, empty part with a piano, a few strings and some sounds hearing the happenings in this scene, added at the end. I belive this could perfectly have been added right after the end of this.

This is one great track you've made here, keep it up, these tracks are all masterpieces.

MaestroRage responds:

Thank you SBB, some pretty neat ideas, and truth be told I do write short stories to each one of these pieces, however the pieces did not try to entail the whole story before. I would write the story and try to either create the overall feel, or attempt to take a specific scene, or feeling and then work with that.

This piece was designated to be around 6 minutes in length at the least, however I did not want to cut up the song as I wanted listeners to know the story fully, and not risk some listening to one half and not really seeing the story, but only the song.

The percussional part could have been more intense, however I was unable to find a suitable beat that didn't take away attention from the piece itself. The problem with these fast stabbed strings is that because they are like a pulse going on and off, they can often distract the listener and make long sustained notes hard to follow with. However they DO add a great epic flavor if they are used in the right context, and this way was simply one of many possible. I just know how to do this one somewhat decently :).

The end would have had a harp/piano with lush chords, but again, it was a sacrifice I needed to make in order to make it fit.

Once again thank you for your overly long and enjoyable review, I appreciate that. I am glad you enjoyed the track ^^.

[Goin' Down to Newgrounds Vmix]

Fucking brilliant

I've heard this song quite a lot of times before, but I didn't really know what to say about it, so I guess I'll leave a quick comment, and hope you'll read it.

The more flashes I see about this song, the more of the lyrics I understand and catch. I still haven't got it all, so I wonder if you could post the lyrics? Well if you see this comment I hope you'll do so :)

I have no idea what Bluegrass is for a genre, but I never liked this kind of music much, though this was really good both musical wise and lyrics wise, loved the way you made the guitars and stuff fit the lyrics.

What can I say- if Newgrounds had a theme song this would definatively be it.

(but could you post the lyrics PLZZZZZZZZZZ ^_^)

[Unfinished MZM Remix]

Grmgh

Alright, if you want to get reviews on other songs that's OK, but the sped up version is nearly just the same as the first, and I have no idea what "MZM" is for a game, so there isn't much chance I can review any remix I've never heard the original of at the same level as if I had heard it before, also, MZM isn't much of a title for a remix, you should at least tell which level it is.

This song is not as good as your first at all.

Seriously, it starts out alright with a triangle-like thing... not the mosst interesting, but when it just continues with that horrible sawtooth that I already said is seriously over-used, I'm just "AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH"!
You better think if it sounds good too! he melody is kinda bland and doesn't sound good at all.

I have no idea what the original might be, but this is... just plain bad.

Make more good music like the first one.

PLZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ

Karco responds:

That bad? Well, it's unfinished, so I wasn't expecting good reviews for it anyway. Just so you know, this is a remix of the song on the title screen in the game Metroid Zero Mission (and I would have fit all of that in there if I could have).

Hopefully my next song will meet your standards, though I doubt I'm going to finish it for a while. Again, thanks for taking the time to review my songs.

[Eternal Melody]

Potential is here.

This seriously sounds like a boss battle. so I seriously wouldn't choose "eternal melody" as a title.

It starts out seriously amateurish, without much changes in the way the song is going, then there comes a Video Game sound, and the song gets faster and better.

I don't think this is the most exciting song I've heard in my life, but if you only use the FL demo (Which can't be saved, right?), I think this could have really good potential. If you get the full version I think you could get really good, so go and spend some moneh now!

The problem with this song is that all synths and instruments are hopelessy over-used, the sawtooth, I believe is one of the far most used synths ever used. It is a good synth, but still I could like to see people have more synths than that.

And the bass is simple, far too simple, I could like to see quite a lot more diversity in it, but seriously, the bass is damn good! It makes the song much better, and if you made some more complexity it would be even better.

I loved the video game sounds in this, they made the song so damn much better, and if they were even louder they could have made a really good boss battle track.

The drums were ok, but I could like to see some more than the few you had. Still the drum beat is there when it's supposed to, and therefore it's working.

You have the potential to make great songs if you just give them enough time. Keep it up!

Karco responds:

You're the first one to say something more than "great for your first," which really helps. Just so you know, I called it Eternal Melody because the melody has been stuck in my head as long as I can remember. (And I mean that literally!) It does have a video game sound, though. Thanks a lot for this review, you've really helped me out in making my next song, which I suggest you come by my page to review once I submit it. So far, I'm really proud of it - much more than this song. Don't worry about the full version of FL... I've just bought the downloadable version and I'm waiting that 48-hour wait for it.

I've also noticed something, (and this goes to everyone else who reviewed this song as well) which is everyone seems to be reviewing only this song. I'd like some opinions on my other songs, as well! :)