Buoy's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[High Tides (dire Wolf)]

very nice

The bells in the start sound kind of retro, almost like those bells you'd hear in them semi-horror series from Someyear's. Sadly everything fell apart from each other with the soloing guitar, which is off tune from the other instruments. I don't know what the lyrics are, so post lyrics or something.

Mighty interesting though, quite lovely.

malkavianxx responds:

Thank you for your very nice review. Here ar the lyrics:

High tides rising from the sea
Swallowing nations violently
Surging current pulls you out of your homes into the black of night
Feel the undertow as you drift away into the sunken seas

Rise, Rise, etc.

[Sand Castles]

Yup

I have an intensely retarded problem-
I have had this song on my mind for a week-
and I can not get rid of it-

part of the problem being the mix of insanely catchy melodies in a tune that expresses more emotion than a kid who didn't get the candy he wanted (Nevermind my retarded comparison)

and that the lyrics are somewhat muddy, so I didn't get parts of it before I actually read the lyrics part. That is probably the only negative I can think of about this song.

and that the introduction is so simple and basic, yet a fantastic note progression- made me think "why didn't I think of that?" when I first heard it, I've done such a lot of melody experiments trying to make a theme that simple, yet that beautiful. I might as well say the same thing about the string chord progressions, and add how much I love the guitar work here.

then finally the very characteristic and unique voice which ain't really the most appealing I've heard, but holy cow my mind memorizes it strangely, almost incredibly well. I can hear the song better from listening to my mind playing it than my iPod playing it.

Now this really is one of the better songs to grace the audio portal with its presence, I'd just like to thank you right now for having the lyrics on the song page so I might get it off my mind and concentrate on real life things- yes, the song's digging that bad into my mind.

[(WF1) On Angels Hair]

thing is

I suggest you don't use synths to manipulate instruments. It never seems to work well, and it's pretty obvious that there's some sawtooth going on, not a guitar, with the first strummings. And the lead guitar is horribly generic 'slayer' sounding. Use sampler patches or soundfonts instead.

Those other, pure synths sound great though, especially that low decay sine/triangle hybrid esque thing. Not a fan of the composition at all, the tune comes short with its structure.

Decent stuff, could need some work or better instrument choices all the way though.

wyldfyre1 responds:

thanks again for yet another honost review. LOL here's a song i thought i personaly thought i did pretty decent on. Hmm well i guess i'll see what i can do to improve on some of this =). Thanks for the honost review.

[In the Back of the Locker Room]

yah

either it's the crappy toplap I'm on now or stuff clips majorly when the big kick drum is introduces.

piano work is lovely, but the synthy guitar and drums drag the enjoyment I got outta it by quite a bunch. I think it's do better as an all-piano piece. Putting a bit more lenght and variation into it wouldn't hurt either

[[TMM43]Digital Girl [?]]

yay

Great base melody, but I can't credit you for that if it's a remix. It sure is some nice handsup or whatever you kids call it these days :P What I want to suggest is a more offensive, harder and more present kick, and a snare that stands out through the noise of all the trancegat'd synths, probably something with shorter decay and a louder transient for added intensity. Great stuff, the random vox doesn't fit well into it though, since it doesn't have anything to do with the theme nor title of the track.

[Push the button]

yay

Cool drums, kindof cheesy though, especially the kick- and a voice that sounds like an ichat thing, I guess it's an FL voice ditty- those have a kind of lame sound (I'll do the usual and compare it to a drunk Norwegian trying to speak English). Short decay notes are harsh, you'll need to lopass filter that one or bring it farther down in the mix. That cool analog lead with portamento should be more present imo.

Decent some, but some mixing stuff that I wouldn't have been completely satisfied with if I were you. Some more effects would do good too- Apart from that there's not much work needed here.

Jurian responds:

I agree with you, thanks for your review!

[[DD] Hip Hop Zombies]

ahh

What an interesting concept. But it sure as hell could've been expressed better. It's generally the same melodies with slight variations throughout, and the same onebar beat going on all the time, needs more variation, some more present bass if there actually is one there, etc. Try some more reverb on the lead for scary and distortion on beat for zombie feeling for starters. I don't know what you intend doing with this song, so it's really just yer choice

Double-Digital responds:

I will try to improve it at some point.. Thank yu for the review! ;)

[Crazy Sax]

YAy

A bit clipping farther into that, except for that the clarity is pretty much perfect, no noise included at all is one wonderful achievement. Cool soloin', kind of blah after a while, but great timing - most of the time - etc etc

'twas enjoyable fo sho

TheLobsterman responds:

what a sexy review :)

[(BMI)-Eternal Seas]

the eternal seas

I ride them. Arr.

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Matey!