Coop's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Lamp + LB - Interlude]

Good pacing

I think that there is certainly something more than a little mournful and / or creepy about this. The way that the character envisioned here can be standing in a churchyard, or a hospital waiting room is very tangible and I feel that there is a definite sense that there will be loss to deal with soon for this protagonist.

I love the fact that the pace of the whole piece changes throughout, as if there are slivers of hope, as opposed to it just being a straight downhill ride. You've even got it looping well, which is a nice thing to experience, especially with a tune that effectively stops.

I think that at the start / finish, you could have given us something like a rain shower, just to add effect there, but that might be going a little far for the emotional side of things, like November Rain, by Guns 'n' Roses. The piano was subtly played and it didn't take over, like I felt it was going to at some point. With how you've played this through, you've got a nice sounding piece all told and it really does convey a really powerful emotional piece.

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Lamplighter responds:

I think you're the first to share a vision about the song, and I'm happy to hear that there's more than just the music people are experiencing here.

Also... I never think of sound effects until after the piece is finished. I'll definitely consider rain the next time a song similar to this pops into my head, because that's a good idea.

I appreciate you leaving your opinions!

[O.H.35 - Child of Liberty]

Rocky techno

A nice combination of sounds there, with the electro drum beats and the guitar coming in and not trying to do too much. I like the way that this piece sounds as a whole, feeding the other parts into the track without there being a definitive break for them to slot in with, since you wouldn't believe tese instruments go together too well.

I think that it was a little long winded and it did get a little repetitive towards the end, so perhaps cut it down to around 3-4 minutes. You'll be up there with one of the best tracks on Newgrounds at this rate.

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OH35 responds:

Wow thanks for the positive feedback, "you'll be up with one of the best tracks on newgrounds at this rate" really went through my head, perhaps a little too much!!

Regarding the lenght, perhaps the piece might be cut to half like you said to avoid it being too repetitive. It's just that we really liked the idea to repeat the solo with subtle differences in the accompaniment. We really appreciate the constructive criticism though.

[Hou5Music]

A little repetitive

I think that while you've gone for simplistic here, I think that it may be the case that you've gone a little over the top with it here - the loops that you've made for the backing repeat too many times for me and there isn't enough variation for the piece, which seems to want it, which should show you the more ideal places to change bits and pieces of the track. Take the beat out for a few loops and just have the synths take over for a solo, which sounds different to what you've got at present. I know that it might over-complicate matters from your point of view, but bear with me.

Either that, or keep the beat at the standard and have the synths do a different tune for a few loops, act as a bridge and maybe lower the key of it. There are so many things you can do, so give it a shot.

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Mans0n responds:

Hmm what loops too many times? because there is variation EVERY 3 bars of the song... and I did as you suggested already. I the beat does stop and lets the synths play, but only for 1 bar. And the only think that is repetitive ( to me) is the LEad piano synth thing. but it doesn't matter because im going to re upload this pretty soon

[Touched by the abyss (piano)]

Quite lyrical

I'm not sure about the duet sound of this piece, since it just seems kind of out of sorts with the two pieces here. With a little more refining, you could make this sound a lot better, by promoting more unity here.

Perhaps it is time for you to experiment with adding other instruments, like a subtle drum beat, some flutes, or strings, just to give a little more depth to your pieces. I believe that you've certainly got the talent to take this further, it's just the application of it that you need to make it work.

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Calamaistr responds:

I must say that i dont have alot of inspiration for drumbeats, i do percussions here and there but its almost always ethnic style with alot of toms.
Im not familiar with the club styles and frankly i wouldnt want to either.

I lately have been thinking of making a definite new album on the actual TTC novel sometime soon, this might take a very long time cause i want to do it right, atleast its something i can put my heart into. It will.. like the strangled album be having a symphony of instrumentation.

Check out my (currently) new track 'capital katlean remix' im sure youll like it as its also piano, in simplism at first but builds up and eventually is joined by how coincedential; some flutes and strings.

;)

thanks.
-Cal.

[Electric Sandwich]

A little generic

I'm sorry, but this piece just seems a little too repetitive to cut it. As I can hear, there is some development, but it isn't enough. I'd have wanted to hear more of the way that you took it, but take that further away. If you have to drop the beat for a few cycles, do that.

The piece seems slow, in all honesty, like it wants to go faster, but is being held back. Consider upping the tempo a little and see what that gives you.

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KieranNG responds:

I originally had it at a faster pace but the organ melodies sounded crap that way.

Thanks for the review BTW.

[JBI - My Destiny]

Avatar?

Seriously, this seems very much like the sort of music that they used to end the movie with, as Jake Sully opens his eyes in his Avatar body. I can certainly see the imagery of the floating mountains and the way of life for the Na'vi being perfect here for this.

The music is so evocative and yes, I guess it was his destiny to do what he did in that film, suffice to say that destiny is given a large helping hand by the script.

A shame that the introduction was so quiet and took so long to get going. Perhaps this is the only fault with the piece, as you have used such a dynamic and powerful set of instruments to bring the piece out of itself with some amazing buildups and support from the rest of the orchestra.

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[SPNR - Missing Something]

Not bad

I think that you made this song overly simple here - it wasn't a bad sound, but it did need something else to take it forward, as opposed to these loops that were holding it all together. Perhaps more instruments, a change of pitch for a loop and some other little variations would help this tracks longevity and the fact that it starts to get repetitive after a short while.

With the way that it sounds, you haven't done a bad job at all with the beat, so it's just the melody that needs the tweaks, so I'm sure you can do something that will bring this up to speed, so to speak.

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[[AL] Sky dive (ft. DjBlitz)]

Upbeat

A nice quick tune that is short and snappy, but with a good degree of being positive as a result. I think that there was one note early on that was a little loud, since it put my ears on edge, as it just seemed to reach a frequency that makes you cringe, so that could be sorted out, just to make it slightly better.

Also, I'd consider more length, adding more variation and the like, as the track is a little short and it doesn't loop, which is a shame. Making this move would certainly help you out here.

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ChampionAnwar responds:

Thank you for your review. What note would it be that was a little loud? I'll have to look into that one.

Length wise, I've been trying to do something about that in regards to variation - though nothing seems to come to mind that really fits this theme as of late :\.

Thank you for your review ^__^.

[<EagleGuard> Project X]

Up tempo and pleasant

I think that it's a decent track of synths that encapsulates the use of the bells nicely. The one problem that I found was that the synths just seemed a little generic, so I was hoping for something more there. With the way that the track progressed, perhaps strings or woodwind would have been a better accompaniment for it, so that the synths would not sound like a common issue with the track.

That said, it doesn't make the track itself sound too bad, so there is hope, which possibly rotates around slightly more availability in the other instruments.

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EagleGuard responds:

Ok, I'll keep that in mind the next time I create something like this. Thanks for the feedback :)