Coop's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Spread Your Wings - BK]

Peaceful and uplifting

A very nice tune that carries the user away to a place that is calming and influential. The way it sounds, the beat seems to be someone running up steps and then when it stops, they have reached the launch platform and dived for their maiden flight - spreading their wings and taking flight into the evening sky.

Not quite as influential a tune to me as "Flight of Icarus" was, but it's still touching a nerve in there, when this captures the essence of what goes on. Perhaps I'd have suggested that you get the vocal sample to say something else that just "Spread your wings - Fly so high" - I think that was what it said, but I can't be sure, as it could have been "touch the sky", but it's not something that particularly matters, so long as the tune itself sounds right.

A lovely little solo in the middle, maybe lacking the benefit of the beat being faded out completely, but nonetheless, it sounds very good. Keep up the good work.

[Review Request Club]

[Halo Master Cheifs Spacewalk]

Serene and sinister

I love this piece - there's a great deal of serenity about it with the actual feeling of the spacewalk, but as you've described it in the title, there is something that could be lurking in the darkness. After all, this is a Halo tune, where things are out there trying to kill you.

I think that the way you've put this together is spectacular - the imagery of floating just seeps through and then you hit us with the heavier stuff, which is a master stroke. Not quite spine tingling, but it certainly has a wicked sense of timing.

Perhaps the heavier stuff could be deeper and hit us harder, but other than that, this piece is phenomenal.

[Review Request Club]

[Zombie House Party!]

Hollowhat?

Well, it's basically a track borne of white noise. I'm sorry thaty I've had to review this through the RRC, otherwise I would certainly have used the back button on my browser and left it well alone.

I think that you've come up with a decent enough sounding backing track, but you've gone to town with the industrial white noise sound effects and have not done yourself any favours, to be truthfully honest.

Basically, I'd take a step back and go easier on the aural functions of your listeners - I'm not suggesting that you come up with a song by Wings in place of this half decent creation, but toning it down would surely help.

[Review Request Club]

[My Workshop]

Hmm.

I've got a mixed view of this particular piece - it sounds pretty good, I'll admit, as all of the music is a lovely way to present the tune in itself, but when it comes to the lyrics, the necessity to swear so much seems to distract me, rather than embrace me. It's possibly a reason that I've never really been the biggest fan of hip hop, to be honest.

I quite like the backing vocals that you've used with the gnomes through the song and the lead vocals really do tend to have quite a Snoop Dogg quality to them and I think you've certainly got a talent for this particular genre.

Perhaps some sort of instrumental would help to break this piece up - possibly throw some sound effects in there, like Eminem does and you'll be onto a winner. With the gnome quality of the song, it's not entirely serious, so you can get away with the comedy element in a tune such as this.

[Review Request Club]

BAF responds:

The beat isnt mine, it's downloaded from a 3rd party. I don't really have any beat making tools so I usually just go with what I get. As far as the swearing I think hip-hop as a genre has a certain amount of attitude to it, I guess that doesn't have to be expressed with swearing but it works for me and in this case I thought it worked well. The fact that you are not a fan of hip-hop and still manage to give an unbiased review is pretty cool, I really like what you and the RRC do, thanks for listening.

[Froze to the Bone]

Outstanding

A great piece, this has some awesome lyrics, backing vocals and a great beat, that just seems to want to keep pushing itself forward and keep the listener interested.

I've been listening to this tune for a few loops now and I'm losing myself in the music without being distracted from the games that I'm playing, so it's really good in that respect - different, but not invasive, so kudos to you for that.

I'd have calmed down with the profanity - it's not something that needs to be used as punctuation, to be honest. It isn't something that needs to be dwelt upon, so why use it? I'm not being prudish, or anything like that, but the backing vocals don't have any swearing within them, so perhaps keeping the lead vocals clean would mean more to the song itself?

[Review Request Club]

BAF responds:

generally I don't swear very much in my songs but I wrote this song in about 15 minutes, the words just came out as they were. I could of stopped and figured out ways to reword things but it was a spur of the moment thing and im an ex-sailor so swearing is in my blood! lol, thanks for the review man i'm glad you liked it.

[Saga of the Fallen Warrior]

Deep meaning?

A nice piece, with certainly a lot more good than bad about it, that's for sure. I think that you could certainly have left more between the verses, just to give people more of a feel for the tune, as it is just a little too rap for me. Perhaps gaps between shorter verses would be the key - when you come to post your lyrics, try setting them out like a poem, as opposed to a wall of text, as that can put people off trying to follow your lyrics.

It's not bad - there were a few spelling mistakes in the piece that you've typed, so getting continuity between the two of them would be nice. I think that the sound is very in keeping with a hip-hop version of feudal Japan, so for me, it's a difficult merger of cultures to transcend, but one that you managed nicely.

With the way that the track sounds, I think I could use a kick for pace in the middle, just to stop people from getting bored, as the music sounds rather repetitive and could use that little extra, just to get it back going again.

[Review Request Club]

BAF responds:

I see what you're saying about the gaps but it didn't seem to me like the beat really left room for them. As for the lyrics honestly I feel like it's something I put out a little extra effort for anyways and taking the to put it into poetry form is a little more work than i'm willing to do. Also breaking that many lyrics down into their own seperate lines would take up damn near a full page...I feel like people would be less likely to read that than a couple paragraphs, maybe im wrong though. as for the beat I liked the fact that it was subtle and repetitive, it lends itself more to telling a long story that way. Thanks for taking the time to review, it's really appreciated.

[-)S(- Sock It To Me v2]

Needs more vocals

A nice effort that has certainly got a good beat and melody sound to it, but personally, I feel that it requires a little more in the vocal sample department. Perhaps alternative vocal samples would help, rather than just playing with the pitch of the sound itself?

I think that the beat is nice and controlled and it blends in nicely with the piano, as the song shifts to the second phase. I think that this could be extended a little, with additional piano variation and perhaps an additional "sock it to me" thrown in there just to remind the listeners. Perhaps a deeper one, maybe an American accent of some sort - New York would be good, for the pseudo Italian in there.

[Review Request Club]

Will responds:

Thanks for the review -- I only had one vocal sample because that's how it was in my original... but now I see that people like the vocals!

[SN | Guitar Shredding | SN]

Not what I was expecting...

Well, this is certainly a different piece that shows you should not judge a book by its cover. What an amazingly calm intro for something that is called "guitar shredding". Okay, so we get onto that a little after the intro, but by then, I'm gobsmacked.

It may have taken me a few passes to discover that there is more to the tune than the intro, but when it actually gets to the shredding part, there is an issue with the speed of the drum beat - the second pass of the fast drum beat seems out of time fractionally and when you add the heavy metal sounding guitar to it, it all sounds slightly wrong. A little playing with that should see you right - perhaps just cool the drums off, as the shredding will sound great without drums, it's that powerful.

[Review Request Club]

SessileNomad responds:

you know...listening again, i think i can feel what your saying about the drums, but its only when their fast....hmm...i think i might do some examining of this track later today

ppl seem to like this kind of shredding, cool i guess

peace out thx for review and flaw update

[SN | Once Again | SN]

Great Piano

A lovely little tune that sent my girlfriend's cockatiels into a frenzy, I think that we can safely say that the pacing is electrifying and the piano / keyboard is something that really does keep this track pumping through the phases expertly. I love the bass variation, where it stops for half a phase and allows the piano to shine through.

You've clearly given a lot of thought and effort to this piece and it is really mind boggling to see how people like you can keep churning quality pieces out week after week.

With the way that this sounds, I'd have perhaps taken a little off the louder notes, as they can be a little abrasive as they get to the loudest point, shaving a little there would certainly help.

[Review Request Club]

SessileNomad responds:

its funny you say that cuz i almost wne through the trouble to quite down the pianos and stuff when the big lead came in, but i didnt really think anyone would notice how loud it was getting there

i should start trusting my instincts more xD

thx for reviewing