Coop's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Touch Of A Dream]

Pumping

I think this fast paced dance track is certainly something to get the masses in the clubs up on their feet and bouncing away, but I think that you really do need to add a piano solo, just for extra impetus on that part of the music - a few notes from it that are discernible here and there don't really count, as you're not giving the instrument the chance to shine that usually befits such a wonderful sound.

Still, the bass and melody are good and while fading out the beat, to have a slower, calmer solo would be briliant, you've pretty much nailed the whole tune as something that's even managed to increase my typing speed as I review, so the pacing is great to work with.

[Review Request Club]

[The Voice of the Rain]

Ambient Rainforest

This is the sort of track that you get playing over the videos of the wonderful things about rainforests and jungles, with things like orang-utans hanging around in the trees and then the more active creatures, like colonies of ants busily harvesting a few leaves off a banana tree, to take back to the ever expanding nest.

Wonderful sounds, but I would question the use of the thunder - not every rainstorm has thunder and lightning, so why does this one? It's maybe something a little too powerful for the track, so I would just omit it, as the song is good enough on its own, without the extra gravitas.

[Review Request Club]

gregaaron89 responds:

I like the rainforest thing lol :) Um about the thunder... hmm... I guess I just wanted to intensify the emotion. I think it has a different effect before and after the song drops out so that's kinda cool i guess. You gave me something to think about...

Thanks for the review

[Lost Heaven (Mafia Mix)]

Bangin'

Not a bad little tune, but like a lot of reviewers here, I think it gets a little repetitive for a 7 minute Behemoth of a track. You need to add something else to that beat loop to get the most out of it, most certainly.

I've given a 9, mainly because the variation element that really is dominant in this piece with the melody - you've gone all out to impress with that and while it's impressive, the beat does drag it back slightly, which is where the focus needs to be.

[Review Request Club]

WritersBlock responds:

My harmonies and beats really do need to vary themselves more as the song progresses, I guess I tend to get stuck in the same pattern and drag it on too much.
Thanks for the review. :)

[Firebolt - Above(demo)]

Soomt, controlled

Sounds like a well driven, high performance car. I can imagine this being the driving tune for certain drivers, as they guide their magnificent machines around the tracks... though maybe not what you'll hear on the car stereo, more like the soundtrack on the postseason DVD...

Possibilities exist for this to be a racing game tune, which is good. I'd certainly recommend it for anything like that over the course of my time on this site. Perhaps it needs a slight tweak in the middle though, as it does go a little quiet for a racing tune, when everything fades out, as if they've stopped for a pit stop or something. That's just a little long.

[Review Request Club]

FlamingFirebolt responds:

Perfomance car? Not really what i had in mind but oh well. :)
I'll adjust the middle part asap, evrybody hates.. 'dislikes' the middle part either for being too quiet or just plain generic. Ill try to make that part especially better.
Thanks you liked the demo :)

-firebolt-

[.:HMS:. Diligently]

Raining tunes

Playing about with the high pitched stuff does leave a little static effect on my speakers that you might want to deal with at some point. Still, with that minor issue taken into consideration, it's a good tune to listen to.

A commanding beat, well backed up by a consistently progressive melody, which doesn't so much as drive the tune forwards, as point it along the right directions, as the bass supplies the real power for this track.

A shame it doesn't loop better, to be honest, because that would really be the icing on the cake.

[Review Request Club]

[Shadow Play]

A little repetitive

There's quite a few different components for this piece, which is good for the variation, but it's just not my type of music, I'm afraid. I think that with the way that things pan out, it's a decent effort, but a little on the loud side, as some parts cause static effects on my speakers, which doesn't occur when I'm listening to music on my iTunes.

With that taken into consideration, it's certainly one of those songs that will keep the clubbers bouncing around for 6.5 minutes and will then blend seamlessly into something else quite similar in sound.

To give it a little more marketability, I'd certainly suggest that you get some vocals into the track - that will help to encourage people to listen to the track and remember it. You rarely get people humming and whistling tunes, when they can sing the lyrics (badly) along to the tune playing in their head.

[Review Request Club]

TheBellmaker responds:

hmmmm, vocals you say? I'll think about that part.

Finally, a review that's not a 10. So I know I can improve a lot more. As for the loudness, the only loud part I can think of is in the beggining where the square jumps in suddenly.

Thanks for an honest review!

[Gambling Music]

Place your bets!

Not a bad little jingle that puts me in mind to put some money down on who is going to win the race that's obviously going on. The deceptive tones of this tune get me thinking that the pace is increasing, while I'm sure that it remains the same throughout.

I think that the best thing for this song would be to make it longer, by adding a modulation, without the beat. Maybe 15-20 seconds of music on the keyboard would fill the gap nicely, before fading the beat back in and carrying on with the tune as it currently is.

[Review Request Club]

[House M.D. Remix]

Start the treatment.

Not a bad effort, but I think that it's not quite what I was expecting when I saw that you've planned to do a House tune. It must be that I've watched House and had a different idea of how the music sounds.

Still, what I'd do to change the song isn't much, as it's a great little piece - cut the last 1-2 seconds, to make it loop better and you're onto a winner here.

Perhaps it needs to have either something added from other cues from this series or even the "That's some bad hat, Harry" jingle, just to make it funnier, I don't know.

[Review Request Club]

[Tetroniphone]

Dialing tone

What a great little effort here, with the telephone sounds. I wish that you would be able to add a few sounds like the traditional dialing tone and maybe an engaged tone for the bridge.

I think that the piece could certainly be used for some sort of menu tune or even as the credits roll on something or another. I think that you've really put some great effort into this.

[Review Request Club]

[Requiem to an e String]

Celebrate the new string

Not a bad little tune, but I think that you need to do a new piece to celebrate the arrival and fitting of the new E string. A very sad and sombre piece that puts things in context.

With the sadness of this tune, I think that we have only one progression, as the things can only get better - I would have preferred to hear it longer, without the "I fuckin' miss you" lyric over the end, as it's just too much.

[Review Request Club]