Coop's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Alien Relations - BK]

Great vocal samples

I think that this is one of the best track that's come through the Audio Portal to date. It's a well rounded piece, that's got a nice pace, beat, melody and vocal samples all blended together in a very professional way. The sound isn't too harsh on the ears and I could just sit there listening to it over and over again.

If I did do anything about it, I wouldn't have faded out the vocal sample toward the end. The way that the sounds are set out, it reminds me more of Flight of the Navigator, on the balance that it's more modern than Close Encounters, but the sound is sci-fi enough to warrant the films of the 70s and 80s that seemed to define a generation.

[Review Request Club]

Bracksta responds:

lol, wow you are smart man i would have never made that connection to the 70's and 80's :D. thanks for noticing my effort and giving me such a great review and boost to my passion to music. i appreciate your time, hope to hear from you again :D

[Sg720 - Tonight]

Not bad at all

A little issue with the louder background notes having issues with reaching too high on the sounds they produce, so you get some sort of static-life feedback, you have still managed to produce a damned good song.

I think that on balance, there is a good beat and a decent melody, though the beat is what really keeps me here, so more work is needed on the melody - it sounds a little one dimensional to me and could use a little more of a shove into the dynamic, perhaps with more instruments that have power, as opposed to what sounds like a collection of backing instruments, which would be a shame.

The way the beat is so powerful at the start, I thought that it was going to be an industrial track. Perhaps in order to affirm the belonging on the trance scene, you need to give it more of a kick in the direction of tempo, upping that and giving the listener less time to think and be choosy, as the trance crowd is quite fickle.

[Review Request Club]

sumguy720 responds:

Curses! Why did I chose the trance crowd?!
Bollocks.
BUt hey, so It doesn't seem like I can really do a whole lot on THIS song with your criticism, but I'll make sure to sprick and sprock my next song so it's a little more catchy, grippy, annihilate that whole thinking aspect of the song and make it just feeling!
Gosh that's gonna be hard. I think I just need to keep trying and we'll see if it's any better in the future!
Thanks for the review.
More push, more shove, more power, MOAR AWESMOE!
And my mastering, always my mastering! AAAH I MUST IMPROVE!

Right. THanks. :)

[LB - Your Beauty Defined]

Good use of strings

I've always liked the sound of strings combined with Pianos - ever since I listened to Queen as a small child. This piece is slightly different from those beginnings, but it stills trikes a powerful chord within.

I think that this is a nicely arranged piece that really gets into the sound and feel of a well laid out piece that sounds tranquil and triumphant. The imagery that floats around my head is such like the farm worker, relaxing on a grassy hill in the middle of summer, with a wheat stalk protruding from his mouth. The whole feeling should be not a care in the world and that's pretty much what you've given us.

A nice sound from the flute solo and the way that it compliments the harp is very nice - some very powerful instruments that you've chosen to use there, which can be unwieldy, but this is a good set up and none of them become too controlling of the piece, working kind of like a relay team to get through. Brilliant.

[Review Request Club]

Lublub194 responds:

Well then. Haha. That's awesome of you to say so :D

Thanks for the amazingly spectacular review!

I'm glad that it took you on a journey to see what you saw.

Thanks for the review :D

[[DX] Haunted Hip-Hop]

Nice sound

I think that it's a little short and lacking in variation to really be up there with the cream of the crop, but you've certainly produced a very nice sounding piece of audio here.

The main place that you could improve is to give more variation - stretch the track out longer and return to just the bass line, then add things like a melody solo to it (just the one instrument, for a change) and do something different with it, that grabs the attention.

Working on making the piece loop better would also be a good benefit to you - the fade out / fade in isn't the best of intro / outro combinations that you could have used. There is a good 'haunted / creepy' sound there, so with a few more bits and pieces added here and there, this will be one that climbs a lot closer to the top of the pile.

[Review Request Club]

dx5231 responds:

I'm usually bad at making variations... I guess I gotta practice more.

[4:20am]

An interesting concept

Deciding to write a rap because you can't sleep. I'm not really sure why you did it like this, as it seems to be nothing to do with the fact that you can't get any sleep, rather is based around the generic layout of a rap track - chauvinistic, slightly coarse and not really giving a damn about what people think.

I think that there's some good sounds there, with the way that the voices have been altered a little and the way that you're almost rapping in close harmony with yourself, giving people a good sounding track that is carried pretty well, by the rest of the melody and beat, which is certainly a plus point of the track.

Personally, I'd have made better lyrics for this track and perhaps had some sort of duet (kind of like Alicia Keys / Jay-Z for their latest track) and take it from there.

[Review Request Club]

DumbassDude responds:

Thanks for the review.

I actually improv'd this at like, 4am out of pure boredom, so I wasn't really thinking about the big picture.

[(CHS) Do Not Resist!!!]

Good pace

I'm a little unsure about the lack of variation in this piece, but you've certainly got a flair for putting up a good pace and sticking to it. Even when that pace relents, you've got a good knack of bringing in a well developed piece of sound in a heavenly chorus that accompanies the whole piece as it fits together so well.

I think that it's a nice sound, but after three runs through, it does get very repetitive, so perhaps a menu tune for a game would be the best place for this to reside within other productions.

I'm sure that additional instruments, or just a change of pace would certainly help in the variation stakes here - just something to add a little difference to the track would be what you were looking for.

[Review Request Club]

ChaosDragon004 responds:

Yeah I can see what your saying. In the future I will strive to give you massive variation so that you find the song much more enjoyable. Altogether thanks for the feedback bro.

[Giga La Nora]

Great loop.

What a lovely little forest-based loop this is. I like the way that this piece seems to give the impression of country life, particularly in some forest-based backwater, where life only moves at a crawl and the locals all know one another by name and have done for years.

I think that you've got a good combination of instruments here and while some of the backing instruments are a little on the quiet side, this makes little overall difference to the track itself.

I'd have perhaps considered having some other instruments here that would occur in the same setting, for example, a lute, or other stringed instrument, that would add so much veriation to the piece. It's a great loop, so perhaps you need to consider adding slightly more to the track in length, perhaps up to a minute, or so.

[Review Request Club]

sarias responds:

arn't game loops typically 30-90 seconds they can be longer but this is usually what I see :) I'm planning on doing a longer version of it same instruments though I like the combination.

[Icewalkers ( Naked )]

Sounds good

You got the bassline just right, but it seems that more could be done - the bassline itself seems a little bare and when you come along and add additional piano to it, it just feels to me like you didn't really add enough 'oomf' to the piano, when you added the up tempo part of the track in - there could have been an additional line of piano track that had the drive and excitement from the sensations of walking on the ice, experiencing the rush of cold air, the feelings of being so close to nature and the like.

It's a good piece, but still a work in progress, if I'm brutally honest with you.

Perhaps adding additional instruments would be the key here?

[Review Request Club]

Sawdust responds:

Maybe. Probably a string section here and a guitar solo there. THanks man.

[My Heart Is For You }{Alix1}{]

Mournful

I think that this track shows a feeling of sorrow, loss and mourning. The one thing that I hear from it is that you haven't gone down into the deepest part of the bass chords and started to try to give us something that backs up the higher pitched quick melody that you constructed. I'm certain that it would have given and additional dynamic to the tune itself, no doubt.

The lyrics seem to be in good shape, but I would certainly recommend that you get someone to perform them for you, so that you can include them in the piece, to see if that gives across any further emotion for the piece that you already have.

[Review Request Club]

alix1 responds:

I'm gonna have my girlfriend sing them for me. :) I'll add them to the song then it will be perfect! Thanks for the review coop!

[-Set In Motion-]

A little repetitve, but good drive

I think that this track can get very repetitive rather quickly and as a result, you get the urge to stop listening to it. Please take steps to combat this, by adding more variation, taking the track away from this standard beat and standard melody.

I think that there is certainly potential here, even with things like the vocal sample. Additional samples would really help the case, as would the introduction in changes of pace, tune, instruments and the like.

[Review Request Club]

Liam3003 responds:

Variation seems to be my main problem with my songs, I'm not a pro with Fruity Loops but I would say that I have definitely improved vastly within the past coming months. I'm glad you have taken the time to review this and I will be very sure to try adding in more variation in my songs.

Cheers.