Coop's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Skela - Groovin' to]

Good sounds

A well balanced tune that makes me want to lift some weights. Very reminiscent of the tunes that get pumped in constantly at the gym, so naturally, I hate it :P

But anyway, this tune is banging, with some good beats and a very nice melody to keep it all going smoothly. I think you could stand to lengthen the track a little, judging by how long the intro takes up to get into the groove. You've only got about 2 minutes of tune after the intro, so that's the killer part that you need to work on. The foundation is set with the nice intro and then the payoff is what we're all waiting for.

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Skela responds:

Thanks for the review.

[On to the Show! (short theme)]

A little short

Not a bad job at conjuring up a scene in a morning when some kids wake up to find their street covered in the white stuff and realising the joy that this world can lend you from time to time.

I think this piece needs to be a little longer, especially in the ending, as the little flourish on the keys at the end seems to be after too long a pause, considering the piece is only 17 seconds long, I think that you can stand to make it as much as a minute long in total and still not adversely affect it.

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itsameyayo responds:

Very true. I might not extend it simply because it's more of a short theme, thought it would make more sense because you would need 40 seconds more of music with a transition into that part of the theme. Thank you for the review!

-ImperfectDisciple

[The Last Pilgrimage]

Good song, but...

I think the main issue with this is that the Bass seems to be slightly messed up - it's not loud enough for what you tend to expect of Metal drumming, giving the sound and impression that the drummer is located in a cave, rather than on the riser behind the rest of the band.

Good use of the strings and one hellishly good tempo cannot be ignored and so we are left with a good sounding piece still. The piano cuts through the introduction nicely and it sounds pseudo classical, before the drums and the real metal kicks in.

I can certainly see this being used in various games that have a medieval quality to them, as they certainly could use something foreboding like this for a boss fight, for example. Perhaps it could be looped for that purpose, thus giving gamers and programmers something to work with there.

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LightKeeper responds:

I'm planning, probably not anytime in the near future, to go back and remaster this piece. Every time I've tried before my computer slows down and I can't work on the piece, so right now I don't have the patience to make this "the best that I can."

I never actually thought of this being used in a game, but I suppose it could be with its theme.

Thanks for the review Coop83! :)

[The Keywood WIP]

A little short

It's a nice sounding piece, but it is a little on the short side. I think that with a little working, you can certainly make this a very nice piece to listen to.

The beat is good, if a little quiet and the melody isn't really that much of a compliment to the beat. If you try to make it sound like a song, it might become more receptive to lyrics or vocal samples, which can certainly add to the tune's appeal.

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Swerve responds:

It is a little on the short side, that's true, but this is just a demo of what is to come. Thanks for your words though, I'll keep 'em in mind.

[extrallusionist]

Takes a while to start

The intro is too slow for my liking, but once we get into the meat of the track and the industrial sounding beat is added, it certainly get going nicely.

I like the way that you've added extra components to the piece, as it's gone on, but it just seems that such a simple formula didn't come in quickly enough for the introduction and once again, it didn't work so well, when you faded out the final component at the end of the tune either. It would sound much better if it were a loop.

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Silent-G responds:

thanks for the review and suggestions. I'll definitely work on my intros a bit more.

[Pending Explanation]

Laid back gamer

Possibly a little early Final Fantasy about this tune, but a nice sound, that puts someone in the mood of a relaxed gamer. You can certainly see the person being bored on a Sunday afternoon and playing games that they didn't necessarily want to play.

I think it's a good looping tune, that required little work. Possibly bringing the backing sounds a little more into play, as they just seem a little quiet at the moment, but giving them a boost certainly wouldn't hurt.

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Silent-G responds:

haha, I really like that description. I've definitely been that type of gamer on a few occasions. thanks for the review, I might try changing some of the levels on this to make it sound better, like you said.

[Franswa - Norhternlights]

Dark and Mysterious

I can't help but think that this tune has a great sound of being dark and mysterious, with the deep counter-melody that you've employed here, to compliment the melody, which is all light sounding and with the rest of the beat, sounds quite industrious.

The end product is quite a versatile beast that I'm sure the work you've put in will not be in vain - this piece certainly needs to be used. Hell, it even leaps out of the speakers at me, desperate for someone to find a use for it, so it's brilliant.

I'd have loved to hear that darker counter melody in a solo during the middle of the tune, let it take control for a second or 10 and help it develop the tune a little more.

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EternalXIII responds:

Thanks a lot for the reviews! I'm definitely gonna employ your advice!

[Chaotic Freedom]

Hardly Chaotic

It's a nice piece, but it's far too ordered to be called Chaotic Freedom - if you were going for that, you should really have pushed the boat out, giving us something that really doesn't care about how it sounds, for example.

I think that the next logical step for this is to make it longer and add some more variation - it just sounds like a crescendo of similar sounds, each trying to outdo the volume of the last one that played. Experiment with the sounds and always remember that you can make them quieter, to get yourself something that ends up nicely sounding like a release, rather than a collection of competing musicians.

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Insanimation responds:

Thanks. I'll do my best!

[MeZoni TriZoni]

Quite enthralling

A nice piece, that's quite an intense experience - I can certainly see what you're getting at with regards to the way that the music envelops you within the tune and is quite an intense feeling for the whole performance.

I think that you might have considered giving us a bit of a bass solo to bring us back in from the amazing synth riff that you gave us towards the end of the piece. I can't really think of any other way to improve it, as the whole thing was a very well organised tune.

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GlueR responds:

Thanks again for another great review! Hmmm... A bass solo... Well, that's definitely something I haven't tried yet. Come to think of it, even in things I haven't written myself. I've never been involved in any project with a bass solo. That's a good idea to ask the band to start thinking about it and we 'll see how it pans out (in new songs), trying not to make it sound too Mannowar-ish...

[In the news]

Deep within the symbolism,

There is a strong message here, but since I get the vast majority of my news from the BBC, I don't get commercials with it, so I'm better off than this piece points out :P

Still, with the way that the broadcasters paint their pictures these days, it's easy to see why you've come up with a product such as this. I love the tranquil intro and the way that you build it up to a turbulence of gibberish from newsreaders and add some pretty good lyrics to it in the end as well, it's quite gripping.

I think that an instrumental section of slower melody, overlayed with just a few choice headlines could have been a nice suggestion to expand on this piece.

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GlueR responds:

Cheers for the review! You know, it's not the broadcaster's fault and if you think about it, even BBC's main source of income is advertisements. And even if it wasn't, it's not a beneficiary organisation. It has to get money for what it does, and that's selling information.

Another thing I want to promote is political songs. They seem to have eclipsed in the past couple of decades. And the expression of a political opinion through art hasn't been substituted by anything else. Unfortunately, thinking is becoming increasingly passé. The new thing is bling, wheel rims, hoes and bitches, the all time favorites of subjects around love, and last but not least, sexual provocation. Everyone is going back to the roots... Back to the time we were still monkeys.