Score: 4

"Dude"

submission: Universe City

date: January 15, 2008

Here's another slacked melody hitting the dance scene. Very good effort with the arrangement, but seriously we need to hear a different damn progression!!!!!!

Don't get me wrong I like the song, but I am sick of hearing the same thing!!
Awful, just awful. Get original dude...

Score: 6

"The Beat may be coming, but it isnt here yet"

submission: {PhysX} Beat is Coming {RMX}

date: January 15, 2008

Well, good progression and audio diversity, but that is about all the positive things to say about this song, and yes i am actually going to review this song...

First the positive:
The melody is good. I do feel like I've heard it before in some club in cancun, none the less good for dance music. The sounds you used were well mixed with each other, creating multiple bridges throughout the song without changing the standard melody. I like the piano intro/outro. It has good beat diversity as well, all and all a good job.

Now the negative...
In many places (about 40% of the song), I could not feel the beat, and many times the melodic sounds rushed the drum beat. Now this may have been what you were going for, but in my opinion it didnt do the song justice. And as with most dance songs it was very repetitive. Not so much the different sounds you used, but the melodic progression kept dragging on and on, got making it pretty boring 2 minutes through. The harmony you used throughout most of the song was poorly placed in my opinion.

Despite my rantings I do like the song, but not all 4 minutes. A 6 on my scale is pretty good, the only way I would rate this a 7 or 8 is if you used different / multiple progressions and worked on the timing.

Good ideas, good sounds, not so good execution.

Score: 6

"Good for a short loop"

submission: MAC-7: Downtown Pico

date: May 30, 2007

Well, I like the loop as a loop, but not as a song. You should really make it part of something, it's not bad at all. I can't give it any higher than a 6 however because of how short it is. But I can tell you it's a start. I hope you make something out of it, sounds like it could be in a video game. Keep working on it, you really can't make a career out of 20 second loops, but you can turn those loops into something bigger and powerful.
Good luck.

Score: 7

"Good mix"

submission: One Shot Gone

date: May 30, 2007

Hey man, I like the mix you got here. I'm not really a big hip hop fan, but I respect all forms of music. This is the first song of yours I've reviewed, so I must say I am a tough reviewer, so don't take the 7 I gave you personally. That's actually a good score on my scale. So here's my feedback.

The song you have here is a little repetitive. The clarity is impressive as well as the choice of effects, but it gets a little boring after a while. I could see a good rap going with this, you should really do some or get someone to do it, as a simple beat it's really good. It doesn't really change much throughout the song, I'm one to write diverse music, although my music on this site does not have limiters so it is a little quieter than this, they're all rough drafts.

The clarity is good, nice mix you have here.

As for originality, it's ok. I hear a lot of stuff like this, it's not always a bad thing though. Like I said before it needs some good lyrics to finish it off. You have a good setup.

Overall it's a good song, I don't really believe you wrote it in 10 minutes though. Seems like an exageration to me. Unless you used all pre-existing loops, then it seems fit. Good effort and good mix.

Don't feel bad about all the haters on the site, voting doesn't matter. I don't vote at all, too many jealous people giving talented people 0's. It's the feedback you should listen to, I give honest feedback and never give out 10's, and I never expect 10's on my music either. A 10 in my mind is absolutely perfect. No flaws whatsoever.

Anyways, good work and keep writing man.

Score: 3

"TOM!!!??"

submission: Tubby Beat

date: May 24, 2007

WTF? Nah, it's not that bad, but it sucks. Sorry man your flash is pretty cool but whatever this is (in my opinion) it's pretty bad. No I will not suck up to your ass because you're the "founder", it's like 2 seconds long! Keep making those kick ass flash submissions though. You need to do more reviews man, I know managing Newgrounds is time consuming but we would all like to know what you think. Be brutally honest dude.

If this was a little longer I would rate it better, but it isn't. Ok try though.

Score: 7

"A little too close, still pretty good"

submission: King Flying Banana part 1

date: May 24, 2007

This really isn't classical in my opinion, and it does sound a lot like Jurassic Park theme, not exactly the same so I would not call you a rip off artist. But when it comes to copyrights John Williams may have grounds to take legal actions (it is an important section of the melody). Just be carefull.
If this was a complete ripoff I would rate a 0, but it isn't. There is a lot of original stuff in the song, and a good build up after the middle quiet section. But because of the opening line being almost exactly the same (at least a section of it) I cannot rate this too well.
Not only that but it ends a little abruptly.

For the most part you did a very good job, even if it sounds a little like Jurassic Park you added a lot of original elements.
Nice work

Score: 9

"Very Nice!"

submission: Make it Rain

date: May 24, 2007

I like this song, the sounds are really good. Nice flowing melody and good chord progressions, the description you've provided fits the music perfectly. But as with every song I have my opinions on some things. Generally I really like this style of music, and the sounds you have are near perfect. This is one of the best classical compositions I have heard on this site, yet I feel a few composition elements were missing, in my opinion.

The start was good, nice and empty feeling. The strings came in very strong yet quiet, set the mood well. The rest of the song had plenty of very nice progressions and the feeling remained somber and sad. The one thing I think was missing was good dynamic contrast. There really wasn't much of a climax to it. There was a climax of sort, but not really a strong emotional feeling that one would experience after loosing a son. It's really missing that one tear jerking moment, that moment in time where the father absolutely breaks down and begs the rain to mask his sorrow. This is in my opinion, other then that it is near perfection. You have a very good song here, it was beautiful. Keep it up, I'm glad to see this is 2x platinum, well deserved.

Score: 10

"This sucks ass"

submission: Cheezy Bacin Part1

date: May 20, 2007

Hola. Just kidding dog. Fuckin' great bassline, I'm lovin it like the big mac motha fucka I am. We should get Flash and make some crazy ass music videos or something. Seriously I like the bassline the best, the rest is crap. Nah, it's all good motha fucka. Keep it up you little douche, I sold 3 of those today, it's a record! I'm kinda drunk this time of night but I will send that shit sometime soon when my disease (procrastinamia fuckinlazyonitis) passes over.
This deserves a 5.

Score: 9

"Very Nice!"

submission: CELEBRATING NEWGROUNDS YAH!

date: May 17, 2007

This would be an great ending credits song for a video game. I like the use of the sweeps in the beginning. Nice major key progressions. Not many artists like to use the black keys (if you know what I mean Ab, Eb, Gb and so on), so that's a good thing, those are my primary keys as well. I like the diversity and clarity alike. And of course the ending sweep is a good touch.
cheers to newgrounds!
5/5

Score: 7

"Pretty good"

submission: As the Ocean Retreats

date: May 11, 2007

I like this piece, a little empty though (hence the 7). Don't be discouraged, 7 is pretty good on my rating scale. I never give out 10s, rarely 9s even. (10-Pure Genius, 9-Genius, 8-Extraordinary, 7-Awesome, 6-Above Average, 5-Average, 4-Below Average 3-Poor, 2-Really bad, 1- Awful and 0-Bottom of the pit. ) So I think it's pretty Awesome!
I liked the sounds you used, and the composition in general is really good. Creepy, but I'm sure you were going for that! So I'll vote 5/5 mainly for the effort and composition in general. I see someone 0 bombed you, immature huh? Oh well, I get that too. This would be a good video game song, like in the dungeon or something. You could add a few more low-end elements, but for the most part I like it!
Good Work!