SkatingIsGenetic's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Flying Freedom. Entry MAC]

The drums you used..

I didn't expect.

The drums are a bit too loud though, for my liking.

But this is a really good song.

GL in the contest.

[-=z3=-CaveLoop]

what?!

No way..

If you are really passionate about making music, this phase will only last for a while.

Favorites.

Zn3tz responds:

Hey man thanx again 4 the rewiev C:
REALLY appreciate it ^^

[-=-z3=-ScareFX]

Dude..

really good.

Don't feel bad. It takes time to progress when it comes to making songs.

And heck, this fx sounds really good..

You ever try making them and giving them to flash artists?

Zn3tz responds:

Thanx man, well really I just felt like making something like this since I love the Penumbra series and so(Penumbra is a swedish puzzle/survival game)
Thnx 4 the rewiev :D

[Solaris]

This has..

A deep space feeling to it. It makes me think of satellites. :D

The melody is good, but the song seemed a bit empty to me.

But then again, if this is suppose to give off a space feeling, then it has done just that.

You didn't have as much melody in this song as you usually do.

But it's still good altogether.

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

Was going for that. I've rekindled my fascination with space, mainly philosophically. Been watching old sci-fi flicks like nuts.

As far as melody goes - There's a slight bit more addition in the two latter halves of the song, its light an hard to hear, i may turn that up. Will have to fix that up. The melody is a bit toned down. Vacant. Delayed. Washed. Etc.

Glad ya' liked. The inspiration came from a book/movie of the same title "Solaris". Very good watch and read, i recommend it for sure.

[When I Was A Kid]

I can feel the imagination!

If you would lower the volume on a few instruments like the bell in the beginning. X_x, the strings that come in at around 00:13.

But otherwise, this song is GREAT!!

I just wish you would have added some pads to make it flow along a bit more. This reminded me of song box music..only to a degree but this is a really good song.

It's missing something though..

I guess for me it's the fact that it's not flowing along as well as I would like it. But this is really good. Nice job with this.

P.S.- I wouldn't really call this ambient, you could say it's almost jazz, but it could also be classical. I could careless but some people are picky about the genre stuff..

Adolf781 responds:

Yeah i try to add some more stuff to this but it was hard seemed like when i added something it threw it off balance thanks for the comment the synth was about 85 probably should of made it about like 65

[2nd round]

Really good song..

But why does everything sound far away? Like you put a whole bunch of reverb on it or something.

Otherwise it's a great song.

Sorry for leaving such a short review. =D

Ak-17 responds:

Indeed, reverb has been used, but actually not all that much! I guess it's a matter of taste ;)
thanks for the review! :)

[-[Psyxy]<-Rising Star->[Psyc]-]

The melody..

Is catchy.

But the overall song sounds empty.

It could be because your drums are kind of plain. (yeah, the drums are noobish. =D I know the feeling.)

Or it could be because you only have the synths playing their little melodies and they aren't really filling the song in. Maybe you could add some pads, or some bass maybe?

But that is only if you want it to sound full. A song like this would be good computer game music. It has enough movement to keep you interested, but it doesn't take your attention from the game you're playing.

Not too bad man.

Psycedelic responds:

I'm currently working on the bass, and the drums wont be as shit as it is in this song! So you just wait! I will get 10 from you someday.. >;)

[The Masquerade]

Random..er.

I don't know, but to me, it seems that your songs are starting off really random in the beginning, then they smooth out near the end.

Not saying I don't like it, this is good, but I don't see this as one of your best either. But then again, near the second half of the song, I started to get a feel for it.

Is this a song you're using to make a cd with? If so..<3333

I would LOVE to have it. I'd promote the hell out of it.

Lol, but anyway..

Sorry I haven't been reviewing your stuff, even though this isn't a helpful review whatsoever..

I'll try not to leave this on any of your others.

Oh yeah! The part at 1:49 to the end was niiice.

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

You good. You like what you like. Maybe my brain bad, but I like what turned out. Perhaps I'm too interested in chaotic patterns at the moment. This song is kinda supposed to embody that anyway. The Black Monster is one to catch you on your opposite foot. You can't catch your breath with'em. I used a few different samples/sources/etc for this.

Any review is helpful. Speak your mind/feelings. Don't worry about me. I can handle it.

:-)