Darkmaster603's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Rain's Bliss]

it's pretty good

but as far as classical goes, it's lacking quite a lot. It sounds like a techno chord progression that you just put in fl keys, which does not make a classical song. I noticed that it;s a common problem here on newgrounds to think you made a classical song because of a piano.

It got really repetitive, mostly because it was the same chord progression over and over and over. Try adding some new chords progressions to make it more interesting.

But, good job on this song, just work on changing it up a bit.

[Piano Etude No. 1 in C Minor]

Wow

Kind of everywhere isn't it? I can appreciate the hard work you put into this, so I'm not gonna vote on it based solely on my musical preferences. This is definitely not my style, but there are a couple spots in there I lioked. I'm just a little confused on the Etude, what does this help train exactly?

Quarl responds:

Composition?

[Azure Blue World Orchestrated]

Very good!

One of my favorite songs from the beggining of the demise of sonic! It's sounded good, but the strings sounded kinda...too synthesized, and maybe should have been an octave higher because they sound out of tune and it sounded pretty dissonant. Work on the strings

DigitalDuck responds:

Thanks! I'll bear that in mind when I come to future mixes.

[Landslide- Cayler]

good job

but I have to take points off for the category you put this under. Just because there is a piano, doesn't mean it's classical.

nice vocals
nice piano work
put it under a different genre

Cayler responds:

I'm still trying to figure out how the labeled genre affects what the song sounds like... maybe you should be an accountant, or librarian. Could you suggest a genre?

[Solus- Duet in C Minor]

it was ok

It sounded uninspired to me, though that's just my opinion, and I don't really hear any classical elements in this piece, another disappointment. I think it gets pretty repetitive and boring. I also think it sounds like a techno/electronica genre, but with a piano instead of the synths.

A good composition, but I don't like it that much, so I'll grade on effort.

SolusLunes responds:

Again, it's the result of about an hour tooling around on the piano. Ah well.

[Brando - Pure & Tainted]

wel...

I see this as a common misconception here on newgrounds. Just because you used a piano, doesn't mean it's classical. To me it sounds like you took a electronic genre song and added a piano. The second half was the only thing I think could barley pass as "neo-classical".

The song was ok, but it's the same thing as electronica music, which gets kind of repetitive, only with a paino.

Dj-Brand0 responds:

Yeah I can understand your point of view. I really wasn't sure what to classify this. I tried to aim for classical but since I'm not a constant listener I had little time to relate it. I think the tunes were too complex to be a piano song, but it really will make a great nustyle tune.

Thanks for the really honest response.

-Cheers Brando

[{::} Up the hill (Ambient RMX)]

Loved it

Reminds me of an ending song. I hate to say it, because I don't watch anime, but I'd imagine this would fit perfectly as the ending song for an anime or something similar. Very catchy, and pleasant to listen to. Sounds great, keep up the good work!

ReFreezed responds:

Anime? Yeah, why not. The bass made me think of a reggae song for some reason.

Thanks for listening!

[Kheni - Accordeon]

wow

awesome, It was funny to listen to. What VST did you use for the accordion? Sounds real!

Great song, catchy and funny lol

Kimken responds:

I don't remember which VST it was.. Usually I don't open up completed projects and I have hundreds of saved files on my computer, and that one I've saved with another name than "Accordeon" I guess.

[A Cello's Quintet]

well

Sounds pretty good. I know I have the same problem when I write my pieces in MIDI format, The least you could do is add some dynamics, change the volume levels. Also, it could have been better with some good panning, I'm not sure if you did pan the instruments, but to me it sounded like it needs some work.

Remember, at least change the dynamics! If you write the midi files in guitar pro, there's a tool that actually does the dynamics through the whole song for you!

Lightningpichu responds:

Yes i know i know, dynamics are super important. But the prograsm I use isnt very good. Dynamics are almost pointless with the midi... I did not plan this one out, but I usually do plan alot of the stuff I write though. This one was kind of a spur of the moment. Ive never heard of guitar pro but I will look it up.

[Ode to the lonely]

cool

I wouldn't classify this under classical, although the progression kind of sounds classical. This reminds me of a lot of modern day Japanese piano stuff.

The first 1 minute sounds good, btu after that it got kinda boring. Still good though!