SeeD419's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pick Me, I'm Ripe]

Not bad

Your vocals aren't bad, and the lyrics are okay. The guitar is decent, but the song is pretty devoid of any percussion or bass. It's a good rough draft, but if you wanted to just leave this by itself you might want to record it and mix it a bit better.

Overall it's a decent rough recording, but as it stands it just feels a bit empty. The guitar melody is decent, but it just doesn't feel like a guitar and vocals only song. Maybe some mixing and recording would help that....either that or some bass and drums.

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Sawdust responds:

Thanks for the feedback!

[Ox King]

Like

Well I know this is your first track and all, but I like the sound a lot. The melodies are very uplifting and sound great. The percussion sounds good and really fresh.

There's a couple points where the track is a bit boring and could use some transitions and filler, but I like where you're going.

I like that you at least made this long enough to listen to, I just think you need to expand upon what you've learned and make some new stuff. Love the direction you're going in though.

Overall a great first track. I look forward to hearing more from you.

-RRC-

OxKingMusic responds:

Cool. Expect more from me then.

[Something...]

Not bad

Unsolved mysteries? I got a good laugh out of that for some reason. I just don't picture Robert Stack when I hear this. A few parts were a bit mysterious sounding though, lol.

Idk about being in the ambient category, I think it belongs in miscellaneous quite well actually. Doesn't really seem to fit any genre. It jumps all over the place and sounds really experimental.

The different sections could have used some better more gradual transitions I suppose, but they were interesting to listen to and very different....unlike most I've heard. So I'll give you points on originality.

The outro was good for sure. Probably my favorite part of the song, I liked to sound to that a lot. I might consider changing some of the percussion a bit to some more electronic sounding percussion, but that's just me. Then you could easily throw it in the....oh wait....there is no 'Electronic' genre. Well I guess you're screwed, lol.

Overall a decent experimental track.

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WizMystery responds:

I'm not done with this, dispite it being the longest thing I've uploaded since... well... ever. I think I might actually be able to finish this.

The jumps won't be there, this version is a prototype meant to establish the themes (and now that I've reached an end, I'd say all the themes are written). If you enjoyed them, I'm sure you'll enjoy this even more when finished.

Thanks for the review!

[Anti Dubstep]

It's alright

Well it's certainly innovative and different so I give you props on that. The higher dub wobbles are something I haven't heard before actually, and they sound alright.

The main thing I noticed is that the percussion could use beefed up quite a bit. The lower wobbles sounded great and the pitch changes were smooth. The repetitive high pitched melody was a bit excessive and not all that melodic in my opinion.

Other than that it's a decent tune. Could use a bit of work, but not bad.

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EricFreeman responds:

Thanks for listening! Yeah, this was actually my first attempt at wobbling something so that's why it's fairly repetitive and not amazing. I was still getting used to automating between several different wobble speeds and some other weird stuff like that.

But yeah, thanks for the informative review!

[Into The Eclipse]

Awesome

I think this is a bit too relaxing and I'll have to stop it before I fall asleep too early, lol. Almost sounds like a meditation track, only not as cheesy and lame. Would be great to fall asleep too.

All the instruments are very soothing and flow together well. My eyelids are seriously like getting heavy trying to type a review lol.

The different percussion sounds and other sound effects like the water were mixed really well and all blend together in a very calming manner.

Awesome track. Keep up the great work.

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FatKidWitAJetPak responds:

Yeah, ambient music can really knock you out. That's why it is great for meditation.

[.:Vesoul:.]

Nice

It indeed has a very RPG sound to it. Almost like the games area in Zelda: Ocarina of Time is what I'm picturing.

The instruments sound good, and the melody is just all over the place. This composition is far from boring to say the least.

The intro and outro were appropriate and sounded concise and to the point, but worked. I'm impressed with how well all the melodies blend together, considering how busy they sound. It actually does work and sounds like one coherent tune.

Great work here, keep it up.

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camoshark responds:

Hi Seed, thanks for the great review, glad you enjoyed!

I believe you didn't read the author's comments, because I unfortunatelly didn't compose this song, these honors go to mr. Jacques Brel, a Belge musical genius.

As for the comparison with Ocarina of Time, more precisely Song of Storm, you're not the first to mention it, and you probably won't be the last, for this really has it's similarities!

Thanks again for the review, I'm happy to see you enjoyed the song!

Cheers,
Samuel Hébert

[All In Time]

Nice

This is awesome EF. You've come a long way.

The song has an awesome message, the beat is sick, and the flow was flawless. Your best yet in my opinion. The talking at the beginning and the end was an awesome addition. I realized also you sound like you have the same accent as this girl I know from Wisconsin.

The whole song was well produced. The bass sounds great, and the vocals sound quality and without any obvious errors.

Keep up the great work.

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Luke responds:

I appreciate your kind words very much SeeD.
I wasn't too happy with how this one turned out, but at the same time the artist is always their worst critic.
If you enjoyed it, then I am sure many others will.
Thanks again for the review. :)

[The Fire of the Pyre]

lol

Well it's certainly a good parody of eye of the tiger. The lyrics were really thought out, and the singing was done well and timed correctly. No complaints there.

The only thing is with parodies, you're up against the song you're doing a parody of. You can't help but remember the original, and in this case, the original was far more epic and hilarious on it's own.

I still think you did a great job with the beat and the lyrics, it's just not something I'd listen to voluntarily. Keep up the great work though.

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ForNoReason responds:

Thank you!

[I Am God]

Nice

Your flow has gotten WAY better, and the lyrics to this one are by far the most fucked up so far. This song has a really coherent theme. The beat sounds like a, "hey, I'm here to fuckin stay" beat. It's powerful, and it matches the song name and lyrics.

It still would have been cool if you added some more variety to the flow. Maybe a vocal effect at one point, or double the tempo of your flow for a couple lines and rap super fast. Overall, it's much better though, you've made improvements.

Btw man, sucks your server went down. Idk if u checked but I picked up the slack ;)

Keep up the good work, broski.

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Luke responds:

Thanks for the kind words, yes again man! I appreciate the good reviews you give.
I'm glad you are seeing improvements, makes me wanna keep on going with this stuff, yaknow.

I will check out the server eventually, have other games I've been playing etc.

[Sunday Glory]

Hmm

I'd say this could still use quite a bit of work. There seemed to be some strange panning at times that I didn't really understand. Same with volume changes. The part at 1:58 didn't really seem very musical and just a bit repetitive and odd.

Some of the instruments sounded really good, and the melodies you chose were great, but as a whole the piece has zero percussion at all. Classical music needs that booming percussion for dramatic effect, in my opinion, and the song seems rather bland without it.

The final note at the end was way overdone. It just blares insanely and almost sounds low quality.

Overall it's a nice piece. The melodies are good, and most of the instruments you used sound good. Some percussion would be nice, along with some volume and panning cleanup, and I think the song would be a lot more solid. Just my two cents. Keep up the good work.

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whitesymphonia responds:

hmm, percussion eh? Yea, you're right, percussion does make a difference :D. Dunno if I'll go back and fix this, but I was thinking of replacing the instruments with some new better quality ones I got. Still working on learning percussion, so that is still yet to come.