AlmightyZenTaco's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Intermission [Preview]]

Nice.

I like it. Good drums, nice melody, good use of bass, and it builds well.

Just make sure you drive your enemies before you, so you can hear the lamentations of their women.

[Crom - Warp]

What is good in life?

To see your enemies driven before you. And hear the lamentations of their women.

Anyway, not a bad little song.

I find myself saying this alot, but it could have benefited from more build up and layers. Also a part B would have signifigantly increased the listenability. The pattern you're bulding on is good, but it's rather skeletal by itself. And even the best piece needs to move a bit and change. Listening to the same 4 measures over and over can get rather dull.

But I like it. Keep it up.

[Lightened]

Hello thar.

I'm liking what you got here. The piano is very nice especially.

But there's not a whole lot going on in the song. You set up a nice framework there, you should cascade into a climax. Throw some harmony on that bad boy.

Or you could consdier the piano harmony and put some melody on there, your choice.
It just needs to build.

JkidProductions responds:

I will try putting a Choir and some layers of different strings and others. And i would like to try to change the piano melody at the end. Thanks for the review!

[Generic Boss Fight Theme]

Needs more.

It needs more instruments. Not much in the way of harmony or melody.

It doesn't build anywhere till the very end. But that's after a drop at 1:31, which was weird because there wasn't any build before the drop. Usually a drop is used to refresh the listener after signifigant build and prepare for the climax.

I liked the drums though, and the etheral bird whistling was neat.

[Lucidity (Bugg)]

Maybe it's just me...

But the synth and the bass at the beginning hurts my ears for some reason. Maybe I have an ear infection, I dunno.
Anyway, onto the meat of the review.

The song is good.

I'd say it's main flaw is lack of complication for a good chunk of it. It's just too simple. You have the chords and a bass, and not much else.

It gets better when the rest comes in, but the chords are too repetative. Also, it's a somewhat unsatisfying progression. Doesn't seem to have enough movement. Sounds like it's only moving a second or a third at most throughout the entire piece.

But, overally, a valiant effort. With some tweaking it could be very good.

BuggMusic responds:

Thanks for the review! Sorry if I hurt your ears lol, my volume is never synced perfectly with FL, so I don't know how loud it is on other computers. The main reason it's a bit simple is because this is a warm-up song, I haven't made anything in ages (bad excuse I know). Hopefully I'll get back into the groove of things!

[Ruckus - Uhh]

You almost exploded my speakers.

It's very catchy.
I really like what you have hear thus far, but it really doesn't sound finished.

First with the good
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Nice melody, good harmony, jammin' drums, and nice use of fade. The song
is rather catchy.

The Bad
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The bass drum goes out of beat occasionally. I guess you were going for syncopated, but it doesn't sound like it's at the right interval.
Also, the song is extremely repeative. It could benefit from a part B and also some additional instrument layers as it builds.

But what you do have here is high quality. If you keep adding onto it, it might become a masterpiece.

As it stands 7/10.

[The Death of A God]

Not much of a song.

But it's pretty interesting anyway.

7 stars. It's a neat concept and well executed.
I was just hoping for something a bit more musical.

[Charms]

Shabby it's not.

Nice job on the melody.

Chords sound a bit bland, but the song really get's going when you turn off the organ.

I also like the bends.
Nice arrangement throughout.

I approve.

BMKikiBeats responds:

Thank you :-)

[HungerForMore-Metaljonus]

Pretty good.

I like it.
Nice going.
Keep it up.
Ace.
Spiffyriffic.
Neato.
Wowzers.

Metaljonus responds:

Thx taco

[Come Red Tide]

Excellent.

Did you play that guitar yourself?

The piece is extremely good. Professional and emotive.
All you need now is a singer and it'd be a hit song.

Rottenbeard responds:

Hi AlmightyZenTaco,

Yes, the guitar is played live. I'm glad you enjoyed the piece! I'll see what I can do about getting some vocals on my upcoming stuff, seems everyone wants to see that from me! Haha.

Cheers,
Daniel