Reddrad's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[moonlighting]

wow. beautiful. genuinely beautiful
the instrument choice is spot-on. i love the bass, especially. the way everything comes in feels really natural as well, like the vocals. speaking of the vocals, they have so much damn emotion behind them. i love it. the harmonies on the vocals are also really good and definitely added some depth to the song
appreciate the guitar solo at 2:58 , those parts are always awesome for me whenever they're in songs
i like the general structure of the song too, mainly how it wasn't until the first chorus was over that the drums were a heavy part of the verses. don't know how to word it (cuz i don't make music in forms like these. instrumental gang for life), but just know i like it. whatever ya did it's working
i also do hope you're doing better now, y'know, regarding the reason this song exists n' all

this piece touches me. it's beautiful. i love it

Troisnyx responds:

That's really high praise; thank you so much for your kindness ;_;

[Auto pilot]

song's fine. it's cool
you seem to have composition and instrument choice down, so i won't go into too much detail and just say yea, the instruments fit and the composition good
i would rate it much higher, but there's one problem
what. is up. with the distortion
i can barely understand what's going on because it's so loud and distorted. not even rock music is this loud usually. you REALLY need to chill on the distortion slider, dawg

FunnyMeatyHub responds:

yeah ik its pretty old

[Interstellar Dreamscape]

this has to be one of the strangest songs i've listened to in a while. i like it a lot
this song was half-good for me, chord-wise. the first half of the chord progression that repeats throughout the whole song sounds great. nice, simple chord. the other two chords that follow it sound out of tune and weird. i assume it was what you were going for, and even if you were going for a weird vibe, i think you're overdoing it, unless you have a concept in mind which flies right over my bowling-ball-lookin-brain
everything else about the song's great tho. it's simple and unique. good stuff

Charlmot responds:

Interesting, I'll definitely keep this in mind for future songs. I've been making a lot of out of tune things recently and not realizing it, maybe I need to do more ear training lol
Thanks so much for the review!!!

[wakling]

dude this is honestly awesome
all the instruments chosen sound really pretty, everything works together, all of the melodies are lovely, the percussion is good, and it's just very pleasant to listen to
i could totally imagine it in a scenario like minecraft (which is what i assume you were going for, based on your comments and tags). it fits very well with that style, while also being its own thing. a very good balance of novelty and familiarity, something really important for soundtracks
my only gripe is that it's just so short. normally, you'd want songs to not be longer than they have to, and i get that, but in the case of a more ambient track, such as this one, it's alright to extend it out and make it longer. maybe add another section and integrate it like the ABACA form (right now, you have an ABA form, which would make it easy to add another section)
good stuff, though, really good. wish you were more well-known

drdrwal responds:

awww thank you mate <3 true! it is too short, i probably should extend it according to your scheme, perhaps someday !!!

luvs and kisses for you

[Seek]

very simple track, which i enjoy
this fits for its intended use. i remember playing the gamemode for the first time and being like "holy hell, this game has music??"
one part i like how the melody, despite being so simple, is very intimidating and certainly fits for it
my main problem with it is its emptiness in some parts, but of course, that doesn't degrade the quality of the track too much for me
a good fit, a good track, it gets the job done. good stuff

[breezeway d3lux]

very simple track with a neat idea. p neat
main problem here is repetitiveness; there is a lack of variation throughout the parts, so it's very boring to listen to

[Delirious!!]

honestly? this song is pretty alright
the instruments are quite interesting. the bass has a lot of high-pass, which isn't something i usually like, but i think it fits here
the thing i think this song is missing is a proper lead. the current melody doesn't really stand out as a melody to me, but rather a countermelody, and as such, it causes the song to, despite obviously having a lot, still feeling a bit empty. for a melody, you'd typically want notes that CONNECT. obviously, staccato notes are a thing for a reason, and you can use those sometimes for your melody, but for most of it, you want notes similar to the bass; with little space in between them
speaking of the bass, for this song, you could probably get away with making the melody the bass for most of the parts (just transposed up an octave or two) and just having some differences, like some more notes
aside from the lack of lead, this song is pretty alright. good stuff

[EQ test]

i really like this. it's simple, yet nice. i would love to see a full song in this style

[Cave]

this feels like a song that would play in a game when it's almost night and you have to find a place to sleep, which tracks, considering your comments
the idea was executed quite well. due to the nature of this song (and its possible context), it makes sense why it would be so empty and repetitive. it's simple, but gets the job done

Charlmot responds:

Thanks for the review! And I did have minecraft's music in mind so naturally that's where I tried to go with it. I really appreciate it :)

[Dark Remember (improved)]

this is certainly a very interesting song. in all honesty, i thought it was pretty alright. im gonna touch on the main aspects of this song

COMPOSITION:
this is where the piece stood out to me. the melodies were so simple, yet they achieve emotion. the way all of the tracks went together was really pretty, and the progression was understandable and not too repetitive. i loved the melodies, i loved the basses, i loved all of that. my main critique for this is the same-note 8th notes. it's rare when 2 of the same notes right next to each other that fast sound good, and this is not one of those rare times. i would recommend simply tying them together to create one quarter note. same goes for the 16th notes

INSTRUMENTS:
the electric guitars and electric basses sounded fine. i have no problem with them, and i in fact like them and think they fit. the drum kit used, however, sounds too empty for me. the synth bass as well isn't nice to listen to. it has too much high end in my opinion, and here's where i get into...

MIXING, EFFECTS, FILL, ETC.:
this was definitely the song's low point. it sounded empty; a pad is REALLY good for making something sound less empty. in the future, using pads could turn your song from meh to beautiful. the effects, or lack-thereof, dragged the song's quality down. maybe you could have quiet white noise to simulate rain. there's so much you could do to really make your song fuller. as far as mixing goes, that's just removing unnecessary frequencies on instruments. for example, on most instruments, the mids are typically lower than the trebles and basses because the mids make the instrument more "boxy", making it sound like it's being played inside a box. you could probably just watch a simple mixing tutorial to fix that

overall though? this is really pretty. if you want, i could make my own version of this piece and try to eliminate the issues, but that's fine if you don't want me to. as it stands, this is a pretty good song

Dj-K7 responds:

ok :)