Reddrad's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[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

[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 :)

[2004 (2003 VIP mix)]

this is a step up from 2003, absolutely
i like how you actually made it have more variety, but when you want to make a song that's 5 minutes long, you'll need more variety than what you have. if the song was only 3 minutes, then it would feel WAY less repetitive, and the stuff you have right now would be fine. you don't need to make a song long. now obviously, it's one thing to repeat a part (i do that all the time for my choruses), but when you repeat every single part multiple times, it doesn't feel original
also missed synth solo opportunity beginning at 3:48 tbh

good, but still needs some more work i'd say

Januaryheads responds:

thank you for your feedback! i will try to make stuff less repetitive.

[Withdrawal]

yoo
this kinda has like a heisty-feel to it yk, like if there was a segment in like a movie where a character was doing a stealthy heist of a bank or smth, this would be the music that plays
it just so happens to be that i love music like that, so good job. i dig it

B-RadGfromOV responds:

Thanks a lot! Glad you like it.

[Phonk practice]

i'll rate this as if this submission was practice for obvious reasons
(mainly because it IS practice)
this is certainly phonk alright. i like phonk so im a bit biased, but i digress
2 things i'd recommend: add some more compression, and add more synths
as for compression, that's a constant in all phonk music. you GOTTA have that mixing man, and for the synths, you'll need it because you're missing what all phonk music needs
when you make phonk, you gotta make it T H I C C
good job tho

NotJuliotrol responds:

Thanks for that recommendation!, For the next time I'll try to do it better :)

[My first FL studio song (made last year)]

this is good in perhaps one of the weirdest ways i would've never imagined
the synths are obviously pretty alright. i like the song itself, obviously, but one thing i like is that you didn't try to make things fit together, you just did what you wanted. i commend you for that
this isn't gonna be a top charter that'll win you six figures obviously, but i still liked it even if it was a bit weird and unique. i think you've got potential

m4th154w350m3 responds:

thanks

[Utopia]

i really like what you've done here. yea, it's incredibly experimental and some parts make that obvious, a lil too obvious, but it was only really the beginning polyrhythm that made me a lil confused, but that's just my personal preference
this kindof gives me vibes of like the different parts represent different parts of whatever utopia the title is referencing. whether or not it was intentional, i think that's neat

not a 5 because there were some parts i didn't like, notably the beginning as i mentioned, but it's damn close to being a 5. well done

paranoidkid2580 responds:

wow thanks ^_^