nightvision's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[{Away From Reality}]

Another nice melody, good work

My first impression of the very beginning was simply "too fluid", and later on this song felt like it had serious compression, perhaps too much.

Interesting chord progression, your right it was very happy. I found it quite pleasant to listen to, but again I found diversity slightly lacking (I found the key change countered that effect, very nice).

I voted a 5/5 on this, though it seemed like less effort was put into its production than "Read the Mind", it still was a great uplifting track to listen to.

nightvision

(Thanks for your vote, nightvision! You voted 5 for {Away From Reality}, raising its score from 4.33 to 4.50)

cornandbeans responds:

:P yeah, I loaded this song with tons of compression. I have problems with my songs being too soft, so I try to counter that without the volume going over the bars. This is one of the first times I've done a key change, I can never get it to sound right... I'm glad that it added to the song! Of course, this song was made in >2 hours, so it probably would have sounded like less effort on that account. However, I didn't want to cram too much stuff into it... Hm. I'm glad for your opinion on the song, thanks for reviewing and voting! It means a lot.

~cornandbeans

[Read the Mind]

Nice Percussion

This was a rock solid beginning, but as soon as the bass kicked in, the gain became too much. It didn't deter me though, the great melody kept me interested. Slightly repetitive after a while, that's for sure. A little short for my liking.

The one part in the song that underwent an entire frequency shift was more destructive rather than constructive. That's just my humble opinion though.

Flourish this melody a little bit more (this will also take care of your length problem) it and you'll have a great song. I gave this a 4/5, because I think you have done better, keeping in mind that this is still a great track. Good work.

cornandbeans responds:

I was worried about that.. :| I wasn't sure to call this a work in progress or not, because I wanted to get a solid view on it before I added the rest of my ideas. The frequency shift was more of a build of than anything else... I'm looking for some ideas on that, because a snare roll or a reverse cymbal just dosen't cut it sometimes. :P Thanks for the review and vote, I'll take some of your critism to the final version. :)

~cornandbeans

btw, any more word on that collab software? I'd really like to give it a go!

[Supa Tunez]

More improvement

Great improvement. Compared to other recent song, it's obvious to see that you have put a tremendous amount of time dedicated to learning what to improve on.

All of my points in previous reviews have been given attention.Improvement wise, this deserves another 5/5 (which is exactly what it got).

I think others may agree with me that you win the "most-improved" award. Keep up the learning curve, my young aspiring musician. :)

nightvision

Father-of-Death responds:

lol "my young aspiring musician" lol

thnx man i'd aprciate all the help i can get!

[Highway To Bliss]

A Job Well Done

I am truely impressed, and I have so much positive to say about this track. I've split my thoughts up into the different parts of the song, hopefully my feedback is more helpful that way.

The Introduction - The fading choir harmonies provides a very unique beginning. The chord progression you use with your guitar is absolutely beautiful, and the clave adds a nice dynamic. I'm quite impressed with the mastering by the way, it sounds very professional.

The Body - Vocals are solid, and are well matched for the emotion you carry in the song (Nice lyrics by the way). One suggestion if I may, try standing furthur from the mic and put a little more air into your notes (try not to shy into the mic, your voice is less shaky if you push the volume). I was wowed once again when I heard the 80's style synth solo come in, very cool ideas are introduced through all of your melodies in the song. The delay on it wasn't quite too much, you seemed to have got it just perfect, nice. With the high standard that you set with the rest of the great samples, I was somewhat disappointed when I heard the cheesy saxophone (Sorry, wasn't a fan). Still some very excellent material here. It deserves a 5/5 regardless of what I heard after the first minute.

The Ending - More smooth fading choir harmonies. I like it. Alot.

In fact, I could consider you one of my top favorite artists just from the effect of this song. This deserves 7/5, but I suppose i'll settle for just a 5/5 and a download. ;)

Take it easy man, you're a fabulous artist in the making,

nightvision

T7online responds:

Wow, that's great feedback man, thanks!

[Gang raped with a rusty spoon]

Way too much gain

You might want to extend this riff into a longer song than it is. Try to add some diversity as well.

First things first though, turn down the gain! It's almost impossible to liten to because of the clipping and distortion.

Not horrible, but definetely needs some attention.

Casualty responds:

I'll try to do that next time! Thanks for the feedback!

[midnight vylkerie]

What is this excuse for music?

I agree with most of what WinTag said. The exceptio being that this is possibly made by a bass guitar hooked into a computer.

But wow, give your head a shake. Newgrounds isn't a dump like you may think it is.

rioross responds:

i dont think that it is a dump, i actually think it has grown to be sactuary of sorts.

[Dj Cargo = Fears]

Great for dark chillout ambience

Slightly lacking interesting diversity, this piece had a great beat. You may want to increase the gain on your bass channel, sounds like some good stuff.

The reverb perhaps is a bit too much, but generally it had some nice effects.

Great job overall. 5/5

nightvision

bjoaierjbioaerjgoerj responds:

thanx for the review

[Q-Bix: Lightning strike]

Pretty rockin' stuff

This is a great first song, you show quite a bit of potential in this first piece. My recommendation would be to turn down the treble on the melody. It will start to irritate listeners with sensitive ears. But other than the preference of instrumentation, great work! 5/5 considering this is a first piece, normally I would rate this 4/5.

nightvision

bjoaierjbioaerjgoerj responds:

thanx

[Beyond Repair (3min 52sec)]

This was great

Very cool melody. Even better percussion. Great luck in the contest mate, you've got some great material here.

AdmiralConquistador responds:

Wow, thanks man! This contest is going to be great, TONS of great artists are competing... it's gonna be a close one!

-ac-

[Lil bit crazy]

Good effort

Better than your previous work, but it still needs some work.

I find that the notes you chose in this song aren't very coherent, I would recommend a more consistent bass line and melody. People like to hear simple things, with slight diversity. I found this song to be nearly the opposite, which is fine for now, but it is definitely something you'll want to improve on.

Though the melody line was quite distracting from the other elements in this piece, the rythym was a strong point for you. The rythyms that carried your melody were interesting, it was the area I noticed an improvement in. The cutoffs added some nice diversity. Just be sure that your FX are in time. I noticed some things came nearly in the middle of nowhere. I would take those good ideas you had and place them at the end of a four bar rest, rather than a random transition. Nice rythymic ideas though, keep it up.

I would also like to comment on your instrumentation. I noticed the "guitar" seemed to be the only layer on top of the existing rythym. If I were you I would get into the habit of having different samples for your bass and central melody line.

Keep improving Father_of_Death, but you should slow down when you make your songs. Don't make content over quality, music isn't a race. All of the skills you need to brush up on will come with practise. Just keep at her, you'll find yourself making very high quality music if you are consistent to get better. Good job, I decided to give you a 5/5 based on your improvement. I would normally rate this at about 3.5. Keep it up man,

nightvision

Father-of-Death responds:

SWEET! thnx sooo sooo sooo much man

you the bomb!
lots of help here thnx!

p.s. Great Grammer!