ConnorGrail's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Stars]

I like it, especially the melodies, very catchy. I'd say moving forward it wouldn't hurt to try expanding the parts and sounds to make them a little more interesting. I would suggest combining the sounds of multiple instruments/plugins, changing up rhythms more often, adding in unique parts ever so often, harmonies, and overall just bringing in some more variety.
There is a lot of stuff to consider, this is just a few things I personally think could make this track much better than it already is!

ManelNavola responds:

First of all, thank you for taking the time to review my track! :D
Secondly, yeah, I should add more instruments and rhythm patterns in order to achieve more variety, as you pointed out, it's pretty simple/linear at the moment.
So from now on I'll focus on that in my future songs!
Thanks a lot again Connor! :)

[BrainDead]

Pretty catchy! I found that a few of the parts panned to each side kind of stuck out a bit and made it seem a little unbalanced, but pretty solid nonetheless! I definitely really like the main melody, and those haunting chords over the drop are awesome.

Spadezer responds:

Thanks I'm glad you like it, and I really appreciate the feedback. I think I see what you mean, but at the same time I likely did it so that I could keep synths better separated especially for when it got really busy. It'd be good to hear other people's opinions about it.

Thanks for the feedback

[Legionella]

Man I really dig this stuff. It's so gloomy, but insanely groovy at the same time. You seem to have a great sense for what parts work where, I like the composition a lot.

Coffee-Break responds:

Thanks a lot. I really appreciate it!

[Silver Stained]

This is cool. Gave me vibes of The Slum Market in FF7, especially that bassline. Also I really liked a lot of the subtle high parts that came in now and again. Really full sound but also has that really nice sense of low energy

[Sawdust Angels]

God damn, I love these melodies. Such a fun track. That morph into the second section around 2:20 was awesome.

[MM5: The Ides of March (PKRX)]

This genre doesn't do that much for me most of the time, but this is just a well put together track regardless. I just like to sink into the chaos, it's pretty relaxing in a weird way. Nice work

Anchorwind responds:

Most appreciated. This is pretty much what I go for, tracks wherein you can lose yourself. Some people make truly dance music, others make music that takes you places. I go for things like what you described.

Your review made me happy.

[Ayjin - Chillin]

This is really cool. Those high bendy synths actually made me smile. Which was weird cause I'm just sitting at my desk alone grinning. But that's besides the point. Very bouncy tune, and if you stick to that track every week goal I think you will be seeing some real improvement.

Armorstick responds:

Thanks man! I will stick to it! Already have 3 songs done haha, just have to get the mixing right ;)

[Arise from the Dust (Live)]

I like this a lot. Not very often you hear stuff on here done with a live orchestra. This made me think of some kind of adventure game or JRPG, would fit right into that sort of thing

[lance_victory]

I like what you are going for here, but I feel like there is lots of room for tightening up. The section around 1:20 the arpeggios just don't mesh too well altogether for me. The parts seem to clash.
I dig the funk at around 2:39, the piano chords are nice. My biggest piece of critique is to minimize dissonance. There are quite a few spots where I found chords, basslines, and melodies to disagree with each other notewise. If you can clean some of that up I think the track would for sure have a pretty cool and unusual vibe, it's just at the moment that vibe is getting a little lost. Hope that helps!

[AIM - A long way through winter]

I kept expecting this to go somewhere bigger, but then I realized that it really didn't need to. Really enjoyable and some very pretty parts. Really liked how you made the chords and melodies fit together at parts

Azhthar responds:

Thanks a lot! I´m glad you like it. Maybe I should have made some more evolvement at the end of the track but I just wanted to make this piece a bit more slow and peaceful.