mrslippyfist1's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Mellow Rock Out]

Interesting...

It got under my skin a little bit (in a good way). But then it got annoying. Sounded like a ring tone.
What did you use to make this?

SniperJrd responds:

lol, i'm new are all this music stuff, so i'm not really suprised.

i used fruity loops :P

thanks for review, maybe I should start making ring tones ^_^

[Highway To Bliss]

Excellent. But...

Mostly awesome. Love the rhodes. Love the guitar. HATE the square lead. Hate it. Don't really care for the electric piano after it either. At the beginning and the end, maybe a dash more reverb on the wood block, turn down the dry level etc, make it sound more far away. Coulda done with less chorus and more reverb (9% more maybe) on the voice. Then turn down the voice a smidge. The only drum that stuck out (besides the wood block) was the very first bass drum note. Coulda been a little darker.
Now, awesome writing. Very good song structure overall.
Check out my stuff.

T7online responds:

Great input there, i've checked out your stuff already,i like the godfather theme:)

[Uncle Summertime]

Montage Song

This is a perfect montage song for the last five minutes of a tv show where they go back and reflect and make everything feel happy. They do this on almost every episode of ER and Scrubs. Good Job.

caseyo responds:

Woo! Scrubs is probably my favorite show. Thanks for the review. :)

[Painful Awakening]

noice

This loop really got under my skin. I'm still listening to it now. I wish there was a separate cagegory for loops, because this deserves a five, even though complete songs are more difficult.

Run with this. Expand it. I wanna hear what you come up with.

Westbury responds:

Lol thx, i'll try.

[Crimson forest]

Has potential.

First of all, good composition. I like the overall makeup of the song. I like how the time signature changes up. The song is not predictable. I like it.

I doubt anyone will ever listen to this again though because it sounds Nintendo-y. You know. Computer generated. Oh well. You do your best with what you got to work with, am I right? Good job.

Westbury responds:

Thx :)

[Startup Remix]

clever...

Wow. Talk about taking a simple idea and seeing through to the bitter end. It was entertaining. Cool even. Had kind of a Moby rawness to it if you know what I mean. Wait a minute. Blast, it's stuck in my head. Good drum programming, if not somewhat predictable. Very tired and worn out drum sounds, but hey, you go with what you got. In retrospect, I think it would have been good to add some other XP default sounds. I dunno. Good job.

SHADOWFOX2 responds:

...if you could find ANY sounds that would go well with this song, then by all means let me know, 'cause I just don't know which ones. Umm, Moby rawness? What's that? So you're saying that my music sounds like raw fish? Man, there's a lot of stuff in this review I don't understand...retrospect? HUH? OK, I'm lost, but thanks for the 7!

[mhb - city nights]

Hmmmm......

Yeah I don't think this is jazz, but I'm not going to let that affect my review.

Some really great things happening here. Good soloing. You can play the guitar alright. I like the background. Nice drum programming, not too static, varies nicely. Within the loop that is. Now, the loop itself wears on me after about 6-8 repetitions. A "B" section would do wonders for this song. Also, and this is just my opinion, but I thing the guitar is way to fuzzy and artificial sounding.
It's getting so that it almost sounds like a synth rather than an axe. Here's what I would do:

Back off the bells or whatever it is you have on the chords in the foreground. Clean up the guitar, put a little reverb on it, maybe about 20%. How 'bout a cross delay on the guitar, so that when you play it, you hear a left echo, right echo, etc. That would make this sound much more 3D. Please review my latest submission as it has been buried!

mhb responds:

thank you for the insight. i'm surprised that ya think it almost sounds like a synth. i've never heard of a synth capable of makin' that sound. and i'm gonna check your newest track right now. thanks again!

[Hang on Sloopy]

Some tips...

Not bad. You definitely could use an overall noise reduction. Also, and this is my biggest broblem. You definitely NEED the lead vocals panned in the center. In fact, If you had the lead vocals panned in the center, it would make this 99% better. It sounds like you used a tiny little microphone in a bathroom or a garage for reverb... which is incidentally a Really good technique considering what you had to work with. I'm guessing that the guitar is the only actual instument being played? Not bad, but the solo also needs to be more central in the mix. Maybe not in the center, I'd put it at about 33% right. It should be more in the center as well.

So to sum it up, overall excellent musicianship. Good singing, good playing, good everything. Except the mix. Hmm. Now that I listen again, it sound like maybe the piano is real too? I just might download and remaster this.

Good Job

JethrotheOMB responds:

Yeah, I haven't really gotten good at recording yet. The reverb is actually digital. My recording program comes with quite a few effects. Yes, the guitar is the only real instrument... The piano is from the keyboard I used to do the bass. If you actually end up remastering it, let me know. From what I've heard from your submissions, you know what you're doing. :)
Thanks for the review. Cheers!

[+"The Rythim Man"+]

Welll........

Definitely some good things happening here. I liked the overall structure. I Liked the melodies and piano pattern. However, it sounds like this is a Finale playback, am I right? If i'm wrong then I'm an idiot, oh well. If I was reviewing the material only, then I'd give this a ten. However, you need to find a better way of producing your work so that it sounds less........like a Finale playback. Oh and if you have control over it, put some kind of different reverb on that snare drum. That slapback was driving me crazy.

Rythim-Man responds:

-.- yea well I pressed saved as audio but it still sounds like a finale playback. I could have changed the reverbs but I decided to keep it this way for this song. I'm not entirely sure why, I think to make it more clear I was willing to let it sound artificial.

I was trying to keep it light, fun, and simple. That might not have been a good idea, but that's what I wanted. I might do it again with better reverb and stereo only to be criticized for putting it up twice.

Slapback? If you are refering to that loud snare, then that's my favorite percussion sound! Ya, but come to think of it, I've heard it sound better.

I'll remember this, thanks. Keep on keepin' on!

[Melody for gameovers]

awww........

Perfect for game overs. It makes me feel like a failure. I like it. What keyboard do you have?

No1r responds:

Thanks but you're not really a failure :) I used a Yamaha PSR-175 interfaced via midi with Fruity Loops :)