MaestroSorrow's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Jazzy Solo]

Sweet

This is such a soft, gentle piece Soundshifter. I gotta be honest man, for battle of the bands? Don't they want highly energetic, crowd tearing apart kinda music? This is going to make people sway back and forth, hug each other and so forth. With vocals this is an excellent EXCELLENT piece.

I could hear some laid back percussionals to this, like triangle ping, maybe a wind or gentle rain sfx... man the thought gives me shivers...

otherwise really laid back and sweet. I needed a song like this, calm my nerves down. 5/5 from me SoundShifter, i'd like to invite you to listen to a piece of mine sometime ^^. Keep them coming!

Soundshifter responds:

thank you so much MaestroSorrow. i was thinking of making a full band-ish version.. which i probably will, and I'll let you know. as for the BOTBs part.. i played a similar piece last year and because it wasn't super heavy but percise.. they gave me first place lol. man thanks again :)

[The Fall and Rise of a He]

Impressive...

Hey General_Leo.

I decided to take a trip on down to your page, to see what you were up to. I feel you have alot of potential, and hearing this song, I have reaffirmed my initial thoughts.

The melodic line is really something else, I don't think i've ever really heard anything like it before.

That really fast flute trill playing in the background near the beginning of the snare segment, was quite fascinating. I realize that should it have been made louder, it may actually serve to create chaos in an otherwise fairly organized piece, so I am glad you kept it at the volume you did.

The piano's melody was what I refer to when I say it is really something else.

The flute near the beginning, before the snares, that was very pleasant also.

Lets think of some suggestions...

Well I don't think I heard spiccato strings, and I really think some short string stabs in the background playing along with melody, especially around that brass would have made it a tad bit more epic. Like for example, I felt that if you had spiccato strings instead of that piano melody when the snares came in, it may have served a great purpose, especially if you layered it with another octave of the same melody.

I swear there's a choir in there somewhere, but in the orderly chaos I cannot hear it properly, I hear it in the end when it's dying out with that piano, but I feel that is not nearly loud enough to give the song any real distinctive choir attribute.

Overall I am very very pleased with this piece General_Leo, I knew you had a flare for this kind of stuff, and it really showed through this piece. Great stuff.

easily a 5/5 from me, keep them coming!

LoneEagle responds:

Hey Maestro, i guess you beat me to it... i didn't really have a chance of sending you that PM lol.

The very fast flute was very hard to make. It was one of the final things i added to the song. Seemed to me like the brass and piano wouldn't make it alone and that it needed a litte something extra in the background.

The piano melody is really something else? In what way i'd like to know... i find it quite basic you know, just to give the song some structure and order.

You are right about the spicatto strings... hmm is spicatto the same as "pizzicato" strings? Cause i tried to put some pizzicato strings in there but i couldn't find the place.

Yes there is a choir in this, i can hear it pretty clearly from my speakers though. There is choir in the scond half of the song between the 2 brass segments and also at the end like you mentioned.

I am very pleased also with how this song turned out. Lol i don't have a "flare" for this... watch out!! it's an orchestral piece!
*shoots flare gun and calls for help

Thanks alot for the vote/review and especially the nice comments :D

[G0RtH & G-Rave - Dark Harmon1x]

Impressive

damn fine! Both of you did an incredible job. I really liked it. Sounds pretty phat, I assume that was G-Rave's doing, the man's a phat loving bastard ;).

The melody worked damn fine, everything flowed perfectly. I have little to say about this song that doesn't classify as ranting. SO yeah, i'll stop here.

Easily a 5/5 from me. Good work guys.

G0RtH responds:

Wow.... Thanks ^_^

[smooth house]

Neat.

hello Gobrowns1

I can see that you're abundent experience in making ambiant music has leaked out to this song. This song sounds much more ambiant then house, I think increasing the tempo, and mixing it up melodic wise, making that kick louder would have been good starts to making it a great house song.

The percussional beat was good, not the best, but pretty fine.

I'm sorry if these suggestions don't make any sense, i'm dominent in instrumental music myself, so I don't really know as much about house and electronic music as mich as I would like to.

The melody was a tad bland, thats what made me think that ambiant over house, for sure you need better melodies.

I would like to ask you to listen to my new track under the alias MaestroRage
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/view.php?id=1714459

That is one of my better melodic tracks, I hope you'll listen and see what I mean. I'm not saying this song needs melody like that, but I do feel a better melodic lead would be better.

I'm fiving these songs, their scores are too low for what I feel they are worth.

Keep them coming gobrowns1

gobrowns1 responds:

thx dude... i kind of rushed this song... i know the melodey could be better...not housish enough...im working on some new " lounge " it be out in a few days i hope you check it out

[Lava Pirahna - Tribal Rock]

Neat

Hey DSMagnum.

Quite a song you have up here. I like the guitars, but I wonder, if adding more distortion to them would be better. The guitars sound like Hyper Canvas VST. Am I correct?

I like the feel of the song, flows quite well, and if i'm not mistaken it loops pretty good too.

The song feels a tad empty though, I would have liked to hear some kind of background support, either from strings, or some pads, just to fill in the silence you know.

Have you also considered using the reverb effects? I think the reverb would have worked great in this song.

Still excellent piece. May I ask you to listen to my new track under the alias MaestroRage
http://www.newgrounds.com/audio/view.php?id=1714459
I used reverb alot in that piece, I hope you will see the kind of effects reverb can have on songs.

4/5 from me DSMagnum, keep them coming!

DSMagnum responds:

The guitars are some that I made from a preset guitar in Garageband. I have tried adding distortion, but that would mean I would have to give something up. I could try something though.

As for background support, I only really focused on the drums and the bass. Those were the only things I was concerned about. I'll consider that in my next piece.

I have used reverb before, but I rarely have it very high. I normally keep the echo and reverb in my songs low.

About your new piece, I saw it the other day, and I quite liked it. I'll drop a review for you.

Thanks for the wonderful review! I'll keep what you said at mind.

[Back Into the Womb]

Damn fine.

It's amazing, i'm finding so many real performers on Newgrounds lately. A great boon I am sure.

I keep wondering, what effect are you putting on your vocals? It seems like a flanger type of effect, but I could be wrong, i'm just curious as I wish to learn vocal work as well.

I don't listen to nearly enough heavy metal, so i'm afraid I don't have any constructive words for you, but I did enjoy this track a lot.

Awesome stuff, 5/5 from me. Keep them coming!

FUNKbrs responds:

Thanks man. As for the effect, it was a really weird type of flange. I completely forgot what kind it was, though, sorry.

[SWITCHBLADE]

Awesome

Brilliant song. I don't normally listen to Ska, but this track is really something else.

The vocals are brilliantly clear, a problem faced by many here who try to use vocals in their songs.

Is the brass live performed as well?! I seriously think you guys should go to a record dealer and talk with them, you have an amazing song here. I am sorry to hear that you guys broke up, truly, when such talent goes away, the world loses out.

I have absolutely nothing to add or remove from this song, so i'll stop here.

easily a 5/5 from me. Good luck to all your futures.