MaestroSorrow's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[B|3 weary trance]

Good stuff.

The imagery I got from this song was PRICELESS. The chopped up melody was calming, yet as you stated, also exciting. The strings in the background served only to amplify this feeling. As a result I had some messed up images happening, I loved them all.

If your going to use the strings, I say why not expand on that. Perhaps introduce a small piano riff, or perhaps a booming iron bell when the melody suddenly jumps, and then after a slight riff, goes back to the original melody.

Good stuff.

5/5, keep them coming or die.

Black-BaMbOo responds:

hah, thnk you for the review. i like your ideas and i may just incorporate them into my next song. iwasnt sure of the strings because they were a little off but w/e.

[Silent Hill Tribute]

Neat stuff.

Sweet melody, the vibe was quite dark and tense.

Have you played the newest Silent Hill... that was SO messed in the head... these japanese people... honestly!!

Still this was a sick beat, again even with limited resources, you've made it quite outstanding.

The harpischord and notes playing in the intro were slightly odd though, I didn't get into them, I feel if you just started off with the repeating note, and scrap the whole harpischord beginning, it would be better.

If you require assistance finding/installing/using VST's for better sounds, my AIM is MaestroSorrow, i'd be glad to help, you have the ear and potential, you just need the right software now.

5/5, keep them coming or die.

Xiro responds:

Yeah, the limitations of the basic sound kits...majorly suck
I want some of the like...20,000 sound kits you can get from the website, but I'm broke as hell.....

[Finally Something Good]

Neat

I feel the intro is a bit too long before the song starts to turn on its charm.

The overal vibe was good, however again this was even shorter then Short n Sweet X_x.

The distortion levels for the kick might have been a bit too high.

Otherwise this was good.

4/5

keep them coming.

[Short n Sweet]

Impressed.

For sure its got potential! I would love to hear this expanded and mixed up.

Like you said its short, so I can't really give you much constructive criticism, save that its quite original and a great start.

Keep them coming.

5/5

[The Solitude of Imprisonment]

Neat

Because this is a collection of riffs, it would not make sense to make commentary for a song as a whole, so instead I gave each riff a ranking. I considered a riff end when you started playing new notes.

I gave you a 4 for diversity, cuz you only used a guitar :), it was good, but I can't give you more then that.

First riff - 2.5/5 (It sounded a bit strange, didn't get into it)
Second riff - 4/5 (I liked this one much better, flowed much smoother)
Third riff - 3/5 (was okay, didn't love it, but it was good.
Fourth riff - 3/5 (Too much distortion)
Fifth riff - 3/5 (Too much distortion)
Sixth riff - 4/5 (I liked this one.)
Seventh riff - 4/5 (This one was kick arse, but again too much distortion).
Eight riff - 4/5 (This could be used for a great intro.
Ninth riff - 3/5 (You moved so fast, that takes skillz that killz, but the distortion levels hid some of the notes.
Tenth riff - 4/5 (Again very usable as an intro to a great piece.)

Overal suggestion, lower the distortion levels a bit, it made the waveform for the song unstable.

Hope that helps, keep them coming.

RadRacer responds:

Wow. Amazing review, couldn't ask for more. As far as the distortion goes, I think you are probably right, and listing to it again I can hear parts where the distortion makes it hard to understand whats going on. Most of the riffs you didn't like are ones that I made up a long time ago, and am fond of, but thats probably a good thing because you seemed to like the riffs I just made up on the spot better! I will definatly keep them coming. Right now I have 4 songs in the making (a beach boys cover, a weird cover i wont even try to describe and 2 origionals that will actually have singing and maybe drums!)

[General_Leo - Darkness]

Wonderful.

Its not that dark really.

The strings do add a flavour of darkness, but I would put all my darkness bet on the bass you have going on there. It is the pillar that holds everything together, which makes it sound quite dark.

And that scribbling noise... *shivers* that scared the crap out of me.

That guitar noise you have going has too much delay and resonates too much, it overlaps each note too much, and becomes a bit too messy. I suggest either cropping it, remove delay/resonance, or find another instrument. I would recommend maybe a synth saw, I feel it would also aid the dark qualities in this piece.

Still it was a great piece.

5/5 from me, keep them coming.

LoneEagle responds:

Thanks for the review. Thanks for the tips. I'll remember that when i'll be making my next song. Thanks for voting. I'll be checking your stuff out too.

[Cloud City]

Neat stuff.

There is some messy keys being hit, organish sound. It sounds really calm and relaxing, however if you want to make it REALLY relaxing.

Use the harp and maybe some bells instead of this synth stuff (unless its a sci fi movie).

Good stuff though.

4/5

For a good idea of what I mean, check out my piece Serenity in a Rose, I feel you may enjoy and learn something from it.

Keep them coming ^^.

Smoke-Tower responds:

yeah i know what your talking about....
i migth do that for the next one

but this one i was trying to get a Final Fantasy song type thing

well thanks for reviewing and voting!

-Justin :)

[Cloud-City Sad]

Swwwweeeeet.

you say enjoy, but how can I enjoy something when i'm bawling my tear ducts out of commision?!

Such a sweet... sweet simple melody. Classic, yet I never NEVER grow tired of hearing it.

You must one day expand this to a full song.

I can't give you any other criticism as you've used like... one pad, and maybe the strings, however its a great intro start to something.

Keep them coming.

4/5 (Can't give you 5 man, too short ^^)

Smoke-Tower responds:

:'( no 5

ahaha well yeah i made a sadder version of the orignal cloud city i sent in

yeah well maybe one day... when i get bored or not making animations

maybe ill make a longer song :)

-Justin
thanks for reviewing and voting!

[KoT - Mysterious]

Happy hour?

*sniffle*

I'm going to have to pop some pills now... heh, but seriously ONTO THE REVIEW!!!

So here we are again Mr Killer_of_trolls... yes we are.

The flute is usually used for a happy melody, you have used it effectively for a sad piece, but like how you used the viola for your intro I think you should use strings, or the oboe like you used near your ending.

The viola in the intro could be made to play a simple melody rather then the same note again and again.

One of my favorite simple melodies I play are the following keys.

A, G, F, D(above A), F again.

Its a simple melody and when played with extended notes, it sounds rather nice.

The harp and string stabs worked extremely well, as a duo it fit quite nicely.

5/5 from me, quite exceptional. Keep them coming.

If I were you however

Slayer-of-trolls responds:

I know it's so sad. I had to fight back tears of grief making this :p

Thanks for the review.

I didn't work too hard on this piece. I just wanted to finish it quickly cuz I'm working on another piece that I can safely say is my best but I'm not sure if I wanna upload it on this account. This was just alittle fun piece to do.

If you have anymore ideas of what to do with this I'd love to hear them.

[Winds of Ildamir]

Impressed.

I really liked this piece, it was quite soft as you stated.

Though I think a harp would have been better then a Harpischord (I think thats what it is).

The flute was absolutely priceless, completed the image of serenity.

Congrats, keep them coming.