MaestroSorrow's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[synth battle]

Impressive.

Now heres a piece I felt right at home with.

The pads you selected were well chosen, they REALLY gave the feeling.

The instruments you inroduced first, the ones playing the little riff at the beginning, should be made louder! I loved that riff, and how it ended was priceless, yet the pads covered the notes so I couldn't hear them clearly.

In fact that instrument you have playing in the background plays some amazing notes, really fast, really catchy, and overal damn amazing.

I loved it, complexity is not always the answer.

5/5 from me, keep them coming.

mhb responds:

thanx for the Good review and for the insight. i'm glad you like it.

[(Back_up()=+]

Neat.

what a strange piece.

I enjoyed it, but I beg you to reconsider those really high pitched noises, it hurt my ears, and made the song difficult to listen to.

I feel this song might belong in trance or ambient.

Good effort though.

Keep them coming.

phoozle responds:

Are u using headphones becuase thats probaly why you herd the high pitch noises. On my 5.1 speakers the sub takes most of it out I discovered.

Thanks for the review.

[KoT - Haunted]

The effort truly shows.

Hmm, I can really FEEL the effort in this piece KoT.

The deep brass compliments the strings extremely well. You build up some intensity to a really high point, and then something grand happens, something alarmingly sad perhaps, and then it all ends.

The light stops shining, the dreams stop churning... the emotions and imagery I gained from this piece was something quite different.

The melody was also quite strange, and yet intoxicating, it had anger, confusion, frustration, and yet at the same time, gave me a feeling of clear precision. As if an angry ghost didn't know why they died, only what they must do now.

Enough with my reaction, some suggestions.

The music box sound served this piece to no ends! It was a great way to usher the song in, and though its difficult to hear later, its still there, and the strings end to this note, it gives the song a constant feel, a constant air and having the story end with what it started with gave it an atmosphere easy to understand and appreciate.

I am glad you chose not to put any snares in this piece, it would have ruined it in my opinion.

The timpini is kinda soft, I feel you should use it in more abundance and make it somewhat louder, especially in the ending. Have it rise to a booming voice, buh-buh-BUH-BUUH-BUUUUUH! and then have it end, perhaps a sound to a grand iron bell, to give it a truly divine and powerful ending.

I don't know why, but I keep hearing a duet with a single string, with the string sections, the single string, stressing important openings and endings of the song, maybe throwing in some extra flavour in the middle. This single violin/viola would be quiet, as not to disturb the other strings, but enough to make a stand. I hope you consider adding something of that nature or consider using that technique in future creations.

Though the song doesn't really need it, have you considered putting a delay effect on this piece? I find a delay effect greatly improves the songs power, especially for a melody that gives the images this song incorporates.

*By the way, sorry about my review on Mysterious, for some reason half of it got cut off, if you want email me at [e-mail], and I will send you my thoughts.*

5/5 from me KoT, keep them coming.

Slayer-of-trolls responds:

Cool. Yeah, I'll send you an E-mail.

I tried adding snares and it didn't fit at all so I didn't use them. I wanted to add some choir to it to give it a heavenly feel but I didn't have any samples that I thought were amazing enough so I didn't.

Overall, I am happy with this piece.

Hmm... I didn't realize the timpani was too soft. It sounds good to me. I'll see what I can do.

Thanks for the review.

[One and Only]

Impressive.

Heh, I see that the other "One and Only" has already been used... congrats man, thats no small feat, I applaud you on that.

I would suggest you add flute to this, i'll tell you the four most compatible instruments concerning the piano.

Piano, Flute, Violin/Viola, Harp, Oboe. These five instruments are very flexible, and when used, will easily give you the feeling you were going for in this piece.

The melody was exceptional, I hope the best goes for you when Valentines Day comes around ^^.

Keep them coming.

5/5 from me.

JesusSaves responds:

Thanx for the advice! I'll try those.

[Tears of Divinity]

Maestro's Tears.

Ah MilkMan_Dan... I see that jealousy bites hard and fast, so lets see if I can speak true words that will keep the jealous ones at bay.

The piano and flute dance together very well. The piano though, is a bit too loud, it hides the flute, and my friend, I believe the flute should be the really loud one, for the flute in my opinion conveys the greatest emotion, when accompanied with a sympathetic piano.

The part where the song quiets down, was well planned, I would like to hear a small riff, or piano solo in there, there was one, but I would like to see it expanded a bit, not length wise, but quantity of note wise.

This might just be me, but you know what I was thinking, I was thinking, it would be great to have a violin and maybe harp in here as well. A switch between the violin and flute, like a dance between spirits. The harp could play a constant chord up and down, swaying with the music.

The piano notes however... were brilliant. I sat down man, I sat down and I didn't realize it, but my vision became a bit blurry. Music moves me greatly, and this piece nearly pushed me over, then it would have been Tears of MaestroSorrow ^^.

I truly care for this piece MilkMan, I will do my best to counter the fools who voted 0 to work well done.

5/5 from me, keep the angels singing, and the tunes coming...

MilkMan-Dan responds:

ahhh... the review of the master. Yes the flute was louder actually... but it got mellowed out in the translation to computer somehow. I know wut u mean with the slowed down part... I wanted to put something good in there... but uhmmm... got stuck :). I want a violin so badly... I REALLY DO... but the violin on my piano sounds horrible... (see River of Eden for example of Violin)... it really doesn't sound like one at all. So I stay away from it. So how bout that Colab... how about adding me to msn?

[Deliberations]

Here we go!

Now here was a fine piece, classic and intensely captivating.

I can easily say this is my favorite piece you have up here... I don't know why it got voted so low, or why most of these got so low... I will do my best to counter them.

Suggestions... hmm...

I can hear a flute in this piece, singing its heart out with the acoustic guitars, or no... not flute... violin maybe, keep strigs with strings. It would be amazing to have the two instruments. It gets a bit quiet for a while, I think you should redo this one man, for sure, this one has great potential.

The way you played the acoustic guitar so fast was really amazing to listen to, and the sudden stop, it worked well, the slow continuation after that point was well planned out. I will have to remember that style for my own compositions.

5/5 from me, keep them coming.

RadRacer responds:

Thanks, this song is my favorite too. I absolutely love playin crazy fast chord stuff on acoustic, and cannot understand why more people don't do it (basically, I try to take the speed of say a metal song, but play it with chords) The reason why doing that is so great is because you can suddenly stop, let it echo out and then start playing a slow moving tune, which people really seem to like. If your reading this, when I get the time I'm gonna try and think up something that would go after your aftermath song, if you wanna collab

[Conform To Anarchy]

Good stuff.

heh, your buddy Adam, plays the guitar as fast as you Rad, it takes skillz to play that quickly, and not break apart.

There was a melody that formed towards the end, a nice soft melody, that REALLY got my head perked, starting at 1:52 in the song. I think if you and Adam focused on that small section, used it for a foundation for a song, expanded it, maybe have another guitar accompany it, you would get a real catchy, neat tune.

In fact I can safely say everything past 1:52 was pretty neat. Up to that point, it was a bit repetitive, and the riff was not that profound or captivating.

If you shorten the intro, expand the section past 1:52, it would be cool.

Adding a drum beat would only serve to make it better :).

Keep them coming Rad, one day you will be great.

RadRacer responds:

too bad Adams moved away (I only see him once in a while), he just started playing guitar like maybe 2 or 3 months ago, and can make up some really interesting stuff. Interestingly enough, the stuff that you seemed to really like, starting after the chorus that repeats at 1:52, was just all made up by me like within 20 minutes probably, because I couldn't figure out how the song would end, so I just decided to do a cool little acoustic thing. Once again thank you for the awesome review man! Note to self: If I ever re-record that song, cut out the stuff between 0:35 and 1:52, it just dosen't suit the song.

[General_Leo - Meh]

Out of ideas for review summary...

Same principle applies as Starforce, I will not get into too much suggestions as this is an older piece, chances are you won't want to go back and work on it, because I sure as hell don't like going back to old songs, unless I have to WARP everything up.

It was a rather simple beat, then the clav(piano like thing I believe) came in with the hallow sounding synth, and it became truly great.

The piano solo had too much delay on it, for future reference, piano delays are good for only 3 or less note delay.

Good stuff regardless.

5/5
(i've given you too many fives... damn you and your skillz...)

LoneEagle responds:

Yes you are right. I never go back on old songs. If a good idea occurs to me after a made a song i simply try to remember it for future songs i make. Thanks for reviewing.

[Starforce - Boss Battle]

Classic oldie.

I love Kefka, he's an evil guy (We are thinking of the same Kefka right?)

I'm not going to give you a great big list of suggestions, because this is a fairly old piece, and your skills have increased greatly since.

So I will give you my initial reaction, what you did good.

The intense piano speed was catchy and fun to listen to. The bass in the background really did some good, I don't think I hear this kind of bass in some of your newer songs, I think you should, it definatly adds flavour.

When the high pitched pad came in, t'was amazing, I loved that soft melody.

I've noticed that in all your songs, you have a GREAT variety of sounds, lots of external flavour, and this you've managed to keep up throughout all your pieces. This in my opinion is as important as melody, having different instruments convey different emotions and images is what can make or break a song.

Volume levels were good.
Track placement were good.

5/5 keep them coming.

LoneEagle responds:

Lol, yes we are talking about the same kefka, but Starforce is a game on the NES where all the bosses name's were alpha, beta, delta, gamma, etc. That's why i threw in that kefka one in there.

Yes i add alot of "flavours" in my songs cause i hate repetitive stuff (especially rap and hip-hop where a 5 secs loop becomes a 4 minutes song). I have to put constant changes, something new in my songs or else i will personally not like the song.
Thanks for your resourceful review.

[Mega Man X2 - Flame Stag]

Another great.

The intro was quick and neat, the way I like it!

The saw near the beginning in my opinion could be altered to another instrument, or thrown ot all together, it doens't flow with the rest of the song. Because your jumping from a peaceful melody to a dark tense emotion, too quickly.

The pads and the rest of the melody however I nearly killed somebody over, was very pleasent... which makes you question why I would have killed somebody over it.

I think I heard a slight play on the pitch nob at one point, that worked out pretty well.

The saw instrument seems to work later in the song, its just the intro I think it could be done without.

The ending was so relaxing and peaceful, perfect ending.

Volume levels were great.
Track Placement was also great.

5/5, keep them coming or die.

LoneEagle responds:

Finally i'm done answering all your reviews, it wasn't a pain, but it was longer then i had expected.

Anyways, yea there's a little play on the pitch witch was a first for me. The saw intrument, i know what you mean, it kind of didn't have it's place in the beginning part. After a fast paced crazy song like this, you gotta have the peaceful ending.

I put alot of time to have good volume levels. It goes on an average of exporting my song about 6-8 times to check that every instrument is heard properly.

Thanks you for your time and all your great reviews!