WingoWinston's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Daniel Deluxe - Darkness]

Reminiscent of Power Glove. Love it.

My only criticism is that I feel you could have developed the song in to something with a bit more intensity, not for it's entirety but at least a stronger climax. Still, you hit the 80's nail right on the head, job well done.

DanielDeluxe responds:

Thanks alot man!

You can check out my other stuff at https://soundcloud.com/daniel-deluxe

I bet you'll find something you like there.

[Blindy Wolfy And Its Saxophone]

Groovy man. I think I'd like it a tad more if the bass was just slightly more prominent. But not enough that I can't dig this rad loop and shoot you up 5 stars. Awesome work.

[For we are isotopes]

Definitely the music made by a hentai pussy minion. I really like the sound of this piece. It tickled my ears happy. Well done.

hentaipussyminion responds:

Thank you kindly, good fellow! Your comment was words in my eye... in the sweetest way possible.

[Nocturnal Illumination]

Really likes the use of the choir at the start. Intro is great. You reintroduce them again later which is awesome. I like the song generally throughout, it has a nice beat, a nice melody. Nothing necessarily new, but very solid. The ending was a little weak though I have to say but not unwarranted. I think an excellent piece overall though.

lennons5iriu5 responds:

Thank you very, very much! This song was not something I was aiming at being too original, actually. I was really playing with song structure, samples, mastering/EQ techniques and what not. It was really just me playing around with a bunch of random samples, somewhat hoping that it would eventually turn out. xD

Thanks for the review! It means a lot to get feedback!

[Movie Trailer Guy]

I've listened to all the voice acting tracks you've posted up to as of 24/01/2013. I'm not an expert in this area, but I can definitely hear that you have unique voices and that you certainly have talent. Also that you took the time to NOT record anything on a dollar store microphone. I'm hoping - if not already - that I'll catch you in a flash somewhere, maybe a commercial. Keep it up.

MDeBonis responds:

Thanks for the encouragement! :D

[Quest of Ezra - Teaser]

I'm assuming the intro is supposed to be a homage to the elder scrolls. I like the second song, so chipper. Very nice brass around 4:50, once again feels like a slight homage to the elder scrolls there again. Very nice video game sounding orchestral music. Now I'm not usually the biggest fan of electronic music in video games, but I can appreciate that this has been well put together and commend you on that. Overall, very solid work well done.

GunnRouche responds:

I will be honest, up until someone else pointed me to Morrowind, I had never heard that soundtrack (nor played the game for that matter)!
So I am going to put it down to great minds thinking alike haha

Thanks for your comments, the brief for this soundtrack was to be in the style of 8Bit / Chip Tune - but I wanted a more modern feel to it. I really enjoyed doing the orchestral stuff and am hoping to dig deeper into that facet of sound design - I will hopefully be uploading a more 'Epic' sounding piece onto my soundcloud shortly.

Again thanks for the comments, and keeping me motivated to do more!

GR

[True Placebo]

I'm not sure what VST you had available but everything sounded great except the percussion. The melody is invoking nostalgia and is certainly making me bias to how much I enjoy this piece. It does get a little repetitive as well. Like I tell many composers, modulate! Awesome work though.

Lethal-Input responds:

Thanks for the feedback! Most of the sounds I either made on Sytrus or 3xOsc (most from following tutorials.) Do you have any good free percussion VST suggestions? Well i'm sure I could have gotten better stuff with some of the default presets, I probably just didn't look hard enough.

[The Starry Skies are Ablaze]

The intro, I was not overly fond of to be honest. But I really liked what you had around 33 seconds. Your melody and harmony seem to be in different keys though. Which is why I'm thinking you also may have lowered the volume on it because it sounded slightly off. I like the rhythm around 2:10, but it's a little dry. What's important is I can see how the song fits to the story though. The ending is a little abrupt as well.

I'd recommend you focus on how to flow better in to new parts of a song and how to layer with instruments and which instruments are complimentary. We've all been where you are once believe me, you are definitely on the right track though! Keep it up!

PaperMikes responds:

I can certainly see what you mean about the intro. Yeah, I was also a bit unsure as to how high the volume should have been for those, so I left them as is after a while.
I will certainly focus on that! A good flow is something I've had a bit of trouble with when I tried making other songs.
Thanks! I really appreciate the review! ^^

[Back to the Start]

This song has some nice crunch to it. I found it to be a little repetitive though. I realize that is apart of some dubstep, especially in the case of where you reintroduce a portion of a song and build it up. I think in this case you could have still done that but if you modulated up, you'd get a much more fantastic sounding climax and the song would sound less repetitive. At any rate, good job!

ExordiumEDM responds:

Thanks dude! :) Next time, I'll try to not be as repetitive.

[Jarilo Forest]

I was going to initially say my only complaint is that you could have modulated the piece more, but then I realized it was a loop. This is definitely perfect N64 music. I really enjoyed the deep brass and the contrast to the wind and string. For what you were trying to accomplish you got it spot on.

Akin to the many N64 stylized music I imagined the brass as leading to something bulky, the string and wind something small, fragile. Like the contrast between Tiny and Chunky Kong.

Keep up he good work!

faresmusic responds:

Thanks for your review, Wingo! :-)

You're completely right! While writing the song I always had all kinds of forest animals in my mind, like squirrels, small birds and raccoons for the first part and clumsy or even lazy animals (like a bear just walking around enjoying his life) for the second part.

About the loop... I couldn't upload the song as a loop because the first 4 (intro-) measures are not supposed to be repeated. Still, I wanted to make sure that people recognize the song undoubtedly as a loop so I looped it myself. Do you think it's necessary to do that or should I just upload songs without repeating them myself?