Viperodriguez's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Unheard Of v.2]

Pretty good

The first thing that struck me is the bass. If someone was to play that line I think the poor guy might get a cramp. I think you should rearrange the notes on the piano as some parts are too low to register a good pitch for chords. Another thing you might want to look into is harmony, you have to look at the rules you set for song with your chord progressions and try to fallow them to have good intonation. Unless of course you want that kind of tone conflict. It's good, I like the structure. But I think it could improve if you adjust the pitch of the piano toward the beginning and tweak the toning and harmony toward the latter half of the song. Pretty nice work and thanks for sharing.

Kuebic responds:

Thank You for leaving a comment (no one ever does) and I appreciate comments. Your input is really helpful and I thank you for the time put into making this helpful comment. I'll try to follow these guidelines in my later musics. Thank You Once Again!!

[Lost In Thought (jazz)]

Really nice

I love it. Some parts sound like a lot of the sruff you can find in today's R&B music. The drums where a nice touch and really helped to define the songs. As for titles some things that come to mind are "The Day She Left", "Lost in a Park", "Raining in the City", "Pouring Love". Just some random ideas I hope will help you out. The tune is distinctly sad. So you might want to go for a bluesy title. Really nice tune. Wonderful work and thanks for sharing.

Tamadrum responds:

Thanks man... I particulary like "Lost in a Park" I'll keep it in mind.

[Last Day of Term]

Lovely

It reminds me of the Canon. I love how the instruments cue in, gives it a nice texture. I also like the flourish at the end. The into sounds like a clock ticking, like your mere minutes away for the class to end. The wood blocks and clarinet make it sound like a German tune. All in all a very lovely piece. Nice work and thinks for sharing.

[Jungle Bed]

Very interesting

This reminds of War's stuff from the 70s. I like how you blended together the analog sounds with the synthetic. If the world could some how live with nature and technology in harmony I'd imagine the music would sound like this. Makes me picture jungle terrains with metal houses in the trees. There's a lot of middle eastern and african instruments and I admire how you found a way to arrange them together. If only our society can be as culturally harmonizing as this tune. Very nice work and thanks for sharing.

Soundshifter responds:

this have to be the most beautiful analysis of any song song i've ever heard. thank you sir. i can tell you have a warm heart just by that review. rhank you very much, peace.

[DKC2 - Forever Enchanted]

Another slam dunk

I will say that I like Too Enchanted more, but this is still good. My favorite part on this track is the intro, very orchestral sounding. My only hang up is around minute 2 when every thing drops out and bass is playing, it's too low. On the first listen I thought all the melodics dropped out completely and you were trying to do a mid drum cadence that didn't feel like it belonged there, maybe raise the bass octave or add a cello or bassoon to help the transition. Nice to hear you working on you endings as well. I just want to also add about your voice selections, I think you know that you found something that works and I just want to support/defend that if anyone comments about you using the same voices in all your songs. I think that these instrument choices are your sound but at the same time don't be reticent to experiment with the voices.

I think your covers of "Forest Interlude" sort of chronicle your understanding and mastery of instrumental arrangement. Your first submission "Enchantment" was, I think, done very well. "Even More Enchanted" I think didn't do too well, however I feel it laid the groundwork for "Too Enchanted". I think this submission made up for the second cover, in that this one sounds way more orchestral. I just want to say that it's really cool listening to your covers and songs because your audio page is a good representation of your evolution as an arranger. My hope is that when you do these covers you take notice to the patterns and structure that make these songs so interesting and use them as inspiration and apply them to make your own original song. I really think you have it in you to make something really cool and original. I think you do really good stuff. Keep it up and thanks for sharing.

Thomas responds:

Thank you for your support on all my work,it makes me feel good.

Yeah,that bass cut off point was kind of hard to do...the second note played drops to a point where it's almost completely gone.I couldn't figure out a good way to fix it without ruining the song :\

But yeah,thanks for your input.I am working on a few more song currently,including a few originals...just keep a watch for them.

[Tetrisized]

Neat

This song was originally Korobeiniki composed by Nikolay Alexeyevich Nekrasov. I have the sheet music for this song. Seeing as how it's traditional Russian dance song, would you perhaps be interested in doing a modern dance version of it? Good job and thanks for sharing.

[DKC - Ice Ballad]

Pretty good

Great job on the ending. I can hear that you found an instrumental formula that works well with your covers. Again, a very great track I really like the introduction. Pretty good and thanks for sharing.

Thomas responds:

Yeah,I really like my orchestral set,drums,and guitar.

All of my submissions are generally the same like that...

[Wisp (demo)]

Here are my thoughts

As the track stands now, the intro and the rest of it don't transition well. I actually like the intro way more than the rest of the track, I think it's really interesting. The simple solution would be to cut the intro, but if you want to challenge your self and make something really interesting than you could try to make both parts fit together. However, should you choose to cut the opening, then I would really like to hear you develop that intro into a full track, I think that part has the most personality. I hope my comments have helped in some way. Good luck with your song and thanks for sharing.

Branches responds:

Thank you alot = )
I will probably just make two songs: a upbeat song and a more suttle one with the begginning
thx agian

[DKC2 - Cold Adventure]

Very atmopheric

I think you did a really good job capturing the spirit of playfulness while at the same time making something that is very dramatic. One thing, however, I think you should work on is your endings, this one ended in mid-phrase. It might have been a good thing to fade this out or if you wanted to make it loop than the song should come down to a calmness with which it started so that it flows into the introduction. I think you should give this tune one more try before you declare your self finished with it. It's almost there. Really nice work and thanks for sharing.

[No More Retreat [MIDI Ver.]]

Really nice

This acctually sounds pretty good in MIDI. It reminds me of the chase motif from the first Terminator movie. But beware, you should take into account that somethings don't really translate well on different mediums. An example would be the Terminator 3 orchestrated version of the theme, it just sounded horrible and did'nt tern out to be a good thing at all. However, I still would like to hear how you can update without decreasing it's charm because this really great.

Snyper5527 responds:

Believe it or not, it sounds a HELL of alot better in the program. I really hate this version in midi, but hey, it works. Thanks for the review, glad you liked it.