Surdu's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[5 Steps of Agony]

Nice word play with title.

Once I realized it was in 5/4 everything made sense.
It's different and i like that.
my only real complaint is that there could be more variety because after a while is begins to all sound the same.

[-Into The Darkness-]

Ever listen to any Venetian Snares?

He has some similar ideas although i will admit, you're more inside the box.

I enjoyed this. My only complaints are that sometimes there's just a bit too much going on that it's overwhelming and that the ending felt abrupt.

Mrmilkcarton responds:

I've noticed that cluttered sound and I try to avoid it but sometimes I like it.

[The FL Equivilant to Doodling]

Suggestions

1st riff - not rhythmically interesting so an interesting beat would be needed to make it work.

2nd riff - harmonically the most sensical, sounds like it would belong in a trance or techno piece. It's not an extremely stereotypical progression either so it would be interesting

3rd riff - plug it into a synth instead of the piano and it may sound fairly reminiscent of old gameboy music. program a stable, comprehendable beat because the melody is so complex it needs something to glue it together.

These are just my suggestions of what i would do with those riffs. They have good potential for song material.

SessileNomad responds:

yeah the first one was suppose to e like an intro to a song i was thinking about, but i gave up and just started doodling

yeah i kinda tried to make the second one not so cliche trance sounding , i guess i hit the mark

third one was basically a bastardization of a keyboard solo by Sonata Arctica, but if i can figure out where the gameboy noises are in fl, ill give it a try

thx for review

[MeZoni TriZoni]

Catchy but not a musical breakthrough

While i feel like i've heard it a million times, it still sounds good! Somehow i know this running through my head will keep me up tonight.

GlueR responds:

Thanks for the review! I tried to be somewhat more original in the second part, where the chord progression changes drastically, but I know what you mean. What can I say? I'm a sucker for retro music!

[Blue Fields (FF8)]

Worth the work

Great sound quality. very soothing. The bongos are a nice effect. must've taken a lot of patience if you did it the way you said.

viion responds:

Lots and lots of patience lol was tempted to just duplicated and forget but wanted to have some personality in it =)