Surdu's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Beatsmurfy (Big Bass Mix) RS]

Took a while to pick up

But once the zipper-synth came in you sold me

Ragestorm responds:

hey thanks for the review, check out the other version if you like, its a tad different.

[prepare to launch in 3]

Probably better than the third song I ever made

You have a few really good ideas. The pecky synth thing and the subsequent bass line would go great together if they were in the same key.

After that though it's completely stagnant. There are 4 fundamentals of music generally. pitch, rhythm, dynamics, and timbre (tone). With a style like this, rhythm is very important so play with pitch and timbre. Find a cool chord progression, add an interesting melody. Unless you're going for the avant-garde make sure they all work together. If not, transpose to the right key, or find a friend that can. Adding filters, using layers of different synths can make a piece so much more interesting and give it so much depth. Experiment with different sounds. One of the pluses of electornic music is that we can literally create ANY timbre imaginable.

so yeah. there's my little spiel. hope it helps.

xkyorejectx responds:

i just started the other day thanks for the advice even though im not entirely sure what you said i look in to it, thanks

[Some Fuck You Shit]

Atmosphere?

You sound so much like Atmosphere. wow, I really liked it. Could definitely make it in the underground world. A natural ability for word play. keep it up.

RayRayBeats responds:

lolz, atmosphere.

[3/4 Disco]

Really enjoyed it!

very catchy and fresh. My only suggestion is to turn up the bass part or turn down melody. keep it up

CB7 responds:

Will do. ;) Thanks for the comment!

[Sarias Song Breakbeat Mix]

Agree with mr. whiteslash

Very refreshing compared to a lot of the stuff i've been seeing on newgrounds, but do quiet the drum ever so slightly. It's also great to find someone else who takes great care in panning things. It really adds great interest to the music.

kevindurante responds:

Thank you, I'll definitely lower the drums next time.

[Im sorry im not perfect]

No hard feelings

I don't know what the deal with your last song was. In any case, you should learn from any criticism and make it better it each time. The reason we, well, the reason I comment is to give constructive feedback. That's the reason we submit our audio to the audio portal besides promotion is to make it better. Our ears are biased and you've got to open your mind to that. With that said, people can be heartless, and I know how much harder it is to produce decent audio recordings with real instruments on a low budget.

With this little comeback, I would like to hear a clearer guitar, especially the lower notes. In regards to your vocals, not bad. The opening "You" confused me because it set me up for dethklok or sometihng. On the last perfect, I propose two options, keep the note stable, or make a more definite vibrato or whatever type of embellishment you were going for

cheers,
surdu

DJRevenge responds:

thank you for the critisism in an intellogent manner. The deal with my last song was that i had posted it for some intellogent feedback like you have given me thank. You of course are correct. and all i receieved on my last submission was a very immature review. I literally made that up on the spot. It took me 39 seconds to write, one sec to push play and and 38 to play it. It was an improve peace.

[We're all gonna die!]

I'm surprised.

that i found this funny. As irritating as it is on loop, I couldn't help but like all the things in the background like the whistle and cheek flapping.

cheers

sparhawk56 responds:

lol. well thank you very much. and yes, i agree. It gets quite annoying after the third or fourth time ;)

[Hubble Deep Field]

I love your ambience, it's really pretty great

boom de yahdah boom de yahdah boom de yahdah

Yeah, what everyone else said. It's got a great feel and never bores which is often the problem with ambient music.

Soundshifter responds:

haha, im glad i could mak ambient interesting for you! thanks for listening and commenting :)

[bs - Shit happens]

Thanks for lengthening it

5/5 10/10 and a favorite

feels good man

battleshield responds:

ok glad you liked it :D

[a god damn funk song]

75% Funk 25%White

It's good but it just feels like it's missing something. Go listen to some Tower of Power and i'm sure it'll come to you

ypsksfgos responds:

thanks man ill try working on it some more, see what i can do.