MaestroRage's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[**_Chaos_**]

Sweeeet

So I came to hit you, and I brought RAZORS FOR ALL!!

I don't think I have to tell you your drums are too loud, that hath been said ample times, so lets just let that pass.

Now I have a neighbor who's into Swedish Death Metal, and thanks to him i've been hearing many a riff, and many... many a metal song. I used to think Heavy Metal was something you can't understand, only something you're supposed to feel (and I don't mean the vibrations from the beastly guitars), but with time I realized different.

Your riff's are pretty damn interesting, my neighbor agreed with me, and he also didn't fail to point out "see, THIS is why you failed 0.75!"

>:'(

In any case it was an enjoyable track, with some better mastering, this is teh great song! I 5 bomb you my good sir.

DarKsidE555 responds:

Oh teh noez! Not a 5 bomb, anything but that. >:'(

I have to prepare some rofl bombs them. I hope the last one I thrown at you made you rofl...or something. >: (

LolZ, good job on bringing out "teh score" again. Your neighbor knows better. ;) Anyways, thanks for the review and for the vote Maestro. ^^

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Still Emo! >: (

[Yumbo-Yak~A Yak's Nursry Rhyme]

Neat

Heh, Mother Goose in some baggy pants, with a gangster jacket XD. I love the imagery.

I really liked the beat, repetitive, but it's definately useful. Neat percussional works, definately something that kept me listening for a while.

The ending was wierd man O_o. With the massive piano ADD symptons! Oh well, great song none the less, keep them coming Yumbo! Sorry for delay man, it's been a hectic month.

Yumbo-Yak responds:

Great to hear from u, I've been so busy i've no time for my fans recently...This is gonna sound stupid, but what is a sympton? I've never heard of that, but n-e way thanx for stopping by, u know, leavin a review and what not, i love the imagery too, i didn't think of it that way, but i love it, I won't be posting songs as often a before, but on occasion, there will be additions to my music library, thanx and c u when i c u.

[Chasse Dark]

Neat

A rather large improvement from Test 6 I can tell you that much! This is actually a song :P. No offense, but really do you really have to post up these tests? It may turn people away from finding the real songs on the page. I can understand you need to experiment to learn, heck I learned everything through trial and error myself, but be wary of that.

The song flows well and the ripping bass synths in the background at the start, really carries out it's job. Makes for a great chase feel. I see you have also discovered the echo effect? I love that effect ^^, not as much as I love reverb though, not that you could use that much here, as reverb makes for great use on percussional works, but still, I love it more.

All in all, it WAS a rather enjoyable song, so good for you! Keep them coming, I hear some good potential and talent in this song. I'd like to hear you a few months down the line, see what you are capable of! I'd also like to invite you to listen to my music sometime, thank you in advance!

Druids-Warcry responds:

Wow thanks man, I love it when i can make a fan, =) it makes me feel all good in side yah know. and mybe i shouldent send in all the tests but hay its to show you what one idea can fourm in to another one.

[Golden Sun Remix - M4ster]

Awesome!

G-Rave!!? I KNEW it! Only you seem to carry out the "phat" aspects of a song so well!

Damn man, I thought you were gone forever! It feels good to know you're still up and kicking! Why did your account get deleted?!

Anyways, this song, again, the synths are just damn fine! You really have to teach me how you use with what you use one day, I could learn a great deal from you.

The song does end a tad abruptly though :(. And too soon >:(.

It's very driving, and I feel an improvement from the original.

I think you really have improved a great deal with mastering and equalizing. I remember when I listened to some of your older works, my earphones would distort from the overpowering bass, but now it's just perfect.

Here's another 5 bomb for you man! You deserve it! Keep them coming.

m4ster responds:

Thanks man.. I kinda just submit for fun now. Keep checkin back tho ill put some new stuff ip ;)

[The Sacred Forest - M4ster]

Impressive!

Yes!!! YES!!!

What an awesome track! I wasn't expecting this at all!

The synths, the pads, everything just compliments the other so well! The blend of synths you chose is what really impressed me here, they are very very good at working with each other, the low end of the song was also handled pretty damn well.

The sudden tempo change wasn't really something i'd consider, I find it kinda ruins the flow of the song, just picks up without any warning or buildup, which I think would be necessary for such an action, of course I don't make as many songs like this as I should, so I can't hold that against you ;).

The beating bass kick, the percussional works, those too were damn fine! The melody was very catchy, and well handled.

Really, i'm glad I found this song, definately worth a download. Keep them coming m4ster, again, impressive work! I'd like you to check out my music sometime, thank you in advance.

m4ster responds:

Yeah I think the speedup was a bit much too... sounded cool when I made it lol. I've gotten alot better this is still old stuff. Wait till I submit a new one ;]

[speed dry]

Neat

A neat idea Slipknot101, the cruel, hard synths really do lay an effective mood, however the presentation of the feel can use some work.

Have you considered reverbing your percussional works? I seem to be recommending this to every song I hear, but really it helps. You're using Fruity Studio's like me so I can help you out better. Press f9 to bring up the mixer window, this window handles the effects of your instruments. Now go to one of the down pointing arrows in that box, click, and click on Reverb. Preset 3 is usually what I use for percussional aspects, try it out for yourself, you may like it.

Also I feel the song should have a pad in the background, to fill up the empty space I'm hearing.

The throbbing bass... now that I felt was bloody effective! Really I felt that aspect was nicely done!

Anyways, good effort, keep them coming, you'll get better with time! I'd also like to invite you to check out some of my works sometime, I use reverb like nuts in all of them, so you will see what I mean by their usefulness. Thank you in advance.

squeezy responds:

thanks for the critique
sorry i took so long to respond
its was my first song working with fruity loops
theres so many different features that i still have no clue to use
and thanks for the tip
im gonna start workin on somm newer music in the near future

[mellow~~]

Neat

Hello darkskoot.

Hmm, I don't know man, I really feel the heavy guitar in this song is misplaced, everything else is so mellow, so laid back (and and quite freaky sounding later on), but the rough edge of that guitar just didn't compliment it that well at all. Perhaps if the guitar had less power to it. I would actually expect an acoustic guitar.

Still the idea IS quite neat, my one other qualm would be the volume of the guitar, whenever it comes around, the rest of the song just kinda goes away. The idea is good darkskoot, I feel it is just the presentation of those ideas that need work.

Have you considered adding reverb to the percussional instruments, I think a well reverbed percussion works well with the surreal kind of feel I get off this song.

The ending where the synths were playing a more horror oriented theme, that is where the guitar did some work, rather then work against the song.

Keep them coming darkskoot, good work. I'd like to invite you to listen to a piece of mine sometime, thank you in advance.

darkskoot responds:

wow thanks alot for this indepth reveiw i will defenetly take this advice into mind. i will check out your work soon.

[Another One Of Those Stories]

Neat

The song is pretty good, no doubt it is well performed, but it is badly recorded.

The guitars are very very unbalanced, there is no equalization, right now its very rough on the ears, and there is a great deal of distortion (not guitar distorter, song distorter), with guitar volumes dropping and raising at what seems like random intervals.

I realize mastering electric guitars of any kind is hell, but what were you guys thinking, playing 3 at once X_x.

When you export your song, try using Audacity or another program similar and use the Soft Clipper effect, to blur the distortion out, and keep the guitars from scratching at ear drums.

Other then that, again the song is great, the presentation needs work. So i'm dropping a 5, but please next time, put more time into mastering/equalizing.

Outsider-Animation responds:

Well, we have two guitars and a bass. The drums was just a drum machine we used. We actually recorded the guitars individualy onto a computer and just put them together. I guess that is the problem.

Thanks for the help man. We'll try it! :)

[(_RGH_) In The Woods (Ref]

Sweet

Hello RGH.

This song reminds me of the sewer scene in FF8, not scenery wise of course, but melody wise, a constant lost feel, in a labrynth, trying to run this way and that, and just finding more paths, and more walls (or in this case, trees).

The constant piano progression paints this image well, the owl hoot, wind and woodpecker sounds of course enforced this image.

The blend of instruments was a good blend too, organ eh... now there's an interesting notion. A dark lost, a mindless wandering kind of feel.

I wonder if perhaps using the piano and harpischord together would have furthar enhanced your image. Everything is laid back, and of course this is an appropriate means to convey the image.

I would have liked to hear a deeper, louder cello, I think it would have really added another layer. Anyways this song gets my 5. I would like to invite you to listen to a piece from my page RGH, I would like your opinion on them.

Keep them coming RGH! Awesome stuff.

RyeGuyHead responds:

Thanks maestro...
A harpsichord! Brilliant!