WavyGravy's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[K&K - High Seas]

Look out world! Edgen is on the high seas.

I love the dramtic feel of this piece. The title fits the mood intensively well. The drums and brass provides that grand fanfare that just screams out "Epic!". Ha, like all trailers, it builds increasely and ends dramticly. There is no doubt of the professional level all your songs possess and I applaud you on your skills. Your an inspiration to many.

[Shit In My Pants]

Shit in my pants?!

Very groovy. You got to have some balls to sing about "shit in my pants" haha.

The beats and rthyem sounds excellent. The bass seems to overshadow the lyric, perhaps toning it down a bit? (If we had the option to resubmit,ha)

At 00:36, that crackling noise really nerves me, almost like a bad stream.

Overal, very catchy tune with some great beats, and hilarious lyrics.

Laiderdaiv responds:

I think the Village people have more balls than me. Have you seen any of their old music videos? Ahaha, their crazy.

Thanks for listening to the song. I agree with you totally on the things you pointed out. I've made it sound a little better. I made the vocals a bit louder and also panned them a little so you can distuinguish the lyrics. I also took out that annoying screeching.

[Troubled (3min42sec)]

Riddled Techtonics.

Pretty nutz. I like the appredigos but I can't distinguish a solid lead. That Voice lead works great and the bassline and drumkit sounds pretty smooth. Good stuff, might need some more variety.

AdmiralConquistador responds:

A solid lead is pretty much there after about a minute in. However, glad you liked the arpegios and other stuff, thanks for the review and listen

-ac-

[Ocean Melody]

Solid lead and drum.

Those synths are pretty damm impressive. I hear the variety of electronica including synth leads, pads, drums, and those secondary leads. The melody can be easily distinguishable and sounds great! The drum, cymbal, etc is right on as well.

The only thing that didn't appease me was the intro. I was expecting a gradual intro but it works. I can almost hear that ending tune being used also for the intro, that sounded great. Nice job!

[Distant Dreams- OMEGA]

Solid beats and instruments.

Hey, this song is pretty neat. The use of instruments sounds good and I really dig your use of the drum patterns, but I don't see much variety for the synth lead. The sound quality is excellent and those heavy bass seems to really protrude at certain points such as at 2:41. I almost feel that the intro should fade in with this type of ambient intro.

Nicely done, just needs a bit more variety.

-BR

Kilkila responds:

Thanks for your review, BahamutReborn! I definitely hear what your saying about the synth variety. That was actually intentional on my part- this song was an experiment with minimalism and circular patterns in trance (inspired by symphonic composer Philip Glass, whose works include the soundtrack to "The Others". Seriously good stuff!). However, I'm always open to new ideas and styles, so I might try something different next time! See ya!

[Mind Massage]

Grooving beats..

I'm diggint it! The drums are easy to listen to and the techtonics make it chill. This song will work wonders for futuristic/menu music for flash artist.

I'm just amazed at what synth's can do. Definitely another great side of music.

ShinDenjin responds:

I know... ain't it lovely? haha
thanks^_^

[FFX Piano Medley]

Wonderful Remake.

Loved it. This is indeed a great remix of the FFX Melodies. The Beginning theme sounded very similiar to nobuo uematsu's version til the theme changed unexpectactly (Very nice). But, the Loud Slamming of the Piano voice was very abrupt to began with if you ask me. It should be more gradual but then after this theme the music becomes very very soft. The Composition is great but the volume.. well, haha. Nicely played and a great way to finish the melody off. :-)

Bezo responds:

Heh, thanks. The piano is, despite it's depth of tone a very percussive instrument and I often use it as such. It doesn't help that I'm a huge fan of sudden and drastic dynamic changes. ;) I'm the type of composer/arranger who will dramatically crescendo to fortissimo than immediately drop to pianissimo. Or diminuendo to pp and start the next measure in ff. It's a little jarring, but it's supposed to be.

[Guitar Vs. Piano]

An enticing duel.

Incredible piece that invokes conflict. I really the choice of notes and instruments, there definitely is a some sort of duel or duet for that manner. The only thing I can say would be the variation of the musical notes. It would seem the variation of note beats are limited to 8th and quater notes, still it was incredible.

Goukisan responds:

Hey thanks for the review, you're right there are only 8th notes throughout most of this piece, I like the style that you can achieve using quick and varying notes. With all the video games ive played (castlevania is a big influence) and all the old Metal bands i like, this has become my style, and the kind of music i like.

[Amentia]

Very Smooth.

I love it. The choice of instruments are exceptional and really flows well. Perfect for a fantasy RPG music if you ask me, (well for the Snes ;-) )

NG definitely needs to implenant a Favorite Audio Artist menu, and Audio Reviews, I'm really liking your stuff!

AaronR responds:

Thanks for the great comments. Coming from you it's a nice ego boost heh. I was definatly going for the rpg style when I made this. And yeah, they really need to do more with the audio portal. A favorite artist menu would be nice. Anyway thanks for the awesome review, I'll be sure to keep a look out for some of your newer tracks.