Gravey's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Sticky Hands]

Intersting...

The bass and acoustic don't go well together in the beginning. The intro that is. You should change something there because something doesn't sound quite right.

Now when the song kicks in it REALLY kicks ass man. I LOVE the main thought in this tune. It is really groovy, and I like da grooooooooove! ;-)

The drums are pretty bad ass. I really like what you did with them. They were lively and interesting, and never repeated so much to become boring. They were rather groooooooooovy themselves! Oh yea, just one badass groovy motherfucking tune!

5/5 and 10/10 overall. Congrats bud!

Oh, and don't you even THINK of changing this in any way! If you do, then you better upload it as a new piece. Like "Sticky Hands 2" or some shit like that. Because I'm favoriting this shit! ;-) lol

Bud, you really outdid yourself here. Great job, just a great job entirely!

-Gravey-

Theledge93 responds:

WHA, WHA? a fovorite from you? you shouldn't have! (If you fucking delete this of your favorites i will hunt you down and fucking slit your throat ;-) Thanks!

[Pessimist]

It's Alright...

Idk man, I'm about 1:00 into the song and I hear no technicality at all really. Just really plain Jane riffs that go nowhere.

I love brutal metal, but brutal metal with a point and purpose. This is just breakdown after breakdown and nothing much more to speak of. And that isn't really good, cause breakdowns are typically for little 13 year old kids who couldn't write a real riff if their lives depended on it.

Breakdowns can be effective, but god this is just way too much. It becomes very dull after about thirty seconds. It does start getting a little more complicated towards the end, but nothing really that grabs my attention.

You should write some actual riffs that are more than just two power chords played in a syncopated rhythm. That is effective for a short term effect. A section in a song, but for the whole song to be this it is just rather annoying. Sorry to say, but the guitars are just really weak.

The drums are alright, but they follow the guitars too much. Give me some thrash beats and double bass. The kick followed the guitar riffs almost through the entire song. Talk about boring. You played maybe three chords at the max in any one riff, then had the kick play the same rhythm as the guitar riff. Booooooooooooooooooooooooooriiiiiiiii iiiiiiiiiiiiiiing.

And really, you need something else to add to this. Keys, orchestration, maybe the screams of dying children in the background. Something at least. This is so transparent it is ridiculous. Sounds like a watered down form of Lamb of God, without the vocals. Only difference is their riffs are pretty complex, whereas these aren't.

1/5 and 2/10 overall. This was just too bland for me to give any real merit to.

Best of luck on future projects.

-Gravey-

HappyHomicide responds:

Meh, I dont like it either, I agree with you that it's repetative, I just basically wrote a bunch of crap and slapped it in a song a while ago. I put it up here so i could stop telling myself that I'd go back and fix it so i could. basically so i could go write things that deserve writing. this is crap i wrote a few months ago when i was still trying to figure out what I liked. I'll probabally end up using random riffs from this song so i can make a full song. However, you do sound like one of those biased Death metal nazis who only like 1 breakdown per album/ are more of a fan of the faster thrashey songs. Oh yeah, and your metal sucks.

TLDR Fuck this song and fuck you too.

[Terrae - Oblivia (Opening)]

I Like It...Wait...No...I LOVE IT!!!

This is amazing man. Simply amazing. In the beginning it is beautiful, yet dissonant and eery at the same time.

It has great percussion in it everywhere! I LOVE the percussion! Simply wonderfully written!

The harp is a very sexy and classy touch. It really gives a new level to this song, and it has such a nice effect on the listener. Maybe you should add a little reverb to it. Or make it more present if it already has reverb.

You have created a very nice and full sound. It is rich with flavor, and the ending is superb! SUPERB I tell ya!!! Wonderful ending, but it should really end. It just dies off right now, and I'm not sure I like that.

5/5 and 9/10 overall. Just give it a real ending and it becomes a 10/10 easily.

Wonderful job here.

-Gravey-

Zero123Music responds:

Thank you gravey, the harp? hmm, sorry- it's on full reverb xD

and the ending, well It's the opening to a game- which goes into the menu, soo I faaded it
thanks
>>Zero

[Gold Blooded Dragon]

Hmmm...

This is pretty interesting. It changes up a lot, which makes the listener focus on the music constantly. That is definitely a good thing.

The song is therefore pretty complicated structurally. It does not follow a real set pattern of verse-chorus-verse etc. This is something I like to see. A little ingenuity in structure.

And the different instruments you used really helped create different moods and atmospheres throughout the song. Everything meshed well together, so the mix was pretty good. I do think you could add an instrument or two in certain sections, but nothing extensive.

4/5 and 8/10 overall. Nice work here bud.

-Gravey-

Kanped responds:

Glad you liked it. I didn't want to step too far outside of the restrictions of each genre; they're all fairly basic aproximations of each different style, most of which I was fairly unfamiliar with.

Thanks.

[Alright?]

Interesting...

It has a very nifty feel to it when the "music" actually kicks in.

The intro gets to be a bit much, but it is not unbearable.

I think that this could definitely be expanded vertically. More instruments should definitely be added. You also would benefit from some harmonies. That would give the song a lot more color, and a rich, fuller sound.

I do like how you brought the "noise" back in halfway through for a section. And the it dropped back out when the one melody line kicked back in. That was actually a pretty good effect.

From your comment above it seems like you weren't really trying to come up with a masterpiece here. But I still think you could have done more with it.

2/5 and 3/10 overall. Not a bad start, but you should definitely keep working on it. I hear potential.

-Gravey-

Kanped responds:

Nah; I totally gave up on this one. I don't like the beat, or the melody. As for the noise; its alright but if you check out 'Purge' and then compare it to this... well, I know which I like better. I'm sure if you flick back a couple of years (I think this one's pretty old), you'll see a slightly chubbier version of me laughing at the dumb noises he's made. Oh, I could turn it into something good, and yeah I've made SO much worse but this is just a 'nothing' song and that's what I'm going to do with it.

[Tribunal]

I Like This One...

I just like the timbre of it so much. It is very cave-like like you said. You really captured the essence of such an atmosphere.

Musically speaking, this is about as simple as it gets. But still, I enjoyed this one a bit. Definitely a unique and cool sound. It would fit in the Mario Bros. underworld levels quite nicely. :-)

I can also see it in a few UT2k4 and UT3 maps. Yea, definitely a few UT2k4 maps.

4/5 and 8/10 overall. Nice work here bud.

-Gravey-

InvisibleObserver responds:

Musically speaking, it is pretty simple. This one was a quickie but turned out very nicely for what I had intended it to be.

Cool that you think it would fit in UT, I wouldn't have placed it in a shooter myself unless it was some sort of quiet part before lazer-warfare broke out.

Thanks for the review and kind words.

[Pspbeatthing]

Interesting...

Made on a PSP. I didn't realize there was a possibility of even doing that. Very nifty.

The sound is decent. Just straightforward DnB. Typically not a genre I enjoy at all really. But I don't want to be rude just because I don't like the genre.

I do think there is a lot of work to do on it. This needs layers, and layers, and more layers. :-P

Add some more instruments to it. And some harmonies would be great. Something of the sort anyways. Effects are always nice in this genre as well.

I really like it when you distort the kick. Very cool sound there. Very cool indeed.

3/5 and 6/10 overall. Even for a DnB song this is pretty basic. It needs layers. That would definitely boost it's score.

-Gravey-

mcsurge45 responds:

you have to remember that i made it on a PSP though
I dont know how to use it very well
Thanks for the review anyway

[UNKN0WN]

Awwwwwww...

I'm jealous. You were able to record yourself. If only I could do that. I've been playing since I was three, and I've never had the opportunity to record myself on a real grand piano. I am green with envy right now sir to say the least.

This is a beautiful song. It flows very well, and is very well written structurally. I really like the higher chords around 1:30. Very nice sound there man.

This is beautiful, simply beautiful.

5/5 and 10/10 overall. Love it, just simply love it.

-Gravey-

mcsurge45 responds:

Thank You
I didn't know you played the piano
I played since i was like six
I didn't record myself on a "real grand piano" though.
It was electric
Thanks for the review

[Troops Assemble!]

Very Cool...

This has a very majestic feel to it. I feel like I should see a king with his most prestigious knights emerge from behind castle walls to fight off some evil monstrous horde.

You really captured the essence of a battle/wartime theme in this little tune.

The brass is simply epic. I like what you did with them. And the percussion really pushes it along as well. Although, I think there could me more percussion instruments, and variation in that section as well.

Overall you did very well here. I like this a lot. It should be longer though. Much longer. :-P

4/5 and 7/10 overall. Nice work bud.

Best of luck on future projects man.

-Gravey-

Tombor911 responds:

Hey thanks for the review! Yeah I have changed many things about this song...not the length unfortunately...but maybe someday I will re-upload it.
Check out my other pieces! =)
-T0M-

[Vaudeville Circus]

YES!!!

First off, I'm so glad you changed the name!!! YAYNESS!!!

Now for the review of the song...

I squealed sir. Squealed like a little school girl who just saw a mouse when I first hear this. Where did you get the sound of the guy walking over and turning on the old record player? I mean that is above and beyond what I even mentioned.

Dude, for real. This is seriously in consideration for knocking Into The Cold out of the "My favorite song on Newgrounds" throne. Because the imagery is so strong, which is why I hold Into The Cold in so high regard. This definitely has the same effect in a completely different way.

First off, the opening makes me wanna jump up and down giddy in glee. I LOVE IT!

As for the song, the structure is superb. Everything fits so well together in every way. The song builds and dies appropriately, and has nice crescendos throughout. And the transitions are not even noticeable. It feels like the song just rides along this track that has no transitions. Just meandering along.

I love the different sounds you got on the instruments man. Just wow. That lead around the 2:30 mark literally sounds like it is screaming. And it gave me chills, and also made me check my pants. I thought I pooped a little the first time I heard it. Yea, fucking AMAZING effect there.

When I hear this, I see a circus. Or rather an old vaudeville style movie based around a circus. It is in black and white, and you see all the visual pops, cracks, and holes in the film back when the technology wasn't that great.

There are elephants on giants balls doing a balancing act. I see a lady on a high wire in front of a crowd, but she is not smiling. She seems slightly evil. Everything in this song seems slightly evil. The animals, people, the whole circus has a dark and demented atmosphere.

There is a bearded lady jumping up on people from behind, scaring them and mocking them profusely. I feel the same atmosphere as the one created in The Nightmare Before Christmas. Although, I don't see cartoon characters, but rather real people in my head. So it creates and even darker and slightly edgier type of feeling. Because these are real people, and that always creates more tension.

This song is amazing in the imagery it creates. Just amazing.

5/5 and 10/10 overall.

This has been favorited!

-Gravey-

Aeris responds:

Sweet, i'm quite proud of this as well lol x3 it sure was fun making.

As for the footsteps, I recorded that from my kitchen, the record noise was off of google.

I love that screaming noise! haha yay violins!

We can do some pretty badass stuff too >3 we're not all vivaldi and beethoven x3 Guitars are way overused in modern music. In my opinion at least.