Erkie's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Final Fantasy 3: Narshe (2:47)]

The right idea.

Like most other comments, it was muffled, but it was also well crafted.

The psychedelic guitar was a bit sharper and sounded a little out of place.

Otherwise, nice pace and it could suck someone in completely.

WinTang responds:

Thanks, glad you liked it sorta.
Not sure what you mean with the psychedelic guitar, was it the slide part? Or the lead, that did a little solo at the end?

[The Nasty Nice Fairy]

Excellent

The buildup to the stabs is well devised in carrying out a mood, sort like the prerequisite: "Hey, we're chilling out because this is about to happen".

The stabs themselves are pretty simple, and the melody is something that must've taken you a while, but the way they are carried out is like a early and lost song to Jega or U-Ziq. They did a lot of this stuff.

The drum patterns are excellent and relentless, complimenting the melody and it's stabbiness. If you notice that whenever someone engineers breakcore or attempts to splice drums, they often hold no rhythm, they just splice randomly and come along patterns they like, which doesn't seem to be the case here: intentional insanity.

My only criticism is that you went off on a tangent of wackiness toward the end, for the sake of sound insane. Which is understandable, but the song you had the beginning had the perfect theme; the melonchaly of an emotional song and the speed of a screamo, if you had elaborated on that you would've blown people away.

Anyways, you're my favorite Pedro among Mancuso's, keep it up, I'm listening.

snoballandthmonyshot responds:

yo, thx for the review.
never heard of jega or u-ziq, will have to check them out. as for going off on a tangent, well i do get carried away a bit sometimes. i like tracks that seemingly have no traditional structure, it keeps me interested but i know this doesn't always work too well when i try it:) (not that thats gonna stop me lol)
yep,
;ped

[-=LJC=- Blitz]

Awesome.

Wow, I've been too much of an inactive idiot not to review this.

I could tell right away how you patterned the beats and some idea how you made them, and it's very intricate and well placed, you probably put a lot of time in constructive and cropping them

Modest and simple plucks that form a flowy atmosphere,

A lot of people said it was short, I think it would've sounded amazing with some powerful bass blasts and more touch ups on the atmosphere.

But apart from that, it's awesome.

LJCoffee responds:

Holy crap-nuggets! - It's January 2007 and I never noticed, until now, that I left your comments unresponded!

I'm really sorry about that - I guess It slipped by.

Damn I wish that there were an easy way to tell when a track had a new review.

Pleeeeease forgive meeeeee!!!

[> Donder 'n' Bliksem [Full?] <]

Nice.

The intro is quite awesome, it's startling, not much I would suggest in changing there. But if you notice, when the drums come in at :12 seconds, the background has a slight bass, it sounds like an organ, which is very atmospheric, I would recommend elaborating on it's warmth.

Let's detail those wicked drums, get down and dirty with those symbols, I can tell you tried to create variation, but because there are so many symbols, you might want to deconstruct the percussional symbols and leave the snare, the bass, and maybe a few slams. You can also jump up the bass on those bass beats, but don't use them liberally though, that's what'd suck the life out of the drums.

Nice FX, it just doesn't seem to last much, try putting in more spacing, like putting a few echoed snaps, then stop the drums and let the melodies introduce themselves, then bring the drums full on.

That's all I can come up with.

Distortzion responds:

Thnx for the rev!

There's only one problem: I lost the file :( My computer has been emptied a time ago and now a lot of shit is gone.I would work on it, but I can't :(

[Eternal Passage (Final?)]

Excellent.

I haven't reviewed anyones audio in years.

Typical instrumental, chunky, disturbing piece, which seems quite underrated as it is.

I noticed you utilized the Organ in this one quite well, as it goes along in segments it carries its theme nicely.

All in all it went from sounding like a Danny Elfman opening to something that belonged in 28 Days Later by John Murphy.

The mastering is quite well, but the Violin/Cello sounds aren't that loud at :50, which really gives the song it's touch. The chunky beats weren't that clear, or loud, and didn't seem to vary that much, but the concept is impressive.

Good luck to you.

LaymanLove responds:

Thanks for a great review Erkie. I'll definitely have another listen at :50. I have since turned the drums up, but I question whether they are a positive influence on the song or not...oh well.

[Remission_Warder]

You bastard.

Are you intentionally after my heart with these beat mixing skills?

I think the beat should've been as clear as the tabla, but you seem to have it a more bassier scale, which I cant tell if it's a good thing or a bad. I think it meshes well, but not so much with the beats.

You're not afraid of those melodies either, you really mess with them, which is another welcome addition, I just don't think you brought them out as much as you should've.

Overall, this is impressive, and I think I might have to verse you. Just let me know if you're up to it.

LJCoffee responds:

Ha.. Thanks - I always like reading your reviews - I guess I do tend to make some mistakes here and there while playing with the levels - I usually go too soft on certain parts - you're gonna verse me huh? OK - I'll bite - drop me a line sometime...

Thanks again - I really appreciate it!

[§Zeth§ Redemption of the beast]

Zethster gains ground.

It seemed more like a bridge, or sequence, because it never climaxed, it makes for an excellent loop and resemebles the structure of a final fantasy battle song, although I've never play much of it.

The percussion and beats were bass heavy and took chunks out of the orchestra whenever they slammed.

The guitars were a nice rugged touch, but in some instances, if I found myself concentrating on it, the pattern on it would take out the originality of the orchestra and add in repetitivity. It would be nice if died out altogether a minute in.

It was pretty short, I don't think the end did it much justice, but altogether, excluding the beats, it was pretty smooth.

You're not like a lot of composers, you know what you're doing, if you worked on the formula you'd have something everybody would be steering for in their project. Let me know if anything else comes out.

XGM-Zeth responds:

This was just something i had to do, as it was in my head for ages, without me being able to do something about it.
after a while though, i came to the conclusion that i should mix it with some "metal" traits and it appeared like it did.

I still think the piece is done though, even though its short.
The piece wasnt meant to be a full-scale song so it became what it did. :)

Thanks for reveiw

PS:For that final compliment, i thank you alot :)

-Zeth-

[Soul Searching]

Niice.

It seemed a bit smothered, too short even, but it was smooth, nice chilling tune. You nailed the bass too, and the drums were just right.

You know your stuff.

Cpt-Nemo responds:

Thanks, I'm glad you enjoyed it! ^_^

[Pirates and Ninjas]

Like looking into an unknown abyss.

It was a bit disorienting at first, but then that beat kicked in and everything organized, it was a bit simplistic, but it fit very well. Awesome beat I might add, it's like a snare-clap mixture that's been tapped just right.

I like the echoing elements, the percussion, and just about everything else, you could just sit and chill. Its definitely something I could listen to while I think.

I'm gonna save this one.

JonH2O responds:

I really appreciate all of the things you liked about it, it means alot. Especially comming from a dude that makes really crazy music. I, personally think I made it drag on too long...and I should have taken out those stupid clapping hands around the very ending...But eh, whatever...I have plenty of time to make it better.

Thanks again for the review...Twisted Lunchbox was cool.

-Jon