Evil-Dog's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Tranquility]

NAC Judging

Sounds great, kudos for the actual instrumentations. Love the natural sound of it all. Great mix too! I'll let the fact that you didn't make it for the contest slide. I don't see how I can judge a contest song when it's not made for the contest. Cool song.

Valtanen responds:

Thanks. :)

[Mother]

NAC Judging

The intro is amazing, really touching, but then you brought in a really craptacular saxophone (?) sample that really turned me off. Still a cool composition. I can feel it.

Troisnyx responds:

That wasn't a sax, that was an oboe! D: Even HFX got that wrong!
Still, I'm glad you liked it!

[-YRX- Mama]

NAC Judging

Right from the start, I don't really like the piano sample you used, it's a bit weak. Then the percussion is way too loud and dry. Without a story in the description, it's hard to know what the song is about. And since I can't really imagine how it relates to a mom's adventure it's a bit off the mark for the contest. It's not a bad song though so you don't lose to many points.

YouriX responds:

Sorry i couldnt come up with a description. I thought this song could work well in the title screen or something. Either way i did the best i could do. Thanks for the pro tips though ;)

[Avenge of the Fallen]

NAC Judging

I can feel the epicness of your mom raising you. Sounds pretty good, samples are not too bad. It's a nice soundtrack to your mom.

ALECXACE responds:

thank you!

[-Epitaph-]

NAC Judging
The piano composition was pretty cool although the samples were pretty weak. The singing didn't do it for me, it was too loud for the rest of the music, if you had mixed your tracks better, the vocals could have blended a lot better with the music yet still sound clearly. I liked the use of the hapsicord (right?) but it made the song convey more evil than despery. The lyrics were a bit trite too haha great composition still!

ChronoNomad responds:

Thanks, Evil-Dog! I appreciate the honest criticism. Admittedly, mixing vocals is not my strong suit...yet. As in all things, practice makes perfect. The lyrics were primarily an afterthought to the instrumentals in this case, and the overall triteness cannot be denied. Then again, this was a NAC where emo goes to die, so they felt appropriate for the whole "my life sucks, so I might as well die" mentality. Heh.

[Aftermath]

NAC Judging
This is very interesting! It suffers from a minor problem on the mixing part, saturated in parts. But I loved the fact that it was soundscape for a while. It was a daring approach for the contest and a pretty fitting one. I loved the feeling it gave although I must say some pads were really overpowering which distracted me from enjoying the effect. I wasn't sure I liked where it went around 2:45 but yeah, other than the saturated mix it's a really nice approach for the theme's contest.

[Rain Pours On Clouds Too]

NAC Judging
Right from the start, it's obvious you suffer from having a crappy piano sample and you don't make any use of the velocity that adds realism to a piano track. This sounds more creepy than anything else. And what the hell happens at 1:29...whaaaaaa...that didn't for me at all haha nice try though.

Gobblemeister responds:

Rapefunk is something you feel dog, you gotta feel it.

[So Cold]

NAC Judging
Love the soundscape in the intro! And then when the music starts, it's really well produced and dark and odd. Doesn't quite sound like Despery though. More like melancholy, close enough I guess! This is a really song, cool but weird vocals, the drum sounded splendid, the piano added a lot and there were lots of additional sounds that added a great layer of cake to the song. Really good. Yeah the only point you lose is not conveying that much despair or misery.

newhansen responds:

Thx for the review!

[I'm Emo.]

NAC Judging
Nah that didn't work at all for me. A contest about despair and misery really doesn't mean a grungy song about emos. Still a cool song, I like the harmonics in the vocals, the bass is great but it's a shame the guitar was so badly recorded. And no drums? nice try :)

SonicWombat responds:

I appreciate the review.
I'll definitely have to find a way to record my electric more efficiently.

[Alone - HABON]

NAC Judging
When the song started with the cello, I was like...alright this is gonna be awesome haha but then the power piano came in and kinda ruined it for me, a cello can bring such darkness and sadness. It's a pretty cool rock/goth/whatever composition. Around 1:30, it's really awesome, seems like you could have found better drum sounds, piano sounds, etc. They sound a bit cheap compared to the rest of the stuff. Guitars and voice is genuine so, kudos there. I did like the song, sounded pretty dark. It's just a bit inconsistent in term of quality, mixing and stuff...haha