logicofdeath's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pavane ROCKUP]

Pretty average

The melody is pretty average, drums are nice. You could've done more with a rhythm part, the lack of one makes the song seem really one dimensional. I also don't really like the guitar, sounds like slayer. Also, you have all the instrument parts lined up with each other, you could've added some more variety in mixing up their timing a bit more, so they arn't all on the same beat. Hope this helps some.

ToxicTom responds:

it is plucked not slayer

[October Massacre]

Sorry to upset your streak of 10s

I do like this song, I especially like the way you experiment and create really eclectic songs. Your variety in instrumentaion is also cool, especially how you manage to still have them all mesh well. It also loops amazingly well, not sure if that was intentional or not. The saxaphone seems a little piercing and kind of stops the song's momentum. Also, a more active bass line might've been good. I really like it overall, it'll probably end up on my ipod eventually. I enjoy your music.

merlin responds:

I'm not at all upset to have the streak of 10's broken. I'm starting to rethink a few parts of this song, and after reading all of the reviews so far, I'm thinking it's a consensus that the saxaphone isn't working too well... Hopefully I can get that changed here pretty soon, unfortunately I'm entirely busy today and most of tomorrow, but I'll try to make time for it.

I'll send you a PM if and when I change it!

Regards,
merlin

[Freedom Happiness and Sunsets]

Enjoyable

I like this piece. It could almost be ambient, there never really seems to be a really strong melody line, not that its a bad thing, just something to be aware of. You can decide how much you want your songs to be melody driven, the lack of a strong one, however, causes people's minds to wander a bit. 8 minutes is a little long for a dance track, but you did do a good job of keeping it from being too repetitive. I also liked your instrumentation, the only one I didn't like to much was the thing that came in at around 7:20, too much bouncing around for me. Good job.

Lemphek responds:

Hey, I appreciate your feedback. The sound that comes in around 7:20 was a gated string sound I chopped up with Dover's Trance Gate.

I'm a pretty ambient kinda guy, so that's where the lack of a defined melody other than the harp came in...as for the song's length, it's debatable as to whether it could stand up the same in a reduced form, but I'll see what I can do fo you ;)

[flaming town]

This is not trance

This definitely belongs in the classical section, not trance. I still kinda like it though. That stuff after 2:00 didn't fit, but the rest of it flowed pretty well. Maybe put some more vibrato on the instruments, especially that violin at :52. That brass at 1:10~1:16 doesn't really fit either. Maybe if you had it through the whole song it wouldve fit more. It does get a good feel across, sounds more like the aftermath of town burning down, rather than in the middle of a town burning down to me though. Keep it up, I might have to check out some of your other stuff.

pantter1 responds:

yha i was seeing that but im useing very crappy audi software ejay 2 yha thats right
ejay 2 and i dont any good software i could priate for

[Skip-o-matic]

Didn't like it much

Even though I didn't like it much, I'm going to offer you some advice on how to improve it. I see you were trying to get a kind of fast paced feel with the drums, but you shouldve upped the bpm a bit more, the fast drums at this slower tempo just makes it sound messy. The piano sounds really dull, maybe some reverb or something. Also, I like that you tried to put some variety in with stuff such as the part at 1:45~1:50, put I didn't like the way you went about it. Maybe you could change the melody line or add more instruments. Good effort though, sorry to tear your song apart.

Lazermonkey93 responds:

lol you good man. i was just messin around. this isnt really my line of music. i do more of hip-hop

[Life of a Cloud]

Pretty cool

I can really tell you know alot about music theory from this. The chord progessions were nice, and I liked how you had the string parts in the beginning, but when the strings went down to playing half notes and whole notes it didn't feel like there was very much going on. Usually when I see people try to make classical tracks, they bring in too many elements from other genres, but from this, you definitely seem to know what you are doing. I enjoyed it, and found it rather relaxing.

Shinrog responds:

your review made me laught! (yes, LAUGH)
I know NOTHING about music theory, and never had any lessons as a matter of fact.
Just tried to make it the best I can with what I've got.
Note that mostly I'm making dance tracks, not classical, but I really like classic music as well, especially when it's well mastered (very few of these on NG unfortunatly).

[Shadows of Rave]

Nice to see a new one

I really like your stuff alot. This one is particularly good. I really like the steady buildup that you maintain throughout the song. It seems kind of calm for a dance song, but that just seems to be your style. Great song overall, I definitely hope to see some more soon!

Shinrog responds:

Yup, I normally don't use fast patterns in my works, which gives em a lil bit more calm feeling than actually a hardcore touch.

[Infertehno]

My favorite song of yours

This song is awesome. One thing that really impresses me is how you manage to keep it from getting repetitive. Your choice of tempo is really good too, especially how you have fast moving stuff in the background, but still manage to keep things from being frantic. I like this song alot, its on my ipod.

Shinrog responds:

yeh, I too like this piece more than most of my stuff =)