steampianist's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Things livin in sewers]

nice work dude

Azhthar responds:

thx!

[War Machine]

I love these chill beats I really do cos you can play around with them and you can add alot of melodic and rhymic elements to it

However this piece is rather lacking in composition. For me at least.
Its repetitive and those dissonant sounds isnt really working although I love those vinyl sounds on the beat.

Production is ok there is a bit of mud but cutting some low freq. may fix that (50herz maybe)
I gave a 4 because I feel like composition here is neglected the transitions are abrupt. Its repititve. And like what TheDoor6 said it ended abruptly.

But its still a really cool "beat" and "samples"

4/10

[Everlasting Rain]

well this is pretty a cool piece and i love those solo licks. 2 thumbs for guitar skills. the main theme is cool too and reminds me a bit of "no time to cry" by the sisters of mercy and later revived by cradle of filth.

just a little trivia. anyway

i dont have much to say on the composition but i did wish it was a little longer and a little more developed

as for production the rhythm guitar was a little sharp and a bit jarring at least in first few seconds but that couldve been fixed with a louder bass and actually the whole piece lacks depth due to being the bass being weak and if the bass was louder this piece couldve been more "heavy" cos thats what makes metal "heavy"

so 7.5/10

[Recharge {Dj-Abbic}]

Hey ok so first let me get to the good points of this song your production is great and that section 2:08 was very cool. i like the melody you did there and of course this blast of energy this song radiates and i like how each section is variated a bit. that is smart. it creates contrast

I really liked that chill mid section but for some reason and i dont know what is up with me while listening to this but i cant seem to enjoy those energetic parts. maybe it could have been better if the "chill section" was a little longer and that way when it builds up to those really energetic section it will be more effective and more in your face

And to be honest i find it not that catchy. but hey this is just my very "explicitly-explicit-opnionated-possibly-bordering-on-bias-opinion" :P

but seriously though overall its not a bad piece of work. your production is tight and its quite enjoyable. i just simply think it can be better

6.5/10

DjAbbic responds:

I have a feeling that the fact you didn't enjoy the energetic parts is something I would be unable to fix. I personally think that it would harm the momentum I had going in this if I had dragged out the chill parts. If it were anything else I probably would've let the chill part go on for a bit longer but I just felt that it wouldn't suit this song in particular.

Nothing against your opinion though, I'm glad you liked my production as it has been my focus for the past year or two. I'll have to work on composition some time in the future it seems :).

Thanks a lot for the review! I really appreciate the feedback.

[Slow Me]

The harmonic colors you have here is wonderful be it be the chords you used or the synths/instrumental you used it is stellar makes me feel like im falling in slow motion. the mix is great and the mastering is good. maybe a little more bass just to make it a little less flat but the overall production is well done.. so uhh cheers!

Now as for composition its not bad but i feel like there is so much more you can do to this like maybe a really cool synth adlib. cos at times it feels like some section of the song is nothing but a chord progression. its asking for more melodic lines! doens't have to be well formed. you can adlib the shit out of this song hehe and the ending couldve been better but it works

overall its a lovely piece. there is this prog/space rock vibe to it. its just that you can do so much more to this piece. nice work

8/10

Birdinator99 responds:

Thanks for the kind words!

Every time someone complements my mastering, I think back to the five minutes I spend on each song doing a quick EQ/compression job, and I get confused. I never think I'm doing it right, but whatever, it's not the most important part anyway!

All the bass comes from the main pad, so it sounds wonky sometimes. Didn't know how it would turn out. Thanks for letting me know.

This kind of song really does beg for a solo/adlib section, doesn't it? Maybe that's what it's missing. Noted!

I'll be sure to keep on truckin'; thanks man.

[The Sad Clown]

i like that little bit in the beginning. hehe this is just great i ironically had fun listening to this

[Ira de Deus Mechanicus]

oh man nice work! i love the choir. its like if skyrim was set in an apocalyptic future

[Ye Old Tavern Hoedown]

a silly song that sounds serious hehe. it sounds more like im in a ritual than a tavern though

Flodwrana responds:

Really, that's interesting. I just totally hear it in a tavern setting with laughin and hootin, but maybe that just sort of got in my head and stuck

[champ]

what is that percussion that slides? sounds cool

yeah this is a good track to start my log-in in newgrounds
also im reminded of that michael jackson game in sega genesis hehe

johnfn responds:

Uhh actually I don't know LOL. It was some drumset loop that I 8-bit-ized.

I don't know that game but it sounds awesome :D

[When It's Cold]

ahh splendid piano solo i love the tone color of the piano really gives this cold and light feeling just like the art

and that that pad/string really adds some great ambiance

though i would say maybe adding more to the piano like a melody perhaps :) the chord progression is great it just needs a melody

but i love the ending

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Why hi there!
I'm glad you like the piano, as well as the strings :D!

I'd like a melody in this song as well. There's not enough happening, really. I think I'd like to add some more instruments, some of which play melodies. It's just my bad for deciding to enter the contest right before the deadline XD

I'm glad you loved the ending too!

And thanks a ton for checking by, I really appreciate it! :3