Fro's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Coming Home (Daisy Chain)]

Hmm, lets see here.

This all sounded really good. I probably let it play over a couple of times before I could really think about anything to say about it, but I finally figured out a couple of things.

First I would like to say that I think that the guitar is drowned out by the rest of the music a little bit. Not so much that the other music is too loud, but more over that the guitar is too quiet.

Other than that a very decent song all around. Nice and relaxing to listen to. Worth a listen in my opinion. Keep up the good work.

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Cornilious responds:

I'm assuming you mean the guitar playing the melody. I originally wanted it to be low in the mix because I want to put some vocals in too. I think that the vocal melody and the guitar melody would be similar but varied at some parts so I didn't want them to clash if they were the same volume.
Thanks!

[Jumpstyle (Beat 1)]

Woah, fun.

The area right around 50 seconds give and/or take a second or two made this song very exciting in my opinion. Really starts off sounding generic, but you added a few cool effects to it that made it really sound good.

Something that I was really nodding my head to the entire time along with tapping my foot on the ground. Just gives that feeling that you want to move when listening to this song.

The introduction of vocals later in the submission was really nice and from there on you had even more cool effects that really made this submission sound good.

Overall it was really upbeat and fun to listen to. Great job!

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JumpstylezBeatz responds:

Awesome to hear you enjoyed it :)

[London Brew (One chord Jazz)]

Hmm not too bad at all.

The song itself was pretty catchy. Something I was nodding my head along to while listening to. The vocals themselves actually seemed kind of hard to understand. To be honest I don't think I would consider hardly any of it without the lyrics being written down in the author comments.

The area in the middle of the song between the vocals might have gotten a bit too quiet. I know you were doing that more on purpose, but a little bit more going on would have made it better in my opinion.

Woah, the static in the end almost knocked me out of my chair. I really didn't see that coming at all. O.o Something that should be fixed for sure if at all possible.

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HolyKonni responds:

You were headbanging to my song? COOL!! Sorry for the static. It's horrible when listening with headphones, right? Thanks for reviewing!

[Summer Solace {durn}]

Not bad.

Sorry to see that it was used in a spam submission, but at least the submission was flagged. O.o

It had a very good video game feel too it. To me I can see it being used in credits to a flash game or movie, but if it were to be used for the main part of a submission I would rather see it in a game then i would a movie.

The fadeout at the end made it sound very good for credits. The simplicity of the song really worked in it's favor. Not too much going on, but just enough to make it a fun upbeat song. Upbeat, but yet relaxing at the same time.

Maybe some room for a couple of voices with a blurred or muffled effect on them would be nice somewhere here.

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durn responds:

Thanks dude. :) I was actually thinking about using a sample of children playing/laughing in a field for the intro but had had enough of working on it by that point. :)

[Laid to Rest - Cover]

Rock on brother

The instruments were done very well. I give Nicholls there all the credit he deserves. It really kicked ass. Now the beginning vocals where you were just talking really seemed weak to me. Just really didn't sound good and really didn't go with the rest of the submission. That last part though, "Didn't really go with the rest of the submission", is also a good thing. :P

The rest of the vocals were great. Nice hardcore metal voice and very enjoyable to listen to. At first I was wondering, but you really brought it throughout the rest of the submission. A couple of nice screams there towards the middle/end of the song too.

Keep up the good work. I think that the only thing that needs to be worked on was the beginning. (I couldn't do any better though lol)

TwilightNecrosis responds:

Yeah, this song is very old. I did it a LONG-ASSED time ago.
So, it's no surprise that there's a TON of room for improvement.
I do appreciate the critiques, as well as you actually reading the comments, unlike so many other people.
But if I did this song today, it would sound much, much better. My voice has improved, my recording ability has improved, my mixing has improved... only good things.
Glad you liked this old-school TN recording, man. It sure brings back memories, lol.
Metal! \m/

[No Regrets]

Oh hi there.

The lyrics were great and you did a good job with them, but I do think that the music overpowered them a little bit too much. That's my personal opinion though. I think the vocals could have been a little bit more powerful here so the music didn't cover them up as much.

Nice little guitar solo there towards the end of the submission. We all know you can shed on the guitar no doubt about it. Good submission all around, good guitar, good drums, lyrics, etc.. Keep on rocking.

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Thanks dude. This is the updated version. The vocals were way too loud before ....guess I overcompensated. haha.;)

[Billy Mays ;_;]

Good song in itself.

I think the song is pretty good in itself, but really doesn't seem related to Billy Mays. You actually never said it was suppose to be related to him though, just dedicated to him.

*Creeping off of other reviews* I really like the idea of finding some quotes by him and putting them into the song where things get a bit repetitive because there are a few parts where it gets quite repetitive.

That may be hard to find so perhaps you can try to do his voice yourself? Maybe that won't work though just throwing out some ideas for you. The guitar solo was probably the best part of the whole submission. More guitar please. :P

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Sawdust responds:

Thanks, I'll keep all of you guys'
advice in mind.

[Word, yo. Funkay.]

Hmm, kind of generic.

To me personally it sounds like a song that I heard a long time ago on one of my old PS1 games. I think that game was Grand Turismo or Grand Turismo 2. (If I even spelled that right)

It sounded like the music you would listen to while shopping for a car or something on the game. :P That's almost what I get out of this though. I think it would be good in a flash for a shopping scene or maybe even a grocery store IRL. >.<

Other than that though I would admit that it's kind of generic. Nothing really too new or exciting to listen to here. Just kind of something that you would expect to hear on the newgrounds portal. Not bad at all though and I enjoyed it a little bit.

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statueofdiveo responds:

Thanks. Yeah, it's generic. Except for jazzy harmonies.

[Sweet Tooth]

AHA!

First off don't listen to the review under you. I mean.. listen to the review part, but he said he was with the Review Request Club and he isn't with the RRC at all.

The song is brilliant! The music itself is very simple and wouldn't be too great without the vocals, but with them it's brilliant. They are almost a perfect mix for each other.

It's odd that no matter how funny this is or how much it made me laugh that you actually had a good message behind it too. Ha, was really good all around and I don't know if I could critique it. Very good vocals, lyrics, and music all around. Fave'd.

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IdofOz responds:

Thank you for your kind words!

[Bizarre Spy Theme]

Hmm not too bad here.

Don't want to sound like a broken record as the review below mine said the same thing, but the beginning of the theme sounded kind of spy like. The second half just sounded weird, even for a Bizarre Spy Theme. Overall I didn't get a Spy or a Bizarre Spy Theme while listening to this at all.

I think perhaps if it was slowed down a bit it would have been better. When I think of spy themes I think of something slow and sneaky. Then the weirder part at the end of the submission might have worked out giving it the bizarre feel that you were looking for.

Not going with the theme of your title though its a nice little loop and sounds pretty decent all around.

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ForNoReason responds:

Thanks Fro.