Wolfie's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Pride's Work - Dureagon]

Using that vocal sample as an intro does so much for this beat. It only last for about 12 seconds, but it gets me so pumped up, man.

Speaking of the intro, I'm kinda disappointed the instrumental went in a different direction that I thought it was. I dunno what that was in the beginning (guitar?), but it was going pretty fast, so I expected a fast beat. And once the real beat kicks in, everything slows down. Of course, it's still a great beat, it sounds amazing, but that intro threw me off completely, and I kinda wish the rest of the beat built onto that guitar thing.

That aside, everytime I play this, I imagine it being used as the menu song for a Western-style game (and it looks pretty cool in my head, if I do say so myself). Some of your other beats sound like they can be used in games, too (Clockwork sounds like music for some Mines level). It'd be interesting in hear them used on some of the flash games uploaded on Newgrounds, I think.

I'm rambling. Long story short, I llike this.

DJDureagon responds:

The guitar you hear at the beginning actually is in the song just slowed down a lot. I thought the guitar fit the vocals pretty well in the intro and provided a beefier backdrop for the main beat. It is a completely different tempo and mood than the beat itself but I actually like to throw people off from time to time. If anything, i should have used some vocal samples for the outro to tie it all together.

[Nothing Special]

You know, I liked this. Short and sweet. Did/do you actually play the piano yourself or did you just input the notes through a DAW? Whatever it was you did, it works; I like the piece.

I'm interested in hearing you make a big classical song, with instruments playing alongside the piano, (if you ever get around to it). You seem to know how to work a piano, so it'd be cool to hear you work with strings, wind instruments, and etc. (At least, I think so).

Oh, and I'll take the cookie in 'Chocolate Chip', please (and thank you).

KittenBeat responds:

Wow, thank you for the review! I do plan on making classical music in the future, but right now I'm a bit focused on rock.
I actually played the piano, but I played it in a MIDI keyboard and 'quick quantized' it after recording.

Hugs and Chocolat Chip Cookies <3

[Seduction Corruption]

I don't explore the Voice Acting section so much, but I'm glad I did this time. That's an amazing voice you got, Undead.

I'm a sucker for those 'cool, tough-guy' VAs.

Gianni responds:

Cool, tough guys huh? If that's what you want, then I guess you gotta keep browsing.

But really, thanks! Glad you enjoyed it! Ah, and this review is ages old.

[Wasteland]

I'm really enjoying this instrumental. It gives off a somewhat dark feel with those delays and reverb (that horn at :05 that plays throughout the song sounds great).

However, it -does- seem a bit long. Maybe try shortening it? Or adding a beat change near the end, so it doesn't get too repetitive?

Still, besides that, it's still a good track to listen to. Good work.

Waidmann responds:

Yeah...im actually redoing it

Thanks for the review!

[System Killer]

I'll be honest, I was kinda turned off by that guitar (It was too loud/fuzzy, for my taste). But I stuck with the song til the end, and surprisingly, I actually grew to like it. And I REALLY like how the chorus sounds; the guitar and vocals blend very well with each other (I actually sing along to it in my head, hah)!

The vocals are a bit hard to hear, but I'm assuming that the vocals are just there to support the guitar, not the other way around, so I have no problem with it.

In short, good work!

Ossikater responds:

Thanks for the review! Yeah the vocals, (on a clean channel), sounded kinda weak with the fuzz guitar backing it up. So I distorted all vocal tracks to give the song a bit more of a "in your face" sound.

[Ninety Seven]

Golly, this is some pretty relaxing stuff you got here. Loving that guitar, and your beatboxing is good, too.

Great job, I hope to hear more like this from you!

phosphorusprocedure responds:

Thanks! Judging by the reaction this thing's got, I'll definitely try to make more of this kind of stuff.

[Try & Realize]

Lovin' this. Very smooth.

zekee responds:

Thanks man, makes me smile!

[VelociRapture- Extended]

I can see what you mean about the olskool/modern thing, but if you ask me, I think it's fine in this category. And actually, it sounds just like the music people would breakdance to, you know? (...but I'm no dancer, so what do I know!?)

I liked the fact that, being a near 4 minute instrumental, you made sure to change up the beat every now and then, so it doesn't sound too repetitive.

Nice job, Tekk.

AxTekk responds:

Thanks bro! Well, I'm of the same opinion that actually, it's going back to the Lauryn Hill kinda beat, but some guy got pretty pissed at me for calling it ol skool when I uploaded it as a WIP, so I took the hint, you could say.

Thanks, I always like fucking my stuff up a little! Good to know the switches are appreciated.

[[Crysis] Victorious]

You know, it never occurred to me that one could sample from other Newground songs... I mean, it's sounds like such an obvious idea, but the thought never even crossed my mind! So I found this (and some of your other songs, too, since you seem to sample Newgrounds Artists a lot) pretty neat.

That aside, this was a pretty nice instrumental.

I do recommend including a beat change though. It's a great beat, but a few change ups would be help improve it, I think. Alternatively, you could have somebody rap over it, like the first reviewer mentioned. Or even just sampling some vocals off of Newgrounds (and making some sort of chorus out of it) would do the trick.

Overall, this was good stuff.

JackRocker responds:

Thanks a lot dude! Yeah, I sample entirely from Newgrounds when I sample. There's a LOT of great music here that you can do that with. This was done with some heavily reverbed and delayed piano, and a bit of EQ'ing to get the bass to stand out more.

I appreciate the suggestions. I've been working on learning how to do change-ups better, but that kinda takes time for me I guess. Glad you liked it though!

[X Pill]

From your review responses, this was apparently a "practice" song and wasn't your best. But I still thought this was pretty nice. The vocalizing (is that the word?) in the middle and end actually work for me, too.

Downloaded. Good work.

Poniiboi responds:

Thanks. Well, you'll love the newstuff I'm comin out with then.