Special-Ed's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Fly Sky High - Balderdact]

ouch

well, I always believed that people had to start at the bottom and work their way up. This song was a very painful punch in the face ~_~. I rated as a song, not a first song. I found it lacked a certain amount of variation, or "landmarks". Very melodic sound that works well with techno.

Are you taking lessons, or figuring it out on your own?(lessons would certainly explain how this song is possible!) I'm in an art school in Vancouver, and this song is better than some of the audio students'!

+*. Special Ed .*+

balderdact responds:

nope ive been figuring out everything by myself hahaha

[awful POS]

not that I really need to say this, but...

I know everyone's already thinking this, but after the quarter rest at bar 6, you should have returned with a high tom progression, supported by the bass drum, which would lead to increasing the songs over all composition. I understand, it's an easy thing to miss! Good work with the dramatic silence at the end, really does tie in the 'mood' of the piece, keep up the good work!
...
T_T I just listened to something with over 10 hours of work put into it, and it had half the score this... thing does.

we all have to start somewhere, some more dignified than others.
+*. Special Ed .*+

[- Sky of Darkness -]

ok!

That was cool, you got the drums right it seems, the other sounds not so much! By the sound of it, you had attack time up a little and release time all the way down, so we get a distracting cut after each note. I'd suggest either giving it some release time, or taking away the attack time. I hope you know what I'm talking about, or rather I assume you do. Also, try adding in one more instrument, or I guess call it channel. But make it something 'sine'-ish, quiet, and faster paced, moving freely from treble to bass.

I know how it feels to not get reviews, hang in there!
+*. Special Ed .*+

G4M3RL0RD responds:

Thanks man, I appreciate it, I'll take that into consideration. I'm a percussionist in real life, so I can understand how the drums are the best. XD

[My Inspiration]

nice!

man that's good.

there's only one thing that I thought it could use, and now I really want to to hear it with; the first bar that the strings come in, i don't know what notes these are so I can't be specific, but the third chord, if you went down instead of up just for the first time, I don't know why but I feel like that would add to the intro.

that was a long sentence, I've been up for a over 24 hours, and this is the first and last few minutes of free time I have, I'm glad I spent it listening to this, but if you can make any sense of what I'm saying then I'd love to hear a version with what I'm talking about in the opening part I mentioned.

man I'm reading this and it sounds so weird but I can't think what would be a better way to type, even though I'm usually more tidy and proper with my words and such when reviewing on Newgrounds.

gah, I'm going to stop making it worse...
quite appropriately named right now,
+*. Special Ed .*+

xDSxGabo responds:

LOL! that was just amazing!
And yes, I understood everything you wrote (i dont know how but i did!) haha kiddin
Im gonna check it out. Ill try to do it as you say and if it sounds better Ill edit and upload it with the new intro :)

And btw Thanks for the review bro!

xDSxGabo

[War Stories]

beautiful

A few things I can suggest. If it's music, and the story you're telling has something to do with war/battle/military, needs a drum line. Mainly snares. I would also suggest making the bass drum less repetitive, and add in a few tom hits. You could also try a key change! works best at a moment where you feel the feeling/emotion/PASSION couldn't get any stronger. I've got a bad ear for notes so I can't tell you which key to change it to, but definitely go up! One thing songs like this always need is to keep changing it up. like instead of repeating the pattern again, have the strings quiet down and the winds take over, then key change up with piano and single violin leading, then cut off and just the brass.

I don't know if you have the software to acknowledge those suggestions and keep it sounding beautiful, but it's worth a shot right?

+*. Special Ed .*+

[%u042D%u043F%u0438%u043A]

Hmm, how do I say this...

I hate to break it to you, but those weren't dolls, they were your family. Come on now, I'll take you to a quiet place with cozy beds and safe iron bars...

but in all seriousness, a bit too distorted to be called classical.

[The Seven Winds of Desolation]

lol

Made me jump, sounded like the yells were coming from behind me... ~_~
I clicked on this one wondering what bluegrass sounded like.

The screams should be a little more muffled. Should someone want to use this in a flash (I could see it) the screams shouldn't sound like they're part of the scene.

godset responds:

Haha thanks.. I was trying to make the worst song i possibly could so this took me about 8 minutes.

[Short Hairy Pianist]

I can't help be feel a connection to this song!

it's nice! Can you play it? I know it's a lot of trouble, but you should try and get a recording of it, it will always sound better. This song COULD have a lot of feeling, which you just won't get with FL Keys..!

I don't know if this is a good thing, but it sounds like it should be BG music in The Sims.

+*. Special Ed .*+

sterchulius responds:

thanks. I never was much of a piano player, unfortunately. FL keys is about the closest i'm gonna get.

[-Clouds-]

I hate how good it is! (/YoY)\

Every sound is perfect, and is used perfectly.
This song lowered my confidence as a musician.