DRadDaDanDawg's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Flicker Out]

Really cool feel man, I just have two main problems that I think prevent this from being a really great track

1. That guitar (which is dope) doesn't loop well enough, I'd work to make that loop

2. Climax - at around 1:15 there feels like there should be a climax, like the song sould go somewhere, but it ends up being the same as the intro. The change at 2:30ish is cool, just need a different middle section

joshlul responds:

Thank you for your feedback.
1, I'm not sure what you mean there.
As for 2, this is done on purpose, it is a false build up, an anti-climax, and then the main attraction kicks in a few moments later. It's understandable some people wouldn't appreciate that as I would, but then again, I am making music for me.

[Road Trip]

Hahaha I literally just uploaded a dubstep song with piano, it's the one right under this one hahahaha

Nice track though man, not make good dubstep songs on NG... Especially ones that don't just go SKREE SKREE SKREE am I right?

Unknown8 responds:

Thanks! I'll check out your tracks as well.

[01.Ice Cream]

The flow was really weird, the drop was pretty good, I would work on buildup and contrast as well as evening out the high pitched notes with some lower octave ones. Also it would help to have a pad or something in the background, instead of 1 synth and a drum kit. What you have makes for a pretty bland/generic song... Being that simple will rarely get you attention.

Also cutting out all sound isn't really a good idea unless you REALLY know what you're doing with it.

this is too hardcore for my tastes but I hope I helped anyways :)

Vault responds:

Yeah, I've realised it's kinda empty, definetly having my tracks pretty full since this track!

[redemption(deshiel remix)]

Well composed, I would just say you have to study more music theory (like I do) and work a bit on the intensity of the drop, I couldn't really tell when it was.

To do this I would up the bpm to 140, have more of a buildup from a simpler melody, and when the drop hits have more changing/background/pad sounds/chords.

Other than that I'm a fan

i9incher responds:

well the original has more of just a straight flow to it. I wanted to keep that feeling going. plus I never just make "in your face, standard build then drop " dubstep. I like more of a chillstep feel that you just bob your head to. but to each his own,

[Caught in a TRAP]

Needs more mastering and layers. For example, you cant just have a hi hat and snare kit playing over a deep bass, and the bass should have a higher bass dB. It also changes a lot, and doesn't feel like the same song overall. It has potential, but doesn't seem quite done yet

Dracnum responds:

hey thanks for the review bro! yeah under most circumstances, you would be right about the hi hat and snares, but in this instance i was going for the TRAP feel (i don't know if you're familier with the genre?).
my intention was to get alot of contrasting effects going that are not commonly used, such as the very deap bass (which i actually spent alot of time getting it to my liking).
your right about the changes (i'm assuming you're talking about the high notes at 0:36?), but i wanted to give it some variety to keep from using the bass arpeggios more than needed.

I totally get where your critcism is comeing from, but in this instance alot of it was intentional.
thanks again bro! keep up the good work ;)

[Prodigiza- 'Dominator']

The intro was iffy, but the part after that was actually really pleasant, but the third part was very simple and just didn't even seem quantized, the transition out of that was really nice, and then the following part was overall pretty nice. I would refrain from using those vocal samples though, they're clearly not yours, they're all different voices, and I expected them to turn into vocals. Lastly, the song ended out of no where, and its was getting more interesting too. I would expand the ending and just run over it again, but it has really nice sections

Prodigiza responds:

Thanks, I made this as a fun pump up song, although I agree if I spent the time to expand it and make it a full electro song it could be very nice. I felt like the drop was too different than the intro, and the vocal samples were kind of a last minute thing for fun. Maybe at the end of this version i'll bring the master cutoff down and bring in a new melody and build back up for something.

[DJ Theof - Mystery]

Fairly simple song, and the use of samples makes it that much less impressive. If this were done in an hour with material you made yourself, such as self crafted synths and loops, I might think this is better, but either way, fairly boring. You have one melody, with a varying amount of background sounds, and then you use the same sound for every transition, Its like a 30 - 1 minute part of a song stretched throughout 3 minutes. And yes I understand you made this in an hour, but that just means you should be working longer before releasing

Overall not bad, but I think lazy and boring

TastyTeo responds:

I agree with you i did not work much on this but hey these days everyone works with samples, and who said everything was ready i am editing all kind of samples i get i don't just add them on patterns if you think this is what i do. If it was so simple as you say people wouldn't like it and wouldn't possibly be in this position. The 1 hour of work shows how experienced someone is because others make projects for days and not that it needs more time before getting released, there are many examples i could give you just now of songs made in 1 or 2 hours that are awesome and way better than this. If it gives you a boring feeling well this is a personal opinion

As for your review i know you are trying to judge fairly but i just checked your music and see you don't have much music production experience, this makes your reviews less strong

Thanks for the review anyway it means a lot to me even that you expressed your opinion.

[Symphony (GB)]

Been 3 months, something new we can expect? You're stuff is dank and I want to at least make sure you havn't given up music haha

GrantBowtie responds:

no, just having trouble finishing anything lately. Starting new stuff is easy

[Numi - Midnight]

Ima just list shit while listening that you could work on

1. Too quiet overall
2. Weird resonance on kicks, I would look into that
3. Felt like the song was fading out pretty often and not really fully fading back in
4. Progressed a little slow, I suggest looking into music theory. I'm not going to say Im a pro at this, starting music theory lessons in a few weeks haha
5. 3:35 Ugly bell sound :(

Overall I would suggest mixing and mastering better, and then composing future songs more like "as essay," I was told the same thing. It just feels more like sounds than a song

And this isn't to bash you, I'm just saying things that can be improved if you want to take them into consideration and maybe get better

Numi responds:

Fair enough, dude. Negative criticism is always better than no criticism, at least this way I can build off what I've got and improve.

Thanks for the feedback!

[Gross]

Its ok

but haha I like how you added it as dubstep and "It's like listening to someone touching poop or convulsing or something" haha

TBM responds:

I thought it was funny, only reason I put it up. If you got a laugh out of it, I did my job!