iHeartQuistis's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[In-My-Pants]

LMAO

I seriously HOPE this was s'pose to be a completely humorous piece! I laughed at certain points, othertimes it was a bit of an 'overkill' using the cliche 'super high pitch' voice.

[[Ws] Fanfare of the Wind]

9 out of 10 - Great start, but needs more!

Very accurate name! I definitely get that feel of an unpredictable 'wind'. I would really like to see you build the piece up!

[[Ws] Moonlit]

9.5 out of 10

The atmosphere is great. While the chords and harmonies aren't exactly crying complexity, it's the mood it's trying to convey that counts.

Great job. If you really wanted to bring the piece to full fruition, the only thing I would say is to layer in some strings... but it works as a solo piece.

floccari responds:

I would have thought about other instruments with this one, but I was kind of going for a more passive piece. Especially since it allows for playing against the silence, like around 2:00. Although, I will try working in some other instruments on my next piano piece. Thanks for the review!

[Armonia]

Not a Big Fan of the Genre

Not a big fan of the genre, but my pants are off and I'm gridin' pedestrians to this jam as we speak!

FrogCommander responds:

I really appreciate the review my sound is gettin even better

[Lolfans]

10 out of 10

I really don't need to say anything, it's excellent.

PylonMan responds:

Lolkthx

[TheSappyParadise {Tetrisphere}]

Good

I hate techno, completely - but I loved Tetrisphere... and especially this song.

[mystic rave]

Not a Raver... but...

I'm terrible at rating these pieces since I'm not a fan of the genre to begin with.

Anyhow, I'll try to be constructive. The synth you used for that lead just sounds really awkward. Also - you should try using a harmonic 3rd or 5th, something, to compliment it after the 0:17 mark, because most listeners are probably already turned off by the lack of variety and repetitiveness of the lead at that point.

Also, my understand with rave is that it can throw in all kinds of technical percussion almost immediately. Try layering some different hats in right after a 4-measure repeat.

What you introduced at 0:55 was really good. That should've been introduced MUCH earlier, IMO. Instead of repeating that old lead and giving up on that riff, you should've layered a bass in it or something to keep that vibe going - since it actually pronounced a 'chord' in the piece.

But yea, you need an audible chord progression, variety or complimenting in the lead, and some more immediate layering w/ the percussion. Repeating a lead that last two measures gets old quick.

Anyhow, hope this helped.

killamnjaro responds:

thanks this is exactly what i was looking for. i will begin on working on the changes.
Edit... i put as many of your criticisms into the new version. it is already up. and thankyou for your criticism.

[-=Lonely=-]

8.5 out of 10 (You're Going Somewhere w/ This)

Man, when I hear chords like this I get all kinds of ideas for melodies.

I'd highly suggest that if you want to build on this, I'd start including some higher melodies at around the 0:27 or 0:55 mark, right after the repeat. Throw in a 'soloish' piano feel to give it that full sound.

You could easily extend it by coming up with another chord progression after the 1:08 mark. Instead of repeating, start that new progression to bridge the original melody... making it sound less repetitive.

Good job, though. It's going somewhere.

[Retained]

7 out of 10 (You'll Get Better)

I'm going to be incredibly generous and kind in words because I could tell you were definitely putting some of your abilities to the test... plus my stuff used to kind of sound like this when I first started writing.

I liked the rhythm guitar that pops in at around 1:27. It adds that cool thrash element. Slipknot is a bad comparison. It's more of a thrash/punk blend. Try listening to Skeletonwitch and see what I mean by that.

Some things to keep in mind next time around - you need to be less repetitive. Sometimes it's good to have an 8-16 measure phrase, but you definitely need to move into a different chord progression after that. This is literally just one progression that lasts about 2:44 in length.

It needs more variety in about every instrument - since both the lead and drums grow very old after 0:30. It needs more chord progs... a bridge, a solo, something to take away the repetitiveness.

demonunitband responds:

Thank you for the info, i will definetely work on progression and repetitious. Thank you for taking the time to ,listening to my work...

[Oscar-Mike]

9 out of 10

Reminds me of Apocalyptica. I really do not like rap beats, but this was very well done. I could easily see this being in Modern Warfare 3 or some FPS to highlight that Middle Eastern atmosphere.

I wish there were a few more variations with the chord progression, but such is typical of rap.