DjGubkafish's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Drop Point]

Even if you going for ambient feel you need more patterns . It felt like you were trying to carry 20 second melody for 5 minutes .

Just add another verse to piano lead and will be golden .

OBIZ responds:

I agree, I made it in Live so I wasn't paying attention to the chrono.
I'll try to make more "built song" than "live play"

[Club Composition II]

I'll be honest there are a lot of thing that need work

The main melody and background snares create unpleasant excess noise . So try looking for better quality vst instruments that don't do that .

You also need to add another lair next time . Something ambient in the background will do.

Whenever you looping melody try adding another extra pattern to create progression . Otherwise it can be very repetitive .

and sorry if i sound like a jerk

jawalker213 responds:

Thanks for your recommendations!

[Drifting Away]

overall i like all your music a lot .

Especially the way to stretch the melody making it it sort of a soundtrack for something

Like jie said i think the drums could use a bit more variety .

bdog705 responds:

thanks! believe it or not I try and model almost all of my songs after old command and conquer games and there music (I don't try and remake the songs themselves) I do this because its what first inspired me to start making music in the first place that's why some of my songs might sound like there soundtracks, ill try and use a different variety with other songs in my future songs

[Bail Before Catastrophe]

I feel like its missing a lair . You got beat,melody and background analog so maybe add a choir or a pad also .

BassMZero responds:

I know what you mean. I'm still learning the ins and outs of mixing, so when I had more layers, it began to become overwhelming. I simplified it for the sake of the listener. I appreciate you taking the time to share your opinion and thank you for the positive rating. :)

[Distance]

Thats a very cool take on the dubstep . Most people just make aggressive patterns that sound the same .
I like the melody and the relaxing mood . Just when you make something 5 minutes try adding a little more variation . Also i think i would prefer if buzz sound was a warm pad.

Ausghost responds:

Thanks a lot, really appreciate it. :)

[Back to Basics - Pressure]

There is a little bit of static in the background but hey most of us can't afford $500 on production toys .

Very aesthetic track

rainheart666787 responds:

Cheers dude, i have better equipment now but yea stuff is expensive!

[.:Heart Attack:.]

actually this would be great for a horror game that needs ambient background noise .

so i am not critiquing it as a song but more as a atmosphere set up

Mahjix responds:

Oh, boy. This audio file is so old!

I appreciate your comments; at least I have an idea of where this file was going because I honestly didn't know what more to do with it.

[Macro]

try adding more lairs of the same melody with different instruments . Also always try to make more than one melody pattern so its not too repetitive

achunkofspaghetti responds:

I feel ya, this was one of those songs that you make wen you don't have any ideas, but thanks

[Metanoia]

I like how you use silence and resets but i think that main melody is not groovy and long enough . Also try to have more beat patterns because over 6 minutes it gets very repetitive

Smitsy responds:

Yeah, I can agree with that. Admittedly I got a bit lazy with songwriting for this one, I wasn't really feeling it as much as the others. Thanks for the review!

[Yellow Mist (Instrumental)]

the beat doesn't synchronize well with melody

i almost feel like it would work better without beat as ambient song

1:04 , try to work the melody instead of sharp drops

bdog705 responds:

I see what you mean by the beat not synching I didn't notice that
I kinda wanted the sharp drops mainly because it was supposed to mix with the original yellow mist which had vocals that's also why the drums were added to make the beat because the vocals were soft and anything else other then those drums would make it sound less of a song and more like a really creepy song