FUNKbrs's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Time for bed (4:20)]

Nice and relaxing

But a little muzaky. Really good lullabye type stuff for falling asleep too. Really nice use of chords and stereo effects.

It felt really 1960 early psychedelia pre LSD.

WinTang responds:

Hehe... thanks.
Muzak usually doesn't have any dynamic change, though, but I see where you're coming from.

[Axeman666 - Showdown]

The use of tonality

You used some really nice rhythms in your melodies, but the chord changes always waited for the measure break. It gave it a bit of a monotonous feeling to it. It's not enough for the individual notes ot have a beat to them; the chord changes have to dance within the track as well to get that "all encompassing" vibe that makes for impressive techno.

axeman666 responds:

That is by far the most intellegent advice ive recieved since I joined NG. Thanx for the advice and the good vote.

[Troubled (3min42sec)]

Nice bubbly melodies....

I lovely the never ending arpeggios on this track, and the nice fat tones. I really like how you used themes that have a solid base different EQ frequencies so each aspect had more cut and separation.

AdmiralConquistador responds:

Never ending arpeggios was all I could muster about a year ago, but they sound good with the rest of the stuff I wrote to finish this song. Hey man, I'm glad you noticed the EQ tweaks I made, that's pretty cool! Thanks for the good review and score, appreciate it much!

-ac-

[Orchestral Espionage]

Ah, it's a vinyl thing

Vinyl tone and slow decay verb. I'm going to assume you use a true keyboard on your tracks, and not just samples. Good on you.

chead86 responds:

No, i don't use a true keyboard on my tracks, mainly cuz i don't have the money for one right now, but thnx for thinking that. I'll prob get a midi controller in the near future tho, but until then all i can use is the piano roll in fl :-/. But neway, thnx for the review--

-Chead

[*Rebellion*]

Hey look! It's harmony!!1

I like the way you blended multiple lines of melody together cohesively with nice smooth slow decay reverb. The tone's nice and kind to the ear.

chead86 responds:

Hah thnx man for the review i'll have to review some of ur stuff sometime.

-Chead

[HitchHikersGuidetoMETAL!!]

It's like techno...but GOOD!

It's nice to see techno based on metal principles and grind style. Most techno guys can't understand that stuff.

CasketGrind responds:

yeah that its basically my parody to techno. i guess this is my perspective of hardcore techno. ULTRA BR0oTAL!

[PaNdOrA-Trance Dance]

It was a little slow, and awfully disco

But then again, that's pretty much what you were shooting for, right? I love the slow l/r pan at the end, it made a nice circle effect. I would have liked it more with a 16 count high hat on top of it though. It would have added edge to it.

Pandora-Tranquil responds:

yeah i was mainly going for a hybrid dance\trance so it would be on with t3h origionality.

i didnt mean for it to sound disco tho lol.

thanks for the comments!

[The Dorito King]

Can I be the Duke of cool ranch?

I mean, you're the Dorito King, so like, you should be able to let me be Duke over one of the flavor genres, right? I'm thinking cool Ranch. I could force all the smaller bags of chips to give me tribute, and demand prima nocte with thier delicious full sized chip women.

Also, I'm a (shitty) producer, and a relatively talented drummer. I've got a bunch of metal submissions I played drums on, and some acoustic material I've produced in the Bluegrass genre.

Besides, I own much more expensive equipment than you, which makes me morally superior. OMG! MACKIE 1604 VLZ PRO WITH TASCAM CDRW AND ALESIS COMPRESSION, ALONG WITH LARGE DIAPHRAM CONDENSER MIKES AND SHITLOADS OF SHURE SM57S AND A CRAPLOAD OF WIRES!

*yes, I'm a total audiophile. Hush*

PureCarnage responds:

I have to be honest, I started playing the guitar about 10 months ago, the whole gimmick started when I was flammed on a messageboard and my roomate had showed me 3 chords, I wrote Shitty Shitty Fuck... a song I shall submit... it started this whole downward spiral into depravity and weirdness, I have never fully recovered.

All I play is a 12 string acoustic...lol... I have to start listening to all your songs.

[My Cats Sleep in the Nude]

MY NICHE! YOU'RE SPREADING INTO MY NICHE!!!

There's just something about the way you speed up the tunes, that makes them hilarious.....

The best part is that imaginary line when it stops being about pets, and starts being about vagina.

Its almost as if I'd been doing Liberate the Cheese for 10 years and mastered it.....

FUCKER!!! THAT'S MY NICHE!!!!! I'M LESS ORIGINAL AND TALENTED NOW BECAUSE YOU'RE BETTER THAN ME!!!!!

Meh, at least I play mandolin.

PureCarnage responds:

lol... yeah this song was again influenced by a messageboard... you'll catch my gimmick soon, it was a response to some random post to a thread of mine where the guy just replied:

My Cats Sleep in the Nude! *NT so I wrote a song on the fly for him. I will link you to an animation WIP for the song that this one inspired.

[Stairway To Heavan Intro]

Sweet, you can play it!

It's awesome that you learned how to play that, but you've got some serious hum issues with your mike, and heavey strumming seems to create really bad clipping. You might want to adjust your recording levels, and the distance between your guitar and mike. You should also consider buying a nice mic if you can afford it.

Production is a bitch, aint it?

SwitchBladeClock responds:

sweet, you reviewed my thingy

thx for the good tips, i am going to start recording from my amp, like solos and improvisations and stuff, im going to start to become a regualr audio potal user

thx for the review! :)