jUxtApOsEd2wIn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Rack City Sucks]

So true man. No one listens to compositions anymore. The way the music industry is set up now-a-days is all marketable to women [why they like being treated like shit bags I'll never know but I guess it's their right]. So men, as most men do, follow the shaking, bouncing ass and titties and don't give much of a shit what the song, as a whole, really sounds like. Then they further make themselves look like asses by buying into the clothing and bling just to pick up women or to project "hood success" when really all it does is let the rest of us know who has an I.Q. of less than 1OO and can't think for themselves. [I've actually seen people show up to interviews dressed like that lmfao]

As long as it has a rhythm [a shitty one but loud bass is what we're looking for with rudimentary high hat fills] and talks about success at the expense of others, doing drugs most people have never seen in person, emulating the thug life, talking as dirty as possible about women... etc.... or has one, singular, halfway cool guitar lick - I realize different genre but it's all the same crap.

Then we have that other genre... christ these kids these days are fucking dumb.... I'm done ranting.

Maybe I'll do a Go Home and Get Stoned parody someday... It'll go ---- Gooo hooomeee..... and Smack your moooom.... Tell her that you know-oh that you are a big mistake...... And I'll sound like a mixture between Nickleback and cookie monster... The kids'll love it.

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ColonelMagus responds:

Haha, hit the nail on the head!

[Instrumentally Insane]

Excellent submission! Very well thought out piece. I will be submitting my entry for the contest here shortly and I'm glad to see someone else who is melodie driven! I have to agree with the previous reviewer about the volume though. I don't think it's solely a master volume problem though, I think you should have spent a little more time mixing it down and smoothing out the edges - by edges I mean the different sound tracks and rhythm transitions should have been smoothed over.

Another opinion I would nitpick about, and I say that because it's not that big of an issue, is a little louder on the lows would go far. The piece sounds a tad nasal which is an indication of too high mids and not high enough lows.

Good luck in the contest!

Iviqrr responds:

Thanks for the feedback, I will be fixing up this song soon, I've just been busy with school and some other stuff so I didn't have much time.

Also I look forward to hearing another more melodic song in the contest and I wish you good luck in the contest :)

[A Death Metal Song]

I wish it was longer! This is my favorite one so far. Make more!

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[A Metal Song]

I think this tune would also benefit from more bass volume. You do need a lead line in there as well. I also agree with the previous reviewer on a couple things: it was a little repetitive and it doesn't sound bad quality in the recording. You definitely did much better in this one with drum volume but I would have liked the drums to be a little more complex. What you lacked in drum speed you could have made up for in complexity with offbeat crash and rids with 2 measure tom solos.

Just a little more lows in the guitar sound

Nice production

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[Synth Death Metal]

It sounds cool. I think you should lower the level on the beat though. I don't know how well you know garageband but you could actually raise and lower the volume of specific tracks throughout the song, so you can change the volume of the drums to make certain parts stand out. What might help is specific hits for each different drum sound you want in your production. This would allow you to control the volume to each specific part according to how technical your riffs are.

Your guitar sounded pretty sweet. I don't think there was a bass line but if there was it wasn't loud enough but if not that would certainly bring out your guitar a little stronger against the drum beats.

Nice production but a little more volume control would have been appreciated. Nice guitar riffs.

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D-Rock responds:

Thanks! I wanted to make the double kicks stand out, for I like them very much. Yeah, I can see where you're coming from with the altering hits. I haven't really experimented with that yet. As far as bass, I usually just have it follow the guitar. I didn't want to compromise the guitar by having too much bass, so that's why it's as low as it is.