SkyMarshall's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Forever Gamer (Acoustic)]

Jesus!

Haha this is great. Alltough I might be a little biased here, I like the potential this has an acoustic version. Recording might be a little rough, but I liked it.

[TomaMoto Voice Demo 2008]

Epic!

Yeah well, your voice is perfect for any voice-acting. Also I laughed at: "... if my family could keep it dooown...". Sounded a lot like Doug from King of Queens.

[Jessica [Club Mix]]

Yes yes!

This is a 9, and that is great coming from me. As Im a little over-critical at times! And here is why my friend.

This is simply good :) I like the slow bouncing good old classic beat (what, 125bpm?) and the way my head nods up and down to the beat. I simply like it. Though. I nearly lost interest close to the 2minute mark - BUT then the intermission came and you got my hooked for the rest of the song. For some sick reason, the synth and melody got me thinking of Super Mario 64 and the underwater-theme - god knows why. But thats a good thing. Im a gamer and make a lot of game-music, and find references to games everywhere.

But when things really got good was when you broke out the most classic beat-bounce bass-line in trance ever at 2.37. God knows I love build-ups using that one well. The pads were epic and fluid and you know how to use those knobs in your VST, which is good - presets mostly suck.

So, the take-off. And yes it is great. It doesnt get noisy, it just perfectly continues what you have been building up. And when the open hihat-sequence joins the party at 3:30, my head starts to nod again. Simply great ... not much more to say.

Why its not a 10:
Well, it peaks a little. This is not good for me with expensive studio-monitors. You know what I meen with peaking? It crackles a lot when you use "splashes" for instance. Simply put, it is juuuust a tad to loudly mastered. You should really lower the final mix volume just a bit, as the song would be better when you crank the volume. But other than that it is ok. Also, when you said you used a midi, I got a little: "Ok, here comes some shitty ripped off crap". But nope, you made it your own - and I like it.

5/5 and 10'd.
Also, this is the second song i Favorite here at NG!

- SkyMarshall Arts c"m)

Terror-Proof responds:

Cheers man thanks for such the long review aswell it really means alot coming from you.

[[TMM43] Ultimate Destruction]

This is more like it!

This I liked. The intro is fat and promising, and the synth you use is one of my favorites for this genre tbfh:) When it all kicks off, I got a little suprised you went with break-beats - but hey, it worked. The intermission with the piano arpeggio and evolving melody was also quite good. The bass-line worked better with the intro however, but it was still a welcome addition when you added it this time too. Might have something to to with note-arrangement wich was a little more synced and jumpy with the bass-line in the intro. The only thing dragging this down is the lack of something new after the intermission, and a little short playtime. You have a great one here, though. Keep it up :)

4/5 and 8/10
- SkyMarshall Arts c",)

[[TMM43] Hard Sounds]

Weeell ... repetive!

Im all for honest reviews, thats what reviews are for. So here is one. I didnt like this too much to be honest. The reason for that being it's repetiveness and the lack of imagination and variation when it comes to both instruments and melodies. Hard Sound is not what i would call this, and the vocal-sample you got in there (which is a bit too loud compared to the rest of the sequence) promises a hard take-off, which you dont deliver. From 50sek and all the way to 2.40 - nothing really changes. Sure, you fatten up the main a little bit every now and then - but still, nothing really changes.

However, after 2.40 it gets better, much better. I really like the plucky bell-synth you got going on. And it revives the melody once more. But then it all slides into repetiveness again. Mediocre might be the word.

Anyway, I hope you like honest reviews, and dont let this get you down. Its meant as constructive critsism. People are way to fast on the "10" here on NG for some reason. And I'll only give out a 10 when Im fucking "wow'd". And maybe you'll do that someday. I'll continue to follow your releases :)

3/5 and 5 stars
- SkyMarshall Arts c",)

TMM43 responds:

Thank you very much for your review! I do love honest reviews. I don't take any offense to them.

I know. I have a major problem with repetition. Sorry about that... I need to work more on mixing up my songs some more.

Well thanks again for the review!

[Song of Storms remix]

Nostalgic

Yes I like it. One of the best tunes from Ocarina, and you did a good job remixing it. Got the nostalgic feeling we all love from listening to it. Great job.