PIED3's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Armed with Trust n Courage]

Enjoyable

The harmonies along with the slow melody at the start are great, it opens with just the right sized instrumentation, not too quiet or loud. The change at 0:31 is nice but the new staccato sounding strings have something a little off about them. I think it might be too much reverb or too long an attack. Again i like your panning, it adds some depth to the piece, but at times i think it's a little over done. Perhaps bring everything a little closer to the center. The song structure is a tiny bit repetetive but it builds and progresses and kept my interest throughout. You could have done more with the slower higher picthed strings that come in at 2:23, a more complex melody could have added some depth instead of just mirroring the chord sequence. It build nicely to the point at 3:15 and all in all it was an enjoyable listen. Good stuff!

NordicHazard responds:

thx for your opinion! i appreciate it, really! i'll remind your suggestions for the next piece

[Endless Endeavor (Redux)]

I like it!

The lyrics are pretty good (perhaps a little cliche), and the singing is great. I like how you have a fairly relaxed singing style, it doesn't sound too posey and has a natural tone to it. The guitar isn't all that exciting but it does the job. The recording quality is pretty good and i like the parts with you doing background singing for yourself. The chord patterns are nice and the song structure is varied enough to stop the song getting too stale. Nice work!

[HDC Presents:Mao VS. Klazik]

Nice

I really liked the beat, but some of it was a little hard to hear. In the intro especially the voice needed to be louder. And the parts with multiple voices speaking at once are a little hard to understand. I personally don't like rap battles that much, hearing someone insult somebody else really isn't that entertaining, but i guess it's part of rap culture and i have to respect that... My vote goes to Klazik.

HDC responds:

Word PIED3.

[Void Unseen]

Interesting

The reverb and echoe of the various percussion creates for a more atmospheric feel than the usual hard hitting snare and thumbing bass drum or a lot of songs on NG. You use a lot of panning and i like that, The sidechaining of the bass is nice too. I think it is a little long, and can get repetitive after 0:46, and i don't really like the bass line that comes in then, it seems like it can't decide whether or not to be minor or major and just randomly fluctuates. All in all it's an interesting piece and i enjoyed it.

WalkingShrub responds:

Great review, thanks!
I'll see if I can fix it up a bit.

[Chomchompchomp]

Okay

The highs are way to high, you need some low-pass filter on that really high pitched synth or just have it play an octave down. The tune is a little too repetitive and the chord progression is really static. The drums sound quite interesting, but there rhythms aren't too exciting. For a 50 second loop it is ok but i think some more varied instrumentation and a better song structure would really help.

StixRcrazy responds:

I specially made this for a friend of mine who said I had to focus on annoyingness :D Thanks for reviewing this piece of crap :P