PIED3's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Melody of the Halfmoon]

Nice

I like the slightly chromatic sound you have throughout, especially in that opening melody line when it's combined with the interesting rhythm. All in all the piece is vary varied and thus holds my interest throughout. The piano sound is perfectly acceptable, perhaps not perfect but it's nice. The clapping at the end was a nice touch and gave the piece a setting. Good stuff!

killerjoe666 responds:

Thank you very much, a really constructive review.

[Big Red - Jokes On You]

Nice

Some of the lyrics seemed a little lazy, not that much rhyme in there. But it's abstract and has a nice feel, i loved "blood red like the base of a guillotine". Another thing i always like is how original your beats are. You never have some generic hip-hop tune in the background and you always create an ambience with some interesting sounds and rhythms. Nice stuff

BigRed responds:

I have been reading a lot of my stuff at poetry nights and what I'm starting to do is hop between forms. The first half isn't really meant to be over a beat at all, and I only start writing to a beat on the line "I am the grim reaper". I think I'm fooling with the line between free form spoken word poetry and hip hop, and I definitely haven't gotten it yet.

On re-reading this though most of it is pretty lazy writing anyways, haha, just rambles without an edit. The only lines I find interesting now are the ones that contain what you picked out:

"Slow mow, withering, slick in that I'm melting. Stone only in my stoic eyes, frozen at coffee late at night, blood red like the base of a guillotine. Oh to be free"

Thanks for the feedback, it's much appreciated!

[Jucubass]

Pretty nice

I like the vocalish sound that takes center stage, it's interesting and the human touch (at least to my ear) adds some originality. I would say though that you've made this a 20 second loop when it could be a five second one. If your going to have the same section multiple times try and vary it a bit more, have some dynamic variation, or a section when some instruments drop out to keep it interesting. Very good for your first thing in reason though, that programs helluh confusing.

DjWalom responds:

thx for the review, i sure do find Reason pretty confusing... xD
The loop is just a little part from a new song im working on, so stay tuned! :P

[~|| Whistle Dance Song]

Ha ha

That is super catchy! I just had to smile when the whistling melody came in. It all seems pretty well produced i mean perhaps a bit repetetive but other than that good stuff!

T-Free responds:

Hey thanks, great you like it!
I will maybe add some new stuff to it soon. :]

[-+[The Lonely Bard- Reprise]+-]

Stirring

I really liked this, and im not sure why its got such a low score... Anyhow it has a nice set of instruments, an interesting structure (i like the slow start) and a really rousing melody and theme. Very epic and extremely well made!

LadyArsenic responds:

All of my songs get low scores. =/ Guess there's someone out there who thinks pretty badly of me, eh?
I'm really glad you liked it though! There was something special about this piece when I was writing it, so I'm really happy someone else thought so too. Thanks for listening, and thanks for the really nice review!

[Moxie feat. Tobsen, Onix-One]

Ya!

Du bist sehr gut!
(I suck at german)

MoxieChan responds:

;) but your comment was 100% correct. Mine is the first part.

[Japan [Dr.S] (demo version)]

Repetition.

Ok first off that drum beat for the first 40 seconds or so is dumb and pointless. To be honest almost all the drumbeats throughout are pretty bad, trying adding a bit more variation, fills and pauses etc. The melodies are nice though and gave the piece a good relaxing feel. Try some different ways of moving from one melody to another other than just stopping one and replacing it with the other. I liked the counter melodies building up at around 2 minutes. The sounds are all nice, as in the synths sound good. Just try adding a bit more variation, perhaps have a slower swelling start instead of that annoying drum beat?

Dr-Slump responds:

I agree. Will do.

[It Had To Be You on Piano]

Great!

Man i really like this! The tune is really nice, the playing is great and the recording quality on adds to the feel of the piece. I hope your wedding goes well and thanks for sharing this great piece!

margarine responds:

Yeah, I unintentionally recorded it with quite high gain on, so it's almost got that vinyl crackle. At first I considered rerecording it, but it's actually quite nice! Thanks for the review

[-Days Gone By-]

Great!

Awesome i really liked this! Really original and some great melodies, only think i'd say is some of its a bit repetitive perhaps in the parts where melodies are just repeating you could mess around with the drum beat or mastering? Anyhow it was a nice song and i enjoyed listening to it, thanks!

Snooglebum responds:

Thank you! At this point, it's gone out to iTunes and things like that, so it's a bit too late to change, but I know what you're talking about, the song could be tighter. Thanks for the review.

[Songs Sung Unsung]

Fresh

I liked it, always nice to hear something unique. And don't worry zero bombers, the reason you got zeroed will be nothing to do with your music.
Oh and what is sidechaining?

Anti-Citizen responds:

ugh.. i know, but theyre still annoying pricks. it defeats the purpose of actually having a rating system.

Anyway sidechaining is that when a sound peaks above a variable threshhold, it drowns out the sound channel (for the time its peaking) its sidechained to. this really makes the beat stand out and makes it sound huge. example: listen to the choir in the beginning. this is actually not being shifted in volume in any way. its because its sidechained to the kick. i hop this is clear enough. :P its difficult to explain.

Thx for the comment! :D
Always makes me happy.