Hazel-Ra's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

['Once]

Goofy funness..

It's really simple and kind of fruity.

....but you're right, I'm smiling right now. :)

think - YMCA

Good job.

t0bbz0n responds:

haha thanks :)
Iam trying to evolve and Iam hoping iam on the right way :)

[Uberic]

Fix loop.

Not too bad. I think it would work well as background music to something if you toned down the heavy beat, smoothed out some of the cuts to different sections (ex. from the low/mid section to high sparkly stuff), and of course - fix the loop so it doesn't sound like a speed bump.

Really dig the choir. Wish I had good choir sounds. What equipment you using for them?

themeatiscoming responds:

Yea I admit it still needs some work.

I use Magix Music Maker 11.

I need to throw into sound booth to fix highs and mids , and I agree I do need to fix the loop a bit.

thanks for the helpful critique

[Last Quest]

Nice.

There's a decided lack of this type of music on NG, so Kudos for putting it up here.

There's a lot that I like about it, but I think I'll stick to what, I think, could be improved:

1) No discernible melody or theme - I think you were stressing so much about the harmony on this that you maybe forgot that harmony's main purpose is to support melody. I think as it is right now it serves as nice musical "wallpaper", but don't expect anyone to be singing it to themselves later as they're shopping for groceries.

2) Nothing happens - There are no great changes in the orchestration to help bring variety to the sound. The strings are very prominent throughout. Try an extended section with just the woodwinds. There's maybe a little of this but not nearly enough to maintain my interest.

3) Harmonic Direction - The harmonies are very interesting. They don't really follow a traditional progression (which I think comes from you working more intuitively rather than by the book). But because of this there's no real direction: I've sat and listened to it about 5 times as I've been writing this now and I feel like I'm in a haze; I don't know at any one point if I'm hearing the beginning, middle or end of the piece. This will get better the more you write and the more you learn about theory (assuming you're reading up on it). But in all you're doing pretty good with just your intuition.

Ultimately that's the most important thing - intuition. Good, original music doesn't write itself. I think you've got it.

Good job. Keep it up!

DJ-Chilvan responds:

Wow. God bless you highest for this review. This is the kind of review I love. Enough criticism both positive and negative. I will use this review to learn more in my future projects. I would love to review your own works but I am in a situation now in which it is impossible.

-thnx

[Blue Jazz]

Good for general MIDI sounds.

It's pretty nice. The piano comp rhythm stays pretty constant; maybe you could vary it a little bit to add variety and interest to the background. I like it.

evil-genius20 responds:

thanks for the review. maybe i will try something like that to see what it sounds like

[Day03 - A glorious day]

Solid.

I like how it gets more symphonic in the middle after the electronic beginning. Loops nicely too! Good job.

hopeku responds:

hehe thanks :)

[Welcome to the Acid]

Good at varying theme.

I don't know how it stands on it's own as a self-contained piece; but as a study in "Acid" as well as your ability to vary the original idea I think it shows you're capable of some good stuff. Keep it up!

tvsocks responds:

Ya, well the same to you buddy!.....