LunacyEcho's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Welcome to Barcelona]

It's very well done, with great-sounding instruments. From your past songs, I can see that you spend lots of time working with editing instrument sounds, which normally turn out sounding great.

Your composition, on the other hand, is very interesting. In the beginning, I was very confused as to how the song was supposed to sound, getting a feel of it at about thirty seconds in. If I were you, I'd tone down the bass in the intro and make it a bit less syncopated so that it's easier to get a feel of the beat, then get into the more complicated stuff (which you seem to excel at).

Effect-wise, it's great, as usual. You always have this 'futuristic' vibe about you, and this one definitely didn't disappoint. Good work.

OcularNebula responds:

nice

thank you, that's a very positive sounding review overall!

I've had other people say similar things about the bass, and yes, I do love 'future'

[Circumnavigating the Glob]

Wow! Amazing track! It doesn't sound as similar as some of your other tracks do, and it's very interesting to listen to. I find that the most fun thing about this piece is that it appears to slowly transition through various key signatures (I think) as the song goes on, which really fits in with the 'circumnavigation' theme. I think I saw a song written similarly in a kids show called Phineas and Ferb once. Go figure.

OcularNebula responds:

yeah, glad you noticed that! it's definitely a thing (the key modulation)

[Exciting Summer Day]

This is such a catchy little tune! I love its simplicity, yet its effect is undeniable. I think you do very well in expressing just what it is you say it does: An exciting summer day.

However, I do think that the piano is a bit overbearing. If you were to cut its volume just a little, it'd be great. Since it stays the same throughout the song, I don't really think it should be as loud as it is, as sooner or later, you'd just get tired of the piano, and it's supposed to be a loop, so that's not really a good thing. But please don't mistake that for dislike; I really love this piece.

Rexyrex responds:

Thanks a lot for the review and constructive criticism :) Now that you mention it, the piano seems a bit loud :P

[-Race around the galaxy-]

I hate to say it, but I never really like the Race Around the World songs. This, however, is so much better than the rest! I absolutely love its mixing, sounds, composition, everything. It's extremely progressive, without a major motif that recurs throughout the song, something I enjoy immensely.

The one thing I think would make this a bit better is the fact that in some places, the percussion seems a bit subdued. I don't know if that's an homage to the previous songs in the series or if you just wanted to have different styles throughout the song, but I don't think it worked out very well. There was also that little blurb that I heard after everything had ended and was fading out, but that's more of a quirk than a point of improvement.

5/5. 10/10. Great work.

Waterflame responds:

Thank you! Yeah i tried to layer the drums on and off like that to create a sense of build-up and to make it less repetitive, but maybe i should have made the other parts pop more.
The little sound at the end was intentional :) just a little quirky finisher, haha. Thank you for the feedback, ill keep it in mind!

[Hyper Sonic Camilla]

This is quite an interesting tune. In many parts, it sounds as though it was sped up from a much slower tune, so the main synth sounds somewhat crazed and off-beat. I think that quick songs should have emphases on the beats, not the little notes in between, so aurally, the melody wasn't as good as it could've been.

However, there were still many parts that were great. The instruments harmonized with each other very well, and I thought the vocals fit very well with the song. The alarms at 0:20 or the random cymbals at 0:57 could have been omitted, but otherwise, it was a great song, looking from an instrumental perspective.

The main thing I think would improve this song is slowing it down. It can still be a hardcore remix if it's a bit slower than this, and I think, for this style of music, it's too frantic to have much of an effect. If you choose not to, though, it's still a great song, and I hope you make more in the future.

viewtifulday responds:

You're right, the melody was written at a much slower BPM, haha. I sort of bastardized it with my special flavor of viewtifulday craziness, but that was just an stylistic choice. As for the airhorn and the triplet kick/cymbal rhythms, I kinda just threw those in there for fun.

Thanks for the review! You had a lot of good points

[-Maverick Feud-]

It's a great song with a bit of cool flavor, but felt that this song was a bit drier than your normal 'muffled techno' songs, like NightSquad or the Gamegrumps Gojira Remix. I just felt that it was too repetitive for the SFX to relieve me of the repetition. In some songs, you pull it off wonderfully, but not so much in this one. I mean, from 0:14 to 0:37, it was the exact same sounds on drums and bass, looped for about 30 measures, without so much as even a chord change! However, the SFX during parts such as those, while way too quiet, were very well-done and I wish they'd been louder. You used the Western sounds well, and I could tell what you were trying to show with them.

If you were trying to write a top-notch or a death match-winning song, this isn't it. But, as gadogry said, for an experimental piece, it's brilliant. I've never heard you make this sort of music before, so it's natural that it shouldn't be as good as some of the stuff you're more comfortable or have more experience with. Great work.

Waterflame responds:

Thank you for the helpful review! :) I guess what blinded me was my cinematic vision of the song, its almost like i fitted it to a non-existing action scene. And i agree there is some serious volume issues in the middle part on 2 of my 3 headset's, should have checked that first. thanks!

[-Sky Fortress-]

Rock, chiptune, orchestral, epic... Only you could combine all these styles and make something so absolutely amazing, Waterflame. I, personally, enjoy it very much when people mash genres to make unique-sounding music, and I've certainly never heard anything like this before. I hope you do more stuff like this in the future!

[-Swirl! Chiptune remix-]

Waterflame? Check. Cute-sounding chiptune? Check. Parody of older work? Check. Short enough to keep it interesting? Check. Long enough to have tons of substance? Check. Absolutely amazing. The only qualm I may have about this is that is loses a little bit of its progressive quality towards the end, but hell, it's Waterflame's chiptune. 5 stars, easy.

[-Swirl!-]

I just love this Waterflame mindset. "Ugh, I'm in such a bad mood. Screw listening to happy music, I'll make my own instead!"

It's a great, upbeat tune for just a bit of mindless listening if you're down in a funk or just want a bit of extra cheer. The missing half-star would be because, however bouncy and peppy it is, five minutes is just a bit too long for this type of song, in my opinion. For me, it started getting kinda boring and repetitive at around the 2:50 area, so about halfway. Something this long would compel me to listen to the whole thing for the first few times I play it, but is just too long to bother with after that. It's an amazing tune by a talented author, but the number of minutes and stars just can't agree.

[Lost Forever]

Before you go and antagonize me for my comments, which happens far too often in real life, please note that I'm very impressed with your work and think that it was made with true talent.

While this was some entertaining ear-candy, I don't think it's dubsteppy enough to garner the genre you gave it. To me, it sounds like you've either never or barely attempted dubstep before in music and don't listen to a lot of it. Forgive me if I'm wrong. The wubs at parts like 1:11 were just too repetitive and prominent in the song to provoke that much interest in the dubstep part of the song. However, I do know how much effort it takes to make sounds like that, so if you're willing to put in the effort instead of looping the same four notes over and over again, i think you could make a remarkably good dubstep song.

The overall feel of the song was very passive. I enjoy calm music as much as the next guy, but again, that was one aspect of the song which I felt contradicted the title of 'dubstep'. It didn't sound like something people would dance to or listen to for the upbeat sounds in it, it sounded like something I'd listen to during meditation or something to calm me down while doing math homework.

Another thing about this that struck me was that you spent so long working on it. I love small details and hidden noises, but for songs like these, people wouldn't be as likely to notice. Your style of music is one that just washes over an audience, leaving them cleansed and soothed. Adding tons of tiny quirks to the song doesn't really add up for that sort of thing. Also, the horror of the kick and snare. Yeah. I know that feel, bro.

TL;DR: It's a great song, relaxing and tranquil. The one-star knockoff was because I didn't think it was an actual dubstep song, but I think you could make a great dubstep song if you approached it differently. You also don't need to work as hard to produce the same amazing effects that grip us like this song does. Great work.

Everratic responds:

Thankyou for the review!
I agree with your description of my music. The reason why my songs are like that is because I listen to a lot of pop music. I really enjoy listening to Kesha.
I do not listen to a lot of dubstep songs, you're correct I only like emotional dubstep songs, the regular generic dubstep does not appeal to me at all.

"Your style of music is one that just washes over an audience, leaving them cleansed and soothed. Adding tons of tiny quirks to the song doesn't really add up for that sort of thing."

I agree with you again :D I have a good reason to add the small details though ; so that my songs appeal to more people. Some people pay attention to the complexity of songs so I do it for them.

If i ever decide to put in a lot of effort into a dubstep song, it would be similar to the song "Fading Dystopia" by DJ Jo. That is my favorite dubstep song.