Cornilious's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Lost Home]

Good start.

This would be nice for a little loop, but as a song it needs some work.

Nice melody but rather robotic in structure. Some dynamics and increased range would liven it up. You mention adding a cello. That would be interesting because of the range of the cello and of the piano. Usually someone would add a violin or flute to such a sparse arrangement but cello would be nice considering what range you keep it in (or make it more virtuosic for the cello, which is also a viable option.

Out of curiosity, what are you using to produce piano sound? Is it a VST because it sounds very nice.

EdwardFrost responds:

Yeah, the dynamics didn't really transfer over as well as I would have liked them too. I was too focused on trying to play in time(I usually play with more feeling and time doesn't matter as much to me). The piano is one of the regular acoustic piano's in Logic 8 and I messed around with the equalizer. I think when I upload the more full version of this I'll play around more with the dynamics like you said so it sounds more human. Thanks for the review! =]

[Call It Quits!]

A couple of things.

The vocals seem pretty nonchalant for the subject matter. My opinion is that you need to be, um, more pissed off. haha Get some grit in that voice!
The chords are really generic and predictable and remain the same the entire song which made them kind of boring to listen to.
A basic rule of thumb: when you have distortion, you usually want drums in there too.

cHunter responds:

Yeah, our drummer just died of aids and our guitarist has no hands so he was forced to play with his feet. Also our singer is Microsoft Sam. Who's the asshole now?

...me

:(

[Earth*]

Erm....Pink Floyd?

Yeah, 100% Pink Floyd until the melody/solo came in. haha The likeness was uncanny. Slayer still sounds like crap in my opinion, sounds way too electronic and has no bottom end and crunch.
I see this as more of a loop than an actual song since it's the same chords the whole time. This would be a sick loop though.
Even though they're fairly simple, I still like the drums a lot, you got a great sound out of them.

Snakessgoss responds:

Yeah, I don't particularly like Slayer either, but I thought it was ok for this song. The drums were made with Ezdrummer. I actually play drums, but I have no way of recording myself... oh well.

And at the Pink Floyd thing, I don't even listen to them! lol, funny how that works.

Thanks

[i'll stay here]

Repetitive.

You said the verse is long, but the chorus is long too.
The reason why it seems long is that it is really repetitive.
The ukulele is nice touch, it's something different.
Your voice is pretty good when it's clear as to what you're saying.
Let's not talk about the sound quality. haha

jambrother2 responds:

lol
yeah i agree im gonna redo it when i got the recording equipment
and il make sure i space it out a bit more cos i just got one massive verse followed by one massive chorus and an end so next time i'll try to get a verse chorus verse thing going on
thanx 4 the advice
:)

[The Only Mice I Know]

Nice.

The vocals and and guitar really complement each other, but the vocals need to be louder (can't tell what you're saying really). As you said, the quality is low but it's alright.

ColdIggyFresh responds:

well I did a little bit of vocals here during the chorus and outro, but as I said we were first starting out, and our vocalist was a bit shy, the other ones he got a little more comfortable with it

[iR* Syd Barrett- Late Night]

Good stuff.

The syncing is a little off in the beginning though, especially with some of the finger snaps.
Love Pink Floyd though. A decent cover.

Iranarama responds:

Thanks Cornilious!

Yeah the snapping is a bit off, I'm not much with rhythm.

[The Fall_TA]

Finale =/

As much as it is an EXCELLENT tool for composition, the playback sounds absolutely horrible. haha
I know you probably can't do anything about it right now, but I'm going to say it anyway: look into a different program for the "finished product". I really like the composition though.
If you want, I could "cover" your unfinished song. Look through the stuff on my account beforehand though. It will sound less Gothic (think Industrial Rock or heavy Alternative) and have a few changes, but I'm willing to try to do a decent cover.
PM me back if you want to collaborate!

EdgeCrimson responds:

Thanks for the review! I never intended this to be the finished product, I just wanted to get some of the music I had been writing out, so I decided to use Newgrounds for that purpose. The music was written with the intention to be performed live, so I believe that since this is the "rough draft" copy of the song, the way it turned out is acceptable (to me at least).

I'm not sure if I want to delve into a different program right now or not; I'm kinda on the line between whether or not I want to continue composing for band stuff (as in stuff to be performed with real instruments) or if I want to branch off and compose stuff purely by computer (as in intended for internet use). I'm leaning towards the former, but, depending on how things go with some of my other songs on Newgrounds, I might go for the latter. If you have a good composing program in mind (as I'm sure you do) though, maybe lemme know.

On the subject of covering the song... hmm, interesting prospect, but I'm not sure what I think of it right now. I'll definitely check out some of your stuff, however, and, I'll PM you if I decide to do it.

[[VN]-Spirit of the Soul]

Drums

The drums were a little spazzy and didn't accent the key parts of the beat created by the guitar riff. The break between the drum parts were pretty long too.
Other than that it was interesting and the guitars were well thought out.

VNStudios responds:

Haha, I always have trouble syncing beats. Glad you liked the guitar parts and thanks for the review.

[Still No AnswersDEMO- BF]

Good for a demo.

After the heavier riff ends at :45 you might want to let the notes ring for a bit instead of just cutting them off.
At 1:52 where the bass (which I like a lot) cuts out for dramatic effect, you might want to mix up the drum beat or even add in a fill.
And yeah the sound quality when it gets loud is meh.

L3JD2K1LL responds:

yeah.. ok thanx for the rewiev. yeah its not any good quality.. but its not a real bass actually its my guitar with a heavy bass amp ... i use garageband for mac so the quality blows. but thanx for the tips and as i told you before its still a really bad demo :)

[Heartless (challengeloop)]

Washing machine.

The first guitar's distortion (which was more like intense overdrive) didn't really fit.
Also, the sparse drums in the beginning weren't really syncopated to the synth so it sounded awkward.
Unfortunately most of the song didn't seem to fit together, it kind of tripped on itself, as if there were just too many tracks in there. Try cutting down the number of tracks and focusing on those really complimenting each other first, then adding back less "necessary" tracks and seeing where it starts becoming too much .

Number7even responds:

Meh, I was trying to emulate a similar band. Lol, uh, yah, don't worry about it. lol