Tangerine's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Time For Tea (Melbourne Swing Mix)]

I never realized how good swing sounds!

[Maryland]

This song sounds nice. I like the explosion you had around 0:50. The harmony and the rhythm sound amazing but the only thing I have something about is the melody. It sounds very run on. Like my broken English and my run-on sentences. Would be really good if you cut the harmony into two sections and concluded it sooner to avoid it sounding repetitive. I know I may suffer from this sometimes too but I try my best to help it. What software do you use? I use Sibelius so I often leave it to a four bar melody then repeat with a few harmonic and melodic changes. I know it might be tricky for something like FL Studio (i'm not 100% sure on this. Don't quote me) not having a bar system like in notation. So I can sympathise with you on that level if your software doesn't use bars. Other than that, it sounds amazing and it makes me fear america! Keep it up!

50Steaks responds:

The melody sounds run-on if (and only if imo) you were expecting 4/4. The idea of this track was to be untraditional while also being nostalgic, and basically try something different. It worked. However this song in particular has been received far less well than I initially anticipated and I think it’s because of the awful mixing and bad choice of bass that doesn’t bring out that instrument enough. The result is a song people generally felt was mediocre despite it trying something new. Turns out however long you spend on a song isn’t proportional to the quality.

[Alabama]

The beginning was really suspenseful and intense. Good job on that. You really like making your compositions intense and ominous, don't you? If this were to be the theme song of Alabama, then i'd be scared to be on the same planet as it. Very well done on this! Keep it up!

50Steaks responds:

I absolutely like making intense and dark songs because that has been my strength I feel like. All of my most popular tracks have been in a similar vein and this one, while being a little quiet for my tastes, has good structuring imo and brings the atmosphere with the choir thing at the end.

[Grim]

Sounds good. If you kept a consistent level of sounds throughout then I could totally see this as a final distorted boss battle. Keep up the great work!

kadepow11 responds:

Thank you! I have a bit of trouble doing that sometimes. Sorry lol

[Funk loop]

A good tip with making groovy bass lines is to make it flow. One problem I see with your current bass line is that it starts with one note then suddenly on the offbeat it begins spamming notes. Then it pauses suddenly loses energy which becomes very offputting. Your main melody sounds great. The repeating bassline becomes slightly hypnotic and I think it would strengthen the song a lot if you were to change it more often or make it way more simple. With the bass, if you want to keep a funky bassline, rhythm is more important than a thousand notes. So that's just a small thing to keep in mind. Otherwise, this sound actually sounds pretty good. I like the melody at 00:23. If you incorporate what I've told you then you'll be on your way to making fantastic compositions.

Veenomn responds:

Thanks :)

[ROCKSTAR]

Ah yes, a classical piece...

[You Make Me Happy]

(Smiley face)

[Ancient City Valialur]

Haha made me feel like I got transported a couple of thousand years ago in the shoes of my ancestors. Sounds amazing! You really hit the point with this. Did you use real voices or realistic synths for the vocals in the harmony? I find that in my music, the voices can't say actual words or grunts.

DanJohansen responds:

Thanks! I use real voices, but they are sampled into midi. there are a lot of crazy good voice VST's out there right now!

[Second Home]

This sounds really nice. The beginning is a little bit long though. Maybe mix things up by adding some arpeggios to go with the chords. For the center section of the song, it would have been really nice to hear something like a jazz guitar solo to compliment the strings. I like the ending though, but once again I feel that it may be a little long. Most people don't have a very long attention span and having a long intro and outro may ward people off. Sounds really nice though. You have a lot of potential. Keep it up!