Tangerine's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Remembrance]

This is very neat. I like the chord progressions you used with the choirs. It oddly reminds me of some of the music in Steven Universe. Gives me a heavy nostalgic vibe.

In the second half, I like how the pace kicked up a bit and slowly died out into the enchanting choral melody. This is really beautiful and you can tell it was made to spark emotion. The random tubular bell at the end was a funny addition, but it worked well.

As I said before, this song feels really nostalgic, which is honestly perfectly fitting with the name "remembrance" lol. However, there is just one thing I have to mention about the overall song. It's very quiet. I had to put my volume up really high to get it at a comfortable listening level. Turned it up to around 90.

Usually, I add dynamic plugins like Maximus or Soundgoodizer to increase the volume of my work, but you're not on FL anymore, so I'm not too sure what you've got there. But it's not a big deal, the listener can always turn up their volume, but it could possibly turn away some people from listening to it.

It's odd because, in your preview, it was a normal volume. Perhaps there was an exporting issue?

Anyway, I'm sorry I took so long to discover this. Uni started for me 2 weeks ago and I'm still coping with the sudden increase in workload. I'll try to check newgrounds more often, only takes me a few minutes.

50Steaks responds:

Remember when you used Sibelius? Remember how hard it was to make your pieces a decent volume without absolutely destroying the sounds of the instruments? Somehow I was able to avoid this with warbird but the moment you introduce choir and synth, now all of a sudden everything is clipping and making it really hard to increase volumes across the board. So I had to turn down the entire volume of the track just to make room for the ending to get louder, something I’d usually be able to do with automation but ofc I don’t have access to that anymore. As powerful and convenient musescore is, it could really use some automation features, at the very least for volume (the built in velocity feature doesn’t work at all lol).
As for the piece itself, the chime at the end was present in the original so I wanted to include it here too. As someone who started uni back in august I can attest to the increased workload— it’s literally night and day. I went from studying 10 hours a month to studying 10 hours a week on one class. At least I’m still in the university orchestra as a cellist lmao.
But yeah soundgoodizer musescore port would do WONDERS for me. Even just putting it on mobile FL so I could export and add it would be super nice.

[GizzyKittyMusic - Over The Horizon]

Very cinematic and inspiring. It's kind of funny hearing the buzzing of the guitar though.

GizzyKittyMusic responds:

Yeah I admit the buzzing is a little weird. I just liked the ambience that the particular guitar adds besides the buzzing and wanted to use a sound I hadn't used before.

[GizzyKittyMusic - Outside The Walls]

Very cool gizzy! I noticed that the audio started the do that weird wobbly distortion thing when you put the instruments too loud on FL studio. If you don't know what I mean, listen to the climax section of my song The Tinkerer's Workshop, and you'll hear it clearly. If you put Maximus on the master and set it to clear master, it will make everything slightly louder and it will prevent that from happening.

GizzyKittyMusic responds:

Thanks for the advice :)

[Remembrance (Preview)]

Warbird has nothing on this. LOL

Haha jokes aside, this is a very cute preview. I wonder how you're going to expand on it with the full version if you manage to complete it lol.

50Steaks responds:

Unfortunately this intro section was probably the best part of the piece no question. It really set the vibe for the rest but the rest wouldn’t transcribe really well to choir (especially since for some reason musescore choir doesn’t line up with the metronome like at all??).
It looks like to finish this I’d have to pivot nearly entirely away from the choir sound for the rest of it.

[Enter the Unknown]

This is awesome haha. nice

Psyware responds:

Thanks, glad you liked it!

[OFF KILTER (FUCK THAT SHIT)]

you makin it with this one

NasJee responds:

LETS GOOOOOOOOOOOOOO

[GizzyKittyMusic - Buried Beneath The Sand (Desert Ruins)]

That's awesome gizzy

GizzyKittyMusic responds:

Thanks! :D

[Warbird]

Man, this is actually amazing. First off, the intro is amazing and I couldn't think of any way to make it better. It perfectly sets the viewer up for the next section where it gets better, and the pacing and instrumentation are amazing.

So, remember when I messaged you saying I was going to do a really big in-depth review of this song? Y'know, since it's your biggest one yet. Listening to it again, I don't think there's really much I could add. It's so expertly composed with every second having meaning for the broader story of the piece, while still being super entertaining. Like, somehow every moment feels like it's the peak and it can't get better, but then it does.

I can't get over just how much I love 03:43. It's so cute and amazing and I love it so much haha.
04:40, I really love the use of dissonance. Now watch as you do the exact same with but with synths and I call it a bad thing, but I think you can just get away with much more when it's with actual instruments. the timbre is a lot less harsh if you know what I mean. This section perfectly represents the aftermath of war. Its got hints of happiness and relief, but that joy is overshadowed by all that was lost and the devastation. I love how you demonstrated that with the somewhat hopeful and triumphant melody along with harsh clashes and dissonance. It's amazingly done and it's so emotionally powerful.

I like your version of the cave island infinitely more than the original. so much more emotion and meaning in it.

God hearing this masterpiece has reminded me just how lazy I've gotten with my own music. Today is the first day out of school since I finished my last exam yesterday, and I decided to speedrun a song for a challenge I saw in the Newgrounds pub. It sounds *good* I guess, but I think it lacks inspiration and emotion. After hearing this I kinda realized that I gotta get my shit together and focus more on giving my songs meaning rather than making them just sound good. I feel like I've started to lose that part of my music.

Anyway, awesome job as usual. This song is so beautiful and powerful and I think it's going to be a near impossible task for you to top this, which I'm sure you'll find a way.

Very good, epic, and long ;)

Response: Don't get me wrong, dissonance of course can work on a synth, but what I was trying to say is that you can get away with much more when using orchestral instruments. At least in my personal experience.

50Steaks responds:

This is the first song of mine you’ve had 0 complaints with since Nevada. That’s hilarious to think about
3:45 was never intended to be cute. I had no idea it would have that effect on people once they saw the name of the section tbh. I do find it cool that people take it as light hearted despite my intention with it though.
But you’ve finally explained why you think this succeeds where newer Hampshire fails: the instrumentation. And here’s where I can half agree: I could’ve used better synths in newer Hampshire, but I don’t think dissonance is an absolute no-no when it comes to electronic music. There are plenty of very dissonant and chaotic songs in this genre that blew me away the first time I heard them, primarily in the electric jazz genre, so it can work in my opinion.
“Victory” is my favorite part of the piece, and it’s also the part that I spent the most time on. I really wanted it to feel natural and flow well whilst also pushing the narrative forward. Originally, this piece was never meant to include that section; rather, it just sped up and moved right on to aftermath. I feel like the addition of a slower interlude really helped the overall pacing of the piece while being thought provoking and realistic.

One more tidbit: “Those we lost” feels kind of uneven because I put an extra break measure. It feels like it never lies on beat despite being an even 16 measures. I really tried to go for that there.
Thanks for reviewing! I can concur that your review is also incredibly good, epic, and loooong

[New Age of Reconciliation]

Thats awesome Dan

DanJohansen responds:

Appreciate it good sir!

[Sqek]

the name fits this beautiful piece of art perfectly

Thetageist responds:

"Squeak" spelled with 4 letters. No more is needed.