Tangerine's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Gonna Make You Sing]

Out of all the reasons I've seen people mind-control control another, this is probably one of the more relatively wholesome.

Very cool concept though, especially for a song. I also love that guitar solo near the end haha.

Thetageist responds:

...Relatively.

Thank you!

[Demonic Dash]

I never knew I liked spooky wub wubs so much. Haha well done, I love this track

Preds responds:

tysm ^^

[Ascilia's Theme]

Oh haha, I didn't see this. I love the oboe so much. The low strings in this are so spooky too haha. Amazing job

Bosa responds:

thank you sm! the oboe has always had a haunting tonal quality to it

[Frankenstein's World Tour]

Oh my haha, I love this so much. It's spooky and goofy all at the same time. Then it turns French at 00:51 and unfrenches at 00:56 xd. Haha jokes aside this is the type of music I dream to make in the future. You're amazing with your instrumentation and pace. 10/10

I wish you the best of luck with this year's spooktacular!

Manvineo responds:

Awe shucks thank you so much, and good luck to you as well on this year's spooktacular! <3

[The Secret of Farmore Manor]

The story is amazing, the music in the background is just so well done haha. Sounds so professional.

Bosa responds:

thank you!!

[Trapped]

It sounds so unsettling. I really like what you did with the static and the spooky piano.

Latadenata responds:

Thank you!

[X3ll3n & Benji-G - Mayhem]

There's no way this wasn't front pages. This has no right to go as hard as it does. Not gonna lie, reminds me a bit of payday music

Edit: haha yeah that seems just about right

X3LL3N responds:

I'm glad you liked this. For a track that didn't get frontpaged, it did have a decent amount of listens, which is always cool

[-Wildflowers-]

Hey mate, you've got some good potential with this. A good rule of thumb for avoiding clashing notes is to follow the chords.

So basically let's say the scale is C D E F G A B. When playing two notes together, try to avoid notes that are right next to each other on the scale. So C and D won't sound good unless you phrase it with context. D and E won't sound good if they're played together. That is because notes right next to each other tend to clash.

Instead, try to use notes that are a note or two away. So for instance, if you're playing a C, make the other instrument play an E instead of a D. This will make it sound a lot more musical and clash less. I hope I'm explaining this well. I'm not a great teacher, haha.

Anyway, I think the sound effect at the beginning comes in a little harsh, so maybe if you slow the crescendo with the sound effect, it'll have a much more pleasant effect.

Typically, you wouldn't want the drum snare to be following the same rhythm as the other instruments. The cool thing about drums is that they can build and keep their own rhythm alongside other instruments. At 00:28, I think a basic drum pattern would have been really good and brought up the pace a little bit.

But yeah, honestly just keep going. You'll refine as you go along. Try to learn as much composition-related music theory as possible. Trust me, once you get the basics down, you'll be able to make amazing music with little to no effort.

I like 02:26. I think its really strong and a nice way to end off the piece, haha.

Hopefully, this has been helpful. Good luck with your future music!

Creeperforce24 responds:

I did get a little bit of what your saying, but I feel I’ll get better as I practice, thank you

[Form for Orchestra]

I love this a lot. Every section is so wonderfully done. You should remix more of their pieces xD

50Steaks responds:

I would, but a lot of his works are well outside the scope of what I've done on musescore (drumstep, dancey w/ lyrics, whatever). This song from him was a one off. My next project is actually something from my singing monsters.

[Newer Hampshire]

Haha nice. In the beginning, I really got the ambient feel you went for. Something you'd hear in a quieter section of the game. Really brings in atmosphere and I would rate it 5 stars. 00:27 is probably my favorite little part of the song. I really like the dissonance between the pads and the plucks. It scratches an itch in my brain and I think it is so musically professionally done and so well placed. If it were just the first half or so, I would have rated this 5 stars.

The further the song goes, the more I feel that the initial charm of it is lost. For me, the opening was the best part and it slowly degraded and became less and less of what it could have been.

Clashing. There's a lot of clashing in the second half. Notes fighting each other for who will become the high king of the lands. A brutal battle that caused many poor notes to perish and others to become war-hardened.

All jokes aside, I feel that in the second half of this, the notes chosen may have become a little too carefree, and different musical ideas started to clash with one another in a bad way. It's always a good idea to stick to the chord progression with the harmony and use more spicy notes with whatever the listener is focused on. It's just overall safer that way and it will stop sections sounding super messy musically.

I like the melody in this, but I find that it's hard to fully enjoy because it is fighting for its life against the harmony.

Apologies if I'm being a little harsh, but I just want to really emphasize just how much everything in the second half is clashing with one another. For me, it takes away from the whole experience. Maybe trying to do slightly more enigmatic harmonies on something unsustained like plucks or pianos might turn out better? You have to be very careful with clashing when it comes to sustained sounds.

The many clashes aside, I like your structure and how you built up your initial ideas and themes toward the end of the song. I think ending the song after the climax with the same sort of feel as the intro was a really strong and nice way to end the piece.

Overall I think it's a great piece with good mixing and a lot of potential, but the clashing and bashing with the notes takes it down quite a bit for me.

50Steaks responds:

Yeah I'd agree, the intro is one of the peaks of this song, but I wouldn't go as far as to say that the entire second half brings down the intro. I originally had composed the intro with no idea how to continue the song, but eventually settled on a brief dissonant bridge. I wouldn't say that everything CLASHES at the bridge just past the intro, but more so provides a sense of uneasiness like in West Virginia and crucially, the original New Hampshire (that part tried to emulate the original more so, which is probably why you didn't like it as much).

But I just don't see what you mean with the second climax. Sticking to the same chord progression throughout the entire song would defeat what I was trying to achieve. That part is the peak of the song in my eyes, even better than the intro, and takes what was established in the intro and builds on it to a dramatic but brief high point as the song comes to a close. The melody isn't fighting for its life against the harmony; it's meant to blend in to take full advantage of the potential of the copter effect used throughout the entire song. I will agree though, the chords just leading into the climax are a little wonky because I couldn't get them quite right. There might be some clashing there.

Regardless of our differing opinions, I'm glad you still enjoyed the song. I did pour a lot of time into this and may have expected a better reception, but my friend is orchestrating this and may create a newgrounds account soon to post it.