SomeGuyMusic's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Nuit D'amitié]

This is so beautiful!

[Horizon]

HOLD ON YOU'RE ACTUALLY SLEPT ON THIS IS SO GOOD!

[Creo - Sky and Soul]

A new Creo song just out of no where. What a pleasant surprise.

[Not Alone (Orchestra Arr.)]

Your songs always hit in the right place! Amazing work as always!

HollandAlbright responds:

Aw! Thank you so much :)

[X]

You're honestly my favorite orchestra composer

HollandAlbright responds:

That is an incredibly kind compliment! Thank you very, very much. That means a lot.

[Casporb - 8-Bit Monster]

So I'm not a huge dubstep maker tbh. I mainly make orchestral stuff so take what I say with a grain of salt. Here are my thoughts on this and what I believe can be worked on for future songs. The composition isn't doesn't really feel well put together tbh. The drop doesn't have that much impact because there isn't much going on and it's gets really repetitive. I think you could start with a chord progression and work from there perhaps. That could give you a good base to work from and know what key you're in and play around with notes in that key to try and make a melody. It's some basic music theory thing but if you don't want to do that just experiment more. Experiment a lot. I can't stress that enough. Try new things and learn new things. When you get something down that you rock with, then let that be your foundation. Try to think of the melody as a pattern. Make more patterns of notes for this song and if see if they sound good to you or not. Or look up some songs and hear what sounds good. Look up some videos and learn what sounds good. Anyway back to the feedback. The melody stays the same up until 0:28 which causes the song to get repetitive very quickly imo. Try to change the kick and snare up a bit more. That white noise SFX at 1:08 is very loud. Sound design wise it isn't much imo. It kind of sounds like a lot of presets. And I love presets as much as the next guy. Means I don't have to make a sound I want, but for convenience and versatility, I think you need to learn the oscillator at a certain point. If you're going to make dubstep, I believe you should try to study the oscillators and try to get a grasp on what things do. It will open up a world of different capabilities. It's like a strong recommendation that you learn the oscillator. I won't comment on the mix as I recommend trying to improve on composition at the moment. Also going back to the melody and chords, there isn't really a set way to do things with those, so like I said...EXPERIMENT! You can get a better grasp on things if you wish by watching videos. This is just me but I recommend basic music theory for producers...but thats just my opinion. You DON'T NEED theory. I just think it can help you get started easier if you know some theory. I wish you the best of luck. I hope this helped!

The score is irrelevant to your progression in music, therefore I shall not show it.

Casporb responds:

Thank you! Please show your score...
Edit: OK. I had a nightmare that you showed and it was one and a half stars XD

[Title theme]

So there's nothing necessarily wrong with this song, but I must admit it sounds like a very generic. There's no unique instrumentation, chords or melodies. That being said it does have a bit of a charm to it.

[A Far Distant Land]

Very well done!

HollandAlbright responds:

Thank you!

[Lone Wolf (Orchestra Arr.)]

Amazing as always!

HollandAlbright responds:

Thank you so much!

[Jataaka]

So I'm noticing that the song could have more depth to it. I would honestly recommend making more use of drones and stingers and layered strings in some parts as well. There are many empty places that I think could be filled in. Not so much that it takes away from the drums but enough to make the song sound a bit more full. Tremolo strings would be perfect for this piece imo. They would sound pretty good at 0:20. Why not add some layered staccato strings going on at 0:33? And a stinger at 0:56 to set up for the high pitched string? Also the drone at 2:22 felt very underwhelming. I believe there are a lot of ways that this piece could've been expanded upon but I do enjoy the drums.

awardwinninggardens responds:

That's a great amount of amazing feedback, sir! We'll do my best to improve, thank you :)