Bezman's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Robot Sound Effect: 1]

A robot moving? Camera scanning?

Actually does remind me of a robot moving. Or a bunch of other things.

This seems to loop well.

Small application though it might work well in a specific point...

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Conal responds:

It sure might!

[My Guitar - Modified]

A fuck-about. Cool to do. Not so much to listen to

I get the impression that this is basically just you fucking about. It's actually kinda cool to experiment and whatnot but fyi, it doesn't sound 'good'. Because of the layering and volumes, I can only make out 2 instruments - the quick modulating bit and the bubbling from the start. They both seem to be repeated a bit...

this is vaguely interesting. But still, it's something I'll definitely be deleting and didn't particularly enjoy the times I listened.

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Conal responds:

I R SAD

[Robot Sound Effect: 2]

Angry Robotish sfx.

I'm guessing this is meant to be an sfx rather than a loop.

It does sound like an angry robot and I could see this being used a couple of times as a robot rampages towards our hero. Or maybe in a game, for when some robots first spot you.

A bit harsh to be used constantly, but it sounds sufficiently 'robot-ish'.

One of those things that has a tight application, could sound good for that one use, but is otherwise a tad annoying.

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Conal responds:

Anoyying could help spam flashes... You never know.

[My Ideo of Hell]

A decent rendition of a slightly mechanised hell

A real pounding, slightly demonic, vibe. I hear machinery, wailing, roaring... the camera would pan as flames burn, souls flit around, evil torture devices are used...

Not looping it better seems like a missed opportunity, but it actually sounds kinda cool,

When I read the title, I was worried, it was just an attempt to be as annoying as possible!

Conal responds:

LMAO!!
You makes me laugh.

[Why the Night p8]

needs a tad more clarity imo

I like the intro beats and guitar. The melody of your vocals is cool too. Not too sure about the harder beats that come in when you start singing though.

I liked the melody that came in at 58s, but it kinda sounds like it has some static or is badly recorded or something - the tune as a whole just isn't that clear at that point.

I think your vocals need a bit more strength to them, spit out the lyrics and let us hear those consenants, get a bit more power...

I actually felt at times that if this were cleaned up a bit it could be a cool track. reminds me of the vibe of some other pro groups, though which ones... that escapes me.

Anyways, good work. Just needs a tad more clarity imo and maybe some more development with the drums and bg melodies.

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LenardNotLenny responds:

Again, I need to record this song with an actual band, with some decent mics for this song to reach its full potential. And I'm no vocalist, but I have been trying to get my voice stronger, and unfortunately, I haven't written a song in a while where I can stress that... but yeah. Thanks a lot for the feedback.

[Warp away]

totally hear the 'warp'.

The way you switch up the rhythm of the melody is kinda cool.

The end beats lead well into the starting 'airy' sound. However, I don't think it sounds great as a loop - I just find that when a loop of this length has one part that stands apart (here the end/start) it just makes it more obvious it's a loop and makes it slightly more annoying after extended periods of time than it otherwise would be.

Also, generally, I'm not to keen on that kinda attention-grabbing fast instrument.

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Cyberdevil responds:

Heh, yeah, glad you semi-liked it.
Feedback much appriciated! I'll keep workin.

[Talking To Myself]

I wasn't keen on this.

I felt the 3 verses were too similar in melody. And the basic melody, in my opinion, was a bit boring and uninteresting.

I felt your voice just wasn't 'powerful' enough to match the number of effects and whatnot that you have on those guitars.

I felt the lyrics seemed a bit meaningless - they may be meaningful to yourself, but I just didn't 'get' anything from them.

I felt the first few seconds of the instrumental part sounded cool, but I didn't like it when you added the retro square-wave-type synths.

I do like the instrument that comes in around 2:00 and then 2:35.

I commend you for messing about, mixing real/synth instruments and obviously a bunch of others enjoy this. I, personally don't.

Maybe you're best off catering to those who do enjoy your stuff.

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LenardNotLenny responds:

Well, I thought it at least had a rockn beat.

One guitar. And it wasn't powerful enough? I wasn't expecting that. Dude...? That thing was set to about as powerful and distorted as possible without making it mush. I thought the problem was the opposite.

Yeah. I'm rewriting it. The lines are staying the same, but more will go inbetween em. It'll have actual meaning.

There were no retro wave-type synths.

The organ was Garageband. And then there was a bit-crushed guitar solo over that.

Thanks.

Well, even if you didn't like it that much, you gave me some nice feedback. Thanks for reviewing.

[Man In the Smoking Mirror]

Long build and cooldown. Radical mix of instrument

5/5 & keeping in iTunes.

I've been listening to this for a while. It's an odd vibe - I don't know if I really see it being used in a flash, but it's awesome to listen to.

The piano has a really creepy melody and rhythm to it and there are a few sorta slow drum rolls that sound like someone hitting a pipe. Really adds to the vibe.

It's not until half-way through that you really go into the full set of beats and even then, it's a quirkly little breakbeatish thing with one beat 'missing'. Whilst this'd make it hard to pace a game or movie to, though, it makes for a great amount of variation whenever it pops up on itunes during drawing or reading articles.

There's nothing much I can suggest to improve it. It's at the standard where I'd need to listen to it 10 more times before feeling qualified to suggest improvements. Removing the build-up/cool down would make it lose so much.

Hmm... maybe some strings in the centre, when it's going wild? Just an idea.

The song is totally Pico-esque. You really should rework it to resubmit if there's another Pico AP competition this year.

Looking forward to more stuff from you!

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WritersBlock responds:

Cheers! It reminds you of pico? That's interesting, because I asked MindChamber to check this out for his Pico day flash, except that his movie is about p-bot, so it must have some sort of NG theme to it! Yeah, I couldn't really see this used in a game, but I think the song has some applications in certain movies, it just requires that particular feeling to fit.
Thanks for the review, 5 and DL.

[What you know (about math)]

made me chuckle

This isn't something I'm gonna be coming back to, but I liked the joke.

Some of the words could have been spat out a bit better - making for clearer audio.

It made me chuckle though, and I'm guessing that's all you were aiming for.

I know a lot about maths!

Gavin responds:

wonderful!

[*Cillit Bang! Remix*]

What's Cillit Bang? Love speech in music.

Reading the reviews, it sounds as if it's not as original as I thought. What is Cillit Bang? I've never heard of it...

I just love hearing normal voices mixed into a tune and was gonna commend everything going on here. Fun to listen to!

My only suggestion would be maybe to add in more stuff going on, whether an extra layer of vocals at times or maybe a bit of a harder melody... it sounds too much like an unfinished novelty tune atm, which I suppose it is...

Looking forward to hearing this when finished!

BritZombie responds:

Its the greats advert in thw orld.

I thought the same aobut the xtra layers when I heard it recently. Thanks for review :)