Tyguy80s's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Life Of My Own]

Nothing quite like a good improv on your favorite instrument :) I felt this one better, probably because it wasn't clockwork like your last piece. The use of chromatic notes was a little forced at around 3:20, but the rest was clever use of chromatic-ism. I like the way you stuck with the key of Bb/Gmin, I haven't heard music in that key quite played like this in a very long time. The jazz chords at just shy of 11:00 didn't seem so much impact-ful but they seemed like a device to go a little atonal for a couple minutes which seemed to work.

There's definitely a few themes here that could be developed into a song if you're needing inspiration. I'd encourage that, it's an easy way to make more original music by looking at your own songs and seeing if there was something that you wanted to develop upon and establish. When I write symphonies including a harp part, I almost always want to write a song for harp and/or bass clarinet just based off that theme.

*plug alert* Examples of where I employed that tactic, Blissful Venture and Liam's Lullaby, Theme of Disturbed Wind and Trust in Despair, Symphony Allegro and Journey Through a New World, Burnt Okra and Through The Swamp. The infinite possibles in music, it's fun really :D

There's definitely something good from this improv and I enjoyed the mostly clever use of the chromatic notes. This song's unique; nice work Chad. Seriously though, consider maybe writing a song based on something from this session. It's a really satisfying feeling, expressing yourself through a creative work that you enjoy... I'm glad NG exists and allows amateurs to do so.

ChadWiggy responds:

Thank you, guy. Everything I play is actually improvised. Kind of like channeling my thoughts and feelings into a audio journal. Only way I could replay it would be if I recorded the notes with midi.

[How Do You Get An Octopus Into An Egg? (Clockworks)]

I couldn't enjoy this. This is music for sure, but it feels like an eery ambient theme then it does an Easy Listening song. Perhaps try labeling it as "Other - Experimental". I know how hard it is to convey musical ideas and concepts from your head and onto the canvas, so I do appreciate that in this song. However, I failed to sense a... melodic or compelling theme. Perhaps I'm not "feeling it Mr. Krabs". I'll check your other works though.

ChadWiggy responds:

For sure. I only posted this version because for some reason it was receiving positive attention on SoundCloud. Weird I thought, but there it is. Guess I should post the original 2 versions, huh?

[Tetris - Bradinsky - JBeat RMX]

I have this on repeat. Y'all's dialect make this song too. It takes courage to publish a white boy rap :)

JBeat2k9 responds:

Hahaha yeah dude! Thank you for your comment and rating!

We made this in 2007, but we put it online in 2009!

I can't believe people are still finding it! xD

[Clock Day 2017 - Hourly Bells]

Neat-o!

[Moonburst]

This is a lovely theme and it progresses nicely :) The piano arpeggios were a great ornament too. Personally, I'd wanna hear the piano play an F# Major chord just to resolve the song on home base again, but maybe leaving it on a C# expressed your idea better. Good job Dowon, thanks for sharing.

ItsSnikio responds:

Oh, thanks! and thanks for taking the time to listen :)

[We Are Number One but it is a DnB Remix]

The only thing bothering me, preventing me from giving this five stars, is within the first minute. You have a piano play an Fminor chord, but, it doesn't change along with Robbie's singing. That drop after that was spectacular. If you didn't know though, the chords are Fm, Bbm, C# to C7. In the second minute though, when you slide on the banana peel, you could do the chords again, but rocking the F bass line works too. Great concept here, had my trapping.

I'll wait though before I click on Pico's face and rate this for real though. This is amazing what you did with this song and I think you could upload it to YouTube and get some views there too, would've been real successful when the meme was fresh. Thanks for sharing, the only thing that really could be better is that piano part in the first minute where it stays on Fmin instead of play Fmin, Bbm, C#, to C7

[Enploration]

Really liked that Beethoven-esque minor shift right around four minutes or so. You're really good at this adaMills.

adaMills responds:

any comparison to B-man is too much, man! I can't hold a candle to the greats.....just try to emulate them.

['Fidget Spinner' etude]

I definitely hear the etude part of it all. Where was this recorded? The key changes were seamless. The fast arpeggios tho, I heard the fidget spinner inspiration there. Good work her.

adaMills responds:

it was recorded in my living room/kitchen! hah! i know i don't have the fanciest of recording studios, but i try my best with what i have. thank you for taking the time to listen! it really makes my day :)

[Race Against Yourself]

This is fantastic. Ditto on what BlueOceans said. This song just keeps chugging along and you can hardly disambiguate when one phrase ends and another begins. This song flows with the wind I swear. Great work!

zybor responds:

Thanks for your response. Take care.

[Winter Breeze]

This is a classic repeating theme here. Good work!

zybor responds:

thanks bro