PenguinSam's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[DUN-DUM!!! [RNG]]

Eh...

Well first of all, the instruments are all very whiny sounding.

Now, the chords that you strike, they aren't very full. They sound fairly weak to me, and not very dramatic.

Now, I do like the organ, that's a nice touch!

However, the rhythm sounds, well, sqaure. If you used more interesting rhythms, which unfortunately are hard to tell you via type, like maybe have the pick ups play the chord before the chord (I don't think that made any sense...). :\

Now I can say that you are headed in the right direction. Maybe you could add some woodwind instruments, that would help. Oh, and have brass sustain the chord, that would be nice too. I really think you could make those chords fuller, I really do.

You can do it!!!!

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[Opaque Shards]

Uniquely Awesome!

Oh man, I have never heard anything like this before. It was a completely new experience as a listener.

You're gonna give me a run for my money in the RAC!!!

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P.S. I'm your polar opposite compotition.

Kirbyfemur responds:

Wow i'm liking this feedback, it must mean i'm doing something right xD
I hope you do great as well!

P.S. I know about the polar opposite thing, lol I listened to your entry and saw the description. Hopefully i'll get to review your submission pretty soon =3

[Russian Waltz No.2 in Em - RAC]

Oh wow!

Man, you had to choose E minor, that's a soft spot of mine!

I can't truly complain, it has a perfect authentic feel to it, and everything just fits together.

Although, you may want to see if you can let the last chord hold out until it fades instead of just cutting it off, I just find that a bit bothersome.

But other than that small thing, it's absolutely excellent! Good luck in the contest, it's nice to have great competition!

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Darkmaster603 responds:

Yea, I'm about to fix that. I had to cut it short because I was trying to fit a movement in there and ran out of space, but I forgot to re-lengthen the final chord.

Thanks for the reminder and the review, good luck in the competition!

[skies]

I'm glad I read the comments!

While listening to this, I thought "Hey, this is Sonic Colours, it's stolen!" But then I read the comments you gave and realized, "Oh, it's the same guy. That was a close one."

Sonic Colours is one of my all time favorites, so it's pretty nice to hear how it began, and became improved. This does, however, have a different feeling, more like the blue skies rather than pure happyness of colors that it later became.

I must say that I am glad you posted this, it's just such a joy to listen to!

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[==(MINDMINER)==]

Can someone say, incredible!

I wish I could be more, well, in depth about this, but I just really like this track!

Just the overall feel and the intro and ending were great!

This is just a really neat track, keep up such awesome work!

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[Colour My Life]

Ah, I love a piece like this.

I don't come across jazz pieces like this, but they are some of my favorite. Classical piano is amazing, but a jazz piano "ballad" is something else!

The only thing that bugs me the quality of the piano sample, it just sounds a bit to, bright. I would rather hear the dark sound of a grand piano to really warm it up. It would give it a much better sound.

This one just warms up your heart, just warms it up! I can't say much about it, it speaks for itself.

Thanks for not only adding color to my life, but a little jazz as well.

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[MSC1-Fight Scene 1]

HYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYA!!!

I just saw quite an epic fight scene my friend! I don't know how, but our hero managed to finish the fight right at the end, and boy was it intense!

I love the picture you painted for this scene, it fits perfectly! Thanks once again!

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Usernamemyarse responds:

wow, thakns :D

[The Empire's Gates]

Just PERFECT!!!

I LOVE THIS!!!! I can't complain at all! It explains the scene you described for MSC1 perfectly!

I don't have much to say on this one. Keep up this amazing work my friend! And thank you for participating!

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SFaPiL2 responds:

Thank you sir... both for the awesome score AND for your awesome thread ^__^.

[MH16: MSC1 -A Lost Friend-]

The Scene is PERFECT

I don't need to say much, all of the people below me have already said everything that I could say! The scene you created is just what it needs to be!

You have done a tremendous job! Keep up great work like this! Thank you for participating in MSC1 and challanging yourself!

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FairSquare responds:

Wow, thanks PenguinSam. Means alot, coming from you :-)

[In the name of Poseidon (RAW)]

Digging it!

Heavy metal may not be my style, but that doesn't matter.

I like this a whole lot for depicting a fight scene! I think that having a killer bass would really help this song a whole lot. Same thing with the drums, I feel like they could use some more power. Not right at first, but later on, maybe in the parts that you are considering adding on to this. Some awesome crash cymbals and the like, used well, would do a whole lot!

I see an awesome fight scene coming from this! The guitar has the right tone of distortion to it, so keep up the work! I can really see this doing well! The depiction of a fight scene is spot on!!

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Usernamemyarse responds:

thaks, since this is a raw cut, its not the final song, ill see what i can fo about the bass.