RyeMcCrory's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Sea Above Rework]

Very Neat

You have all the key parts of an ambient track down and settled, and the wave sound effects are a nice touch. This is good. However, I was disappointed slightly, as you missed a few key moments where some extra "punch" would've made that much more of an impact.

And yes, I will point out which parts. Hurrah for constructive criticism! :D

There is a drum beat that plays just once throughout the entire song. Having it alternate between hitting once, twice, and thrice throughout the song would me an excellent way to vary the beat.

Also, at around 2:08, increasing the bass volume and and adding a few more bass notes was the turn I expected the track to take, and was slightly disappointed when it didn't. Nice and relaxing, speeds up without getting overexcited.

Overall, very nice work, keep it up!

giovanni808 responds:

Thank you very much for taking time to write a good review. Problem is, that my computer was hitten by a virus and I had to formate it :/ And I lost the fl project file. So I can't change it. But of course, I could put the song into fl studio in mp3 file, and add bass :) I will look at it.

[Dream of Water and Land]

Escape

It's funny how people say music can take you places, places you've never been, places you have been, maybe even places you will be.

Every now and then there comes along a song or two that can do that to you even if you're not focusing on "escaping" so to speak. Many people claim that their favourite bands allow them to experience this (especially those saddening people and their emo bands!), but I believe that it's most often the ambient genres that let us out of our corporeal confines and... explore.

When I heard this song, I was in the midst of searching for ambient music for a game I'm helping to create. This song doesn't fit in with what I was looking for, but I was glad that I stopped to listen to it all the same.

Mental images vary from person to person, but mine was of walking down a pleasant, carved stone hallway that was very blue. Not sad, but the colour, blue. Overall this is a very nicely made track, keep up the good work!

Semaphore responds:

thank you very much and I share your opinion

[Ice Crystals]

Reminds Me

The reminds me of cave-crawling back in Oblivion, the beginning of the track sounds similar to the music played when inside caves and tunnels. Very nicely done. :)

TreborLocke responds:

I guess it does sound like that doesn't it? Now you've made me want to go play Oblivion again after I'm done with Fallout 3 >.> *Shakes Fist*