MaoDaMighty's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Day 3 Beat 1]

Really like that bass, reminds me of earlier Swollen Members type beats. Nice subtle change ups throughout is a nice touch, although, maybe a breakdown bridge section at 3/4 or something might've added a nice variation. Solid beat though, looking forward to hearing your others

Kraftor responds:

Thanks, MickeyMao, will be working on the breakdown and variation on beats.

[Strange Things are Happening]

I think its a long time available instead of mornings. We need it. I have to go to a team of researchers from the university of California at Berkeley and the other can go to a training. What a crazy day. Encore. I'm gonna predict thst and the other can go to a place with less of the packers fans. I think jes going todrop by tomorrow night at comic book land.
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I like the lofi sounds here. The process you went thru in creating this sounds very interesting. Very clever approach to sampling here. This one has a very familiar libby shimmz vibe to it: sometimes a libby jam just sounds like the OST to metroidesque zombie apocalypse.

7 golden geese and horse duck out of 8 platypi

Good job!

Libby-Shimmz responds:

Thanks much for the stream of consciousness werds. Muchas gracias.

[Gypsy Tripsy]

This is awesome! The intro reminds me of Tenacious D's tribute. I really like the pan flute/woodwind here. Overall, all the sounds here are very cohesive with each other, makes for such a lively yet hearty beat. Fantastic job here!

[Grim's Neighborhood]

Love that grimey sound. Build up sets up the bass drop quite nicely. Sick beat here.

[Let it roll - TheUnrealReader]

Really like this. Great mix of rock, blues, souls, bluegrass, country and hip hop. Very eclectic sound here. The transitions are so good! Great work here!

TheUnrealReader responds:

Thx Bro! <3

[I Love You]

CAUTION: This review will probably be interpreted as being soaked in envy and hatred, when its intention is merely a honest perspective.

Good: Mixing- vocals and beat both sound pretty level. Dubs and adlibs are nice and subtle; they emphasize the mains without distracting or muddling the audibility. Lyric structure and scheme is creative. The outro bit was fresh. The twist was also pretty funny, although... terribly predictable.

Bad: There are many points throughout this where the vocals are covered by the instrumentation (particularly those swelling vibe horns and that cascading diamond drop sound), makes it near impossible to understand the lyrics (without ear wincing) .This coupled with the repetitive nature of the lyrics made this sound like " We blah together, blah blah blah, together, baby baby baby, blah together, blah together blah blah together. " for 3 minutes. With all those internal rhymes and assonance it's a shame they are missed when ingesting this aurally.

I listened to this multiple times. 3/5 stars. Not bad.

Teqneek responds:

*edit- 3 revisions have transpired since these comments took place. The song is where I want it to be now.

Buuuuut I may still record it again- I feel like I can get this whippersnapper to another level (which also completely contradicts what I just said like 2 seconds ago). aight then.

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Thanks Mickey. Honest review, no worries. I agree on pretty much every point with you. It's hard to get my voice to "pop out" at certain spots on seemingly every track I do. I wonder what it is with that.

Oh btw- some of the negatives you mentioned about this song were intentional to a degree... and keeping in theme with the whole Brain Storm album concept- Repetition to a fault.

But yeah, one layer beneath that is some complex shit. I really like this song actually. It might be the one I'm happiest with so far for real, and your review was completely fair at the same time. Thanks homenuts.

[Boss 2K17 - crocodile boots]

This is like the Room of trap music. I thought I smelt burnt toast while listening to it. The vibe tho, it kinda works as experimental interlude. As is, it kinda sounds like a brain spasm inducing vibrations.

Boss responds:

I'm glad that you heard the tommy wiseau line! thank you.

[I.A.C.]

You wish.

Zero substance here; basic brago stuff to try and sound cool, kinda effective at that, The mixing is dope af tho. I could go on aboot other stuff but hockey is on.

3.5 ketchup chips in a roll up the rim Timmy's cup.

Teqneek responds:

I just wanted to make a song for my northern brothers and sisters out there. Love y'all playboiiis

[Uptight Bass]

Wow, love that groovy flow. subtle percussion adds a nice layer here. sick one.

[Black]

Nice verses! Song has good flow, but I thought the bridges in between the verse and hooks could've used something.put practice is practice and this is dope.

Emdee-NF responds:

MickeyMao an NG OG lol. Thanks dude and yeah I think so also, The bridge parts kinda bring down the energy.