Arby's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Hitchhiker's Guideto the Galaxy]

Ah the banjo

You know how to stick to roots ;P

As soon as I heard the banjo here I knew I liked this song. The lyrics are cheezy but the tune and your singing are really nice =)

But it could use more banjo later on XD (therefore only 9)

SkyMarshall responds:

Cheese and banjo - what else does one need? =)
I agree on the cheese btw. Thanks for the review.

[HW - Sedative Shapes]

Great song

The person below me just made my day. I think the term you're looking for is "gangsta rap".

As always, you fail to disappoint. I listen to many of your songs but never leave reviews. Keep up the good work =)

haywirehaywire responds:

thats good thanks a lot bro!

[Bricks Can Fly]

whee

The ships hung in the air much the same way bricks don't

;P

For some reason, I think Douglass himkself would love this song as a theme. I remember his one request for the hitchhiker theme was "it must have a banjo"

Very fun song =D

cycerin responds:

Heh, It's not a Hitchhiker's Guide reference, but I guess it works. :)

[Victory Dance]

Excellent beginning!

I love the atmosphere you set at the start! You really feel like you're in the middle of some crazy crowd shouting like crazy and having fun.

After 1:00 though, you start decomposing it and I feel this is where the the song starts to get bad =/ You had this great feeling and this great momentum. Then you stop short and it's like urk- what? The crowd clip doesn't really sound good stopped short like that either. It sounds un-natural.

I think one big problem was that it was sprung randomly in the middle. If you had something like one of the DJ's clips to separate it, then it would have been a more tolerable transition.

You've hit something potentially epic here though. You can do even better crowd manipulation songs if you keep at it, i'm sure =)

JohnnyFrizz responds:

Umm Im lost in this review Arby.

Okay you said something about stopping the crowd clip? Umm I didn't stop anything at that point it kept on playing until 2:40 then I lowered the sample's volume for DJ mixing purposes. But there was nothing sprung out in the middle as you mentioned, its just that (naturally) as you mentioned the crowds don't shout the entire gig :P Its not... natural ;D

Thanks for the criticism though!

[Breaking Influence EP (A->N)]

Uhm...

Is this supposed to be a preview of the songs or something? =/

The transitions were all messy and seemed half-assed and the song had a case of ADD. I see no reason to simply cut and paste sections of other songs together in a way that is un-apealing unless you're trying to advertise... =/

ApproachingNirvana responds:

Thanks for taking the time to review! This is actually meant to be a preview for our album, Breaking Influence, which includes the tracks listed above. The reason we posted this preview track was to use it in conjunction with an audio forum post that let everyone know we had an album out.

I understand teh transitions aren't that great, but it was meant to really showcase the parts of each song. The songs fit well together on the album (in full), but not necessarily with 30 second segments as they appear here.

We really appreciate you reviewing tho, since many people just don't take the time to review at all.

Check out our stuff on Myspace and let us know what you think!

[-Ricochet Love-]

Hell yeah =D

You did everything right from since I heard this. The 8-bit synths that I thought were a little crackly sound great now. (or perhaps i'm just using better speakers)

You hit the epic feel right on the head. It simply sounds great, cohesive (which had been a complaint of mine for a few of your more recent ones =O) and overall very powerful. The mastering does add ALOT.

Overall, I simply love when you combine two distinctly different melodies/feels into one solid picture. The high, light melodies and the hard-hitting drums contrast yet work together in a way that makes it simply awesome =D

4.83 at the time of my voting. Most excellent ;P

Waterflame responds:

Woot thank you so much man :D a great review :D glad you think i managed to clean the errors up and fix it! :D ill keep on mastering my songs better from now on. it gives better result, altho it takes about twice as much time. again, thanks! <3

[-Orange-]

Overload of happy

<#:: We are sorry to inform you that this review cannot be processed fully, the users happy receptacles have overloaded. We were, however, able to salvage part of the review. ::#>

I've had this on loop since you sent the link to me on MSN. Extraordinary feeling in this peace. It makes me want to do irrational things like put this music to the most depressing video I can find for the LOL COMEDY effect. ;P

Waterflame responds:

Haha thanks :D yeah it really is overly happy huh? its that kinda happy that makes you even happyer if youre feeling ok, but makes you irritated if youre too far down. XD really glad you liked it man! :D thank you! :)

[Victory is Yours!]

heheh..

"Dude! YOU WON!"

Actually you just made my lose.... the game

Which you just lost too =P

Good ending fanfare though, I'll use it if it fits in with the rest of my audio style.

itsameyayo responds:

haha, sweet! Thanks for the review!

-ImperfectDisciple

[Dark Daybreak]

Woah...

Listening to this with headphones is a serious experience.

It messes with your head and disorients you but... I like it XD It actually feels pretty addictive. Plus, it makes me want to do sideways head bobs XD

C-Enterprise responds:

LoL
Try listening to this thing with headphones everybody! ahah
Trippy experience granted.

Thanks for the review ;)

[-= The Sleep Cursed Town =-]

Very very nice peice

I really love this piece. It carries the distinctive flavor of final fantasy games.

How original is this? Did you borrow melodies, basic music constructs and stuff or did you just construct stuff in a very similar style with a similar flavor of instruments? I'm dying to know how you were able to emulate the style so well ;P

kelwynshade responds:

My inspiration for music generally starts with an instrument. Once I was able to construct a sound that struck me as familiar to an SNES key, I ran with it. This is as original as it gets. Sometimes things just fall into place and this particular track was one instance where the deeper I ran with it, the better it sounded.

In truth, I wish all my tracks fell into place as well as this one did.