Kimken's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-Orr-Nocturne in C# Minor]

Oh man

A clear nine for some reason..
This is what I call SKILL.
You seem to know the piano really well. It's one of my best friends.

You're clearly one of the best musicians I've heard on NG. There are so few who can complete a song like this, I really don't know what to say.

Actually there are just some chords which could be changed, but that's not a big deal. It would just raise the feeling a little bit.
I got goosebumps at the end of this song.

Haha, seems I just can't shut it down, got stuck listening to this :)

Really worth listening to!!
//Kheni

[Unrealism]

Melody!

Typical beginning. Not that it sounds bad or anything, but the usually sounds like this in any other techno/trance song.
I feel like there should be a melody coming in somewhere around 1:06 - 1:33.. Maybe by fading it in? Otherwise it'll just keep repeating the same things over, and over again.

Come up with a unique melody for this one.
Otherwise, nothing "wrong". Sounds like any other techno beat.

//Kheni

[Favourite Color]

Test?

This sounds like testing instruments to me, or something to that direction.
Those drums annoy me, and that guitar just keeps repeating itself all the time.
Everything's fumbling.

Score: 1/5
Be more serious.

MyK-Alix responds:

"Be more serious"

no...

[Little Tree Pond]

Great

Really energic, you're good!
Real instruments too, all right! Love, hate, anger, happiness. You variate it nicely without making it sound stupid. This is one of the best musical pieces I've listened to here on NG.
It starts, goes and ends just like it should!

Didn't have the complete feeling in it, something in the melody section could be changed. I don't know what, but something that will give goosebumps to the audience. Or maybe you don't need to change it at all, it was really good anyway.

Overall: Well done!

//Kheni

[\|MilkMan_Dan Tribute *Full*|/]

Cool

I really loved this when the snares came in!
But the violin in the background before that sounded a bit odd, and the chords at the snare-part were also strange.
If you would change the bassdrum, which makes this less orchestral to something more orchestral, this would be better.
But that's just my opinion.

Some tones from the strings just split my brain in two, made me cry and beg for mercy. Easy to fix, do it.

Even though I can hear that you've spent some time in doing this, I advice you to spend more.
More orchestral.

I know you can do it :)

//Kheni

MaestroSorrow responds:

It is good to get a more direct review. Thank you Kimken, you have confirmed some of my suspicions of the piece. A lot of the dissonance I put in there myself, to symbolize the chaotic journey Dan had taken throughout his stay on Newgrounds.

I am a little unsure of which parts you mean for tones in strings. If you could pm me a specific example, I would greatly appreciate it.

I will spend more time on it, where the finished product will land i'm not sure, but more time will be spent.

Thanks for your thoughts and review.

[Zelda 2 | Cave Remix (Full)]

Cool

*Likes it a lot*

Brings back memories

D-A-J responds:

It sure does ;)

[Zelda 2 || Temple Metal Techno]

Dude...

This really made my head feel like exploding.
Change the annoying "slayer" guitars and play it with a real guitar instead.. if you can't play, you should find someone who could do that for you..
Work on the drums.. the same beat over and over again just doesn't work so well..
And somewhere in the middle of the song the melody is a couple of notes "off chord".
I honestly don't understand how this can be in the top 30's (right now)..
Well, you should make another version of this.

At least it was a good idea to make a metal mix of this. So, good luck with you other songs.

/Kim

[_-=[Dancing with Darkness]=-_]

Good

Well done, I liked this one. Work more on this piece, it's already good but you can make it better. After listening to some of your work, I realised that you've got talent.

I strongly suggest you to complete this, it reminded me somewhat of a mario game..? Just do it :D

Kheni

MaestroSorrow responds:

Mario game?

O_o?

Coming to the audience this year!
Mario finally snaps!

Blast and slice through all those damn mushrooms!

I'll see what I can do ;), thanks for the review Kimken, rock on.

[I_E - Intrikate]

Yeah!

This is some great shit, can't find anything wrong with it.. Loved it!

//kheni