Southwest-Statistic's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Trials and Chances]

Excellent.

This was very well written and put together, very well executed. I do wish that your engineer had spent a little more time perfecting things as far as the timing and drum-precision. Other then that this is very very well mixed and mastered.

You are like... the only other "band" I've found on here other then me.

Keep rocking.

Final-Round responds:

Thanks for the kind words man. Our tech did what he could with what money we gave him. I assure you if we had another grand, nothing could have touched our songs, but as is, we're a broke bunch of dudes that play shows and work to save up moneys to record, and as soon as we get enough we go in and do what we can.

The guy we use is Dan Precision (88 finger louie, rise above,break the silence). He has been very kind, and even donated some free time for us, which was incredibly awesome.

but yeah, thanks for listening, hopefully together we can give NG more respect in the audio portal. as is, I feel kinda like the bastard child of ng, stuffed away in the basement...or something like that!

[And Now]

You got my head bobbing. Awesome work, and I hope to hear more stuff by you in the future!

[Usher - Nice & Slow]

Would you be interested in collaborating?

Inka-Wall responds:

I'd like to find some producer there in the US who wanna spend money on my project. Actually i've recorded two 2-steps hits and 10 r&b & soul songs..this is just a sample of what we do..i've not posted original things 'cause actually i don't have rights outside E.U. Living in italy it's hard for music :P

[Out of the Shadows]

Good concept & progression...

...but it doesn't seem like there is enough diversity. My ears where craving a nice big buildup into a nice big chorus, but it never really came. The music doesn't lend itself to being this long without some additional changes and instruments being dropped in and out.

It's also evident that the patterns in the drums are very Hip-Hop influenced, and not so much built around a rock mentality or rock drum kit. Basically, a human rock drummer would never play the drums to this song like this, however a lot of Corporate R&B drums sound this way.

I hope that this review helps! I did like the song, and I am only offering what I hope is constructive criticism to make the future of your music that much better.

yello-dart responds:

Thank you a lot for the review man. You actually put thought and backed it up, and I appreciate it. I do agree with what your saying as far as the drums go... I don't know if that necessarily makes it BAD, just not exactly rock. As far as the progression, there is a set verse, chorus, verse, chorus, bridge, chorus order, which I think would be more clear with the singing. I am trying to get the vocals sounding good, and hope to submit that version as well, and maybe you'll like it better. But thank you a lot for your input.