OpenLight's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Get Out of My House, Mau5]

NOICE

You're always welcome to parody my style, haha. Though in all seriousness, if you wanted to do anything with any of my songs, you're free to do so. Just let me know if you want help with anything, even if it has nothing to do with any of my stuff.

Haha anyway, I love your stuff. You can tell that you're newer to the program you're using, but it doesn't hinder you near as much as it did for me or Retro or anyone else. You've got some talent, and once you get more familiar with your stuff, you'll make some great music.

EricFreeman responds:

I would totally do a parody of one of your songs, but I wouldn't know how to begin. I can't really make my own synth sounds myself; I just twist nobs until it sounds cool. >_> If you ever want to collab on something though, I'd be down.

And thanks a lot!

[A Grand Return]

Love the wobble effect

It's pretty awesome.

The song as a whole needs a light, legato harmony instrument. This is just for depth, but depth is necessary.

Great song though!

Xarosas responds:

Lol though i haven't fully gotten my mojo back, im glad i came out with somethimg XD
anyway thx for the review, it makes me feel better that at least me song's scores are going up..
I'll do better next time and so on

Until then, i'll see u on the audio portal..

~Xarosas

[Goblin Feast (WIP)]

Awesome

This reminds me of so much. For example, I'm near positive that orchestral stuff was the same instrument from Runescape haha. Anyway, always freaking awesome.

PainasaurusRex responds:

Thank you as always, you posted this 11 months ago, but I responded like a boss

[Eric Freeman - IDK]

Very creative

About piano solos, I've not done many. One song (called Breathless) is entirely piano melody (though there is harmony as well with other instruments), but it has something that could be considered a solo. Essentially, it's all arpeggios, but check it out and maybe you can get an idea of how to make one for a more upbeat song lol.

Nice job

EricFreeman responds:

lol kk, checking

[Nitrodroid (DJ Prex)]

Pretty nice

Haha I just got your message. I'm not 100% yet, but I'm feeling much better. Thanks, haha.

Anyway, this definitely has some funk to it. It's probably rated down because of the TTS robot, since everyone knows it's from FL Studio, but the melody itself is pretty great. I'd suggest uploading a clean version of this and adding a couple of harmonic layers. The harmony is the most important addition in this case.

Nice job!

PainasaurusRex responds:

good to hear from you, and and yeah, the robot its sweet though XD anyway, I don't fully understand what you mean by harmonic layers. However, I will possibly, maybe record my voice for the vocals, but doubtful. Well I'll work on it some more and repost it when it's updated.

[Eric Freeman - Spaceship Ride]

This is not rated well enough.

I love the delay effects and stereo separation at the beginning of this song. I'm seriously very, very surprised it's as good as it is with such a poor rating. It's energetic and fun to listen to. KEEP IT UP!

EricFreeman responds:

Thanks man! And yeah, NG has a habit of voting 0 on every song out there. If you don't have a strong fan base to help vote it back up then good songs get lost in the abyss sometimes. Thanks for listening though! I appreciate your feedback. :)

[DJ XeMeX - CABAL]

WHoaoaoaohaohwahaoaaa

I listened to this on your Facebook page first, and I'm still freaking amazed. This is so great haha.

CAK3MAT3 responds:

thanks man ...glad u liked :) ..ill make more :3

[Waterstrider]

Wow

I love the primary instrument so much. I wish there were something like it that I could find in FL Studio, haha.

Nice though! For a loop, I'd suggest not using fading effects. It feels a lot like it should be a clip from a longer song with those effects haha.

gingerspine responds:

Thanks for the review and the suggestion!
I wanted to make it longer but I got bored/couldn't think of what else to do with it...
:p

[How Can I Shine Without You?]

Nice job!

Your song is not rated nearly well enough. I love the reverse vocals at the beginning and the melody is fantastic.

I really don't have much else to say. People are just jealous haha so just wait a little while and your rating will eventually raise to what it needs to be.

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

Haha, Thanks man,

Thanks for the honest and proper listen and review, light. Keep it easy, man and have a good year, no, no. Have a good lifetime!