Sawdust's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Imperial - Down]

Very nice track

I really liked the vibes this gave off. Perfect music to play in clubs and shit, I loved it. I loved your instrument selection and how the percussions sounded and generally the entire sound of the track. Good job on this, man.

PostImperial responds:

I love you.

[Stargenx - Under the Razor]

Tense

I liked this track overall, it really conveyed the feeling of tension and suspense really well. I could easily see this in a video game, used in the same context as this piece: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5ZC16w Th3jM

Good work, it sounds very professional.

Stargenx responds:

Thanks for the review! I've never played that game before.

[Further Bars of Heat by P.]

HOLY SHIT

Your voice is like motherfucking sex in my ears

P-Balla responds:

Probably the best compliment my voice has ever received haha thanks man!

[All She Wrote (Freestyle)]

Great beat, great rhymes

Not much to say on this, but I really like the beat. The guitar and drums and shit sound nice. I also like the recording quality on the vocals. Yeah. Solid track.

Look forward to hearing more from you guys.

[-:HaloTopic:- a Bit Retro]

Great work

I love it, the synths sound really tasty :] and the rest of the instruments really contribute to the sound. I dig the drums you used here, but maybe you could use a bit more mids on them? I don't know, that's just my preference. Anyway yeah, everything here is great, the bassline, the melodies, the synths, the drums, everything. It's just a shame that it's so short though. Oh well. Good job, though!

Halotopic responds:

Yes we all have our preferences ; )

I´m afraid the shortness has to do with no inspiration. This song goes in a completely different style than i usually do and write in. The inspiration loss might have to do with that. Who knows =)

Thank you for your review!

[Chalk up Another]

Beat can get clumsy

I kind of see what you're trying to do with all this sampling and putting drums over stuff, and yeah it's a noble pursuit I guess, if done right, but I don't like how this was done, honestly. For starters, it sounds too bare. Sure, you've got the sample in there, but don't rely too much on the sample. This needs a bass, and other melodies to go with it. I'm sure you know how to do that, but you're just experimenting/comfortable with using samples to make songs. So maybe next time, write your own melodies to go with the sample of your choosing?

Another thing that bugged me about this is how it kind of went nowhere. Like the beat clumsily went along with the sample for the majority of the song, and nothing really happened. So probably next time organize your song like with verses and choruses, with verses representing the quiet more melodic parts and choruses representing the parts everything explodes. I don't know.

Anyway yeah, you could use some work making this kind of music. Or perhaps a rapper. Maybe next time collaborate with a rapper, it'd sound much much better. Even Nujabes got people to rap over his beats, even if they were like classical pieces in terms of complexity and stuff. Yeah.

JackRocker responds:

Wow. I never expected such an in-depth review. You're right, I do rely way to much on the sample. I'm practicing a lot though, trying to get to the point where I can chop them up better and make the sample my own, rather than just sounding copy/pasted.

As for not going anywhere, you're right about that as well. That's another area I need a lot of practice in. I'm working on that too.

I definitely need more practice with this kind of music, although it would be pretty cool to have a rapper on this. I don't know if that will ever happen, but I may send some PMs. We'll see.

Anyway, thanks a lot for the good review. I think this may be the best advice I've ever gotten on one of my tracks.

[Kill Dat Bitch [EF]]

Funny song, could use some work though

It's kind of repetitive, for starters. The beat definitely attributes to that. But other than that there needs to be a bit more bass, and your voice could use some mixing. Probably compressors or something. It's alright though.

Luke responds:

Was inspired by 'Whoop That Trick' off the Hustle & Flow movie, that's what I wanted it to be like - So that's why it's repetitive in that sense.
I'll work on some mixing on the vocals a little more for sure, thanks.

[Not Another Love Song (Li]

Catchy, but could use some work

I like the way this song is structured, the chorus is definitely catchy, but the rest of the song sort of falls flat.

First, the mixing is awful, but I can't really blame you though, I guess. Just getting it out there. The drums and bass get drowned out and your guitars sound pretty cheap here. Also the vocals are actually ok, for a bunch of "kids" (I'm only 15 but get?) you guys sound surprisingly decent. The playing gets a bit messy, especially in the solo parts.

Another thing that I think could use some work is the lyrics. It'd be better if you didn't directly name Taylor Swift and Justin Bieber, try replacing it with a metaphor or something that could describe any and all of these popstars you're pissed at. Like, instead of saying Taylor Swift, you could've said "some chick with 6 steel strings" or instead of mentioning Justin Bieber, you could've said "some fag who's only 16" I dunno.

Other than that, yeah, pretty solid track. Could use some work though. It's pretty cool to see a bunch of 13 year olds already at the whole music thing and not sounding like total shit.

TheGuitarDude responds:

Well thank you for an honest opinion, I myself had no control over the mixing and I did not write the lyrics.

[Pixel Girl -chiptune love song]

Beautiful

This song was quite enchanting, the melodies really sang and gave the emotion you were going for, and when it exploded when the kicks came in, that's when this song really started to shine. Brilliant work, I'd like to hear more from you.

[Buddy Holly Cover]

Excellent!

I never knew until now that chiptunes and weezer worked extremely well together.