Ekojo's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Gavin A - Fault]

This has got a nice vibe going on.

I like it. It's a little random but it's like you said, fun stuff. This is a little weird for dubstep. Feels like you pushed the wobble to the background and made a trance song with some wobble bass. Don't take that the wrong way though, it's just something different and I can totally respect that. It's like Chillstep or something :P

My only complaint is that it seems a bit repetitive. The sound never really evolves or changes much. Maybe thats what you wanted to do, I dunno. In that case I'll just shut up. And the beat seems to get drowned out eventually when everything kicks in. Regardless, it's a nice track. Well done :)

Xorberax responds:

I agree with everything you stated.
I'm still trying to get a hang on dubstep.

About the genre; I don't really care to make things exactly how the genre should be. I tend to make my own style while influenced by a certain genre.

[Song of Storms (DJ Boom)]

Very interesting take...

The way the piano and the guitar mixed together in this gave me goosebumps at first. Great mix of instruments there and your own additions fit quite nicely with the piece. I like the little bell sound and the other instrument consistently going on in the background they each added some very nice ambiance to your track. Good job with this mate. You did my favorite LoZ song justice and I give you major props for that because I hear this song raped a lot and it makes me sad.

BarkBarkBOOM responds:

Well I'm happy I made someone happy!

Thanks!

[More Than A Dream]

Zero Voters...

Will probably be a staple of NG for as long as its around. Anyway, I enjoy the melodies you have going on in this. Kinda catchy. Takes awhile to get going though, which makes me a sad panda :P

I feel if you got the song moving a bit faster, I don't necessarily mean increase the bpm by that but if you want to you might as well, and varied it up by adding maybe a counter melody or a bridge the song could be truly awesome. Cause right now its the same throughout and while what is there is good, you should add more good.

So excellent work, and keep at it mate :)

stefevr responds:

thanks a lot :) I'll take in consideration what you said and ill go right to working more on it.
Thanks !

[_/Dancing Free\_ [demo]]

Pretty nice.

Great sidechaining going on throughout. The hi hat and the clap are extremely weak. Completely drowned out by your mix. You may want to find a way to boost those up. Maybe add a bit more during the intro, it transitions brilliantly but it's rather bland to listen to for over a minute. The vocals match the instruments brilliantly. Honestly this is really solid. There aren't too many suggestions I can give, you seem to have a solid grasp of what you want to do with the song.

ShootingStar responds:

Alright, I'll go mess with the clap and hi-hat, and yes the clap is pretty weak but I could find a clap that I really liked for the song. I'll keep looking around :)
But thanks for the review! :)

ShootingStar

[[TC] For the Glory (sample)]

Go for it TC.

You've got the talent man. Beautiful melodies and excellent production. And this teaser is leaving me dying to hear the rest. And this teaser is leaving me dying to hear the rest of what will surely be 7 minutes of epic.

[RainDrop Bombs]

Light dubbin it I see.

Polar opposite of me mate, I probably should have taken it easy like this for my first song but maybe balls to the wall is better. I dunno. Either way I like this track quite a bit. It's not too dubstep to me personally. It's more like a tune that has a bass that occasionally feels like wobbling the second half rathe than a bassline that really utilizes lfo's. Genre aside though this is solid. For being labelled dubstep though, the bass doesn't stand out too much and your change has me a little confused. I'm confusing myself just reviewing this. Anyway, it's a chill but good song. This is Ryan by the way, it's my new account. Figured you'd like to know.

dkkatana responds:

oh wurd! yeah i also was trying to keep it a tad on the chill side in case peter was gonna lay down some verses for the world to hear! but thanks for the review!

[Noname Preview]

Deserves a better score.

To be honest I kinda disagree with Treysen, I like the sound of the lead. It is a bit whiny but maybe thats cause I like my leads a bit whinier. Guess I'm just odd. Anyway the lead is a bit too loud in comparison with the beat. There is a bassline in there and I can hear it fine but it would be nice if it didn't follow the same exact melody as the lead and I think that if it were something different the complimented the lead, it would sound much better. Overall though this is good. Nice job mate.

[Horizontal climbing (8 bit)]

I'm liking it.

Definitely got a great vibe to it, I have no expertise with 8-bit whatsoever so I'm just going to say great job and your rhyming was awesome as well. This whole thing just works. Reminds me a bit of wandering around through a town an old legend of zelda game when I was young, back when exploring every corner was exciting and new and I was always looking for a new adventure. Anyway, good job mate.

Calamaistr responds:

cool that you think zelda here, wasnt what i was going for, i think more into the final fantasy corner tbh (the early ones).

Fyi i did make a nice 8 bit zelda track too, look it up sometime in my uploads :)
greets.

[Bob-Omb Battlefield]

Excellent take.

This is a very original take on a nintendo classic. I love bellish noise at 0:42, very catchy. I'm loving how you made this so much more upbeat, its got a great feel to it. Makes a battlefield fought by exploding creatures seem less grim :P I also gotta love the balls out end with the drums there, nice little touch. Although I wish it actually ended better. I mean like with a big cymbal crash or the like. EIther way though, this is excellent. Good job mate!

Shanath responds:

Haha, glad you enjoyed it. Thanks for the review.

[Power Rangers Theme Cover]

10 for nostalgia

Well not really but you get a 10 anyway cause the power rangers theme is actually pretty bad ass. And I'm glad you don't have the vocals, they were pretty cheesy XD I loved the show as a kid though. Congrats to your friend Steven on excellent guitar work and congrats to you for putting the audio together smoothly. The only complaint I have is that its a little quiet but that doesn't really detract from the quality of the song. Excellent job to the both of you.