Realmguys's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[News of the Dead (July NAC)]

NAC Judge

The monologue at the beginning was cool, I just don't know if it was entirely effective for the build-up that the contest was looking for. Though a cool melody was used I feel the instrumentation was week and the drums sounded awfully cheap and canny. Your song was partially effective at following the contest criteria, but not entirely successful. The whole song has the same tempo and it feels a little slow, a slight increase in tempo as the song progressed would have sounded good. 6.0

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

I think that I accomplished exactly what I wanted to. It took a lot of work to make the drums sound cheap and canny. But they weren't awful. The whole goal, which I think you missed, was to grit the music, and only use it as an ambiance behind the news.

I know this was a contest in MUSIC...but...

I'm actually surprised that this song made it as a finalist, tbh. I wanted to put Cameron in my other submission, but it was full up of stuff.

I didn't follow the criteria for this submission to the letter, but did exactly what I wanted to, with it. In the end I'm positively happy with all the results. And this can serve other purposes. ;)

Thank you for your time and review. :)\m/

[No Brainer]

NAC Judge

The cheese synth opening was not my cup of tea. But the driving bass line and beat the follows definitely implied some chase or action coming my way. It is a tad repetitive, and the sound drop offs don't add much, I find them kind of distracting from the direction the song is going in. When the tempo picks up you are illustrating a very effective increase in the intensity of the situation that we are experiencing. Again the driving beat gets a bit repetitive again towards the end, and the 30 second drop off sound effect got old fast. Overall, you did well in sticking to the contest criteria. 7.8

wwwyzzerdd responds:

Thanks for the review and the judging!

[Pixelated World]

Very cool!

This sounds as if half of the song was made up from an 8 bit nintendo track then had modern elements added to it. The evolution of the melody is very fun to listen to, as it phases between high qual to low qual, quite amazing actually. I picture an 8 bit graphic sprite jumping off of the screen and coming into our real life! Then has to jump back into their 2d world, because they do not belong here. Hehe :) I really enjoyed this.
-Tyler

Step responds:

Aw thanks :3. I really like the fact that you think it has that retro VG sound but still has a modern sound, since that is exactly what I was aiming for.

Thanks again! Means a lot coming from an experienced judge like you!

[<-Oh Yea Yeah(Dirty Girl)]

NAC Judge

<-Oh Yea Yeah(Dirty Girl)->
RyeGuyHead
Techno, disco, and blues unite to make a superbly entertaining sexy song. I thought your voice samples were funny, and effective. The melody and rhythm of this song are incredibly over simplified, but highly effective at meeting with the contest criteria. This would be excellent as porn background music if the voice samples were taken out, otherwise it is just a funny tune to groove to and have a laugh. I really enjoyed listening to this. Good job! 8.2/10

RyeGuyHead responds:

Oh yeah!

[Come to my guitar (NAC J 2011)]

NAC Judge

Come to my guitar (NAC J
egon (Evertvel)
A very slow groove for porn music but still works. It fits more with the music that plays in the background of the "plot" building up to sex in porn films. I really liked that lead guitar jam, that was ultra tasty! The voice samples playing at different points just added to the kinky nature of the song. I dug this slow but sexy jam. Nice job fitting with the criteria of the contest! 8.5/10

Evertvel responds:

thx

[Funk Me Harder [June NAC]]

NAC Judge

Funk Me Harder [June NAC]
James Graham (RampantMusik)
This tune, right off the bat reminded me of some 1970s porn music. You definitely know your stuff! This jazzy style works as elevator music and doubles as porno music, it is great! Your dialogue that was thrown in there was pretty cool. Chunky guitars, groovy bass, and punchy brass = success with this contest criteria. Good job. 8.7/10

Rampant responds:

Haha thank you :) I spent hours studying 70's porn music (er, yeah *just* the music). Thanks for the review, glad you liked the track :)

Cheers!
- James

[never stop lovin you(June]

NAC Judge

never stop lovin you(June Nac)
HighBallers
This is absolutely a hard pounding, groovy tune. Until the lead guitar jumped in however, it wasn't selling sex to me very well. But when they came in... Roman orgies and over indulgence was very present. I really liked the bass line groove, it hit hard and built up the melody well. I wasn't a fan of the highly tinny and metallic hat and I felt there may have been too many floor hits for something that is supposed to groove to the tempo of sex. Overall though, it was successful in the criteria of the contest. 8/10

HighBallers responds:

hey thanks for your feedback, very helpful for my next R&B song

[Push it in (June Nac)]

NAC Judge

Your last response to my judge review sounded like you were confused why I left you a review. I am a finalist judge for the NACs. So here is my review of your June entry.

TheSandyman
Push it in (June Nac)
This started off well, and had good elements of the style of music that the contest wanted. A groovy bass line, and then a nice beat started to rattle off. Then it seemed like the "wacka wacka" guitar rhythm, mixed with the lead guitar, was a bit much with the other elements playing. Then vocals with lots of effects mixed in joined the party. I was confused with the muddy sound and lost my ability to pick everything out, thus my enjoyment of the previous elements was kind of ruined. Simplicity and clarity are key in something that plays in the background of adult cinema. Overall a good fit with the criteria of the contest, but I feel it could be cleaned up a bit. 7/10

TheSandyman responds:

I feel like a total ass now, sorry mate! Thanks for the review, it's quite helpful!

[[Von Ka]Breakitdown]

NAC Judge

From the start of the song, it is kind of painful listening to notes that do not harmonize so well. In fact, there is so much dissonance later in the tune, it was hard to listen to. The distortion on the lead vocal part that came in was very hard to understand. Parts in all portions of the song have too much gain or something, the levels seemed unreasonably high. I think if your vocals harmonzied or if the beat wasn't so overdriven or if the melody was a pleasing set of notes, this would have been more successful. As submitted it is not. Score: 4

TheSandyman responds:

I don't know if you know, but this was for last month's contest. I ended 4th.

[Fruitapella (NAC)]

NAC Judge

Good idea here. I like your different "instruments" and the melody presented here. Your effects used give the piece a feeling of being performed in a small venue, like a lounge lizard atmosphere. I felt like the second part of the song lost focus a bit, but still added to the scummy lounge feeling. Your ability to harmonize somewhat is appreciated. The variation in your melody is pretty cool, there is nothing especially repetitive. It was entertaining at least to listen to this. :) Score: 7.5

F-Meister responds:

Scummy lounge lizard atmosphere... I like that :)