frootza's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Ways to wander]

I really dig this track! What it makes me visualize is sort of like a space-like city. Dark blue, hints of light purple and hints of black too.

Some pink, but not too much. Very grid like, but that is good. Simple rhythmic ideas presented and counted in a nice way.

Also, really enjoyed the orchestral backing string section that keeps the undertone of the beat as a whole very refreshing, I felt that the most when the choir came in!

Overall, excellent work. Hope to hear more from you soon! Followed! Follow back, eh? :)

frootza

BlastBeats responds:

Thanks for your positivity and the follow. I followed back :)

[Wylde Ride-Metaljonus]

Really like the harmonization and heaviness throughout. Very well done!

Mind if I ask what program and vst's you used for the drums? (Or if everything was programmed, even more impressive).

Excellent work overall, great playing!

frootza

Metaljonus responds:

Thanks dude! For drums I use Superior 2.0 I love it I need to check out ezdrummer 2 soon too! Thanks for listening dude!

[My Name is Tom]

My name is Tom... Rhymed with Bob. my name is Tom.... rhymed with Bahb! Best song on NG I would say.

[Musical Meadow - Across the Worlds]

Splendid work dudes! Stunk, if you'd like to work on anything in the future, don't hesitate to add me on Skype!

stunkel responds:

Thanks man! And sure feel free to add me!

[FD - Well of Tears]

Very boring and simple song. Nice mix. It lacks meaningful depth. Think about what the song needs to shine, you can do it. Build your work like you are building a house.

You are building but you aren't building with bricks.

Keep at it :)

-M

ForgottenDawn responds:

An outpour of emotions is boring? Simplicity implies complexity as well, so I'm not sure how much did you immerse yourself into the track. Each instrument tells a story and a very specific moment during the time it was made. I can understand if it doesn't resonate with you, but I disagree with your statement about not building with bricks, since the creative process allows me to treat my ideas like pieces of a jigsaw puzzle. It's your opinion, however, and I respect the fact that you took your time listening to it. Btw, a song should have lyrics in it, this one has none.
//FD

[~SW~ Thurm ins_wa_]

I can't get over how much I love this track. SUPERB job on everything. The pitched high hats following the flow of the bass were a nice touch. The rotating cog sound was also awesome, hauntingly slide-like melodies that floated in and out so perfectly. Your mixing has gotten crazy good over the years, serious props Skye. It was built so well!

SkyeWint responds:

Hey, frootza! Awesome to see your review here!

The pitched high hats were a royal pain in the ass. There are actually some half-time pitch edits in the fine pitch parameter to make them match half-steps in the bass (because you know, imprecise pitches of the hats).
The "rotating cog sound" that you're talking about, is probably the pitched snare drums going around in the high pitches, I think. That was fun to do. :D

The melodies were probably the hardest to do. Melodies in alternative time sigs are HARD.

Mixing... Also a bit of a pain in this tbh, but I really appreciate the compliment there! I've worked hard and I want to do it as my actual primary job, so that's great to hear. :)

Good luck in your round!

[Groove M.D.]

You freakin' champion, you!

This is so awesome. 10/10 bro. Congrats on winning the contest. I'm grooving to this so hard. Following (obviously for the future) and Favorited this track. A lot of really tasty sound manipulation with tasteful usage of your four part harmonies! I really like the kick, and the mix as a whole sounds great. There aren't any holes in the song that I would be able to honestly complain about because I think you yourself as an artist are happy with this result, and that is what it important!

[Get Fabulous]

Dude, you have a lot of really radical songs that I just checked out but I thought I'd leave a review for this one in particular.

It's convenient that you have so many songs out at this point that are loops and it shows you have a certain degree of diversity to what you are able to compose.

Love the samba-esque vibe on the percussion.

I don't hear much strings in modern jazz, it's something that I miss from the later end of the big band era where you would hear that more frequently. Very light and relaxing song overall, I think that you definitely got the desired result you were trying to achieve here.

I hope to hear some more of your work that is fleshed out into fuller compositions, while this is great, and I'm sure you would agree, this could be spun into so many wild and interesting directions! It would be great for a simple jazz trio or quartet to improv on at a club or something too.

Looking forward to more tunes!

sleepFacingWest responds:

Thank you! I recently ventured out into the freelance world after nearly a decade of post-school shit jobs and attempting to be an artsy fartsy avant garde arteeeest. Some of the stuff I'm putting here was written for specific projects which required short formats for a segment. A lot of the other stuff was written to showcase versatility. I've found people won't hire you for a project unless you can demonstrate that you've already written something in the exact style they want. I still haven't found professional niche yet, so I've been writing a bunch of short vignettes to cover more stylistic bases.

All that said, I totally agree. It's more satisfying writing something longer and more developed. A lot of what I find interesting in music has less to do with the raw musical material, and more with how it is manipulated and developed. If I can ever get through this "how the heck am I going to pay my rent, oh crap" phase of my life, I would love to work on some longer pieces.

[Supercollide]

I've showed this track to a bunch of people because it has such a great groove. I've asked drummers to count this out, and the large majority of them are flabbergasted at the timing and can't count it out! It's hilarious!

It's just overall a great track. Mixing, composition. Short stops on the piano. Every voicing was so fitting for the song.

It makes me visualize an artist who begins drawing with pencil and paper, and as they are drawing the characters begin to come to life and jump off of the page and interact with the world around them before falling back into place on the page in a finished piece as the composition comes to a close. When a track does that, it becomes a favorite!

camoshark responds:

Hey man, I'm really glad you finally decided to review this track, I'm really happy you've loved it that much. :)

I just happen to REALLY love rhythmic counterpoint, and I grew up in a crowd that had similar interests, so over the years I've developed a certain ear for it. I'm glad your friends all find it interesting, it shows that I've hit a certain level.

Again thanks for this, and I promise I've got similar stuff in the works, I just have to find the time and energy for it.

Until then, thanks for your interest in what I do, and I'll keep you in the know as it happens. :)