50Steaks's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Wa Grape Grape (pt. 2)]

I can already see the evolution of your creative style. You have some really nice dissonant chords at 0:24 which truly takes the wa grape grape melody in a new direction. Not a huge fan of the lazy fade out ending, but we all have places to improve.

[ｗａｖｅ ｚｏｎｅ ~wz~]

I prefer Wa Grape Grape. At least that one has some more interesting instrumentation. This is just a simple little loop which doesn't even loop properly.

NitroOrient responds:

This is the first song I made via BeepBox so idk what I was doing then

[Wa Grape Grape]

The funny part is that this is still better than the stuff I made when I was 14.

NitroOrient responds:

Dopest beet in all the land :p

[Little Flame]

I must say, I don’t think dubstep or drum step or whatever fits at all with the symbolism, vibe, melody, harmonic structure, or just overall pace of the song. We’re hear for faced paced techno, not slower wubby dubstep sounds. The only thing that saved those parts is the arpeggios, but they don’t keep up the tempo and pace of the song all on their own. The rest of the song is amazing though and I’m literally building my best ever GD level to the first minute so there’s that

[Frozen Heart (w/ Nanolith)]

Only an act of true love can thaw a frozen heart

[BEST DROP OF ALL TIME]

Truly one of the drops of all time

[ᑫᵘᵉˢᵗᶦᵒᶰ Mᵃʳᵏ]

I always will know this song by its GD name, " M" since all the weird characters couldn't be displayed. It's also one of your best songs imo so there's that

[Cookie]

Love it, a little repetitive but it's so groovy it hardly matters. Then 3:04 almost makes up for it. I love this way more than I should.

[SSJ3 - Nuclear Fusion REDUX]

What a wonderful remix of flawless wings of yatagarasu

In seriousness, this is probably the best rock/metal song I’ve heard, or very near the best. The melodies here are simply incredible and the mixing is awesome. Probably my favorite of your work to be honest. Me love supersaws

Shiverwar responds:

First off, thank you for your kind words, but I must address that this is not a remix of "Flawless Wings of Yatagarasu". Both this and FWoY are remixes of "Solar Sect of Mystic Wisdom ~ Nuclear Fusion" from the Touhou franchise. Second, supersaws are pretty awesome, aren't they?

[Brawlhalla Menu Theme]

So sorry to hear you had to go to the hospital, and wow I’m really bad at keeping up with your songs right now. Hope you’re feeling better; I won’t lie though, the first 1:22 does sound like it was made by a drugged person.

In seriousness, while I wouldn’t go that far, there’s a pretty clear discrepancy in quality between that part and the rest of the song. It doesn’t feel like the beginning is going anywhere or building tension, which is ok for a menu theme but not when the rest of the song does that so well. That section of I had to guess is most likely the reason why the next song got front paged and this didn’t, which is a shame because this shows a lot of potential in the second half which I love. Imagine having a slower paced, melodic take on the melody like in the civilization 6 menu theme but in what I assume is a war game of some sort. And the outro, while it does come out of nowhere, is still a nice finish to the song despite the lack of a real second chorus (something I actually feel this song could have benefited from).
I understand this is your first dabble in these BH remixes, and you’d worked past nearly all my criticisms in the next song, making it much more successful in my eyes. Keep on doing this, I think it’s pretty cool that other people are being inspired by what I’m doing to start their own musical series. And I’d say I’m about 75% done with the finale so keep an eye out for that in the coming weeks.

Tangerine responds:

Haha yeah, coming back to this after a while of not listening to it, I definitely have improved a lot since. I am still rather impressed with how I did while drugged. I am glad I randomly decided to do this because by trying to replicate what professional composers do, I was able to learn a lot of techniques and how to make many different sounds with symphonic instruments.

Honestly, I'm not too bummed out with not getting frontpaged. Creating this is likely what led to my next work getting front paged. Also, as of me writing this, the song has 69 listens, so that's pretty cool (I have the humour of a 12-year-old).

Doing challenges like what you did with the states is honestly a fun way to go about music, and it brings extra motivation and drive when composing. I think everyone should try challenge themselves like that.

I am very excited to see what you do with your finale. It's been a long time leading up to this.