50Steaks's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Rays of the Sun]

As a cello player of 7.5 years, I absolutely love this. The sound font used for the cello is not excellent but the melody itself is basically exactly what I think of when I hear “rays of the sun”.
1:12 that’s pretty much what I wanted to hear; an increase in tension of the song via the use of “light” brass, with dissonant chords. You really like making those juicy chords and have become very good at it I’d say.
Outro was alright, but probably the worst part of the track sadly. Very jazzy overall and cheers me up about how bad of a year it’s been so far for me both personally and for me on a worldwide scale especially here in the states.

Tangerine responds:

"Outro was alright, but probably the worst part of the track sadly." Yeah, I have my laziness to blame for that haha. "Very jazzy overall and cheers me up" I'm glad that I was able to create a positive sway in your mood even if it were just for a moment. " how bad of a year it’s been so far for me both personally" I'm sorry that this year has been such a rough year for you. I hope it gets better from here. When you're at the bottom, the only way is up. "me on a worldwide scale especially here in the states." I have no idea what's happening over there apart from a few stories from American friends. From what I've heard it's pretty rough. I'm sure Americans will pill through and survive. " I absolutely love this" Thank you!

[Yellow Snow]

It has almost a clumsy vibe, but in a good way. That’s probably because of the piano, but it varies in what chord it compliments, meaning the dreaded classic 4 chords (I IV vi V) don’t make an appearance. In fact, those chords or some variation of them are used so much in modern day pop music that I have come to despise anything on the radio nowadays. Anyways, the title matches the theme very well and the outro strangely works, despite the dissonant final chord. Nice job.

Tangerine responds:

Thanks! This songs structure and sense could be summed up by me banging my head on my keyboard. I always look forward to your feedback :) "dreaded classic 4 chords (I IV vi V) don’t make an appearance." I don't think I used any normal chords

Edit: Changed the word criticism to feedback. sorry for the miscommunication.

[Gonla (loop)]

One of the tags is cello; I’ve played that since the third grade (when I was 8) and it remains my favorite string instrument, including piano in that category. A cello solo would have been very nice at some point. Speaking of piano, the chords remind me of those jazzy christmas song remakes, yet remain very original and fun to listen to. Melody is pretty good, but it ends very abruptly which is something you fixed in the 2021 competition.

Tangerine responds:

Thanks! The reason why it ended so suddenly is that it's a loop, not a song. I made this for my friends game so it's going to loop over and over until the player loses touch with reality. Cello is such a beautiful instrument and I've been thinking of using it as the carrier of the main melody. I have a soft spot for all of the instruments in the strings family since the first instrument I learnt was the Violin. I used a lot of generic jazz chords in this piece so that's probably why it sounds like jazz Christmas remixes.

[End Of The Road - 2021 Orchestral competition]

I’m super late and didn’t even review this a week later until now. I think I can hear panning within the instruments, specifically with the flute, which is arguably the main instrument. The melody is nice, but it would have been nice to see a little variation in some way between the first and second high points. Meanwhile the background is a masterpiece; the chords are very nice indeed and, while remaining mostly static, have enough flair and added instruments near the end to negate it. I also like the intro and the bridge, perhaps the bridge is a little too long, and its transition into the final part is abrupt, but maybe that’s by design. Great work.

Tangerine responds:

hello there

[Jeemboo - Bloom]

You sound like an up and coming NCS member to be honest

[Jeemboo - Melonade]

0:58 sounds like the Steven universe theme (is that just me?)

Jeemboo1216 responds:

Everyone is telling me this, after some replaying I just realized the similarities and can't unhear it now lmao

[Falire but I can't decide on a style]

The metal part was actually really good! Wow, if the whole thing was metal it would sound amazing. The orchestral stuff sounded good, but I think Friday nights did the soft jazz significantly better. The rest of the styles were pretty good. Nice work!

Tangerine responds:

Thanks! That was the first time I've ever tried something metal. I'm glad I did an okay job haha. The final jazz was more of a classic jazz based off the inkboy song Two's a Party. Just different styles of jazz :). "if the whole thing was metal it would sound amazing." I'll try it someday haha.

[The kid in the spider-man costume]

The story in the description matching with the song really well makes this a 4.5 star instead of a 4 star for me. Not 5 because the ending could use some improvement, but nice job and great story.

Tangerine responds:

Haha, thanks. I'm not sure how to do endings too well yet. Still learning haha.

[Friday Nights]

I’d normally dislike jazz because it always uses the same pattern of drums, but clearly there is potential in the genre that I missed out on. It’s jazz but not the repetitive saxophone jazz we are used to; rather, it feels a lot more chill and great for studying for a test with.
Edit: here’s an extra half star just because I think jazz is your main strength now

Tangerine responds:

Haha, I'm glad to know my music changed your perspective on jazz. To be honest, I agree with your statement of "always uses the same pattern of drums" I'm not gonna sit here and say I didn't do a basic drumming pattern, because I didn't haha. But I'm not a super huge fan of the basic tss tss t-tss tss style. I like it in a song like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5QDAHzPIyzs I find that the drumming style really fits with the whole mood/style of the song. Only recently after making Falire but in different styles (the rock part) I really began appreciating drumming and how much it can transform a song. Before when I used to create music without drums or any musical knowledge what so ever (the dark times where I thought I was a master when I made one single bar sound bearable) they never sounded as good and It was difficult to vibe with. Sorry about this little rant, thank you for the comment I really appreciate it!

[Crypt Voice - Brain Damage]

0:12-0:50 is some really nice bass, the rest is kinda like trying to match the quality of that first part but the added noises and the ending bring it down a little. Great GD song though