50Steaks's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[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

[Qubitstep]

Don’t sweat it being too short! I made a song that was only 1:17. Anyways, this is definitely something I could listen to while studying or when taking a remote test.

[Hurt Me.]

I generally tend to HATE all hip-hop songs, especially those played on the radio, for sounding exactly the same as all the others and all of them using the same instruments and effects every time, with the exception of bbno$ who tends to be a little more unique than the rest. This song is interesting because I don’t know how to feel about it, it both has elements of uniqueness that I can enjoy but also uses similar effects on the voices themselves. The biggest problem with the genre is its simplicity; there’s not too much you can do to make yourself stand out from the WIDE range of songs trying to achieve the same thing you are, but this is a good indication of an underdog wanting to make it big.

[Chippin' Dancin' Desert! (Pixel Day 2021)]

Probably the most consistently groovy song I’ve ever heard

[DangerShadow - That was easy]

The best part is that this is apparently a “remix of a third party piece)

[3058]

I wonder why geometry dash is one of the tags... wait a minute

[-Maze-]

I’m so conflicted about this one and I don’t know why. I generally have an aversion to using anything even slightly resembling vocals in my music because I think it has a huge potential to completely ruin any individuality or artistic talent in a song, and while I don’t think this falls into that trap, as the non vocal portions are incredible, I don’t think me personally can give this 5 stars for that reason alone. Actually there are a few minor things to mention, including the fact that the vocals don’t change pattern or notes at all or the fact that I don’t think this is dubstep, it feels a lot more like house. Not like that matters. I’m rambling; I don’t hate this song by any means and the melodic structure is some of the best you’ve made, and I can totally see how someone would give this 5/5, but me personally, that type of music isn’t my specialty. I’m probably not the right person to be reviewing this song, so take this with a grain of salt.

[Different Christmas]

Wow. Let’s just go through one by one why I consider this song another masterpiece of yours

The intro is great, and while it sets the tone it also establishes the theme of the song, being a different Christmas sounding track with extremely intricate harmonies and such.

The chords are unusual but still sound good and match the song name really well.

0:48 loving that 4/4 snare in a 6/8 melody, that’s one of my favorite tricks in creating nice and unique percussion.

1:16 probably the best part of the song; the bass drops off in pitch, kind of like a movie trailer, and bursts straight into a very ominous final climax which ends in a major chord somehow; I love that there is actual progression, unlike in most Christmas songs

It seems your main weakness in your more recent songs are the outros IMO; however I do like this one quite a bit. Those campfire sound effects are really well integrated and sound super realistic, almost as if they were recorded IRL and imported into the song. If they were, this would make it arguably a more unique and just better song than A Starry Night, taking into consideration all the stuff I just pointed out and how I didn’t mention a single flaw. I just don’t even know what to say, this is fantastic and I want it to be preformed by a live orchestra somewhere because it would sound amazing.