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!

[DansDemand - Atlantis [Colour Bass Vol. 2]]

What does that voice at the end say? I can’t understand it

Dani-Demand responds:

I'm a fucking crab. I'm a fucking crab. Look at me, DansDemand! I'm a fucking crab.

Truly heart felt lyric writing here.

[A Note to My Lost Lover]

I don’t think I’ve ever heard so much emotion and effort put into a musescore track. It works! Somehow it works! I can see how people would sympathize with this song and start bawling. I didn’t though because I never had a gf. ;(

theweathermanYT responds:

I’m glad you enjoyed! On the other piece I used a separate soundfont and echo settings so yeah I’ll stick to these lmao. It’s always much better to not have a gf than to have a bad one like I did ;(. I’m excited to hopefully see your return to my future pieces! :)

[The Hope for Someday]

Really good intentions with this song. But I don’t want to let that impression stand in the way of an honest review, so here goes.
Everything sounds pretty good until 2:45 with frankly... less than optimal brass sounds going on. It begins to emanate musescore; I’ve used it before and it has questionable sounds so I don’t blame you. Also, at 3:30 it sounds really nice, actually that might be my favorite part. Every melody is perfectly fitting to commemorate a friend and I respect that. Finally, at 0:59 there is a weird note there but idk. Other than those pretty minor complaints, really good work.

theweathermanYT responds:

Thank you so much for the honest review! Yeah it’s in MuseScore... I wish I could help the sounds this program spits out. The review is much appreciated! I’m glad you enjoyed :)

[QTZ]

Ok I checked your old account because I can relate to losing an old account; happened to me twice over the past... almost 3 years. I found that you once tried to make music but gave up because the “site” you used was garbage. I’m beginning to see the backstory here. If I could give a recommendation, I’d recommend getting some actual software to produce your... audio... I’m sure it would turn out far better than stuff like this. Judging it as a song, it is not very good. Judging it as audio, it’s audio. I could say that any objectively baseless song on newgrounds is good because it’s audio and not music; obviously newgrounds doesn’t say “upload audio” to literally mean any audio file, although that is technically allowed don’t expect it to be well received. These are just my thoughts, don’t take me too seriously( I have no idea about the inner workings of the site or anything

Edit: to your reply I said “...audio...” in response to you saying on my first review ever on your songs that it “wasn’t meant to be music”, this also explains why I said “judging it as audio”. Also I literally said at the end to NOT TAKE ME SERIOUSLY no I wasn’t trying to insult you and no my review on End was not sarcastic I actually can see artistic intent behind that song. In terms of how to improve... I don’t know, how would anyone know? I just randomly found you on the audio portal and didn’t know what to expect going in. Also also, I only left this specific review on this song as more of a general message than review the song, but didn’t want to sound confrontational with a DM.

Silios-Desai responds:

first of all, I didn't lose my old account, I switched because i sure as hell wasn't gonna pay to change the name. I don't remember "giving up", but the site i was using *back then* was terrible. what I'm using now is fucking amazing (to me), although limited. I literally just started making music, and I'm comfortable with what I have. most programs I have used are frustrating and confusing. I can make my music however I want to make it, and just because its shit doesn't mean what I'm using is shit, its that I don't have practice. also, you say "judging it as audio" which means i assume you don't think this is meant to be a song. I tried pretty fucking hard on this one, and you just telling me it isn't good without telling me how to actually improve is kind of insulting. don't expect everyone to be a musical genius.

edit: when reading this over again, i noticed what you said about my music around the middle of the paragraph. "getting some actual software to produce your... audio..." this feels like the goal was to insult me. not even calling it a song, or music. if that was your goal, then go fuck yourself. if you WERENT trying to insult me, then i wanna know why you said it that way.

[Shepard’s tone]

This was a joke song because I stopped taking my own account seriously. Actually what happened was I watched a YouTube video about Shepard’s tone, and so tried to make a beat out of it. Then I gave up and made the lousy ending it has now, since Shepard’s tones aren’t supposed to end. It’s just not a good sign for the future of this account to see this as my most recent post.

Albin3825 responds:

Holy hell I think this might be the worst song I’ve ever released.

[Dopamine]

But how do you even produce your...... audio?

Silios-Desai responds:

soundtrap, its a free web-browser synthpad kinda thing that also has a paid version.

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This isn’t actually that bad

Silios-Desai responds:

imo its pretty bad, definitely one of my lazier songs. i would recommend you check out QTB and QTZ, those ones are... better?

[End]

Interpretation of this song:
I am quite impressed with how you styled the song to make it sound like a young child was playing it: it’s honestly creepy that it doesn’t end on a resolving note to finish the chord. I listened to some of your other songs but this one seems to have abstract meaning, similar to modern art, that only those who are familiar with pieces of art like this are aware of. Masterpiece (assuming I’m right and you didn’t just play and record a xylophone lol)

Silios-Desai responds:

lmao

[Untitled song]

Modern version of baronvonbadguy

Silios-Desai responds:

not really but alright. i wouldnt recommend judging me on this one since i stopped caring at around 00:40.