50Steaks's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Puerto Rico Suburbs]

Some of my extended family is from Puerto Rico. I can confirm that this is an accurate portrayal of the suburbs of the impoverished island “nation”. I can imagine someone making a featured demon in geometry dash with some ridiculous name but insane decoration and using this song and people go on the level and say what? Lol. Anyways nice atmosphere and glad you used a Caribbean instrument.

VariableGR responds:

Xd I already figured it out
Thanks friend! Nice to know your Puerto Rican descent(つ ✧ω✧) つ

[Violins]

For a hip hop song it’s very professional sounding. It sounds like something from the radio station which is very hard to do well.

GameBoyFireworks responds:

Thank you!!

[mariana]

Like the others I am also getting a modern 80s vibe with the synths mostly. The slow tempo is interesting, I haven’t seen much of that recently for this type of music. Progression is great as always. Outro is better here than previously because the melody slowly fades away into background chords with a dissonant chord right at the end. Definitely very unique and well done.

trevor8 responds:

thanks! much appreciated!

[sunshower]

Pumping out bangers faster than the media pumps out horrific sounding headlines. Yet another clean track with a catchy melody, top notch structuring and mixing, and something I would listen to while doing honestly anything at all. An underappreciated feature of your songs is the length; around 2 minutes works so well. I just have one little knack about the outro: it happens suddenly and since the track flows so well you almost expect it to keep going. Other than that great job here, keep it up.

trevor8 responds:

thank you! i always have trouble with endings, they either seem too sudden or prolonged, i will try to set my mind on improving this for 𝙩𝙝𝙚 𝙛𝙪𝙩𝙪𝙧𝙚!

[coral]

“Don’t think about listens”? Lol this guy gets thousands per song and for good reason.
Pumping out tracks faster than someone posts news about covid. Impressive considering that they all are equally amazing and have great theming. This is no exception: a simpler track in terms of amount of instruments but that works given that underwater things are so much more peaceful and calming. I just have a small issue with the outro: it ends quite suddenly relative to your other tracks, given that this sounds like a water theme for a game maybe it could have been a loop of some sort rather than ending as it does now. But overall great job as always.

trevor8 responds:

haha, i am grateful when anyone listens! it amazes me every time, and if i could organize my thoughts in writing without second-guessing, i would better express the scope of my gratitude. thanks again for the kind words!

[Centre of the Stage]

Missed this one in my inbox for some reason.
Anyways I love the jazzy feel of the background chords, almost feels like a group of dancers dancing to some ballet type thing (great explanation I know). This quietish thing at 1:18 is really near and I think new to your style although I could be wrong. Absolutely adore the glissandos, they really add a lot of uniqueness and as a string player I know how fun they can be to play. Really well done.

Tangerine responds:

Thanks. My vision while making this is of a small jazz group performing a gig in some casino (I say small but there's quite a few instruments there). I completely agree, Glissandos are loads of fun to do.

[i made a song using only a soviet era drum machine]

A strange idea indeed. It somehow works with the feeling of the song, which is almost the opposite of what you’d expect from percussion.

ADR3-N responds:

So there are two settings on the synth itself, a noise on and off, that allow you to essentially turn the 808 into a lead with about an octave and a half of usable range. And then there's an approach modulator that you use to take away some of the typical percussive laser noises of 808 drums and flatten them out. The oscillators aren't even, just like the original drum machine, so I had to use mild pitch correction. Then there are gaps in the octaves covered, so pitch shifting to the rescue haha.

Basically this song was made in the FX, but I had a fun time with the limitations of using only one instrument for every element of the track

[cirrus]

The song’s called cirrus but I’m getting a nautical vibe instead of being in the high clouds; and that probably works to its benefit. This sounds even deeper than Indigo depths and almost feels like a bit of a follow-up, which to be honest is fine with me. It has progression in its sound effects and percussion, something that’s unique to your trancey-ambient style of music as far as I know. The sounds are REALLY well done here, especially with the atmosphere building in the background that most don’t notice but adds a lot to the quality. Outro was again really nice and I think I could learn a thing or two from your outros since I have had a lot of problems making it not end abruptly or feel like it wasn’t finished. Anyways this review is getting too long, take your stars, nothing else to say.

trevor8 responds:

thank you so much! you are actually spot on with the nautical vibes, the image i had in mind was clouds on the horizon line over the ocean on a late spring afternoon, but i like ambiguity!

[Lost in the Dunes]

Wow. I’m very impressed with this; the main instrument is exactly what I would expect from a song with that title and the background works well here my opinion. Guitar solo was awesome as always and really adds some variety before the timpani comes in for the “march” section. I imagine camels and the pharaoh or whatever walking through a town as that part comes in. Very well done.

Tangerine responds:

Thank you. I've wanted to do a percussion solo in a song for a really long time now, but I just got to it. I'm glad you liked it :).

[Adventures of a Lost Clown]

Definitely getting circus vibes. The theming makes sense and is consistent throughout. 1:18 shows that there is progression which is pretty essential when trying to tell a story with a song. I imagine the waltzy background chords as the clown walking along with his friends (other instruments) and then in the end finding his way home. Never heard a song about a clown’s journey home but this nailed it. Nice work.

Tangerine responds:

Thank you. I worked really hard to keep the clown vibe throughout and I was beginning to worry if I started to lose it. I'm beginning to think more about musical progression in my songs. My previous songs sounded very repetitive with their structure, so I made sure that didn't happen. Thank you for the reply!