50Steaks's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[xaura2k x exinto - маленький плов]

Scouted, this isn’t bad, also very unique music for Newgrounds.

xaura2k responds:

Thanks you so much <3
I will try to make better music

[RealGares - Freedom]

So this is the same song as Summertime, as far as I can tell. You’ve changed the name and I think a few sections, but the main issues with the original seem to carry over here of course. I think the main issue with the melody is the fact that the rhythm is just 3 16ths over and over for 8 bars with little to no variation on that throughout the song. It’s a little hard to explain, but it basically makes it feel run-on and therefore less catchy. I have been a victim of this myself, specifically with my song Maryland that falls into this same trap. Still great mixing and progression though so you retain the rating.

Upon relistening, I see you’ve added the thing where the pitch decreases. More importantly though, you’ve added another harmony. It’s subtle, but it’s definitely there, and it nearly completely fixes the issue. Combined with the new percussion that brings a lot of originality to the song, the listener now doesn’t have to focus on the melody the whole time, and they can enjoy the song more especially upon their second or third listen. You’ve earned another star in my books, for what they’re worth.

RealGares responds:

Thanks for the feedback! Fixed it up!

[Devil's Note-The Gate]

Scouted. Probably one of the most tragic topics to make a rock song out of, and have you seen a picture of Marshall applewhite? He looks just about as insane as his philosophy.

suburbanhavoc responds:

Wow thanks! I watched all their recruitment material and the "exit" tape before writing this, and yeah, he had the crazy eyes. Hard to believe a guy like that could convince people to follow him, but that's the lesson here I guess.

[windyhill]

Wow I’m here early lol. Really getting 70s synthwave vibes from this. Loving those instruments and the mixing as always is excellent. It is a little slow for my tastes, but that might just be me. This is great music to relax/study to and I could see this getting a good amount of well-deserved attention.

I just realized, you started uploading a song every Friday. While this is good for keeping a sustained viewerbase, a new song once a week is bound to get tiring after a while. I prefer to stick to no set schedule, even if it means I haven’t uploaded for weeks and weeks. Just a suggestion :)
By the way, what software do you use? My guess is FL but it could really be anything…

trevor8 responds:

haha, thank you for your kind and thoughtful words as always! i use "Reason", some of my favorite patches sound like an oberheim or arp. the brass and string patches sound so vaporous and warm.

[The construct]

Takes me right back lmao.

While this is a cool novelty, unfortunately, there’s a reason dubstep moved on from the “yay” sounds: compared to today’s, it sounds significantly worse. Therefore, my favorite part is from 0:00-1:01, really nice atmosphere there. Good job anyways!

Gietler responds:

Thank you!

[They’ll Call It a Tragedy]

Really nice classical piece! Although if I were you I wouldn’t have included the progression in the description. Also I’m not so sure about that outro, it doesn’t feel like it did this 8 minute song justice and I was a little underwhelmed. Actually my favorite part is the “crazy part” at 2:16-3:10. I sort of wish the whole song built up to that to make it even more impactful, as the person seemingly commits suicide, and then the funeral March afterwards as the outro. Either way, great job here!

theweathermanYT responds:

Sorry for being so late to respond to this!! Thank you so much for taking the time to genuinely review this piece of music, it means a lot! Glad you enjoyed!!

[Everything Is Fine...]

This guy is literally the Arnold Schoenberg/Charles Ives of newgrounds

KEZOR responds:

Oh thank you I'm glad you liked it)

[Crossed Horizons]

Are you going to submit a song for NGUAC?

SomeGuyMusic responds:

I didn't even know there was a NGUAC active atm. I will if I can find it!

[|30| INTERMISSION]

What happened to your overembellished and maniacal descriptions?

I know that you took the piano and removed its bass entirely, but I personally am not a fan of that as it makes it sound tacky and cheap. When it comes to real instruments I like to use other tools like the filter and param eq to cut out the HIGH end, not the low end. Other than that, this song has a really unique atmosphere that does bring the vibes of elevator music in a way, but a dark version of an elevator music song. Nice percussion by the way; despite the beat being rather basic, it works due to the instrument choice and the weirdly complex usage of high hats. Makes it feel like a trap song at some parts. Also it’s a loop so there is no real end. I think this might be your best song yet. Keep it up!

PartyBalloof responds:

Hah I would've had a lot more time to work on the description if my phone didn't decide to be a slow poke and take like 50 minutes to navigate the file system. I wanted to get the track uploaded for NGADM which I kinda decided at the last minute.

Eh, I'll work on the description later.