Billtog's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[I Will Eat Your Soul]

Fucking Cool

I'm always a fan of the a cappella stuff (is computerized a cappella still a cappella?). This is a sweet song, though a minimal amount of editing would make it a sweet loop. This really sounds like it should be in Doom! On a scale of 13 to 27, I give this piece a shotgun-to-the-demon's-face 25.

[mi first FLstudio song]

Pretty Good

There's not much to speak of here. I wish you had done more. Still, what you have is catchy and nice.

BettaThanYou responds:

thank im alot better with fl studio now

[Death of a Soul]

Eh...

It was pretty simple. You could try some more complex rhythms and melodies. You pretty much just build everything off of the initial melody. The drums were pretty boring. I know it's just techno, but don't let the genre confine you.

Goth1337 responds:

Goth1337 says:
Agreed. I think variety would always work.

Sam says:
FUCK YOU.
lol j/k.
Negative is always good, thanks for the advice.

[Sad Days]

Nice

I like the way you kept the song fresh by keeping it short. In case you've been browsing around, a lot of the stuff uploaded today has been terribly repetitive. You have some cool sad themes. A little more percussion wouldn't hurt, but what you have works pretty well. I like the duet between the synth instrument and the xylophone (or some other mallet percussion). The ending was nice too.

[Hybrid Havoc]

Could Be Better

The cool themes you have are bogged down by heavy repetition and uninspired drum beats. I'm not sure what sort of program you're using, but the beats sound like they're stock. Challenge yourself and come up with something more original.

[technoranimator]

Eww

The higher lines were VERY repetitive. In fact, the only real changes were slight rhythmic alterations on the same melody. The drum parts sounded like stock lines. They were both simple and slightly annoying. The ending was... quite bad. This was a 20-second song stretched into a 2 and a half minute song.

That-unknown-guy responds:

no offence mr bill tog but i have to disagree with you on that one, my lines were not repetitive, as they had, 'rhythmic alterations' which were in fact totally different tunes. obcviously you have o taste in techno music whatsoever aas if you took the time and courtesy to look at some techno music you would discover that ,many tunes are at least as crap as this!

[Psykillology--_--goa Trance]

Pretty Good

Your melodies were nice, but I think your percussion and bass need a lot of work. They were very basic and repetitive. You keep a steady theme throughout, which I appreciate. I really like the runs on the xylophone that are mildly audible behind the more percussive elements. Overall, good work, although you overlooked some parts of your composition.

PERVOK responds:

If I made the drums well programmed and other things, it would lose the "goa" feel, wouldn't it? I love goa personally, and do you know what goa is? A form of music that was developed from the repetitious hand drumming done by several tribes. Those drums have been translated into a throbbing, steady bassline and a hard kick. I would rather not lose that.

So, the only thing I "overlooked", as you say, were the parts of the song that were necessary to make the song that specific genre.

[Leviticus - Riverside Race]

Not Again!

Another decent theme ruined by countless repetition. You can do better.