Foxtrot-Zero's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Rave Of The Carribean]

My Favorite Song from The Movie

Too bad you didn't go all out song. This is cool, but it could have been BAD ASS.

mooseymaniac responds:

It's true, I only did a little section of even that song. Thank you so much :)

[Let's Dance]

Kickass Melody

Unfortunatley, the Quality isn't what it ought to be.

I'm going to blame Newgrounds' Eight MegaByte Bullshittery for that XD

Anyway, the vocals were awesome, but i didn't quite like it in total, and it was seemingly brief.

I'd like to see you remix it alone - I know you and the other mate already did it together.

Good work though. Someone needs to come up with a compression Codec that can seriously reduce file size with less expense to quality.

And by the way, the guitar was sort of out of place.

syphonmax responds:

hmmmm.....I'm not sure

But I guess I could always try making a new remix by myself since I wanted to already

[Let's Dance [Collab - Hel]

OMG

Thats not normally me.

Being removed from my musically depressing shell this morning... err...

I love the melody. But its not active enough, and so it feels repetative.
You need to have painted a nice synth on top of the rest of the song, but not as endlessly repetative as the melody synth.

Sorry, but its just too repetative. Otherwise, pretty good work. I'll check out the original.

Okay, I'll download and Fave too. Its good enough. Nice work.

Foxtrot-Delta-Zero-Zero

syphonmax responds:

lol thanks :)

["Above The Limit"]

I've been In a bad mood Today

The Top spot today was deleted. The rest of the Top Five was slow. And so far, I haven't given out a score higher than 8/10 and 4/5. I haven't even left my signature at all today. For anyone who knows me, its a pretty slow day.

But I don't try to take that out on people. I didn't want to be completely dissatisfied today.

So what did I do?

I came looking through a few songs on the top 30. You have quite a few, my good man.

And i did find something interesting here. I'm actually IN a kind of trance today, so alot of music is going over my head. I find the stuttering mildly annoying, and the rest of it moderately repetative.

But its good. I can literally feel the work being put into it, and you would get a much greater review if i was in any sort of an enthusiastic mood.

Foxtrot-Delta-Zero-Zero

Rukkus responds:

Thanks for the great review. I'm sorry that your day hasn't been too cheerful, but i appreciate your feedback.

[Destiny's Betrayal]

Well Made

Maybe i'm not in a good mood. This week seems to be slow.

I don't know. It seems repetative. All i hear are bells and a trance beat.

Keep up the good work, though.

And congratulations. 8/10 and 4/5. Highest score i've given today. Whoo.

georgem124 responds:

thanks i dont mind. p.s why have you got a halo picture on newgrounds lol

[The King [7000]]

I don't like Hip Hop

The late Michael Jackson was arguably the greatest entertainer in history.

Sirhc7000 responds:

you dont like hip-hop, and yet you give me a 9?!?

gahh the irony is KILLING ME!!!

*head explodes*

:)

[The Epic, The Awesome]

Not Bad

I like the sound put on the guitar.

It has an epic, modern feel to it. You can feel the digital, though. Like Runescape. The music isn't bad (annoyingness aside) but it has that digital feel.

Anywho. Good work.

itsameyayo responds:

If you could elaborate on the annoyingness, that'd be lovely. I'm not quite sure I understand what you mean. Thank you though :)

-ImperfectDisciple

[[LK] OverLoad (Final)]

Crap.

Explatives aside, theres something about this. Its amazing. I demand that you do this song again. Make it longer, and make it higher quality - I'm not asking you to change anything, but i want more of it, and it should be more immersive, because its that good.

Really. Make something out of this. It will be your next masterpiece.

Foxtrot-Delta-Zero-Zero

LK412 responds:

Haha thanks man!

Im not sure if i will, but maybe.

I lost the Original due to a a virus on my comp so i will have to redo this completely. i still might though.

Thanks a lot man!

[Come Clean [LK Remix]]

Sweet Shit!

And i was hoping to use the word Bullshittery.

Not my thing, but this music is pretty good. I mean, it is seriously mastered. And theres something to the lyrics.

How do I put this? My mind is flooded. I don't handle many things at once, so lets get through them.

To start with. You are a Male, so its not your voice. Its amazingly mastered, so whos is it? Do you have a Girlfriend who can seriously sing? Or just a friend thats a girl? Did you hire a professional voice actor?

Next. My techno is satisfied. You didn't go over the top. Your beats are amazing and its just enough to make it right.

You have a Piano, and thats nice. But it was only an accent, so I wouldn't ask for more. Most of the background is generic and good. The problem is i can't focus on lyrics. I don't like lyrics, but when you make the song about them and do so right, it happened good.

I like the synth. I haven't heard that style of Synth in a long time, and i don't know how to describe it. Its not a Ripping synth. But i like how you left it alone in its first occurance - I'm a man about the music, not the lyrics, and my problem with the Radio is lyrics are the focus of music. The problem is, most songs i just don't care about the lyrics, and the mix masters are actually becoming Masters, leaving me longing for more than a taste of their works, not tainted with someone's singing that, no matter how good, seems to steal the spotlight.

Pardon my independant views, i'm rambling again. You only get 9/10, because thats what i feel. But you get 5/5, a Fav, and a Download. You honestly did deserve First Place this week. Maybe you'll get two weeks top 5 with a number one. But thats rare.

The hit song, "One Week" by the Barenaked Ladies was Number One on the charts for exactly One Week. At that point, they wished they had named the song "Two Months".

Foxtrot-Delta-Zero-Zero

Oh, and i'm serious. Who did the lyrics? Its a beautiful voice and its well mastered, like the rest of the song.

LK412 responds:

This just might be the longest review in the history of NG.

This singing was an acapella i got.

It isnt hillary duff, but she sang the original. This version is sang by someone Master Blasters hired.

Haha, that was a nice tidbit at the end.

Thanks for the review, i really appreciate it.

[Anxiety Cure - Club (A->N)]

I don't like the Ads

But i'm glad that what you do gets you somewhere.

I won't Lie. The original Anxiety Cure was good, and i Haven't liked most of your previous joint works.

I also won't lie when I find NO similarity to the original Anxiety Cure, but i haven't listened to it in a while, and thats a dramatization.

But you also didn't really do it right. I don't like most of the Vocals and how they're given a really too large presence. I feel a Rave vibe that i like, and if i visualise, i feel like the sound waves are thick - waves coming over my head in a musical ocean.

Sorry, i spent at least 6 hours in a pool in the last 2 Days.

Anyway. I don't like the vocals. Scratch that, I hate them, and thats what i feel has ruined so many of your joint works. I do like the Bass. I like the Ripping synths and the melody that connects them to the original Anxiety Cure.

Another honest truth - Its definately a Club mix. But thats why I don't go to Clubs. Well, more because I'm a minor, and thats why I can't go to Raves instead. When was the last time you were in a stadium filled with Loud music that can be heard on the east side of downtown?

I'm rambling again, and I hate it when i do that. At 8 Minutes, its pretty long, and it sounds pretty good for a quality level of less than 130 KBPS (I always capatalise acronyms. And i love Acronyms.)

At this point, I don't know what it is. I'm getting mixed feelings, but i'm also immersed and lost in the music, and i hyaven't broken half way through the song.

I love being immersed in a music like this, but i'm also lost, because my mind can't pick apart the song, i can't totally get my head around it and not only does that give trouble with enjoying it in my mind of an engineer, but i also can't give an accurate review. As such, I have to cut the review off before i can't stop, but with what I feel is a lack of actual content.

But what I can say is indeniably this - Its well mastered, but there isn't enough connection to the original Anxiety Cure. Its there, I can tell, but too hard to find, and not strong enough.

I can't describe my anger at the lyrics. I SERIOUSLY want to slap the both of you, and that docked you 4 Points. The other 1 is simply for some Idleing and some repetativeness. You need to remove the lyrics, and add more of the melody - Its too long with not enough content.

I'm rambling again, and as i said, i can't totally get my head around the music to describe it to you. I am going to download It, but you are only getting 3/5.

Foxtrot-Delta-Zero-Zero

ApproachingNirvana responds:

Hey Foxtrot, glad to see you stop by again. Your opinions are well considered and although you dislike the vocals we must stress that this was recorded over 4 months ago (the vocals). We did not have the time to entirely redo and rerecord the vocals. On the other hand, we would really like to know what specifically about the vocals and lyrics you didn't like. That would help us improve and hopefully win you over with some of our next songs.

Also, as much as we like instrumentals and know that Newgrounds as a whole likes instrumentals over vocal versiosn, no one's going to get noticed or picked up with just instrumentals. That's not entirely true, it's just more difficult to do so. That being said - we are learning how to mix accordingly and are practicing our vocals and investing in vocal lessons as we get time.

I do want to mention, though, that our more recent songs include vocals that are much better. If you still think those are crap, please let us know what we can do to improve.

As for the length, it is a club mix and those mixes also do tend to get a bit repetitive so that was done on purpose.

Thanks for the review, we really appreciate the constructive criticism.