FatKidWitAJetPak's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Hammock Song]

Please

Make a freaking album. You should totally stick with a major theme, and build up an orgasmic, minimilistic grooving fucker of an album.

[Out To Lunch]

Album Review of "Brainfunk"

1 - Brainfunk

The very beginning made me jump a bit, although I think it should be kept there simply for poetic justice. Sadly, starting out a song with such a high edge will inevitably throw off people from the track. Perhaps it would be better to start it with a quick fade in. Everything else was fantastic. I think this song can be described as an orgasm of Psychedelic Industrial Funk, brainfunk if you will. I loved the sounds you used in this. Do you use kits, or do you record your own from scratch? I also would love to see a simple tutorial on what VSTs you use and how you create such awesome, clean percussion in such a harmoized atmosphere. Properly mastered and put together in an array of color and electronica brain mashing. Nice job.

2 - I Caught The Sun

Transitions nicely from the first song, Brainfunk. Your use of glitch techniques really catches my ear here. I love your 8-bit, industrial, glitch, electronica funk blasting from my headphones right now. Around 2:25, I was pretty sure my brain came and it came out my mouth. I drooled a bit, metaphorically speaking. I am starting to DJ at local clubs and I would love to see the crowds reaction to glitch Industrial shit. This is a sick combination of sound effects, of children even, to an awesome psychedelically influenced sex. Sex and children in the same sentence? You bet.

3 - KingBee's Waggle Dance

I am assuming that you wanted to try mixing the sound of a bee to a seemingly 80s influenced / neo-electronica glitch pop. I always laugh at your voice samples. Was that from that movie where the Doctor can speak to animals? It sure sounds like it. I like the feel of this song. Your use of live instruments combined with electronically created sounds is awesome. You always seem to find an ingenious way of plugging in sound effects anywhere and give it a Bastardizing feel. I want to play this in my car while cruising down the road on a long trip or something. Sounds so chill yet so chaotic. I love it.

4 - Out to Lunch

Continuing the psychedelic feel from track three, but at a slower tempo, I begin to feel a bit more relaxed and start to bob my head and smile. Oh man, that beat is smooth and creamy. Nice bitcrushing! What the fuck. You used a guitar, solely for sound effects from the sound it makes when you switch choords? Dude. High five. Way to use an instrument originally. I feel a progression of glitch funk electronica to glitch funk psychedelic smooth and creamy 80esque filth... good filth.

5 - The Sunshine Skank

Yes. That bass man. Those edgy sounds. That white noise. This surfer beach sounding guitar straight out of rock lobster. The sunshine skank? What a fucking ingenious title name hahaha. I can picture some chick running around the beach naked around a camp fire, flirting with all the guys just so she can see them surf on the waves. She must get a lot of free hot dogs and ice cream cones. This reminds me of the 80s again. Im 19, why does this remind me of a time period I've never been to? I guess your music just brings me there, while keeping me in the undergound glitchcore of the present.

6 - You Float My Boat

This one has the funkiest tune out of any of them. I want to start listening to oldschool funk now. That melody of yours is so creamy and sexy. Did you sample it or make it up yourself? Holy shit, those vocals go very well with this mix. You transition nicely from sound to sound while maintaining a well balanced structure. Nice voice you got there. In fact, I was wondering if I could use it in my next composition "Life is Just a Dream" for my upcoming ambient / drone atmospherical emotional BS album haha. Your voice would be perfect for it. Man, your really fucking good at sampling your voice and mixing the hell out of it. I love how you take little clips of sounds and mix them into percussiuon noises for back beats of back beats with more back beats that turn into lead beat and yeaaaaahhhh.

All in all this album was an orgasmic mixture of Glitch, Funk, Pop, and Radioactive Decay from the classic kingbastard mixed with oldschool beach rock.

Kingbastard responds:

Nice1 man, that's a healthy-sized critique;)

I agree with you on the intro for Brainstorm, it probably will turn people off, but I see it as a 'wake up';) No vsts used on this EP, it was all from my hardware, guitars or synth, & the percussion is all 'real', egg shakers, tamborines, guiro, feather duster [lol], woodblocks etc...

On KingBee's Waggle Dance the vocal sample is taken from a nature documentary all about bees, for children, I can't recall the name of it right now;)

You got tracks 4-5 the wrong way round here ahah.;)

Tbh I'm surprised you're reminded of the 80's so much ahaha, I was aiming more for 70's mixed with contemporary ahha, but I suppose there is a hint of 80's synths in there too;)

Ah, You Float My Boat, & the ultimate question, is it sampled? "Most definitely not sampled!" All my own work. The people who have reviewed this EP on their sites have all mistakenly commented on my 'good use of samples, or plunder-phonics' whereas if they'd taken the time to read the Press Release they could see that the only sample on this record is the voice/narration on KingBee's Waggle Dance. I'm not having a dig at you btw, you had the decency to ask, not just assume. It's frustrating that people think it's samples, especially when I'm so obviously a guitar player if you listen back through my previous work, but c'est la vie, in many ways it's flattering as I fooled them all ahaha;)

Many thanks for the detailed breakdown, always appreciate your input, all the best;)

ps: let me know about doing any vocal stuff for you, I'll give it a shot, but I've had a bad throat infection for a number of months now, that I can't shake off, so hopefully you won't be needing anything in the immediate future;)

[Minimal Sleep]

Interesting Drone

Immediately im starting to notice some binural beat patterns going on when I press the play button. The panning you are using is pretty interesting, and really provides a unique stereo experience for the headphone listener. You mixed lead sounds very well with the background panning. I was actually expecting some sort of melody to start playing, but at the same time would be expecting it to continue droning in and out with seemingly random sound structures and patterns. It was a very unique song, almost as if you were trying to remix static.

I recommend Continuing to mess around with these sounds and trying to develop them into something more than just continuous drone. You can really develop them into something with a recognizable melody. Try adding a main lead, such as a piano or a flute, and kick it with some more bass.

[Toi - Cosmoaestate]

A Bit Overpowering

Immediatley when I saw this was a sequel to Cosmover, my heart jumped for some reason. I don't know why, but your sounds are extremely haunting and bring vivid images of long, abandoned caves with seemingly endless streams of water running through them dripping along the sides of the walls from an unknown source.

Although, I do have a few complaints. Your pad structure begins to get a bit overwhelming near the 1:10 mark. I wish you would have made it a bit lighter, as it begins to feel like pure noise rather than emotions or ambience. Your bass seems pretty well made, but I think it would go better against a lighter pad setup. You should add more of a wet mix to this, as it seems far to dry with large hints of resonance. Make it a bit less powerful, turn down the volume a bit.

I think you are thinking far to technical in your tracks, which stops you from progressing much in the "music" category. Your growing in the technical side of things, understanding all of the specifics of creating electronic sounds, but it is time for you to expand this knowledge into something beautiful. Relax while creating your tracks, and make sure to master your sounds to where they sound fairly good on speakers and headphones. Right now, this track is to loud in my opinion and should be toned down a bit with the bass.

There are many ways you could expand your ideas. You could try adding real life sounds, instruments such as the violin and the piano, add leads and bass instead of just pure pad euphoria, e.t.c.

Good luck beta testing Reason 6.

[SR - Brobot (RD2011)]

Interesting Intro

I like the buildup a whole lot. The reverb you used was perfect enough to harmonize everything together, although near the mid mark it sounded kind of clustered so perhaps you should turn down the reverb and echo by a notch.

I can see this building into a much more complicated piece. It sounds more like a really cool intro to a really cool song than a song by itself. It would also be a good loop. Makes me imagine a robot trying to think human emotions.

[(F) _Pelagus_]

A City of Sounds

Starts out oddly, making me wonder how the piece will continue on with such a strange sound. The sound tingled my ears a little bit, in a bad way to be honest, and I hoped it would get better after the first minute. It might just be my headphones... although I do have BOSE and they never tend to let me down or anything.

I started to grow use to the strange sound, however, and one minute and 35 seconds seemed to pass as if it were nothing. I listened to this while sitting on the 10th floor of a condo building in my city that overlooks a large landscape that slowly turns from conrete into a hilly plain full of trees and fog. If I close my eyes, I can almost feel myself floating past it all. I can see all of the lights twinkle back and forth below me, all mixing together in a beautiful stroke of light, as if the land below me was a painting.

I can feel the emotions from everything around me from this. It is almost as if the people and buildings that tower above me speak to me in this chaotic, yet tranquil set of tones that puts my mind to ease. It reminds me that life is all about perspective, and that people can find piece from the strangest things... one just has to look at it in a different way.

From this, you made it possible for me to see the city as a tranquil dot in the middle of my mind in insanity. Very nice work here. I hope to hear some more pieces from you, hopefully developing into a sort of progressive ambient track that allows me to feel more than just one set of feelings from the song.

Fantastic Drone.

Fubaka responds:

I appreciate your opinion on my track. Often, it does help when you listen to something for an extended period of time. In my opinion, a great song, especially an ambient one, gets better and better every time you listen to it.

I know that my sound quality is not the best, as FL Studio is not the best program for making ambient music, as is becoming more painfully obvious to me. That is one of the reasons why I haven't made anything of value recently. My music making days are far from over, though, so if you like my other stuff, then please keep at least a bit of an eye on me.

Once again, thanks for listening!

[Kpheeyat's Voice Acting Demo]

Remember the "acting" in "voice acting"

Your voices seemed forced, for the most part. It is almost like you just randomly came out with different ideas for characters and half-assed your way through them one by one. That's good and all, and it will get you some good practice and knowledge on what voices you are best at, but remember to FOCUS ON GETTING INTO CHARACTER. By getting into character, I mean understanding it, studying it, being it, and voicing it. Sure, I can kind of sound like a victorian tea party woman... but if I truly wanted to sound like one I would practice on the voice for a bit, and truly think I was some fancy pantsy victorian british woman.

You certainly have a wide range of voices, but this demo didn't truly show your BEST voices. Most of them werent all that bat, but most of them were only decent. You should choose the voices you are GREAT with not just good with. Some of the voices didn't sound very good at all, such as the "make you wet... in your armpits" voice.

You also seem to have a lot of passion in wanting to become a known voice actor here. The best thing to do for you would be PRACTICE and figure out your BEST voices. After you figure out the voices you are most comfortable with, you can naturally act with them. My evil "death" voice that I used in my demo reel is easy to do because I have practiced so much with it and know how to improv with it.

Kpheeyat responds:

That's possible I didn't focus much on the acting part... =p It was due to the fact I was focused on proper enunciation and voice range rather than actual voice acting(since that one just requires practice :p) - I'll see to it that it's improved with the next year's demo =) Thanks for the review! =D

[MC10]

Wow

The score is there (4.85) mainly because people immediatly vote 5 for popular animations with music used in them, but this song is one of the best songs I have heard here. It is so fast paced and full of xcellent layering that I had such a mindgasm when listening to it. It is extremley well mastered with amazing sounds and crafted synths. How long did it take you to make this?

This is very professional and quite impressive. I am amazed that you were able to put forth the effort for 9 minutes straight. I am going to recommend this for the next rave I go to. I would totally dance SO hardcore to this bitch... I mean holy fuck batman this is so dope.

That main synthline was completley awesome. Although seemingly repetitive at time when you really focus on it, which is kind of hard to do since there is so much other stuff going on at once, it presented a really awesome buildup for this track. I love how you switched it up a bit at 4 minutes in, with more mad beats and tricky structures that reminded me of the clown.

I would love to have a high quality FLAC version of this. I would play it in my car all the time ;)

Good job man!

cheshyre responds:

Thank you! It took me around 4-7 days (4-8 hours a day) to make this one. It was like having a baby!! If any of my songs were ever played at a rave, I'd shit my pants. If you can make that happen, i would love to see it! The best quality I can do right now is on bandcamp. The site claims that it can turn it into whatever file type you want... I haven't tried yet. Anywho, THANK YOU!!!!!

[Desert Storm]

Very Well Mastered and to the Point

It's hard to hear original dance now a days, since most of it revolves around the same basic set of tempos using the same idea of progression and synths. However, there are many things to differentiate the good from the bad. One major thing is MASTERING. This song is very well mastered, with niceley done equalized sounds and bass. I can hear the full spectrum of mids, highs, and lows in this. I like how you based this on a few nice guitar choords. This is nice and to the point. It would be great for a Flash Game or Animation. Congrats on front page, it was cool to come across this gem. Personally, I find it generic, with a strange drop at 50 seconds, but other than that it's a nicely done song. :)

How long have you been DJing for? It would be interesting to see more of your music here on Newgrounds.

[[S,J] That Memory]

Smooth and Clean

The way you sample would be perfect for industry quota. You could produce night and sick beats for all sorts of things like commercials, elevator music, and porn. Or hell, you could even produce for an elevator porno commercial.

Up the bass by a little. Try adding some lo-fi backbeatsin there.