BrokenDeck's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Get up n' Fight (NGADM)]

I think one of the guitars was a wrong instrument choice. Maybe a more power metal sounding guitar might have worked better.
The mixing is alright however. Overall the melody was good.

[Sinking Island]

There's a clash of leading synths at the beginning that the additional drums just further help distract the listener.
However I like the song better once it's past the intro. The mixing is a bit off however, and the song stops unexpectedly.

OpenLight responds:

I got a lot of reviews from last round that told me to do things that are getting scrutinized this round ha. But I agree about the intro. The intro sounded a lot different before I uploaded it here and I'm not sure why. I'm looking into the possibility that my file didn't save under the same name or I used an old file when submitting this track, but either way I agree that the intro could use some tweaks.

As for the unexpected ending, I did that for impact since I don't like having all of my songs drop out or fade out. But, since you brought up the ending, I'll take that as it doing what it was meant to do haha. Though it is all preference when it comes to this and other aspects of my piece, and I knew before I submitted this track that it wouldn't necessarily fit in with the dubstep-heavy audio traditionally all over Newgrounds.com.

As long as my track was original in some aspect, I feel happy with the piece.

Thank you for your concise review! I appreciate it.

[Descent (MSB)]

I love your usage of vox in this song, and your production values are top notch. I dont have anything to nitpick about this actually. I really like it.
However, the lead synth was a tad too present.

GrantBowtie responds:

Haha well my excuse is that I threw this together in the last minute for the contest. But I'm glad you like

[Children's Overture]

I really loved this piece. It reminded me of an opening title sequence for a animated cartoon.
However, the ending was odd and the snare needs to be more lively. Otherwise, I loved the melody
presented in this song.

BlazingDragon responds:

As I've mentioned in other responses, the ending was forced in ten minutes due to running out of time. I'll try to start earlier this round! >_<

Thank you for the review! I'm glad you enjoyed the piece. :)

[Forest Moonlight [WIP]]

This song, although it had some very nice pads, kept revolving around the same 4 chords throughout the entire song.
Although the soundscape changed, the song didn't go anywhere melodically.

[-conclusion-]

This sounded more like a dance song to me, but with orchestral elements throw into the mix for good effect.
I supposed it could be used in a video game though.

[We Don't Talk]

I really thought that your production values and mixing were great on this song.
It's not easy to make a pop song sound interesting, and I thought you did a good job with

[Child of the Trough NGADM]

I also wrote this review and judged your piece before you added vocals.

This sounds largely like an improv of some sort, mainly because the song style and direction keeps on changing throughout the song.
I really didn't understand were you were going with this. At one point it thought it was going to be some sort of a chill track.
But then you introduce parts of the song that sound too frenetic for that (around 4:20).
I am also dissappointed that you chose not to use vocals in this entry, which I think is strong point that you should have taken advantage of.
overall this song appears to be directionless, although your production values are great as usual.

[Midnight Lights {7x}]

This sounds mostly like standard DnB fare to me.
However, I liked your usage of Saxophone.

[Supplication]

This has a nightclub feel to it.
I admire your guts for putting vocals in thisw competition throughout.
It is something that most competitors in the NGADM have not done.
Your composition is your strong point and lyrically this is great as well.
Your production is constantly improving however and that is great to see.
P.S. This reminds me of an early Susan Boyle videotape recording somehow.