GronmonSE's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Rock This! (Full Mix)]

Amazing.

Nominated you for the underdog list, you're truly a brilliant and underrated artist. Keep it up, loving your stuff.

Teck071 responds:

Thanks man :D

[It's a Dream]

Ahahaha.

"hey guyz, new mix and i didn't use midis!!11! instead, i used cheap eurotrance presets on fl, can i has top 5 of the week now???!!?

Pfft, what a joke. Y'know what enrages me these days? Seeing simple, cheesy songs on the top 5 of the week list when there are far better submissions out there.

Let's see. You compose the melody by ear (Good Lord, how hard can that be?), added a four to the floor beat, a pad in the background, a bass that closely resembles the original melody (even though the original song's bass has its own line and in a different key) and a very generic eurotrance lead. You make the 12 second loop and repeat it for /three goddamn minutes/. To hide the awfully repetitive nature of the song, you make "transitions" with downloaded effects every now and then. Next thing you know, it gets top 5 of the week! Had I known Newgrounds likes cheesy songs like this, I would start making some myself too. I thought only Zelda remixes and Paragon9X songs got popular. Damn, guess I was wrong.

"Man, this guy's jealous!" Jealous of what? Jealous of another generic song getting great scores when there are more deserving tracks out there? Not really, it's enraging and amusing at the same time. I am by no means a great artist and my songs certainly aren't top-5-of-the-week worthy, but this? This is ridiculous. Hell, I even emulated this silly effort myself! It's funny how much you can do in less than 2 hours, isn't it?

http://www.newgrounds.com/audi o/listen/170722

CAN I HAS TOP 5 NOW?

speed = skill says:
then submit it
GronmonSE says:
on it
Gron says:
copying and pasting
Gron says:
It's a hard job!
speed = skill says:
yeah i bet
speed = skill says:
its hard to reach my pinky from the ctrl key with my thumb all the way to C

Good day. Copy of the review saved in case you get nasty with the delete button :D

SRT-M1tch responds:

Thanks for reviewing. I'll try harder next time.

[Viros - Phyzone]

Repetiveness kills.

You have distorted drums, a simple lead, and a couple of extra stuff in the background that do little to make this track stand out. The only variation you have is when you change the lead at around 2:05. You then decide to speed up the tempo without a reason and it just gets annoying. I don't see much effort put into this track to be honest :/

Keep practicing and good luck.

Thanks for reviewing one of my songs a week ago, I didn't have time to reply until now.

Viros responds:

I'll be completely honest:

When i first read this review i reacted in a very negative way - claiming that I didn't put much effort into it and all.

Then, i realize, you're absolutely right.

I didn't put enough effort. And that tempo thing?! WTH was i thinking?!

Thank you very much for the honest review, I really appreciate it!

I'll go back to the drawing - erm - mixing board on this one, and maybe i'll klll it altogether.

Thank you again, for your review.

[Usain Bolt]

Pretty nice,

Nice panning and use of drums, first thing that caught my attention. Pretty nice tribal sound samples you got there, love them. Really does fit the title and description. Not much I can say really :D

Keep it up.

S3C responds:

Thanks Johnny =D

[The Story So Far (Gronmon/S3C)]

Nice working with you :D

About time we did something together ;P

Sounds really nice man, great drums and guitar on your side. I just hope we actually finish it haha.

S3C responds:

nice working with you too :P yeah we should finish it get workin on it some haha :P

[Seasons [Tell]]

Not bad.

Orange Runner 1 got a 3rd place award, so expect your song to be in a decent flash ;)

Criticism, yes. The song's way too short for starters, definitely a disappointment. Rather generic melodies, but I'm into those (for shame! :P), so it's fine with me. You should have added the part that starts at 0:44 after the ending to make the song longer. Could've added a climax as well and extra elements to keep it interesting. In addition, the whole song's composition is too simple and fails to make the listener think "wow, he worked hard on this".

Overall, not a bad track. Try making your songs longer next time and giving it your best. Keep up the good work :D

Telliath responds:

The idea about bringing back :44 and a climax is great. I'll try that and maybe repost the song ;)

[Moonlight Through Misty Air]

Really nice.

Not sure if you're aware but someone nominated for the Underdog list a long time ago. Needless to say, your music is great. Very pieceful track here. A bit repetitive but the elements you keep adding keeps it interesting. Nice glitching, I never understood how to do it properly :D

Keep it up, 5'd and fave'd.

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

Thanks for the words. Yeah, i became aware of the nomination a bit before the list was made! Was really cool to get on that. Even cooler that someone has an account for such a thing. I'm glad you dig. Thanks for lending your ears. ^__^

[+Factory+]

Wow uh..

100th song and totally out of your genre. Not only that but it became quite popular, and now it's reached over 100 reviews. Impressive, man.

You should respond to your 100th reviewer, you git :P

Well, what can I say? It's an awesome song. Keep it up.

WritersBlock responds:

I'm trying to respond to all, except that I've got a bit more than usual.
And who said I have a genre? Well, mostly classical and unpopular electronica, but still... I try to diversify myself. I've got a fair few more songs like this that I hope will be almost as successful, but we'll see. ;D
Thanks for the review. <3

[{LAi} Mastias' Theme (WIP)]

Not bad.

The only feedback I can give you is that the theme is too repetitive and basic. Another detail I disliked was the fact that the lead coming in at 0:56 doesn't blend in well with the rest of the song at 1:08, I think it's in a different key.

Looking forward to the final track.

Check out my stuff sometime.

Laikros responds:

It is in a different key, it was done intentionally. :3
Thank you.

[Rudy P - For Naught]

Very solid track.

There's something about the track that's quite catchy. As simple as it is, the bassline is bloody wonderful IMO.

The drums seem unfitting at first given the lack of bass and they might have too much reveerb, but being the weird person I am, I liked them. I must say, you kept them interesting all along, it's a very nice beat.

The crash cymbal...well...I don't like it, too sharp. Interesting lead piano, that other lead instrument is nice as well. Pretty dark track, nice job.

Check out my stuff sometime. Good luck on the MAC8.

Fuiste responds:

Glad you liked the drums, I worked hardest on those of anything in this song. Not sure of this is what you were talking about, but they were supposed to sound a bit off, slipping between 3/4 and 12/8 time while the rest of the instruments were strictly in 3/4. Funny thing is that the other lead synth I used (Not the FM synth at the end, but the melody one that comes in at 1:16.) is actually an FL Slayer put through a shit-ton of effects.

And yes, there's LOTS of reverb...