Kingbastard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Shifting Color]

Rather lovely;)

[Just to say I miss you]

First off, it's really nice to hear some fingerpicking here on Newgrounds, not many people posting that sort of thing;)
Really like the chord progressions and melody/riffs, and the transition from the slow to fast fingerpicking. It's hard for me to give you any 'tips' on where to take the track. I think, when you already have the 'bones' of a piece, then the best thing you can do is just keep playing it. Often it will develop naturally on its own through repetition, just follow where it leads, but try not to over-complicate things; in my opinion, it's often harder to write a 'simple' song, but they can certainly be the most effective/effecting.
Perhaps, when you're playing the song through, try to think of a lead vocal line/melody. This might help you develop the piece.

All the best

UnknownGuitar responds:

Thank you man, I switched over to finger picking when I started listening to tommy emmanuel and learned a few things that way. I haven't really gotten the hang of it and was once attempting hybrid picking but all of that was way over my head haha. I've since been fixing up my mistakes on this song and my fingers have found that natural rhythm and pace.

I really appreciate the pointers man they are very useful and the style you play is just what I like and try to shoot for. You're songs have really been helpful to listen to and get more play in my cd player than Dispatch haha. So its safe to say you know exactly what to do and what you've said right there is more useful than half of the things I read.

Your music has truely been a gift man and has helped me a lot, I only hope to make something that can speak to someone someday as much as your music has to me and I thank you for taking the time to help a fellow guitarist out. :)

This review was really uplifting man. Continue making great music and live well :)

[Be Gone Mr. Gawne]

Not normally the sort of music I would listen to, it's verging on eurodance, regardless this is an infectious tune and hard to ignore, I'm a sucker for chiptune/8-Bit sounds too;) There are some really nice techniques and touches to the production.

bossfight responds:

Thank you for taking your time! It's very appreciated.

[SmokeHole]

Atmospheric

Very nice, I too can see it working well over a title sequence, for an RPG game perhaps. The orchestration sounds quite genuine and the arrangement is really well constructed, with each instrument having it's own space. The piece gets through quite a lot of dynamic variations in the timeframe, without ever sounding too busy or cluttered.
There's something about that title that doesn't sit right with me though;)
Good stuff.

KB

fearing responds:

Wow, a review from the KingBastard himself. Thanks man! I really appreciate your kind words. The title was definitely an afterthought as usual with my tracks, so it doesn't surprise me haha. I'll probably change it when I think of a better one.

Love your stuff!

Jevon

[Breakscream]

Entertaining

Good stuff, been a while since I've listened to Breakcore style tunes, I enjoyed it, had all the right elements in there, the brooding mellow start, with the synth strings [reminded me a little of Venetian Snares 'Rossz Csillag Alatt Született' album] followed by the somewhat obligatory vocal sample and crushed and mashed drums. I enjoyed the synth work over the breaks, thought that added an extra dimension to the track. I would have like to have heard a bit more broken-beat/glitched elements in the mix to break up the arrangement a little but that aside the track works nicely as is.

KB

PixelPorn responds:

Thanks mate :3 IRL i make dubstep, so the things taht are on newgrounds are mainly just small side projects made to relax from the wobbles;) Really enjoyed what you wrote here:)

[Premoeffect - Stroma]

Gravy

I'm partial to a bit of House every once in while, especially the dancey, glitchy electro house of Feed Me & other artists like Rex The Dog and I think what you have here is a good basis to build upon. The arrangement is solid and progresses nicely, the synth work is good and fitting for the genre, I would agree with previous reviewers that the drop into the main body of beats n synths should perhaps come in a little sooner and also the kick could do with some fattening up, it's a little thin for my tastes atm, but that aside it's a very enjoyable and well produced track.

Glitch it up though, go on, you know you want to;)

KB

PrEmoEffect responds:

I love Feed Me <3 Anyways, the weak kick was just a lack of mastering at the time. I have fixed this now (aka, I did some mastering). I think what happened with the length was that I was obsessed with that starting synth. (this is what happens when you make really cool synths with intricate modulations for the first time haha). Hopefully I will be able to make these quickly in the future to work in the new genre of complextro.

Yes... yes I do ;).

Thanks for the review.

[I Wish I Knew How I Could Say]

Good Stuff

Like the style and honest emotive nature of the song. If you haven't heard of them I reckon you should check out a band called Neutral Milk Hotel as your style reminds me of them a little. They have some great songs, I particularly like 'Song Against Sex' from their 'Avery Island album' check it out, they have a great way of using lofi and distorted acoustic instrumentation to make a really big sound.

Good stuff man.

[Rucklo - Chernykh (Full)]

Lovely Stuff

Just had this on through my monitors, sounds lovely. I would agree with the previous comment about the beats, but that aside the synthwork and production are excellent, really spacious mix chocked full of some lovely freqs:D I reckon if you took the beats out and replaced them with some really minimal subby kicks and glitchy perc then you'd be onto a winner in my ears:)

[Ate Bit.]

GR8-BIT

Dubstep is not a fav genre of mine due to the fact a lot of people are doing the same thing, whereas this is an interesting different twist on the genre, incorporating the 8-bit elements, which I am a sucker for.
Excellent production too.

KB

[Fingerdance]

AFX...[ish]

This trk is a definite nod to the past works of Aphex Twin, his ambient works, mixed with the double-bassline from a track on the Richard.D James album, with hints of the piano stylings found on his Drukgs album.
I liked the track, has a nice freeform element to it. I think there's too much verb on the piano and beats though, I would've liked to have heard the beats a bit more abrasive and cutting as the overall track feels a little dated sonically imo.