RaceTTar's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[6. From Now On In]

Wow! boy... I love it. This is very profound shit.... It's pure Pink Floyd if Sid was with us. It touched the place I thought it was long gone. I can't express to you how much I appreciate that anyone would make music like this nowadays.

OK, as for technicalities, the lyrics are great, but I can't understand some of it. Enounce? "To say that I wasn't there for you, but the price is still unpaid?" Awesome! but I'm not sure I got the words just right.

I like the rhythm guitar, and the transitions from major to minor. Kind of like Sid Barrett would on Emily Play, or Bike, or Interstellar Overdrive. Lyrics themselves are great, perhaps, just as a suggestion, maybe should be more directed to the audience, and less to self.

Instrumental, it's good production, but I would add more synth layers to fat the whole thing up.

Most importantly, a great piece like this really begs for a great guitar solo in the middle. It would pump the fuck out of it, and enhance the message.

If you are ever up for it, I would do collab with you on a song to two. Not to self promote, but my guitar is above average. I could add ye guitar parts to your lyrics, like no one else.

in any case, it is great to see you on NG. This kind of vibe is exactly why I start making making my own music, cause no one else would. But you are doing it, man.

Please keep it alive!

daneforth responds:

Wow I'm not sure what to say dude, really appreciate that! like... a lot!
So this is the only track on the album I collaborated with a good friend of mine (he's not on Newgrounds) The concept for this song is like new years resolutions, I wanted a track to confront the "If's" and "maybes" and say No, from now on in, i'm going to...... etc

so I approached him with the track pretty much complete and told him that concept and told him to write the lyrics for the choruses without telling me, which he sings and I sing the intro and the bridge and thats the way it sprung into life being a conversation back and forth in my head as the basic idea.

"Don't say I wasn't there for you, but the price is still unpaid" is the line your referring too
Il'e be totally honest, I've really not listed to much of Sid's material - Obviously appart form the main ones that are played often - Fun fact, with this being a concept album all the tracks speak with each other so as I said this track is a new years resolution type message of internal dialog which ends in G major. Track 7 which follows is about my view on the world outside my head and its depressing nature which is in G minor so i have a major becoming a Minor. I uploaded that this afternoon which I think you'll like.

In relation to the synths, yes I have many demos with varying degree's of 'over' production instrumentation but I felt it lost the narrative so I stripped back the synths to create a very unstable-esk dreamlike feel to help create the internal dialog theme.

In relation to whopping big fat guitar solo xD - well see Track 7 - The Blood On The Hands, I do think you might like that.
I have 10 tracks in total from this album so I have 3 more to upload as well as the 7 currently online, I like to use instrumentation to narrate just as much as the lyrics so you'll find many little and, indeed BIG solo's in my tracks. The solo I ended the album with on track 10 Is a big special one for me, tonally and compositional.

I would love to colab one day! for sure!. at the moment Im working on some new material and working out what I am doing with all my social media channels and stuff like that so at the moment my attention is not quite ready but, one day, for sure! Ile defo drop you a message

again thanks so much for the feedback and sorry for this massive reply but hope it answers your questions a bit. :)

[Eight Ties]

This track is quite good. much better than the rating would suggest. I like the tempo and theinstruments. and Your choice of analog sounding drums/percussion samples is actually very cool here. Here is a 5.

flippytomtom responds:

Thanks!!

[Nautical Titan]

yes. these drums... they are calling, man! i don't know what is it, but there is always something in your tracks that is just pure and raw. like your are saying " I'm going to kick ass and take no prisoners". I have a lot of respect for your stuff. 5/5!

AliceMako responds:

Glad you like.

I use an instance of fet compressor by softube for drums, i'm quite fond of the character this gives them and i'm under the impression most folks agree it sounds nice and thumping.

[Ignition]

Thats what I'm talking about !! I love it. You know what I like about your music? It does not pretend to be anything. You play it like you hear it and are not afraid to take chances and have fun. Keep pumping out them tracks :D

AliceMako responds:

Thanks, glad you like it.

I'm more of a sound designer then a composer really, so a lot of stuff i just stumble upon while i'm messing around. ( Which i do most of the time rather then actually producing tracks)

Like i start out making a beat or some synth patch untill i like what i hear and then just roll with it and see what ellse comes to mind as i go along, usually in two to three days i either still like where i've ended up or if i've grown to hate it i'll wipe the slate clean and start over.

[Rainbow Vs Lightning]

Great job. I like the concept. high tempo, then slowdown and back to speed. overal very good composition.

ArcaneSoul responds:

Thank you :)

[Steps]

Great! very easy and pleasant to listen to. the melody is catchy. nice change up in the middle. if you ever wanted to change anything, may wannna try to move the chord progression up half a step at 3:14 mark for one or two go arounds. Anyway, this is a great piece of music. 5 stars easy!

VGSongbird responds:

Well, I probably won't revisit the song, but I am always a fan of "Mid-Way Key Changes." Not a bad idea at all ^_^

Thanks for the input!