ZipZipper's audio Reviews on Newgrounds (2024)

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The phrase here sounds very different for you. Both parts gave a sense of purpose to each other; the beginning really set me up for the surprise of the second half that was a completely new mood. I really like the mellowness of it with the drums and the rhythm not sounding too overpowering. Whatever happened in this piece was a really nice change of pace, in my opinion. Though funnily enough, once it faded out I could imagine the re-entry of the drums being more hard and the melody sort of gated...lol...I love you.

The vocals were a little bit too dry for the mix of the instrumentals, in my opinion. Maybe it's just the mix in general...it sounds too real in the forefront! Hahahahaha. I guess I like hearing a slightly more cavernous club ambience. Anyways, nice groove and great assortment of brass. You're so lucky to get to work with live players so often. I thought the lyrics had awkward pacing, but they still worked. Welp...in the end it's a really nice song!

Wow! WOOOOWWW!!!! I am bowing down to you so hard I burst through the ground and fell into the fires of the underworld! My favorite part was obviously the beginning; it really really caught my attention with how creative but quintessentially clownlike it was. And the fact that you still seamlessly weaved the carnival through the orchestral movement of the latter of the piece made me very glad, I was half expecting to hear the distinct clown beginning but just a cinematic rest of the song. No, you still kept the clown lurking underneath the music. I have to say, the building up at around 4:00 sort of bored me. But thank you for bringing back up the insane waltzing at the end! Wow...both epic and terrifying, this is the blood clown. The ending kind of died off, which I understood yet also didn't understand. Maybe if the calliope just kept its pace and faded out at least for a little bit at the end, I would feel the piece was a little more complete. Anyways, excellent work! Loved that eerie bassy silence between the beginning and then transition into the cinematic. I love this!

When the flute appeared, I immediately thought of Windwaker. I can see Toon Link roaming the halls of a prestigious academy to pick up and break all the fine pottery.

Oh I like this song too. Although your voice is used in so many different ways and sounds in tune and perfect blended together, I thought it could be more creative! I don't know...it sounds empty to me. Maybe because it's so short or that the mixing was dry. Weeelp either way, a really cool rendition! It's short and to the point and has a great swing timbre. I think it would have been neat if the time was cut to make it different and not swingy...but that might ruin it idk my bff jill so yeah nice work!

I hear you're experimenting with your voice here, which I really enjoy. I hear ornamentation like an Islamic call to prayer or Bollywood singers. I'd love to hear you sing something along that line, you sound like you have the soul for it. There's a couple of interesting mix-ups in terms of chords and instrumentation that I also like, but essentially very you. And some well-coordinated ritardando and tempo changes. Nice work!

I did a cover of this too!...a super long time ago so it's kind of bad ahahahaha. If you wouldn't mind, I would definitely sing for this when you're done, unless you really like the vocaloid sound. I personally prefer a real voice more than a vocaloid's. Though, my main problem right now is that I don't have a functioning microphone...but I'm hoping to change that soon. Whomp whomp...

Well I definitely hear some improvement here! I was actually hoping that was your voice but just altered a little higher to sound like a girl's hahahaha. The beginning vocal arrangement is masterful, and perfectly enhanced with her voice. Are the lyrics Dutch? I'm just taking a guess. Then when the second part opens up with the piano, flute, and erhu combo...it actually reminded me of some of the sad music in Naruto hahahaha! Your instrument choice there was nice, but your instrumentation overall still seems very comfortable to me heeehhh. I'm waiting for that extremely sudden wrong turn with you, but you're here building up your character, so I can't blame you. Your melodies and harmonies overall are great, peaceful and emotional. There are some interesting turns in the key that are subtle but catch my attention musically. An overall fantastic mood setter, but still waiting for some madness to come hrehrehrehrehreh. Wonderful job!

It is a ripoff of Mechanical Anima hahahahaha I think it's even in the same key signature or very close to it. But since there's a lack of this kind of music here I think it's still very welcome. Still professionally done. There is definitely a rich underline of percussive noise here, but the melodies also take over in a sense. I can't say I hear anything really counterpoint as each phrase sort of lets way for the others in an order with instruments working together in one melody at a time, but definitely good harmony work and complex instrumentation. I wish I could do the same. Especially with such perfect production construction where no crevice is left empty. Great work!

Well, the first thing I notice is all the sudden I'm plunged into this track hahahaha, but it is a nice plunge...the end is not so nice of a sudden plunge though. And I also hear the rhythm is not really consistent. I'm assuming this was being recorded in real time, and I understand that the genuine feel of real time is something commendable, but really keeping to a set rhythm would help the flow and not make it sound like stomping feet up some stairs. I would also note that the arpeggios aren't very dynamic, but for an ambient piece like this I don't think that's too necessary. I did like a bunch of things. The note choice is mystical, sounds like you're ascending in key signatures. The sound choice is nice, this piano something combo is very nice and the background synth underlying it all is really magical. The transitions from place to place are also nicely connected, I can hear you've got a slight ritard right before the next phrase. What this piece lacks is more musicality. Arpeggios are nice, but as a constant theme it gets tiring to me, and as mentioned before the rhythm. Pretty good idea here, just needs details tightened. Nice job!