Joshsouza

Age/Gender: 13, Male
Location: San Jose, CA
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I like drawing doodles.

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Score: 10
Alien Rampage

"Cool!"

submission: Alien Rampage
date: December 24, 2009

It was cool to put a storyline between the transitions! The middle part was the best and sounded the most like invading. Also a good choice of instruments to make it sound abstract and alienistic and I am only at half at the song right now and listening to it and reviewing at the same time but why did it just stop right after the second part? That wasn't very good. You should change it and fix it but it had a pretty short third transition that kind of repeated the first.

It reminded me of Beethoven's symphonys like how it had the first part, the second exciting part, and the most enjoyable last part and I think there is a better word for Transitions in this matter but I can't figure out what the word is. I think it was awesome of you to do that even though you probably don't know much of that.

The story was cool too but there should be a part where space marines try to destroy the alien's planet THEN you go on with the invading and crap then they go back to their planet and do something fun but I guess it IS your story but I thought the instruments were well picked out and used and it had a very great "Alien Effect" through the whole thing.

Well overall you picked out the instruments well and they were pretty cool to listen to and it was very alienistic and I think you did a great job on it.

December 24, 2009

Author's Response:

Hey, thanks for the in-depth review! The transition to the 3rd part was intended to be sudden, as to resemble the aliens leaving as quickly as they came. The 3rd part isn't too exciting I suppose, but I guess I could have spent more time on it. Thanks for the 10/10 and the great comments!

Space marines, huh?

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Score: 7
Le seul

"Sounded like Techno"

submission: Le seul
date: December 5, 2009

I liked it but I am afraid that it sounded more like Techno style music than House style but really, it sounded like both and I liked how it made you feel like you are in some kind of mall or some advanced city or something. But it makes me feel like I am wasting my saturday but whatever, I think it is pretty decent.

Why is it called "Le seul" though? It doesn't have much to do with the name but I liked the drums that came in the middle to stop the repetive sound and sure enough, the song is stuck in my head like it can't get out like the 6 flags theme song they have in the park and the commercials.

The tempo made it seem like it lasted forever in this because while I was first listening to this at the end of the first minute, I was thinking: Man! when is this going to end! Not to critisize it for being too long but actually, that is a reallygood thing because long songs are usually good.

After the middle I liked the beat and the rythm a lot! But too bad that didn't last long but at the end, I thought you were going to finish it but then I realized I had loop on so when I was going to turn it off, I noticed that it had a good loop!

So overall I liked the rythm but the song got pretty repetitive in the middle.

So here is the overall score:

Rythm 9/10
Beat 8/10
Drums 10/10
Tempo 10/10
So good job on this one and sorry this isn't as long as my super-long reviews but oh well, you have this one!

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Score: 7
In the Trees

"good"

submission: In the Trees
date: November 6, 2009

I'm sorry about the other review, I hope this one is better...

Anyways. The tempo is good because this is really short but it makes it sound very long. I also like the pitch of your voice.

I fully understand that there were no instrments in this. Also did you get a good score on it? I hope so.

I also understand that it probably took you a lot of time to get it right. I like this one more because, well I don't know It just sounds somewhat better. I looked at the other reviews and saw that you had no vocal trainer. That's good!

After you are done with your assignment and turn it in, you should make another version with instrument. You should work on making your voice a little bit clearer.

November 6, 2009

Author's Response:

did I sense a little sarcasm :) jk anyways this was an assignment from a few weeks ago I was really bored, and was like I cant wait for someone to sing it so I sang it. I would go back to add instruments, but I really don't think I want to to be honest. I'm not saying it would make it better, but I think I could spend my time doing more important things

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Score: 7
4:20am

"Wow, a lot of explict audio."

submission: 4:20am
date: November 2, 2009

You went kind of overboard with all of the explict lyrics I mean there wasn't a sentence that didn't have the word "shit" in it. You know making explict audio doesn't make you any cooler (I'm trying not to sound like a goody goody right now)

Anyways, the beat was not very original like the other songs like this that have the same beat but different lyrics. (How come people used to do that all the time!?) Anyways, why is called 4:20, I don't think it has anything to do with it.

Did you use helium after the middle because it sounds kind of weird here. I couldn't understand the lyrics there either. but I noticed that there was an added instrument near the end.

I can't find anything else to say so here is the overall score:

Lyrics 6/10
Beat 6/10
Originality 3/10
Choice of instruments 10/10
Drum 10/10
I don't know what the name of the instrument at the end is but I give it a 10/1-

Try to make one that's more original next time.

November 2, 2009

Author's Response:

This song was more of an inside joke.

The idea was to make it pretty damn unoriginal, which is why I involved a generic beat, typical swearing and other basic cliche devices used in rap.

Thanks for the serious review though :)

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Score: 10
Shine Cover (NO VOX)

"I actually LIKED the guitar in it."

date: November 1, 2009

I'm glad that you put the guitar in it because it would be bland with only drums. I also liked what the beat is at the end but this song is WAY too long and it was the same beat so it got pretty repetive like in thge middle. 2 minutes would be more reasonable. but on the last minute of the song I heard this beeping noise, was this the guitar because I think it was. But I agree with Alix1, It DOES need some lyrics and singing to it and can imagine what it would sound like with it and it would sound very cool if you did. I also don't know why this is called "Shine Cover". The namejust doesn't go along with it. So this is your SECOND attempt, i can't imagine what the first one sounds like so I looked at it but I was suprised that the first one is better than this. Other than that, here is the overall score:

Choice of Instruments 10/10
Beat 10/10
Guitar 10/10
Drum 10/10
Originality 10/10

Hope you enjoyed this review!
5/5
10/10

{Review Request Club}

November 1, 2009

Author's Response:

Well it would seem that I assumed to much about this song lol

This song is originally by a band called "Collective Soul". I should probably put that in he discription for the people who probably have not heard it. It's called "Shine Cover" because it is just that, a cover. I wish this was my original song. The beat is only as repetitive as the original, but with some slight tweakings to make it so it's not exactly the same.

The first go had a lot more mistakes than this one, especially the bass part.
The reason why it's not shorter, is because the song is about that length. So yeah sorry the length wont be changing unfortunately, but i will be adding the vocal part hopefully soon.
It makes me feel kind of old to say this song was pretty popular way back when. And it's been one of my favorite songs. So if you want to research it and listen to the original.

Anyways, thank you for the review. =3

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Score: 10
-Zestify-

"Would make a great theme song on a game."

submission: -Zestify-
date: November 1, 2009

You did very good at the beginning with the drums and the bass guitar and all of the other instruments and I liked the beat a lot. I think this is pretty neat. It wasn't very glitchy like you said, you probably have a slow computer or something because I'm on my laptop right now and it sounds fine to me. Also to me, the static sounded pretty cool for this song but im sure it would make it sound crappier on other songs. But I skipped to like the middle and It sounded the same which made it sound sort of repetitive. The ending is very cool too how it just faded out. But I had first opinions on the beginning because I though it wouldn't be very clear but it sounded like it was on a radio of some sort at the beginning but I still liked this song and I think you should keep it up. Here is the overall score

Originality 6/10 (Because it was inspired by another song)
Effort 10/10
Beat 10/10
Choice of Instruments 10/10
Drums 10/10
Bass Guitar 10/10
Like I said, keep it up!

November 2, 2009

Author's Response:

Thanks for the very constructive review, Joshsouza. The song was very glitchy, I removed 3 layers of drums because I thought it was abit over the top, All the sounds you hear are intended so I wouldn't say I have a slow computer. I know it's repetitive, but most songs are really. Thanks again for the review.
Cheers.

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Score: 10
[DX] Haunted Hip-Hop

"I though it was pretty cool."

date: November 1, 2009

I liked the beat and you did a very good job with the drums too. I can't really picture it in a Halloween Genre though. I agree that it was kind of short though. But i still liked it a lot.I kind of feel like I have heard it in a boss battle in a game. It would fit very well if someone was looking for a boss battle song. I mean like a HARD boss battle. Kind of the same when it got halfway so you should like break off half and make it loop and I bet it would sound the same. I really liked the beat a lot but you should add more instruments to it or something to make it sound cooler because It gets kind of bland with like 3 or 4 instruments in it. Other than that, here is the overall score:

Beat 10/10
Choice of Instruments 10/10
Originality 10/10
Effort 10/10
Do I want an encore? Yes.

{Review Request Club}

November 1, 2009

Author's Response:

Thanks for the review. I know there are only a few instruments, I couldn't find good ones that fits the song :\
I even considered making a loop, but songs never loop correctly for me.

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Score: 10
Aleos

"Awesome Job!"

submission: Aleos
date: October 31, 2009

First I thought it was a halloween song at the beginning but when it got farther in, I noticed that Halloween Genre wasn't a good choice. I liked how clear it was when I heard it.

Why don't you make it a flash game if you inspiring for a game unless you don't have flash. It made a good haunted house tune. I liked how you used the instruments in it.

I still can't believe that no one has reviewed on this yet. This is a good song. I really enjoyed it. I think it would be cool if someone downloaded this and somehow got it to a big stereo set and play it outside a house tonight because it's one of the things you usually hear when you are about to enter a house transformed into a haunted house.

Other than that I have nothing else to say.
5/5
10/10

November 1, 2009

Author's Response:

Wow I'm glad you liked it!

I got the inspiration from a screen shot of a flash game someone in the audio forum is making. So it's not that I had the inspiration to make a flash game, it's just inspiration in the hope that it could work out for the particular video game.

If someone randomly wanted to use it in anything of there's i'd probably pass out from excitement, even if the thing ends up being a turd, it would mean that I'm starting to at least get good enough in my composing to be noticed.

I'm more surprised that anyone has reviewed it at all lol I either have one, nor mno reviews on my songs, so having even one review is nice. Thanks again! =3

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Score: 10
Windows Wars

"Best song I have heard all day!"

submission: Windows Wars
date: October 31, 2009

I had heard all of the sounds that Windows and Macs made and I thought it would be the crappiest song ever because I would hear all the annoying sounds I hear on My computer everyday but Instead, it came out very good!

It was also very clear and almost sounded like a symphony. Bu you should make a flash of this as a music video. I'm sure It would get a good score if you did. You also did a good job with the drums and sometimes I didn't recognize the sounds because it sounded good.

It i amazing that this song took 44 sound effects. I'm sure it took a lot of effort for you to make this song. I found this song when I was looking at your post on the BBS and then I clicked one of the links at the bottom of your post.

Dont stop going to Newgrounds. You should make more songs like this. I really enjoyed it enough to download it on my MP3. Also how all of the annoying sounds we hear every day got collected and put into a great song.

10/10
5/5
Kudos to you

October 31, 2009

Author's Response:

Hey, thanks for the awesome review! I knew it was a good idea putting that link in my sig XD. I wish I could make a flash out of this, but I can't get head or tails how to use flash :(. Maybe I get lucky enough to have a good flash artist pass by... Yeah it was quite hard to do, even though windows songs are usually easy, plus I wanted this song to have loads of variety, so it was even harder, so I'm glad you appreciate my work :D. I don't think I'll be able to ever make a song as good as this any time soon, but I did make some XP songs before in case you're interested (they're not half as good as this though :\). Anyway, thanks a lot for the great review, you've improved enormously from your old reviews ;).
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Score: 10
Waltz of Reminiscing

"i like it"

date: October 27, 2009

It feels like I have heard it from a game like Figure 8 or something but it's not. I really liked the beat and it was very simple and relaxing. It sounds like something I'd sleep to. It made me not want to press pause or something to stop it. That's why I favorited it. This is probobly one of my favorite songs now it ssounds like sometyhing I would hear if I was looking at a photo album. You did a very nice job on this one

October 27, 2009

Author's Response:

Thank you so much. =]
That means a lot to me. Really.

You should hear it on a real piano, haha. I end up getting lost in it and the midi sounds aren't as cheesy.

Thank you so much =]

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