sorohanro's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[==(Cloudclimber)==]

relaxing

reminds to me of "Tangerine Dream" (one of my favorite bands, best albums "Underwater Sunlight" and "Turn of the Tides")
nice touch with the effects, kind of reminding me of whales ... that fit with the sea in the background of the pic.
5/5 10/10 added to fav's already

[Aeronautics]

already

There are some very good tracks for this MAC, I already 5-ed some of those, fav-ed 3, this one included.
Chilled feel, complex lines and rhythms on a pedal like harmony.
Well mixed ... what else to say than "Congratulations" ...

Quarl responds:

Thanks sir! I understand you'll be making something for the comp as well. I can't wait to hear what you have cooking.

[Oleo {SSM}]

AWWWwwww...

Almost hurts to hear something THAT good.
Very interesting reharmonization, cool slightly distorted Rhodes, amazing phrasing, everything put together in a very original way.
You let me speechless but somehow I found words for a short review.
5/5 10/10 added to fav's

SSM-NW responds:

You're too kind, as always.

Thanks for your very gracious review and wonderful comments. Coming from you, a true artist, this is certainly an honor!

Best to you.

[=Short & Sweet=]

not bad

not bad, not too good either
the bass groove and drums goes more on Blues/Shuffle than jazz
impro ... kind of not much, the sounds used are bad also for Jazz
as a "game-ish" loop is quite good, as a Jazz song needs improvements, so here
Things To Improve:
1-make it less repetitive (at least make different bass or drum fills every 4 or 8 bars)
2-if you don't have a right sound for guitar, use a different instrument, something that sounds more natural (or ask for a collab, there are many talented musicians on NG, heck, I would record a real guitar or a trumpet)
3-try to learn more theory and harmony, especially jazz ones (with all those 7-th and 9-th, chord substitutions) and use for same bass line different chords on every repeat

Hades responds:

Well, I do realize that this would require A LOT more work if I were to make it a really good Jazz song, but at the moment I made this one, I wasn't exactly aiming for something more developed. I was going for a simple tune, and at the time, it felt like Jazz to me, that's primarily why I put it in that genre. I'm more than aware of the quality of the sounds I used, but back then I really didn't have any better ones. As for my knowledge of musical theory, I have nothing more than an elementary music schooling, so 99% of the stuff I write is made (in the absence of a better word) "by ear". And as for the collabing you mentioned, I currently have a more developed Jazz song in the works, so someday I might just ask you for a small solo, if you'd find the time for it. Thanks a lot for the review!

[BPL - Får Jag Med Er]

probably

probably best Funk/Rap-Jazz song on NG, perfectly mix, very well performed (even if I don't get the "eewl" at the end), groove moving your feet even if you pretend that you're sitting :)
anyway, great thing
congratulations for "Front Page"

[Good Times :)]

not bad

well, not really fitting to Jazz section, more like to Classical to me, also it's kind of short, you can call it a loop (better chances to get in a Flash).
not bad, the rhythm of instruments playing is nice and have diversity, still, in some places harmony gets a little bit random

Snyper5527 responds:

This is my first song, for some reason newgrounds put it into the jazz catagory. but whatever. anyway this song was origionally made to be the intro to a podcast that some friends and myself are working on. Thanks for the review. glad you liked it.

[Lazysunday]

finally

After listening a load of shit that pretends to be jazz but is actually just some sax loops over random other sax loops, finally a jazz tune that is actually jazz ... and music ... good music

not the best recording but not the worst either, I would go for a more arranged structure (theme twice, improvisation, theme again)
what I like:
guitar tone, very funky and smooth
drums, adding a nice groove
guitar and bass playing, good and clear
bass groove, very shuffle, move all the tune and give life to everything you put on top
what I dislike:
lack of structure in the tune (lack of theme or something that "grab" my ears)
lack of structure in the percussion (those seems not to follow any solo or part)

overall is good, those "dislikes" don't really take anything from my 10*
congrats ;)

[Rig and Sorohanros challenge]

cool

I like the guitar tone, clean and sharp ("glassy" I can say also), the dist. guitar sound reminds me of Santana.
On the solo could had some more Santana style tricks/licks but is nice also how it is now.

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Yeah, I'm thinking of playing more with it, soon. I've dropped the block out of my guitar at the moment, to be able to use my "whammy" for metaljonus's backing track...so I'll get at it again.
Thank you, sorohanro.\m/

[Bad-Man-Inc's Guitar Challenge]

wow

that will be hard to beat ...
I like the way you built a theme (quite melodic) on it and, yep, then insane soloing
good concept, good tone ...
5/5 10/10

[My Own Guitar Challenge Thing]

delay

nice solo even that is no Yngwie, but with the right amount of delay sounds more than decent
delay will save us all :))

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Delay is my friend, today. haha.