EctiBot's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Zig's melody]

---Official AIM review---

First of all the mix is very clear and easy to listen to.
This piece has very chill and adventurous vibe which fits the artwork very well. .
I really love the melodies you got going on in this piece. IT was a bit plain until the 1 minute mark, but it really stepped up from there.

Though I do like the melodies, there's no real main theme in the song, and the end of the day it sounds like one long guitar improv. I don't think that's necessarily wrong, but it's difficult for listeners to know which melody to latch onto and it makes the song less memorable.
I also think it could benefit a lot from some more dynamics. It's pretty flat almost all the way through. The middle section where you break it down helps, but I still wish you had done something more with the drum beat or added another instrument to break up the monotonous feel a bit.

Overall a solid and well polished track, but it would need some more interesting elements for me to score it higher

[Japanese Theme Remake]

---Official AIM review---
You based your song on your own artwork and it just consists of an inaudible mess.

[Honeybot]

I had completely forgotten about this XD

[How to Have a Perfect Day]

You're waaay too talented Miyo :D. This is the kind of things I hope I have the guts to make one day. You'll probably start dominatibg Chips if you continue like this XD

Miyolophone responds:

Thanks Ectisity! It's hard to imagine I can live up to this piece after all those 1sts but I'll do my best haha
Also fun fact you're the first person whose music I ever listened to on Newgrounds so this is a bit surreal

[High Shots]

Interesting piece this. really retro dance-esque.
First of all I need to tell you, chill with the bass. you really don't need to boost the low-end of you're bass this much, it just ends up overpowering all other instruments in the mix. To me the bass even sounded distorted at times because of this. Overall the mix isn't too bad, but the bass just makes it difficult for the other elements to shine through, and it makes the mix muddy.

To me the weakest part of this track is the arrangement. The entire track sounds samey because you use the same melodies and the same bassline throughout the entire track. you don't introudce any breaks or counters, but instead the entire track sounds like one single drop. you were really close to going into a proper break at 0:48, but since you quickly introduce the same melody from the drop yet again, it doesn't really work.
Music like this are traditionally very samey, so you need to make sure that you switch it up from time to time. Alter you're melodies, Include breaks, pull out the drums etc. You need to make sure that you keep the listener's interest up throughout the song.

The soundesign in this okay, but I really don't like the lead saw, it sounds kinda like a cheap trance lead. For music like this you could just use a very basic supersaw with a couple of layers, and it will sound great, you really don't need anything fancy as the focus is mainly on the beat.

That brings me into another point, the focal point of this kind of music lies in engaging funky drum patterns. It's not the drum-work is bad in this, but I really feel like you could have made it more interesting. Especially the hats keep playing the same thing throughout the track without really switching anything up. I advice you to study a bit up on drum styles, and how to make the listener "dance" with you're drums.

Overall this is interesting, but it falls short in a number of different areas.
Keep it up, and keep requesting feedback, and you'll se yourself improving in no time :).

{Review Request Club}

[Cupcake [OMFG style]]

This is really OMFG-esque, you really captured the style. The melody is catchy, though I feel like you could have changed it up at times to make it less repetitive.
The buildup works, but I felt like it was kida boring. Make sure to not only build up you're songs with effects, but try to actually compose a proper buildup. A buildup should be as interesting as every
other part of the track.

I really don't like the vox lead you introduce at 1:24. It completely overpowers the smooth and soothing elements in the mix, plus it sounds overly detuned, I think it would be much better to drop it.
Okay, at 1:40, I get what you were trying to do, it's classic OMFG to do a keyshift, but if you're going to do a keyshift you can't ONLY transpose a single lead while all the other instruments keep playing the old key, you need to transpose all the instruments, or it ends up sounding terrible. Listen to every part of you're composition, and if there are any parts that sound off key, either drop them entirely, or fix the problem.

I really wish you would have introduced a new melody at 2:30. That melody is only catchy for only so long, and if you keep re-using it over again, the listener gets quickly tired of hearing it. Because of it, I really felt like this song i was too long.

Also, I need to address the elephant in the room.
We all have artists that we admire and enjoy listening too, and it's always good to deconstruct their music and try to do the same things they do. However, it's also important to be original. Even though you're goal here was to create a song like OMFG, you should always try to show us some of your own style and your own musical personality. That's what will make you're music interesting to listen to.
etelik has covered most of the mixing issues, so I won't bother mentioning them.

Keep up the good work, and don't get discouraged by the low scores, we only want to help you improve :). Just keep requesting reviews from us, and we'll do our best ;).

{Review Request Club}

[Twitchy Finger]

Everyone has already mentioned the problems with the high frequencies, so I won't mention it too much. Just make sure that you don't boost the high frequencies too much. I don't know if you've edited the songs since the previous reviews, but the high frequencies as harsh to me as the other reviews seem to indicate. If you have edited it, you're going in the right direction at least. The part from 0:55 to 1:40 is the only one I find directly painful to listen to.

The arrangement in this really isn't too bad, but it gets really repetitive after a while. You're using the same melody throughout the entire track, and even though you do switch up the parts quite a lot and do introduce some new melodies at times you keep repeating the same melody over.
This would have worked if the melody was catchy and engaging, but the melody is really plain and uninteresting. Melody-work is one of the most crucial parts of usic-production, and you should never take it lightly. People will remember you're song by the melody, so make sure you make a melody that will stick and never let go :).

I am going to say though, that this is really original and interesting :). I kinda get why you would label this as Dance, because it does have some elements that gives me that dance feel, but this is much closer to synthwave, so I would really recommend that you check out and study synthwave music to further develop your style.
You have a lot of good compositional ideas in this, and with some more focus on music theory and mixing, you'll make awesome stuff in the future :). Just keep requesting feedback from us, and we'll keep doing our best to help you improve :D.

{Review Request Club}