EspyoNG's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[can it please be over?]

The attention to detail is unbelievable; I can definitely see how this took 50 hours (which by the way, I could NEVER spend that long on a single project with my attention span). You really took your indietronica sound to the moon here, and the fact that all you needed to make this was SunVox and a phone mic is a testament to how far you've come. I'm truly moved T^T

By the way, it was a great pleasure to have this opportunity to help out with the vocal work! Not that the vocals took too long to clean up anyway, but it's still so awesome I got to contribute to your music in a concrete way :D

Frontpage very much deserved! 💪

EDIT: Sick cover btw

OVERSCORE responds:

Thanks for the review and for your contribution to the track! I currently hold the belief that quality can only increase with time for experienced musicians, so I was willing to take as much time as necessary to make every detail of this song beautiful. I’ve learned quite a bit on this handy little software… I very much hope it translates well to FL Studio when the time comes.
I’m glad it was a pleasure for you, because it was such a huge help to me. Without VST support, my autotune options are SO limited…
Tysm Espyo, these frontpages never lose their wonder!

Also, one of my friends took this photo and sent it to me and I was immediately imagining it as an album cover lol. Texted back in all caps “CAN I USE THIS” 😂

[dizzy]

This is such a psychedelic experience. The texture is crisp and dark, the melodies are mesmerizing, and most importantly, this track is a great showcase of how far you've come in developing your dystopic sound. Impressive stuff!

"dizzy" is a fitting name tbh haha

OVERSCORE responds:

Thanks Espyo, all of what you said is almost exactly what I was going for-- which, I rarely get what I'm going for in a song! I'm just always trying to progress and improve my sound :)

[Ryzmik - "Rancorous"]

This sounds like what I would imagine a Rukkus and old-school Virtual Riot collab would sound like. Awesome growls!

Ryzmik responds:

Glad to see you with your rebrand! I had a fun time designing and spamming the main growl all over the drop lol

[it wouldve been my fault]

The climax in this song is something else. All this slow build-up going into it is mesmerizing. I love that little square riff you have all the way through! Really links the whole arrangement together.

OVERSCORE responds:

The arrangement for this one is admittedly pretty simple— intro, buildup, DROP, outro— but that allows me so much more freedom to shape that buildup, and adds so much thematically to the drop. I was definitely going for a mesmerizing feel, thank you!

[missed]

This track is beyond beautiful. You can't help but resonate with the feeling of hoping in pain. This track touched me deeply beyond any lyrics would!

OVERSCORE responds:

Wow, it’s moving to me that these feelings resonated with you so powerfully… thank you!

[fragile mind]

Hooooly! This is just such an ethereal experience, beginning to end. At this point, I won't even try to begin describing my appreciation for your composition; you're just him. Lol.

I can tell you put a lot of work into cleaning this up and polishing it to its fullest potential. It's hard to make music sound so crisp and clear with so many sounds alloyed together, so this is honestly impressive.

Keep it up g! <3

P.s., that outro has to be frontpage-worthy on its own, because it just hits like nothing else. Amazing stuff, and congrats on the frontpage!

OVERSCORE responds:

Thanks Espyo!! Your continued compliments to my composing ability are endlessly encouraging. I have put in a lot of work polishing this because, I just want this to be the best work it can be!

The outro is thematically the most important part, so I really had to nail it. Thanks again, all these frontpages have been such a welcome surprise!

[suppress]

Wow, the mix on this is crisp as hell and I love it! However oxymoronic this sounds, everything mends together with so much clarity! The glitches, the drums, the arpeggios, you killed it with this revised version man, honestly!

Can't wait for tomorrow!

OVERSCORE responds:

Well you helped with that aspect a ton, pat yourself on the back a bit lol.
That oxymoronic idea is present throughout a lot of this album, as I did not level this at all- the high-shelf actually brought up the elements that were supposed to be the focus. Thanks for stopping by Espyo!

[BlazeBlasterJ88 - Lemon Trip]

I think that this song is a solid start for someone who has just began picking up music software! The main things I'd work on is making your song sound a bit less repetitive, and experimenting with layering sounds on top of each other. Nothing that some extra time on the track cannot fix!

Overall, great start!

BlazeBlasterJ88 responds:

Thank you for listening to my song and for your comments! I'm pleased that you think it's a good start. I will work on making my tracks less repetitive and experimenting with layering to improve my future productions.

I appreciate your support and suggestions. I hope to share something even better soon!

[Emergence]

Great track man! I would say my only complaint about this is the fact that the mix lacks the lower-mid frequencies, so the body of the track is not as full as it could. But honestly, the melodic decisions throughout the track were well done. And those glitch effects at the end, oooooh!

Congrats on the frontpage! ;D

G2961 responds:

thank you very much! Yes, I totally agree with you, this song doesn't have any normal treatments, but here at least I tried to make some good melodic part. and yes, I was surprised when this song hit the homepage, to be honest, I didn't expect it, but I'm very grateful for it!
Actually, I did this song when I really wanted to sleep, lol, so I wasn't fully able to work on this song, hahahaha

[Ryzmik - "Love n' Malware"]

What. The. Fuck.

This might be your cleanest song I have heard so far! I don't know how you managed to make all those complextro basses fit together without any clashing. All throughout the track, I felt like the instruments were placed at the right moment in the song with much taste.

The only nit-pick I have for this is the arrangement; I think the middle section was a bit lackluster compared to the rest, so maybe if in that section you had taken the same approach you did for the ending section with the instruments, this would be a perfect track! But again, this is just a nit-pick.

Really good track! You should be more proud than you are :D