Score: 10

"Switch to Classical"

submission: AP - Under Fire

date: November 18, 2007

Your trances might be getting repetitive, but these short, heavy classical thunder entries are definitely worth time and effort to create (and to enjoy). This one has a better ending than your other recent submission, with an arc of drama and flair for violent energy. It's got as much drive as a power metal song of the same persuasion, so what does that tell you?

This song made me perform a double-take with that journal entry of yours, and this is the reason you should stick around NG despite what detractors might suggest. Keep this up, you've earned some extra respect.

Score: 10

"Cinematic Appeal"

submission: AP - The Forbidden Path

date: November 18, 2007

This is a good modern classical thunder soundtrack geared for the heavy-hitting action sequence. The dark choir and techno elements are pretty good. It ends a little too abruptly, although that in and of itself can be integrated into a scene.

This is the reason I stuck around and downloaded whatever you had to offer. You earned my respect.

Score: 10

"Whoa, what the hell?"

submission: Rip-off medley

date: October 27, 2007

Well, yeah, you made my day. This song is absolutely out there. I'm still listening to it loop at max volume inside an apartment complex full of old women. I'm astonished, that's why. All I ask is for you to actually write the lyrics in a reply or something because someone will get the crazy idea to actually make a flash out of it. It's definitely music video material, a satirical one at that.

Score: 10

"Hate is Nothing New"

submission: Dark Age

date: May 29, 2007

This song rocks. I know it will become a staple of all really evil bad guys' themes when an audio portal-savvy flash animator sets out to create a flash. God yes, I think I'm going to use this sucker for something... evil...!

You only got a 4 in Originality because expressing hatred over jerks isn't necessarily new. The song itself is very effective in what it does, though all the effects might be a little trite. Still, the cool samples, clearness of the sound, and the efforts all give you a well-deserved ten.

P.S. I vote zero only on absolute garbage. I've never known you to make garbage of any kind (I incidentally voted five because it can fit in a falsh just so easily, especially the crescendo and ominous end!).

Score: 9

"Captures it Perfectly"

submission: EMO PARODY

date: May 18, 2007

Okay, I rarely ever listen to alt-rock stations because they inundated the airwaves with this kind of disgusting crap, only that stuff is serious and this isn't.

Were you drunk when you did this with your buds?

After like eight plays while eating oatmeat at 4:33 AM in the fuckin' morning, I sat down just to keep myself from laughing and choking.

Whenever you get the chance to murder someone's style of music, please do so in an orderly fashion.

This is the shit.

P.S., once I get a script and some drawings done, I'm contacting you about voice-overs as promised.

Score: 7

"Don't Get It"

submission: FUCK BATMAN!

date: May 18, 2007

I don't know what the joke is--other than the title--but I suppose you're trying to wreck the soundtrack to the latest Batman movie. Tell me otherwise or simply explain this... I didn't quite get the joke in the song itself. I did like voicing the song's title repeatedly in the presence of little children, though.

The review is a lukewarm one because the clarity is soft, the church-bells are kind of cliched, and it all smells of cheese. Solid effort, though the collection here has better stuff to chew on. Seven Overall...

Score: 10

"Excellent as Always"

submission: What I Wanted

date: May 18, 2007

I've often run past this one in my system (having downloaded it) and always appreciated it, better than Thumping Pain although that one's emphasis on drum effects kind of sour the mood I get from this one. This one, with its title, suggests inner turmoil, and having it loop softly in the background conveys the same emotion into whatever I'm writing in that moment. Therefore, in too many words, it touches me.

Of course, you get a 5 for originality since it is a common emotional piece--no shortage of them--while Clarity gets 6 since it's a bit soft but otherwise fine. Diversity gets 8, as does Effort.

It might sound dull on rare occasion, but I give a 10 because it's one of the few Beegeezee songs that communicate like a ballad would. It reveals a side of you that isn't as apparent with all the comic mischief in the collection.

Score: 10

"Interesting Departure!"

submission: Herbal Shrapnel Rough Draft

date: May 18, 2007

Okay, remember the time you complained about your inability to rock out? This one proves otherwise. It rocks. It's also an industrial track, and I'm pretty sure you never submitted that stuff before. Even in its current state, someone will use this well in a Flash, be it a game or in a psychological fight scene. However, it's a little repetitive and in its early stages, I'd expect that. It's worth working on.

Originality: 8. Bingo; something different.

Clarity: 8. Not too high, not too low on the register. This one is the true Fortress of Doom.

Diversity: 6. Repetitive, but what's there is freaky and cool. This path seems interesting, and also does not appear to suffer from cheesy synths as you suggest; previous works have nothing on this.

Effort: 8. And thankfully, those points aren't wasted.

Overall: 10. Continue this path. You're improving a lot more than you think. Should have downloaded this sucker before!

Score: 8

"Been a while, but hey, it's funny"

submission: Fortress Of Doom

date: May 18, 2007

This is pretty goofy. It's irony is how it doesn't sound particularly spooky but has the sound effects to make it so. The mood of the playing is just way off... deliberately.

Originality: 7 (you've done this satire before).

Clarity: 6 (okay, a few sounds overpower the others, making for a hard-to-follow experience, but your voice doesn't snap or pop on the microphone--not as much, anyway)

Diversity: 8 (I'm not sure what this means, but I bet it has something to do with how many techniques you pulled, and pulled well. I'd say this one combined decent sound production with a good guitar technique--not showy, but reflecting good form)

Effort: 8 (I insist you make more).

Overall: 8 (I still insist you make more).

Score: 8

"A far-out moody, hi-tech cyber-punk epic"

submission: Lift Me Up

date: March 27, 2007

Citing the poor review (not damning... just poorly written) I figured you needed one of these. The ambient tracks in your collection, albums and otherwise, are quite mellow and worth a good listen. This is no different; for what it is worth, it is both transporting and interesting.

Originality gets an eight because you took time out and showed your lady the ropes of your business. Cooperating together, even if it seems subpar, is great for a relationship! I also like how her voice sample--muffled in the background but ethereal in a sense--juxtaposes the obviously technological sources of most every sound. Place in the heartbeat for subtle humanlike flair and you have what I call a cyber-punk adventure in under two minutes. Very strange...

You got Diversity a 6. There aren't that many sounds, and it seems thin, but there's enough going on that you don't really pay attention to the number of sounds or whatever.

Clarity gets 4 because her voice is muffled. That might be intentional--correct me if I'm wrong.

Effort gets a six. This doesn't sound like it took a great deal of effort, considering what it is.

Overall, you should get a six. But I play nice and grant an eight. This song is a testament to playing cool in a relationship and makes for an unusual device that might make it into a flash game.