The Paper Train Express

  Title: Bomb Factory Released: April 3, 2008 Genre: Industrial Techno  This, paired with "A Dream of Her", shows my general preferred genres to make. It is without lyrics as usual, though for this style of music, is more common. That said, it is repetitive unsurprisingly. However, it is atmospheric in sounding very metallic and gritty. The ending sounding like machinery turning off is a nice touch, uncertain if it was really necessary but from listening to other electronic style music, something like that does tends to add more than detract. Would you hear this on the radio? Never. Unless you were tuned into a free-for-all university station I suppose. But in a game, or a promo, or a background sound for something industrial related? Potential. So if the goal was background sound, mission accomplished. But otherwise, not really much more. The title's a bit odd also, granted it was inspired from a PS2 game where the level was named 'Fireworks ...

Welcome to RO Music REview! First and foremost: Yes, all the songs are made with loops. That alone is the biggest critique, but it'd be boring to read on every post, so just know it's there, and I'm sorry. I'm curious to know what you think each song did right, where they needed improvement, or just your thoughts on my critique in general! Without further ado(h), let's begin: Title: A Dream of Her Released: April 1, 2008 Genre: Ambient Trance It starts gently, which though very quiet, does help introduce the tone. Long intro but hard to say if it'd work shortened. The main synth riff is very atmospheric and it pervading throughout does weirdly work. The different slew of loops throughout serve to make up for a lack of vocals, but they do sound random. It is easy to imagine this as a background song in a video game, or featured in a music-based video game. For a first song though, not terrible. Rating: 6/10

Friend who listens to top 40: "What type of music do you like?" Me: "Uh..... Well I have been listening to Union Dixie on repeat for the last 48 hours. " P.S this may be the best historical example of a song trolling! The song "Dixie" was the unofficial anthem for the Confederate States of America during the Civil War. Union Dixie is a version by the north that mocks the Confederacy, saying that they are "traitors," overrun by "rattlesnakes and alligators" and asserting that the Union will be victorious.

The lovely thing about having trouble falling asleep and staying up til 3am is that harebrained  ideas come about much easier in those hours. Enter RO Music REview: a 54 post series that will have me, Eric Riccy, go through each of my 53 Newgrounds songs, and CRITICALLY review them. The point is to see which of my songs is the best, but through it, see what can be learned from each song. As well, I'll personally rate each song. The 'newest' song is 5 years old, so it's been a long time since I've touched any of these projects, aside from casually re-listening to. I'll be sure to post the song along with each post, so you can judge along with me!

Changes have been made to the "What is PTE?" Page following this announcement. Thank you to all who have been posting and commenting!