HoboKa's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Stuffling - Churning]

Funky beat. Pretty creative stuff there :D

[Floppy fish. 🐟]

Floppy goodness!

[Never Back Down (Repraise)]

Catchy arp work! Nice beat and vox synth. Kinda like Capcom meets SNK lol.

[Ms. Mabel's Ragtime Machine | 2022]

One of my favourites from you this year, unless I'm in some weird timewarp and it was actually from 2021. That dulcimer sure is sexy! Nice rag-tag piano stuff and the tempo changes are badass :)

EDIT) So I had a herp-a-derp moment. Read the comment and looked at the time posted. Energy drink crash LOL. Real bad addiction ug...

It could also because 2-3 months ago feel like a year now. Time waits for no man :P

Bertn1991 responds:

No worries. I'm pretty sure my blood type is coffee at this point. Maybe I'll graduate to energy drinks someday. And oh yes, you must grab the FFVIII soundfont sometime if you haven't already. That dulcimer is fire. I don't feel bad about taking it, since Uematsu just casually lifted the sounds from a keyboard he had.

This track is from 2022, I assure you. Time is like the bad guy in slasher movies, approaching slowly, but always closing in no matter how fast you run. There's 12% chance my analogy made any sense, but I'm sticking with it lol.

[Triumph of the Spirits | 2022]

Heard 'Triumph of the Spirits' on your YouTube! Very fantastic JRPG styled emotional piece! Kinda like Wild Arms. Nice work man!

Bertn1991 responds:

Thanks so much! Your thoughts are always appreciated, friend. Ah, I'm gonna really get into Wild Arms one of these days.

[Suoni Zanti]

235 tracks insofar!! Wow you are one productive mofo. I wish I was I had that level of energy hahaha. Love this Earthbound vibe. Excellent synthwork. Nice bends. The 2:24 mark is especially cool, hearkens to some awesome animes back in the day.

[Whirligigs]

Hey, fellow FL Studio user :D
Nice use of in-house synths there! Whirligigs has a kinda Mario Paint / Paper Mario feel to it. Nice blend of jazz, breakbeat and a touch of chillstep.

[Dog House 2 | 2021]

Grats on the FP. What a way to end 2021. Too bad I wasn't there to observe it. This song is definitely going into my mix list. Love that jazzy jig chill-step vibe.

Bertn1991 responds:

Much appreciated! I'm a little surprised that this was front-paged, but I'm happy people enjoy~

[Impromptu No. 157 | 2022]

This is a beautiful window into your soul. Hope you're doing alright Bertn. Also, tad surprised this wasn't front-paged. But then again, neither was your latter ones. The FP-guy kinda left me in the dust too. T_T

Bertn1991 responds:

Aww, too kind. Thank you. I'm doing okay these days. 2022 has been pretty decent so far. I hope things have been not terrible for you as well. And yeah, I have no idea what goes into picking songs for the front page ^.^'