This is amazing, sir. I really like the acoustic guitar playing. The percussion really impresses me, as you say it was done drumming on different surfaces and not with real drums, yet it still sounds really realistic. That just sounds difficult to accomplish. I'm fav'ing this.
Reviews for "Beyond the Coast"
Holy shit. You are amazing.
5/5 or 10/10. It was a very interesting song. I loved the feel of it. I'm not really sure what genre (and I'm aware Newgrounds needs to expand their genre categories a bit) I would put it in, though. It seemed more ambient with latin influences than true latin to me, but it works all the same. I think your "poor man's drums" pushed it over the edge. Well, that is what I'll call your unique approach to drumming. It worked wonders. Heck, I could have just listened to the percussion alone and been happy. But the rest if the song was pretty interesting as well. Good job.
This is great!
Kepp up the cillin!
I thought I was on the front page for a sec...because I have a song on Newgrounds with the exact same name O_o anyhow, this is way better than my piece.
seriously, it fuckin rocks. Nice latin 6/8 groove, the overall piece could use more variations for being 5 minutes long, but other than that this piece of music is fucking amazing. Tremolo plucked string riffs, jazzy chord progression, deep reverby ambient atmosphere (did you use timestretching?), exotic hand percussion, mixing is crisp and well placed. Reminds me a little of one of the more recent Paul Desmond Quartet albums. I like DustyPeach's review, to me the whole piece is quite airy, ghostly, yet very calming. As if I died but afterlife is paradise at a tropical island.