TaintedLogic's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[wide world]

I love the instruments, especially the drums and those spacey chords that have a lot of crescendos and diminuendos. The mood is well-established: blissful at times, yet contemplative at others. Sometimes how you phrase the piano riffs makes them seem a little too busy, however, like at around 1:15. I love how you incorporated electronic elements into jazz. The DnB drums you mentioned in note #6 felt a little out-of-place at times, but maybe you just need some different samples. The transitions into 3:03 and 4:14 were pretty good, and overall it's a very well-structured, amusing, relaxing, and unique piece. As always, the majority of my complaints (perhaps with the exception of the drum samples) are minor details. Even if you don't get to the NGADM finals, which I'm hoping beyond hope that you will, I'll be extremely excited for your future content. Amazing work, Johnfn, as always! ;D

johnfn responds:

Thanks for the great review as always :)

Those transitions were definitely done in the last few hours. Glad they worked out mostly ok! I do feel like the NGADM trial by fire where everyone is listening to every transition has taught me a LOT about how to do transitions. I was definitely not able to pull off anything like these transitions a month or two ago, and especially not in a few hours!

The crazy drums were a last minute addition, and if I've learned one thing from NGADM it's that last minute additions almost never sit well, but honestly without them the last section loses a lot of vibrancy. You could be right that it's just a problem of samples though.

As much as I'd like to move on, I would be content with stopping here and not having to stress over my pieces so much... the NGADM workcycle is intense. Plus, have you heard the pieces etherealwinds and steampianist wrote? O_O

[Sarah Chimera (Variation)]

I liked the melodies and instruments. I understand that it was written for a videogame, but from a musical perspective it could still use a little more variation and structuring. However, I think it's very unique. I rarely hear contemporary electronic music written in 3/4, and I can picture a royal ball with animated mice dancing in a strange waltz. XD Nice job, Mr. Tibbetts. You really engraved this picture on my mind. ;D

BenTibbetts responds:

OK. Thanks for your comments. I'm glad you enjoyed it.

[Eternal Love Story S.]

I love the atmosphere and mood and instruments. I wish there was a little more variation at some points, but the atmosphere really helps give the song a lot of substance. The structure was interesting, and the transitions were good. It's very engaging and catchy, and also unique. Excellent job, bluebooblue! ;D

bluebooblue responds:

Hi TheDoor6, how have you been?
Thank you very much for your review! I'm really happy with all you said n_n
We tried to make it really pink and sparkling this time!

[-Maverick Feud-]

Okay, this is totally awesome! :D I love the busy techno beat and the instruments. You combine heavy and energetic elements so well with light and atmospheric ones! Later on in the piece, it reminds me a lot of "The Wanderer." Well-structured, smooth-flowing, cool mood. Another excellent track, Waterflame! Keep it up! ;D

Waterflame responds:

Thank you! :D Glad what i tried to accomplish came across so well!

[drorky]

A very interesting and feel-good sort of track. I'm not sure I like what you did with the vocals at the very beginning, but later on they added a lot to the piece. Transition at 1:05 was a little sudden, but I appreciate the element of comedy at the end. Nice work! ;)

Doumaaa responds:

Haha thanks buddy that's a nice review. I just made this for fun, didn't expect it to really get any attention, but thanks again, I'm glad it did.