JohnLeprechaun's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dull Joy]

Nice sounds

I like the instruments involved, but the song doesn't seem to have a real structure. Try what I did when I first started out: If you're having trouble making a consistent melody, try setting up some percussion first and then add the melodies on top of it. If something doesn't follow a good beat, then it will be really obvious.

Mariofan9 responds:

I see what you mean. I made this tune at near random. I have major trouble setting up good percussion, and get frustrated with my work fairly fast.
Thanks for the review.

[Learning the Tricks]

Well,

This song has very little potential in my opinion. If I were you, I would just start over. However, if you really want to stick with it, here are my suggestions: Add some kind of effect to the piano. It sounds very flat and emotionless as it is. I suggest a little reverb and some EQ. Secondly, experiment with some different basses. I understand that a piano can stand alone, but if you want it to serve its purpose as a tutorial loop, then some more variation is definitely necessary. I hope this helps.

Mariofan9 responds:

I see.
It is a pretty empty sounding tune, isn't it? I'll experiment with your suggested effects in my next project.
Thanks for the critique.

[Minds of Light and Dark (Edit)]

Well.

This is a good song, but it seems like you just took the melodies from a rock or alternative song and just put them on trance instruments. I'm not thinking of any song in particular, but this isn't really in the style of trance.

However, I'll still admit that this song is awesome. Even though pretty much the same riff was used for the whole first two minutes (with different instruments and styles, of course), I still listened all the way through to see where you'd take it next.

Draith-Vicious responds:

As far as I know I didn't take the melodies from any specific rock song but that was kinda the sound that I was going for as for the first part yea it is pretty much the same couple loops for the fist minute or so but I thought it kinda worked so that's how I kept it.

[Castlevania Bloody Tears]

Eh...

The lyrics are okay, but your voice is just terrible for rapping. Maybe it's just the bad recording quality, but maybe you should try some vocoder or get someone else to do it. Keep in mind, this has potential, but I couldn't take this very seriously.

bigjonny13 responds:

Mreh, I'm white and I'm rapping to video game music. I didn't add any effects or something, so that's another reason why it doesn't sound great. Thanks for the feedback.

[DJ Opaix - Formation]

I like this

It's very catchy, it has a solid build-up, and the synths compliment each other nicely. I think I'll listen to this when I go running. Nice job mastering, by the way.

ElectroLord99 responds:

thankyou :D i'm getting better at mastering, i'm glad you noticed my hard work lol :P

[BAZ - NES Core / Dnb]

Well

Each part sounded pretty cool by itself, but putting the loud, high-quality drums behind the soft, 8-bit sounds just didn't work. The concept seems pretty damn cool, but I would stick with regular DnB instruments for this one, because it would be a badass drum n bass track.

BAZmotherfucker responds:

The idea did seem rather badass at the time, but for the most part I'd have to agree, the contrast is just too odd x] but I'm glad I got this idea out of my system, and I'm glad you liked each part, because that counts for something.

[07 - Clarity]

Haha

For some reason, I read the last sentence in your comments, "Nevertheless I hope you cry." Now that I have overcome that misunderstanding, I find that this piece is quite awesome. All the instruments were used effectively, and I could feel each nuance exactly as you intended them.

Fr0zEnPh0eNiX responds:

LOL.

Enjoy, cry, same difference right?

[TCP - Stormy Night]

Awesome

I really liked this. The only thing is that sometimes the sounds seem a little cluttered and busy. Perhaps a bit more mastering could really bring out the sounds individually instead of having them all competing to be heard. I really liked the sounds you used, and I hope that this is re-uploaded someday. It could easily be on my favorites list.

tijnn responds:

Thanks for the review, i know it sounds a bit cluttered, but with my mastering 'skill' as of today, i can't make it any brighter yet : )

Kinda new to logic pro still, but im glad you liked it!

[K-Dm|Zajed - Gone]

BFC Hat?

As in the Monster Energy product? Damn, that's a loss if there ever was one. Excellent song, by the way.

K-Dm responds:

nah not the monster energy one lol

but thx anyways haha

K-Dm

[Eternal Farewell]

Well...

The composition seems decent, but the audio quality is horrid. Try cutting the volume down and equalizing a little bit.

DuoSolace responds:

yeah sounded A LOT better through the other speakers I had (recently got better ones) and yeah, sounds pretty horrid. Get on that right away. Thnx for the review :)