JohnLeprechaun's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Cleareyes]

Meh

I heard the cool intro and thought, "Wow, this sounds cool," and then you never punctuated on it. It's pretty much just the same thing all the way through. I guess it would work for a menu theme or something, but it's kinda boring.

RaptorJesus responds:

Thanks for the honesty.

I was bored at work when I made this and I'm kinda limited on what I can do there but I thought it could work for a menu like you said, not really anything more than that though. So rather than trash it I went ahead & uploaded.

[Cazok]

Nice, man.

I can definitely sense a crookedness to this, and I can see where Danny Elfman's influences affected most. Awesome song, creepy, crawly, and reminds me of a clock working.

[VeXy - Mirage]

Exceeds Expectations

I gotta admit, I was a bit wary about listening to this song. I don't know why, but I expected this to be bad. It definitely isn't, though. Fantastic work. The synth is fantastic, I love the melody, if you kept the melody going forever I wouldn't mind. Great job, this is going straight to my favorites.

Also, I'm lovin the chord progression. Genius stuff, man.

[Undisputed]

Cool!

I can feel the drive to... drive, but the instruments are too calm and soft for something like this. You need orchestra hits, hard synths, something sharp but catchy. I love the tune, but you ought to try making the whole thing a bit louder, if you will.

[Open Sanctuary]

Sweet

Definitely for a menu. Very ambient and creepy. It actually reminds me of Morrowind. I can't explain why. Great job.

[Hyrule Temple Techno]

Great

As mentioned, the beginning was a bit odd, but it definitely opened into something great. Unfortunately, I played too little of LoZ and too much of SSBM to associate this song with anything other than the level in Super Smash Bros. But that's got nothing to do with this song, which is fantastic. Great job.

[Lighthouse Song]

Incredible.

Very surreal. The chord progression in the beginning is fantastic, and it has a great suspenseful buildup into a dramatic, satisfying climax. There's absolutely nothing negative I can say about this song that would be the truth, except maybe a bit of repetition at the beginning, but other than that, I've got no qualms. Great job!

WritersBlock responds:

Thanks man. :D

[~EnV~Come Home]

Dance!

Smoke machines, strobe lights, probably LSD... this would totally make any rave. Fantastic, I couldn't ask for anything more in a dance track. Good solid beat, catchy melodies, really smooth mastering, effects are perfect, and the singing is great. I think this is the song that every author on Newgrounds tries to make. Including me, and I'm not ashamed to say it. The only weird part was the audio cut you mentioned in the author comments. It seems a bit overdone. But other than that, everything was perfect.

[Happy Cow]

Meh

It's alright, but it sounds like something recorded from a student's piano recital. Which is to say that the recording quality isn't that good, and although I can appreciate your talent as a musician, the composition was fairly simple and was a bit slow and anti-climactic. I like the part that comes in at about 1:51. That has the most energy and coolest composition out of the piece, I think.

Agauin, I think your playing is fantastic, it just needs some more flair.

someplaceelse responds:

Thanks for the reveiw, though I'm going to have to cut a corner here and say that I disagree with you when you say that My music needs some more flair, because not all music describes action, some classical music can be calm, and relaxing or just plain happy sounding. The way you described it how I intended it to sound, normal speed at first innergetic second then really slow at the end.

[.:| Kethnarak |:.]

Well Rounded

Perfect for it's purpose. Catchy, suspenseful, and just generally kick ass.

As for Kethnarak, I imagine him as a spider-based enemy based on the creepy-crawly sounds in the song. Maybe he's got a bunch of legs and sends out little spiders to attack you.

Anyway, great song, you're quickly becoming one of my favorite artists on the site.

ObsidianSnow responds:

Great to hear what you had to say. I'll definitely take your ideas into consideration... ;)

Awesome, I hope to hear from you again, JohnLeprechaun. Thanks for the review.