JohnLeprechaun's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[GenoWhirled Orig. Comp.]

Nice.

I favorited this a while back and forgot about it lol. It's a very good song, if a bit roughly made. The composition is really catchy. You've obviously got a very musical mind.

[ParagonX9 - Chaoz Fantasy]

Hah.

I just now caught what you probably hear as dogs barking. It's just a sound that sounds suspiciously like a dog's bark. Anyway, the song is pretty sweet, not that you need me to say it. I mean, more than 2,500 people have done that already. The amount of detail that goes into a song like this is beyond me.

[Colletivo]

Nice.

Someone said that the drums don't compliment the song, but I disagree. They sound very montage-like and pretty awesome. Overall, I think this song would have been much improved by a bit of variation. It seems a bit repetitive, but other than that, I really enjoyed it.

[Russian Medley]

Wow.

I think the instruments really gave it character. I really liked this. The arrangement was excellent, and the mood was definitely captured. I think this will go into my favorites. To be honest, it sounded like Runescape music, and I mean that in the best way possible.

Deluxe489 responds:

I thought several of the instruments sounded bad, but thank you.
And I'll take your word for that :P

[Blaze Inferno]

Sweet.

The compositon is excellent, I'll give you that. However, there's just something about it that makes me think it's not done yet. One thing I think you don't have to work on anymore is the percussion, you pretty much have that down.

[Awesome Techno]

Eh.

I have to agree with RealityVictim to some degree. The composition is pretty sweet, but all of the instruments are FL Studio defaults. There's not even an attempt to disguise them. If I had to tell you one hint to help you with this song, it would be this: ditch FL Slayer as soon as possible. I understand the appeal, but it's just a terrible instrument. The next most important thing is to vary your percussion a lot. You seem to have the same pattern all throughout. They're also the drums from the Trance Template in FL8. The final thing is that you should really fiddle around with the channels some more. The defaults aren't really meant to be used as they are. You're supposed to take the presets and customize them. Overall, I liked this, but certainly not because of your finesse with FL Studio.

[Eurodancer{Mastered}{Remix}]

Well,

This song is definitely catchy, but not because of the composition. Obviously, you can't be penalized for that, but you can be penalized for choosing this song. No, the reason this is so good is because of the percussion. The really hardcore drum 'n' bass loops really got me into this song. Some of the bass synths are also really rich, and I like it.

[Legendary Beast (FF8) - Remix]

Whoah.

Very powerful. I wouldn't be surprised at all to hear this in a movie score. Well, I probably would, since it would either be a FF movie or plagiarism, but you know what I mean. The percussion really emphasizes the "last stand" mood of the song. Oh, god--wait. Did I just hear FL Slayer in there? Oh, come on. Everything was perfect. I know that FL Studio doesn't have a single good guitar sound, but you couldn't have downloaded a better VST for a song this good? That's the only blemish as far as I'm concerned. There's no question that the arrangement is completely accurate, and that the mood is amplified. Great track, dude.

viion responds:

hahah you know whats funny right? I did the guitar in Reason and edited it significantly but I couldnt get the right sound, it sounded too techno in Reason but they had a nice guitar like flickoff sound but the actual strum was rubbish, so I lowered the fake techno guitar, kept the ending of the flick off sound and then placed FL Slayer 2 on top of the techno and transitioned it into the flick off, thought i didnt pretty decent but was that obvious its slayer ey haha. Well it was a long long time ago, if i did it now it'd be a lot different, I wouldnt even use much VST as a lot I could get done by live sound production and then do VST post editing. But would be costly haha.

[ParagonX9 - Chaoz Japan]

Impressed, again

It seems like this review isn't even necessary. Pretty much everything you upload is a huge hit on the site, and 790 people have already told you so on this song alone. I do agree that it needs to be longer, though. That percussion breakdown really got me excited, and then it ended.