Jonah-B's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[When Night Draws Near]

Sounds nice

I really think your piano could benefit from a more human touch. Adding some variety to the velocity of the notes would help a lot in making it sound more natural and less electronic. The abrupt ending and the brevity of the piece kinda let me down too. I think it sounds really nice though. I think you should expand on this because whats here is pretty awesome.

Skythen responds:

Thanks a lot for the comment, and your critic really helps me. beyond any type of excuse, i made this song when i was just starting to make music so yeah it lacks naturality but apart from this ill try to upload some more pieces and focus on this things you told me i should improve.

[Generic Town Music]

Sounds great!

Definitely RPG town material. Really laid back and peaceful sounding. Good job!

kuro-rpg responds:

Thank you. Made it ages ago, but it was requested I put it up here.

[Live your dream]

Beautiful

I used Mekka's NG audio pack downloader to nab all of your submissions here on NG. I stuck them on my MP3 player and listened to most of them the other night when I was laying in bed trying to sleep. You have written some really inspiring and beautiful music. Some of my favorites were A Dream Gone Lost and Suicide Rescue, but this one here topped the list for me. Absolutely wonderful work. Don't let the zero bombers bug you. Every audio artist here gets them, especially the non-electronica artists. Mind if I ask how you record your piano? It sounds to me like you're mic-ing a real piano and adding healthy dose of reverb. Or is it just a well crafted sample patch?

NordicHazard responds:

thanks man, i'm really happy when people enjoy my music, that's kinda why i play for! Anyways i use logic studio pro 9 connecting a usb keyboard to it, then put the steinway piano to it, mix the sound a bit and record my playing on the keyboard, same for the strings etc.

[Failure (ASVAB)]

Bwahahaha!

Oh yes, I feel your pain. This makes me think Alice in Chains on an extremely high dosage of acid. I enjoy Alice in Chains, and who doesn't love an extremely high dosage of acid? Respect.

Hexol94 responds:

Thanks! Exactly what i was going for....Very Glad you like it....

[Inside the Nucleus]

Nice sound

This piece reminds me of Brian Eno's amazing ambient works. This has a real nice sound and atmosphere to it. It just makes you feel like you're floating away. I've never heard of Synplant, but I'm always on the look out for great VSTs so I might have to check it out. Great work!

Shigimatsu responds:

thanks a ton! thanks to 0-bombers this will never get big so now you'll probably be one of the only ones to hear it.

[LightThatConquersDarkness pt2]

Great!

This has a really uplifting feel to it. It just makes me feel happy! The mixing sounds spot on and everything flows nicely. Overall just a wonderful job.

SKILLZmakeKILLZ responds:

thank you :D!

[Carnival of my Brain]

Nice!

Very unique blend of styles here. Well, I've never heard anything quiet like it at least. Really well done. Everything sounds spot on.

Decibel7 responds:

Thank you for the feedback. I strive to be original but sometimes it's hard to find my audience. I'm glad you liked it!

[A dream gone lost]

Beautiful

This is a very beautiful minimalist piece. Excellently done. I think the buildup near the end could have been handled better, but I enjoyed this piece enough that I won't let that effect my score of it. You really got the emotion across here, and that's exactly what great music is about. I'll have to check out some of your other works!

NordicHazard responds:

i've done the build up twice, figured out that somehow it should be like this. anyways i'll keep it in mind! thank you! yeah i guess i'm not that good as a composer but i put a lot of emotion in my works, feel free to check out and i hope you enjoy them!

[HallowGlitch]

Sounds really good!

The drums are excellent. You did great work with the glitching. It flows really smoothly, which is something I always seem to fail to achieve when I attempt glitchy drums. The synth pads, bass, and other instruments work really well. As ClimbLadders said, this would make great background music. Nothing really stood out as particularly interesting or attention grabbing for me here, but it does work really well and it sets a good atmosphere which is exactly what great background music should do.

EoD696 responds:

I would be tickled to death if this ended up in a flash as some BG music, that would be awesome! Thank you for the nice comments and the review :)

[Goodbye acoustic demo]

Sounds great!

It's got a real melancholic feel. The lyrics are really heart felt. The guitar work is real plain and simple, but it's effective. If it were my piece I would probably try to spice it up by layering on another guitar that does a little more than simple chord progression, but that's just my style. Overall it's a great piece. I'll refrain from commenting on the quality but I will say that I would love to hear a v2 of this with more effort put into the production. :)

Sytothe responds:

thanks alot! well I hope I can re-record this when I go to record my first E.P. with a little more density to it. :)