Everratic's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Strange Taste]

I really enjoyed this. I'm currently playing Final Fantasy VII, and some parts remind me of the soundtrack from that game. I like the fusion of different styles, though I think the transitions could be improved a lot. My main complaint is that the drums sound too quiet throughout much of the track. The sound design strongly evokes video game vibes.

ColinMuir responds:

haha awesome, i never even thought of video games for this, but yeah it works :) Thanks

[A Summer's Dream]

This is a beautiful piece! The vocals are spectacular as always. I love your chord progressions. I hope you can decipher some of your chord progressions sometime because I really want to make a song with a similar style :) The whistle sounds great; how many instruments do you play? :o Good luck in the competitions!

etherealwinds responds:

Thank you BlueOceans! :) I'll send you the piano MIDI if you like and you can decipher it to your heart's content! I tend to stick to familiar chord progressions so it's nothing too spectacular. It has such a lovely tone doesn't it? I was waiting months to order it in a particular colour and in the end, I just thought screw it I wanna order it now, so I got it in red. Then the colour I wanted became available the next day haha! Well, piano, harp, and some woodwind instruments mainly. Kinda crappy guitar and I can bang some drums. Good luck to you too! <3

[Colosseum]

This is amazing. I love the ending; I didn't expect that sound at all.

Bosa responds:

Awesome! I really wasn't sure what people would think about this, so I am very happy that you enjoyed it.

[You're the Same]

Congratulations on the super high score!

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Why thank you, and congratulations to you as well!

[The Elvenking’s Prayer]

It's cool that a song with eerie vibes can be so relaxing. I love your vocals as usual, and the instrumentation is perfect. I tend to prefer songs with more variation, but the execution is so good here that I don't mind the static nature of it.

etherealwinds responds:

Thank you very much :) hope you're well!

[T-Logic - Softscape]

This piece is extremely relaxing. I agree with all of LSD's comments. I think you improved a lot recently. If this track had a slightly better mix, it would be an instant favorite.

TaintedLogic responds:

Thanks so much! The ADM certainly gave me motivation to improve. :)

[Cutting Corners]

I think this piece has a very solid start that evokes a lot of emotion and clearly tells a story, but I think that the execution in the second half is not as good. The instrumentation is great, and I especially like the choir. I feel like some of the drum patterns are out of sync or I just can't make sense of their rhythms at times. When the sub bass fx was reused at 2:33, it felt way too cheesy. Anyway, I enjoyed the beginning but I found myself getting distracted by the things I mentioned above during much of the second half.

AceMantra responds:

Hey! Thanks for leaving your thoughts! :)
Something went wrong during the exporting process that caused the drums to fall out of sync. I thought I had less time than I did, but now I actually have a chance to address some of the parts that make me cringe (all of it).

[On Go]

This is one of the most unique tracks I ever heard. 1:05-1:19 was my favorite part. The transition at 2:34 is awesome!

Onefin responds:

I think your favorite part should be 1:48. :3

thanks man!

[Chords Dance]

The composition is beautiful and exuberant! This is one of my favorite submissions thus far.

AzulJazz responds:

Thx so much friend

[A Disastrous Escape]

The atmosphere is fantastic, and the mix is very pleasing. I love the instrumentation, especially the chimes. I can imagine myself listening to this in a rpg.

My only complaint is that there isn't enough variation considering it's six minutes long.

This is one of your best pieces imo, from the ones I listened to.

Kysertron responds:

Thanks for the review! :D

I totally agree with you the whole way through. This was a very quick experiment (only took just over 2 hours 15 minutes) that somehow came out to be one of my best pieces. Apparently, I tend to lose variation with the more cinematic music I make (you can tell that the composition/arrangement is the same through most of my music).

The chimes were rather a special touch to this song, along with the timpani/snare rolls (forte-piano rolls with a gradual crescendo actually... pretty fun in my opinion :P).

A lot of the cinematic music I do now is usually what I have picked up from school and self-research from the past 5 years or so (all that has sure paid off :D).

Just a little note: The experiment was to make most of the song with a minor chord progression. I have not tried it before, but it seemed to work well (even though I stepped outside the rules a little bit). I might do it again some time in the future. :D