johnfn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[AIM - Morgiana Dance]

Nice track! I love the middle-eastern influenced composition style. Unfortunately, it got way too repetitive. Add some chord progression/drum variation in there to keep stuff interesting.

[The Refugee's Song]

Phenomenal composition as always.

da da da daa, da da da, da da da, dadadadada

[National Coming Out Day!]

i'm only gay for you tbh

[690bpm]

wow this is actually really good too

dude your catalog does a better job than anyone else of making me laugh like an idiot and also be impressed pls never leave

[fucktonne of cymatics samples]

I was gonna give this a spam review of 5/5 stars but then I realized it was actually good music so I gave it a real score. anyways

"pretty much the only original thing is the kick,"

YO BRUH have you heard they invented a better kick? i call it kick 2.0, some ppl are calling it snare tho

[Prism]

I gave this song a 10/10 back when I was judging the NGAUC. It was awesome back then and it still is now.

The section at 2:00 and other places is just amazing.

[The Dark Desolater]

This is really good and a great improvement over your older stuff. Just needs more of your older melodies! The sound design stuff is really nice.

Spadezer responds:

I'm flattered by your positive and unexpectedly short review. It's interesting that you miss the older melodies, and I wonder if maybe it was because those were more intricate. I know the focus of this piece wasn't the melody but I did focus and taking the theme and trying to alter it in diffferent ways without distorting it.
Thanks

[Anytown, RPG]

You have the LunacyEcho disease where the composition is good but the instruments... I think the main lead would be nicer if the initial attack wasn't so slow.

I like the melody at 0:35. It's really nice. I also really like how the melody gets a slight bit of sadness to it at 1:27.

One thing you should try is to have different sections with instrumentation styles. Like, have a section in it where you get rid of the bass and it gets a little quieter, and then have another section with a different lead! It helps keep the listener interested. :>

I like the initial chord progression. It reminds me of Clock Town from Majora's Mask. :)

ChronoNomad responds:

I have decided that you will never be happy with the instruments I choose, and that's just you. I did precisely what I wanted to do with the lead, I'm quite happy with it and you dislike it, so...

That's my favorite bit, actually. I quite like the whole piece, but the timing of that section has always made it my favorite. And I had always felt like the last section before it loops around was a bit--just a tiny bit--sad. Funny, that.

Well, I dropped the bass here and there quite purposefully. I did consider dropping the bass (ha!) entirely from a section or two, but I always saw more possibility with the bass in tow, so that idea hit the cutting room floor. Hey, I tried some other things, but this is simply how it all decided to come up from the primordial ooze. xD

Thanks for the review, and I generally feel pretty successful with a four-star from you. You're a harsh critic, man! But I don't hate that about you. Can't say I honestly remember that particular track from Majora's Mask, but I'll look it up later for comparison's sake.

Fun fact: I never did much care for Majora's Mask. I know that puts me in the minority, and I did play it through to completion (side quests and all), but still...never understood all the hype when there are, in my humble opinion, better TLoZ games out there.

[IOAMAOI]

I have no clue how you would do this in 15 minutes.

Or at all, in fact.

I'd love to see your workflow!

[Wonderfuland]

Really really good. I love the opening especially. The first 20-30 seconds are super trippy. I've never heard a song start in even a remotely similar way. The fading bitcrush on that vocal sample is a really cool thing. I like how the sample also has some melodic qualities to it.

Kingbastard responds:

Thanks for the review, much appreciated.