johnfn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Say Something (Cover)]

Wow, your singing is pretty good! How long have you been practicing?

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Thanks a lot! That makes me really happy to hear :)
That's a tough question to answer. I'm not sure if I've ever practiced really seriously, but I'm always singing a little bit now and then, when I'm out for a walk or when I just happen to get a chance. My main problem is that I don't have a lot of places to practice in, as I'm usually not alone somewhere. But lately, say for the last 5 months or so (and especially the last 2) I've been making more time for myself to sing tons of various stuff, whenever I get the chance. To a huge part, it's because Jordi has inspired me to try taking singing more seriously, and he has been motivating me along the way too :3

[Wanna hear me sing?]

I know that feel bro.

This is awesome, though.

[Megalovaniacal Tendencies (Undertale)]

Yay undertale! I really like undertale. I also liked your own additions to the song. The song is so good that it's tough to measure up to it, but I think you did a good job! The stuff I didn't like was that there's a limiter on the master channel. Also I think you should spend some more time making instruments to give you a better feel of what does or doesn't fit together.

Good job!

ChronoNomad responds:

Yay Undertale, indeed! I still haven't played the game myself, but the music is too addictive to not remix. It also won't stop playing on loop in my head until I do something about it, so...yeah. Sorry that there were things you didn't like about the mix, but there is no limiter on the Master channel. I suppose what you're hearing are the sidechained elements, and since this is only my second foray into sidechaining, I'm sure it's not as perfect as one would like. C'est la vie.

Thanks for the review!

[Meltzer]

Wow, I actually like this composition a lot. Those instruments are terrible, though. One pro tip is to vary the loudness of the piano notes. Right now it sounds like they're all being hit at maximum loudness.

I actually like the melodies and stuff in this one more than normal. The chord progression is really good. Also the rhythm is really unexpected in a good way in the first half.

Elevator music for spies.

LunacyEcho responds:

=> instruments =>

Well what do you expect at this point :D

=> loudness of piano notes =>

Context time! A while ago, a friend and I were joking around about writing a musical for our Psychology class in order to surprise our teacher. We came up with some lyrics for a song and I whipped this thing together in an hour. So the piano is actually a placeholder for vocals! And that's why I didn't do any velocity adjustment like I normally do.

=> melodies and stuff =>

Awesome! So do I. Shame I ruined it with this dumb thing though :P

=> elevator music for spies =>

Ooooh that's a really cool perspective! I can totally hear it now.

[Trumplings]

+0.5 for the skype call troll. I was in fact on skype for the first time on months and YOU TOTALLY GOT ME.

Anyway, this song is gonna be YYUUGE, just you all wait.

DUMPING LAB!

(I have no clue what Trump is actually saying in this song.)

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Heh, I'm glad that it worked. But spoiler alert next time; now people will see D:
Yeah, this song will be HUUUUGE for sure :D

It's fine that you don't hear it; he's actually saying "disgusting", and then "dumping ground", which is already a part that exists here on Newgrounds :)
I just made this silly thing in about an hour. Thanks for checking by!

[March of Progress OST]

This is cool. I'm not sure it works so well as a standalone piece because it rushes through so many themes so quickly! Also is it just me or is it missing some bass? Anyway, the main melody is pretty cool and it was kinda cool to see a number of different takes on it. It was an interesting idea to keep the strings even in the final section. Keeps the song more coherent? I dunno.

Step responds:

Hey man!

You said cool three times in this review. I guess that means my song is TRIPLE COOL.

You're right about how it rushes through everything. I was kinda met with a dilemma when I saw this animation for the first time. It's a 1:30-long animation to depict all those different eras of humanity. I could've either gone for a more coherent score which doesn't reflect the eras as accurately, or sacrifice some of that coherency to morph the song in accordance with the era. I ended up choosing the second option which, I think, works out quite well for the animation, but as you said it definitely sounds kinda like it has ADD when heard as a standalone song.

Agh damn you're so right about that bass. It hadn't occurred to me until now.

Thanks a lot for reviewing!

[Xmas in the South]

A+++++ Best use of x in song title ever would read again

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But...

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F------ WORST INSTRUMENTS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

LunacyEcho responds:

I shall forever remember the day I nearly got johnfn to swear

[Une Nouvelle Chance]

The mixing is a little weird and the drums should chillax a little but you did chiptune!!!!!!!!!!

Troisnyx responds:

I get what you mean about the drums; I'm not sure I understand what the mixing issues are -- please, can you PM me about this?

The funny thing is that the drums (in their chiptune form) are probably going to be conserved for the live-recorded version that should come in a few months from now... *blush*

[Jumbo Jungle]

COOL BASS GROOVE YO

LucidShadowDreamer responds:

Out of all my tracks, this is the one you choose to randomly review? Well, thanks for checking my stuff out once in a while :p
I still owe you like 2 reviews and a loooong review response, so I've got nothing to complain about.

[Deja de Hablar]

Was relistening to your NGADM track and remembering how creative it was, and I decided to check to see if you had any new stuff, and you did! You have a bit to come in terms of mixing, but this stuff is great. I love how varied it is - your music does a great job of keeping me guessing where it's going next. The jam towards the end is lovely - exactly the kind of thing I secretly hope every song would do, honestly. Keep it up :>