johnfn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[-> Err0r [d3m0] <-]

Pretty cool.

Sounded like a good hardrocking song ^^

I can't wait until the real one comes out, seems like it should be pretty good. Just borrow from ParagonX9s dnb with that cool melody you've got going there and there's no way you could go wrong!

Disclaimer:
I think.

But yeah. Just make sure to vary it a little bit, otherwise it could get boring.

By the way, could you check out my newest song if you have the time? It got 0 rated about a minute after I put it on the portal >.>

Thanks ^^

Distortzion responds:

Thnx for the rev John. I could use a good break, but Paragon's got Reason and I've got FL. So that's gonna be a problem :\

I shall listen and rate your song immediatly ;)

>Distortzion<

[Aeris and Tifa Ver2]

No offense...

But its kinda dull. I mean, its just one instrument. I think when you do this again, try to seperate the melody into layers and then have seperate instruments play out seperate parts of the melody. For ex have maybe a flute play the higher notes, have base down at the bottom, and so on.

Also, get some drums or beat or something! The song sounds so lacking without them.

I haven't heard the original song so meh, but I hope this is helpful in further remixes/songs! Keep trying :D

And if you have time, check out some of my audio. Thanks ^^

franklind23 responds:

i didnt want to have many instruments going because it takes away from the beauty of the melodies... i might make another version with the chord harmonies on a different instrument.
If you are familiar with the songs, there's no need for any drums. Also i mean this to be a classical piece.
despite our differing views, thanks for your review!

[[TMM43] Tranquillity[Extended]]

Not bad, but not O_O WOW!!

I guess the 'not O_O WOW!!' is guarenteed by the name of the song, but still. Its not bad, it is kind of relaxing. One thing that bothers me is how the bassline has 3 notes, then it just sort of drops off. Kinda weird. Maybe it could do with a soft piano? It gets kinda repetitive after a little bit.

Keep trying! You have potential if you put in some better melodies.

By the way, would you mind rating/reviewing my newest song? It got 0 rated about 1 minute and 30 seconds after I put it up. Kinda harsh... >.>

TMM43 responds:

Yeah...I thought it sounded fine just the way it is... guess maybe the next time I'll add the piano and stuff.

Thanks for the review.

[Uniting Elements (NG Mix)]

AH! NO DONT LEAVE!

Wow, this song is great. I have to say if you wanted to leave with one song, this would be the one.

WAIT NO!

DONT LEAVE! You're without a doubt my favorite techno artist, everyone else on this site seems to be like stuck in generic techno (dimrain, saint isaah to a point, xstormer and so on), this music that you're making here really has thought and feel behind it. You have an excellent unique feel behind it, you know, the sad sorrowful tone that b still seems positive that you make excellent use of. I dunno how you do it, but I really like it.

I don't know if you're even gonna read this, but... I don't know. If there's some other website you're going to post your music or something, that would be awesome, if you're even going to continue making music. I don't know of music on NG will be as interesting without your stuff, but good luck wherever you go :)

[In a land of War and Hatred]

I like it!

Sounds exactly like something my school band would play... Pretty good at times, I especially liked the piano part because I have a big bias towards piano :D

Something that bothered me a little bit was that the drums were kinda quiet. I found that kinda odd, since in most orchestrated pieces the drums are at least a little louder then in this one. Also, was it just me, or were there no cymbals? I love cymbals! Course, that doesn't mean your piece woulda been any better with my suggestions, probably different at best. Anyways, I can't wait to hear more out of you :D

MaestroSorrow responds:

your right, there were no cymbols, I wanted to... explore! That and there were many many things that are supposed to go into battle music, which I kinda did not know to put in >_>, all better now. Again the length is short primarily cuz I ran out of juice for the piece, and it was beginning to stray too much from the image, so I cut it where I did.
Many thanks for the review ^^.

[_-=[Flying Unmatched]=-*FIXED*]

Nice hybrid you have here ^^

This is very nice. It's length is my only real fret with it, which isn't really a fret at all because it's still a great song and isn't too affected by its length anyways.

Anyways, it was a nice somewhat energizing piece. I really liked the flute in there, it sounded exactly how I think a flute should sound: sad, sort of soulful even, which is an accomplishment because the piece seems a little upbeat until the flute kicks in. The flute is what I think brings the whole piece together and makes it great as opposed to good, it was a really nice touch. Then it fades into that nice weird thing of whatever it is, something like a violin crossed with a synthesizer? It's pretty cool, course I favored the flute over it anyways :P

Anyways, good job here. Classical and Techno are too genre's I'd never think would get mixed, but who knows what'll happen when you give someone something like fruityloops? :D

MaestroSorrow responds:

nobody knows... there are gods who say... a new age is born!

But yeah, after the flute, comes overupped violin of DOOOM! I personally liked the violin part more, but thats cuz I love the violin and all its juicy juicy noises.

Many thanks for the review, quite detailed.

[-MrMaestro- Divination]

Great!

I really like this! That little blues twist you put on it just makes me want to smile because its completely unexpected and great. I have to give you big props for this, because it does something that very few artists on NG can actually accomplish : it delivers music through understatement. You don't need some loud instrument delivering the melody. You just use a string and expect the listener to pay attention because it's there.

Good stuff, this. Catchy.

[-MrMaestro- JoyRide (preview)]

Fast paced

Not too bad, and I really like the fast paced stuff :D. I think it could do with a baseline (which either I can't hear or isn't there, I'm not sure) One thing that bothers me is that when you get to the faster paced synths, its so fast that the , eh, meaning behind the melody is almost lost, and by the time you understand what you're doing you've pretty much moved on to something else. Still though, I appreciate it for what you did, because the second time when I know whats comming it's pretty satisfying.

Good job!

[Credits Roll]

Definitely different

It's not bad at all. Good background music, or maybe foreground - it's on the border. One thing that I sorta can't tell if I like or not is how the first little section sounds all off key, but then the music sort of reverts itself back into the regular sounding music. That's a nice trick.

Pretty good overall. I like it.

LoneEagle responds:

Lol i hadn't noticed that what you are talking about. Maybe it's because of the pads or something i don't know. Anyway thanks for reviewing, i'm glad you like it.

[General_Leo - Darkness]

Pretty good.

I have to say that it's pretty tough for me to like a song like this - that is without an obvious melody or 'hook'. I'm pretty impressed though, this is pretty good background music. Maybe you could do better with some effects (like crashing in the background or something to add to the darkness) - just a thought.

Anyways, pretty good.

LoneEagle responds:

Hey thank you for reviewing. I'm not into sound effects right now, that's something i'll have to experiment with in the futur.