johnfn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[My 1st song ever....]

Wasn't bad at all for your first

It started out and I was kinda iffy about it, because I think you had melodies on two different scales going at the same time. Definitely don't do that unless your doing something atonal, because it just doesn't sound good. That ssssssSSSSS noise started to annoy me after a while, I think it would have done your piece good to have gotten rid of it completely.

But at the end, at least I think it was the end because it loops, where you had just the violin and something weird and choppy in the background, that sounded pretty nice. So it was kinda worth the wait.

7/10 from me, but a 5/5 vote because you took a bash, a rather harsh one at that, from Kirizzle and weren't a noob about it. There needs to be more beginners like you :)

LoneInstrumentalist responds:

harharhar!! hear that kriss? X]
my self respect demanded to stand up against judgment so... X] hi kriss!

anyhow, yes , i worked on this a bit more recently, n i completely got rid of the symbols till the very end, and i changed the melody instrument X] hope to add sum effects soon! tnx!

cheerios~ keep urs up! n i'll try to keep up >.<

[Take my soul away--_--DEMO]

I like it, it could be cool.

First of all, what is vox? I keep hearing about it, but I have no idea what it is.

Second, I like your song! It could definitely turn into a great full fledged tranceish thing, given enough time and work. I can't wait to hear the full thing :D

Third, it gets the fifen from me :D I'm feeling really generous today. (up to 3.8 woot)

Fourth, (I hate self promotion but there are so many 0 voters my stuff gets heard by no one) could you check out some of my stuff? Thanks ^^;

PERVOK responds:

Vox..i dont know exactly what the word means in itself, but it just means 'words', or 'lyrics' when its said.

If you liked this, you'll like the full version of Torn.
I have just finished making it a few minutes ago.

Be looking foreward to that, hm?

I'll drop you a review.

Thanks for the comments!

[<|>: MegaManX - Boss Intro v.2]

Now to see who I just spam 5 voted ^^

I read your post in the audio portal about how you got killed by some noob 0 rater, they seem to be swarming as of late, anyways, I felt bad and rated 5 on ALL of your stuff!

Anyways, I'd be cool if you could extend stuff like this more then a few seconds, but other than that, cool stuff here.

Also, could you check out my audio? Maybe vote 5? :D

TritoneAngel responds:

You are my new best friend. :)

Thanks a lot man -- I'm getting to work checking out, reviewing and fif'ing your stuff left and right. (The quality of your stuff makes it an easy five to begin with, even without the incentive!)

Thanks again dude!

[Solus-Burning (Part 3)]

Pro quality

YES!! This song owns! I don't even know what people like dimrain are doing on the top 50 (yes, I understand its a different section of the portal, WHO CARES?) when you've got music like this going. I mean seriously the only person I can really compare it to in terms of quality would be some of the people from deviantart.com, and they're like the 1337est of the 1337.

The chord progression, for one, is awesome. The vocals are also awesome, although honestly I can't understand half of them :P (Yes, I am hearing "I'm burning up" ... but thats about all ^^;) but that really doesn't detract anything.

The instruments, mainly just the synth, give the piece its awesome trancey feel, and as soon as that thing picks up at the beginning you know its gonna be a pwnage song. I also love how this song goes through so many different phases. From a 'no worry in the world' type thing at the beggining to a sader sound in part two, its all awesome.

Anyways, I can see what you were talking about when you said everyone said this is your best piece. Honestly I'm thinking that it would be impossible to top this one, at best tie its ownageness or hit its level in a different genre. Im also so thankful that you decided to make this song so long (was that even a decision, or did it just happen?) meaning that I wont get bored of listening to it for days.

By the way! Those straight tens you see up there ^ are somewhere equivelent between a mcPerfectBurger and a mcGodlyBurger... I'm not much of an audio critic but I've only given out two of them, ever, including this one.

... Unless I forgot about doing it sometime, which I doubt. ^^

Anyways, to sum it up in one word: AWESOME!!

SolusLunes responds:

Wow. Not much to say except-

Pass the E and let's keep dancing! :D

(thanks for the McGodlyBurger!)

[-> 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.