LucidShadowDreamer's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Across The Mist]

Man, this is an awesome track!
So atmospheric, and interesting. Wonderful instrument choices, sweet chords and melodies, as well as good use of dynamics, and a good set of percussion to top it off.

While I do see why you'd put this under classical, I also think that ambient would fit it quite well :)
Amazing job, dude!

NicholasCabraja responds:

Thanks man! Ya this was a bitch to mix. I ended up bouncing all my tracks and throughing it into Pro Tools. First time doing that! I feel that mixing in only audio rather thank midi forces me to make everything fit without making major midi changes - if the arrangements good enough of course. :P
The solo vocalist in the beginning was a huge pain in the ass to sit right. So much head voice.
I can feel the ambience genre now that you mention it. The drums are the only dry thing to be honest! But hey, songs should have a 360 degree feel!

Really glad you liked it! Means a lot!

[One Inch From Death]

Whoo! This is an awesome track dude, as I'm sure you knew already :)

[Temple of the Ancients]

Heh, this is one of the most awesome tracks from the first round, and it totally deserved to win. The atmosphere is perfect. I was pretty sure that this was your track while I listened to it even during the contest. There were 4 tracks I was guessing the makers of, and I got them all right XD
The little melodic content that is in here is really neat too. I like the added flute, as it definitely fits in there and adds to the piece.
But I already left a mini review for this anyway. So yeah, as I said, the melody and the instrument at 1:16 is amazing! Totally reminds me of Crash Bandicoot, in the best way possible :p

Great job :D

Azhthar responds:

Hey! Thanks a lot! I really wasn´t so sure about this just drums thingy with nearly no melody but it seems that it worked :) Actually I´m surprised that you heard this was my piece, since it´s really quite different to the stuff I usually do... The melodic instrument is a wooden tongue drum (whale drum). I liked the sound and thought it might fit to jungle :)

[Papyrus]

Aww, but I can only make really okay pasta :(

Well this sure is an interesting piece. I think the sounds design is pretty darn awesome. Once the real melodies start floating in, they've got some nice flow too. The mixing is splendid as well. All the creativity that went into this piece is pretty amazing. So much unique and unconverntional stuff going on o.O
And somehow, the track still manages to be structured :/

The sound at the end is just brilliant to top it off. Easy favorite :p

FinaLee responds:

Yay! Thanks as always for the kind words, LSD!

[Steve's Black Hole]

Came. Listened. Came again. Favorited. Reviewed.

[Adventure - Echoes of Adventure]

This is one of my favorites from the album. I get an excited and adventurous feel from this! The dynamic work here is fantastic :)

stunkel responds:

Honestly, I love it too. I spent such a long time on this track in particular. I kept on coming up with versions of the track that weren't very memorable, or didn't make me feel anything, but then I came up with this melody and I fell in love with it. It was such a good feeling and I'm glad it's your favorite too.

[Naptime Near The Forest Floor]

This was one of my favorites from the competition (which is why it received one of my three votes)! I like how you modified the track a bit for this upload too (with the vocaloid and such). I mean, to be honest, I knew this track was made by you during the competition, because of the style of course XD.

But I already left a short review of this in the thread, so whatevs :p
Great work!

ZipZipper responds:

The vocaloid is meeeeeee :(

[Intensity]

Congratulations on winning the audiopick for Spooktacular!
I want to quote myself on my review of that track:

"I think you've earned a slot as one of the winners with this."

I'd just like to point out how right I was. This must mean my taste in music is spectacular. Which must mean that your music is spectacular, right? Right.
If this track would've been made for a competition, I'm sure it would have good chances too, as the listening experience is wonderful. And you did most of this in one night too, which is really cool :)

I think the download ratio speaksfor itself; people like this track. With this amount of skill, I'm sure you'll make it big with your music some day, if you keep working for it :p

Ahh, we all know the dread of exam week. Good luck with that!
And thanks for making this chill music :3

Noisysundae responds:

Thanks as always man. I think this isn't spooky enough to be in spooktacular.
That view-download ratio...I admit that I spammed tweets with newgrounds hashtag all the time. :P

[There coming to take me away]

This is an awesome cover dude o.O
Way to put your own spin to it too! :D

Great job!!

JayWEccent responds:

Oh thank you so much :)

[Aquious]

Awesome! It's great to hear something new from you :D
And it's a really nice song too :O It's definitely catchy, and from what I hear, it sounds well produced as well. Neat stuff! :)

Everratic responds:

Thank you! I actually didn't intend for the mix to sound this way. I wanted the piano and bass to sound much clearer; however, I couldn't find a way to do that without ruining other instruments. It doesn't sound bad this way though.