LucidShadowDreamer's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Spectral Cosmos]

As you might know, I like dark stuffz :3

As you also know, I like video game music.

as you ALSO know, I think this piece resembles old school video game music, which is always a plus in my book :'D
As I'm sure you also know... I've actually reviewed part of this song before, so I won't give you a full out review this time. (speaking of reviews, holy crap that guy below me gave a low score for no apparent reason o.O)

I understand what jobromedia means, but I actually like the simplicity of this. It's obvious that your intention wasn't to cram this track up with millions of synths and other instruments while mastering all of them carefully so that they sound just right, but rather to experiment while having some fun.

This has a bit of the LunacyEcho-y feel, but I like how it's actually very different from your usual style.

The melodies are great as always. They manage to stay true to the darker tone (while sounding a bit arabic at one point!). The bass too, along with the percussion, sounds just fine XD
Most transitions seem pretty random, but that's also what's pretty good about them. It's not just one transition that's a bit off; all of them are changing the song, giving it a feel of evolving.

What's more, I really like the ending on this one!

Sure, you could've used more instruments, mixed more and added more effects and stuff, but I like to listen to experimental stuff, and this definitely fits that description :)

All in all, great job ;)

LunacyEcho responds:

=> jobromedia =>

Thanks! I'm glad my intention showed.

=> melodies =>

The melodies were actually pretty interesting in this song. The majority of the chord changes in the song go from Cm-Bm and back, and I'm sure there were tons of notes that didn't actually follow that pattern.

=> transitions =>

I DEFINITELY wasn't working on transitions this time. :D The only things I did to make the transitions to the breakdown less bad were a snare drum roll and a synth arp. Unoriginal and ineffective, but I wasn't really focusing on transitions for this one. :P Glad you liked them, though!

=> ending =>

Yay! No more chorus->final note for me!

=> Sure, ... =>

Yeah, but there's lots of things I COULD'VE done, and I ought to start work on my next project soon. :P

Thanks for the review!

[Brewing Storms]

I don't have much to say, except for AWESOME JOB ;)

Spadezer responds:

Thanks .... Dreamer (I'll think of a nickname eventually)
;)

-Spadezer-

-Edit-
My nickname for you will be LSD

[Prey And Predators]

Aww, the final track's up on Newgrounds too already :)
This album was amazing in it's entirety. I can't wait for you to make and release your next one, whenever that is! XD

Mattashi responds:

Thank you Lucid :)
My next album might be something completely different, I love to try out different genres xD
Maybe something a bit more cheerful :P

[Eye of Sorrow - IYD (Kirby)]

Amazing indeed. The intro and the transition after that already caught me, and the rest keeps on being splendid! ;)

InYourDreams responds:

Thank you very much! :) I'm glad you like it.

[Bound for Home]

Nice! This is awesome. This is an easy track to just listen to while chilling, which is really good for the headache I have right now :D
For every track I listen to in the Harmony of Heroes project I become more and more amazed by its greatness.

ChronoNomad responds:

Hey, Lucid! Thanks a bunch for the review, and the fact that you can enjoy the chillness even with a headache is amazing. It was such an honor to be a part of the Harmony of Heroes project, and I'm surrounded by so many artists that I feel are so much more talented than myself. Or at the very least, they have much better samples than I! xD Thanks again!

[Crunch]

Tell "TaintedLogic" that it's not difficult to beat me when I'm not at home :(
He should see the lightning speed I have when I get to lie with my computer in my lap the entire day!!! D:<

This is pretty good :)
The intro is very mood setting, and the synth at 0:22 fits in really well!
Too bad you don't have that great guitar samples, or this would sound even better. I think it's not that easy to find good rock/metal vst intruments in general :/

Anyhow, the rythm, melodies and percussion is naturally all good here.
The energy behind this piece is great. I just really wish you had better samples :(
(Secretly, I wish I had better samples too. I'm just afraid of buying anything specific, because I want everything >:D).

Anyhow...

Great job. You are destined to become a master in every possible music genre imaginable if you keep this up. Even dupstep o.O!!!

LunacyEcho responds:

Don't worry, you're both lightning fast. (Now, is that a good thing?)

=> intro =>

I actually like this intro quite a lot. Like you said, it adequately sets the mood, but isn't too in-your-face or sudden. It's hard to find that balance, isn't it? I find that when songs have a really simple intro, it gets tedious to listen to them after you listen to them a lot, whereas I can much more easily stomach intros with lots of different things after hearing them for a while because there's still a bit of unpredictability.

=> rock/metal vst =>

Well, I think it's just hard to find good guitar samples. Drums/bass are pretty easy compared to how hard it is to find a good guitar sound that you're not actually playing.

=> buying =>

LOL

BUYING

HERE IN CHINA.... (probably shouldn't admit to anything, though)

=> master =>

lolno

Thanks for the review, LSD!

[Birdland (Dubstep Remix)]

Number tirtheen ey? With such a luck it's no wonder you had a difficult time creating this :)

Dubstep ey? Now that is a very difficult genre for me to create any songs in, so I can totally understand the struggle behind making this. Naturally, as I'm sure you understand, this isn't the greatest dubstep song I've heard :D
I still think you did quite a good job, considering this is, as far as I know, your first attempt at creating something like this. The normal musical aspects of this piece are good and sound very much like you. The dubsteppiness though is as expected, a bit weird, even for being dubstep XD
You obviously lack a good dubstep library, which makes creating dubstep even more difficult. The effects you used were pretty decent. That "yeaaah" sounding noise was pretty funny at first, but almost got a bit irritaiting as it was repeated... A lot. Good job with the glitchiness in it though!

I always love listening to covers; it's so fun comparing them to the original. And wow is this different from the original :'D

That (brassy?) sample at the breakdown (0:43) sounds pretty horrible by itself I think, hahha, but maybe it's just me :p

There is one sound in this song that couldn't be beaten by anything though! That crow scream at 1:23 is awesome XD (I get it - Birdland).

Anyhow, a good attempt at least :p
Much better than anything dubstepish I could manage to create, and I would never even dare put what I made out there, so you're already several steps ahead of me! :D

LunacyEcho responds:

=> tirtheen =>

;)

=> this isn't the greatest song =>

...

You've hurt me.

=> yeaaaah =>

I guess it was meant to be irritating. The novelty probably wears off by the second one because of the bad quality of it, and that continues pretty much throughout the entire song. :D

=> covers =>

I'm glad this is different enough. Covers are something I really enjoy doing and am definitely going to do more of in the future.

=> brassy sample =>

Well, maybe that's why I layered other sounds on top of it!

=> crow scream =>

ALL HAIL THE STORM CROW

I know you're busy, so thanks for the review! You're halfway done, man. Keep on through.

[Flower Blooms Pseudo-Euphoria]

Amazing work with all the four tracks you made for this project ;)
Honestly, they are all great!

steampianist responds:

Thanks man glad you like it

[Improv 2 ~P~]

I don't know what to say; I'm at a lack of words... This is simply beautiful, and much of it o.O