LucidShadowDreamer's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[forgotten]

Omfg, this is incredibly beautiful! I think that some of the very short breaks between stuff are milliseconds too long (as you said, stumbly :3), but man, how can one improvise this well?
I haven't even reviewed your previous song yet, but this is too great for me to ignore it for even a second :D

Liked, Rated 5, and Favorited!

This makes me want to play some piano *goes away*

johnfn responds:

Thanks! Yeah, the piece is totally unquantized and off the grid, which probably explains the derptempo at points. I'm glad you liked it though, let me know if you make anything cool! :D

[Final Strike!!]

Hey, welcome back! :'D

I don't have much else to say than that this is great!
I always love to listen to collab pieces, as I find that some of the most interesting ideas are born from those :3
I think the way the guitar (and the drums) goes along with the orchestral instruments is amazing as well.

The loops is very smooth too.
I can definitely hear which ideas might've been who's XD

Mixing is pretty flawless.

Awesome job, both of you!

UltimateCJ64 responds:

Thanks dude, Step and I appreciate it. WIsh he could respond to these, I'm horrible with responding to reviews. ^^' Either way, awesome to hear from people for once on these. :D

[can't move past]

Hmm. I really like this o.O
I tend to always enjoy listening to more experimental stuff.
I'm especially impressed by the way you used the voice in this. Almost sounds like a singing whisper :)
The simple percussion is great, as are the pads and all the other synths.
What really gets me with this piece though, is the atmosphere.

I too would've enjoyed the song even more had it been longer. It wouldn't really need to change that much, but as it is so chill there's no harm in laying back and relaxing for slightly more than 2 minutes :D

Good job, as always ;)

johnfn responds:

Somehow I thought you would like this one the most. :) I think you're right, one of my biggest struggles is letting a piece just chill without amping it up or removing tension. I've been listening to a lot of chillout music recently though, so maybe I'll pick up the ability by osmosis.

Thanks for the review :)

[Help Me Elitistinen FFS]

It depends on what you want it to be, I'd say. I think it is pretty cool as it is, but could still definitely use some work. I would make the volume of the percussion a bit louder from 0:14 and further, to begin with.
Some hard strings in the background could be a cool addition too, if they were used in a good way.
I see this is going in a slightly more musical direction in the end too, so you could always work more on that.

I'm sure Elitistinen is soon to show up and give better tips ;)

Insanctuary responds:

The tips you've given me were already on my to-do list.

How quaint.

[Otamatone Mic Test]

How could anyone give this less than 5 stars? That ending though XD
(Did you couch or laugh?)

TeraVex responds:

I laughed, I can't even tell you how much I love this thing, it's hilarious.

[Global Repose]

You know, I love Circumnavigating the Glob too! It's simply a great piece. While I like this version, I still prefer the original though. What I like about this is that it's so similar, yet so different in style! And there's the fact that you added a lot to it yourself too :p

Hmm, I don't think I know both earlier songs based of off Ocular Nebula's piece :/ "Galactic Visions" is quite obviously one of the ones you mentioned, as it's pretty much in the same style as CtG. The only other one I can think of is seconds 0:57-0:59 in "A Catchy Newgrounds Medley", and I seriously doubt that is what you referred to. I haven't yet listened to all of your older songs though :p

I love pretty much everything here. It's difficult to find really good (realistic) brass sounds, so that is forgiven. The bass is great. Well, the instrument is okay, but I mean the way you used it ;)
That creative drum beat that your friend came up with is awesome too XD
As is the rest of the percussion, just as always :)

While I can hear that the bass at 1:50 => is also based of the main melody, It somehow reminded me of salsa music o.O Just add some bongo drums and such stuffz in there ;) (don't do it...)

NOOOOOOOOOO!!! Why did you do a johnfn ending? You should've let the piece bleed out properly!
I mean, the ending is fine, but it cuts off while there's still sound!!! D:

The piano is well used as well, wherever it pops up.

I like this variation of the song. Especially the way that it's MUCH slower than the original for the most part XD

Awesome job!

LunacyEcho responds:

=> prefer the original =>

I'll never live up to OcularNebula's awesomeness. :P (except for maybe that poop song)

=> both earlier songs =>

You got them exactly right! I'm pretty impressed. I'm glad there's someone out there who's listening to my songs as intently as you! :)

=> realistic brass sounds =>

SUMIMASEN SENPAI

=> creative drum beat =>

I'm glad you like it! You know, he's Scandinavian too. I once saw him punch a guy in the face who said "I love visiting Scandinavia! It's an amazing country".

=> bass at 1:50 =>

It is heavily based on a latin jazz theme. Adding auxiliary percussion makes sense; I'm not entirely sure why I didn't do it in retrospect.

=> johnfn ending =>

LOL

YOLO

=> piano, wherever it pops up =>

Really? I actually expected you to complain about it. :D That part at 0:26-0:53 has quite a few atonal bits, simply because I was too lazy to quantize everything.

Thanks a lot for the review, LSD!

[Dig]

That church bell after 10 seconds already won me over ;)

I'd love to give you helpful feedback, but I don't really have anything to criticise. I like the beat, the instruments, the singing (+lyrics), the transitions as well as the different segments. Mixing is good as usually too :)

I especially like the guitar solo.

You have a very unique style that I can't help but love :3

I wouldn't be too worried about the quality of the piece not being good enough, as it's good :P
The ending is fine as well.

Great job, as always ;)

GhostLawyer responds:

Thank you so much! Getting a review from you consistently brightens my day. Even if you don't have anything to critique, you always manage to tell me things that I need to hear for my own mental health. To tell me my style is unique is probably the best compliment I could hope to receive. A lot of people try to compare me to other artists, which can be flattering sometimes, but inevitably I want my work to sound like my own.

I've made some slight changes to this song since this version but I've finally got what I'd consider a finished product. I'm gonna update it on here tomorrow. Thanks for listening!

[Trianscendence the First]

This is very relaxing to listen to. I love it.
Well done ;)

Insanctuary responds:

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[A New Morning]

Are you making a game for the Construct 2 Jam, or something else?
Either way, I really like this loop. It's very simple, but does a great job of doing what it's supposed to. It loops extremely well too.
Good job! :'D

Satyre responds:

Hey. I made a game for the lowrezjam 2014. I need to change and add some features and also add medals and a score system to submit it to NG. Thanks for the review :)

[Stairways]

Not really a review, but this is great :'D

adieuwinter responds:

Good enough for me ;)
Thanks!