JustShawn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Punch Out Fight Theme]

Your mastering and timing needs a little more refining on this piece. If you were to cram the piano together in the beginning as it were to sound with the original...NAILED!

Your ending being 9 seconds long is a track killer for me, but you caught the feel of punchout, and NOW i want to drag my NES outta my basement and play this game...THANKS!!!! >.<

+4 to you

Barzoom responds:

HAAAAY.

Yeah this arrangement was for a Youtube video where my brother was doing a promo for his professional wrestling event (cosplay wrestling, he was wrestling as Little Mac!), he wanted the piano gimmick at the beginning and stuff. The mixing was rushed just to shit it out and it clearly shows ;_;.

THANKS FOR THE REVIEW BRUD.

[Emerald Hill Zone HD]

Actually...this isn't too bad of a take on good ole Emerald Hill.
Does bring out the 90s game feel with today's modern twist, and that's actually a good thing. Seen someone try to put a metal feel to this zone's music...and I wanted to slap the hell out of them as it did N! O! T! feel like a sonic game track...

YOU on the other hand, pulled it off nicely. Suggestion: Avoid cutting your tracks out at the end, consider fading. :-)

Barzoom responds:

Hay hay hay again!

Thanks for the good vibes :). A lot of the music I prepare for newgrounds are more of a demonstration or a performance that just dies out whenever I feel like it. I haven't consciously made the decision to fade things out or make a proper ending because I'm lazy :'D.

[Halloween Panic]

The fade at the end was a little uncalled for seeing as how this CT could have looped literally in sync...but then again, not everyone likes to create loops for some of us that would throw beastly lil snipits like this on Repeat...then again...I am such a person to sit back, and listen to a few tracks that catch my ears within the first 01:30 of a track.

What I like what you have done with this piece would have to be the Modern feel with the chipset. I'm picking up on at least 6 layers...and a few blocks? Or am I misreading this piece at 0500 hrs? O_o (insomnia can suck it)

By far one of the best H'ween beats I've heard...or was it just a spur of the moment creation and release? Regardless, you have earned my stars and a follower...as I wish to see what other lovely melodies you decide to tease us with :D

Actually...I'm going to utilize this piece for a game I play (which has client side MP3, WAV, and MID files...care if I suggest your work to these IDIOTS that publish the game? I am pretty sure they'll like what you have to offer ;-)

Barzoom responds:

HEY :D.

I made this lil' jingle for a youtube channel, so up until like 2:20 the song was unneeded so I just faded it out. I do that with a lot of songs that are used simply for that purpose. I didn't realize this would get so popular haha, I should definitely make the compositions more seamless now to replay.

As for the layers, there's only ever 4 instruments going on at once minus the drums. I completely ignored the limitations of the hardware and just tried to make a full sound without exaggerating it. The metal style drums with the triplet bass kicks did the trick :D.

I made this in around an hour and a half as a deadline for my buddy's youtube channel (link in description.) Thank you for the support :'D.

Do whatever you want with it :D, if I get a sweet deal out of you talking to them that'd be fucking sweet.

[The Prodigal]

I'm not a fan of country of bluegrass...but THIS...wow, just WOW!
Very VERY VERY!!! nicely done!
The beat, the lyrics, and just the way it all sounds...mashed together...

FANTASTIC!!!!

bassfiddlejones responds:

Thank you! It's not pure bluegrass, but it's definitely got the feel. Glad you liked it!

[[GameJam] - Level 1: Jimmy the Tutorial]

A perfect loop! Would be epic as my ringtone on my phone! There's only one issue I find with this piece of ear tingling loveliness my friend, your lead is a little over-powering and the reverb is a bit high. Other than that, this little sliver of joy is just what I needed at 1:30am!!!!

If this was supposed to be for a tutorial level...dude...
I'm curious to see what else to lurk outta your skill-bank :-D
I have another interesting challenge for you too ;-) I think you'll like this as this piece would suit your melody :P I'll send you the link, and take your time with this piece because the energy of the track is right up your...heh, you get where i'm coming from bro!

4.5 outta 5 for one of my favorite NG artists!

Burn7 responds:

Hahah, well it has a very basic structure and it's... eh, "easier listening" in terms of melodic structure. So I figured it would work well as a tutorial, just a "Here's your introduction to the mechanics of our game".

Buuuuut our game was super basic and very poorly put together. So there was no need for a simple introductory music. Regardless, I'm glad you enjoyed this one :P

I also read your challenge, and damn dude... I just need you to be my old-skool game remix adviser because as soon as I listened to the piece I envisioned exactly what I could do with it.

[Clockwork Calamity (album ver.)]

I'm not really a fan of trance/techno...but just something about this melody screams at me...
Albote's pointers were almost "spot on"...but what I didn't understand is what was so wrong with the intro and the variations that you DID use...

To be perfectly honest, the piece flows and the "distortions and randomness" that you took with this, is quite flashy and fancy enough to get a 5/5 outta me :-)

Daydream-Anatomy responds:

Thanks, glad you liked the bells and whistles on it, appreciate it.

[B7 - Dragon Spirit]

EDIT: Using this slice of goodness in a Clip. Link to be found in your Inbox good sir!

Absolutely STUNNING! Screams you to the TOOTH!
You do some serious justice to the original I will say this much, and you're right! The high pitched single notes are always hard to hit just right, but the pauses aren't that bad to flow with ;-)

When you get the time or feel like refining this lovely piece of a Golden Oldie, I wanna be the first one to hear it! HA!

Which monster did you use for the leads? Doesn't sound like your original beast...or is that because my ears are still deaf from listening to my boss all damn day gripe about stupid #@%$ing things 0_o

Regardless, everything flows soo nicely, and just takes me back to when I'd play this game every day after school back in the 90s ^_^ Thanks again for accepting and putting out a brilliant loop!

Burn7 responds:

Sorry it took me so long to respond to this! I've just been putting it off for some reason, probably just because I'm not sure what to say! Other than...

HELL YEAH!!!!

Man, I'm glad you liked it that much! It feels great to be able to deliver something you thought up AND you think is cool.

I'm glad I could be of service!!! Thank YOU for the suggestion! I needed a project or something like this at the time when you asked. So it was fun for me too, hahah. When I was writing it I wasn't sure how crazy I would get with it. Because it is a fairly simple loop... But I didn't know exactly how far I was willing to take it. Because I've been known to take FOREVER to decide on ideas when I have them for something like this.

In the end I just thought "Huh, what would he probably like me to do with this section..." And then, laziness permitting, I would put it out like a something something prom night.

[B7 - Falling (Zelda Cover)]

You have NO IDEA!!! How badly I want to use this in a tribute video to my fellow soldiers who have fallen from battle...A song of this magnitude belongs in a tribute video for my fallen brethren and sisters...

Please get back to me about this one :-)
+6 to you on such a slice of heavenly awesomeness!

Burn7 responds:

DOO ITTTTT

My music is always up for usage wherever, whenever. And if it was used in something so personal as a tribute to brothers-in-arms, I'm honored to be able to say yes.

Just make sure to link me so I can check out the awesome stuff you do with my stuff!

[Cave Story: Last Battle (8-bit)]

Sounds heavily inspired by Polar Star Overdrive found on OCR :-)
But!!!! You do heavy justice to the original, literally!
Pretty damn close to perfect synchronization with the original, and the tempo increase by 20% from the original really gives it that ultimate boss battle feel from the 8 bit days!

Well Done!

EliteFerrex responds:

I've actually never heard the OCR you mentioned. But, I'm glad you enjoyed it!

[100 vs 1]

Respect to the fellow gamer and his GINORMOUS middle finger to the @#$%ing losers of the online gaming world!
Fit's the mood for PVP battles as you just TRASH your Opponent...PERIOD and watch em rage and waste $ on Cash-Shop power-ups just to get TRASHED again!!!!

Keep it up my friend!
(yes, I'm back to critique your Mood Music!)

BERSERKYD responds:

Yeah right on !! Exactly what I need ! Thanks a lot man !