Personplacething's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

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Powerful

I like dubstep due to its driving rhythms, and this is one of the most powerful songs I have ever heard. Though I don't have much to say, I greatly enjoyed this song.

TheBiocide responds:

Thank you, my friend. I'm glad you think so highly my stuff :)

[The Greatest Song In the]

Loved it!

The intro struck me as being just a simple piano theme, but it seemed to be telling me to just get up and do something instead of sitting in front of the computer all day.

Not a bad song! Make more!

larrylarrybb responds:

Thanks!

[Midnight in Winter]

Wonderful

Quite a touching song, and the backstory is also very interesting. I agree with Samuel Alder's quote "Music is what is too precious to put into words," but I think there is more to music than that; music is what cannot be put into words. How do you write a book that tells you Bach's Brandenberg Concertos? How can you write Beethoven's Symphony No. 5 in words? You can't, and that is why it exists in the form of music.

I personally like the season of Winter more than the other three (mostly due to my preference of cold weather), but I think you've done a marvelous job of painting a picture with your music. I see a little boy, sitting in his home in the country, looking up at the stars and the moon on a clear night, shivering in the cold in his inadequate clothing, dreaming of a better future with a more promising life. If you were the one playing the violin in this song, I applaud your musicianship. You create such wonderful sounds with that violin, and if you were not the one playing, I congratulate your arrangement of the piece. It really is a beautiful slice of the higher plane that is pure music. An incredible way of putting what is "too precious for words", and making such a wonderfully sentimental song with it.

Aeris responds:

Wow, I'm glad that this touched you so well :D

Unfortunately, this is not me playing, however, I am able to play it. I just have to get some time in the recording studio ^^ Something I like about the violin part I wrote is that it's tailored so that it can be played on one violin.

Thanks for the review :D

-Aeris.

[(WF1)Mysts of the unknown]

Purely Beautiful

I have great respect for the classical community here at Newgrounds, mostly because they make songs out of the traditional musical instruments (even if their methods involve technology), and there really is a difference between the synthesized "modern" music and the soothing "classical" music.

This song exemplifies that difference, with electronica being upbeat and lively, while the classical is mostly soothing and calming, I think this relates to the visual arts as well. Modern trance and techno is like the modern art movement, with unorthodox methods of creating art (color squares, Campbell soup cans, etc.), Hip-Hop somewhat like a portrait, showing one person's features and views, Rock like the abstract paintings by Pollock and Picasso, full of liveliness but without that proper form that means the spirit of rock can roam free, like inteh abstract paintings without any form of restraint or rules. Country music is like the epic paintings and the tapestries that tell stories, since each country song does just that: it tells a story. Finally, the classical music is like the landscape painting, simple, soothing, and peaceful. It gives that feeling of being one with nature, that feeling that the world embraces you and that we all exist on a greater plane than the bustle of our cities.

This was very nicely done and I thank you for your wonderful presentation of the song.

wyldfyre1 responds:

Thank you for listening and for the great review =). Glad you enjoyed the song.

[<EagleGuard> Road back home]

O.o

Why are there no other reviews? I personally think that the guitar sample could be cleaned up a bit; it's kinda obvious you used a loop. The intro, the same thing, however, you've got something going for the "Pop/Rock" genre. I'm a big fan of your classical works, and I think you should try out this new field a bit.

EagleGuard responds:

I don't know why there are no other reviews. I tried putting it in the audio advertisements thread but without any success. I appreciate each and every review I get though =)

Yeah, the guitar samples I used kinda suck. Reason isn't really capable of creating good rock music. However... I now use Sonar 8 PE as well and I have a couple of good vsti's I can use with that. So hopefully I'll be able to make something similar to this, only... better. ^^ Or I might just combine it with classical and make some fast epic classical/rock music. We'll see...

Thanks for the review! =)

[The Alchemist]

Interesting

I wonder what this would turn out to be. I really can't tell; you did a good job of making a versatile piece. It works as a rock song intro, or as a base for a trance song, and I can hear a beat in the background that would work for Hip Hop... I really can't tell.

Just like you said, whatever I'd want it to be, only I can't decide.

LLAAPPSSEE responds:

Not sure of the direction, musically; genre-wise, I don't have anything in mind. I just jam together various influence into something interesting.

Glad you like it, though. I hope you keep listening.

[Haunted Guitar [Gian]]

Wow

This song sums up just about how I felt this past week. I think I'm okay now, but You know how it's fragile right? Assuming that you've felt similarly, I think you'd get that, it's kinda like how a wound hurts extra when you hurt it again when it's healing. The part with the guitar sounding like a cat meowing brings to mind rage, and the feeling that no one cares in this world anymore, and the rest just the loneliness. It's probably been the best depressed song I've ever heard.

Gian responds:

I'm glad it touched your feelings, and yes, it does hurt. Thanks for the kind words and the cool review buddy.

[Breathe With Me]

Screw the zero bombers

This song makes sense if you READ THE DESCRIPTION... It's a nice ambient song and I guess could be used to sleep to... though the whooing (IDK how to describe it) kinda creeps me out XD. Overall, it's a nice song to, well, meditate to. The feeling of the music washing over you gives that sense of inner calm as well as allowing that reflection into the inner self that meditation is all about. I recommend listening to this with earphones. They really allow for that sense of surround that the song gives and the feeling of tranquility by nearly drowning out any other extraneous noise. Well done.

FatKidWitAJetPak responds:

Totally, if you listen without headphones the song doesn't really have the full effect on you that it should. :)

[The Royal March]

Well...

As much as I like your work, I have to agree with meallangearghail on how the music doesn't sound much like a royal procession. My advice would be to make something without that drum in the background and more trumpets actually. Sorry I couldn't rate it any higher, but I really think you could improve on this song.

Step responds:

Haha this is by far the worst song I ever submitted xP.

It's really old, if you ever want to check out my work, I'd definitely suggest checking out my new ones ;).

I remember that I called it The Royal March since I couldn't come up with anything else at the time.

Thanks for the review!

[- LD - Arctic Flying Mach]

You know...

I can totally see this in some Steampunk game. This has that whole Victorian England feel to it, yet like you said, it still gives that picture that something is flying in the Arctic, except I picture it as something that is out of its age, like a Da Vinci Screw or something similar. Very Nice job!

Breed responds:

And English feel eh? That's new for me. Well I AM super British in heritage...hmmm. Out of this age was exactly part of my goal though so awesome, I'm glad it worked. Thanks for your time and review sir!

Cheers!