SourJovis's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[A Tiny Spaceship's Final Mission]

Heard this one on your YouTube channel a while ago. Great you brought it to Newgrounds. Still as good.

[Seven (Live Improv)]

Nice improvisation. I like the trashines of it. The "mistakes" don't sound like exact mistakes to me. There are some oddities in the song, but they make it sound alive. I think this song would be even better if recorded at a live concert, with reverb of a crowded club and the audience cheering every time a section has ended and a new one starts. I can imagine that. Keep at it.

frootza responds:

Thanks SJ, most definitely will! Awesome visualization! When we take to the stage I'll see if we can record something live too. And that is true, a lot of the grittyness you are hearing is intentional!

frootza

[Ghost Toys]

That's quite haunting tune. I like how well the electronic instruments fit the acoustic ones.

NikeTheSword responds:

Glad you dig it! Thanks for the awesome score!

[Tyranny (Remastered)]

Lots of emotions in one track. It's sad and quiet, but seamlessly develops into bombastic (somewhat hopeful) and back again.

[The Bloody Warrior]

I like the guitar runs. Sounds beautiful and mysterious. Makes me think of a song from one of the first 3 Castlevania games. Like Metal Haze said, it could be about a warrior on a journey. It also has a bit of a (spaghetti) western vibe near the end when the flute comes in.

[The Happy Kitty Song]

Great sound. Very full and dynamic. I should work on getting a sound like that.

djahmusic responds:

Thank you :)

[Can you feel the love tonight]

Very well played. A rich full sound. You put quite some emotion into it. I wish I could play the piano like that.

Musicious responds:

Many thanks :) I did my best.

[Frozen River]

The string sounds good. Great composition. The notes sound almost random, but never wrong, so I suppose it's just complex and unpredictable. It does indeed remind me of a frozen river. Very mysterious. I like how the song develops and more instruments join in. The ending sounded a bit abrupt to me. Perhaps after the bombastic part you could do a quieter part without percussion, that's a repetition of the main melody to give it more closure. Great collab. You bring out the best of each other.

[Under Siege]

Very epic that combination of fast staccato strings, strong brasses and powerful percussion. Perhaps a bit too compressed for my taste. I quickly think that with cinematic music nowadays. The percussion could have used more different velocity levels. Like with the 3 note drum rolls after 1:14, you could use rising velocity (soft, mid, hard). Works very well for a climactic build up, or an action scene.

ET16 responds:

At the moment I'm trying to master mastering and Your advice has been noted thank you Jovis :)

[the traveller]

I like how you give an explanation for what happens in every part of the song. Helps to visualize it, although it wasn't even that necessary, because it gives me plenty images. However, now at least I also hear the train. Very cool. On a minor note, at 4:03 to about 4:35 I hear a high hat that sounds a bit too loud to me. Cliffhanger ending? I suppose you made this a set up for a sequel? I actually liked the ending. Even if/ or probably because of its ridiculousness.

johnfn responds:

I'm glad that the song leads itself to good images! It's kind of rare for me to see images when I'm working on my songs, so I decided to jot them down for other less visual people like me.

Good ear on the hat at 4:03. In fact this is a noise coming from the guitar. It made sense when the guitar is soloed, but a lot less sense when it's layered, so yeah I should have fixed that.

I'm also happy the ending worked for you, ha! It seems to be quite polarizing and will probably be my downfall :P