jarrydn's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Eric Freeman - See You Around]

it wasn't bad

enough for me to actually want you to leave, but I think that the name you've made for yourself has given you an overblown sense of your own ability.

You get 3 stars because it wasn't constructed from duplo loops, and there seems to be a structure of sorts in there. you payed some attention to the stereo field with the panning clicky things, and it even sounds like you tried to work some harmony and melody in there.

you lose points for a lack of anything that captivates my interest, a fairly unpleasant kick drum that dominates the entire track, the grating and unimaginitive side-chained squarewave "lead" in the background, the awkward sounding tom fills, poorly mixed low end, little to no evolution in the percussion, poor choice of snare drum, nasty crash, no dynamic range whatsoever, little consideration for the overall mix, and it sounds like a massive cut and paste job.

I'm not normally one to criticize, but after talking yourself up hardcore in your news post, I think I was expecting a bit more than this.

EricFreeman responds:

I didn't talk myself up in the newspost. I was trying to show why I'm sad I was leaving this site (I've since changed to just not uploading anymore songs).

I'm completely self taught everything music related so I honestly barely even know what "harmony", "melody" and "dynamic range" mean, let alone how to use them in my music. Instead of being so critical you could have been more helpful.

Although all in all, I guess I can respect you for being an asshole to my face instead of behind my back.

[(ICTL) You Can Turn To Me]

very cute

Love it, reminds me of the stuff Squarepusher was putting out before he went off the rails :).

I've only heard this on my laptop speakers, but the melody and the rhythm is awesome. Love two note bass/lead harmonies :). Like what you've done with the break at the end, and the little arpeggios in the background!

Awesome work man, looking forward to the EP!

midimachine responds:

thanks man! the thread about "hyper music" got me inspired to re-release this old stuff.

i need to do more of it cause i don't i've ever felt as happy about a bunch of my songs as i do these five.

[-TD-2100gansta G6 Dubstep]

swagga

Sick wobbles dude, reminds me of Rusko.

Really tidy man. I'd maybe bring the snare up a bit, but besides that, this is pretty gangsta dude ;D

Triented responds:

Thanks a lot broski! Cheers!

[{dj-N} My Mind]

nice one

I quite like this one, if I were judging this'd be on my short list for sure :)

Love the vocal break at 2:00 as well. I'm not usually one for this kind of thing, but it was very tastefully done :)

Good luck mate!

dj-Nate responds:

Thanks for the review

[xKore - Magnum (ExPrev)]

heavy dude

hahaha but you already knew that ;D

wobbles are crisp and liquidy...wouldn't expect any less of you ;D

drums are nice and steppy

this thing slams ;D

[Dissector (death/grind)]

Obliteration of mankind

Under a pale sky
We shall arise

TheNekrokingProject responds:

lol Love the Sepultura reference
Thank you for the listen!

[[SJ] Blast Furnace]

dude

please for the love of god, re-mix those kicks and snares. I want them to hit me in the chest.

This could kill a dancefloor if you treated the drums correctly!

SteakJohnson responds:

thanks! i plan on this....

[~NK~ "PlaneT Ten" (wip)]

shades of Nero

Sounds like Nero got a hold of Massive and a bag of cheap whizz.

yayayayayayayayayayayayayayyyyyyaaaah hhhhhhyyyyyyyyaaaaaaahhhh

[SR - Come With Me]

w0w

This is the first chilled out dubstep tune that I've actually wanted to give another listen.

Masterful. Push that guitar solo up.

[Conforming Dub Shit Song]

Heh, I liked it :)

I think deep down you know it isn't as shit as you say ;)

I also think you should expand on this some more. There's some wicked ideas in there! Also that kick is meaty as hell.

Great job!

Father-of-Death responds:

Thanks man, the reason why I think it's shit is because I know I can extend it and make it longer and better, but I for some reason fuckin can't, totally lost creativity at the end.