siteml's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Dies Irae I]

This is ... intense. Love the interplay between the piano and the strings and snares. And I'm picking up an English horn in there at around halfway through - it adds a bit of a longing feeling and it certainly increases the tension! What can I say, you make storytelling with music look easy. Hats off :)

[impromptu 8.27 (from memory)]

I just sort of sat in silence for a moment after it finished playing. That's all I need to say here...

[the otherworldly judge]

Bit haunting, majestic. Nothing wrong with pulling from heritage, even if you have mixed feelings about it. Don't ask me how many times this looped. I kinda lost count...

[pèlerinage]

Pretty. That sense of longing, though! Hoping what I make in the future can be at least half as expressive!

Troisnyx responds:

You will get there; of this I am certain. If you hold the emotional literacy within you, then ultimately the rest involves figuring out what frequencies do what things to our body and psyche. I am certain that you will do it.

[AIM - A Dreadful Space Journey]

All in all, a great job on the piece - the atmosphere of it was great. You would have probably benefitted from having a secondary theme here - having the same 8 notes for melody repeated for a whopping near 6-minute piece simply tires the ear, no matter what magic you pull (and admittedly, you *did* pull quite a bit of it!). Have the melody go somewhere - or switch keys; that's really the main complaint here; otherwise, the dynamics are great, the atmosphere works for the art piece that inspired this and I can definitely tell the amount of work that went into this. I have made pieces I put well north of 40 hours into, so I'd know the difference ;) And it sounds like you confounded one of the AIM judges - that's always a plus, right? ;) Cheers mate, keep on creating :D

[~Fore~ Shadow (NG Edit)]

This is very nice. A lot of pieces that have at least some emphasis on the rhythm/drums tend to compress/crank the volume to the point where things get muddied/distorted or sidechained to oblivion (where said sidechain is very obviously - and obnoxiously - pulsing the rest of the piece). I daresay you do NOT do that, and you got the 'secret sauce' just right here on that count. Good job :)

[Shinkai]

You're selling yourself a bit short there, buddy. This is quality stuff - never say never, although it's true that it's better to be positively surprised than *expecting* a positive outcome when the odds are against all the participants (due to a number of quality submissions). I would not be surprised if you ended up winning the compo with this entry, though. I will say, too, this sounds like C418 - you're in good company with that! ;) Cheers :)

AlbeGian responds:

Thanks for the words man I really appreciate it. I guess you're right, I'll not compare myself with others, I liked what I did and that's all, and I'm glad you liked the song as well :D

[Domain and Success]

This is definitely a nice piece that has a very relaxing atmosphere - even when it picks up in the latter part towards the end. Loved it when the electric guitar came in - I went "oooh yeah" when it did :D Good job :)

[First Step : Adventure of the Seas - Jessie Yun]

*shakes fist at exams*

It's short and sweet, though :) Can see this as an intro to a TV series. As always, well executed :)

JessieYun responds:

Hey siteml,
Thank you very much for the comment! Yes, I know it's short -- I tried to make a shorter track this time after a long period of time haha.
I'm glad you like this!

[EXODUS "Break The Gravity" [PILOT]]

This definitely carries the feel of a sci-fi series. I can't wait for more!

JessieYun responds:

Hey siteml,
Thanks a lot for the comment, I'm very glad you enjoyed it!