Miyolophone's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Jumper - Purity (2016)]

This was epic as usual, Jumper. No complaints at all about the electronic aspects. The mixing was great, the sounds were all right, everything fit. (Actually, even if there was something wrong, I'm pretty sure I'm so bad with VSTs and stuff that I wouldn't be able to articulate my problem.)

My one criticism is that, from a theory standpoint (since that's really the only thing I can judge), everything was very... expected. That's not really the best word, but, like, I could always sort of feel where it was going. This is all well and good, but I think the very best music has some sort of "kick," a change that surprises you, even if it doesn't sound out of place. A key change, a tempo increase, something like that (I felt) was the missing piece.

All that said, this was really, really cool, and my issue was really minor and somewhat a matter of personal taste. You gained yourself a fan. Keep it up, Jumper!

Jumper responds:

Thank you so much for that honnest comment. It really helps a lot since I'm mostly self taught. I usually have no idea of what I'm doing except when I know what I'm doing sounds good to me or it's something logical. I either go by logic, by ear or experimentation. So having some comments like this one once in a while makes me see what to improve and how to get there. Of course it's all subjective. It's all about taste but, I know there's a lot of room for improvement still. That's always good to know :D

Thanks a lot for your helpful comment, Miyolophone. Greatly appreciated.

[-Ascension [WIP]-]

Very cool! Electronic orchestral is my favorite genre, and you used the instruments well. I can see the Xtrullor inspiration.
My only criticism is that the piece builds really slowly and keeps the same 2-chord progression, which gets kind of tiring after 54 seconds of the same two bass notes. It could use a little more melodic/chordal diversity.
Otherwise, good! Interested to see how the whole thing will turn out.

Kyron20 responds:

Not sure if I'll continue this one... It gets really repetitive after a while (like you said) and I can't work out a dubstep part to it. Also, I have better samples now, and these sound kinda cheap to me. I don't know, I might finish it.

[MollusK - Inner Machinations]

This is pretty good! But you asked for helpful feedback, so here it is :3

Pros: The point of the song was to have the chords move everything along, right? Because I thought that was achieved really well. There was a nice variety in feeling throughout the song. And dose nature sounds doe :D

Tips: Some of the harmonies at the beginning kind of bothered me, not sure if it was the notes played by the bell thing or just me being weird...
It was kind of repetitive, it could've used a little more variation. Maybe modulate the chord progression up or something? Idk...
And the buzzing synth sound (starting at 0:53) felt a little out of place to me, but that could have just been personal preference.

Overall, pretty solid piece! Keep it up man :)

MollusK-Music responds:

I really appreciate the honesty. I am always looking for what people like, so I can keep doing it. As well as what people don't like, so I can change them. So this is really helpful for me. I agree that the beginning of the song sounded a little peculiar. More than likely musician's deafness got the better of me, which isn't uncommon.

I appreciate the kind words as well, it certainly gives me some motivation, as well as helps me do better every time. Thanks again c: