nathanallenpinard's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Good Night Gordon(extended)]

Engineering is very classic

I love the way you recorded this. I don't know how but overall it literally sounds like an old record from the 70's in a classic rock song (like Stairway for Example) What did you use?

[Michael's Mind]

Wow

This sounded tough as hell to write. Nice work!

[Western Draw]

Wow but..

Ok, I'm a bit confused. This is a fullly recorded band along with an orchestra (real strings!) and guitar. Is this yours?

If so it's great. I'd like to hear more info about it if possible.

DJB00n responds:

Yes, my friends are very talented, so we put this up for our school play.

[Feather Growth]

Very nice

I like the feel of this tune. It almost is crying for some lyricswith a boyish alternative vocal. But I'd recommend taking another look at it, and seeing if you can change the chords a bit to not stay on the root so much. And bass it needed at that point too.

I hear going to a IV chord at around :50, as if it was a chorus.

[{Heim} Battle of the Kings]

Great

I liked this piece. It had a constant drive to it, yet it didn't really repeat continously all the way though, so it keeps the listener...well....listening.

JeffHeim responds:

Thank you, I try not to repeat the same idea too many times. There's enough music like that up on NG. I think I'm going to write something lyrical which doesn't repeat at all now. Your comments have inspired :)

[K-Dm|Zajed - Harakiri]

Nice writing, but I'd recommend a remix

I liked this tune, except possibly for the lack of a theme and a bit of repetativness, but the thing that stuck out more me was the mix seems a bit off to me. Drums are too quiet, strings are too quiet, and the plucked string instrument that repeats is too loud. I'd recommend trying a fresh mix and see if that helps.

K-Dm responds:

i agree

i actually noticed those problems too and i just uploaded a version with a more balanced mix

hopefully it sounds better now

K-Dm

[Good Morning America]

I'm digging the trumpet

I really think you should add more verb in a orchestral sense to that trumpet. It's great playing, but sounds a bit too upfront to me. I enjoyed the writing too.

This is engineered well enough for any game mod personally. For a AAA title, that's where it becomes a bit subjective. But really the only thing I'm noticing that's a bit iffy is the strings and brass when it comes to that "fake" sounds.

More verb on the strings might help too. But it has to be the right type of verb.

sorohanro responds:

Thank you very much fr the tips, I'll try to fool around with reverb and see what's the result.
I figured that the "fake" sound can be hidden by some more percussion, as for mixing, not much to do about, the samples are taken with close microphone and finding a reverb that naturally sounds like a real concert hall...

Thanx again for review and tips.

[An Innocent Heart]

Doesn't seem to be real piano music

I'm not sure how to rate this, as I do music myself. But this piece doesn't seem to lend to any kind of structure of chords, or melody. This is due to personal taste of course, but for an abstract piece it seems way to messy.

Dude09 responds:

I'm sorry you feel that way. This piece can definately be analyzed by using music theory if one uses sixth chords and built chords often seen in impressionistic music such as chopin, debussy, ravel, faure and some of rachmaninov. Also, in this style of music, melody is less regarded and is meant more to create an image (hence impression ^__^) Would you say Chopin's Fantasie-Impromptu lacks structure? I doubt it. I respect your opinion, but I reflect other composers of the past in the structure of the chords I used. Thanks again for the review.

[Silent Tears [Orch]]

Nice work

This is definitely one of those conclusion songs, that you'd see at the end of a TV series on the last episode. I like the strings, the overall feel. But there doesn't seem to be much of a defined melody. I heard it in the piano before, but now it's gone into a solo a bit.

One suggestion I have is to try layering this song. It starts about a bit heavy right away. you could add each part as you go, as it tends to lend itself to be one of those looped and layered pieces.

Dj-Flux responds:

I plan on coming back and doing another rendition eventually, when I can make it a little more professional and add a proper conclusion. :]

[The Troops Assemble!]

Nice writing, needs a bit of verb though

I like the writing quite a bit. Well done! I do believe there needs to be a bit of placement on the engineering side though. Such as panning the brass to it's respective position in the orchestra (a direction mixer works better) and adding some room verb with some tails, if possible. Just seems too dry to me.

Tombor911 responds:

Yeah I agree...That is my biggest weakness...

Check out my other pieces =)

-T0M-