Anonymous-Frog's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[The Town With No Name - Main Theme (Remake)]

Another ear-splitting hit from The Jester. Great work!

TheMusicalManiac responds:

Wowie!! I didn't expect a comment from you, on this track of all places..!! Thank you so so much!!

[The NG Mall Music Collab]

Woahowahwaiwait. FIRST NG mall music collab?
You mean there's gonna be another one of this?

LBnewgr0unds responds:

from what i've heard yeah probably!! if so ill definitely be submitting a longer piece ._.''

[Look to the Future]

Awesome!

It seems like you achieved a lot in just this one song.

It's still sort-of structured like techno, but uses a wide range of acoustic instruments like the mandolin (as acoustic as you can get) It also has a nice upbeat melody.

The only thing I can suggest is that the drums, although you say they're 'less electronic sounding', they don't really have a lot of variation, especially past the 38-second mark. Still very 808-esque.

Thumbs up for listing the time spent:

PotangNG responds:

You make a great point with the drums! That is something I tend to get lazy on, I'll have to remember to add more variation in my future songs (not the next one, I accidentally finished that one already). Thanks!

[200+ BPM Collab]

Great collab as always, though could use some breaks in between some of the tracks.

I really like the block between timestamps 7:09 and 9:43

Charlmot responds:

The transitions were too fast you could say

[Chocnoon - Through My Life (DXXV)]

Is it just me or are you starting off each song with the same cymbal crash each time?

name responds:

Maybe it's just you.

[The Newgrounds F Collab]

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Fuggeftionf:

Fome timeftampf pleafe.

MYYA responds:

done

[Two Is OK.]

1978 you say? This might make this the oldest recorded song ever published on Newgrounds.

Though what you did to it in the 34 years since is unclear. The description said you re-recorded the song, but one of the replies said all you did was convert the original recording to a digital format on your computer without needing to rework it.

And yes, I can tell that Pink Floyd is a likely inspiration. How involved were you in the original recording?

gamejunkie responds:

It was written & recorded in 1978 (without vocals) by a close friend. He was going through some of his old stuff & found this & a number of other pieces, so we got together & reworked them a little, add a little bit here & there with a Midi & added the Vocals (me) & this is what we ended up with. To be honest neither of us had much idea of what we were doing (with the Midi) at the time. You'll have to forgive me, it was 11 years ago & my memory is'nt what it used to be. My partner in crime has also passed since we done this. RIP J.S.

[Chocnoon - Chinese Dragon (CCCXLV)]

Looking at what Random-storykeeper said about the original:

1. Composition is good, and so is the overall theme.
2. RSK said the mixing of the original was all over the place and I agree with her. I'd also say the mixing is still pretty busted here too.

Overall, it's a worthy sequel, though still not without its flaws. If I can give some advice, it's this.

Pay attention to the tones of each instrument. Don't oversaturate any one tone, Maybe also don't maximise the volume of each instrument. If any of the instruments are difficult to decipher, or secondary instruments drown out the primary ones, you're doing it wrong.
EQ filters + Note filters are your best friends.

Offtopic suggestion: Share the BeepBox/JummBox links in the author comments. You can embed the link into another piece of text if it's too long.

name responds:

I always forget to lower the mix. I can make a modification of all files to a desirable mix in mp3cut, and I'll try to make the volume of future songs lower.