Dude09's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Walking in the Desert]

AH!

This is exactly what I meant ^__^ One of your best! Used dissonance beautifully and wasn't shy about it either. The melody was pure and beautiful. The harmony and tempo changes worked greatly! I'm serious when I say that you sould really look into getting signed for New Age composition. This is beautiful!

Jabicho responds:

Hey there my friend! Thanks for listening!
Cool! one of my bests? that means a lot man! thanks for tha amazing support I'm glad you liked it!

[To Whom the Wind Blows]

Thanks for the addition

Now for this. I can tell you put a lot of thought into it. When definite thing to relaize about good character themes is , is it singable??? (The super smash bros. seriesand final fantasy are great at it) I thik to a certain extent it is. By any chance is this character realy classy in a future world? That's the image Ikinda got. I liked the sounds you used for the background. The synth'd parts weren't bad, but I think it was totally eclipsed by the great "remixed" parts. That nice interlude and change was welcomed for the last third to the end. Overall, great first submission :3 Keep going with it

Violinius responds:

Thanks. I'm glad it was good for the most part. The synth is too understated, as you said. I did this at a week long summer camp, so there wasn't alot of time to mix it well, so its not to balanced :p

Thanks so much for my first Comment :D!!!

[Flying with the Wind]

Not bad

It's serene... it'ss syncopated, i've heard it from you before and better implemented than in this piece. In the middle of the song, arpeggios weren't expected because of one thing, youre more original than that. LOVED THE OPENING.but alas, you've done better work. I read that this is the first of three pieces, i cant wait to grade them as a whole :3 the nice thing is that a piece like this can really setup well fo future pieces. Can't wait to hear them my friend.

Dave/ Dude09

Jabicho responds:

Hey there my friend! Thanks for the constructive criticism, you know, one of the best things is knowing that it has room for improvement, and your help means a lot.

Lol btw, I made a mistake while I wrote the info of this piece the first time, this is actually the second piece, the first one was "Dwelling at the bottom of the Ocean" that is already on my audio page :P I think the third will be uploaded tomorrow, I'll let you know when it's done, take care and thanks again!

[Dwelling at the Ocean's Bottom]

Nice

Very soothing low strings and the piano, as always, is beautiful :3 I've loved how you've put syncopated rhytms into your pieces giving them a poppish feel while keeping it classy. Nice litte change up near the end. I would love to hear what you could do when using dissonances similar to eric whitacre are put into your pieces. Absolutely beautiful again my friend :3

Jabicho responds:

Hey thanks for the amazing support! I'll work hard my friend, thanks for listening!

[Toma mi Mano esta Noche]

Once again

I am extremely proud to call myself a fan of yours because of perfect examples of music that should be shown on this website. The development from simple to syncopated and the switches were very smooth. The chord progression I don' think could be better. The dynamics were evident. I absolutely love this piece. Fav'd ASAP. Keep writing man, you truly are amazing at what you write.

Jabicho responds:

That means so much my friend! thanks for the kind words

[The Survivor [Orch.]]

Ah ...refreshing

Martin O'Donnell and Michael Salvatori would be proud! The style is definately theres, but you innovated it to fit into a unique New Age work that is solely yours. From 2:50 to the end it sent chills, which is rare, so THIS PIECE BTR BE ON THE TOP 50 BY THE END OF MY CLASSES! great work my friend :3

Zero123Music responds:

woah, thanks so much dude

this review is my favourite^^

[NS - Arise My Fallen]

not bad

You have the drive, which is good, a lot of new (not nu) metal screws that up. I felt though that it was missing something, and i'm not talking about vocals, cause as can be seen in buckethead, malmsteem, and others, you dont need a vocalist. I felt though that it couldve used a soloist here and theto make the piece not so redundant. The choir is a good idea. Keep it up :3

netty-swobb responds:

Thanks man :D This seems to be the only piece that i've done where the choir seems relavent ;) Seems to have worked well :) Thanks for listening ^^

[Living in My Dreams]

Wow, impressed again :3

I was a bit skeptical at the beginning, but that simplicity with the motif gave it somewhere to go, and by god, did you ever, in my opinion, you should def. try score composing, cause i can imagine this being an ending scene to a movie where the main character is walking into a sunset talking about a moral he learned and then it continues into the credits. I definately liked the syncopation in there, it allowed it to be unique with using elements found in the Common Practice. How this isnt higher up, i'm not sure. I thought the ending couldve been elaborated and show cased by the strings a tad more, but that's just me. Overall, another extremely impressive display of compositional style :3

Jabicho responds:

Wow, thanks for that amazing comment. Yep, I think the ending cuts a bit the melody, but I remember when playing it, it felt like the person who's dreaming and remembering, is taken back to reality where he started to dream at the beginning, like an awakening :P Thanks for the great suppor, it means a lot

[Lilium (REDONE)]

well done

I actually LOVE IT :3 very moving. from 1:20 on you extracted he essence of counterpoint extremely well. And the simplicity inthe beginning set the contrast beautifully. It was extremely peaceful and loved every moment. i'm impressed that you took my advice to heart :3 its a great tribute to an amazing song

btw i was the asshole if anyone was wondering :3

Compaq272 responds:

To tell you the truth I didn't consider it all that much... a bit but not completely. I'm thinking: "OK if an organ is too aggressive, then think of the least sound I can make." lol. I was GOING to use a really quiet synth texture or pad but no. LOL. The Space Harpsichord could have been good if I lowered the sound of the lower background notes because they overpower higher ones. But still I didn't want to really use synths.