Spadezer's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[Gladiolus]

Probably the song in this round with the fewest number of instruments, and it still sounds full. Nice!

Lovely voices

etherealwinds responds:

Thank you Spadez! I think it was a bit of a risk this round, as tracks with few instruments tend to not to do so well in the NGADM. I knew that perhaps it could leave judges feeling a little left wanting. With this track, I felt that if I was going to muddy the piano arrangement with anything, I'd have to take it to full orchestra.

That being said, I wasn't really worrying about what I can add to try and impress anybody, or thinking about what could get me extra points. I just wanted to create something beautiful and I put just as much effort into this as I did with my tracks that have more going on. :)

[My Firefly]

It's so happy. But this is definitely the Johnfn feel and it's actually the opposite of sad. lol

Good luck

johnfn responds:

thanks spadezer!! hey but uh who said this song was sad =P

[Invisible Magic]

This is fantastic!

I don't agree with Johnfn actually. The beginning is completely necessary especially considering the lyrics. I love your voice.

I do think I see what other people are saying with it missing something. I think it's not big enough when it comes to the chorus. Like there needs to be more desperation and near shouting levels and pitches. But that's just my opinion.

Great work and good luck

FinnMK responds:

That I'm getting comments agreeing on certain aspects is super useful; definitely lets me know I missed something. If I make it through, next round's track won't make the same mistakes...

Thanks!

[g o o d t h i n g]

01:54 made me laugh

midimachine responds:

これは良いこと！

[Last Hope]

Beautiful. This is quite emotional.

CloakedSoup responds:

Thanks! I've felt like my last two entries (this one included) were a bit subpar for where I'd like them to be; mostly because of personal time constraints. Nevertheless, I'm glad you enjoyed listening!

[Colour in Greyness]

You're a force not to be taken lightly. I'll just say that the arrangement seems to progress a bit slowly on first listen, but the atmosphere is so careful and though out. I love it.

Good luck

Adjeye responds:

It even used to be longer! But Grant pushed me to trim big parts off.

Thanks for liking it! I wish you goodluck as well my friend :)

[Jealousy]

Pretty groovy. I love it. It sounds pretty legit like it's not meant for this sight.

Good luck mate

McGorilla42 responds:

Thanks man! Good luck to you too!

[~SW~ Simpler Times]

I think you've nailed down the mood correctly. It gets a little thrown off at times because the glockenspiel sounds pretty dry when everything else is reverbed to the stratosphere. I love the lead you use. What VST did you use for that?

Cool work

SkyeWint responds:

All of the instruments are from Omnisphere. :)

I actually kinda wanted the glock to be dry and almost like a music box, but I totally see why you'd say that too - just different views I guess.

[Typical Liberal]

I'm glad I don't have to face up against you yet lol. I'd like to know what all is recorded here, if you did it, and who else may have recorded with you. I'm assuming it's recorded and that's your voice, which btw is lovely. How do you go about making lyrics? Do you make them first before the music, or vice versa? Just curious.

Anyway sounds great. Love it

McGorilla42 responds:

Hey, Spadezer! :) Yeah, I played the piano and guitar and sang on the song and recorded and mixed it too (must still finish the mix and re-record some vocals eek). Thank you for the compliments on my voice because it is quite scary having people hearing your voice and lyrics!

I always write the music and the melodies first. I generally start on the guitar and find a progression I like and sing until something resonates, then I start recording and sort of zone out and wait 'til something else pops up that I like and repeat that process for a while until I have a vague idea of the whole song.

I guess you asked more specifically about the lyrics though! I actually write the lyrics dead last, which seems funny because you'd think that you'd want to have some sort of deep and meaningful idea in your head before putting any music down, but I don't like to write that way. It isn't the first time I've done it, but sometimes when I struggle to find a melody, I'll sing words on things I see lying around in my room - in this case, I had a bottle of water next to the desk that said "Typical Mineral Content". I started singing "typical mineral" and I liked the rhythm of it, so that's where that came from. I had an idea for the concept of the lyrics before they were all written, but yeah, changing "mineral" to "liberal" sparked the whole idea. Hearing people listening to your words is scary because they might think they're dumb/trite/too vulnerable (or maybe even good sometimes!)

tl;dr lyrics last & i did all the things

Thanks for the comment, Spadezer! :) And good luck in Round 2! :D