jpbear's audio Reviews on Newgrounds

[End of a Heartache cover]

mmmm guitar tone is delicious.

that said, your voice is missing a ton of low end, sounds like your singing out of your throat! Your articulation and pitch is a bit unsettling as well.

If I ever get the house alone I'll send you a version of my take on the vocals :)

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Thank you. the vocals were done over a year ago, with the original instrumental from Killswitch Engage. A studio release. Also, ONLY the first set of vocals has the "phone" filter on them. On purpose. That would account for the dissipated low end. :) Hopefully you listened longer than that. haha.
I've had a lot of training and experience since laying down these vox. :) Could crush these now.

Will add a new version soon, I must also complete the music. Cheers for the review, man.

[Christe Redemptor Omnium]

jesus i love women who can sing, i love how fragile her voice gets on the higher notes.

great catch man!

You've got some of the best stuff on this site keep it up

bassfiddlejones responds:

Thanks man! And yes, she is quite amazing :) I'm a lucky guy.

[Fly me to Blue]

the mix and production on this is pure gold

Kor-Rune responds:

thanks jp! unfortunately, the project was a huge mess, and incredibly hard to navigate. I'm suuuch a slob.

[Impromptu - Spring]

spare me the lecture, let the music speak for itself!

BlazingDragon responds:

I do tend to be quite wordy, but I like giving listeners context. Thanks for the review!

[Noon in June]

not a lot of unifying themes going on, makes a song come off as rather amateur.

the organic kit isnt too appealing to me, the screamy synths were sloppy, sounds like something made with the scream filter in massive with too much resonance.

leady synths come in on and off with melodies that have had no introduction, also rather usnettling. no effects leading in or out of sections also can leave this impression.

the vocal effects were kind of nice, but they need a good dose of reeverb to not come off as cheesy and to blend them into the mix. all the elad synths could use a touch of reeverb for a degree of proffesionality.

i cant say much about the mix, as im practically on laptop speakers atm, the drums seem rather punchy though im without low end so idk.

did you deserve top 8? frankly i dont think so. but i didnt listen to all the songs in the contest. the ones in the top 8 certainly seemed better structured though.

The-iMortal responds:

Thanks for the in-depth review, brother. Actually, that "screamy synth" is not as synth at all - it's a bass guitar with a lot of effects. Experimenting with sound lol

I don't think I deserved top 8 either - I really didn't spend too much time on this. Was really a side project just for the heck of it. Still, I'll have to keep those tips in mind!

[Troll]

im failing to hear a kick drum...

freezwalm responds:

listen with some headphones, or buy a decent sub woofer

[Crankpoo Exp 1]

Your tone is a bit fuzzy for my tastes, but some pretty nice riffs dude!

:56 reminds me of Pantera's I'm Broken lol.

Cant wait for a full release from ya

Bad-Man-Incorporated responds:

Just an experimental tone. What kind of tone do you like? I'm after a smooth raw tone, and can emulate pretty much anyone's tone with my pod. I'd be interested in knowing, because it might help me to my own goal too.

I also have some much smoother tones, but I really dig the crushing of this one. haha. And my smoother tones come with a butt load of tweaking. Cheers for the review, bro.\m/

[Atmsmsha-everyone Is Dead]

sucks that your at a 3.19 score this is some quality work bro!

the kick and snare could pop a bit more, my advice would be to sidechain everything in the track to the kick and snare.

Watch the master clipping/limiting too imo.

jarrydn responds:

thanks dude, i think i might still have some things to correct for in this room.

i clip intentionally, i prefer the aggressiveness and saturation a bit of digital distortion adds :)